Science
Science
Science
CLASS X
1.
State one reason for placing Mg and Ca in the same group of the periodic table.
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1.
What is a homologous series? Write the name and draw the structure of the second member of the 2
alkene series.
2.
To protect the food plants from insects, an insecticide was sprayed in small amounts but it was
1.
How do the following traits change in a period from left to right in the periodic table
a) Atomic size
b) Valency
c) Metallic character.
2.
What are isomers? Draw all possible isomers of C4 H10 and name them.
3.
Two elements X and Y belong to the second group of the periodic table. X has 2 shells and
Y has 3 shells in it
a) Which of these is more metallic in nature and why?
b) What is the formula of the chloride of X and sulphide of Y?
c) Is the valency of X same as that of Y or different? Why?
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6.
Define
a) Spore formation
b) Regeneration
c) Multiple fission
7.
Variation is useful for the survival of species overtime but the variants have unequal chances of 3
survival.
Explain the statement.
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9.
a) State the law of refraction of light that defines the refractive index of one medium with respect 3
to the other.
b) Express it mathematically also.
c) Write the expression relating the refractive index of medium A with respect to the medium
B to the speed of light in the two media A & B. Name the constant when medium B is
vacuum.
10.
Why does the sky appear blue to an observer from the surface of earth? What will be the colour of 3
the sky for an astronaut in a apace station? Give reason for your answer.
11.
Name the device (type of lens / mirror) used in the following cases and draw ray diagrams to 3
show the image formation in each case
a) Object is placed between the device and its focus, the enlarged image is formed behind it
b) The object is placed between infinity and the device, the image is formed behind the device
between its pole and focus.
12.
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Sodium metal
a) Name two viral diseases which can be usually transmitted sexually. How can transmission of
such diseases be prevented?
b) A pregnant woman, who is a mother of one daughter, requests the doctor of an ultrasound
clinic to test and determine the sex of the baby in her womb. The doctor, very politely,
refused and explained the legal and ethical point of view of the situation. On the basis of
arguments and counselling, the doctor prepared the woman to happily accept the baby.
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ii) Had you been in place of the doctor, what argument you would have placed to counsel
the mother?
iii) State the value (s) exhibited by the doctor.
3.
In organisms, some changes pertain to body cells and are not inherited, whereas some changes
A person cannot see objects nearer than 75 cm but can clearly read the banners placed on the
What is dispersion of white light? State its cause. Draw a labelled diagram to show dispersion of
white light by a glass prism. How will you use two identical glass prisms to obtain white light?
Draw ray diagram to illustrate it.
6.
a) What is meant by biodiversity? List two advantages of conserving forest and wild life.
1.
For preparing soap in the lab, the oil that a student will not select is-
A) Cottonseed Oil
B) Coconut Oil
C) Kerosene Oil
D) Mustard Oil
2.
Two test tubes A and B contain soft water and hard water respectively. A few drops of soap 1
solution is added to each. It is observed thatA) Lather is produced in A and not B
B) Lather is produced in B and not A
C) Lather is neither produced in A nor B
D) Lather is produced in both A and B
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3.
A student finding the focal length of a given concave mirror, obtains the image of a distant tree on 1
the screen with respect to the object, the image will beA) Diminished and erect
B) Diminished and inverted
C) Enlarged and erect
D) Enlarged and inverted
4.
During an experiment to find out the focal length of convex lens a student got a clear image of a
test object at a far distance on the screen but he did some mistake in making measurement as
shown in the diagram. The mistake is
Four students traced the path of light ray through a glass prism. The student who has traced the
path correctly is-
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
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6.
The correct position of eye for observing the emergent ray in the experiment with glass slab is
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
7.
While drawing the ray diagram for the formation of image by a convex lens, a student made a 1
mistake and was unable to draw the correct diagram. The possible mistake could bei.)
ii.) The focal points might not have been marked at equal distance on either side of the laws
iii.) The line through the focus may not be of the correct slope.
iv.) The location of the intersection of two lines cannot be determined with complete accuracy.
Out of the above, the probable mistake(s) could beA) Only (i)
B) Only (ii)
C) Only (iii) and (iv)
D) All are possible
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1.
A student wants to test a given solution for ethanoic acid. He picks up some sodium carbonate
and strip of blue litmus paper. What would his observations be if the given solution was ethanoic
acid.
2.
A student traces the path of ray of light through a rectangular glass slab , as follows , but eaves it
Angle of incidence i
3.
A child observed a permanent slide fixed under a microscope. He concluded that the slide shows
binary fission in amoeba. Write any two observations he must have made to arrive at this
conclusion.
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