WISDOM WORLD SCHOOL

MID TERM SAMPLE PAPER (SESSION 2024-2025)

SCIENCE
GRADE 10
Name :___________________ Date :
Section :___________________ Time Allowed : 3Hours
Roll No. : ________ Maximum Marks : 80

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 01 mark each.
4. Section B consists of 6 Very Short Answer questions carrying 02 marks each.
5. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
6. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
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 one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of Marks
the questions 1 – 20
1. Which of the following are used for Thermite reaction, used for joining railway tracks? 1
(a) Al2O3 + Fe (b) MnO2 + Al (c) Fe2O3 + Al (d) Cu2O + Fe
2. Which of the following can be used for storage of fresh sample of an oil for long time? 1
(a) Oxygen or Carbon dioxide (b) Nitrogen or Oxygen
(c) Carbon dioxide or Helium (d) Nitrogen or Helium
3. Which one of the following is/are an endothermic process(es)? 1
(a) Dilution of sulphuric acid (b) Sublimation of dry ice
(c) Condensation of water vapours (d) Evaporation of water
4. The pH of gastric juices released during digestion is: 1
(a) Less than 7 (b) more than 7 (c) equal to 7 (d) equal to zero
5. Which of the following is not a base? 1
(a) NaOH (b) NH4OH (c) KOH (d) C2H5OH
6. Silver articles become black on exposure to air for long. This is due to the formation of: 1
(a) Ag3N (b) Ag3O (c) Ag3S (d) AgCl
7. Which of the following are not ionic compounds: 1
(i) KCl (ii)HCl (iii) CCl4 (iv) NaCl
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iii)
8. Respiratory structures of two different animals a fish and a human being are as shown. 1
Observe (a) and (b) and select one characteristic that holds true for both of them.

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(a) Both have thin and moist surface for gaseous exchange.
(b) Both are placed internally in the body of animal.
(c) In both the blood returns to the heart after being oxygenated.
(d) Both are poorly supplied with blood vessels to conserve energy
9. In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, the heart does not pump oxygenated 1
blood to different parts of the body?
(a) Pisces and amphibians (b) Amphibians and reptiles
(c) Amphibians only (d) Pisces only
10. Choose the correct path of urine in our body: 1
(a) kidney → ureter → urethra → urinary bladder
(b) kidney → urinary bladder → urethra → ureter
(c) kidney → ureters → urinary bladder → urethra
(d) urinary bladder → kidney → ureter → urethra
11. Posture and balance of the body is controlled by 1
(a) cerebrum (b) cerebellum (c) medulla (d) pons
12. In a neuron, conversion of electrical signal to a chemical signal occurs at/in 1
(a) cell body (b) axonal end (c) dendritic end (d) axon
13. The contraction and expansion movement of the walls of the food pipe is called: 1
(a) Translocation (b) Transpiration
(c) Peristaltic movement (d) Digestion
14. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true about respiration? 1
(i) During inhalation, ribs move inward and diaphragm is raised
(ii) In the alveoli, exchange of gases takes place i.e., oxygen from alveolar air diffuses into
blood and carbon dioxide from blood into alveolar air
(iii) Haemoglobin has greater affinity for carbon dioxide than oxygen
(iv) Alveoli increase surface area for exchange of gases
(a) (i) and (iv) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii) (d) (ii) and (iv)
15. A prism ABC (with BC as base) is placed in different orientations. A narrow beam of 1
white light is incident on the prism as shown in figure. In which of the following cases,
after dispersion, the third colour from the top corresponds to the colour of the sky?

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16. In which of the following, the image of an object placed at infinity will be highly 1
diminished and point sized?
(a) Concave mirror only (b) Convex mirror only
(c) Convex lens only
(d) Concave mirror, convex mirror, concave lens and convex lens

Q. No. 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions. These 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): Aluminium is more reactive than iron. Its corrosion is less than that of iron. 1
Reason (R): Aluminium is covered with a protective layer of oxide which protects the
metal from further corrosion.
18. Assertion (A): In the daytime, CO2 generated during respiration is used up for 1
photosynthesis.
Reason (R): There is no CO2 release during day.
19. Assertion(A): When a light ray is refracted through a glass prism, emergent ray is parallel 1
to incident ray.
Reason (R): Two sides of prism doing refraction are parallel to each other.
20. Assertion (A): Amount and timing of hormones released are regulated by feedback 1
mechanism.
Reason (R): Hypersecretion or hyposecretion of any hormone has a harmful effect on our
body.
SECTION B
Q. No. 21 to 26 are very-short answer questions.
21. (a) Name the substance which on treatment with chlorine yields bleaching powder. 2
(b) What is dead burnt plaster?
22. (a) How do guard cells regulate the opening and closing of stomatal pores? 2
(b) Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with Vaseline. Will this plant
remain healthy for long? Give reasons for your answer .
23. In the given activity, the lime water of which test tube will get milky faster and why? 2

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 OR
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of large multicellular
organisms like humans?

24. (a) Light enters from air to diamond which has refractive index of 2.42. 2
Calculate the speed of light in diamond, if speed of light in air is 3x10 8 m/s.
(b) Give two conditions in which a ray of light passes without bending while
entering from one medium to another.
25. A star appears on the horizon. What is the true position of the star? Explain with the help 2
of a diagram.
OR
Explain rainbow formation with the help of a diagram.
26. (a) Name the substances which are re-absorbed during tubular re-absorption in urine 2
formation.
(b) On which factor does the amount of water to be re-absorbed depends during urine
formation?
SECTION C
Q. No. 27 to 33 are short-answer questions
27. Write a balanced chemical equation for each of the following reactions: 3
(a) Lead acetate solution is treated with dilute hydrochloric acid to form lead
chloride and acetic acid solution.
(b) Zinc metal is added to sulphuric acid to give zinc sulphate and hydrogen gas.
(c) Iron (III) oxide on heating with carbon monoxide gas reacts to form solid
iron and liberates carbon dioxide gas.
28. On heating blue coloured powder of copper (II) nitrate in a boiling tube, copper 3
oxide (black), oxygen gas and a brown gas X is formed.
(a) Write a balanced chemical equation of the reaction.
(b) Identity the brown gas X evolved.
(c) Identity the type of reaction.
29. (a)Name (i) largest artery, and (ii) largest vein, in our body. 3
(b)Label the parts of a neuron in the given figure:

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30. Describe the mechanism of urine formation in human excretory system. 3
31. Find the power of a convex lens which forms a real and inverted image of magnification -1 3
of an object placed at a distance of 20 cm from optical centre.
32. A mirror is fitted in a wall of the AGRA FORT. When you stand at a proper location, a 3
full-size image of the Taj Mahal can be seen in this mirror.
(a) What kind of mirror is it?
(b) Draw a ray diagram for such a mirror when the object is at infinity.
33. A near sighted person wears eye glass with power of -5 0. D for distant vision. Soon, he 3
started having difficulties in viewing nearby objects also. His doctor prescribes a correction
of +1 5. D in near vision section of his bi-focal, which is measured relative to main part of
the lens.
(a) Find the focal length of his distant viewing part of lens.
(b) Find the focal length of near vision section of the lens.
(c) What type of lens is to be used in this spectacle for near vision? Draw its correction.
SECTION D
Q. No. 34 to 36 are long-answer questions
34. (a) A non-metal A is an important constituent of our food and forms two oxides 4+1
B and C. Oxide B is toxic whereas C causes global warming
(i) Identify A, B and C
(ii) To which Group of Periodic Table does A belong?
(b) Name two metals which are poor conductors of electricity.
35. (a) What is ‘hydrotropism’? Describe an activity to demonstrate it. 5
(b) Name the flight or fight hormone. Also name the gland which secretes this
hormone.
OR
(a) Name any three endocrine glands in human body and briefly write the
function of each of them
(b) Mention the two regions of the brain and also write one function of each.
36. A student finds the writing on the blackboard as blurred and unclear when sitting on the 5
last desk of the classroom. He however sees clearly when sitting on the front desk at an
approximate distance 2 m from the blackboard.

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 (a) Draw the ray diagram to illustrate the formation of image of the blackboard
writing by his eye lens when he sits at the: (i) last desk (ii) front desk.
(b) Name the defect of vision the student is suffering from. Also list two causes
of this defect.
(c) Name the kind of lens that would enable him to see clearly when he is seated
at the last desk. Draw the ray diagram to illustrate how this lens helps him to
see clearly.
OR
(a) Where in nature can you find evidence that white sunlight may be made of
different colours?
(b) Differentiate between a glass slab and a glass prism. What happens when a
narrow beam of (a) a monochromatic light and (b) white light passes through
(i) glass slab and (ii) glass prism?
SECTION E
Q. 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. Look at the given diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:

(a) Will the bulb glow in the above given set up? Also give reason for (2)
your answer.

(b) What will be your observation if Dilute HCl in the setup is replaced by (2)
glucose. Justify your observation.
OR
(i) Why does dry HCl gas not change the colour of dry litmus paper?
(ii) Why do HNO3 show acidic character in aqueous solution?
38. Read the following and answer the questions given below: 4
The heart is a muscular organ which is as big as our fist. Because both oxygen and carbon
dioxide have to be transported by the blood, the heart has different chambers to prevent the
oxygen-rich blood from mixing with the blood containing carbon dioxide. The carbon
dioxide-rich blood has to reach the lungs for the carbon dioxide to be removed, and the
oxygenated blood from the lungs has to be brought back to the heart. This oxygen-rich
blood is then pumped to the rest of the body.
(a) How many chambers are present in the heart of mammals and (1)
reptiles?

(b) What is hypertension? (1)

(c) Write one function of each of the following components of the transport (2)

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 system in2 human beings:
(i) Lymph (ii)Heart
OR
What is the advantage of separate channels in mammals and birds for
oxygenated and deoxygenated blood?
39. Read the given passage and answer the following questions: 4
Student took three concave mirrors of different focal lengths and formed the experiment to
see the image formation by placing an object different distances with these mirrors as
shown in the following table:
Case No. Object Distance Focal Length
1. 45 cm 20 cm
2. 30 cm 15 cm
3. 20 cm 30 cm

(a) List two properties of the image formed in Case I. (1)

(b) In which one of the cases given in the table the mirror will form real image (1)
of same size and why?
(c) Name the type of mirror used by dentists. Give reason why do they use such (2)
type of mirrors.
OR
Look at the table and identify the situation (object distance and focal length)
which resembles the situation in which concave mirrors are used as shaving
mirrors? Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.

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