SAINIK SCHOOL PURULIA

Pre-Board Exam 2020-21

Class X
Science (086) Theory

Time: 3 Hours Maximum

Marks: 80
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 labeled diagrams should be
drawn.

SECTION A

No. Questions Marks

1 Name the gas which is formed by heating Lead Nitrate. What is the color 1
of that gas?
OR
Indicate the color of pH paper if dil. Acetic acid is added to it.

Write down the chemical name the compound which is used for

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2 plastering fractured bones. 1
3 What is the difference in molar masses of homologous series of 1
compounds? How can you show that?

4 Why does the Sun appear white at noon? 1

Both a spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens have a focal length of (-)
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15cm. What type of mirror and lens are these?
Name the component of white light that has the greatest wavelength .
OR
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Name the part of a lens through which a ray of light passes without
suffering any deviation.
7 An electron enters a magnetic field at right angles to it, as shown in 1
figure.
What will be the direction of force on the electron?

Draw the magnetic field lines around a straight current carrying

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conductor.
9 Derive the unit of resistivity. 1
OR
Some work is done to move a charge Q from infinity to a point A in
space. The potential of the point A is given as V. What is the work done to
move this charge from infinity in terms of Q and V?
Why the trachea does not collapse when there is not much air present in
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it?
11 Write the balanced equation representing photosynthesis. What is the 1
source of oxygen gas which is released during photosynthesis?
OR
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of
multicellular
organisms like humans?
What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be
different at different levels of the ecosystem?
12 OR 1
How do refrigeration, air conditioners, fire extinguishers and aerosol
sprayers cause ozone depletion?
13 What is the role of the acid in our stomach? 1
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For question numbers 14, 15 and 16, two statements are given- one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled Reason
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.

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Assertion: In chlor-alkali process, the by products which are formed are
Hydrogen & Chlorine.
Reason: In this process, at the cathode, Chlorine gas & at the anode,
Hydrogen gas is released.
15 Assertion: Flow of energy in an ecosystem is unidirectional. 1
Reason: The energy that is captured by the autotrophs does not revert
back to the solar input and the energy which passes to the herbivores does not
come back to autotrophs.
OR
Assertion: Decomposers forms the important link between biotic and abiotic
environment.
Reason: Biodegradable substances are the substances which can be degraded
by the decomposers.
16 1
Assertion: G.J.Mendel is regarded as the Father of Genetics.
Reason: Mendel carried out experiments on pea plants and proposed the
Laws of inheritance to explain the mechanism of inheritance.

Answer Q. No 17 - 20 contain five sub-parts each. You are expected to answer any four subparts in
these questions.
17 Read the following passage and answer any four questions from 17 (i) to 17 1x4
(v)

Oxygen rich blood from the lungs comes to the thin walled upper chamber of the
heart on the left. The left upper chamber (A) then relaxes. It then contracts and
the blood is allowed to enter the next chamber (B),as it expands. When the
muscular left lower chamber of heart contracts the blood is pumped out to the
body via aorta.
Deoxygenated blood reaches from the body to the upper chamber on the right side
of heart (C) and it expands. As this part contracts, the corresponding lower
chamber (D) dilates. This transfers the blood to right ventricle, which in turn
pumps it to the lungs for oxygenation.
(i) Which of these correctly represents the label A,B,C and D
in the above passage?
a) A-Left atrium, B- Left Ventricle, C- Right atrium, D-Right ventricle
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 b) A- Right ventricle, B- Left atrium, C- Left Ventricle, D- Right atrium
c) A- Right atrium, B- Right ventricle, C- Left atrium, D- Left Ventricle
d) A- Left Ventricle, B- Right atrium, C- Right ventricle, D- Left atrium

(ii) Which chambers of human heart contain blood?

a) A and B
b) A and C
c) C and B
d) C and D

(iii) What is the correct route of blood in a human?

a) A B Lungs C D
b) A B D C Lungs
c) C D B A Lungs
d) C D Lungs A B

(iv) What prevents the backflow of blood inside the heart

during contraction?
a) Valves
b) Walls of ventricles
c) Walls of atria d) All of the above

(v) Assertion(A) : Human heart does not allow mixing of oxygen rich blood
with carbon dioxide rich blood.
Reason (R): Human heart has different chambers.

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.
18. From left to right in the Modern periodic table in a period, 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 electro negativity.

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18 (i)
What is the reason of decrease in metallic character of elements as we
move from left to write in the modern periodic table?
18 (ii)
Point out the similarity that is found in the elements of the same period in
the modern periodic table.
18 (iii)
The electro negativity of Bromine is less than that of Chlorine; why ?

18 (iv)
The valency of the elements in a same group is the same but differ in
elements of the same period. What is the reason behind it?
18 (v) What are the types of oxides of the elements present in lefter & righter
part of the modern periodic table? Write down one example of each of
them.
19 Read the following and answer any four questions from 19 (i) to 19 (v)
Sumati wanted to see the stars of the night sky. She knows that she needs
a telescope to see those distant stars. She finds out that the telescopes, 1x 4
which are made of lenses, are called refracting telescopes and the ones
which are made of mirrors are called reflecting telescopes.

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 So she decided to make a refracting telescope. She bought two lenses, L1
and L2. out of which L1 was bigger and L2 was smaller. The larger lens
gathers and bends the light, while the smaller lens magnifies the image.
Big, thick lenses are more powerful. So to see far away, she needed a big
powerful lens. Unfortunately, she realized that a big lens is very heavy.
Heavy lenses are hard to make and difficult to hold in the right place.
Also since the light is passing through the lens, the surface of the lens has
to be extremely smooth. Any flaws in the lens will change the image. It
would be like looking through a dirty window.
19 (i) Based on the diagram shown, what kind of lenses would Sumati need to
make the telescope?
a) Concave lenses
b) Convex lenses
c) Bifocal lenses
d) Flat lenses
19 (ii) If the powers of the lenses L1 and L2 are in the ratio of 4:1, what would
be the ratio of the focal length of L1 and L2?
a) 4:1
b) 1:4
c) 2:1
d) 1:1
19 (iii) What is the formula for magnification obtained with a lens?
a) Ratio of height of image to height of object
b) Double the focal length.
c) Inverse of the radius of curvature.
d) Inverse of the object distance.
19 (iv) Sumati did some preliminary experiment with the lenses and found out
that the magnification of the eyepiece (L2) is 3. If in her experiment with
L2 she found an image at 24 cm from the lens, at what distance did she
put the object? a) 72 cm

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 b) 12 cm
c) 8 cm
d) 6 cm
19 (v) Sumati bought not-so-thick lenses for the telescope and polished them.
What advantages, if any, would she have with her choice of lenses?
a) She will not have any advantage as even thicker lenses would give
clearer images.
b) Thicker lenses would have made the telescope easier to handle.
c) Not-so-thick lenses would not make the telescope very heavy and
also allow considerable amount of light to pass.
d) Not-so-thick lenses will give her more magnification.
20 Explain the principle and working of an electric motor with the help of a 3+1
diagram. What is the function of a split ring commutator?

Section B

Draw a flow chart showing different pathways of breakdown of glucose

during respiration.
21 OR 2
Draw labelled schematic diagrams of procedure used in artificial kidney.
22 In the test tubes A and B shown below, yeast was kept in sugar solution. 2
Which products of respiration would you expect in tubes A and B?

23 Write down the two basic reasons for which Carbon forms covalent 2
compounds only.
OR
Why is it so that carbon can form a wide varieties of compounds ?
24 The following observations were made by a student on treating four 2
metals P, Q, R and S with the given salt solutions:

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 Sample FeCl3(aq) ZnSO4(aq) CuSO4(aq) AgNO3(aq)
P Reaction Reaction
No reaction Reaction
occurs occurs
occurs occurs
Q
Reaction Reaction Reaction Reaction
occurs occurs occurs occurs
R No Reaction Reaction Reaction
No reaction
occurs occurs
Occurs

S No Reaction No Reaction No Reaction No Reaction

Based on the above observations:

(a) Arrange the given samples in the increasing order of reactivity

(b) Write the chemical formula of products formed when R reacts with
CuSO4 solution.

25 Draw a path of light ray passing through a prism. Label angle of 2

incidence angle of deviation in the ray diagram.

26 2
Find the current flowing through the following electric circuit.

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 Section C
27 Study the given data and answer the questions following the data. 3
Parental Plants F1 Generation F2 Generation
Male plants always 100 seeds were sown Seeds from F1 were self
produced plants having and the given features fertilised and the 80
round seeds with green (seed shape and seed progenies were studied.
colour. colour) were studied in
the progenies. The observation showed
plants of following
types:
Female plants always All plants produced from 45 - Round and yellow
produced plants having seeds were round and 15 - Round and green
wrinkled seeds with yellow. 15 - Wrinkled and
yellow colour. yellow
5 - Wrinkled and green

(i) Of the two colours of the seed which colour is dominant. Give reason to
support your answer.
(ii) How were plants of F2 generation obtained?
(iii) In this cross the progenies were found to have various combinations of
traits. What do you conclude from the appearance of mixed traits?

OR
In human the allele for brown eyes is dominant to the allele for blue eyes. A
man with blue eyes marries a brown-eyed woman and they have a blue-eyed
child. Use the symbol B for the brown allele and b for the blue. Find out the
genotype of the man, his wife and child.
28 Given below are two food chains. Study the food chains and answer the 3
following.

(i) What is the category of 'Snake' in the first food chain according to the food
consumed?
(ii) Of the two birds, the hawk and the crow, which will receive more energy
and why?
29 Explain the mechanism of transport of water from soil to the leaves in the 3
plants? Which plant tissue is responsible for movement of water and minerals
in plants?
30 It is said that all thermal decomposition reactions are Endothermic; why? 3
Write down two examples of Electrolytic decomposition reactions. What
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 happens when Silver Chloride is kept open in sunlight?
31 The following table shows the position of five elements A, B, C, D and E in 3
the modern periodic table.
Group→ 1 2 3 to 13 14 15 16 17 18
Period ↓ 12

2 A B C

3 D E

Answer the following giving reasons:

(i) Which element is a metal with valency two?
(ii) Which element is least reactive?
(iii) Out of D and E which element has a smaller atomic radius?
32 Show the formation of Aluminum Oxide with the help of electron dot 3
structures. Sodium chloride is not soluble in ethyl alcohol; can you say, why?
33 For the same angle of incidence in medium A, B and C , the angle of 3
refraction are 20 degree, 30 degree and 40 degree respectively.
(i) In which medium will the velocity of light will be maximum? Give
reason in support of your answer.

Section D
34 a. Why does tooth decay happen to take place? At what pH, tooth decay 5
starts? What is the possible remedy of getting relieved from tooth
decay?
b. Why do we take antacid tablets when we suffer from indigestion? Write
down the names of any two substances that can be used in antacid
tablets.
OR
(i) Four samples A, B, C and D change the color of pH paper or solution to
Green, Reddish-pink, Blue and Orange. From these information, indicate their
approximate pH values & arrange them according to Decreasing Hydrogen
Ion concentration.

(ii) It is found that when P.O.P.is stored in a wet container, it becomes very
hard and loses its binding nature. What is the reason for this? Write down
the chemical reaction through which P.O.P. is prepared.

Write down any two uses of Washing Soda.

35 (i) Expand IUCD. Name one commonly used IUCD. What is the principle 3+2=5
behind their working?
(ii) Draw a labelled diagram showing human female reproductive
system.

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36 In the given circuit, A, B, C and D are four lamps connected with a battery of 60V. 5

Analyse the circuit to answer the following questions.

(i) What kind of combination are the lamps arranged in (series or parallel)?
(ii) Explain with reference to your above answer, what are the advantages
(any two) of this combination of lamps?
(iii) Explain with proper calculations which lamp glows the brightest?
(iv) Find out the total resistance of the circuit.

OR
PQ is a current carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in the
figure given below.

(i) Find the directions of the magnetic fields produced by it at points R

and S?
(ii) Given r1> r2, where will the strength of the magnetic field be larger?
Give reasons.
(iii)If the polarity of the battery connected to the wire is reversed, how
would the direction of the magnetic field be changed?
(iv) Explain the rule that is used to find the direction of the magnetic field
for a straight current carrying conductor.

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