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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

PRACTICE QUESTION PAPER - 1

CLASS- X
SUBJECT SCIENCE (086)
Max. Marks: 80 Time
Allowed: 3 hours
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
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.
3. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark
each.
4. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each.
Answers to these questions should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
5. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03
marks each. Answers to these questions should be in the range of 50
to 80 words.
6. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05
marks each. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to
120 words.
7. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of
04 marks each with sub-parts.

Section-A Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given
for each of the questions 1 - 20. There is no negative mark for incorrect response.
Q. Questions Marks
Nos.
1 Pb + CuCl2 2 + Cu 1
The above reaction is an example of:
a) Combination (c ) double displacement
b) Decomposition (d) displacement
2 The image shows the pH values of four solutions on a pH scale. 1

Identify the solutions that are alkaline in nature?

(a) A and B (b) B and C
(c) C and D (d) A and D
3 Identify the non-metal which is lustrous. 1
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(a) Sulphur
(b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Iodine
4 The complete oxidation of ethanol gives 1
(a) Acetic acid/ethanoic acid
(b) CO2 and water
(c) Ethanal
(d) Acetone/Ethanone
5 The image shows the bread moulds on a bread 1
How do these fungi obtain nutrition?

(a) by eating the bread on which it is growing

(b) by using nutrients from the bread to prepare their own food
(c) by breaking down the nutrients of bread and then absorbing
them
(d) by allowing other organisms to grow on the bread and then
consuming them
6 The brain is responsible for: 1
(a) thinking (b) regulating the heart beat
(c) balancing the body (d) all of the above
7 In the below figure the parts A, B and C are sequentially 1

(a) Cotyledon, plumule and radicle

(b) Plumule, radicle and cotyledon
(c) Plumule, cotyledon and radicle
(d) Radicle, cotyledon and plumule
8 1
(cross breeding pure bred tall and short pea plants)
(a) 3 tall 1 short plant
(b) 24 tall and 8 short plants
(c) 8 tall and 0 short plants
(d) 4 tall plants and 1 medium-height plant
9 Who have a perfect pair of sex chromosomes? 1
(a) Girls only
(b) Boys only
(c) Both girls and boys
(d) It depends on many other factors
10 A beam of light is incident through the holes on side A and 1
emerges out of the holes on the other side B as shown in the figure
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below:

Which of the following could be inside the box?

a) Concave lens
b) Rectangular glass slab
c) Prism
d) Convex lens
11 The refractive index of flint glass is 1.65 and that for alcohol is 1
1.36 with respect to air. What is the refractive index of the flint
glass with respect to alcohol?
a) 0.82 b) 1.21
c) 1.11 d) 1.01
12 The least distance of distinct vision for a young adult with normal 1
vision is about
(a) 25m
(b) 2.5cm
(c) 25cm
(d) 2.5m
13 The slope of voltage (V) versus current (I) is called 1

(a) Resistance
(b) Conductance
(c) Resistivity
(d) Conductivity
14 Inside the magnet, the field lines move 1
a) from north to south b) from south to
north
c) away from south pole d) away from
north pole
15 Every food chain in the ecosystem begins 1
the original source of food.
(a) Saprophytes
(b) Parasites
(c) Producers
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(d) Herbivores
16 Sulphur dioxide affects 1
(a) haemoglobin of blood (b) Arteries (c) Alveoli of lungs (d)
Nerves
Question No. 17 to 20 consist of two statements Assertion (A)
and Reason (R). Answer these questions 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, 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.
17 Assertion (A): Impurities of electrolytic refining of copper is also 1
known as anode mud.
Reason (R): The electrolyte is a solution of acidify copper
sulphate. The anode is impure copper. On passing electric current,
pure copper is deposited on the cathode and impurities is deposited
on the anode side bottom of the the electrolytic container.
18 Assertion (A): The purpose of making urine is to filter out 1
undigested food from intestine
Reason (R): Kidneys filter the waste and produce urine
19 Assertion (A): When pea plants (pureline) having round yellow 1
seeds are crossed with pureline plants having wrinkled green
seeds, then all pea plants obtained in F, generation bear wrinkled
green seeds.
Reason (R): Round and yellow seeds are dominant to wrinkled
and green seeds.
20 Assertion (A): Accumulation of harmful chemicals is higher in 1
case of organisms at higher trophic level.
Reason (B):
trophic level.
Section-B Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions
21 Identify the reducing agent in the following reaction: 2
3MnO2 + 4Al > 3Mn + 2Al2O3
22 Write two differences between real and virtual image. 2
23 Why red colour is selected for danger signal lights? 2
Or
Give reason-The sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut.
24 Identify the poles of a magnet in the figure. 2

A B

25 Consider the following food chain which occurs in a forest: 2

If 10000 J of solar energy is available to the grass, how much

energy would be available to the deer to transfer it to the lion?
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Or

Give an example to illustrate that indiscriminate use of pesticides

may result in the degradation of the environment.
26 A bulb is rated at 5.0 V, 100 mA. Calculate its resistance. 2
Section-C Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27 Take 3 g of barium hydroxide in a test tube, now add about 2 g of 1+1+1
ammonium chloride and mix the contents with the help of a glass
rod. Now touch the test tube from outside.
(i) What do you feel on touching the test tube?
(ii) State the inference about the type of reaction occurred.
(iii) Write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction involved.
28 (i) A milk man adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh 3
milk. Why?
(ii) Write an equation to show the reaction between Plaster of Paris
and water.
Or
When electricity is passed through a common salt solution, sodium
hydroxide is produced along with the liberation of

disinfecting drinking water.

a. Identify X and Y.
b. Give the chemical equation for the reaction stated above.
c. State the reaction of Y with dry slaked lime.
29 Suggest a method of reduction for the following metals during 1+1+1
their metallurgical processes:

the reactivity.

air.
h is kept in the middle of activity series.
30 Rohan joined the gym and after the first day exercise he felt pain 3
and cramps in muscles. Explain the cause of cramps after
excessive physical exercise.
31 The figure given below represents certain phenomenon pertaining 1+1+1
to the nervous system.

(i) What does the figure represent?

(ii) Name the parts labeled a, b, c, d and e.
(iii) Give the function of parts labeled a, b, d.
32 In a monohybrid cross of tall Pea plants denoted by TT and short 3
pea plants denoted by tt, Rahul obtained only tall plants (denoted
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by Tt) in F1 generation. However, in F2 generation she obtained

both tall and short plants. Using the above information, explain the
law of dominance.
33 What is overloading? State the causes of overloading. 3
Section-D Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.
34 (i) What is a homologous series? Explain with an example. 2+3
(ii) What will be the formula and electron dot structure for
cyclopentane?

Or

(i) Compound x is reacting with y and give compound z which is

sweet in smell. Identify the x, y and z and name the reaction.

(ii) Identify the mechanism showing in the following diagram and

explain the steps.

35 Give a reason to explain why 1+2+2

a. Adrenaline helps in dealing emergency situations?
b. A man becomes unconscious due to head injury. A pin is
pricked on his foot, he withdraws his foot. Why? Draw diagram.
Or

36 AB and CD, two spherical mirrors, from parts of a hollow 2+1+2

spherical ball with its centre at O as shown in the diagram. If arc
AB = 12 arc CD, find out the ratio of their focal lengths? State
which of the two mirrors will always form virtual image of an
object placed in front of it and why?

Or
Draw ray diagrams for the following cases when a ray of light:
(i) passing through center of curvature of a concave mirror is
incident on it.
(ii) Parallel to principal axis is incident on convex mirror.
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(iii) is passing through focus of a concave mirror incident on it.

SECTION - E Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2 to 3
short sub-parts. Internal choice is provided in one of these sub-parts.
37 Silver articles become black after some time when exposed 2+1+1
to air. This is because it reacts with sulphur in the air to
form a coating of silver sulphide.
Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air and
slowly loses its shiny brown surface and gains a green coat.
This green substance is copper carbonate.
Iron when exposed to moist air for a long time acquires a
coating of a brown flaky substance called rust. Let us find
out the conditions under which iron rusts.
1. Select the correct balanced chemical reaction occurs during the
rusting of iron.
(a). 2Fe(s) + 2O2(g) + 2H2O(l) Fe2O3. X 3H2O
(b). 2Fe(s) + 2O2(g) + 2H2O(l) 2Fe2O3. X 2H2O
(c). Fe(s) + 3O2(g) + 2H2O(l) Fe2O3. X 3H2O
(d). 2Fe(s) + 2O2(g) + 3H2O(l) 2Fe2O3. X 2H2O

2. Select the method which is not useful to prevent the corrosion of

metals.
(i) Galvanization
(ii) Painting & oiling
(iii) Anodizing or making alloys

(a) Only i
(b) Only ii
(c) i and iii both
(d) i, ii, and iii all

3. Amalgam is belongs to metal-

(a) Gold
(b) Platinum
(c) Mercury
(d) Zinc

Or

Galvanization belongs to metal

(a) Gold
(b) Platinum
(c) Mercury
(d) Zinc
38 The following diagram explains the CO2 gas required for 1+1+2
photosynthesis in plant. Answer the following questions
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1. Which leaf will show black purple colour when reacting with
iodine solution.
(a) Leaf A
(b) Leaf B
(c) Leaf A and B both
(d) None of Leaf A and B

2. Presence of KOH results into the absence of which gas

(a) CO2
(b) O2
(c) NO2
(d) SO2

3. Leaf B turned pale yellow soon after the experiment start, Give
the reason.
Or
Only flask A shows small water droplets inside. Give the reason.
39 Observe the given line diagram of electric circuit and answer the 1+1+2
following questions.

1. What is the total resistance of R1 and R2 only.

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2. What will be total resistance if all the resistance readjust to joint

in a series form.

3. Calculate the total resistance of the circuit if resistance R1 and

R3 exchanged to each other.
Or
Calculate the total resistance of the circuit if resistance R2 and R3
exchanged to each other.

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