Sample Question Paper

SCIENCE
Class X
Term II
Time: 3 hrs. MM: 90
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
i) The question paper comprises of two sections, A and B, You are to attempt both the
sections.
ii) All questions are compulsory.
iii) There is no overall choice. However internal choice has been provided in all the five
questions of five marks category. Only one option in such questions is to be
attempted.
iv) All questions of section A and all questions of section B are to be attempted
separately.
v) Questions numbers 1 to 3 in section A are one mark questions. These are to be
answered in one word or one sentence.
vi) Question numbers 4 to 7 are two marks, to be answered in about 30 words each.
vii) Question numbers 8 to 19 are three mark questions, to be answered in about 50
words each.
viii) Questions numbers 20 to 24 are five mark questions, to be answered in about 70
words each.
ix) Question numbers 25 to 42 in section B are multiple choice questions based on
practical skills. Each question is a one ark question. You are to choose one most
appropriate response out of the four provided to you.

SECTION - A
1. State the range of the human eye with a normal vision.
2. List any two common methods by which solid wastes of urban areas are disposed off.
3. Define the property of catenation of carbon.
4. Out of the two elements X and Y which has bigger atomic radius? Give reason to justify
your answer.
(i) X has atomic number 18 and atomic mass 40
(ii) Y has atomic number 20 and atomic mass 40.
5. (a) Distinguish between biodegradable and non biodegradable pollutants.
(b) Choose the bio degradable pollutants from the following.
Sewage, DDT, Radioactive waste, Agriculture waste
6. Write the structural formula of the following and state whether these are isomers with
reason?
(a) 1 butyne
(b) 2 butyne
7. Distinguish between food chain and food web?
8. Describe three methods of plant propagation which are commonly used for growing
garden plants?
9. List two advantages associated with water harvesting at the community level.
Management of natural resources requires a long-tern perspective. Comment on the
statement.

10. A student sitting in the last row of the classroom is not able to read clearly the writing
on the blackboard:
(a) Name the type of defect of vision he is suffering from.
(b) How can this defect be corrected?
11. Although coal and petroleum are produced by degradation of biomass, yet we need to
conserve them why?
12. (a) What are sexually transmitted diseases? Name any one which is caused by bacteria
and one by viral infection.
(b) Mention any two methods to avoid such disease.
13. (a) Define power of a lens. What is its unit?
(b) One student uses a lens of focal length 50cm and another of -25cm. What is the
nature of lens and is power used by each of them?
14. Describe three method of plant propagation which is commonly used for growing
garden plants?
15. (a) Write the electronic configurations of the following elements?
Oxygen, Magnesium
(b) Among O
2-
and Mg
2-
ion, which one have larger size and why?
16. In humans, genetically the sex of a new born child is determined by the father not by
the mother. Justify this statement.
17. (a) Why does carbon form largest number of compounds?

(b) Why are some of these called saturated and other unsaturated compounds?
(c) Which of these is more reactive?
18. State in brief the role of human male reproductive system. Why is it called the
urinogenital system?
19. (a) State two advantages of converting forests into mono culture.
(b) Give nay two advantages of water stored underground.
(c) State any two measures to conserve wildlife.
20. (a) What is detergent? Would you be able to check of water is hard by using a
detergent? Justify your answer.
(b) What is saponification? Explain the cleansing action of soap.
OR
(a) Write the name of the saturated hydrocarbon having two carbon atoms, also write its
chemical formula.
(b) Define homologous series of a compound. Write the name and formula of next
homologue of
(i) C3H8
(ii) CH3OH
(c) Explain why carbon form compounds mainly by covalent bonding.
21. (a) Given an example of bisexual flower. What is its female reproductive part known
as?

(b)Draw a diagram of its longitudinal section showing the process of germination of

pollen on stigma and label it.
(c) Pollination may occur without fertilization but fertilization will not take place without
pollination. Give reason.
22. (a) Why do we classify elements>
(b) What were the two criteria used by Mendeleev in creating his periodic table?
(c) In Mendeleevs periodic table, why was there no mention of noble gases like helium,
neon and argon?
(d) Why did Mendeleev leave some gaps in his periodic table?
23. (i) Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated carbon compound.
(ii) Write one example of each of such compounds and give their structural formula.
(iii) Draw electron dot structure of methane and ethane.
OR
(i) Define hydrocarbons.
(ii) Write one example of each of such compounds and give their structural formula.
(iii)What is a heteroatom in the context of hydrocarbons?
(iv) Write names any two functional groups and give their formula too.

24. Give reasons for the following.

(a) Formation of rainbow.
(b) Sky looks blue.
(c) Danger signals are red.
(d) Rising sun looks reddish.
(e) Planets do not twinkle.
SECTION - B
25. A student is to find focal length of (i) a concave mirror, (ii) a convexlens by focussing
the image of a distant object on a screen. He will observe that on the same side as that
of the object in
(a) Both cases
(b) Case (i) but not in case (ii)
(c) Case (ii) but not in case (i)
(d) Neither case (ii) nor in case (i)
26. In the saponification reaction, addition of sodium chloride help to
(a) Initiate the reaction
(b) Minimize side reaction
(c) Precipitate soap
(d) Separate the by-product

27. Some raisins weighed 10g before they were placed in water for two hours. The raisins
were then removed wiped and weighed again. Their weight was now found to be
12.5g. the percentage of water absorbed by raisins is:
(a) 2.5%
(b) 5%
(c) 12.5%
(d) 25%
28. The diagram given below illustrates
(a) Bud formation in yeast
(b) Binary fission in amoeba
(c) Formation of daughter cells in yeast
(d) Pseudopodia formation in amoeba
29. In amoeba, asexual reproduction by multiple fission
(a) Never take place
(b) Sometimes take place
(c) Take place when amoeba wishes
(d) Take place during unfavourable environmental conditions

30. The inner surface of a stainless spoon behaves as __________.

(a) Concave mirror
(b) Convex mirror
(c) Plane mirror
(d) Neither concave nor convex.
31. A student obtains a blurred image of an object on a screen by using a concave mirror.
In order to obtain a sharp image on the screen, he will have to shift the mirror
(a) Towards the screen
(b) Away from the screen
(c) Either towards or away from screen, depending upon the position of the objet
(d) To a position very far away from the screen.
32. Identify the mistake in the following sketch of budding in yeast.
(a) Bud is shown to be smaller than parent cell.
(b) Nuclei are present in both bud and parental cell.
(c) Both parent and bud are shown as single cells.
(d) Bud is wrongly labelled.

33. A student has to perform an experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing
through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence. Where should he
place the protractor?
(a) On the edge of the glass slab.
(b) Along the normal drawn on the edge of the glass slab at the point of incidence.
(c) The positioning does not matter.
(d) Along the incident ray at the point of incidence.
34. A virtual erect and magnified image of an object is formed by a convex lens. The
position of the object is
(a) Between F and 2F
(b) Between 2F and infinity
(c) At the focus
(d) Between f and optical centre
35. A transparent refracting material which is bounded by two plane refracting surfaces is
known as
(a) Prism
(b) Convex lens
(c) Glass slab
(d) None of these
36. Which one of the following seed does not have endosperm
(a) Maize
(b) Rice

(c) Wheat
(d) gram
37. By which process dry gram gain water and smell
(a) Osmosis
(b) Exosmosis
(c) Plasmolysis
(d) Inhibition
38. In budding
(a) Cell divides transversely
(b) Cell divide longitudinally
(c) Nucleus divides followed by the development of protuberance
(d) A small protuberance develops followed by nuclear division
39. Which colour is deviated least when dispersion takes place through a prism?
(a) Violet
(b) Red
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow
40. A basket of vegetables contain carrot, potato, radish and tomato. Which of them
present the correct homologous structures?
(a) Carrot and potato

(b) Carrot and tomato

(c) Radish and carrot
(d) Radish and potato
41. Which of the following sodium compound is heated with castor oil in the making of
soap?
(a) Na
2
CO
3
(b) NaHCO
3
(c) NaOH
(d) CH
3
COONa
42. Four students observed the colour and odour of acetic acid and its reaction with
sodium hydrogen carbonate. They tabulated their observation as given below.
Student Colour of
acetic acid
Odour of acetic
acid
Action with sodium hydrogen
carbonate
A Colourless Fruity Gas evolves without bubbles
B Colourless Smell of vinegar Brisk effervescence
C Colourless Odourless Gas evolves without bubbles
D Colourless Smell of rotten egg Brisk effervescence
The correct set of observation is that of student:
(a) A
(b) B

(c) C
(d) D