First Terminal Examination 2078
Guinness Public Secondary School
Class: 10 F. M.
75
Time: 2.15 hrs. Subject: Science
Students are requested to write their answers in their
own words.
GROUP-‘A’ (15X1=15)
1. a. Define gravitational force.
b. Write down the value of acceleration due to gravity
at the polar region
of earth.
c . What is weightlessness?
d. Write down any two example of alternative
sources of energy.
e. What is fossil?
f. How can we conserve energy ?( any two)
g. How much solar energy falls per square meter on
the surface of earth?
h .Draw the atomic structure of oxygen on the basis
of shell.
[Link] is glazing?
j. Define ordinary glass.
k. Write down any one example of soap.
l. Which metallic oxide is used in preparing blue
glass?
m. classify the insect honey bee.
[Link] down the name of silkworm that are found
in Nepal.
[Link] how many times does a silkworm larva moult?
GROUP-‘B’ (13X2=26)
2. Give reason; when a coin and feather are dropped
from the roof of a
building, the coin reaches the ground earlier.
3. Tides occur in oceans but not in lakes,why?
4. The weight of stone is less at the top of a mountain
than at its bottom,
why?
5. Write down any two differences between mass and
weight.
6. Hydropower is an alternative sources of energy ,why?
7. The sun is the ultimate source of energy, why?
8. Write down any two differences between nuclear
fusion and nuclear
fission.
9. Nitrogen is necessary for plants, why?
10. What are the disadvantages of plastics.(any two)
11. Distinguish between soft glass and hard glass.
12. Why are the eggs kept in cold places for a long time?
13. How can we obtain silk from a cocoon?
14. Write down any two points of economic importances
of honey bee.
GROUP-‘C’ (6X3=18)
15. Write down any three differences between ‘G’ and
‘g’.
16. What are the conditions required for nuclear fusion in
the sun (any three)
17. Define energy crisis .write its two causes.
18. Differentiate between soap and detergent.(any three)
19. Study the given picture and answer the following
question.
i. label A and B A
ii. Which part of them consist of silk
iii. What is the cause of keeping the stage in boiling
water before
unwinding the silk fibre?
20. Write in brief about the queen bee with a neat and
labelled diagram.
GROUP-‘D’ (4X4=16)
21. State and prove Newton’s universal law of
gravitation
22. Write down any three functions of nitrogenous
fertilizers. Define
chemical pollution.
23. Write the roles of the worker bee in a hive.
24. Draw the well lebelled diagram of life cycle of
silkworm.
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