SCIENCE – Code no.

086
SAMPLE PAPER - 2
CLASS – X (2025-26)
Max. Marks: 80 Time Allowed: 3 hours
General Instructions:
(i) This question paper consists of 39 questions in 3 sections. Section A is Biology,
Section B is Chemistry and Section C is Physics.
(ii) All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some
questions.
(iii) A student is expected to attempt only one of these questions.

SECTION-A (BIOLOGY-30M)
(1 9 = 9)

1. Identify the option that indicates the correct enzyme that is secreted in location (i), (ii)
and (iii).

(a) (i)—lipase, (ii)—trypsin, (iii)—pepsin

(b) (i)—amylase, (ii)—pepsin, (iii)—trypsin
(c) (i)—trypsin, (ii)—amylase, (iii)—carboxylase
(d) (i)—permease, (ii)—carboxylase, (iii)—oxidase

2. Walking in a straight line and riding a bicycle are the activities which are possible due
to a part of the brain. Choose the correct location and name of this part from the given
table:
Part of the Brain Name
(a) Fore brain Cerebrum
(b) Mid brain Hypothalamus
(c) Hind brain Cerebellum
(d) Hind brain Medulla
3. Study the given figure of a Food web and identify the primary consumer in the food
web:

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 (a) Mice and Bear (b) Rabbit and Cat
(c) Rabbit and Fox (d) Mice and Rabbit
4. What is common between extensive network of blood vessels around walls of alveoli
and in glomerulus of nephron?
(a) Thick walled arteries richly supplied with blood
(b) Thin walled veins poorly supplied with blood
(c) Thick walled capillaries poorly supplied with blood
(d) Thin walled capillaries richly supplied with blood
5. In human eye the part which allows light to enter into the eye is:
(a) Retina (b) Pupil (c) Eye lens (d) Cornea
6. Consider the following three flowers namely X, Y and Z. Which flower (s) would
develop into a fruit?

(a) ‗X‘ only (b) ‗Z‘ only (c) ‗X‘ and ‗Y‘ only (d) ‗Y‘ and ‗Z‘
7. In an experiment with pea plants, a pure tall plant (TT) is crossed with a pure short
plant (tt). The ratio of pure tall plant to pure short plants in F2 generation will be:
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 2 : 1

DIRECTION: In the question number 17 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
8. Assertion (A): The energy which passes to the herbivores does not come back to
autotrophs.
Reason (R): The flow of energy in a food chain is unidirectional.
9. Assertion (A): Our body maintains blood sugar level.
Reason (R): Pancreas secretes insulin which helps to regulate blood sugar levels in
the body.

(2 3 = 6)
10. Why is nutrition necessary for an organism? Give any two reasons.
11. (a) List two differences between the movement of leaves of a sensitive plant and the
movement of a shoot towards light.
OR

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 (b) What happens at synapse between two neurons? State briefly.
12. (a) Which plant hormone is present in greater concentration in the areas of rapid cell
division?
(b) Give one example of a plant growth promoter and a plant growth inhibitor.

(3 2 = 6)
13. What is feedback mechanism of harmonic regulation? Take the example of insulin to
explain this phenomenon.
OR
List in tabular form three distinguishing features between cerebrum and cerebellum.
14. (a). Write the percentage of (i) solar energy captured by the autotrophs and (ii) energy
transferred from autotrophs to the next level in a food chain.
(b) What are trophic levels? Why do different food chains in an ecosystem not have
more than four to five trophic levels? Give reason.
15. Explain the process of transport of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in a human
body.

(5 1 = 5)
16. Give reason for the following:
(a) During reproduction inheritance of different proteins will lead to altered body
designs.
(b) Fertilization cannot take place in flowers if pollination does not occur.
(c) All multicellular organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through
fragmentation or regeneration.
(d) Vegetative propagation is practised for growing only some type of plants.
(e) The parents and off-springs of organisms reproducing sexually have the same
number of chromosomes.

Case study (4 1 = 4)
17. All human chromosomes are not paired. Most Human Chromosomes have a maternal
and a paternal copy and we have 22 such pairs. But one pair sex chromosomes are
odd in not always being a perfect pair. Women have a perfect pair of sex
chromosomes. But man has a mismatched pair in which one is normal sized while the
other is a short one.
(a) In humans, how many chromosomes are present in a zygote and in each gamete?
(b) A few reptiles rely entirely on environmental cues for sex determinations. Comment.
(c) ―The sex of a child is a matter of chance and none of the parents are considered to be
responsible for it.‖ Justify it through flow chart only.
OR
(d) Why do all the gametes formed in human females have an X chromosome?

SECTION-B (CHEMISTRY-26M)
(1 5 = 5)
18. If a few drops of a concentrated acid accidentally spills over the hand of a student,
what should be done?
(a) Wash the hand with saline solution
(b) Wash the hand immediately with plenty of water and apply a paste of sodium
hydrogen carbonate
(c) After washing with plenty of water apply a solution of sodium hydroxide on the
hand

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 (d). Neutralise the acid with a strong alkali
19. Which of the following represents saponification reaction?
(a) CH3COONa + NaOH → CH4 + Na2CO3
(b). CH3COOH + C2H5OH → CH3COOC2H5 + H2O
(c). 2CH3COOH + 2Na 2CH3COONa + H2
(d). CH3COOC2H5 + NaOH CH3COONa + C2H5OH
20. A student performs some activities on two substances and records the observations in
a table as shown.
Activity Substance M Substance N
Cut with a knife Forms small pieces Forms small pieces
Beaten with hammer Shape changes Changes into powder
Stricken with a metal rod Makes a sound Changes into powder
Which option classifies the substances into metals and non-metals?
(a) Both the substances are non-metals.
(b) Both the substances are metals.
(c) Substance M is metal while substance N is non-metal.
(d) Substance M is non-metal while substance N is metal.
21. Metal oxides generally react with acids, but few oxides of metal also react with bases.
Such metallic oxides are :
I. MgO II. ZnO III. Al2O3 IV. CaO
(a) I and II (b) II and III (c) III and IV (d) I and IV
22. Bronze is an alloy of:
(a) Copper and Zinc (b) Aluminium and Tin
(c) Copper, Tin and Zinc (d) Copper and Tin

(2 3 = 6)
23. State the reason for the following:
(i) An iron strip dipped in a blue copper sulphate solution turns the blue solution pale
Green.
(ii) Calcium does not occur in Free State in nature.
24. A substance X used for coating iron articles is added to a blue solution of a reddish
brown metal Y, the color of the solution gets discharged Identify X and Y & also the
type of reaction.
25. Observe the given figure: What happens when the tube is heated?

(a) Write a balanced chemical equation of the reaction.

(b) Identify the brown gas X evolved.

(3 2 = 6)
26. With the help of an appropriate example, justify that some of the chemical reactions
are determined by
(a) Change in temperature,
(b) Evolution of a gas, and

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 (c) Change in colour
Give chemical equation for the reaction involved in each case.
27. (a). A substance X is used as a building material and is insoluble in water When it
reacts with dil. HCl. it produces a gas which turns lime water milky.
(i) Write the chemical name and formula of ‗X‘.
(ii) Write chemical equations for the chemical reactions involved in the above
Statements.
OR
(b) Identify the type of each of the following reactions. Also write balanced chemical
Equation for each reaction.
(i) A reaction in which the reaction mixture becomes warm.
(ii) A reaction in which an insoluble substance is formed.

(5 1 = 5)
28. Give reasons:
(i) Reactivity of Al decreases if it is dipped in HNO3.
(ii) Carbon cannot reduce the oxides of Na or Mg.
(iii) NaCl is not a conductor of electricity in solid state whereas it does conduct
electricity in aqueous solution as well as in molten state.
(iv) Iron articles are galvanised.
(v) Metals like Na, K, Ca and Mg are never found in their free state in nature.
OR
(a) Write the chemical name of Na2CO3.10H2O and Na2CO3.
(b) Write the significance of 10H2O.
(c) Mention the term used for water molecules attached with a salt.
(d) With the help of a chemical equation, explain the method of preparation of both
Na2CO3.10H2O and Na2CO3. Also, list two uses of Na2CO3.10H2O.

Case study (4 1 = 4)
29. On the basis of reactivity metals are grouped into three categories:
(i) Metals of low reactivity
(ii) Metal of medium reactivity
(iii) Metals of high reactivity
Therefore metals are extracted in pure form from their ores on the basis of their
chemical properties. Metals of high reactivity are extracted from their ores by
electrolysis of the molten ore.
Metals of low reactivity are extracted from their sulphide ores, which are converted
into their oxides.
The oxides of these metals are reduced to metals by simple heating.
(a) Name the process of reduction used for a metal that gives vigorous reaction with
air and water both
(b) Carbon cannot be used as a reducing agent to obtain aluminium from its oxide?
Why?
(c) Describe briefly the method to obtain mercury from cinnabar. Write the chemical
equation for the reactions involved in the process.
OR
(c) Differentiate between roasting and calcination giving chemical equation for each.

SECTION-C (PHYSICS - 24M)

(1 5 = 5)

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30. In the following diagram showing dispersion of white light by a glass prism, the
colours ‗P‘ and ‗Q‘ respectively are –

(a) Red and Violet (b) Violet and Red

(c) Red and Blue (d) Orange and Green
31. A student wants to obtain an erect image of an object using a concave mirror of 10 cm
focal length. What will be the distance of the object from mirror?
(a) Less than 10 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) between 10 cm and 20 cm (d) more than 20 cm
32. If the current I through a resistor is increased by 100% (assume that temperature
remains unchanged), the increase in power dissipated will be
(a) 100 % (b) 200 % (c) 300 % (d) 400 %

DIRECTION: In the question number 17 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is

followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option
a. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of
assertion (A)
b. Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of assertion (A)
c. Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

33. Assertion (A): In humans, if gene (B) is responsible for black eyes and gene (b) is
responsible for brown eyes, then the colour of eyes of the progeny having gene
combination Bb, bb or BB will be black only.
Reason (R): The black colour of the eyes is a dominant trait.
34. Assertion (A): A current carrying straight conductor experiences a force when placed
perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field.
Reason (R): The net charge on a current carrying conductor is always zero.

(2 2 = 4)
35. State the rule to determine the direction of a (a) magnetic field produced around a
straight conductor carrying current and (b) force experienced by a current carrying
straight conductor placed in a magnetic field which is perpendicular to it.
36. Let the resistance of an electrical device remain constant, while the potential
difference across its two ends decreases to one fourth of its initial value. What change
will occur in the current through it? State the law which helps us in solving the above
stated question.

(3 2 = 6)
37. State reasons for Myopia. With the help of ray diagrams, show the
(a) image formation by a myopic eye, and
(b) correction of myopia using an appropriate lens.

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38. What is a solenoid? When does a solenoid behave as a magnet? Draw the pattern of
the magnetic field produced inside it showing the directions of the magnetic field
lines.

(5 1 = 5)
39. (a). Draw a labelled circuit diagram to study the relationship between the current (I)
flowing through a conductor and the potential difference (V) applied across its two
ends. State the formula co-relating the I in a conductor and the V across it. Also, show
their relationship by drawing a diagram.
(b) What would be the resistance of a resistor if the current flowing through it is
0.15 A when the potential difference across it is 1.05 V?
OR
(b) In an electric circuit three bulbs of 100 W each are connected in series to a source.
In another circuit set of three bulbs of the same wattage are connected in parallel to
the same source.
(i) Will the bulb in the two circuits glow with the same brightness? Justify your
answer.
(ii) Now, let one bulb in both the circuits get fused. Will the rest of the bulbs continue
to glow in each circuit? Give reason for your answer.

(4 1 = 4)
40. A student focussed the image of a candle flame on a white screen by placing the flame
at various distances from a convex lens. He noted his observations as:
S. No. Distance of flame from Distance of Screen from
the lens (cm) the lens (cm)
(a) 60 20
(b) 40 24
(c) 30 30
(d) 24 40
(e) 15 70

(a) In which case the size of object and image will be same?
(b) What is the change in the image observed as the object is moved from infinity
towards the concave lens?
(c) From the above table, find the focal length of lens without using lens formula.
OR
Which set of observations is incorrect?

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