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SCIENCE
UNIT TEST-1
CLASS – 10th
Time: 2.5 Hours Date: 30-06-2024 Maximum Mark : 60

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. The question paper is divided in three parts Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
3. Each part contain 20 mark.
4. There is no negative marking.
SYLLABUS
PHYSICS : Light
CHEMISTRY : ……….
BIOLOGY : Life Process

PHYSICS
[1 × 5 = 5]
1. Four students A, B, C and D performed the experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror by
obtaining the image of a distant tree on a screen. They measured the distances between the screen and the
mirror as shown in the diagrams given below:

The correct value for focal length will be obtained by the student:
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D

2. Where should an object be placed in front of a convex lens to get a real image of the size of the object?
(a) at the principal focus of the lens
(b) at twice the focal length
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 (c) at infinity
(d) between the optical centre of the lens and its principal focus

3. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect. The mirror is likely to be:
(a) plane (b) concave (c) convex (d) either plane or convex

ASSERTION AND REASON

(a) both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

4. Assertion (A) : No matter where the object is placed in front of a diverging lens, the diverging lens always
forms a virtual, erect and diminished image of the object.
Reason (R) : A diverging lens is used as a magnifying glass (or magnifying lens) by watch- makers, palmists,
etc.

5. Assertion (A) : The defect of eye called myopia is caused due to the short focal length of eye-lens or due to
eye-ball being too long.
Reason (R) : Myopia is corrected by using spectacles containing diverging lenses (which decrease the
converging power of the eye-lens).

[2 × 3 = 6]
6. What should be the position of the object, when a concave mirror is used :
(i) as a shaving mirror?
(ii) in torches as reflecting mirror?

7. Where must the object be placed for the image formed by a converging lens to be :
(i) real, inverted and smaller than the object?
(ii) real, inverted and same size as the object?
(iii) real, inverted and larger than the object?
(iv) virtual, upright and larger than the object?

8. How could you find the focal length of a convex lens rapidly but approximately?

[3 × 3 = 9]

9. An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray
diagram and find the position, size and nature of the image formed.

10. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the refracted ray in each of the following cases :
A ray of light incident on a concave lens is
(i) passing through its optical centre.
(ii) parallel to its principal axis.
(iii) directed towards its principal focus.

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11. What is a lens? Distinguish between a convex lens and a concave lens. Which of the two is converging lens:
convex lens or concave lens?

CHEMISTRY
[1 × 3 = 3]
1. The equation
Cu  xHNO3  Cu(NO3 ) 2  yNO 2  2H 2O
The values of x and y are &
(a) 3 and 5 (b) 8 and 6
(c) 4 and 2 (d) 7 and 1

2. When copper powder is heated it gets coated with-

(a) black copper oxide (b) yellow copper oxide
(c) red copper oxide (d) None of these

3. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a strong reducing agent. Which of the following reactions shows its reducing
action?
(a) Cd(NO3 ) 2  H 2S  CdS   2HNO3 (b) CuSO 4  H 2S  CuS  H 2SO 4
(c) 2FeCl3 H 2S  2FeCl2  2HCl  S (d) Pb(NO3 ) 2  H 2S  PbS  2CH3COOH

[2 × 6 = 12]
4. translate the following statements into chemical equations and then balance them.
(i) Hydrogen gas combines with nitrogen to form ammonia.
(ii) Hydrogen sulphide gas burns in air to give water and sulphur dioxide.
(iii) Barium chloride reacts with aluminium sulphate to give aluminium chloride and a precipitate of barium
sulphate.
(iv) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.

5. Keerti added dilute hydrochloric acid to four metals and recorded her observations as shown in the table given
below :
Metal Gas Evolved
Copper Yes
Iron Yes
Magnesium No
Zinc Yes
Select the correct observation(s) and give chemical equations(s) of the reaction involved.

6. Explain the action of dilute hydrochloric acid on the following with chemical equations :
(i) Magnesium ribbon
(ii) Crushed egg shells

7. (i) What is the colour of litmus in a solution of ammonium hydroxide?

(ii) A bud of Petunia became reddish purple after first shower of rain. What does it indicate?

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8. (i) How will you test for the gas which is liberated when hydrochloric acid reacts with an active metal?
(ii) Which gas is evolved when sodium hydrogen carbonate reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid?

9. (i) Potato chips manufacturers fill the packet of chips with nitrogen gas. Why?
(ii) Why do gold and platinum not corrode in moist air?
[5 × 1 = 5]
10. State reason for the following statements:
(i) Tap water conducts electricity whereas distilled water does not.
(ii) Dry hydrogen chloride gas does not turn blue litmus red whereas dilute hydrochloric acid does.
(iii) During summer season, a milk man usually adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk.
(iv) For a dilution of acid, acid is added into water and not water into acid.
(v) Ammonia is a base but does not contain hydroxyl group.

BIOLOGY
[1 × 5 = 5]
1. What will happen if diameter of artery is reduced?
(a) Blood pressure will fall. (b) Blood pressure will increase.
(c) Blood pressure will remain same. (d) Blood will coagulate.

2. What will be absorbed by root hair when

(a) concentration of solutes in the cell sap is high.
(b) plant is rapidly respiring.
(c) they are separated from soil by a permeable membrane.
(d) concentration of salts in the soil is high through a semi-permeable membrane.

3. An adult human with average health has systolic and diastolic pressures as
(a) 120 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg (b) 50 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg
(c) 80 mm Hg and 80 mm Hg (d) 70 mm Hg and 120 mm Hg

4. Nephron is functional unit of

(a) lungs (b) brain (c) kidney (d) heart

5. The given diagram shows a congenital defect in which the ventricular septum of the human heart fails to form
fully resulting in a ‘hole in the heart’.

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 Which of the following would not be a likely consequence of this disease?
(a) A reduction in the pressure of blood leaving through the aorta.
(b) A reduction in the percentage of oxygenated blood in the aorta.
(c) A reduction in the amount of oxygen brought to body cells.
(d) A reduction in the pressure of blood entering the lungs.
[2 × 3 = 6]
6. Where do plants get each of the raw materials required for photosynthesis?

7. How is the small intestine designed to absorb digested food?

8. (i) What are the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
(ii) Name some organisms that use the anaerobic mode of respiration.
[3 × 3 = 9]

9. Explain why, when air is taken in and let out during breathing, the lungs always contain a residual volume of
air.

10. (i) What is meant by aquatic animals and terrestrial animals?

(ii) From where do the aquatic animals and terrestrial animals obtain oxygen for breathing and respiration?

11. Explain why, plants have low energy needs as compared to animals.

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