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SAMPLE PAPER – SET A

Class X Exam 2023 - 24
SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
1. This question paper comprises 39 questions. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper is divided into five sections A, B, C, D and E.
3. Section A Questions No. 1 to 16 are multiple choice questions. Each question carries 1
mark.
4. Section B Questions No. 17 to 27 are very short answer type questions. Each question
carries 2 marks. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
5. Section C Questions No. 28 to 32 are short answer type questions. Each question carries 3
marks. Answer to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
6. Section D Questions No. 33 to 35 are long answer type questions. Each question carries 5
marks. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
7. Section E Questions No. 36 to 38 are of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment
carrying 4 marks each with sub-parts.

SECTION A
Section A consists of 16 questions of 1 mark each.
1. Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine a small cavity in a
patient’s teeth?
(a) Concave mirror (b) Convex mirror
(c) Plane mirror (d) Any spherical mirror
2. When an object is kept with in focus of a concave mirror, an enlarged image is formed behind
the mirror. The image is.
(a) Real (b) Inverted
(c) Virtual and Inverted (d) Virtual and erect
3. Which of the following statements about the given reaction are correct?
3Fe (s) + 4H2O (g) → Fe3O4 (s) + 4 H2 (g)
(i) Iron metal is getting oxidised
(ii) Water is getting reduced
(iii) Water is acting as reducing agent
(iv) Water is acting as oxidizing agent
(a) (i) (ii) and (iii) (b) (ii) and (iv)

(c) (i), (ii) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iv)

4. Which of the following are exothermic processes?
(i) Reaction of water with quick lime
(ii) Dilution of an acid
(iii) Evaporation of water
(iv) Sublimation of camphor (crystals)
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iv)
5. A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding of tall pea plants bearing violet flowers
with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers but
almost half of it were short. This suggests that the genetic make-up of tall parent can be
depicted as:
(a) TTWW (b) TTww (c) TtWW (d) TtWw
6. The contraction of pupil of the eye in the presence of bright light is an example of:
(a) Voluntary reflex (b) Spinal reflex
(c) Cerebral reflex (d) Adrenal reflex
7. The distance of distinct vision for a normal eye is
(a) 2.5 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 2.5m (d) 25m
8. Tomato is a natural source of which acid?
(a) Acetic Acid (b) Citric acid (c) Tartaric acid (d) Oxalic acid
9. Study the given figure of a Food web and identify the primary consumer in the food web:

(a) Mice and Bear (b) Rabbit and Cat

(c) Rabbit and Fox (d) Mice and Rabbit
10. The number of chromosomes in parents and offsprings of a particular species undergoing
sexual reproduction remain constant due to
(a) doubling of chromosomes after zygote formation.
(b) halving of chromosomes after zygote formation.
(c) doubling of chromosomes before gamete formation.
(d) halving of chromosomes at the time of gamete formation.
11. Which of the following pairs will give dis-placement reactions?
(a) FeSO4 solution and Copper metal (b) AgNO3 solution and Copper metal
(c) CuSO4 solution and Silver metal (d) NaCl solution and Copper metal
12. Observe the following diagram and identify the process and its significance from the
following options
 (a) Evaporation: maintains water contents in leaf cells.
(b) Transpiration: creates a suction force which pulls water inside the plant.
(c) Excretion: helps in excreting out waste water from the plant.
(d) Translocation: helps in transporting materials from one cell to another.
13. State the nature of image formed at the retina of human eye

Two statements are given one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason
(R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as
given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
14. Assertion (A): Pyruvate is a six-carbon molecule
Reason (R): It is prepared in the cytoplasm as the first step to cellular respiration
15. Assertion(A): The brain is also known as the central nervous system.
Reason (R): Central nervous system controls and regulates the voluntary actions
16. Assertion (A): Silver is not used to make electric wires.
Reason (R): Silver is bad conductor of electricity

SECTION B
Section B consists of 11 questions of 2 marks each.
17. A student observes the above phenomenon in the lab as a white light passes through a
prism. Among many other colours, be observed the position of two colours. Red and
violet.
(a) What is the phenomenon called
(b) What is the reason for the violet light to bend more than red light?
18. An organic compound A is a constituent of antifreeze. This compound on heating with
oxygen forms another organic compound B which has the molecular formula, C2H4O2.
Identify the compounds A and B. Write a chemical equation of the reaction that takes
place to form the compound B.
19. What is meant by amphoteric oxides? Choose the amphoteric oxides from the following:
Na2O, ZnO, CO2, Al2O3, H2O
20. Give reason:
(a) The rate of breathing in a fish is faster than a pigeon.
(b) Patients whose gallbladder is removed are recommended to eat less oily food.
21. Nervous and hormonal systems together perform the function of control and coordination
in human beings. Justify the statement.
22. A student has two resistors 2Ω and 3 Ω. She has to put one of them in place of R2 as
shown in the circuit. The current that she needs in the circuit is exactly 9A. Show by
calculation which of the two resistors she should choose.

23. Can a freely suspended current carrying solenoid stay in any direction? Justify your
answer. What coil happen when the direction of current in the solenoid is reversed?
24. A student collected common names and formulae of some substances but he forgot to
note which formula is for which compound. Help him to match the correct formula.
(i) Caustic soda NaHCO3
(ii) Slaked lime CaO
(iii) Baking soda NaOH
(iv) Lime Ca(OH)2
25. A sample of bleaching powder was kept in an airtight container. After a month, it lost
some of its chlorine content. How will you account for it?
26. Why food chain having two trophic levels most advantageous in terms of energy? Explain
with the help of food chain that is most advantageous for humans in terms of energy.
OR
The maximum concentration of harmful chemicals accumulates in human beings. state
the phenomenon involved and justify the statement.
27. Why should the metal sulphides and carbonates be converted to metal oxides in the
extraction process of metal?
 SECTION C
Section C consists of 5 questions of 3 marks each.
28. (a) Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines of
(i) a current carrying solenoid
(ii) a bar magnet
(b) List two distinguishing feature between the two fields.

29. Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions.
(a) Sodium carbonate on reaction with hydrochloric acid in equal molar concentrations
gives sodium chloride and sodium hydrogen carbonate.
(b) Sodium hydrogen carbonate on reaction with hydrochloric acid gives sodium
chloride, water and liberates carbon dioxide.
(c) On treatment with potassium iodide, copper sulphate precipitates cuprous iodide
(Cu2l2), liberates iodine gas and forms potassium sulphate.
30. Two pea plants – one with round yellow seeds (RRYY) and another with wrinkled green
(rryy) seeds produce F1 progeny that has round, yellow (RrYy) seeds.
When F1 plants are self-pollinated, which new combination of characters is expected in
F2 progeny? How many seeds with these new combinations of characters will be
produced when a total of 160 seeds are produced in the F2 generation? Explain with
reason.
31. In the given circuit diagram determine the value of
(a) Total resistance of the circuit
(b) Current flowing through the ammeter.

32. Given below are certain situations. Analyze and describe its possible impact on a person:
(a) Testes of a male boy are not able to descend into the scrotum during his embryonic
development.
(b) Vas deferens of a man is plugged.
(c) Placenta does not attach to the uterus optimally.

SECTION D
Section D consists of 3 questions of 5 marks each.
33. A student used spectacles of focal length -2.5m.
(a) Name a defect of vision be is he is suffering from
 (b) Which lens is used for correction of this defect
(c) List two main causes of developing this defect.
(d) Compute power of this lens.
34. (a) Define a balanced chemical equation. Why should an equation be balanced?
(b) Write the balanced chemical equation for the following reaction:
(i) Phosphorus burns in presence of chlorine to form phosphorus Penta chloride.
(ii) Burning of natural gas.
(iii) The process of respiration.
35.

(i) Redraw and label the parts A, B, C in the diagram of human digestive system
(ii) Describe the role of following in digestion.
(a) Bile (b) Salivary amylase (d) HCl

OR
Design an experiment to demonstrate hydrotropism with the help of suitable diagrams

SECTION E
Case study-based questions are compulsory.
36. (a) Explain why refractive index of any material with respect to air is always greater
than 1.
(b) In the figure below light travels from air into semicircular block. Give the reason why
the ray does not deviate at the semicircular boundary of the block.
 (c) Complete the ray diagram of the above scenario when light ray comes out of the plastic
block from the top flat end.

37. The sexual act always has the potential to lead to pregnancy. Pregnancy will make major
demands on the body and the mind of the woman, and if she is not ready for it, her health
will be adversely affected. Therefore, many ways have been devised to avoid pregnancy.
(i) What are the different methods to prevent pregnancy?
(ii) What are the surgical methods to prevent pregnancy?
(iii) Why the female sex ratio is declining day by day?
(iv) Which contraceptive methods have large side effects?
38. Name the functional groups present in the following compounds
(a) CH3COCH2CH2CH2CH3
(b) CH3CH2CH2COOH
(c) CH3CH2CH2 CH2CHO
(d) CH3CH2OH