Question Paper 2014 Outside Delhi set - 3 CBSE Class 12 Home Science (Theory)

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory.

There are total 30 questions.

Questions no. 1-5 are for 1 mark, to be answered in one or two lines.

Questions no. 6 - 19 are of 2 marks, to be answered in 10 - 20 words.

Questions no. 20 - 26 are of 3 marks, to be answered in 20 - 30 words.

Questions no. 27 – 30 are of 4 marks, to be answered in 40 words.

Support your answer with suitable examples wherever required.

1. When and why is BCG vaccine given to children?
2. Mention any two factors which would influence the appearance of a fabric.
3. Draw suitable symbols for 'Do not tumble dry' and 'Do not bleach' on the label of a shirt.
4. Mention one benefit and one drawback of opening a Savings account in a Post office.
5. Which standard mark should you look for while buying coffee? How can you identify that this mark is not fake?
6. What four features would you check to ensure that the pockets of your readymade pant are of good quality?
7. List any four emergency situations for which your savings can come handy.
8. Three-year-old Tracy and six-month-old Mini are feeling afraid. State two ways each by which they can express their emotion.
9. Kavita, a Home Management graduate, is good in designing. In what four ways can she use her knowledge and creativity in her own business?
10. Besides using a defective balance, list two other malpractices a vegetable vendor can adopt to deceive his customers. Mention two of your responsibilities in this context.

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1. State four reasons why children who regularly visit an ICDS centre, are likely to be healthy.
2. Mention four important steps to be taken to ensure physical safety of children in a creche.
3. The oil from a sealed mustard-oil tin bought from the market has a peculiar smell. What could be one reason for this? Write three health hazards of consuming such oil.
4. Apart from buying reputed brands from reputed shops, what four precautions would you adopt to buy unadulterated coriander powder?
5. In what four specific ways can you help in reducing your family expenditure?
6. Justify giving four reasons as to why a family should maintain an account of its household expenses.
7. Swati is designing a salwar kameez for a woman whose stomach is protruding. Suggest how she can use all the four elements of design in this dress.
8. Tarun is wearing a pant and a shirt. State two ways each by which you can check harmony and emphasis in this dress.
9. After six months, when Neetu took out her cotton saris from a box, she found them damaged. List four possible reasons that could have caused this damage.
10. Ten-month-old Mohan's cognitive, social and motor abilities are similar to that of an average child. Support this statement with the help of two examples each.
11. Write three specific symptoms each of measles and chicken-pox which help a doctor differentiate between these two diseases.
12. Apart from removing unknown stains when fresh, what other six precautions would you adopt while removing these from the clothes?
13. Rahim works as a labourer in a coal mine and lives in a hilly area with his wife and two children. Explain any six factors that would influence the meal planning of his family.
14. Write six unhygienic practices adopted by a vendor selling cut fruits on the roadside,

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