SAMPLE PAPER – 01

CLASS X
Science
Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the
questions 1 - 15. (1
mark each)
1. Why is it important to balance a skeletal chemical equation ?
(a) To verify law of conservation of energy.
(b) To verify the law of constant proportion.
(c) To verify the law of conservation of mass.
(d) To verify the law of conservation of momentum.
2. Which one of the following chemicals is used in soda acid fire extinguishers ?
(a) Sodium chloride
(b) Sodium acetate
(c) Sodium hydrogen carbonate
(d) Ammonium sulphate
3. Study the diagram given below and identify the gas formed in the reaction :

(a) Carbon dioxide which extinguishes the burning candle.

(b) Oxygen due to which the candle burns more brightly
(c) Sulphur dioxide which produces a suffocating smell.
(d) Hydrogen which while burning produces popping sound.
4. Generally metals react with acids to give salt and hydrogen gas. Which of the following Acids
does not give hydrogen gas on reacting with metals (except Mn and Mg)?
(a) H2SO4
(b) HCl
(c) HNO3
(d) All of these
5. Electrical wires have coating of an insulating material. The material, generally used is
(a) Sulphur.
(b) Graphite
(c) PVC
(d) All can be used
6. Chlorine reacts with unsaturated hydrocarbons at room temperature in the
(a) absence of sunlight.
(b) presence of sunlight.
(c) presence of water.
(d) presence of hydrochloric acid.
7. Ethanol reacts with sodium and forms two products. These are
(a) sodium ethanoate and hydrogen.
(b) sodium ethanoate and oxygen.
(c) sodium ethoxide and hydrogen.
(d) sodium ethoxide and oxygen.
 8. Which one of the following is not a function of Artificial Kidney ?
(a) To remove nitrogenous wastes from the blood.
(b) To remove excess fluids from the blood.
(c) To reabsorb essential nutrients from the blood.
(d) To filter and purify the blood.
9. Which of the following statements shows the correct results of iodine test performed on the
leaf from plant X & Y respectively ?

(a) Blue - black colour would be obtained on the leaf of plant X and no change in colour on leaf
of plant Y.
(b) Blue - black colour would be obtained on the leaf of plant Y and no change in colour on leaf
of plant X.
(c) Red colour would be obtained on the leaf of plant X and brown colour on the leaf of plant Y.
(d) Red colour would be obtained on the leaf of plant Y and brown colour on the leaf of plant
X.
10. The genotype of the height of an organism is written as Tt. What conclusion may be drawn
?
(a) The allele for height has at least two different gencs.
(b) There are at least two different alleles for the gene for height.
(c) There are two different genes for height, each having single allele.
(d) There is one allele for height with two different forms.
Q.11. Growth of pollen tube towards ovule during fertilisation is an example of :
(a) phototropism
(b) geotropism
(c) chemotropism
(d) hydrotropism
12. Which of the following is embedded in the uterine wall
(a) Zygote
(b) Embryo's head
(c) Placenta
(d) Eggs

Q. no. 13 to 15 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, 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.
13. Assertion (A) : The strength of acids and bases depends on the number of H+ ions and OH -
ions produced.
Reason (R) : The process of dissolving an acid or base in water is highly endothermic.
14. Assertion (A) : Empty paper box of sweets is biodegradable.
Reason (R) : Substances that do not breakdown by biological process are called non-
biodegradable waste.
15. Assertion (A) : In individuals of a given species, a specific gene is located on a particular
chromosome.
Reason (R) : A gene does not code for a protein.

Q. no. 16 to 19 are very short answer questions. (2 marks each)

16. When a copper wire is left in silver nitrate solution, it is observed that the solution turns
bluish green.
(a) Explain this observation.
(b) Write the balanced equation to represent the change taking place.
17. If you keep the potted plant horizontally for 2-3 days, what type of movement would be
exhibited by the shoot and root after two or three days ?
18. How do the guard cells regulate opening and closing of stomatal pore ?
19. (a) What is meant by garbage management?
(b) Suggest four methods to manage the garbage.

Q. no. 20 to 23 are short answer questions (3 marks each)

20. (a) Explain what corrosion of iron means.
(b) Why is that aluminium which is more reactive than iron does not corrode like iron?
(c) How is corosion of iron prevented by coating it with a layer of oil ? 21.Explain, why :
(i) Common salt becomes sticky during the rainy season.
(ii) Blue vitriol changes to white upon heating.
(c) Anhydrous calcium chloride is used in desiccators.
21. Explain the process of breathing in man with the help of labelled diagram.
22. Why are bacteria and fungi called decomposers ? List any 2 advantages of decomposers.
23. Write the names of two amphoteric oxides. Justify with the help of equations.

Q. no. 24 to 25 are long answer questions. (5 marks each)

24. (a) State the reasons, why carbon cannot
(i) lose four electrons to form C4+ cation, and
(ii) gain four electrons to form C4- anion.
(b) A compound with molecular formula C3H6O has two isomers.
(i) Draw the structures of both the isomers.
(ii) Write their functional group.
25. (a) In what respect is the human male gamete different from the female gamete ?
(b) What are chromosomes ? Explain how in sexually reproducing organisms the number of
chromosome in the progeny is maintained.

Q. no. 26 to 27 are case based/ data based questions. (4 marks each)

26. The hardness of a metal depends on the strength of metallic bond. The strength of metallic
bond increases with the increase in the number of electrons contributed for metallic bond
Transition metals are those metals where the penultimate shell electrons also take part in
bond formation unlike alkali and alkaline earth metals. Alkali metals have one valence
electron and octet configuration in the penultimate shell. Alkaline earth metals have two
valence electrons and penultimate shell has octet configuration. The metals from Z = 21 to Z. =
30 are called transition metals.
(a) Sodium metal can be cut with a knife. Why ?
(b) Write the name of metal and non-metal, which is found in liquid state.
(c) Iron (Z = 26) is very hard metal when compared with most of the other metal. Justify its
extremely greater hardness.
27. Sahil performed an experiment to study the inheritance pattern of genes. He crossed tall
pea plants (TT) with short pea plants (tt) and obtained all tall plants in F1 generation.
(a) What will be set of genes present in the F1 generation. Give reason why only tall plants are
observed in F1 progeny.
(b) When F1 plants were self-pollinated, a total of 800 plants were produced. How many of
these would be tall, medium height or short plants? Give the genotype of F2 generation.
(c) When F1 plants were cross-pollinated with plants having (tt) genes, a total of 800 plants
were produced. How many of these would be tall, medium height or short plants ? Give the
genotype of F2 generation.

SECTION – B (PHYSICS)
(A) Multiple choice questions : (1 mark each)
1. Absolute refrac ve index of glass and water is 3/2 and 4/3 respec vely. If the
speed of light in glass is 2×108 m/s, the speed of light in water is
a) 9/4×108 m/s
b) 5/2×108 m/s
c) 7/3×108 m/s
d) 16/9×108 m/s
2. The image distance from the eye lens in the normal eye when we increase the
distance of an object from the eye
a) Increases
b) Decreases
c) Remains unchanged
d) Depends on the size of the eyeball
3. A student places some iron fillings around a magnet. The iron fillings arrange
themselves as shown in image.

The student labelled four different regions around the magnet. Where would be
the magne c field the strongest?
a) S
b) R
c) Q
d) P
 4. An electric ke le consumes 1 kW of electric power when operated at 220V. The
minimum ra ng of the fuse wire too to be used for it is
a) 1 A
b) 2 A
c) 4 A
d) 5 A
5. The following ques ons consists of 2 statements -Asser on(A) and Reason(R).
Asser on(A) : Light travels faster in glass than in air.
Reason(R) : Glass is denser than air.
Answer these ques ons selec ng the appropriate op ons given below:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explana on for A
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explana on for A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A false but R is true

(B) Very short answers type questions : (2 marks each)

6. What happens to the image distance in the eye when we increase the distance of
an object from the eye?
7. Refrac ve index of water with respect to air is 4/3 and glass is 3/2. What is the
refrac ve index of glass with respect to water?

(C) Short answer type questions : (3 marks each)

8. How many 176 ohm resistors (in parallel) are required to carry 5 A on a 220 V
line?
9. What is atmospheric refrac on? List two phenomena which can be explained on
the basis of atmospheric refrac on.
10. (i) Explain why the refrac ve index of any material with respect to air is always
greater than 1
(ii) In the figure below a light ray travels from air into the semi- circular plas c
block. Give a reason why the ray does not deviate at the semi-circular boundary
of the plas c block.

(iii) Complete the ray diagram of the above scenario , when the light ray comes
out of the plas c block from the top flat end,

(D) Long answer type questions : (5 marks)

Read the following information:
I. Resistivity of copper is lower than that of aluminium which, in turn, is
lower than that of constantan.
II. Six wires labelled as A, B, C, D, E, F have been designed as per the
following parameters:

Answer the following questions using the above data:

i. Which of the wires has maximum resistance and why?
ii. Which of the wires has minimum resistance and why?
iii. Arrange Rl, R3 and R5 in ascending order of their values. Justify your
answer.

(E) case based/ data based questions. (4 marks)

P and Q represent two straight wires carrying equal current (I) in a direction
perpendicular to the plane of the screen outwards. K is the midpoint of the line joining
P and Q. The image shows the magnetic field lines around the wire. But the direction of
the magnetic field is not marked.

(a) Draw the above image and mark the direction of the magnetic field.
(b) If the current in the wires is increased, how will the strength of the magnetic
field around P and Q change? Draw the magnetic field lines around P and Q to
represent this change.
(c) If B is the magnetic field at point K due to the current in wire P, what will be
the magnetic field due to P and Q at the midpoint K? Give a reason for your
answer.
(d) If B is the magnetic field at point K due to the current in wire P and the
current in wire Q is reversed, what will be the magnetic field at midpoint K?