DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL PARADIP REFINERY

MODEL EXAMINATION (2020-21)

CLASS- X
Subject:Science Max. Marks:80
Date : 18.12.2020 Duration:3 Hours
General Instructions:
i) The question paper comprises four sections A, B, C and D. There are 36 questions in the question
paper. All questions are compulsory.
ii) Section–A - question no. 1 to 20 - all questions and parts thereof are of one mark each.
These questions contain multiple choice questions (MCQs), very short answer questions and
assertion - reason type questions. Answers to these should be given in one word or one sentence.
iii) Section–B - question no. 21 to 26 are short answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 30 to 50 words.
iv) Section–C - question no. 27 to 33 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
v) Section–D – question no. - 34 to 36 are long answer type questions carrying 5 marks each. Answer
to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vi) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. A
student has to attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions.
vii) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labelled diagrams should be drawn.

SECTION A

1. What happens when quick lime is added to water? (1)

(OR)

What happens when Gypsum is heated?

2. Statement 1: NO2 gas turns lime water milky (1)

Statement 2: SO2 gas turns lime water milky
Choose the correct option;
(a)Only statement 1 is correct
(b)Only statement 2 is correct
(c)Both statement 1&2 are correct
(d)Both the statements are wrong
3. Write the 2nd member of homologous series of alcohol (1)

4. Why sky appears dark instead of blue to astronauts? (1)

5. The refractive index of medium-2 with respect to medium-1 is 1·6.If the speed of light in medium 1 is 2 X
-8
10 m/s, then what is the speed of light in medium- 2? (1)

6. Name and state the rule used to determine the direction of magnetic force experienced by a current
carrying conductor placed in a uniform magnetic field. (1)

7. The Power of a spherical lens is -4.0 D.(i) Name the kind of lens and (ii) Find its focal length in cm.(1)
(OR)
Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the refracted ray when a ray of light incident on a concave lens is
directed towards its principle focus.
 8. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follows (1)

i) Why do the iron filings arrange in such a pattern?

ii) Why do the iron filings near the bar magnet seem to align in the shape of closed curves?

(OR)
How will the magnetic field intensity at the center of a circular coil carrying current change. If the current
through the coil is doubled and the radius of the coil is halved?

9. Why are the elements of electric heating devices such as bread-toasters and electric iron are made of an
alloy rather than of a pure metal? (1)
10. Fertilisation of egg and implantation of zygote takes place in which part of Human FemaleReproductive
System? (1)
11. Why Mendel chose pea plant? (Write two points) (1)
(OR)
Write the phenotype ratio of Dihybrid cross between Round Yellow seed and Wrinkle Green seed.

12. What is Heredity? (1)

13. Write two eco-friendly materials which can be used in place of polythene bags. (1)
(OR)
Calculate the amount of energy available to the snake in the given food chain.
Grass Grasshopper Frog Snake
50000J ?

For question numbers 14, 15 and 16, two statements are given- one labeled Assertion (A) and the
other labeled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below:
a) Both A and R are true, and R is correct explanation of the assertion.
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
c) A is true, but R is false.
d) A is false, but R is true.

14. Assertion(A) :CO2 turns lime water milky (1)

Reasoning(R):CO2 reacts with lime water to form Ca(HCO3)2 which is white in colour.

15. Assertion (A) - Decomposers act as cleaning agents of environment. (1)

Reason (R) - The decomposers recycle waste material in Hydrosphere.

16. Assertion (A) - Vasectomy is the surgical method of birth control. (1)
Reason (R) - In Vasectomy, a small portion of oviduct is cut and tied properly.
Answer Q. No 17 - 20 contain five sub-parts each. You are expected to answer any four subparts in these
questions.

17. . The respiratory system of the human body is responsible for the distribution of the air inhaled andexhaled
throughout a person's life. The respiratory system includes the nose, throat, voice box, wind pipe, and
lungs.Each time a person inhales, or breathes in air; several kinds of gases enter the body. The most
important is oxygen because it keeps a person alive, and the cells of the body need it for energy and growth.
The air enters through the nose and mouth and the lungs fill up and then empty out.

Now answer the following:(ANY FOUR) (4)

17 (a) What is the role of hairs and mucus present in the nostrils?

17 (b) Why rings of cartilage are present in the throat?

17 (c) What is residual air?

17(d) What is the role of Haemoglobin in respiration?

17 e) How is Carbon dioxide transported?

18. Read the following and answer any four questions from 18 (i) to 18 (v).
Metallic Character

The ability of an atom to donate electrons and form positive ion (cation) is known as electro positivity or
metallic character. Down the group, metallic character increases due to increase in atomic size and across the
period, fromleft to right electro positivity decreases due to decrease in atomic size.

Non-Metallic Character

The ability of an atom to accept electrons to form a negative ion (anion) is called non-metallic character or
electronegativity. The elements having high electro-negativity have a higher tendency to gain electrons and
form anion. Down the group, electronegativity decreases due to increase in atomic size and across the period,
from left to right electronegativity increases due to decrease in atomic size.

18(i) Which of the following correctly represents the increasing order of metallic character of Alkali metals
plotted in the graph? (1)

a) Cs>Rb>Li>Na>K b) Li<Na<K<Rb<Cs

c) Cs>Rb>K>Na>Li d) Cs>K>Rb>Na>Li
 18(ii) Hydrogen is placed along with Alkali metals in the modern periodic table though it shows non-metallic
character

a) as Hydrogen has one electron & readily loses electron to form negative ion

b) as Hydrogen can easily lose one electron like alkali metals to form positive ion

c) as Hydrogen can gain one electron easily like Halogens to form negative ion

d) as Hydrogen shows the properties of non-metals

18(iii) Which of the following has lowest electronegativity?

a) F b) Cl

c) Br d) I

18(iv) Identify the reason for the gradual change in electronegativity in halogens down the group.

a) Electronegativity increases down the group due to decrease in atomic size

b) Electronegativity decreases down the group due to decrease in tendency to lose electrons

c) Electronegativity decreases down the group due to increase in atomic radius/ tendency to gain
electron decreases

d) Electronegativity increases down the group due to increase in forces of attractions between
nucleus & valence electrons

18(V) Which of the following reason correctly justifies that “Fluorine (72pm) has smaller atomic radius than
Lithium (152pm)”?

a) F and Li are in the same group. Atomic size increases down the group

b) F and Li are in the same period. Atomic size increases across the period due to increase in
number of shells

c) F and Li are in the same group. Atomic size decreases down the group

d) F and Li are in the same period and across the period atomic size/radius decreases from left to
right.

19. Read the following and answer any four questions from 19 (i) to 19 (v). (4x1=4)

ELECTRIC FUSE:

Fuse is an electrically safety device that operated to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit. Its
essential component is a metal wire or strip that melts when too much current flows through it, thereby
stopping or interrupting the current. It is a sacrificial device.
Fuses have been used as essential safety devices from the early days of electrical engineering. Today
there are thousands of different fuses designs which have specific current and voltageratings, breaking
capacity and response times, depending on the application.
 19i) An electric fuse works on the phenomenon

a) Chemical effect of electric current

b) Magnetic effect of electric current
c) Lighting effect of electric current
d) Heating effect of electric current

19ii) Which of following is true about electric fuse in a electric circuit?

a) Electric fuse is connected to neutral wire in series.

b) Electric fuse is connected to live wire in series
c) Electric fuse is connected to live wire in Parallel
d) Electric fuse is connected to neutral wire in Parallel

19iii) An electric kettle consumes 1kW of electric power when operated at 220V.A fuse wire of what rating
must be used?

a) 10A b) 15 A c) 5A d)1A

19iv) The material used for making the fuse wire should be of

a) Low resistivity and high melting point

b) High resistivity and high meting point
c) Low resistivity and low melting point
d) High resistivity and low meting point

19v) The essential component used for making fuse wire is

a) Copper b) Plastic c) glass d) all the above.

20. Read the following and answer any four questions from 20 (i) to 20(v). (4x1=4)
RAINBOW:
A rainbow is a natural spectrum appearing in the sky. It is an arc of colours in the sky that can be seen when
the sun shines through falling rain. It is cause by dispersion of sunlight by tiny water droplets, present in the
atmosphere. A rainbow is always formed in a direction opposite to that of the sun. You can also see a
rainbow on a sunny day when you look at the sky through a waterfall or through a water fountain, with the
Sun behind you. All the seven colours which are present in the white light form a semicircular rainbow. The
seven colours are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. In Hindi rainbow is
called’IndraDhanush” which means the bow of Lord Indra.
20(i) which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow?
a) Reflection, refraction and diffraction
b) Refraction , total internal reflection and diffraction
c) Refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection
d) Dispersion, scattering and total internal reflection
20(ii) The splitting of white light into seven colours when it is passing through prism is called
a) Refraction b) Scattering c) Dispersion d)diffraction
20(iii) Whichcolour of white light suffers maximum deviation when a beam of white light passes through a
glass prism?
a) Red b) violet c) blue d) green
20(iv) Which of the following statements is correct about the propagation of light of different colours of white
light through air?
a) Red colour travels faster than blue colour
b) Violet colour faster than all the colours
c) Green light travel faster than red light.
d) All the colour components of white light travel with same speed in air.
20(v) The angle between the direction of incident ray and emergent ray in prism is called
a) Angle of prism d) angle of refraction c) angle of incidence d) angle of deviation

SECTION B

21. Give examples of two Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Write two ways of its prevention. (2)
OR

Label the four parts A, B, C and D of the given diagram.

22. Write the secretion and function of the following organs of digestive system of Man. (2)

Organ Secretion Function

Salivary Gland
Liver
23. .What is allotropy ?give two examples of it . (2)

(OR)

Why is carbon able to form so many compounds as compared to other elements?

24. What is anodizing? (2)

25. A concave mirror produces two times enlarged image of an object placed at 15cm in front of it Calculate

i) Focal length of the mirror and (2)

ii) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in this case.

26. a) Define electric Power. (2)

b) A lamp rated 40W and an electric heater rated 600W are used for 2 hours everyday. Calculate the energy
consumed in 30 days in KWh.

SECTION C

27. (i) Explain budding in Hydra and draw diagrams. (3)

(ii) How budding is different from regeneration?

28. (i) How is Ozone layer formed? Show equations. (3)

(ii) Write two appliances which release Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
(iii) Write two harmful effects of Ultra Violet rays to Human.

29. Describe the process of sex determination in Human being? Show the cross and write the probability
percentage of Boy or Girl. (3)
OR
Describe Mendel’s experiment of cross between Tall pea plant and dwarf pea plant. Show the cross

andwrite the phenotype and genotype ration of F2 generation.

30. Name the raw materials that are required for the manufacture of washing soda by Solvay process.

Describe the chemical reactions involved in the process (3)

31. An element X (atomic no. 11) reacts with an element Y (atomic no. 17) to form a monovalent halide.

(a)Identify the position of X and Y in group and period in the Periodic Table. (3)

(b)State whether these elements are metal or non- metal.

(c)Describe nature of oxide of element X.

32. Explain the electron dot structure of magnesium chloride.What is the difference between ionic and

covalent compound. (3)

33. a) To get an enlarged, real and inverted image of an object by a convex lens, where should be the
object placed. Draw a labelled ray diagram to justify your answer. (3)
 b) If an object is placed at between optical centre and focus of this lens, what will be the magnification
produced? How does this image different from the image in the case (a).

SECTION D
34.(a) What is the action of red litmus on (5)
(i) dry ammonia gas
(ii) solution of ammonia gas in water ?

(b) State the observations you would make on adding ammonium hydroxide to aqueous solution of

(i) ferroussulphate

(ii) aluminium chloride

(OR)

(i) What are strong acids and weak acids ? Give an example for each.

(ii) A dry pellet of a common base ‘B’ when kept in open absorbs moisture and turns sticky. The compound is
also formed by Chloralkali process. Identify B. What type of reaction occurs when B is treated with dilute
hydrochloric acid ? Write the chemical equation.

35 (i) Write the functions of Artery and Veins in Human body. (5)
(ii) Write the advantage of double circulation in Mammals and Birds.
(iii) Draw labelled diagram of Human Heart.

36. (i) State the factors on which the resistance of conductor in the shape of wire depends. (5)
(ii) Derive the relation for the equivalent resistance when three resistors of resistance R1,R2 and R3 are
connected in parallel.
(ii) Calculate the effective resistance/resultant resistance between A and B in the circuit given below.

(OR)
a) What is meant by magnetic field?
b) Explain the underlying principle and working of an electric motor with the help of a labelled diagram.
c) What is the role of split rings in the electric generator
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