PRERNA EDUCATION

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CLASS X
PRACTICE PAPER SCIENCE TEST
(FULL SYLLABUS)
MAX TIME : 2 H
DATE : 13 JAN 2023
General instructions :
MAX MARKS : 55 M
T h e question paper comprises four sections A, B, C and D. There are 36 questions in the question paper. All questions are
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Timeallowed:3 hours Maximum marks : 80

Section A OR
State the effect of magnetic field on the path of a
1 What is trypsin? charged particle moving in it.
2. What do we call the undifferentiated mass of cells 11. Which phenomenon of vision is used in
formed during tissue culture? cinematography?
OR 12. What is the power of a convex lens of focal length
Write names of one male and one female sex 50 cm?
hormone. OR
3. Identify and write the male reproductive parts Find the focal length of a convex mirror whose radius
from the list of different parts of a flower given of curvature is 32 cm.
below: 13. What are the two steps of breathing?
Stigma, Sepal, Anther, Petal, Ovule, Filament For question numbers 14-16, two statements are given-
OR one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason
What is DNA? (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from

4. What is the role of placenta in embryo development? the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below:
Why does common salt become moist in rainy
(a)Both Aand R are true and R is correct explanation of
the assertion.
.
season? (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
OR explanation of the assertion.
Name one salt solution which has pH> 7 and one (c) A is true, but R is false.
salt solution which has pH< 7. (d) A is false, but R is true.
Whyisthe progeny always tall when a tall pea plant14. Assertion : No net force acts on a rectangular coil
6.
is crossed with a short pea plant? carrying a steady current when suspended freely in
a uniform magnetic field.
7. What should be the characteristics of a heating
element?
Reason: Forces acting on each pair ofthe opposite
sides of the coil are equal and opposite.
8. Name the two types of tropism.
15. Assertion:Silver bromide is stored in dark bottles in
9 What is the unit of refractive index? the labs.
10. If field lines of a magnetic field are crossed at a point, Reason: Silver bromide decomposes when exposed
what does it indicate? to light.
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OR (a) they contain carbon

Assertion: Vegetable matter changing into compost (b) they contain hydrogen
(c) they contain both carbon and hydrogen
is an endothermic reaction.
(d) none of these.
Reason: In an endothermic reaction, energy in the
form of heat or light is absorbed. (i) Which of these organic compounds is an
alkyne?
16. Assertion: In food chain some organisms are
(a) P (b) Q
omnivorous. (d) Both P and Q
(c) R
Reason Omnivorous organism occupy different (ii) CaHg belongs to
trophic positions in different food chains. (a) C,H2n+2 Series (b) CH2n Series
Answer Q. No 17-20 contain five sub-parts each. You (C) C,H2n-2 Series (d) none of these.
are expected to answer any four subparts in these (iv) ldentify the incorrect statement about these
questions. three hydrocarbons.
(a) All have different general formula.
17. Read the following and any four
answer questions
from 17() to 17(v). (b) P, Q both differ by -CH, unit.
A metal carbonate X on reaction with an acid gives
(c) Pis an alkane.
(d) Q is an alkene.
a gas which when passed
through a solution Y gives (v) General formula for alkyne is
the carbonate back. On the other hand, a gas G that
is obtained at anode during electrolysis of brine, (a) CH2n (b) C,H2n+2
is passed on dry Y, it gives a compound Z, used for (c) CH2n-2 (d) C,H,
disinfecting drinking water. 19. Read the following and answer any four questions
(i) Name the compound X. from 19(i) to 19(v).
(a) Na,CO (b) CaCOO Mirror formula is a relation between object distance
cMgCO3 (d) CuCO3 (u), image distance (v) and focal length (f) of a
(ii) What is the compound Y? spherical mirror. It can be written as 1-2
(a) NaOH (b) CaCl2 uv f R
where R is the radius of curvature of the mirror.
(c)Ca(OH)2 (d) FeCl
This formula is valid in all situations for all spherical
(ii) ldentify Z.
mirrors for all positions of the object.
(a) Cl2 (b) CaOCl2
(c) NaCi Consider the case, in which a mirror forms a real image
(d) CaCl2
of height 4 cm of an object of height 1 cm placed 20 cm
(iv) Which gas is obtained during electrolysis of
away from the mirror.
brine at anode?
(a) H2 (i) The distance from the object to its image is
(b) Cl2 (a) 20 cm
(c) Na (d) O2 (b) 80 cm
(c) 60 cmm (d) 70 cm
(v)Brine is an aqueous solution of
(ii) The focal length of mirror is
(a) NaOH (b) NaCO3
(c) NaHCo3 (d) NaCl. (a)-16 cm (b) 12 cm
c) -15 cm (d) 10 cm
18. Read the passage and answer any four questions ii) The radius of curvature of the mirror is
from 18(i) to 18(v). (a) -16 cm
Hydrocarbons are the compounds that contain c) -30 cm
(b)-14cm
carbon and hydrogen only. Among these, the
(d)-32 cm
(iv) The magnification of the image is
saturated hydrocarbons are alkanes. The (a) 3 (b)-6
unsaturated hydrocarbons are alkenes and alkynes. (c)-4 (d)8
The table below contains three hydrocarbons (v) At what distance must an object be placed from
P,Q and R.
mirror in order that a real image double its size
may be obtained?
Organic compound Molecular formula
(a)-24 cCm (b) 32 cm
P
CgHs (c)-40 cm (d) 45 cm
20. Read the following and answer any four questions
Q CH10 from 20() to 20(v).
R
CaH Various components of ecosystem maintain a
balance in nature. Disturbances in any component
() P, Q and R are classified as hydrocarbons of
because
theenvironment cause an imbalance. Human
activities are largely responsible for accelerating
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the pace of the imbalance in nature. Read the given (b) What is the role of hydrochloric acid in our

chart. stomach?

24. Name the information sources for making protein in

Components Effects
a cell and define it.
The increase in concentration of
OR
harmful chemical substances like
pesticides in the body of living How does different species use very different
A
of theirnew born?
organisms at each trophic level of a strategies for determining the sex

foodchain. 25. Reverse of the following chemical reaction is not

It absorbs the harmful ultraviolet possible:
B radiations of the sun and prevents Zn+CuSO4(ag)ZnSO4\ag)+ CU)
them from reaching the earth. Justify this statement with reason.

They are responsible for the 26. What happens when bases react with non-metal
C
depletion of B._ oxides? Explain wit the help of an example. What
does this reaction tell us about the nature of non-
() Which one of the following would not lead to A?
metal oxides?
(a) Manure (b) DDT
(c) Mercury (d) Arsenic Section-C
(in) Which of the following will be most affected by
the A in the given food chain? 27. (a) State Ohm's law? Does it hold good under all
Grass Grasshopper Frog Snake>Peacock conditions? Comment.
(a) Grasshopper (b) Frog (b) -V graph for a metallic wire at two different
(c)Peacock (d) Snake temperatures, T1 and T2 is as shown in the
(ii) Bis found in which layer of atmosphere? figure. Which of the two temperatures is lower
(a) Troposhere (b) Stratosphere and why?
(c) Mesosphere (d) lonosphere
(iv) What would be the consequence(s) of depletion ,11
ofB?
(a) Ultraviolet radiations will cause skin cancer.
(b) Damage to eyes and immune system due to UV
rays entering the earth's surface.
(c) Photosynthesis in plants will be reduced.
(d) All of these
28. Find the size, nature and position of image formed
(v) Identify C.
(b) Chlorofluorocarbons when an object of size 1 cm is placed at a distance of
(a) Ozone gas
(c) Nitrogen dioxide (d) Methylchloride 15 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm.
OR
Section-B
AB and CD, two spherical mirrors, are parts of a
21. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of a hollow spherical ball with its centre at O as shown in
rainbow and mark the point where (i) dispersion,
the diagram. If arc AB a r c CD, what is the ratio
(ii) internal reflection occurs.

22. How is the type of current that we receive in of their focal lengths? State which of the two mirrors
domestic circuit different from the one that runs a will always form virtual image of an object placed in
clock? front of it and why?
OR
Two magnets are lying side by side as shown
(a)
below. Draw magnetic field lines between O
poles P and Q. -D

SN SN 29. (a) Can a displacement reaction be a redox

P Q reaction? Explain with the help of an example.
(b) What does the degree of closeness of magnetic (b) Write the type of chemical reaction in the
field lines near the poles signify? following:
23. (a) Define nutrition. What are the different modes Reaction between an acid and a base
of nutrition? (ii) Burning of magnesium ribbon
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