Maharashtra Board - Class 11 (FYJC) previous year questions (PYQ)

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): A concave mirror can form both real inverted images and virtual erect images.

Reason (R): When an object is placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror, it forms an erect, magnified, virtual image.

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Gastric enzyme pepsin requires an acidic environment to digest dietary proteins.

Reason (R): Hydrochloric acid secreted by parietal cells creates optimum pH (1.5 to 2.0) and cleaves inactive pepsinogen into active pepsin.

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Systemic arteries have thick, elastic muscular walls compared to veins.

Reason (R): Arterial blood flows under high, pulsatile hydrostatic pressure generated by ventricular systole.

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): DNA replication in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms is semi-conservative.

Reason (R): Each daughter double helix retains one intact parental template strand and one newly synthesized complementary strand.

Higher Academic Core: In advanced conceptual study of 'Plant Tissues and Anatomy' in Structural Organisation, which foundational mechanism is universally verified?

Advanced Research & Methodology: In scholarly analysis of 'Expansion of Ideas and Film Review', which methodological approach ensures reproducibility and minimizes systematic bias?

What is the outcome when the conditions of 'Differentiation: First Principle, Product Rule, Quotient Rule' are strictly evaluated?

How does understanding 'System of Units and SI Units' benefit environmental conservation in Maharashtra?

How do we troubleshoot or verify a problem involving 'Vector Operations and Resolution of Vectors'?

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Work done by an electrostatic field in moving a test charge along a closed path is zero.

Reason (R): The electrostatic Coulomb force is a conservative force whose line integral around any closed loop vanishes identically.

Which scientific law or classification system governs 'Basic Principles and Techniques of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Nomenclature, Isomerism, Reaction Mechanisms'?

Which observation or experiment demonstrates 'States of Matter: Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Equation, Intermolecular Forces' in school laboratories?

Which standard unit or property is applied when calculating 'Limits: Algebraic, Trigonometric, Exponential Limits'?

Which scientific law or classification system governs 'Kingdom Plantae: Algae to Angiosperms'?

What is the cause-and-effect relationship established under 'Electrostatics: Coulomb's Law, Electric Field, Gauss's Theorem Basics'?

Refer to the Case Study 'Case Study: The Chlor-Alkali Electrochemical Process in Chemical Industry' to answer:

During the chlor-alkali process, which chemical product is evolved at the positively charged anode?

What is the cause-and-effect relationship established under 'Modern Periodic Table and Periodic Properties'?

What is the fundamental mathematical definition of 'Angle and Its Measurement: Radians and Degrees' in Balbharati Class (FYJC)?

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): A concave mirror can form both real inverted images and virtual erect images.

Reason (R): When an object is placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror, it forms an erect, magnified, virtual image.

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Terrace farming is widely practiced in hilly and mountainous agro-ecosystems.

Reason (R): Terraces create stepped flat platforms along slopes that significantly reduce the surface velocity of water runoff and prevent topsoil erosion.

What is the central scientific/linguistic principle in 'Errors in Measurement'?

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): The square root of 2 ($\sqrt{2}$) is an irrational real number.

Reason (R): The square root of any positive prime integer is an irrational number.

Directions: In the question below, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Diamond sparkles brilliantly with internal radiance.

Reason (R): Total internal reflection of light occurs inside diamond because its critical angle is exceptionally small (approximately 24.4°).

What is the cause-and-effect relationship established under 'Hydrocarbons: Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Benzene)'?