Reg. No.

SET : I

CONFEDERATION OF KERALA SAHODAYA COMPLEXES

COMMON MODEL EXAMINATION 2022-23
SCIENCE [086]
CLASS : X TIME ALLOWED : 3 Hours
MAX. MARKS: 80
General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these questions should
in the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these questions
should in the range of 50 to 80 words
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answer to these questions
should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.

SECTION - A
Selec Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of questions
the q 1 – 20
1 Consider the pH value of the following acidic samples. 1

Sl. No. Sample pH Value

i Lemon Juice 2.2
ii Gastric Juice 1.2
iii Vinegar 3.76
iv Dil. Acetic acid 3
The decreasing order of their H+ ion concentration is:
a. iii > iv > i > ii
b. ii > i > iii > iv
c. ii > i > iv > iii
d.iii > iv > ii > i
2 Identify ‘x’, ‘y’ and ‘z’ in the following balanced reaction. 1
𝑥 𝑃𝑏(𝑁𝑂3 )2 (𝑠) ∆→ 𝑦 𝑃𝑏𝑂(𝑠) + 𝑧 𝑁𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝑂2 (𝑔)

a. 2, 4, 2
b. 2, 2, 4
c. 2, 4, 4
d. 4, 2, 2

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3 Which of the following is the correct observation of the reaction shown in the above
experiment:

a. Reddish brown colour ferric oxide is formed.

b. Odourless gas which turns lime water milky is evolved.
c. Reddish brown gas with the smell of burning sulphur is evolved.
d. Ferrous sulphate turns into a grey coloured substance.

During the preparation of hydrogen chloride gas on a humid day, the gas is usually passed 1
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through the guard tube containing calcium chloride. The role of calcium chloride taken
in the guard tube is to:

a. Absorb the evolved gas

b. Moisten the gas
c. Absorb moisture from the gas
d. Absorb Cl- ions from the evolved gas.

5 Which of the following is a combination reaction? 1

a. 2 KClO3 heat 2 KCl + 3 O2

b. MgO + H2O Mg(OH)2
c. Zn + FeSO4 ZnSO4 + Fe
d. CH4 + 2 O2 CO2 + 2 H2O

6 Equal volumes of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide solutions of same 1

concentrations are mixed and the pH of the resulting solution is checked with a pH paper.
What would be the colour obtained?

a. Red
b. Yellow
c. Yellowish Green
d. Blue

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7 Which of the following does not belong to the same homologous series? 1

a. CH4
b. C 2 H6
c. C 3 H8
d. C 4 H8

8 Which one of the following conditions is true for the state of stomata of a green leaf 1
shown in the given diagram

(a) Large amount of water flows into the guard cells

(b) Gaseous exchange is occurring in larger amount
(c) Large amount of water flows out from the guard cells
(d) Large amounts of sugar collected in the epidermal cells.

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9 A student covered a leaf from a destarched plant with black paper strip and kept it in the
garden in fresh air. In the evening the covered portion of the leaf was tested for presence
of starch. By doing so the student was trying to show that:

(a) CO2 is given out during respiration

(b) CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis
(c) Chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis
(d) Light is necessary for photosynthesis
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10 During a cross between tall and dwarf pea plants, Mendel confirmed that the F2
generation has a 1:2:1 ratio of TT, Tt and tt trait combinations. What would be the
genotypes of parents of F2 generation?

(a) TT and Tt
(b) Tt and Tt
(c) TT and tt
(d) Tt and tt

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 Observe the figure given below. What happens when structure P contracts and 1
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flattens?

(a) The air pressure in the lungs increases

(b) The rib cage moves downwards and inwards
(c) The volume of thoracic cavity increases
(d) Air is forced out of lungs

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The image shows the structure of a neuron

How will information travel within the neuron?

(a)Dendrite ---->cell body-----> axon —>nerve ending

(b) Dendrite —->axon-----> cell body —->nerve ending
(c)Axon —->dendrite —->cell body —--->nerve ending
(d)Cell body—> Dendrite-----> axon —->nerve ending

13 A cylindrical conductor of length l and uniform area of cross section A has resistance R. 1
Another conductor of length 2l and resistance R of the same material has area of cross-
section
(a) A/2 (b) 3A/2 (c) 2A (d) 3A.

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14 An electric current passes through a straight wire. Magnetic compasses are placed at the 1
points X and Y. Then,

(a) their needles will not deflect

(b) only one of the needles will deflect
(c) the needles will deflect in the same direction
(d) the needles will deflect in the opposite directions.

Bulbs B1 and B2 are exactly identical. When the key is pressed the reading 1
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of the ammeter will

a. Remain unchanged
b. Be doubled
c. Be halved
d. Become four times

16 A rod PQ is placed in a magnetic field. The ends of the rod are connected to a 1
battery using wires. Which direction will the rod move?

a. Into the field

b. Upwards
c. Downwards
d. Out of field

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 Q. no 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions.
These consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions selecting
the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is False but R is true

17 Assertion: Respiration is an exothermic process. 1

Reason: During respiration, carbohydrates are broken down to form glucose

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Assertion: A geneticist crossed a pea plant having violet flowers with a pea
plant with white flowers. She got all violet flowers in the first generation.
Reason: White colour gene is not passed on to next generation
19 Assertion: The movement of water and dissolved salts in xylem is always 1
upwards.
Reason: The upward movement of water is due to low pressure created by
transpiration.
20 Assertion: On changing the direction of current through a straight 1
conductor the direction of magnetic field around the conductor is
reversed.
Reason: The direction of magnetic field around a conductor can be given
in accordance with left hand thumb rule.

SECTION – B
Q. no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.
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In one of the industrial processes used for manufacturing of sodium hydroxide,
a gas, X is formed as a by-product. The gas X reacts with lime water to give a
compound Y which is used as a bleaching agent in chemical industry. Write the
balanced chemical equation of the reactions involved identifying X and Y.

OR

A metal compound X reacts with dil. H2SO4 to produce effervescence. The

gas evolved extinguishes a burning candle. If one of the compounds formed is
calcium sulphate, then what is X and the gas evolved. Also write a balanced
chemical equation for the reaction involved.

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22 Organisms depend on hormones as well as electric impulses for the
transmission of signals from the brain to the rest of the body. What are
the likely advantages of hormones over electric impulses?

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A student sets up an experiment to study the role of enzymes in digestion of
food. In which test tube will digestion of protein occur? Explain with reason.

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24 Alveoli of lungs and nephrons of kidney, both have a rich capillary network
surrounding them. Both the capillary networks differ in their respective functions.
Explain.
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25 In the figure given alongside, a narrow beam of white light is shown to
pass through a triangular glass prism. After passing through the prism, it
produces a spectrum YX on the screen

a. State the colour seen (i) at X, and (ii) at Y

b. Why do different colours of white light bend through different angles
with respect to the incident beam of light?

OR
A person needs a lens of power -4.5D for correction of her vision.
a. What kind of defect in vision is she suffering from?
b. What is the focal length of corrective lens?
c. What is the nature of corrective lens?

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(a) If 10,000 J solar energy falls on green plants in a terrestrial ecosystem, what amount of
solar energy will be converted into food energy by green plants?

(b) How much energy will be present in the secondary consumer for transfer to the tertiary
consumer?

SECTION - C
Q.no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions.

27 Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions and identify the type of 3
reaction in each case.

a. Thermite reaction, in which iron (III) oxide reacts with aluminium and gives molten iron
and aluminium oxide
b. Silver bromide on exposure to sunlight gives silver and bromine.

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A compound which is prepared from gypsum has the property of hardening when mixed
with proper quantity of water.

a. Identify the compound

b. Write the chemical equation for its preparation.
c. Mention one important use of this compound.

29 Following figure shows a schematic representation of transport and exchange of

gases in higher organisms.

(a) Label the parts 3 and 6

(b) Explain the process that occurs in parts marked 2 and 5
(c) With the aid of a flow chart show how gas transport and exchange occurs in
fish.
OR

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 (a) Make a flowchart for the breakdown of glucose in the absence of oxygen and
during lack of oxygen.

(b) In plants during night time, carbon dioxide elimination is the major activity while
during day time oxygen release is the major event. Justify.

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30 It is desired to obtain an erect image of an object, using concave mirror of focal
length of 12 cm.

(a) What should be the range of the object distance in the above case?
(b) Will the image be smaller or larger than the object? Draw a ray diagram to
show the formation of image in this case
(c) Where will the image of this object be, if it is placed 24 cm in front of the
mirror?

31 Analyse the following observation table showing variation of image-distance (v) with
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object-distance (u) in case of a convex lens and answer the questions that follow
without doing any calculations.

(a) What is the focal length of the convex lens? Give reason to justify your answer.

(b) Write the serial number of the observation which is not correct. On what basis
have you arrived at this conclusion?

(c) Select an appropriate scale and draw a ray diagram for the observation at
S.No. 2.

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32 (a) What is an electromagnet?
(b) Draw a labelled diagram to show how an electromagnet is made.
(c) State the purpose of soft iron core used in making an electromagnet.

OR
a. AB is a current carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in the
figure. What are the directions of magnetic fields produced by it at points P
and Q ? Given r1 > r2 , where will the strength of magnetic field be larger?

b. What is the direction of magnetic field at the centre of a current carrying

circular loop?

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How is molecular ozone formed in the stratosphere? Why is it mandatory for all
manufacturing companies to make CFC free refrigerators?

SECTION - D
Q.no. 34 to 36 are Long answer questions.

What is the difference between soaps and detergents? State in brief the 5
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cleansing action of soaps in removing an oily spot from a fabric. Why are
soaps not very effective when a fabric is washed in hard water? How is the
problem solved?
OR
Write Chemical equations to represent what happens when
a. Ethanol burns in air.
b. Ethanol reacts with sodium metal.
c. Ethanol is heated with alkaline KMnO4.
d. Ethanol is heated with ethanoic acid in presence of few drops of
concentrated sulphuric acid.
e. Ethanol is heated at 443K in the presence of concentrated sulphuric
acid.

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35 (a) List two reasons for appearance of variations among progeny formed by
sexual reproduction.
(b) (i) Name the part marked A
(ii) How does A reach B?
(iii) State the importance of part C

(c) Name the tropic movement exhibited by C as it

grows towards D
(d) Draw a germinating seed. Name and label the part
(i) that forms root
(ii) that stores food
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(a) A student takes planaria in the lab and cuts it into three parts. Explain what will
happen to the parts with the aid of relevant diagrams.
(b)

(c) Name the parts C and D

(d) State the changes that take place in part C if embryo implantation occurs
(e) List two advantages of adopting contraceptive measures.

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Read the following and answer the questions from (i) to (iv) given below

Several resistors may be combined to form a network. The combination points to

connect it with a battery or other circuit elements. When the resistors are connected
in series, the current in each resistor is same but the potential difference is different
in each resistor. When the resistors are connected In parallel, the potential difference
across each resistor is same but the current is different in each resistor.

(i) In the graph, it shows the resistance in series and parallel for two identical wires.
Which of the following denotes series combination and parallel combination,
individually? Why?

(ii) What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit given below?

(iii) An electric bulb is rated 220 V and 100 W. When it is operated on 110 V, what will
be the power consumed?

(iv) When three resistors of resistances R, 2R and 3R are connected in series then, how
will be the value of current gets affected in each resistor by applying a voltage V across
the circuit

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 SECTION – E
Q.no. 37 to 39 are case - based/data -based questions with 2 to 3 short sub -
parts. Internal choice is provided in one of these sub-parts.

Refining is the process of purification of metals. One of the important 4

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methods of refining is electrolysis. In electrolysis, electrical energy is used to
bring about a non-spontaneous redox reaction. This is done by passing an
electric current through a liquid containing ions, known as electrolyte. In
contrast to metals, the current in electrolytes is carried by movement of
electrons. The solid conductors inserted into the electrolyte are called
electrodes – the one with the positive charge is called anode(because it
attracts anions) and the one with the negative charge is called cathode.

(a) Name the electrolyte used in refining of copper

(b) A) 𝐶𝑢 → 𝐶𝑢2+ + 2𝑒 −
B) 𝐶𝑢2+ + 2𝑒 − → 𝐶𝑢
Which of these reactions occur at anode and at cathode.

(c) What is anode mud?

OR
(c)Name two metals which can be refined by electrolytic method.

Pea plants can have round seeds or wrinkled seeds. One of the phenotypes is 4
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completely dominant over the other. A farmer decides to pollinate one flower of
a plant with round seeds using pollen from a plant with wrinkled seeds. The
resulting pea pod has all round seeds.
(a) Identify the trait that was not expressed in the F1 generation. Which law of
inheritance is applicable in this case?
(b) On crossing of two heterozygous round seeded plants (Rr), a total of
1000 seeds were obtained in F2 generation. What will be the respective
number of round and wrinkled seeded plants obtained in F2 generation?
(c) What will be the percentage of round seeded and wrinkled seeded
plants, if a heterozygous (Rr) round seeded plant is crossed with
a wrinkled seeded plant? Show with a cross.
OR
(c) A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding round seeded pea plants
bearing violet flowers with wrinkled seeded pea plants bearing white flowers . The
progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them were wrinkled seeded. What
is the genotype of the round seeded parent plant? Show with a cross.

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39 A ray of light travelling from a rarer medium to a denser medium slows down and
bends towards the normal. When it travels from denser medium to a rarer medium
it speeds up and bends away from the normal.

Consider an analogy to assist in our understanding of these two important principles.

Suppose that a fast car is travelling across the road towards a thick mud at an angle ,
the mud slows down one side of the car and the path of the car bends. The more it
is slowed , the more it bends. Upon exiting the thick mud on the opposite side, the
car speeds up and achieves its original speed. In effect, this analogy would be
representative of light wave crossing two boundaries

At the first boundary (the road to thick mud boundary) , the light ray (or the car)
would be slowing down and at the second boundary ( the mud to road boundary) ,
the light ray (or the car) would be speeding up. We can apply our two important
principles listed above and predict the direction of bending and the path of the car
as it travels through the thick mud. As indicated in the diagram, upon entering the
mud the car slows down and the path of the car bends towards the normal
(perpendicular line drawn to the surface). Upon exiting the mud, the car speeds up
and the path of the car bends away from the normal.

This analogy can be extended to the path of a light ray as it passes from air into and
out of a rectangular block of glass.

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(a) Based on the above passage explain the law of refraction of light through the glass
slab.

(b) A student studies that speed of light in air is 300000 km/ s where as that of speed in
a glass slab is about 197000km/s . What causes the difference in speeds of light in
these two media?

(c) Speed of light in air is 3 x 108 m/s where as that of speed of light in water is
2. 26 x10 8 m/s . What is the refractive index of water with respect to air?
OR
(c) What will be the angle of incidence if a ray of light continues moving along the
same path passing through air - glass interface

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