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Science - 10th
Q (1): ___________ reactions are some of most common chemical means to break down
molecules.
(a) Oxidising-reducing
(b) Acidic
(c) Nitric
(d) None of these
Q (2): The entire surface of __________ organism is in the contact with the enviroment.
(a) Multi-cellullar
(b) Single-cellular
(c) Ultra-cellular
(d) Many one-cellular
Q (3): Which of these outside raw materials are used by an organism to gain energy?
(a) Food, water and air
(b) Electricity, coal, air
(c) Metal, water, acids
(d) None of these
Q (4): Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
(a) Organisms grow with time
(b) Organisms must repair and maintain their structure
(c) Movement of molecules does not take place among cells
(d) Energy is essential for life processes
Q (5): What would happen if green plants disappear from earth?
(a) It will lead to catastrophic consequences like increased atmospheric temperature
(b) It will lead to death of various heterotrophs which may imbalance the ecosystem
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Q (6): What is the most important criteria to decide whether something is living or dead?
(a) Movement (b) Skin
(c) Voice (d) Appearance
Q (7): Which living organism move very slowly?
(a) Animals (b) Plants
(c) Humans (d) All of above
Q (8): The basic functions performed by living organisms to maintain their life on this
earth are called _____.
(a) Life processes
(b) Life cycles
(c) Living processes
(d) None of the above
Q (9): Fill in the blank: Cells are made up of still smaller particles called _____.
(a) Branches (b) Ovaries
(c) Molecules (d) Divisions
Q (10): The leaves of a _____ move by folding up when touched with a finger.
(a) Rose plant

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(b) Cactus plant

(c) Mimosa pudica plant
(d) Sunflower plant
Q (11): What processes would you consider essential for maintaining life?
(a) Respiration, nutrition
(b) Digestion, excretion
(c) Reproduction and metabolism.
(d) All of above
Q (12): Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular
organisms like humans?
(a) Diffusion is unable to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms such as
humans because diffusion is one of the fastest processes.
(b) Diffusion is unable to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms such as
humans because diffusion is one of the slow processes.
(c) Diffusion is unable to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms such as
humans because diffusion it is only possible in unicellular organisms.
(d) None of these
Q (13): The waste byproducts are needed to be removed from the body and discarded
outside by a process called ----------------------------.
(a) Digestion (b) Transportation
(c) Excretion (d) None of these
Q (14): State True/False: Food is a kind of fuel which provides energy to all the living
organisms.
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
Q (15): For a sunflower plant, the shoot, leaves and the flower move by bending towards
the _____.
(a) Wind
(b) Sun
(c) Other plants
(d) All of the above
Q (16): Which of the following are living things?
(a) Humans (b) Animals
(c) Plants (d) All of above
Q (17): Fill in the blank: ________ is a process which helps the living organisms to
survive in the changing environment around them.
(a) Respiration
(b) Control and coordination
(c) Digestion
(d) Excretion
Q (18): In multi-cellular organisms the ----------------------------- will need to transport
waste
away from cells to this excretory tissue.
(a) Respiration
(b) carbon dioxide and water
(c) Transportation system
(d) None of these

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Q (19): Assertion : Energy is required to carry out different life processes.

Reason : Energy is obtained in the form of ATP in mitochondria.
(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.
Q (20): Assertion : Energy is used during the process of respiration.
Reason : Respiration stores energy in the form of ATP.
(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.
Q (21): The autotrophic mode of nutrition requires ____.
(a) carbon dioxide and water
(b) sunlight
(c) chlorophyll
(d) all of the above
Q (22): _________ use simple food material like carbon dioxide and water to gain
energy.
(a) Heterotrophs (b) Nitrotrophs
(c) Autotrophs (d) Exatrophs
Q (23): __________ are bio-catalysts used for breaking down the complex substances
into simpler ones.
(a) Carbohydrates (b) Enzymes
(c) Proteins (d) None of these
Q (24): Identify heterotrophs from the following:
(a) Humans
(b) Cows
(c) Squirrels
(d) All of the above
Q (25): ___________ is an essential element used in the synthesis of proteins and other
compounds taken from soil.
(a) Sulphur (b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen (d) Carbon dioxide
Q (26): __________ are utilised for providing energy to plants.
(a) Starch (b) Glucose
(c) Carbohydrates (d) Chloroplasts
Q (27): _____________ takes in food using temporary finger-like extensions of the cell
surface which fuse over the food particle forming a food-vacuole.
(a) Amoeba (b) Parameocium
(c) Fungi (d) Yeast
Q (28): Define nutrition.
(a) The process of proper digestion of food necessary for health and growth.
(b) The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

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(c) The process of removal of waste products.

(d) None of these
Q (29): Fill in the blank: Green plants convert _____ into chemical energy by making
carbohydrates
(a) Kinetic energy
(b) Potential energy
(c) Sunlight energy
(d) Nuclear energy
Q (30): The digestion in stomach is taken care of by the ____________ present in the
wall of the stomach.
(a) Stomacheoli (b) Gastric gland
(c) Pancreas (d) Diaphragm
Q (31): The ___________ is the site of the complete digestion of carbohydrates, proteins
and fats.
(a) Large intestine (b) Liver
(c) Small intestine (d) Diaphragm
Q (32): Explain the importance of soil for plant growth.
(a) It provides the base on which a plant can grow.
(b) It serves as reservior of water for plants.
(c) It contains many organic materials which provides nutrients to plants.
(d) All of the above
Q (33): ___________ serves as internal energy reserve to be used as and when required
by plants.
(a) Chlorophyll (b) Starch
(c) Chloroplast (d) Glycogen
Q (34): In amoeba, food breaks down inside the ________.
(a) Air vacuole
(b) Oxygen vacuole
(c) Feet vacuole
(d) Food vacuole
Q (35): In an experiment, saliva is added to test tube containing pieces of bread
(powdered). What will be the result?
(a) Carbohydrates in bread will break down into simple sugars
(b) Protiens in bread will break down into simple amino acids
(c) Fats in bread will break down into sugars
(d) Minerals in bread will break down into simple sugars
Q (36): In which part of the alimentary canal food is finally digested?
(a) Stomach (b) Mouth cavity
(c) Large intestine (d) Small intestine
Q (37): _____________ is an enzyme that breaks down starch which is a complex
molecule to give simple sugar.
(a) Maltase
(b) Lipases
(c) Salivary amylase
(d) None of these

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Q (38): The process of intake of nutrition in the form of food through an entire system in
human beings is known as _______.
(a) Respiratory system
(b) Reproductive system
(c) Digestive system
(d) Nervous system
Q (39): Assertion : Digestion breaks large complex molecules to simple smaller
molecules which can be easily absorbed.
Reason : Digestion is necessary for the absorption of all molecules.
(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.
Q (40): Assertion : Carbohydrate digestion mainly takes place in small intestine.
Reason : Pancreatic juice contains enzyme lactase.
(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.
Q (41): Which is the correct definition of respiration from the following?
(a) Biochemical oxidation of nutrients at cellular level
(b) Biochemical reduction of nutrients at cellular level
(c) Biochemical oxidation of nutrients at muscular level
(d) Biochemical reduction of nutrients at muscular level
Q (42): What kind of process is respiration?
(a) Anabolic (b) Catabolic
(c) Both 'A' and 'B' (d) None of these
Q (43): Which of the following is a correct example of respiratory substrate?
(a) Glucose
(b) Cellulose
(c) Carbon monoxide
(d) Red blood cells
Q (44): What is correct about aerobic respiration?
(a) Breakdown of food takes place in presence of nitrogen
(b) Breakdown of food takes place in presence of oxygen
(c) Breakdown of food takes place in presence of sulphur dioxide
(d) Breakdown of food takes place in presence of carbon dioxide
Q (45): The energy released during cellular respiration is immediately used to synthesise
a molecule called ________.
(a) RBC (b) WBC
(c) ATP (d) PHT
Q (46): Fishes take in water through their mouths and force it past the ______________
where the dissolved oxygen is taken up by blood.
(a) Gills (b) Scales
(c) Lungs (d) Tail

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Q (47): Identify the correct equation to represent respiration.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Q (48): ATP is called as _____.
(a) Brain of cells
(b) Strength of cells
(c) Energy currency of cells
(d) Nerves of cells
Q (49): What is breathing?
(a) Process of giving out nitrogen rich air by an organism
(b) Process of giving out oxygen rich air by an organism
(c) Process of taking in oxygen rich air by an organism
(d) Process of taking in nitrogen rich air by an organism
Q (50): Which all parts of the plant are involved in gaseous exchange?
(a) Roots
(b) Stem
(c) Leaves
(d) All of the above
Q (51): Name the respiratory surface in birds.
(a) Cell membrane
(b) Spiracles and air tube
(c) Moist skin
(d) Lungs
Q (52): Where does anaerobic respiration occur?
(a) Human muscle
(b) Yeast
(c) Bacteria
(d) All of the above
Q (53): The passage divides into smaller and smaller tubes which finally terminate in
balloon-like structures which are called _____________ in lungs.
(a) Bronchioles (b) Intestine
(c) Trachea (d) Alveoli
Q (54): In human beings, the respiratory pigment is ______________ which has a very
high affinity for oxygen.
(a) Haemoglobin (b) RBC
(c) WBC (d) None of these
Q (55): What advantage over an aquatic organism does a terrestrial organism have with
regard to obtaining oxygen for respiration?
(a) A terrestrial animal has over an aquatic animal with regard to obtaining oxygen for
respiration.
(b) A terrestrial organism is able to get several more times oxygen than an aquatic animal.
(c) Both 'A' and 'B'
(d) None of these

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Q (56): _____________ present in throat ensures that the air-passage does not collapse
during respiration.
(a) Rings of throats
(b) Rings of oximores
(c) Rings of cartilage
(d) None of these
Q (57): The pyruvate takes place in _________ during fermentation.
(a) Fungi (b) Amoeba
(c) Yeast (d) Paramoecium
Q (58): Aerobic respiration starts in the _____ of the cell.
(a) Mitochondria (b) Ribosomes
(c) Nucleus (d) Cytoplasm
Q (59): Assertion : In plants there is no need of specialised respiratory organs.
Reason : Plants do not have great demands of gaseous exchange.
(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.
Q (60): Assertion : Energy is used during the process of respiration.
Reason : Respiration stores energy in the form of ATP.
(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.
Q (61): Blood consists of a fluid medium called ___________ in which transports food,
carbon dioxide and nitrogenous wastes in dissolved form.
(a) Plasma (b) Lymph
(c) Saliva (d) None of these
Q (62): The heart has different chambers to prevent the___________rich blood from
mixing with the blood containing __________.
(a) Nitrogen, oxygen
(b) Oxygen, sulphur
(c) Oxygen , carbon dioxide
(d) Carbon dioxide, chlorine
Q (63): _____________ ensure that blood does not flow backwards when the atria or
ventricles contract.
(a) Vena cava (b) Valves
(c) Septium (d) Ventricle
Q (64): Amphibians or many reptiles have ____________ chambered heart.
(a) one (b) tw
o
(c) thre (d) six
e
Q (65): ___________ are the vessels which carry blood away from the heart to various
organs of the body.

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(a) Ventricles (b) Aorta

(c) Arteries (d) Septium
Q (66): Artery divides into smaller and smaller vessels to bring the blood in contact with
all the individual cells are called ____________.
(a) Capimitria (b) Caprimillium
(c) Larynx (d) Capillaries
Q (67): ___________ collect the blood from different organs and bring it back to the
heart.
(a) Veins (b) Vena cava
(c) Valves (d) Ventricles
Q (68): Proteins and blood cells escape into intercellular spaces in the tissues to form
called ________.
(a) Plasma (b) Lymph
(c) Red corpsules (d) None of these
Q (69): ___________ moves water and minerals obtained from the soil.
(a) Xylem (b) Phloem
(c) Cytoplasm (d) None of these
Q (70): _______________transports products of photosynthesis from the leaves where
they are synthesised to other parts of the plant
(a) Cytoplasts (b) Xylem
(c) Phloem (d) Chlorphyll
Q (71): The loss of water in the form of vapour from the aerial parts of the plant is known
as _______.
(a) Transportation (b) Transpiration
(c) Transition (d) Translocation
Q (72): Material like sucrose is transferred into phloem tissue using energy from
_________.
(a) Mitochondria (b) ADP
(c) ATP (d) None of these
Q (73): What are the components of the transportation system in human beings?
(a) Heart
(b) Blood
(c) Blood vessels
(d) All of the above
Q (74): In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, heart does not pump
oxygenated blood to different parts of the body?
(a) Pisces and amphibians
(b) Amphibians and reptiles
(c) Amphibians only
(d) Pisces only
Q (75): Choose the correct statement that describes arteries.
(a) They have thick elastic walls, blood flows under high pressure; collect blood from
different organs and bring it back to the heart
(b) They have thin walls with valves inside, blood flows under low pressure and carry blood

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away from the heart to various organs of the body

(c) They have thick elastic walls, blood flows under low pressure; carry blood from the heart
to various organs of the body
(d) They have thick elastic walls without valves inside, blood flows under high pressure and
carry blood away from the heart to different parts of the body.
Q (76): The blood leaving the tissues becomes richer in ____.
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Water
(c) Heamoglobin (d) Oxygen
Q (77): What is the function of Platelets ?
(a) Excretion
(b) Translocation of food
(c) Clotting of blood
(d) Deoxygenated blood
Q (78): What is the advantage of having four chambered heart?
(a) Clear cut division of labors among different chambers
(b) Separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the heart
(c) Efficiency of heart increases
(d) All of the above
Q (79): Assertion : Human heart is four chamered.
Reason : Vena cava is the only artery that supplies deoxygenated blood to the heart.
(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.
Q (80): Assertion : In human heart, there is no mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated
blood.
Reason : Valves are present in the heartwhich allows the movement of blood in one
direction.
(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.
Q (81): Write the organs of excretory system involves in excretion in human beings.
(a) Lungs
(b) Liver
(c) Large intestine
(d) All of the above
Q (82): Urine is produced in the _________.
(a) Kidneys (b) Lungs
(c) Anus (d) Liver
Q (83): Each capillary cluster in the kidney is associated with the cup-shaped end of a
coiled tube called _____________ that collects the filtrate.
(a) Rowman's capsule
(b) Newman's capsule
(c) Bowman’s capsule
(d) None of these

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Q (84): The kidneys in human beings are a part of the system for _____.
(a) nutritio (b) excretion
n
(c) respiraton (d) transportatio
n
Q (85): Each kidney has large numbers of these filtration units called _____________
packed close together.
(a) neutrons (b) Neutrophils
(c) nephrons (d) None of these
Q (86): The exit of this waste material is regulated by the ___________.
(a) peptical
stinter
(b) anal sphincter
(c) canal scantaincter
(d) excretory canal
Q (87): Plants can get rid of excess water by _________.
(a) Transpiration (b) Transfusion
(c) Transition (d) Transportation
Q (88): Many plant waste products are stored in __________.
(a) mascular vacuoles
(b) cellular vacuoles
(c) Steminal vacuoes
(d) None of these
Q (89): The filtration units of kidneys are called _______.
(a) Ureter (b) Urethra
(c) Neurons (d) Nephrons
Q (90): Choose the correct path of urine in our body :
(a) Kidney
urete
r
urethra

urinary bladder
(b) Kidney
urinary bladder

urethra

urete
r
(c) Kidney
ureter

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s
urinary bladder

urethra
(d) Urinary bladder
kidney

urete
r
urethra

Q (91): In case of kidney failure, ______ is the process of purifying blood by an artificial
kidney.
(a) Respiration
(b) Haemodialysis
(c) Transportation
(d) NONE OF THESE
Q (92): What substances are re-absorbed to form urine?
(a) Glucose (b) Amino acids
(c) Salts (d) All of these
Q (93): What is excretion?
(a) It is a whitish water fluid that is squeezed out from contracting blood clot.
(b) It is the process of throwing out waste products and other harmful chemicals from the
body.
(c) It is the expulsion of urine from the body.
(d) NONE OF THESE
Q (94): What metabolic wastes do kidneys dissolve?
(a) Urea
(b) Uric acid
(c) Inorganic salts
(d) All of the above
Q (95): What kind of walls does bowman's capsule have ?
(a) Semipermeable Walls
(b) Impermeable Walls
(c) None of these
(d) All of the above
Q (96): What kind of walls does glomerulus capsule have ?
(a) Semipermeable Walls
(b) Impermeable Walls
(c) None of these
(d) All of the above
Q (97): ______ is a long tube which collects urine from kidney.
(a) Kidney

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(b) Ureter
(c) Urinary bladder
(d) NONE OF THESE
Q (98): Which of these is a function of an artificial kidney?
(a) Helps to remove harmful wastes
(b) Helps to remove extra salts and water
(c) Control blood pressure
(d) All of these
Q (99): Assertion : Human body produces highly toxic substances, which if not eliminated
may cause the death.
Reason : Excretory substance removes nitrogenous waste from the body.
(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.
Q (100): Assertion : Excretory unit of kidneys is nephrons.
Reason : It has no role in secretion of urine.
(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.

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