X SCIENCE SET-B (24_NOV)

Class 10 - Science
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.
Biology
1. Which hormone causes contraction of the uterus during birth? [1]

a) Oxytocin b) Thyroxin

c) Progesterone d) Estrogen
2. Which of the following endocrine glands is unpaired? [1]

a) Testes b) Ovary

c) Pituitary d) Adrenal
3. Select the option that contains only biodegradable wastes. [1]

a) Jute bag, Mouldy bread, Newspaper b) Cotton cloth, Mango fruit, Nylon wire

c) Orange peel, Metal key, Roti d) Aluminium can, Keyboard, Plastic bag
4. The egg of an animal contains 10 chromosomes, of which one is X-chromosome. How many [1]
autosomes would be there in the karyotype of this animal?

a) 8 b) 18

c) 20 d) 9
5. Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from [1]

a) Glucose b) Chlorophyll

c) Water d) Carbon dioxide

6. In human males, the testes lie in the scrotum, because it helps in the [1]

a) all of these b) easy transfer of gametes

c) formation of sperm d) process of mating

7. In a neuron, conversion of electrical signal to a chemical signal occurs at/in [1]

a) cell body b) axonal end

c) dendritic end d) axon

8. Assertion (A): Gases used in cooling devices can lead to depletion of ozone layer of atmosphere. [1]

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 Reason (R): Carbon monoxide which is widely used as coolant in refrigerator reacts with ozone
and destroys it.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct 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): Changes in non-reproductive tissues can be passed on the DNA of the germ cells. [1]
Reason (R): Inherited traits include the traits developed during the lifetime of an individual that
cannot be passed on to its property.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

10. What are differences between the transport of materials in xylem and phloem? [2]
11. Differentiate external fertilization and internal fertilization. [2]
OR
i. Define germiniation.
ii. From the diagram given below identify the incorrectly labelled parts.

12. Which type of tropic movement is shown by pollen grains? Define and explain it. [2]
13. With the help of an example, involving four organisms, describe how energy flows through [3]
different trophic levels.

14. A pea plant with purple flowers were crossed with white flowers producing 40 plants with only [3]
purple flowers. On selfing, these plants produced 470 plants with purple flowers and 162 with
white flowers. What genetic mechanism account for these results.
15. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
The green plants make their food, through photosynthesis and are therefore called autotrophs.
All other organisms depend upon green plants for food and are referred to as heterotrophs.

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 Green plants carry out photosynthesis by using light energy of sun. The first phase of reactions
are directly light driven therefore called light reactions. The second phase of reactions are not
directly light driven but are dependent on the products of light reactions and are called dark
reactions.
i. What is produced during the light phase of photosynthesis? (1)
ii. How many sugar molecules are produced in the overall process of photosynthesis? (1)

iii. A plant is provided with ideal conditions for photosynthesis and supplied with isotope 14CO2.
When the products of the process are analysed carefully, what would be the nature of
products? (2)
OR
What are the accurate functions corresponding to parts X, Y, and Z as depicted in the provided
diagrammatic representation of an electron micrograph of a section of a chloroplast? (2)

16. i. Draw the female reproductive part of a flower and label: [5]

a. The part which is sticky and receptors of pollen grains.

b. The part that transfers male gametes.
c. The part that contains the female gametes.
ii. How do the pollen grains reach to the female reproductive part in a flower?
iii. Describe how male and female gametes unite in a flowering plant with suitable diagrams.
OR
What are the different methods of contraception to avoid pregnancy?
Chemistry
17. When carbon dioxide gas is passed through a calcium hydroxide solution it forms [1]

a) calcium b) calcium carbonate

c) calcium bicarbonate d) calcium chloride

18. Which one of the following metals is malleable and a poor conductor of electricity? [1]

a) Copper b) Silver

c) Lead d) Zinc
19. The name and formula of third member of homologous series of alkyne is: [1]

a) Butyne C4 H8 b) Propyne C3 H6

c) Butyne C4 H6 d) Propyne C3 H4
20. Statement 1: When a mixture of hydrogen and chlorine is placed in sunlight, hydrogen chloride [1]
is formed.
Statement 2: It is an example of displacement reaction.

a) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

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 b) Both statements 1 and 2 are false.
c) Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of
statement 1 .

d) Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation
of statement 1.
21. A solution turns the colour of turmeric to reddish brown. If the same solution is poured on [1]
universal indictor, its colour would change to-

a) blue b) red

c) violet d) green
22. A metal and a non-metal that exists in liquid state at the room temperature are respectively: [1]

a) Mercury and Bromine b) Iodine and Mercury

c) Bromine and Mercury d) Mercury and Iodine

23. Few organic reactions are given below. Which of the reactions is not named correctly? [1]

a)
acidif ied K2 Cr2 O7

CH3 CH2 OH −−−−−−−−−−→ CH3 COOH

(Cumbustion)

b)
NaOH

CH3 COOC 2 H5 −−−→ CH3 COONa + C2 H5 OH

(Saponif ication)

c) CH3 COONa + NaOH → CH4 + Na2 CO3

(Decarboxylation)

d)
H

CH3 COOH + C2 H5 OH −
−→ CH3 COOC 2 H5 + H2 O
(Esterif ication)

24. Assertion (A): Carbon dioxide turns lime water milky. [1]
Reason (R): Carbon dioxide sullies the water.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

25. What is the action of metal hydrogen carbonate with acid ? Give one example. [2]
26. Nikita took Zn, Al, Cu, Fe, Mg and Na metal and put each metal in cold water and then hot water. [3]
She reacted the metal with steam
(i) Name the metal which reacts with cold water.
(ii) Which of the above metals react with steam?
(iii) Name the metal which reacts with hot water.
(iv) Arrange these metals in order of increasing reactivity.
OR
Pratyush took sulphur powder on a spatula and heated it. He collected the gas evolved by inverting a
test tube over it, as shown in figure below.
a. What will be the action of gas on
i. dry litmus paper?
ii. moist litmus paper?

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 b. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction taking place.

27. What is a homologous series? Find the difference in molecular mass between the two [3]
consecutive members of a homologous series. State how in a homologous series of carbon
compounds the following properties vary with increase in molecular mass:
a. Melting and boiling points
b. Chemical properties
28. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
When oxygen combines with other elements or compounds, the process is called oxidation the
substances that combine with oxygen are said to have been oxidized.
The reduction is exactly the opposite of oxidation. If a substance loses oxygen during a reaction,
it is said to be reduced. When hydrogen burns the hydrogen combines with oxygen to form
water 2H2 + O2 = H2O
The hydrogen is oxidized in this reaction, but at the same time, the oxygen is reduced. Whatever
oxidation occurs reduction must also occur.
i. Which chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide? (1)
ii. In the given reaction, which reactant species is oxidized? (1)
iii. In the given reaction, which reactant species is reduced? (2)
OR
If four molecules of Hydrogen are combined with oxygen then how many molecules of water
are formed? (2)
29. Give important properties of bases (alkalies). [5]
OR
(a) The PH of rain water collected from two cities A and B was found to be 6 and 5 respectively. Water
of which city is more acidic? Find out the ratio of hydrogen ion concentration in the two samples of
rain water?
(b) Arrange the following in order (ascending) of their PH values.
N aOH solution, Blood, lemon Juice.
Physics
30. In torch lights and head lights of vehicles, the bulb is placed [1]

a) between the focus and centre of b) at the centre of curvature of the

curvature of the reflector. reflector.

c) between the pole and the focus of the d) very near to the focus of the reflector.
reflector.
31. What is the potential difference across 2Ω in the given circuit? [1]

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 a) 5 V b) 1.6 V

c) 2.5 V d) 1 V
32. Assertion (A): Danger signals are made of red colour. [1]
Reason (R): Velocity of red light in air is maximum, so signals are visible even in dark.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

33. State and define S.I unit of magnetic field? [2]
34. The image of a candle flame formed by a lens is obtained on a screen placed on the other side of [2]
the lens. If the image is three times the size of the flame and the distance between the lens and
image is 80 cm, at what distance should the candle be placed from the lens? What is the nature
of the image at a distance of 80 cm and the lens?
OR
An object of height 10 cm is placed 25 cm away from the optical center of a converging lens of focal
length 15 cm. Calculate the image-distance and height of the image formed.
35. i. In the following figure, three cylindrical conductors A, B and C are shown along with their [3]
lengths and areas of cross-section. If these three conductors are made of the same material
and RA, RB and RC be their respective resistances, then find (a) , and (b) .
RA RA

RB RC

ii. If the conductor A is made of copper and the conductor C is made of constantan (alloy of
copper and nickel), then which one of the two will have more electrical resistance and why?
36. Why do different rays deviate differently in the prism? [3]
37. i. Kanchi draws magnetic field lines of field close to the axis of a current carrying circular loop. [3]
As she moves away from the centre of the circular loop she observes that the lines keep on
diverging. How will you explain her observation?
ii. Why does a magnetic compass needle pointing North and South in the absence of a nearby
magnet get deflected when a bar magnet or a current carrying loop is brought near it?
38. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions that follow: [4]
The ability of a medium to refract light is expressed in terms of its optical density. Optical density
has a definite connotation. It is not the same as mass density. On comparing two media, the one
with the large refractive
index is optically denser medium than the other. The other medium with a lower refractive index
is optically rarer. Also the speed of light through a given medium is inversely proportional to its
optical density.

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 i. Determine the speed of light in diamond if the refractive index of diamond with respect to

vacuum is 2.42. Speed of light in vacuum is 3 ×108 m/s. (1)

ii. Refractive indices of glass, water and carbon disulphide are 1.5, 1.33 and 1.62 respectively. If a
ray of light is incident in these media at the same angle (say θ ), then write the increasing order
of the angle of refraction in these media. (1)
iii. The speed of light in glass is 2 × 108 m/s and in water is 2.25 × 108 m/s. (2)
a. Which one of the two is optically denser and why?
b. A ray of light is incident normally at the water-glass interface when it enters a thick glass
container filled with water. What will happen to the path of the ray after entering the glass?
Give reason.
OR
The absolute refractive indices of water and glass are and respectively. If the speed of
4 3

3 2

light in glass is 2 × 108 m/s, find the speed of light in (i) vacuum and (ii) water. (1)

39. a. Define Power and state its SI unit. [5]

b. A torch bulb is rated 5 V and 500 mA. Calculate its
i. Power
ii. Resistances
iii. Energy consumed when it is lighted for 2 2 hours.
1

OR
i. The potential difference between two points in an electric circuit is 1 V. What does it mean? Name
a device that helps to measure the potential difference across a conductor.
ii. Why does the connecting cord of an electric heater not glow while the heating element does?
iii. Electrical resistivities of silver and nicrome at 20o C are 1.6×10-6and 1.0×10-4,then explain why
silver is used as good conductor and nicrome is used in making filaments ?

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