DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL

ASSERTION REASONING
CLASS X

Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer
these questions by selecting the appropriate option given below: (a) Both A and R are
true and R is the correct explanation of A. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
correct explanation of A. (c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.

Q.1.Assertion (A): Exposure of silver chloride to sunlight for a long duration turns grey
due to the formation of silver by decomposition of silver chloride.
Reason (R): In this process, sublimation of silver chloride takes place.

Q.2. Assertion (A) : When HCl is added to zinc granules, a chemical reaction occurs.
Reason (R) : Evolution of a gas and change in color indicate that the chemical reaction
is taking place.

Q.3. Assertion (A) : Calcium carbonate when heated gives calcium oxide and water.
Reason (R) : On heating calcium carbonate, decomposition reaction takes place.

Q.4. Assertion (A) : Brown fumes are produced when lead nitrate is heated.
Reason (R) : Nitrogen dioxide gas is produced as a by-product due to the decomposition
of lead nitrate.

Q.5.. Assertion (A): A lead nitrate on thermal decomposition gives lead oxide, brown
coloured nitrogen dioxide and oxygen gas.
Reason (R): Lead nitrate reacts with potassium iodide to form yellow ppt. of lead iodide
and the reaction is double displacement as well as precipitation reaction

Q6.Assertion (A) : HCl gas does not change the color of dry blue litmus paper.
Reason (R) : HCl gas dissolves in the water present in wet litmus paper to form H+ ions.

Q.7.Assertion (A) : Weak acids have low electrical conductivity.

Reason (R) : Strong acids and weak acids have equal concentration of hydrogen ions in
their solutions.

Q.8. Assertion (A): Plaster of Paris is stored in a moisture proof container. Reason (R) :
Plaster of Paris sets into a hard mass on wetting with water to form anhydrous calcium
sulphate.
Q.9.Assertion (A): The chemical name of bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride.
Reason (R) : Bleaching powder is used as an oxidizing agent in chemical industries.

Q10. Assertion (A) : Phenolphthalein is an acid-base indicator.

Reason (R) : Phenolphthalein gives different colors in acidic and basic medium.

Q.11. Assertion (A) : Baking soda is prepared by chlor-alkali process.

Reason (R) : Brine decomposes to sodium hydroxide on passing electricity through it.

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Q12.Assertion (A) : Hydrogen gas is not evolved when a metal reacts with nitric acid.
Reason (R) : Nitric acid is a strong oxidizing agent.

Q13.Assertion (A) :The reaction of calcium with water is less violent in comparison to
that of sodium.
Reason (R) : The heat evolved is not sufficient for the hydrogen to catch fire.

Q14.Assertion (A) :C and N do not react with dil. HCl and dil. H2SO4.
Reason (R) : Metals do not react with dil. HCl and dil. H2SO4.

Q.15.Assertion (A) :Copper displaces silver from silver nitrate solution.

Reason (R) : Copper is more reactive than silver.

Q.16.Assertion (A) :The oxides of sulphur and phosphorus are acidic in nature.
Reason (R) : Metal oxides are basic in nature.

Q.17.Assertion (A) : Cooking oil decolourises bromine water.

Reason (R) : Cooking oil is a saturated compound.

Q.18. Assertion (A) : In a candle, wax vapors burn in sufficient supply of oxygen, which
leads to blue flame.
Reason (R) : When the oxygen supply is sufficient, then fuels burn completely producing
a blue flame.

Q.19. Assertion (A) : Alkanes give an addition reaction.

Reason (R) : Addition reactions are a characteristic property of unsaturated
hydrocarbons.

Q.20. Assertion(A): n-butane and iso-butane are examples of isomers.

Reason (R) : Isomerism is possible only with hydrocarbons having 4 or more carbon
atoms.
Q.21. Assertion(A): Saturated hydrocarbons are chemically less reactive.
Reason (R) : All the valencies of carbon atoms are satisfied by single covalent bonds.

Q22.Assertion (A) : Human heart is four-chambered.

Reason (R) : Vena cava is the only artery that supplies deoxygenated blood to the heart.

Q23.Assertion (A): Energy is required to carry out different life processes.

Reason (R) : Energy is obtained in the form of ATP in the mitochondria.

Q24.Assertion (A): Pancreatic juice digests starch, proteins and fats.

Reason (R) : Pancreatic juice contains digestive enzymes like pancreatic amylase,
trypsin and lipase.

Q.25. Assertion (A): The accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles causes muscle
cramps. Reason (R) : During vigorous physical exercise leg muscles respire
anaerobically.

Q26.Assertion (A): The Bowman’s capsule and the tubule together make a nephron.
Reason (R) : The function of tubule is to allow the selective reabsorption of substances
like glucose, amino acids, urea, salts and water into the blood capillaries.

Q27.Assertion(A) : Insulin regulates blood sugar level.

Reason (R) : Insufficient secretion of insulin will cause diabetes.

Q.28. Assertion(A) : Animals can react to stimuli in different ways.

Reason (R) : All animals have a nervous system and an endocrine system involving
hormones.

Q.29. Assertion(A) : The effect of auxin hormone on the growth of the root is exactly
opposite to that on a stem.
Reason (R) : Auxin hormone increases the rate of growth in the root and decreases the
rate of growth in stem.

Q.30. Assertion(A) : A receptor is a specialized group of cells in a sense organ that

perceive a particular type of stimulus.
Reason (R) : Different sense organs have different receptors for detecting stimuli.

Q.31. Assertion(A) : Cyton region of nerve fibre collects information for the brain.
Reason (R) : Nerve fibers can either have or lack myelin sheath.

Q.32. Assertion(A) : Asexual reproduction is a primitive type of reproduction.

Reason (R) : Asexual reproduction involves only mitotic cell division.
Q.33. Assertion(A) : Spores are unicellular bodies. Reason (R) : The parent body simply
breaks up into smaller pieces on maturation.

Q34.Assertion(A) : Clones are offspring of an organism formed by asexual reproduction.

Reason (R) : Clones have exact copies of DNA as their parent.

Q.35. Assertion(A) : Colonies of yeast multiply in sugar solution.

Reason (R) : Sugar is made of sucrose which provides energy for sustaining all life
activities.

Q.36. Assertion(A) : Pollen grains from the carpel stick to the stigma of stamen.
Reason (R) : The fertilized egg cells grow inside the ovules and become seeds.

Q.37.Assertion(A) : The sex of a child is determined by the mother.

Reason (R) : Humans have two types of sex chromosomes: XX and XY.

Q38.Assertion(A) : Traits like tallness and dwarfness in pea plant are inherited
independently. Reason (R) : When a homozygous tall pea plant is crossed with dwarf pea
plant, medium sized pea plant is obtained in F, generation.

Q.39.Assertion(A) : Pea plant is considered ideal for hybridisation experiments.

Reason (R) : Pea is self pollinating plant with short life cycle and bears visible
contrasting traits.

Q.40. Assertion(A) : Monohybrid cross deals with inheritance of one pair of contrasting
characters.
Reason (R) : Dihybrid cross deals with inheritance of two pairs of contrasting characters

Q.41. Assertion(A) : If the blood group of both mother and father is O then the blood
group of children will also be O.
Reason (R) : Blood group in humans is determined by many alleles of a gene viz. IA, IB,
I0.

Q42..Assertion(A) : If mother has two dominant alleles for black hair and father has two
recessive alleles for blonde hair then their child will inherit one dominant allele from
mother and one recessive allele from father and will have black hair.
Reason (R) : Progeny inherits one genes for each trait from its parents but the trait
shown by progeny depends on inherited alleles

Q43.Assertion (A) : Concave mirrors are used as make-up mirrors.

Reason (R) : When the face is held within the focus of a concave mirror, then a
diminished image of the face is seen in the concave mirror.
Q.44.Assertion (A) : Refractive index has no units. Reason (R) : The refractive index is a
ratio of two similar quantities.

Q.45. Assertion (A) : The formula connecting u, v and f for a spherical mirror is valid in all
situations for all spherical mirrors for all positions of the object.
Reason (R) : Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane surfaces.

Q.46. Assertion (A) : A person cannot see his image in a concave mirror, unless, he is
standing beyond the center of curvature of the mirror. Reason (R) : In a concave mirror,
image formed is real provided the object is situated beyond its focus.

Q.47. Assertion (A) : Virtual images are always erect.

Reason (R) : Virtual images are formed by diverging lenses only.

Q.48.Assertion (A) : Myopia is the defect of the eye in which only nearer objects are seen
by the eye. Reason (R) : The eyeball is elongated.

Q.49.Assertion (A) : Hypermetropia is the defect of the eye in which only farther objects
are seen. Reason (R) : Hypermetropia is corrected by using converging lens.

Q.50. Assertion (A) : Danger signals are made of red colour.

Reason (R) : Velocity of red light in air is maximum, so signals are visible even in dark.

Q.51. Assertion (A) : The sky looks dark and black instead of blue in outer space.
Reason (R) : No atmosphere containing air in the outer space to scatter sunlight.

Q.52. Assertion (A) : The stars twinkle, while the planets do not.
Reason (R) : The stars are much bigger in size than the planets.

Q.53.. Assertion (A) : Blue color of sky appears due to scattering of blue color.
Reason (R) : Blue light has a longer wavelength.

Q.54. Assertion (A) : A bird perches on a high power line and nothing happens to the
bird. Reason (R) : The circuit is incomplete for the bird sitting on high power line.

Q.55. Assertion (A) : When a wire is stretched to three times of its length, its resistance
becomes 9 times.
Reason (R) : Resistance is directly proportional to length of wire.

Q.56. Assertion (A) : It is advantageous to transmit electric power at high voltage.

Reason (R) : High voltage implies high current.

Q.57.Assertion (A) : Bending a wire does not affect electrical resistance.

Reason (R) : Resistance of a wire is proportional to resistivity of material.
 Q.58.Assertion (A) : A voltmeter and ammeter can be used together to measure
resistance but not power.
Reason (R) : Power is proportional to voltage and current.

Q.59. Assertion (A) : The 200 W bulbs glows with more brightness than 100 W bulbs.
Reason (R) : A 100 watt bulb has more resistance than a 200 W bulb.

Q.60. Assertion (A) : If 10 bulbs are connected in series and one bulb fused, then the
remaining 9 bulbs will not work.
Reason (R) : Bulb of higher wattage will give less bright light.

Q.61. Assertion (A) : The strength of the magnetic field produced at the center of a
current carrying circular coil increases on increasing the number of turns of the circular
coil.
Reason (R) : Magnetic field strength is directly proportional to the number of turns of the
circular coil.

Q.62. Assertion (A) : On freely suspending a current-carrying solenoid, it comes to rest in

N-S direction just like a bar magnet.
Reason (R) : One end of current carrying straight solenoid behaves as a North pole and
the other end as a South pole.

Q.63.Assertion (A) : Alternating Current is used in household supply.

Reason (R) : AC electric power can be transmitted over long distances without much loss
of energy.

Q.64. Assertion (A) : Strength of an electromagnet can be increased by increasing the

number of turns per unit length in solenoid coil.
Reason (R) : Strength of an electromagnet can be increased by increasing the current
flowing through the solenoid.

Q.65. Assertion (A) : Trophic levels are formed by only plants.

Reason (R) : Food chains and webs are formed due to linked organisms on the basis of
their nutrition.

Q.66. Assertion (A) : A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is

known as food web.
Reason (R) : An animal like a kite cannot be a part of a food web.

Q.67. Assertion (A) : Supersonic jets cause pollution as they thin out ozone.
Reason (R) : Depletion of ozone cause green house effect.
Q.68. Assertion (A) : Tropical rain forests are disappearing fast from developing
countries such as India.
Reason (R) : No value is attached to these forests because these are poor in biodiversity.

ANSWER KEY
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.B
6.A
7.C
8.C
9.B
10.A
11.D
12.A
13.A
14.C
15.A
16.B
17.C
18.B
19.A
20.D
21.B
22.A
23.C
24.A
25.A
26.A
27.C
28.A
29.A
30.C
31.B
32.D
33.A
34.C
35.B
36.A
37.D
38.D
39.C
40.A
41.B
42.B
43.A
44.C
45.A
46.C
47.B
48.C
49.A
50.B
51.C
52.A
53.B
54.C
55.A
56.B
57.C
58.B
59.D
60.B
61.B
62.A
63.A
64.B
65.D
66.C
67.A
68.C