Maharashtra SSC Science and Technology Part 1 Board Paper March 2026

Written board papers, 40 marks and 2 hours each: Science & Technology Part 1 and 2, Algebra, Geometry and more.

2026, March 120 minutes 40 marks Save WhatsApp

Sections

Q.1 (A) Choose the correct alternative (5 marks)	5 questions
Q.1 (B) Solve the following questions (5 marks)	5 questions
Q.2 (A) Give scientific reasons, any two (4 marks)	3 questions
Q.2 (B) Solve the following subquestions, any three (6 marks)	5 questions
Q.3 Solve the following questions, any five (15 marks)	8 questions
Q.4 Answer the following questions, any one (5 marks)	2 questions

March 2026 Science and Technology Part 1 board paper

This is the SSC Science Part 1 paper from the Maharashtra Board exam held on 11 March 2026 (English medium, paper code N 940). It is a 2-hour, 40-mark paper with no calculator. Q.1 has five MCQs and five one-mark items; Q.2 asks for scientific reasons and short answers; Q.3 has 3-mark questions (attempt any five) and Q.4 is a 5-mark question with a choice of two.

The paper tests escape velocity, the p-block and periodicity, Joule’s law, refraction and the refractive index, lenses and eye defects, the electric motor, the heat-exchange principle, hydrogenation of oils, alloys and benzene, a satellite-period calculation, balancing an equation from an atom count, mirage, and the extraction of aluminium.

How to use it

Attempt the paper in 2 hours, writing every step of the numericals and drawing the circuit and ray diagrams. Then check each answer against the model answers. Revise weak chapters with the Science Part 1 full subject test and the Science Part 1 questions page.

FAQs

Is it free to use?

Yes, the paper and its model answers are free.

Is it based on the current syllabus?

Yes, it is the March 2026 paper for the Balbharati Science and Technology Part 1 syllabus. More papers are on the SSC exam hub.

Chapters covered

Instructions

Solve on paper with a timer, then check against the solutions.

Q.1 (A) Choose the correct alternative (5 marks)

Q.1 (A)(i) The value of escape velocity of a body from the earth’s surface is V_esc = ...................... .
1. (A) \(\sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{R}}\)
2. (B) \(2\sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{R}}\)
3. (C) \(\sqrt{\dfrac{2GM}{R}}\)
4. (D) \(\sqrt{\dfrac{GM}{2R}}\)
1 mark See answer →
Q.1 (A)(ii) In ................................... of the modern periodic table, are the non-metals found.
1. (A) s-block
2. (B) p-block
3. (C) d-block
4. (D) f-block
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Q.1 (A)(iii) The resistance of the wire is 100 Ω. If it is carrying a current of 1 A for 10 seconds, the heat produced will be ........................ .
1. (A) 10 J
2. (B) 10000 J
3. (C) 0.1 J
4. (D) 1000 J
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Q.1 (A)(iv) The refractive index of diamond is ........................ .
1. (A) 2.42
2. (B) 1.54
3. (C) 1.36
4. (D) 1.50
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Q.1 (A)(v) For normal human eye, the minimum distance of distinct vision is ........................ .
1. (A) 50 cm
2. (B) 75 cm
3. (C) 25 cm
4. (D) 22 cm
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Q.1 (B) Solve the following questions (5 marks)

Q.1 (B)(i) Find odd man out :
Cooking of food, Ripening of fruit, Milk turned into curd, Transformation of ice into water.

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Q.1 (B)(ii) By observing the correlation in the first pair, complete the second pair :
Mass : Kilogram : : Weight : ...................

1 mark See answer →
Q.1 (B)(iii) State whether the following statement is true or false :
‘The volume of water at 4ºC is maximum’.

1 mark See answer →
Q.1 (B)(iv) Match the pairs :
Group ‘A’ Group ‘B’
Thermometer (a) Mechanical energy
(b) To measure temperature
(c) To measure electric current

1 mark See answer →
Q.1 (B)(v) What is the wavelength of violet ray in dispersion of light ?

1 mark See answer →

Group ‘A’	Group ‘B’
Thermometer	(a) Mechanical energy (b) To measure temperature (c) To measure electric current

Q.2 (A) Give scientific reasons, any two (4 marks)

Q.2 (A)(i) Give scientific reasons : The geostationary satellites are not useful for studies of polar regions.

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Q.2 (A)(ii) Give scientific reasons : The hydrogenation of vegetable oil in presence of nickel catalyst forms Vanaspati-ghee.

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Q.2 (A)(iii) Give scientific reasons : Atomic radius goes on increasing down the ‘group’.

2 marks See answer →

Q.2 (B) Solve the following subquestions, any three (6 marks)

Q.2 (B)(i) What is meant by an ‘alloy’ ? Give two examples.

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Q.2 (B)(ii) Distinguish between oxidation and reduction.

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Q.2 (B)(iii) Give the molecular formula and structural formula of Benzene.

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Q.2 (B)(iv) An electric tungsten bulb is connected into a home circuit. The home electric supply runs at 220 volt potential difference. When switched on, a current of 0.45 A flows through the bulb. What must be the power (wattage) of the bulb ? If it is kept ‘on’ for 10 hours, how many units of electricity will be consumed ?

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Q.2 (B)(v) ‘A rainbow is the combined effect of refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection of light’. Explain the sentence.

2 marks See answer →

Q.3 Solve the following questions, any five (15 marks)

Q.3 (i) How much time a satellite in an orbit at height 35780 km above earth’s surface would take, if the mass of the earth would have been four times its original mass ?

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Q.3 (ii) Observe the figure and answer the following questions :
[Figure: a big test tube on a stand with a two-holed cork; a thistle funnel enters it and reaches the sodium carbonate placed at the bottom; a gas delivery tube carries the gas to a small test tube containing freshly prepared lime water; acetic acid is added through the funnel.]
(a) Which gas is released out as effervescence in the big test tube ?
(b) What is the colour change in the lime water ?
(c) Write the related chemical equation.

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Q.3 (iii) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions :
If heat is exchanged between a hot and cold object, the temperature of the cold object goes on increasing due to gain of energy and temperature of the hot object goes on decreasing due to loss of energy.
The change in temperature continues till the temperatures of both the objects attain the same value. In the process, the cold object gains heat energy and the hot object loses heat energy. If the system of both objects is isolated from environment by keeping it inside a heat resistant box, then no energy can flow from inside the box or come into the box.
(a) Heat is transferred from where to where ?
(b) Which principle do we learn from this process ?
(c) How will you state the principle briefly ?

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Q.3 (iv) Draw a neat labelled diagram of electric motor and write its principle.

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Q.3 (v) \(\mathrm{2NaOH + H_2SO_4 \rightarrow Na_2SO_4 + H_2O}\)
State whether above chemical reaction is balanced or not. From the number of atoms present in the reactants and products, fill in the blanks :
Elements Reactants (Left Side)
No. of atoms Products (Right Side)
No. of atoms
Na ................ 2
O ................ ................
H ................ ................
S 1 ................

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Q.3 (vi) Write the names from the description :
(a) The metalloids in the second and third period.
(b) Non-metals in the third period.
(c) Two elements having valency 4.

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Q.3 (vii) Study the entries in the following table and rewrite them by putting the connected items in the single row :
I II III
(a) Weight m/s² zero at the centre
(b) Acceleration due to gravity Nm²/kg² Same in the entire universe
(c) Gravitational constant N Changes from place to place

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Q.3 (viii) What is meant by ‘mirage’ ? In which condition mirage is seen ? Give such one more example.

3 marks See answer →

Elements	Reactants (Left Side) No. of atoms	Products (Right Side) No. of atoms
Na	................	2
O	................	................
H	................	................
S	1	................

I	II	III
(a) Weight	m/s²	zero at the centre
(b) Acceleration due to gravity	Nm²/kg²	Same in the entire universe
(c) Gravitational constant	N	Changes from place to place

Q.4 Answer the following questions, any one (5 marks)

Q.4 (i) (a) Draw a diagram of ‘image formed by concave lens’. 2
(b) State the nature of image formed by concave lens. 1
(c) If the focal length of a concave lens is 25 cm, find the power of the lens. 2

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Q.4 (ii) (a) Write the main steps in the extraction of aluminium. 1
(b) What is the melting point of alumina and how is the melting point reduced ? 2
(c) Why anodes need to be replaced from time to time during the electrolysis of alumina ? 2

5 marks See answer →