ORCHIDS THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PERIODIC ASSESSMENT – 2 (2023-24)

Grade: X Sub: Science (086) Marks: 60 Duration: 90 Min
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Read the instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
• Question paper is divided into four sections: A, B, C, D and E. There are a total of 34 questions.
• All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A
student is expected to attempt only one of these questions.
• Section A (Q.No.1 to 12) has 4 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 5 One sentence question
and 3 assertion and reasoning questions each carrying 1 mark.
• Section B (Q.No.13 to 18) has 6 Very Short Answer Questions (VSA) carrying 2 marks each.
• Section C (Q.No.19 to 24) has 6 Short Answer Questions (SA) carrying 3 marks each.
• Section D (Q.No.25 to 32) has 2 Case Study Based Questions (CSQ) each carrying 4 marks.
All are MCQs.
• Section E (Q.No.33 to 34) has 2 Long Answer Questions (LSQ) carrying 5 marks each.

Q.No. Section - A (12Qx1M)

A man is suffering from myopia, cannot see objects beyond 20 cm distinctly.
1.a Find the power of the lens.
(a) – 5 D (b) + 5 D
(c) – 2 D (d) + 2 D
OR
1.b A person gets out in the sunlight from a dark room. How does his pupil regulate
and control the light entering the eye?
(a) The size of the pupil will (b) The size of the pupil will decrease,
decrease, and less light will enter and more light will enter the eye
the eye
(c) The size of the pupil will remain (d) The size of the pupil will remain the
the same, but more light will same, but less light will enter the eye
enter the eye
2. Choose the correct coefficients for the given chemical equation
a S + b HNO3 c H2SO4 + d NO2 + e H2O
(a) A=2, B=4, C=1, D=4, E=2 (b) A=4, B=4, C=4, D=4, E=1
(c) A=2, B=1, C=4, D=4, E=1 (d) A=1, B=6, C=1, D=6, E=2
Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of-
3. (a) Diffusion (b) Transpiration
(c) Osmosis (d) None of these
Name one plant hormone which inhibits growth
4. (a) Cytokinin (b) Gibberellin
(c) Abscisic acid (d) Ethylene
 A beam of light is incident through the holes on side A and emerges out of the
5. holes on the other face of the box as shown in the given Figure. Which of the
following could be inside the box?

(a) Concave lens (b) Rectangular Glass Slab

(c) Prism (d) Convex Lens
A cell, a resistor, a key and ammeter are arranged as shown in the given circuit
6. diagrams. The current recorded in the ammeter will be –

(a) Maximum in (i) (b) Maximum in (ii)

(c) Maximum in (iii) (d) Same in all the cases
7.a When hydrogen chloride gas is prepared on a humid day, the gas is usually
passed through the guard tube containing calcium chloride. The role of calcium
chloride taken in the guard tube is to
(a) Absorb the evolved gas
(b) moisten the gas
(c) absorb moisture from the gas
(d) absorb Cl- ion from the evolved gas
OR
7.b The apparatus given in the adjoining figure was set up to demonstrate electrical
conductivity.

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

(i) Bulb will not glow because electrolyte is not acidic.
(ii) Bulb will glow because HCl is a strong acid and furnishes ions for
conduction.
(iii) Bulb will not glow because circuit is incomplete.
(iv) Bulb will not glow because it depends upon the type of electrolytic
solution.
 (a) (i) and (iii) (b) (ii) and (iv)

(c) only (ii) (d) only (iv)

8.a The upward or downward movement of shoot and root and root respectively is
influenced by gravity.
Such movement is called
(a) Gravity movement (b) Gravitropism
(c) Geotropism (d) Gravitism
OR
8.b Lack of oxygen in muscles often leads to cramps among cricketers. This result
due to –
(a) Conversion of pyruvate to ethanol
(b) Conversion of pyruvate to glucose
(c) Non conversion of glucose to pyruvate
(d) Conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid
The extra cellular fluid released from the capillaries is –
9. (a) Serum (b) Plasma
(c) Lymph (d) Mucus
Following questions (10 -12) 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.
Assertion (A): Tungsten metal is used for making filaments of incandescent
10. lamps.
Reason (R): The melting point of tungsten is very low.
Assertion (A): Zinc can easily displace copper on reacting with a solution
11. of copper sulphate.
Reason (R): Copper is more reactive metal as compared to Zinc.
Assertion(A): The effect of auxin hormone on the growth of the root is
12. exactly opposite to that on a stem.
Reason (R): Auxin hormone increases the rate of growth in root and
decreases the rate of growth in stem.
Q.No. Section - B (6Qx2M)
Write a balanced chemical of the following reactions:
13.a (a) Copper (II) oxide reacts with Dil. Hydrochloric acid.
(b) Excess Carbon dioxide is passed through lime water.
OR
13.b Define the following type of chemical reactions. Also write one example each.
(a) Precipitation Reaction (b) Double Displacement Reaction
Write a balanced chemical equation for the formation of the following
14. compounds.
(a) Gypsum (b) Bleaching Powder
15. A concave lens has focal length of 15 cm. At what distance should an object be placed
from the lens so that it forms an image at 10 cm from the lens?
16. Draw ray diagrams showing (i) a hypermetropic eye and (ii) its correction
using a suitable optical device.
 17. (a) Define reflex arc.
(b) Trace the sequence of events which occur in our body when a bright light
is focused on your eyes.

18. (a) In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli.

(b) Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial
organisms. Give reasons.
Q.No. Section - C (6Qx3M)
(a) State Joule’s Law of Heating. Also write its formula. (1M)
19.a (b) The current of 5 mA flows through resistor of resistance 7 kΩ for (2M)
3 minutes. Calculate the heat energy produced in resistance?
OR
19.b (a) Will current flow more easily through a thick or thin wire of the same (1M)
material, when connected to the same source? Why?
(b) A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5 mm and resistivity of 1.6 x 10-8 Ω-m. (2M)
What will be the length of this wire to make its resistance 10 Ω? How much
does the resistance change if the diameter is doubled?
During electrolysis of brine, a gas ‘G’ is liberated at anode. When this gas ‘G’
is passed through slaked lime, a compound ‘C’ is formed, which is used for
20. disinfecting drinking water.

(i) Write the formulas of ‘G’ and ‘C’.

(ii) State the chemical equations involved.
(iii) What is the common name & chemical formula of a compound ‘C’?
Answer the following questions.
(a) Write a chemical reaction of a thermite reaction.
21. (b) Show the formation of the compound AlCl3 by electron-dot structure.
(c) Name a non-metal which is lustrous and a metal which is non-lustrous.
22.a Draw and explain a neat and labelled diagram of heart.
OR
22.b Enumerate the process of formation of food in plants.
23. Write three types of blood vessels. Give one important feature of each.
24. Identify the parts of brain and state its function.
Q.No. Section – D (Case Study) (8Qx1M)
The refraction of light on going from one medium to another takes place
I. according to two laws which are known as the laws of refraction of light.
These laws are:
1. The ratio of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is
always constant for the pair of media in contact.
sini/sinr = μ = constant
This constant is called refractive index of the second medium with respect to
the first medium.
Refractive index is also defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the
speed of light in medium.
2. The incident ray, refracted ray and normal all lie in the same plane.
This law is called Snell's law of refraction.

If less is the refractive index then less will be the bending or medium is rarer
and velocity of light will be more in that medium. Like the refractive index of
air is found to be 1.0003 and that of water is found to be 1.33. And hence water
is denser than air, air is rarer medium as compared to water. Thus, velocity of
light in air medium is greater than velocity of light in water medium.
25. When light travels from air to glass-
(a) angle of incidence > angle of (b) angle of incidence < angle of
refraction refraction
(c) angle of incidence = angle of (d) can’t say
refraction
26. If the refractive index of glass is 1.5 and speed of light in air is 3 x 108 m/s. The
speed of light in glass is
(a) 2 x 108 m/s (b) 2.5 x 108 m/s
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(c) 4.5 x 10 m/s (d) 3 x 108 m/s
27. The refractive index of glass with respect to air is 1.65 and that of water w.r.t
air is 1.33. Calculate refractive index of water w.r.t to glass.
(a) 1.45 (b) 0.53
(c) 0.89 (d) 1.36
When light travels from air to medium, the angle of incidence is 45° and angle
28. of refraction is 30°. The refractive index of second medium with respect to the
first medium is
(a) 1.41 (b) 1.50
(c) 1.23 (d) 1
The urine is formed in the nephrons and involves the following steps:
II. • Glomerular Filtration
• Tubular Reabsorption
• Secretion

Glomerular Filtration-
It is the primary step in urine formation. In this process, the excess fluid and
waste products from the kidney are filtered out of the blood into the urine
collection tubules of the kidney and eliminated out of the body.
The amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys every minute is known as
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR).
 Tubular Reabsorption-
It is the absorption of ions and molecules such as sodium ions, glucose, amino
acids, water etc. Water involves passive absorption, while glucose and sodium
ions are absorbed by an active process.
Secretion-
Potassium ions, hydrogen ions, and ammonia are secreted out to maintain the
equilibrium between the body fluids.
The functions of the various tubules involved in the process are:
• Glomerulus- filters the blood
• Proximal Convoluted Tubules (PCT)- reabsorb water, ions and nutrients. They
remove toxins and help in maintaining the ionic balance and pH of the body
fluids by secretion of potassium, hydrogen and ammonia to filtrate and
reabsorbing bicarbonate ions from the filtrate.
• Descending Loop of Henle- is permeable to water and the filtrate gets
concentrated as it is impermeable to electrolytes.
• Ascending Loop of Henle- it is impermeable to water and permeable to
electrolytes. The filtrate gets diluted due to the movement of electrolytes from
the filtrate to the medullary fluid.
• Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT)- allows reabsorption of water and sodium
ions. It also helps in maintaining pH and ionic balance by secretion and
reabsorption of ions like PCT.
Collecting Duct- a large amount of water is reabsorbed from the filtrate by the
collecting duct.
29. Part of nephron helps in maintaining ionic balance and pH of the body fluids.
(a) Descending loop (b) Henle’s loop
(c) Proximal convoluted tubules (d) Glomerulus
30. Filtration of blood will be done by-
(a) PCT (b) DCT
(c) Glomerulus (d) Collecting duct
31. DCT reabsorbs -
(a) Sodium Ions (b) Water
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
32. GFR means
(a) The amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys every minute.
(b) The amount of filtrate produced by the PCT every second.
(c) The amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys every hour.
(d) The amount of filtrate collected by the urinary bladder every day.
Q.No. Section - E (2Qx5M)
33.a (a) How many 176 Ω resistors (in parallel) are required to carry 5 A on a 220 (2M)
V line.
(b) Find the equivalent resistance, Req for the following resistor combination (3M)
circuit.
 OR
33.b (a) How can three resistors of resistances 2 Ω, 3 Ω, and 6 Ω be connected to give (2M)
a total resistance of (a) 4 Ω and (b) 1 Ω.
(b) Find the current drawn from the battery by the network of seven resistors (3M)
shown below in the given figure.

34. Samples of five metals ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ were taken and added to the
following solution one by one. The results obtained have been tabulated as
follows.

Use the above table to answer the following questions about the given metals.

(a) Which of them is most reactive and why?

(b) Which of them is least reactive and why?
(c) Arrange ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ in the increasing order of reactivity.
(d) Container of which metal can store zinc sulphate and silver nitrate solution?
(e) Which of the above solution(s) can be stored in a container made of any of
these metals and why?

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