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An organism which breaks down… (Class 10 Science 2023, Q8)

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ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 31/1/1 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 10 Science 2023: question 8

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 31/1/1, section A, question 8, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q8 · 1 mark · MCQLife Processes

An organism which breaks down the food material outside the body and then absorbs it is

  1. (A)a plant parasite, Cuscuta
  2. (B)an animal parasite, Tapeworm
  3. (C)a bacteria, Rhizobium
  4. (D)a fungi, Rhizopus

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 31/1/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Think about saprophytic nutrition.

Hint 2

Which organism grows on bread and digests it from outside?

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Saprophytes such as fungi release enzymes onto the food, digest it outside the body, and then absorb the simple products.

  2. Rhizopus (bread mould) is a saprophytic fungus. So the answer is (D).

    1 mark

Answer: Option (D) Rhizopus

Where the marks are

  • Selects fungus Rhizopus (saprophytic nutrition) (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Life Processes (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Life Processes, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 31/1/1: every question, by section.

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