TERM -1 PRACTICE PAPER

TIME 3hrs. MM.80

Sec-A
Q1. Assertion- In a reaction of copper with oxygen, copper serves as a reducing agent.
Reason- The substance which gains oxygen in a reaction act like a reducing agent.
Q2. Assertion-Pure water is neither acidic nor basic.
Reason- pH of a solution is inversely proportional to the concentration of hydrogen ions in it.
Q3. Assertion-There is no need for specialized respiratory organs in plants.
Reason - Plants do not have a great demand for gaseous exchange.
Q4. Assertion- Animals can react to stimuli in different ways.
Reason -All animals have a nervous and endocrine system.
Q5. Assertion-The mirrors used in searchlights are always concave.
Reason- A concave mirror always produces a virtual image
Q6. Assertion- The phenomenon of scattering of light by colloidal solution is called the Tyndall effect.
Reason - The color of scattered light depends on the size of colloidal particles.
Q7. A student sitting on the last bench can read the letters written on the blackboard but is not able to read the letters
written in his textbook. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) The near point of his eyes has receded away (c) The far point of his eyes has come closer to him
(b) The near point of his eyes has come closer to him (d) The far point of his eyes has receded away
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Q8. A man runs towards the plain mirror at 2ms . The relative speed of his image with respect to him will be?
(a) 2 ms-1 (c) 8 ms-1
(b) 4 ms-1 (d) 10 ms-1
Q9. Which option correctly shows the order of events when a bright light is focused on your eyes?
(a) Bright light→ receptors in eyes→ sensory neurons→ spinal cord→ motor neurons→ eyelid closes
(b) Bright light→ receptors in eyes→ spinal cord→ sensory neurons→ motor neurons→ eyelid closes
(c) Bright light→ receptors in eyes→ sensory neurons→ motor neurons→ spinal cord→ eyelid closes
(d) Bright light→ receptors in eyes→ spinal cord→ motor neurons→ sensory neurons→ eyelid closes
Q10. A student sets up an experiment to study the human respiratory system. In the experiment, the student places a
candle and a living cockroach in flask A, while a candle and a dead cockroach in flask B. The burning of candle needs
oxygen

After 10 min, the student observed that the candle in flask A extinguishes faster while the cancel in flask B keeps burning
for a longer time. What can be evaluated from this experiment?
(a) Water vapors produced by the living beings prevent burning of the candle
(b) Living beings consume oxygen during respiration
(c) Burning of candle decreases the life span of cockroach
(d) Candle produces high amount of carbon dioxide
Q11. A student poured 100ml of water in a bottle and added 40ml vinegar to it. A balloon was filled with 20g of baking
soda and was fixed to the mouth of the bottle. Slowly the shape of the balloon changes as shown.
The student claims that a chemical change happened when the two substances were mixed. Is the claim made by the
student, correct?
(a) Yes, as a new substance was formed in the form of gas.
(b) No, as the formation of bubbles in the mixture shows a physical change
(c) Yes, as the mass remains the same throughout the experiment
(d) No, as the change in the shape and size of the balloon shows a physical change.
Q12. When a small amount of acid is added to water, the phenomena which occur are:
(A) Dilution (B) Neutralization (C) Formation of H3O+ ions (D) Salt formation
The correct statements are:
(a) (A) and (C) (c) (A) and (B)
(b) (B) and (D) (d) (D) and (C)
Q13. The light spectrum is the many different wavelengths of energy produced by light sources. Light is measured in
nanometers (nm). Each nanometer represents a wavelength of light or band of light energy. Visible light is the part of the
spectrum from 380 nm to 780 nm.
Isaac Newton was the first to use a glass prism to obtain the spectrum of sunlight. He tried to split colors of the spectrum
of white light further by using another similar prism. He then placed a second identical prism in an inverted position with
respect to the first prism. This allowed all the colors of the spectrum to pass through the second prism. He found a beam
of white light emerging from the other side of the second prism. This observation gave Newton the idea that sunlight is
made of seven colors. A rainbow is a natural spectrum appearing in the sky after rain.
(a) The range of wavelength of the visible light spectrum is
(A) 500 nm to 780 nm (C) 380 nm to 780 nm
(B) 450 nm to 750 nm (D) 300 nm to 700 nm
(b) Many different wavelengths of energy produced by light source through a prism is called
(A) Hydrogen spectrum (C) Corona discharge
(B) Light spectrum (D) Frequency modulation
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(c) The critical angle between an equilateral prism and air is 45 , if the incident ray is perpendicular to the refracting
surface, then
(A) It is reflected totally from the second surface and emerges perpendicular to the third surface
(B) It gets reflected from the second surface and third surface and emerges from the third surface
(C) It keeps reflecting from all three sides of the prism and never emerges out
(D) After deviation, it gets refracted from the second surface
(d) The dispersive power of the prism depends upon

(A) The shape of the prism (C) Height of the prism

(B) The angle of the prism (D) The material of the prism
SEC-B
Q14. Grapes hanging on the plant do not ferment but after being plucked from the plant can be fermented. Under what
conditions do these grapes ferment? Is it a chemical or physical change?
Q15. (a) Name a sodium compound used for softening hard water
 (b) Which compound of calcium is used for disinfecting drinking water supply
(c) Name a metal compound that has detergent properties
(d) State a peculiar property of plaster of Paris
Q16. (a) Why and how does water enter continuously into the root xylem?
(b) Is nutrition a necessity for an organism? Discuss
Q17. What is a nerve impulse? State the direction followed by a nerve impulse while traveling in the body of an organism.
Q18. Show diagrammatically, how should two converging lenses be arranged so that a parallel beam becomes parallel after
passing through 2 lenses.
Q19. (a) Why do different rays deviate differently in the prism?
(b) How will you use two identical prisms so that a narrow beam of white light incident on one prism emerge out of the
second prism as white light?
SEC-C
Q20. List 2 causes of presbyopia. Draw a labeled diagram of a lens used for the correction of this defect of vision.
Q21. A person cannot see an object nearer than 75 cm from his eyes while a person with normal vision can see object up
to 25 cm from his eyes. Find the nature, the focal length and the power of the correcting lens used for the defective vision.
Q22. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame in a screen 80 cm in front of a mirror by keeping the candle
flame at a distance for 20 cm from its pole.
(a) Which type of mirror should the student use?
(b) Find the magnification of the image produced.
(c) Find the distance between the object and its image.
(d) Draw a ray diagram to shoe the image formation in this case and mark the distance between the object and its
image.
Or
The image of an object formed by a lens is of magnification -1. If the distance between the object and its image is 60 cm,
what is the focal length of the lens? If the object is moved 20 cm towards the lens, where would the image be formed?
State the reason and draw a ray diagram in support of your answer.
Q23. Sudha finds out that the sharp image of the windowpane of her science laboratory is formed at a distance of 15 cm
from the lens. She now tries to focus on the building visible to her outside the window instead of the windowpane without
disturbing the lens. In which direction will she move the screen to obtain a sharp image of the building? What is the
approximate focal length of this lens?
Or
(a) On entering in a medium from air the speed of light becomes half of its value in air. Find the refractive index of
that medium with respect to air?
(b) A glass slab made of a material of refractive index N1 is kept in a medium of refractive index N2. A light ray is an
incident on the slab. Draw the path of the rays of light emerging from the glass slab if
(i) N1 > N2 (ii) N1 = N2 (iii) N1 < N2
Q24. A cheetah, on seeing a prey moves towards him at a very high speed. What causes the movement of his muscles?
How does the chemistry of cellular components of muscles change during this event?
Q25. (i) What is the compensation point?
(ii) “All plants give out oxygen during the day and carbon dioxide during the night”. Do you agree with this statement?
Give reason.
Q26. What are the adaptations of a leaf for photosynthesis?
Q27. A chemical compound “X” is used in the soap and glass industry. It is prepared from brine.
(a) Write the chemical name, common name, and chemical formula of X
(b) Write the equation involved in its preparation
 (c) What happens when it is treated with water containing Ca or Mg salts?
Q28. When hydrogen sulphide gas passes through a blue solution of copper sulphate, the color of the solution fades and a
black precipitate is obtained.
(a) Name the type of reaction mentioned above.
(b) Why does the color of the solution fade away?
(c) Write the chemical name of the black precipitate formed.
(d) Give the balanced chemical equation for the reaction involved.
SEC-D
Q29. (i) Crystal of copper sulphate is heated in a test tube for some time.
(a) What is the color of copper sulphate crystals before heating, and after heating?
(b) What is the source of liquid droplets seen on the inner upper side of the test tube during the heating process?
(ii) A metal “X” when dipped in an aqueous solution of aluminum sulphate, no reaction is observed whereas when it is
dipped in an aqueous solution of ferrous sulphate, the pale green solution turns colorless. Identify metal X with reason.
Or
(i) Design an activity to demonstrate the decomposition reaction of lead nitrate
(ii) Draw a labeled diagram of the experimental setup. List two main observations.
(iii) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction stating the physical state of the reactants and the
products
Q30. Match the following pH values 1,7,10,13 to the solution given below:
(a) Milk of magnesia (c) Brine
(b) Gastric juices (d) Aqueous sodium hydroxide
Amit and Rita decide to bake a cake and added baking soda to the cake batter. Explain with a balanced reaction, the
role of baking soda. Mention any other use of baking soda.
Or
A cloth strip dipped in onion juice is used for testing a liquid “X”. The liquid X changes its odor. Which type of indicator
is onion juice? The liquid X turns blue litmus red. List the observations the liquid “X” will show on reacting with the
following:
(a) Zinc granules (b) Solid sodium carbonate
Write the chemical equations for the reactions involved.
Q31. Give reasons:
(a) Ventricles have ticker muscular walls than atria.
(b) Transport system in plats is slow.
(c) Circulation of blood in aquatic vertebrates differs from that in terrestrial vertebrates.
(d) During the daytime, water and minerals travel faster through the xylem as compared to the night.
(e) Veins have values whereas arteries do not.
Q32. What are reflex actions? Give two examples. Explain a reflex arc.
Q33. (i) A person suffering from myopia was advised to wear corrective lens of power -2.5D. A spherical lens of the same
focal length was taken in the laboratory. At what distance should a student place an object from this lens so that it forms
an image at a distance of 10 cm from the lens?
(ii) Draw a ray diagram to show the position and nature of the image formed in the above case.
Or
(i) A concave mirror of focal length 10cm can produce a magnified real as well as virtual image of an object
placed in front of it. Draw ray diagram to justify this statement.
(ii) An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 10cm. the distance of
the object from the pole of the mirror is 10cm. Find the position of the image formed.