NEW LOOK GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
SUMMER BREAK HOLIDAY HOME WORK
QUESTION BOOKLET (2025-26)
CLASS: X SUBJECT: SCIENCE
Name:_________________________________________ Roll No:______ Sec : _____

CHAPTER 1 : CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND EQUATIONS

SR. NO. QUESTIONS POINT

VALUE

SECTION A (MCQ)

1. In the following case(s) the combination reaction occours is: 1

I. CuO + H2 →
II. ZnO + C →
III. Na + O2 →
IV. CH4 + O2 →
(a) Only III (b) Only IV (c) II and III (d) I, III and IV

2. When can you say that the chemical reaction is said to give 1
complete information?
a) When the state of reactants and products are given
b) When the state reactants are given only
c) When the state of products are given only
d) When the states are not mentioned
3. When aqueous solutions of barium chloride and sodium sulphate 1
react together, and insoluble substance along with aqueous solution
of sodium chloride is formed. This reaction is an example of a:
a) combination reaction
b) decomposition reaction
c) displacement reaction
d) double displacement reaction
4. Select the correct statement from the following about the reaction: 1
CuO + H2 → Cu + H2O
(a) CuO is getting oxidized and H2 is getting reduced.
(b) H2 is getting oxidized and CuO is getting reduced.
(c) CuO is a reducing agent.
(d) H2 is an oxidizing agent.
5. Magnesium ribbon burns with a dazzling white light in air and 1
form a white powder. Identify the chemical composition of white
powder.
a) Magnesium Carbonate
b) Magnesium Oxide
 c) Magnesium Nitrate
d) Magnesium Sulphate
6. Seema got her room walls white washed with slaked lime. After 1
two-three days she found that whitewashing gave a shiny finishing
on the walls because calcium carbonate reacts with carbon dioxide.
Predict the reaction that has taken placed on the whitewashed
walls.
a) Slaked lime reacts with CO2
b) Slaked lime reacts with NO2
c) Slaked lime reacts with O2
d) Slaked lime reacts with SO2
7. MnO2 + 4HCl → MnCl2 +H2O + Cl2 1
Name the reducing agent.
a) MnO2 b) HCl c) MnCl2 d) H2O
8. Rajat was writing Chemistry home work . He had learnt the 1
equation but he forgot the product that was formed after heating
Ferrous sulphate. Choose the correct option from the following to
help Rajat.
a) Fe2O3, SO2, SO3
b) Fe3O4, SO3
c) Fe2O3, SO4
d) Fe2O3, SO2
9. Usha was heating a salt Lead nitrate. She saw brown fumes coming 1
out of the test tube. Identify the gas released.
a) CO2 b) SO2 c)NO2 d) NO3
10. Classify the type of reaction in which exchange of ions between 1
reactants takes place.
(a) displacement reaction
(b) double displacement reaction
(c) Combination reaction
(d) decomposition reaction
ASSERTION AND REASON (1MARK)
Question No. 11 to 15 consist of two statements – Assertion (A)
and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting the
appropriate option given below:
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the
Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion and the Reason are correct but the reason is not
the correct explanation of Assertion
(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is
true
11. Assertion: Exothermic reactions release heat energy. 1
Reason: CaO + H2O→Ca(OH)2
12. Assertion: Oxidation is the addition of oxygen. 1
Reason: Potassium dichromate acts as reducing agent.
13. Assertion: The taste of oily food changes after some days which is 1
called rancidity.
Reason: The taste of the food is changed because it is reduced.
14. Assertion: White silver chloride turns grey in sunlight so it is used 1
in photography.
Reason: Silver chloride decomposes into silver and chlorine by
light
15. Assertion (A) : Brown fumes are produced when lead nitrate is 1
heated. Reason (R) : Nitrogen dioxide gas is produced as a by
product due to the decomposition of lead nitrate.
SECTION – B (2 MARKS)

16. Green Ferric sulphate on heating forms red colour ferric oxide. 1
Represent the above chemical reaction in the form of equation.
17. Rita left her chips uncovered in a plate on the table. After some 1
days, its taste changed. She took out other pieces of chips kept in a
tightly packed container. It tasted good. Give reasons why these
chips tasted different.
SECTION – C( 3 MARKS)

18. Identify the substances which are oxidised and reduced. 3

i) MnO2 +4HCl →MnCl2 + H2O
ii)ZnO +C → Zn + CO
19. Zn +H2SO4 →ZnSO4 + H2 3
a) How can you detect that the liberated gas is a hydrogen gas?
b) Why has Zn replaced hydrogen from H2SO4?
c) Which kind of reaction is taking place in the above equation?
SOURCES BASED/CASE BASED

20. Siya took a white- coloured salt and made its aqueous solution. She 4
then added KI solution to it, and its colour changed to yellow. She
was surprised to see the colour change.
(a)Identify the white-colored salt Siya used.
(b)Explain why the color changed to yellow.
(c) Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction that took
place.
21. Breath Analyzers 4

Breath analyzers contain an anode. When a person blows into a

breathalyzer, the ethanol in their breath reacts with water from the
air at the anode and is oxidized to form acetic acid. Meanwhile, at
the cathode, oxygen from the atmosphere is reduced to form water.
These two coupled reactions produce an electrical current between
the electrodes that's proportional to the amount of ethanol present
in the breath and thus gives the information of alcohol
 consumption to the cops.
Answer the following question
(i) Identify the oxidizing agent (oxidant) in the following reaction:
CuO + H2 --> Cu + H2O
(ii) The concentration of alcohol in the breath can be tested by the
breath analyser. How ?
(ii) Conversion of ethanol to acetic acid is oxidation or reduction?
Explain the role of water?
22. Types of reaction 4
There are many chemical reactions taking place around us which
are accompanied by different types of changes. These reactions are
classfied into various categories on the basis of different criteria.

Answer the following questions

(i) Give an example where a chemical change is accompanied
by a change in colour.

(ii) Calcium oxide is made to react with water, this type of

reaction is ___________, which is accompanied by
__________ of heat.
(iii) During formation of MgCl2from Mg, the metal is getting
oxidised explain?
LONG ANSWER TYPE(5 MARKS)

23. There is a red alert in Kannur, Kerela due to heavy rainfall. Rita 5
collected this rainwater in a beaker and put two electrodes. She
observed bubbles in the electrode.
a) Name the gases released on each electrode.
b) What will happen if you bring a burning candle to each
electrode?
(c)What will happen if rainwater is replaced by distilled water?
24. Ram was doing an experiment in the Chemistry lab. The teacher 5
told him to heat 1g of Cu in a test tube. He observed that the colour
of the copper turns from brown to black. When Hydrogen gas is
passed over it again changes to brown colour.
i) Which type of chemical reaction is Ram performing when he is
heating Cu?
ii) Describe the process that is occurring when Ram is heating
Copper in air.
iii) Write a chemical equation to represent Ram's experiment.
 iv) What will happen if hydrogen gas is passed over black Copper
oxide?
25. Balance the following equations: 5
I) Na2SO4 +BaCl2 → BaSO4 + NaCl
ii) Fe + H2O → Fe3O4 + H2
iii) Mg +O2 → MgO
iv) Cu + FeSO4 → FeSO4 + Cu
v) AgCl → Ag + Cl2

CHAPTER : 5 LIFE PROCESSES

Sr. No. QUESTIONS POINT VALUE

SECTION -A (MCQ)

1. In the human respiratory system, the path taken by air when we 1

breathe in is :
(a) Nostrils → Larynx → Treachea → Pharynx → Alveoli
(b) Nostrils → Treachea → Larynx → Pharynx → Alveoli
(c) Nostrils → Pharynx → Larynx → Treachea → Alveoli
(d) Nostrils → Larynx → Pharynx → Treachea → Alveoli
2. A doctor advised a person to take an injection of insulin because: 1
(a) his heart was beating slowly
(b) his blood pressure was low
(c) he was looking short in height
(d) his pancreas was not secreting the required hormone in proper
amounts
3. Opening and closing of stomata is due to : 1
(a) High pressure of gases inside the cells.
(b) Movement of water in and out of the guard cells.
(c) Stimulus of light in the guard cells.
(d) Diffusion of CO2 in and out of the guard cells.
4. Which of the equations shows the correct conversion of CO2 and 1
H2O into carbohydrates in plants?
5. Which of the following options shows the transport of oxygen to 1
the cell correctly?
(a) Lungs →pulmonary vein →left atrium →left ventricle →aorta
→ body cells
(b) Lungs →pulmonary vein →right atrium →right ventricle →
aorta → body cells
(c) Lungs →pulmonary artery →left atrium → left ventricle →
vena cava → body cells
(d) Lungs →pulmonary artery →right atrium → right ventricle→
vena cava → body cells
6. The image shows the excretory system in humans. 1

What is the importance of the labelled part in the excretory

system?
(a) It produces urine.
(b) It filters waste from the blood.
(c) It stores the urine till urination.
(d) It carries urine from the kidney to the outside.
7. During deficiency of oxygen in tissues of humans, pyruvic acid is 1
converted into lactic acid in____.
(a) Cytoplasm (b) chloroplast (c) mitochondria (d)
golgi body
8. In the human digestive system, the enzymes pepsin and trypsin are 1
respectively secreted by?
(a) Pancreas and liver (b) pancreas and gall bladder
(c) stomach and pancreas (d) stomach and salivary glands
9. The loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the 1
plant is known as
(a) condensation
(b) transpiration
(c) evaporation
(d) translocation
10. In plants, waste products like resins and gems are stored in : 1
(a) leaves that falls off
(b) old xylem
(c) phloem
(d) cellular vacuoles
ASSERTION AND REASON (1MARK)
Question No. 11 to 15 consist of two statements – Assertion (A)
and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting the
appropriate option given below:
 (a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the
Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion and the Reason are correct but the reason is not
the correct explanation of Assertion
(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is
true.
11. Assertion (A): Rings of cartilage are present in the throat. 1
Reason (R) : These ensure that the air-passage does not collapse.
12. Assertion (A): In human beings, the respiratory pigment is 1
haemoglobin
Reason (R) : It is a type of protein which has high-affinity for
carbon dioxide.
13. Assertion ( A) : Ventricles have thicker walls than auricles. 1
Reason (R): Ventricles have to pump blood into various organs
with great pressure.
14. Assertion (A) : Pancreatic juice digests proteins and fats. 1
Reason (R): Pancreatic juice contains digestive enzymes like
trypsin and lipase.
15. Assertion(A): The accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles 1
causes muscle cramps.
Reason(R): During vigorous physical exercise leg muscles respire
anaerobically.
SECTION – B (2 MARKS)

16. State two differences between arteries and veins. 2

17. (i)Which enzyme is secreted by the liver? 2

(ii) Where is that enzyme stored?
(iii) What is the function of that enzyme?
SECTION – C(3 MARKS)

18. List three characteristics of lungs which make it efficient 3

respiratory surface.

19. State the role of the following in human digestive system : 1+1+1
(i) Digestive enzymes (ii) Hydrochloric acid (iii) Villi
SOURCES BASED/CASE BASED

20. Paris olympics are going on including many games where one such 1+2+1
game is athletics. An athlete after running on a long track started
breathing faster.
(a) What observation do you see in the chest, ribs and diaphragm
when air is inhaled and exhaled respectively?
(b) What prevents air passage from collapsing in our throat?
(c) The smallest unit of lungs is —---------------
21. The heart is a muscular organ which is as big as our fist. Because 1+1+2
both oxygen and carbon dioxide have to be transported by the
blood, the heart has different chambers to prevent the oxygen-rich
blood from mixing with the blood containing carbon dioxide. The
 carbon dioxide-rich blood has to reach the lungs for the carbon
dioxide to be removed, and the oxygenated blood from the lungs
has to be brought back to the heart. This oxygen-rich blood is then
pumped to the rest of the body.
(a) How many chambers are present in the heart of mammals?
(b) Who carries deoxygenated blood from body to heart?
(c) What do you mean by the term double circulation? Draw the
sketch for the double circulation.
22. Reena in her lunch have food items made up of rice, pulses, milk, 1+1+2
ghee. Her digestive system breaks down different nutrients into
their simpler form.
(a)Write the secretions of gastric glands.
(b)In which medium pepsin work and on which nutrient?
(c) In which medium pancreatic enzymes work and write the name
of enzymes?
LONG ANSWER TYPE(5 MARKS)

23. a) Complete the glucose breakdown pathway as given below. 2+1+2

(b) Name the molecule in the cell which stores the energy
produced at the end of the pathway.
(c) Why do you get cramps during vigorous muscular activity?
24. (a)List the three events that occur during the process of 3+2
photosynthesis.
(b) Explain the role of stomata in this process.(any two points)
25. (a)Define excretion. 1+1+3
(b) Name the basic filtration unit present in the kidney.
(c) Draw excretory system in human beings and label the following
organs of an organism is called excretion
(b) Basic filtration unit present in kidney is nephron
(c)

(i) Kidney (ii) Ureter (iii) Urinary bladder

 CHAPTER: 9 LIGHT: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

Sr. No. QUESTIONS POINT VALUE

SECTION -A (MCQ)

1. A student put two pencils in a glass of water. He observed the 1

bending of pencils as shown in the picture. This is called

(a) reflection (b) refraction (c) scattering (d)

Tyndall Effect
2. Which of the following lens will converge the light rays most? 1
(a) A convex lens with focal length 10 cm
(b) A concave lens of focal length 10 cm
(c) A convex lens of focal length 20 cm
(d) A concave lens of focal length 20 cm
3. A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of -3.0D. Which type of 1
lens is this?
(a) diverging lens (b) Converging lens
(c) bi-focal lens (d) Plane lens
4. The image formed by a concave mirror of focal length 50 cm is 1
real and of magnification -1. In this case the distance between the
object from its own image is :
(a) 50 cm (b) 100 cm (c) 200 cm (d) Zero
5. While tracing the path of a ray of light through glass slab, a student 1
observes that:
(a) refracted ray bends away from normal while emergent ray is
parallel to incident ray
(b) refracted ray is parallel to incident ray while emergent ray
bends away from normal
(c) refracted ray bends towards the normal while emergent ray is
parallel to incident ray
(d) refracted ray bends towards the normal and emergent ray also
bends towards the normal
6. A student focused the image of a distant tree on a screen using a 1
convex lens. What should he measure to find the focal length of the
lens?
(a) distance between tree and the lens
(b) distance between the tree and screen
 (c) distance between the screen and the lens
(d) distance between the student and the lens
7. When the angle of incidence on a glass slab is 0o,angle of 1
refraction r will be
(a) 0° (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) depend on the material of the
slab
8. The diagram below represents an object and a converging lens. 1

What type of image will be formed if the object is bring closer to

lens and kept at F?
(a) real, inverted and diminished
(b) real, inverted and enlarged
(c) virtual, inverted and diminished
(d) virtual, erect and enlarged.
9. A candle is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal 1
length 25 cm at some distance from the lens. The image formed is
of same size as of the object. This means that image is:
(a) virtual and erect and formed at 50 cm from the lens.
(b) virtual and inverted and formed at 50 cm from the lens.
(c) real and erect and formed at 5 cm from the lens.
(d) real and inverted and formed at 50 cm from the lens.
10. An object is located on the principal axis at a distance of 8 cm from 1
a thin converging lens having focal length 10 cm. The image of the
object will be
(a) real, upright, and smaller than the object
(b) real, inverted, and smaller than the object
(c) real, inverted, and larger than the object
(d) virtual, erect, and larger than the object.
ASSERTION AND REASON (1MARK)
Question No. 11 to 15 consist of two statements – Assertion (A)
and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting the
appropriate option given below:
(a) Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the
Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion
(b) Assertion and the Reason are correct but the reason is not
the correct explanation of Assertion
(c) Assertion is true but the Reason is false
(d) The statement of the Assertion is false but the Reason is
true.
11. Assertion: While repairing a wrist watch, watch makers use a 1
convex lens.
Reason: A convex lens forms a real image.
12. Assertion: The word AMBULANCE on the hospital vans is 1
written in the form of its mirror image.
 Reason: The image formed in a plane mirror is same size of the
object.
13. Assertion: When light enters a rectangular glass prism, it emerges 1
parallel to the incident ray
Reason: The extent of the bending of the ray of light at the
opposite parallel faces of rectangular glass slab is equal and
opposite.
14. Assertion: The refractive index of water is more than one. 1
Reason: The speed of light is less in water than the speed of light
in vacuum.
15. Assertion: A full length image of a tall tree can be obtained in a 1
concave mirror.
Reason: Convex mirror always gives a diminished and erect
image.
SECTION – B (2 MARKS)

16. The refractive index of water is 1.33. What does it mean? Find the 2
speed of light in water?
17. Draw a ray diagram to show image formation by a convex lens 2
when object is placed
i) at infinity
ii)in between O and F
SECTION – C(3 MARKS)

18. Show the path of ray after refraction from a converging lens in 3
following cases:
i .When incident ray is parallel to principal axis.
ii. When ray of light is passing through optical centre.
iii. When ray of light passes through a principal Focus .
19. A student used a concave mirror to form enlarged image by 3
keeping the candle at focus.
(a)Where else he can place the candle so that concave mirror
produce a magnified image of an object placed in front of it.
(b) State the difference if any between these two images.
SOURCES BASED/CASE BASED

20. For science exhibition, Ram made a solar cooker using a black box 1+1+2
and a mirror .Ram used a plane mirror while shyam used a concave
mirror. They kept a cup of water in the solar cooker.
(i)After Half and hour, water of which cooker will be hotter and
why?
(ii) Where should be the cup kept to fasten the heating in shyam's
model.
(iii) Will the solar cooker made by ram work well if he replace his
mirror with convex mirror. Justify your answer.
21. Rohan was studying the venation of leaves in the garden. He found 4
it difficult to see vein pattern in small leaves. Then the teacher
gave him a magnifying glass A. now he could better see the pattern
of leaves .Teacher give another glass ‘B’ to see even smaller insect
on The leaves.
 i) Where should Rohan keep the leaf to get a better enlarged view.
Draw diagram to support your answer.
ii) What will happen if he use a glass slab instead of magnifying
glass? Which phenomena will take place?
iii) If the power of magnifying glass A and B are in the ratio of 1:3
what would be the ratio of the focal length of A and B?
22. While taking bath, Ravi’s soap dropped into the bucket filled with 4
water. He put his hand in water to pick the soap. He found that
soap appears at higher position than its actual position.
i) explain why did the soap appear raised?
ii) if the water in bucket is replaced with kerosene then how would
the apparent position of soap change?
iii) the absolute refractive indices of water and glass is 4/3 and 3/2
respectively. If the speed of light in glass is 2 x10 8 m/s, find the
speed of light in vacuum.
LONG ANSWER TYPE(5 MARKS)

23. (a)Reena’s bike fell and its side mirror broke. She went to the shop 5
to buy a new mirror. The shopkeeper showed her two mirrors, one
plane and one convex. Which mirror she should buy and why??
(b)An object is placed at a distance of 15cm from a lens of convex
mirror of focal length 20cm. Find the position and nature of the
image.
24. a)A child was playing with a mirror. He reflected the sunlight on a 5
paper and got a bright spot. After sometime. The paper begin to
produce smoke, Which mirror is used by the child and Why did the
paper produce smoke?
b) Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.
(i) Headlights of a car.
(ii) By a dentist.
Justify your answer.
25. a)If the image formed by a spherical mirror for all positions of the 5
object placed in front of it is always erect and diminished. What
type of mirror is it? Draw a labelled ray diagram to support your
answer.
b)The magnification produced by a spherical lens is -2”. List three
informations you obtain from this statement about the mirror/
image.