SATISH CHANDRA MEMORIAL SCHOOL

PUMLIA, CHOWRASTA, CHAKDAHA, NADIA

CLASS X MID-TERM (2021- 22)
TIME: 2 HOURS SCIENCE SUBJECTIVE (20) +MCQ (30) = 50
All questions are compulsory.
Q31 to Q34 are each of 2 marks || Q33 to Q38 are each of 3 marks.

31. Mention any two kinds of cells present in blood and write one function of each. [2]

32. Take a magnesium ribbon and some sulphur powder. Burn the magnesium ribbon.
Collect the ashes formed and dissolve them in water. Now burn sulphur powder. Place a test
tube over the burning sulphur to collect the fumes produced. Add some water to the above
test tube and shake.
Write four balanced equations for these reactions? [2]

33. The figure given below represents the instrument used to check the arterial wall
pressure. [2]
It has an inflatable cuff, a compressible rubber bulb, a screw and a
connected mercury manometer.
a. Mention the instrument used. State the name of another instrument
which is also used.
b. Mention the normal systolic and diastolic pressure of a human being.

34. Look at the given set up and answer the following questions: [2]

a. What is the function of wire gauze?

b. Write the related balanced equation

and the product name and product
colour.
35. The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 30 cm from a spherical lens is
formed on a screen placed on the other side of the lens at a distance of 60 cm from
the optical centre of the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate its focal length. If
the height of the flame is 3 cm, find the height of its image. [3]

36. Give reason: [3]

a. HCl, HNO3, etc., show acidic characters in aqueous solutions while solutions of
compounds like alcohol and glucose do not show acidic character.
b. Basic solutions also have H+(aq) ions, still they are basic.
c. Caustic Soda is a strong base.

37. a. Draw a neat diagram of excretory system of human beings and label the following:
(i) Kidney [2+1=3]
(ii) Ureter
(iii) Urinary Bladder
(iv) Urethra
b. Mention the phases of urine formation.

38. A narrow beam PQ of white light is passing through a glass prism ABC as shown in
the diagram. [3]

Trace it on your answer sheet and show the path of the emergent beam as observed
on the screen DE.
(i) Write the name and cause of the phenomenon observed.
(ii) Where else in nature is this phenomenon observed?
(iii) Based on this observation, state the conclusion which can be drawn about the
constituents of white light.