SAHAKAR VIDYA MANDIR, BULDHANA
CLASS: X SUB:SCIENCE
PRACTISE PAPER 1
GENERAL INSTRUCTION
i. SECTION A CONSIST QUESTION OF OF 1M EACH
ii. SECTION B CONSIST QUESTION OF OF 2M EACH
iii. SECTION C CONSIST QUESTION OF OF 3M EACH
iv. SECTION D CONSIST QUESTION OF OF 5M EACH
SECTION A (1M EACH)
1) Which of the following events in the mouth cavity will be affected if salivary amylase is
lacking in the saliva?
(a) Starch breaking down into sugars.
(b) Proteins breaking down into amino acids.
(c) Absorption of vitamins.
(d) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol. 1M
2) When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue-
black in colour. This indicates that rice water contains:
(a) fats
(b) complex proteins
(c) starch
(d) simple proteins 1M
3) Which part of nephron allows the selective reabsorption of useful substances like
glucose, amino acids, salts and water into the blood capillaries?
(a) Tubule
(b) Glomerulus
(c) Bowman’s capsule
(d) Ureter 1M
4) MnO2 + 4HCl → 2 + 2H2O + Cl2
Identify the substance oxidized in the above . equation.
(a) MnCl2
(b) HCl
(c) H2O
(d) MnO2 1M
5) What type of chemical reactions take place when electricity is passed through water?
(a) Displacement
(b) Combination
(c) Decomposition
(d) Double displacement
SECTION A(2M EACH)
6) Write balanced chemical equation for the reaction that take place during respiration.
Identifying the type of combination reaction that take place during this process and
justifying the name. Give one more example of this type of reaction. 2M
OR
7) ) Classsify the following reaction into different type: (a) AgNO3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO3
(b) CaO + H2O → Ca(OH)2 (c) 2KClO3 → 2KCl + 3O2. (ii) Which of the above reaction
are precipitation reaction? Why is a reaction called precipitation reaction? 2M
8)Complete and balance the following equation: (i) NH₃ + O₂→
(ii) NaOH + H₂SO₄ → 2M
9) Name the green dot like structures in some cells observed by a student when a leaf peel was
viewed under a microscope. What is this green colour due to? 2M
10) In the experiment “Light is essential for photosynthesis” Why does the uncovered part of the
leaf turn blue black after putting iodine solution? 2M
11) i)Give one reason why multicellular organism require special organs for exchange of gases
between their body and environment?
ii) What is saliva? States its role in the digestion of food. 2M
SECTION C (3M EACH)
12) a)Name the process by which autotrophs prepare their own food. (b) List
the three events which occur during the process. (c) State two sources
from which plants obtain nitrogen for the synthesis of protein and other
compounds. 3M
13) (a)Name the following: (i) The three carbon molecules that is formed
due to break down of glucose during respiration. (ii) During the nitrogenous
waste that is remove from the blood in our kidney. (b) How do unicellular
organism generally remove waste. 3M
14)(a) What is meant by the breathing? What happen when to the rate of
breathing during vigorous exercise and why? (b) Define translocation with
respect to transport in plants. Why is it essential for plants? Where in plants
are the following synthesized? 3M
15) (a) A solution of substance ‘X’ Is used for white washing. What is the
substance ‘X’? State the chemical reaction of ‘X’ with water. (b) Why does
the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped in
it? 3M
16) What is redox reaction? When a magnesium ribbon burns in air with a
dazzling flame and forms a white ash , is magnesium oxidized or reduced ?
Why? 3M
SECTION D (5M EACH)
16) When the powder of a common metal is heated in an open china dish,
its colour turns black. However, when hydrogen is passed over the hot
black substance so formed, it regains its original colour. Based on the
above information answer the following questions:
(i) What type of chemical reaction take place in each of the two given
steps? 1M
(ii) Name the metal initially taken in the powder form. 1M
iii)Write balanced chemical equations for both reactions. 1M
iv)why is it needed to balance chemical reaction? state the law. 2M
17)i) Write the name of different components of transports system in
human beings and state their function in brief. (b) How is blood clot from, if
a leak develops in the system of blood vessels? 3M
ii)Draw neat and labeled diagram of excretory system. 2M