DATE: 26-11-25

AUTOCRAT COACHING CLASSES

10 (CBSE)
(First Prelim Exam) TIME: 3 Hours

Science New- MARKS: 80

SEAT NO:

Section – A

1 Observe the diagram of human digestive system. Which of the following correctly represents
the organ labelled as 2?

(a) Secretes bile juice, which acts on fat molecule

(b) Secretes pancreatic juice, which contains enzymes like amylase, trypsin, etc.
(c) Secretes intestinal juice, which contain amylolytic, proteolytic and lipolytic enzymes
(d) Release digestive juice which containing HC, pepsin mucus, etc.

2 Lime water turns cloudy in the presence of a gas which is a byproduct of respiration.
Shown below are four setups kept in sunlight for 24 hours,

In which setup is lime water expected to be the cloudiest?

(a) Setup P
(b) Setup Q
(c) Setup R
(d) Setup S

3 There was a cerebellar dysfunction in a patient. Which of the following activities will get
disturbed in this patient as a result of this?
(a) Salivation
(b) Hunger control
(c) Posture and balance
(d) Regulation of blood pressure
4 Person Xsuffers trom a condition that affects the normal functloning of the pituitary gland.
Which of the following is most likely a direct effect this condition?
(a) Insuficiency of iodine
(b) Irregular heartbeat
(c) Insufficient growth of the body
(d) Inability to regulate blood sugar

5 A female visits a doctor complaining about an Irregular perlods (or menstrual cycle).
She prescribed her some hormonal tablets.
Whlch option below shows the hormones she lacks the hormone?
(a) Oestrogen
(b) Adrenaline
(c) Thyroxine
(d) Testosterone

6 Consider the following statements about ozone.

(i) Ozone is a poisonous gas
(ii) Ozone shield the earth surface from the Infrared. Radiations from the Sun.
(iii) Ozone is a product of UV radiations acting on Oxygen molecule.
(iv) At the lower level of the earth ozone perform most essential function.
The correct statements are
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)

7 Accumulation of non-biodegradable pesticides in the food chain in increasing amount at

each higher trophic level is known as
(a) eutrophication
(b) pollution
(c) biomagnification
(d) accumulation

The following two questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). Answer these questions by selecting the appropriate option given below:

Options:

A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true.
8) Assertion (A) Offspring produced by asexual reproduction are genetically similar to the
parents.
Reason (R) Asexual reproduction involves a single parent.

9 Assertion: Biodegradable substances result in the formation of compost and natural

replenishment.
Reason: It is due to breakdown of complex inorganic substances into simple organic
substances.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
10 List the steps for the synthesis of glucose by the plants. What special feature is found in
desert plants related to this process?

11 Explain the mechanism by which the water is transported in plants?

12 Study the food chain given below and answer the questions that follow:

(a) If the amount of energy available at the third trophic level is 100 joules, then how much
energy will be available at the producer level? Justify your answer.
(b) Is it possible to have 2 more trophic levels in this food chain just before the fourth trophic
level? Justify your answer.

13 Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function.

14 (i) State the role played by the following in the process of digestion.
(a) Enzyme trypsin (b) Enzyme lipase
(ii) List two functions of finger-like projections present in the small intestine.

15 Rashi consumed boiled sweet potatoes and boiled eggs for breakfast. Help her to
understand some steps in the process of digestion of the food taken by her by answering
the questions given below.

Attempt either subpart A or B.

A. Which of these food items is rich in proteins? In which part of the alimentary canal is the
digestion of this component initiated? Name the enzymes, conditions required and the
glands associated with the digestion here.
OR
B. Which of these food items contains fats? How is it digested?
C. Which of these food items is rich in starch? How is its digestion initiated?
D. The figure given below represents parts of the human alimentary canal. Which of these
parts will have the maximum amount of digested food as soon as the process of digestion is
completed?
16 A)
(i) Name any two sexually transmitted diseases.
(ii) Prenatal sex-determination is prohibited by law, Why?
(iii) Name any three methods of contraception stating one side effect of each.

OR

B) Mary was conducting research on the number of fruits produced by watermelon under
different conditions. She grew 25 watermelon plants each in both glass house A and B. She
introduced pollinators in glass house A only.

(i) What difference will she observe in the number of fruits produced in the two glass
houses? Explain with reason.
(ii) List 3 changes that will occur in a flower once it gets fertilized.

Section-B

17) MnO2 + xHCI → MnCl2 + H2O+zCl2

In order to balance the above chemical equation, the values of x, y and zrespectively are

(a) 6,2,2 (b) 4, 1, 2 (c) 4.2.1 (d) 2, 2, 1

18 In the given experimental setup, it is observed that on passing the gas produced in the
reaction in the solution 'X the solution 'X first turns milky and then colourless.

The option that justifies the above stated observation that 'X is aqueous calcium hydroxide
and
(a) it turns milky due to carbon dioxide gas liberated in the reaction and after sometime it
becomes colourless due to formation of calcium carbonate.
(b) it turns milky due to formation of calcium carbonate and on passing excess of carbon
dioxide it becomes colourless due to formation of calcium hydrogen carbonate which is
soluble in water.
(e) it turns milky due to passing of carbon dioxide through it. li turns colourless as on further
passing carbon dioxide, sodium hydrogen carbonate is formed which is soluble in water.
(d) the carbon dioxide liberated during the reaction turns lime water milky due to formation of
calcium hydrogen carbonate and after some time it turns colouriess due to formation of
calcium carbonate which is soluble in water.

19) When 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution is added to few pieces of granulated zinc in a test
tube and then warmed, the reaction that occurs can be written in the form of a balanced
chemical equation as:
 (a) NaOH + Zn → NaZnO2 + H2O
(b) 2 NaOH + Zn → Na2ZnO2 + H2
(c) 2 NaOH + Zn → NaZnO2 + H2
(d) 2 NaOH + Zn → Na2ZnO2 + H2O

20 The formation of magnesium oxide is correctly shown in option:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

21 Match column I with column II and select the correct option using the given codes.

Column I Column II

(1) A metal that forms amphoteric oxides (i) Ga

(2) A metal which melts when kept on our palm (ii) Au

(3) A metal that reacts with nitric acid (iii) Al

(4) A metal which cannot displace hydrogen from acids (iv) Mn

(1) (a) – (ii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iii), (d) – (iv)
(2) (a) – (iii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (ii)
(3) (a) – (iv), (b) – (ii), (c) – (iii), (d) – (i)
(4) (a) – (iii), (b) – (ii), (c) – (i), (d) – (iv)

22 Tooth enamel is made up of calcium hydroxyapatite (a crystalline form of calcium

phosphate). This chemical starts cooroding in the mouth when the pH is ...............
(a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 14

23 Which of the following pairs will give displacement reactions?

(i) NaCl solution and copper metal
(ii) MgCl2 solution and aluminium metal
(iii) FeSO4 solution and silver metal
(iv) AgNO3 solution and copper metal

The following two questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). Answer these questions by selecting the appropriate option given below:

Options:

A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true.
24 Assertion (A): On adding dil. HCl to a test tube containing a substance ‘X’, a colourless gas
is produced which gives a pop sound when a burning match stick is brought near it.
Reason (R): In this reaction metal ‘X’ is displaced by Hydrogen.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true

25 The following activity is set-up in the science lab by the teacher. He clamped an aluminium
wire on a stand and fixed a pin to the free end of the wire using wax. Then he heated the
wire with a burner from the end where the wire is clamped. Students observed the pin fall
off.

A. If the teacher replaces aluminium wire by silver wire, will the students’ observation
change? Justify your answer.

B. Will the aluminium wire melt? Give reason for your answer.

26 Attempt either option A or B. 3

B. The given reaction shows one of the processes to extract the metals like Iron and
Manganese.
MnO2(s) + Al(s) → Mn(l) + Al2O3(s) + Heat
(a) Give reason why the above reaction is known as a thermite reaction.
(b) Identify the substance oxidised and reduced in the above reaction.
(c) Give a reason why Aluminium is preferably used in thermite reactions.

OR

A. A metal X acquires a green colour coating on its surface on exposure to air.

(i) Identify the metal 'X' and name the process involved in it.
(ii) Name and write chemical formula of the green coating formed.
(iii) List two important methods to prevent the process.

27 (i) While electrolysing water before passing the current some drops of an acid are added.
Why? Name the gases liberated at cathode and anode. Write the relationship between the
volume of gas collected at anode and the volume of gas collected at cathode.
(ii) What is observed when silver chloride is exposed to sunlight? Give the type of reaction
involved.

28 Salts play a very important role in our daily life. Sodium chloride which is known as common
salt is used almost in every kitchen. Baking soda is also a salt used in faster cooking as well
as in baking industry. The family of salts is classified on the basis of cations and anions
present in them.
 (i) Identify the acid and base from which Sodium chloride is formed. (1)
(ii) Find the cation and the anion present in Calcium sulphate. (1)
(iii) "Sodium chloride and washing soda both belong to the same family of salts." Justify this
statement. (2)
or

(iii) Define the term pH scale. Name the salt obtained by the reaction of Potassium
hydroxide and Sulphuric acid and give the pH value of its aqueous solution. (2)

29 (i) Identify the type of reactions taking place in each of the following cases and write the
balanced chemical equations for the reactions.
(a) Barium chloride solution is mixed, with copper sulphate solution and a white precipitate is
obtained.
(b) On heating copper powder in air, the surface of the copper powder turns black.
(ii) What happens when hydrogen gas is passed over the heated copper oxide? Write the
chemical equation involved in this reaction.

OR

(i) Sometimes the pH of our mouth gets lower than 5.5. Why?
(ii) A basic salt X is obtained by heating baking soda followed by crystallisation. Identify X
and state its two industrial uses.
(iii) Why do copper sulphate crystals turn white on heating?

Section-C

30 The angle of incidence from air to glass at the point O on the hemispherical glass slab is

(a) 45°
(b) 0°
(c) 90°
(d) 180°

31 A prism ABC (with BC as base) is placed in different orientations. A narrow beam of white
light is incident on the prism as shown in figure. In which of the following cases, after
dispersion, the sixth colour from the top corresponds to the colour of the sun?

(a) (I) (b) (II) (c) (III) (d) (IV)

The following two questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). Answer these questions by selecting the appropriate option given below:

Options:

A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
 C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true.
32 Assertion (A): A convex mirror always forms an image behind it and the image formed is
virtual.
Reason (R): According to the sign convention, the focal length of a convex mirror is positive.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true

33

The electric circuit (above figure) in a clothes dryer contains two heaters X and Y in parallel.
The above figure shows the circuit connected to a 230 V power supply. When both switches
are closed, the current in X is 3.5 A.
Analyse the circuit given above and answer the following questions.
(i) Calculate the power developed in heater X.
(ii) If the resistance of X is double that of Y calculate the current in heater Y.

OR

34 Find out the following in the electric circuit given in the figure-

(i) Effective resistance of two 8 ohm resistors in the combination.

(ii) Current flowing through the 4-ohm resistor

35 Observe the following diagram showing an image formation in an eye.

(i) ldentify the defect of vision shown in the figure. Give reason for your answer
(ii) List its two causes this defect.
(iii) With the help of diagram show how this defect of vision is corrected

36 Anannya responded to the question: Why do electrical appliances with metallic bodies are
connected to the mains through a three pin plug, whereas an electric bulb can be connected
with a two pin plug?
 She wrote: Three pin connections reduce heating of connecting wires.
(i) Is her answer correct or incorrect? Justify.
(ii) What is the function of a fuse in a domestic circuit?

37 Rohit wants to have an erect image of an object using a converging mirror of focal length 40
cm.
(i) Specify the range of distance where the object can be placed in front of the mirror. Give
reason for your answer.
(ii) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.
(iii) State one use of the mirror based on the above kind of image formation.

38 The below image is that of a Digital Single Lense Reflector (DSLR) Camera which are used
to take high resolution photographs by professional photographers. The second image of
the above two is a schematic diagram of how an image is formed on the sensor of the
camera. Based on your understanding of the lenses, answer the following questions.

A. What type of lens is used in the DSLR camera shown in the image?
B. What type of image is formed on the sensor?

Attempt either subpart C or D.

C. A photographer is using a DSLR camera with a lens of focal length f=50 mm to take a
close-up photograph of a small object. The lens projects an image onto the camera sensor
that is located 60 mm behind the lens. Calculate the object distance (i.e., the distance
between the object and the lens).

OR

D. A photographer is using a DSLR camera to take a picture of a flower. The flower is

positioned 150 mm away from the camera lens. The actual height of the flower is 80 mm,
and the image height formed on the camera’s sensor is measured to be 20 mm. Calculate
the focal length of the camera lens.

OR

The following images are that of a specialized slide projector. Slides are small
transparencies mounted sturdy frames ideally suited to magnification and projection, since
they have a very high resolution and a high image quality. There is a tray where the slides
 are to be put into a particular orientation so that the viewers can see the enlarged erect
images of the transparent slides. This means that the slides will have to be inserted upside
down in the projector tray. To show her students the images of insects that she investigated
in the lab, Mrs. Iyer brought a slide projector. Her slide projector produced a 500 times
enlarged and inverted image of a slide on a screen 10 m away.

(i) Based on the text and data given in the above paragraph, what kind of lens must
the slide projector have?
(ii) lf v is the symbol used for image distance and u for object distance, then with one

reason state what will be the sign for v

u
in the given case?

(iii) A slide projector has a convex lens with a focal length of 20 cm. The slide is
placed upside down 21 cm from the lens. How far away should the screen be placed
from the slide projector’s lens so that the slide is in focus?
OR
(iii) When a slide is placed 15 cm behind the lens in the projector, an image is formed
3 m in front of the lens. If the focal length of the lens is 14 cm, draw a ray diagram to
show image formation. (not to scale)

39 (i) How will you infer with the help of an experiment that the same current flows through
every part of the circuit containing three resistors R1,R2 and R3 in series connected to a
battery of V volts?
(ii) Study the following circuit and find out the

(a) Current in 12Ω resistor.

(b) Difference in the readings of A1 and A2, if any.

OR
The arrangement of resistors shown in the above figure is connected to a battery.;
The power dissipation in the 100 Ω resistor is 81 W.

Calculate
(i) the current in the circuit
(ii) the reading in the voltmeter V2
(iii) the reading in the voltmeter V1

(i) Two lamps rated 100 W, 220 V and 10 W, 220 V are connected in parallel to 220 V
supply. Calculate the total current through the circuit.
(ii) Two resistors X and Y of resistances 2Ω and 3Ω respectively are first joined in parallel
and then in series. In each case, the supplied voltage is 5 V.
(a) Draw circut diagrams to show the combination of resistors in each case.
(b) Calculate the voltage across the 3Ω resistor in the series combination of resistors.

OR

An object 5 cm in length is placed 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm.
Draw the ray diagram and find position, size and nature of image formed.