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Class - X
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SCIENCE

Time : 3 to 3 hours
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Maximum Marks : 80
80
Total No. of Pages : 14
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General Instructions :
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The question paper comprises of two sections, A and B, you are to attempt both the sections.
2.
All questions are compulsory.
3.
There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in all the three questions
of five mark category. Only one option in such question is to be attempted.
4.
All questions of section A and all questions of section B are to be attempted separately.
5.
Question numbers 1 to 4 in section A are one mark questions. These are to be answered in
one word or one sentence.
6.
Question numbers 5 to 13 are two mark questions, to be answered in about 30 words.
7.
Question numbers 14 to 22 are three mark questions, to be answered in about 50 words.
8.
Question numbers 23 to 25 are five mark questions, to be answered in about 70 words.
9.
Question numbers 26 to 41 in section B are multiple choice questions based on practical
skills. Each question is a one mark question. You are to choose one most appropriate response
out of the four provided to you.
10. An additional 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper only. Candidates
will not write any answer on the answer sheet during this time interval.

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SECTION - A
1.

Name the type of compounds which are used as refrigerants and in fire extinguishers
and deplete the ozone layer in the atmosphere

2.

Producers always occupy the first trophic level in any food chain. Why ?

3.

Write the value of near point of distinct vision for normal eye.

4.

Draw the structure of Ethanol (C2H5OH)

5.

Pre - natal sex determination has been prohibited by law. State two reasons.

6.

What is placenta ? State its any two roles during pregnancy.

7.

List any four stakeholders which may help in the conservation of forests

8.

(a)
(b)

9.

The refractive indices of alcohol and turpentine oil with respect to air are 1.36 and 1.47
respectively. Find the refractive index of turpentine oil with respect to alcohol. Which
one of these will permit the light to travel faster ?

10.

Why do we observe difference in colours of the Sun during sunrise, sunset and noon ?

11.

Describe the formation of rainbow in the sky with the help of a diagram.

12.

State the positions of (i) isotopes of the same element and (ii) hydrogen in the modern
periodic table.

13.

How does the tendency to gain electrons change as we go down the 16th group of
periodic table ? Why ?

14.

State in brief the function of the following organs in the human female reproductive
system :
(a) Ovary
(b) Fallopian tube
(c) Uterus

15.

State two reasons of launching the Ganga Action Plan. Which bacteria was found
in Ganga water indicating contamination ?

16.

(a)
(b)

17.

The genotype of green stemmed tomato plants is denoted as GG and that of purple
stemmed tomato plants is denoted as gg. When these two are crossed with each
other :(a) What colour of stem would you expect in the F1 progeny ?
(b) Give the percentage of purple stemmed plants if F1 plants are self pollinated
(c) In what ratio would you find the genotypes GG and gg in the progeny ?
Draw flow chart in support of your answer.

Why are coal and petroleum called fossil fuels ?

Name any two elements present in fossil fuels in addition to carbon.

Define Heredity.
Differentiate between inherited and acquired traits.

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A point object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a convex lens on its principal axis.
Its image is formed on the other side of the lens at a distance of 18 cm from the lens.
Find the focal length of the lens. Is the image magnified ? Justify your answer.

19.

(a)

A compound lens is made of two lenses in contact having powers 112.5 D and
22.5 D. Find the focal length and power of the combination.
The magnification produced by a mirror is 11. What does this mean ?

20.

A person is not able to see distinctly the object placed at large distances but is able to
read the matter written on a book comfortably.
Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
State two causes for this defect
With the help of a ray diagram show how this defect can be corrected

21.

An element X belongs to group 17 and third period of the periodic table

(a) Write electronic configuration of the element. What is its valency ?
(b) Predict its nature, whether it is a metal or a non - metal.
(c) Give the formula of the compound formed when it combines with an element Y
having valency three.

22.

(a)
(b)

Why are soaps not considered as effective cleansing agents ?

Write any two structural isomers of Pentane. (C5H12) and state their names.

23.

(a)

In the given figure name the parts marked 1 to 6 :-

(b)
(a)

Differentiate between Pollination and Fertilization.

OR
In the given figure name the parts marked 1 to 6 :-

(b)

Differentiate between self pollination and cross pollination.

(b)

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25.

Name the type of mirror used in the following :

(a) Solar furnace.
(b) Side/rear - view mirror of a vehicle.
Draw labelled ray diagrams to show the formation of image in each of the above two
cases.
Which of these mirrors could also form a magnified and virtual image of an object ?
Illustrate with the help of a ray diagram.
OR
(a) Draw a ray diagram in each of the following cases to show the position and
nature of the image formed when the object is placed :
(i)
Between optical centre and principal focus (F) of a convex lens.
(ii) Between F and 2F of a convex lens
(iii) At 2F of a convex lens
(b) How will the nature and position of image formed change in case (i) and (ii) in
part (a) of this question if the lens is replaced by a concave lens ? Draw the
corresponding ray diagram.
(a) Complete the following reactions and name the main product formed in each
case.

(a)
(b)
(c)

Alkaline KMnO

(i)

4
CH3CH2 OH

(ii)

CH3 COOC 2 H5

(iii)

(b)

NaOH

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CH4 1Cl2

Write chemical test to distinguish between Ethanol and Ethanoic acid.

OR
What is Esterification ? Give one example.
What happens when Ethanol is heated at 443 K with conc. H2SO4 ?
Differentiate between addition reactions and substitution reactions shown by
Hydrocarbons.
SECTION - B

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The diagram, which correctly depicts budding in yeast is

(b)

(c)

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28.

Students A, B and C took raisins of equal weights. The raisins were soaked in water at
room temperature. A removed raisins after 20 minutes, B after two hours and C after
40 Minutes IF P (A), P (B) and P (C) denote the percetage of water absorbed by raisins
respectively, then :(a) P(A)>P(B)>P(C)
(b) P(A)<P(B)<P(C)
(c) P(B)>P(C)>P(A)
(d) P(A)5P(B)5P(C)

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While performing experiments with raisins a student recorded following observations

in the practical note look.
(1) Mass of the water taken in the 5 40 g
(2) Mass of raisins before soaking 5 8 g
(3) Mass of raisins after soaking for about 90 minutes 5 10 g
(4) Mass of water left in the beaker after the experiment 5 35 g
On the basis of his observation the percentage of water absorbed by raisins is :

(a)
(c)

( 40 2 10 ) g
40 g

( 10 2 8 ) g
8g

3 100

3 100

(b)
(d)

( 40 2 35 ) g
40 g

( 10 2 8 ) g
10 g

3 100

3 100

30.

Raisins are wiped off gently before final weighing with the help of :
(a) cotton
(b) silk cloth
(c) Filter paper
(d)

31.

Equal amounts of raisins were soaked in two beakers of water. Beaker A was maintained
at 208C and beaker B at 408C. After 30 minutes the percentage of water absorbed will
be :
(a) same in both (A) and (B)
(b) more in (A) than (B)
(c) more in (B) than (A)
(c) double in (B) than (A)

32.

Three students A, B and C followed the procedure listed to find the focal length of a
convex lens by measuring the image distance.
A : Kept the lens as well as screen on a horizontal stand to get a sharp image of a
distant object.
B : Kept the lens on a stand and held the screen in hand for a sharp image
C : Kept the lens in hand and moved it to get a sharp focus.
Student(s) performing the experiment most precisely is/are
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) All of them

33.

A student has to perform an experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing
through a rectangular glass slab for three different angles of incidence. Four of his
friends suggest the following options to him :
A : Draw the incident rays corresponding to 208, 508, 708 as the angles of incidence
and fix the two pins on the incident rays nearly 2 cm apart.
B : Draw the incident rays corresponding to 208, 458, 708 as the angles of incidence
and fix the two pins on the incident rays nearly 8 cm apart.
C : Draw the incident rays corresponding to 308, 458, 608 as the angles of incidence
and fix the two pins on the incident rays nearly 8 cm apart.
D : Draw the incident rays corresponding to 308, 458, 608 as the angles of incidence
and fix the two pins on the incident rays nearly 2 cm apart.
The best option is :
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

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In the glass slab experiment, the correct placement of the protractor, for measuring the
angles of incidence and emergence is shown in which figure ?

(a)
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(b)

(c)

(d)

A student determines the focal length of a device X by focussing the image of a distant
tree on a white screen placed on the opposite side of the device X. The device X is
(a)

Concave mirror

(b)

Convex lens

(c)

Convex mirror

(d)

Concave lens

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11 cm.

(c)
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11.7 cm.

The focal length of a concave mirror shown below equals to :

(a)

(d)

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37.

Acetic acid was added to a solid X kept in a test tube. A colourless and odourless gas
Y was evolved. The gas was passed through lime water which turn milky. It was
concluded that
(a) solid X is sodium hydroxide and the gas Y is carbon dioxide.
(b) solid X is sodium carbonate and the gas Y is carbon dioxide.
(c) solid X is sodium acetate and the gas Y is carbon dioxide.
(d) solid X is sodium hydrogen carbonate and the gas Y is sulphur dioxide.

38.

When a few drops of acetic acid are added to blue litmus solution it is observed that the
(a) blue litmus turns red
(b) no colour change occurs
(c) blue litmus turns green
(d) blue litmus becomes colourless

39.

Solution of Al2(SO4)3; FeSO4;CuSO4 and ZnSO4 were seperately taken in four test tubes
and some iron filings were added in each of the test tubes. After few minutes a student
would observe that the colour of :

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CuSO4 solution only changed

(b)
(c)

solution of ZnSO4 and Al2(SO4)3 only changed

solution of CuSO4, ZnSO4 and Al2(SO4)3 changed and that of FeSO4 did not
change.

(d)

all the four solutions changed.

(a)
41.

When zinc is added to copper sulphate solution, the solution becomes :

green

(b)

blue

(c)

pale yellow

(d)

colourless

A student takes copper, aluminium, iron and zinc metals separately in four test tubes
labelled as I, II, III and IV respectively. He adds 10 mL of freshly prepared ferrous
sulphate solution to each test tube and observes the colour of the metal residue in each
case. He would observe a black residue in the test tubes :

(a)

I and II

(b)

I and III

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