Class X Session 2025-26
Subject - Science
Sample Question Paper - 03
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 3 sections. Section A is Biology, Section B is Chemistry and
Section C is Physics.
2. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is expected to
attempt only one of these questions.
Section A
1. As compared to terrestrial organisms, the rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is: [1]
a) slower because the capacity of water of b) slower because the amount of dissolved
dissolving atmospheric air is limited. oxygen in water is fairly low.
c) faster because they need more oxygen for d) faster because the amount of dissolved
their survival. oxygen in water is fairly low.
2. In an experiment to study independent inheritance of two separate traits : shape and colour of seeds, the ratio of [1]
the different combinations in F2 progeny would be
a) 1 : 3 b) 1 : 2 : 1
c) 9 : 1 : 1 : 3 d) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
3. Disposable plastic plates should not be used because: [1]
a) They are made of materials with light b) They are made of biodegradable materials.
weight.
c) They are made of toxic materials. d) They are made of non-biodegradable
material.
4. Match the following with correct response. [1]
Column A Column B
(i) Central nervous system (a) Brain
(ii) Peripheral nervous system (b) Sympathetic nervous system
(iii) Autonomic nervous system (c) Cranial and spinal nerves
(iv) Reflex action (d) Reflex arc
a) (i) - (c), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (a) b) (i) - (a), (ii) - (c), (iii) - (b), (iv) - (d)
c) (i) - (b), (ii) - (d), (iii) - (a), (iv) - (c) d) (i) - (d), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (b)
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5. What will happen if the deer are missing in the following food chain? [1]
Grass → Deer → Tiger
a) The population of tigers will increase b) The tigers will die
c) The amount of grass will decrease d) The tigers will start eating grass
6. Select from the following the correct statement about tropic movement in plants: [1]
a) It is due to stimulus of touch and b) It does not depend upon the direction of
temperature. stimulus received.
c) It is observed only in roots and not in stems. d) It is a growth related movement.
7. Select from the following a plant hormone which promotes cell division. [1]
a) Abscissic Acid b) Cytokinins
c) Auxins d) Gibberellins
8. Assertion (A): Amoeba takes in food using finger like extensions of the cell surface. [1]
Reason (R): In all unicellular organisms, the food is taken in by the entire cell surface.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
9. Assertion (A): Producers are capable of using light energy from the sun to make food available in an ecosystem. [1]
Reason (R): All food chains in an ecosystem start with a producer.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
10. Define the term pollination. Differentiate between self-pollination and cross-pollination. What is the significance [2]
of pollination?
11. a. Construct a food chain of four trophic levels operating in a grassland. If the energy available to the organisms [2]
of 4th trophic level is 75 joules, how much energy was available with the organisms of the 2nd trophic level
for transfer to the next trophic level? Justify your answer.
b. Why is the flow of energy unidirectional in a food chain?
OR
What is meant by trophic level in a food chain? Construct a terrestrial food chain with four trophic levels. The energy
flow in a food chain is always unidirectional. Why?
12. Name a plant growth hormone synthesized at the shoot tip. Explain its effect on the growth of a plant in response [2]
to light.
13. Name the plant Mendel used for his experiment. What type of progeny was obtained by Mendel in F1 and F2 [3]
generations when he crossed the tall and short plants? Write the ratio he obtained in F2 generation plants.
14. i. Write the correct sequence of steps followed during journey of oxygen rich blood from lungs to various [3]
organs of human body.
ii. What happens when the system of blood vessels develop a leak?
15. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
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A student crossed pea plants having round and yellow seeds with pea plants having wrinkled and green seeds.
He found that only one type of seeds were produced in the F1 generation. When these F1 generation pea plants
were self - pollinated with each other, then in addition to the seed type of F1 generation, some new types of seed
combinations were also obtained in the F2 generation.
i. Write any two contrasting visible characters other than the ones shown above, taken by Mendel for his
experiment. (1)
ii. Mention the dominant traits observed in F1 generation. (1)
iii. Give reason why the traits which were not visible in the seeds of F1 generation reappeared in the seeds of F2
generation. Write the ratio of different types of seeds obtained in F2 generation in this case. (2)
OR
What is meant by the terms (I) dominant, and (II) recessive traits? Explain. (2)
16. i. Name the mode of reproduction of the following organisms and state the important feature of each mode : [5]
a. Planaria
b. Hydra
c. Rhizopus
ii. We can develop new plants from the leaves of Bryophyllum. Comment.
iii. List two advantages of vegetative propagation over other modes of reproduction.
OR
With the help of labelled diagram explain the general scheme to illustrate how nervous impulses travel in the body?
Section B
17. Select the incorrect statement. [1]
a. The formula of the compound is calcium sulphate dihydrate.
b. When mixed with water and left for half an hour, this compound sets into a hard mass.
c. If heated at higher temperature, the compound becomes dehydrated and is called dead burnt plaster.
d. Both (a) and (b)
a) Statement (d) is incorrect. b) Statement (a) is incorrect.
c) Statement (b) is incorrect. d) Statement (c) is incorrect.
18. Which of the given statement is correct or wrong: [1]
Statement A: Acetic acid freezes at 290K.
Statement B: Acetic is also called as glacial acetic acid.
a) Statement B is True; Statement A is false. b) Statement A is true; Statement B is false.
c) Neither Statement A nor Statement B is d) Both the statements A and B are true.
true.
19. An element X reacts with O2 to give a compound with a high melting point. This compound is also soluble in [1]
water. The element X is likely to be:
a) silicon b) carbon
c) iron d) calcium
20. Match the following with the correct response: [1]
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Column A Column B
(i) Catenation (a) Butene
(ii) Alkane (b) Carbon compounds
(iii) Alkene (c) Ethyne
(iv) Alkyne (d) Ethane
a) (i) - (c), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (a) b) (i) - (b), (ii) - (d), (iii) - (a), (iv) - (c)
c) (i) - (d), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (b) d) (i) - (a), (ii) - (c), (iii) - (b), (iv) - (d)
21. During smelting, an additional substance is added which combines with impurities to form a fusible product [1]
known as:
a) Mud b) Gangue
c) Flux d) Slag
22. Identify a group of the unsaturated hydrocarbons from the following: [1]
a) Butyne, Ethene, Propyne b) Propane, Ethene, Butyne
c) Cyclohexane, Methane, Ethane d) Ethene, Propane, Hexane
23. The name of the salt used to remove permanent hardness of water is: [1]
a) Calcium sulphate hemihydrate (CaSO4. b) Sodium carbonate decahydrate
1
H2O) (Na2CO3.10H2O)
2
c) Sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) d) Sodium chloride (NaCl)
24. Assertion (A): When common salt is kept open, it absorbs moisture from the air. [1]
Reason (R): Common salt contains magnesium chloride.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
25. You have been provided with two test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other contain acid [2]
solution. How will you find out which of the test tube contains water without testing the contents of the test
tube?
26. Identify the type of reactions taking place in each of the following cases and write the balanced chemical [3]
equation for the reactions.
a. Zinc reacts with silver nitrate to produce zinc nitrate and silver.
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b. Potassium iodide reacts with lead nitrate to produce potassium nitrate and lead iodide.
OR
Define a chemical reaction. State four observations which help us to determine that a chemical reaction has taken
place. Write one example of each of the observations with a balanced chemical equation.
27. The atomic number of an element is 20. Write its electronic configuration. State whether this element is a metal [3]
or a non-metal. What is its valency? Write the name and formula of the compound which this element forms
with chlorine.
28. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
Those reactions in which two compounds react by an exchange of ions to form two new compounds are called
double displacement reactions. A double displacement reaction usually occurs in solution and one of the
products, being insoluble, precipitate out (separates as a solid). Any reaction in which an insoluble solid (called
precipitate) is formed that separates from the solution is called a precipitation reaction. The reaction in which
acid or acidic oxide reacts with base or basic oxide to form salt and water is called neutralisation reaction.
For example, 2NaOH + H2SO4 ⟶ Na2SO4 + H2O
i. When hydrogen sulphide gas is passed through a blue solution of copper sulphate, a black precipitate of
copper sulphide is obtained and the sulphuric acid so formed remains in the solution. Mention the type of
reaction. (1)
ii. Balance the following chemical reaction. (1)
Pb(NO3)2(aq) + KI(aq) ⟶ PbI2(s) + KNO3(aq)
iii. Barium chloride in reaction with ammonium sulphate forms barium sulphate and ammonium chloride.
Which type of chemical reaction represents in this reaction? (2)
OR
Identify A in the following reaction. (2)
AlCl3(aq) + 3NH4OH(aq) ⟶ A + 3NH4Cl(aq)
29. i. What are soaps? Explain the mechanism of cleansing action of soap with the help of a labelled diagram. [5]
ii. Detergents are better than soaps. Justify.
OR
a. Distinguish between esterification and saponification reactions with the help of chemical equations for each.
b. With a labelled diagram describe in brief an activity to show the formation of an ester.
Section C
30. Find the incorrect statement: [1]
A. Convex mirrors are used by the dentist to see the large images of teeth of patients.
B. Convex mirrors are used as rear-view mirrors in cars, motorcycles, scooters, etc
C. Concave mirrors are used for shaving purpose.
D. Concave mirrors are used by doctors to focus light inside the ear or inside the mouth for medical
examination.
a) (B) b) (C)
c) (A) d) (D)
31. In the following diagram the correctly marked angles are: [1]
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a) ∠ A, ∠ r and ∠ D b) ∠ i, ∠ A and ∠ D
c) ∠ A, ∠ i and ∠ e d) ∠ A and ∠ e
32. Assertion (A): In electric circuits, wires carrying currents in opposite directions are often twisted together. [1]
Reason (R): If the wire are not twisted together, the combination of the wires forms a current loop. The
magnetic field generated by the loop might affect adjacent circuits or components.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
33. Draw a ray diagram showing the path of rays of light when it enters with oblique incidence: [2]
a. from air to water
b. from water to air
34. An electric heater rated 1100 W operates at 220 V. Calculate (i) its resistance, and (ii) the current drawn by it. [2]
OR
In the experiment to study the dependence of current (I) on the potential difference (V) across a resistor, a student
obtained a graph as shown.
i. What does the graph depict about the dependence of current on the potential difference?
ii. Find the current that flows through the resistor when the potential difference across it is 2.5 V.
35. What is a Solenoid? Draw the pattern of the magnetic field lines around a current carrying solenoid. Mark on the [3]
pattern the region where the magnetic field is uniform.
36. A student sitting at the back of the classroom cannot read clearly the letters written on the backboard. What [3]
advice will a doctor give to her?
37. i. A straight cylindrical conductor is suspended with its axis perpendicular to the magnetic field of a horse-shoe [3]
magnet. The conductor gets displaced towards left when a current is passed through it. What will happen to
the displacement of the conductor if the
1. current through it is increased?
2. horse-shoe magnet is replaced by another stronger horse-shoe magnet?
3. direction of current through it is reversed?
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ii. Name and state the rule for determining the direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic
field.
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
If two or more resistances are connected in such a way that the same potential difference gets applied to each of
them, then they are said to be connected in parallel.
The current flowing through the two resistances in parallel is, however, not the same. When we have two or
more resistances joined in parallel to one another, then the same current gets additional paths to flow and the
overall resistance decreases.
i. Three resistances, 2 Ω , 6 Ω and 8 Ω are connected in parallel, then what will be the equivalent resistance?
(1)
ii. A wire of resistance 12Ω is cut into three equal pieces and then twisted their ends together, then what will be
the equivalent resistance? (1)
iii. Three resistances are connected as shown. Calculate the equivalent resistance between A and B (2)
OR
Find the current in each resistance. (2)
39. The variation of image distance (v) with object distance (u) for a convex lens is given in the following [5]
observation table. Analyse it and answer the questions that follow:
S. No. Object distance (u) cm Image distance (v) cm
1 -150 +30
2 -75 +37.5
3 -50 +50
4 -37.5 +75
5 -30 +150
6 -15 +37.5
i. Without calculation, find the focal length of the convex lens. Justify your answer.
ii. Which observation is not correct? Why? Draw ray diagram to find the position of the image formed for this
position of the object.
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iii. Find the approximate value of magnification for u = -30 cm.
OR
i. State laws of reflection of light.
ii. An object of height 5·0 cm is placed at 15 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. At what distance
from the mirror should a screen be placed, so that a focussed image is obtained on it? Find the height of the
image.
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