BANGALORE SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2017-18

Class: X GENERAL SCIENCE Max. Marks: 70
Date: 11.01.2018 SET 3 Time: 3 Hrs.
General Instructions:
1. The question paper comprises of two sections, A & B. You are to attempt both the sections.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. There is no overall choice.
4. All questions of section A and all questions of section B are to be attempted separately.
5. Questions numbers 1 to 2 in section A are one mark questions. These are to be answered in
one word or one sentence.
6. Questions numbers 3 to 5 are two mark questions, to be answered in about 30 words each.
7. Questions numbers 6 to 15 are three mark questions, to be answered in about 50 words
each.
8. Questions numbers 16 to 21 are five mark questions, to be answered in about 70 words
each.
9. Questions numbers 22 to 27 in section B are two mark questions based on practical skills.

1. Differentiate between the male and the female gamete in mammals.

2. What is the role of guard cell in opening of stomata?

3. Give reasons for the following:

(a) Sky appears blue
(b) Clouds appear white to an observer on earth

4. Answer the questions based on the given table:

I- NO 3 SO 24  CO 32 
Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble
K+
Colourless Colourless Colourless Colourless
Insoluble Soluble Insoluble Insoluble
Pb2+
Yellow Colourless White White
Insoluble Soluble Soluble Insoluble
Cu2+
Light brown Bright blue Bright blue Olive green
Insoluble Soluble Insoluble Insoluble
Hg2+( )
Orange pink Colourless Yellow Orange brown
Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble
Na+
Colourless Colourless Colourless Colourless

(a) Write the equation for the reaction in which orange brown compound is produced.
(b) Write the formula for any other 2 precipitates produced in the given table.

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5. (a) How is nuclear energy generated?
(b) Why is the large scale use of nuclear energy prohibited?

6. Observe the figure.

Two coils of insulated copper wire are wound as shown.

What would you observe
(a) If the key in the figure is closed?
(b) If the battery is replaced by an ac source and the key is closed?
(c) Name and state the phenomena responsible for the observations in (a) and (b).

7. A student stated that metals react with bases.

(a) Support his statement with a balanced chemical equation.
(b) What are such metals called?
(c) Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of the same metal with dil. H 2SO 4
(d) How will you test the gas evolved during both these reactions?

8. Answer the following questions based on the circuit diagram.

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Calculate (a) the total current (b) the potential difference across the 8 resistor
(c) the power dissipated in the 7.2  resistor.
OR
(a) Define resistivity of a wire and state its SI unit.
(b) Calculate the resistivity of a 400cm long copper wire that has a cross-sectional area of
2cm2 and resistance is 2 .

9. A person uses spectacles of power -4D.

(a) Identify the defect.
(b) Draw the ray diagram showing the defect and its correction.

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10. (a) Write the chemical formula of potassium carbonate.
(b) Name the acid and base from which it is made.
(c) With respect to strength what type of acid and base are they?
(d) What is the chemical nature of the salt?
OR
(a) “X” is a compound used for softening the hard water. Write the chemical formula
of “X”.
(b) What type of salt is “X”?
(c) What happens when “X” is heated?
(d) Name the acid and base used to obtain compound “X”.
(e) What is the chemical nature of the salt?

11. “M” is a reddish brown metal, Curd should not be stored in the container made out of this
metal.
(a) Identify “M”.
(b) Give reason as to why curd should not be stored in “M”.
(c) List the steps of obtaining metal “M” from its concentrated ore with necessary equations.

12. (a) Which type of receptor will help in detecting taste? How does this information travel along
a neuron and across two neurons?
(b) What is the need for chemical co-ordination in the presence of nervous system?

13. How did Mendel prove that traits can be dominant or recessive?
OR
How did Mendel prove that traits are independently inherited?

14. Taking a current example, show that dissimilar looking structures evolve from a common
ancestral design.

15. Government has fixed the marriageable age at 18 and 21 for girls and boys respectively.
Give two reasons behind this decision. What are the two advantages of using contraceptives?
Why is there an imbalance in the sex ratio in society?

16. (a) Define the following terms for a spherical mirror : (i) pole (ii) aperture
(b) Draw the ray diagram showing the use of a spherical mirror as a shaving mirror.
(c) An object of size 5cm is placed 25cm from the pole of a convex mirror of radius of
curvature 30cm. calculate the position and size of the image. What will be the nature of the
image?
OR
(a) State the laws of refraction of light.
(b) The speed of light in medium A is 2.5  108 m/s and in medium B is 2  108 m/s .
A ray of light is entering medium A from medium B as shown.

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 (i) Which of the two media is optically denser?
(ii) Copy and complete the diagram to show the path of the refracted ray.
(iii) Calculate the refractive index of medium A, with respect to medium B.

17. (a) Name the device which converts electrical energy to mechanical energy.
(b) State the principle on which it works.
(c) Explain its working with the help of a suitable diagram.
(d) Name an appliance in which it is used.

18. Draw a neat structure of human heart and label the following.
(a) The blood vessel that brings
(i) oxygenated blood to the heart (ii) deoxygenated blood to the heart
(iii) Chamber of the heart which pumps oxygenated blood to all parts of the body.
(b) Name the artery which brings blood to the kidney.
(c) How is the amount of water in the blood regulated by kidney?

19. Molecular mass of an organic solvent, “P” is 46u. “P” is used to remove chlorophyll from the
leaf in the lab.
(a) Identify “P”.
(b) Write the equations when “P” is oxidized.
(i) in the presence of oxidising agent
(ii) in the absence of oxidising agent
(c) “P” reacts with the product formed in the reaction (b) (i) given above, which forms a
fruity smelling compound.
(i) Write the equation for the same.
(ii) Fruity smelling compound is treated with an alkali. Name the process.
(d) Explain the cleansing action of soap.
OR

Molecular mass of an organic solvent “P” is 46u. “P” is used to remove chlorophyll from the
leaf in the lab.
(a) “P” is treated with conc. H 2SO 4 . Write the equation for the reaction.
(b) What is the role of conc. H 2SO 4 in the above reaction?
(c) The product obtained in the above reaction is treated with H 2 gas.
(i) Write the equation for the reaction.
(ii) What is the practical application of the above reaction?
(d) Name the homologous series to which the product obtained in case (c) (i) belongs.
(e) Write any 2 isomers of the 6th member of the above homologous series.

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20. Study the table given below and answer the given questions by identifying the elements:
Group →
1 2 13 14 15 16 17 18
Period
1 A M
2 B E H I J K L N
3 C F T S R Q P O
4 D G

(a) Identify the position of K.

(b) Name the element with the largest radius in the period to which “K” belongs. Give reason
for your answer.
(c) What type of compound will “K” form when it reacts with (i) element “C” and
(ii) element Q?
(d) Write the chemical formulae for the compounds formed between
(i) K and C (ii) K and Q.
(e) Which one of the compound formed in the above cases (i) and (ii) will have a high M.P?
Give reason for your answer.

21. (a) What would be the advantages of exploiting resources with short term aims?
(b) How would these advantages differ from the advantages of using a long term perspective
of managing resources?
(c) How do traditional water harvesting structures ensure sustainable development?

SECTION – B

22. Three students draw the circuit diagram to find the effective resistance when two resistors are
connected in parallel.

(a) (b) (c)

Which of these is the correct circuit diagram for the experiment? Give reasons.
OR
Study the I-V graph of three wires A, B and C to answer the following questions.

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 (a) Which among the three is the best conductor? Give reasons.
(b) If C and B are made of the same material and have equal length, which of the two is
thicker?

23. You are given the solution of the following with known concentration. Arrange them in the
increasing order of their pH value.
(a) Lemon juice , (b) gastric juice (c) lime water , (d) caustic soda
(b) What will be the change in colour of pH paper when tested in (i) lemon juice (ii) lime water?

24. 5 ml of acetic acid is added to 20ml of distilled water. The mixture is stirred well in the
beaker.
(a) Which property of acetic acid is exhibited here?
(b) When soap is added to the above mixture will it produce lather? Give reason for your
answer.

25. Draw the diagram of a germinating dicot seed and label the following parts.
(a) Part of the seed which stores food
(b) Part of the embryo that develops into shoot

26. (a) The following set up is arranged to conduct the activity on respiration of germinating
seeds. Identify the errors in the set-up.

(b) Write the equation representing aerobic respiration.

27. Draw the ray diagram to show image formation in a convex lens when
(a) object is placed between F and 2F
(b) object is between F and O.

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