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SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT

Class : 10th (ARGON)
PHYSICS
1. If ‘q’ coulombs of charge travel through a conductor of length ‘ l ’ m with a velocity of ‘v’ m/s, what is
the current flowing through the conductor ?
2. An electron of charge ‘e’ C moves in a circular orbit at a frequency of ‘n’ revolution per second. Then find the
strength of the current.
3. If a million electrons travel through a conductor in 1 micro second, how many nano amperes of current are
flowing through it ?
4. Find the specific resistance of a wire of length 1.1m, 0.4 mm in diameter and having a total resistance of 4.2  .
5. A wire of resistance 4  is redrawn by pulling it doubled, what is its new resistance ?
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6. A wire of radius 0.35 mm has a length of 2.2 cm. It is made of a material of specific resistance1.4 ×10 ohm cm.
Find its resistance :
7. Two conductors X and Y of circular cross-section have radii in the ratio of 1 : 2, length in the ratio 1 : 3 and
resistivity in the ratio of 3 : 1, then, Find the ratio of their resistance.
8. (a) Find the amount of current drawn from the battery when a copper block is connected through it as shown in
the figure ( cu : 1  m )

(b) Find the current when given cuboid is connected vertically as shown in the figure

9. If a copper wire is stretched to make its radius decrease by 0.15%, Find the percentage increase in resistance
(approximately).
10. A piece of wire of resistance 20  is drawn out so that its length is increased to twice its original length.
Calculate the resistance of the wire in the new situation.

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 CHEMISTRY
1. In the following equation Na 2CO3  xHCl  2 NaCl  CO2  H2O , the value of x is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

2. In the balanced equation a, b, c and d are respectively. aFe2O3  bH2  cFe  dH2O
(A) 1, 1 2, 3 (B) 1, 1, 1 , 1 (C) 1, 3, 2, 3 (D) 1, 2, 2, 3

3. The formula lithium aluminium hydride is

(A) LiAlH3 (B) Li3 AH (C) LiAlH4 (D) Li2Al3H4

4. How many atoms are present in phosphate ion?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 3

5. How many negative charge does dichromate have?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4

6. Which of the following chemical equations is an unbalanced one?

(A) 2NaHCO 3  Na 2CO3  H2O  CO2 (B) 2 C4H10  12O2  8CO2  10 H2O
(C) 2 Al  6H2O  2 Al(OH)3  3H2 (D) 4NH3  5O2  4NO  6H2O

7. An atom or group of atoms of same or different elements that behave as single unit negative charge is called
(A) Acidic radical (B) Basic radical (C) Anion (D) (a) and (c) both

8. Match the following

List - I List - II
(P) 2Ca  O2 (1) 2 HCl
(Q) 4Fe  3O2 (2) 2 CaO
(R) H2  Cl 2 (3) 2 Fe2O3
(S) 2Fe  3Cl 2 (4) 2 FeCl3
(A) P – 1, Q – 2, R – 4, S – 3 (B) P – 3, Q – 4, R – 2, S – 1
(C) P – 2, Q – 3, R – 1, S – 4 (D) P – 4, Q – 1, R – 3, S – 2

9. Complete the chemical reaction Mg  H2SO4  ?

(A) Mg  H2SO4 (B) Mg  H2O  O2 (C) MgSO 4  H2 (D) No reaction

10. Unbalanced chemical equation is called

(A) Skeletal equation (B) Photodecomposition (C) Double displacement (D) Thermolysis

11. Match the following

List - I List - II
(P) O2 (1) Peroxide Ion
(Q) O22 (2) Superoxide Ion
(R) O2 (3) Oxide Ion
(S) NO 3 (4) Nitrate Ion
(A) P – 3, Q – 1, R – 2, S – 4 (B) P – 1, Q – 3, R – 4, S – 2
(C) P – 3, Q – 1, R – 4, S – 2 (D) P – 4, Q – 3, R – 1, S – 2
12. Complete the following equation xPb(NO 3 )2  yKI  zPbI2  pKNO 3
(A) x –1, y–2, z–1 , p–2 (B) x –2, y–1, z–2 , p–1 (C) x –1, y–1, z–2 , p–2 (D) x –2, y–2, z–1 , p–1

13. Which of the following chemical equation is unbalanced one ?

(A) CaO  H2O  Ca(OH)2 (B) MgCO 3  MgO  CO 2
(C) 2Na  2H2O  2NaOH  H2 (D) Mg3N2  H2O Mg(OH)2  NH3

14. Chemical formula of iron (III) shulphate is

(A) FeSO 4 (B) Fe 2 (SO4 )3 (C) FeO (D) Fe 2 (SO3 )3

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15. Match the following
List - I List - II
(P) Cuprous ion (1) Fe 3
(Q) Cupric ion (2) Cu 
(R) Ferrous ion (3) Fe 2
(S) Ferric ion (4) Cu 2
(A) P – 2, Q – 4, R – 3, S – 1 (B) P – 1, Q – 3, R – 4, S – 2
(C) P – 3, Q – 2, R – 4, S – 1 (D) P – 4, Q – 1, R – 3, S – 2

BIOLOGY
ACTIVITY BASED QUESTION
1. The process of photosynthesis occurs in
(a) UV radiation (b) IR radiation (c) visible light (d) dark.

2. A student was asked to focus a permanent slide under high power of a microscope. It involved following steps
which are not written in correct sequence.
(i) Place the slide on the stage of microscope.
(ii) Clean the microscope and the lenses with clean cloth.
(iii) Focus the material with the help of coarse adjustment.
(iv) Place the low power objective lens above the slide.
(v) Sharpen the focus with fine adjustment.
(vi) Bring high power objective lens over the slide.
Which of the following represents the correct sequence of steps for focussing the slide under high power ?
(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). (vi) (b) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
(c) (i), (ii), (vi), (iii). (ii’) (v) (d) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii). (vi), (v)

3. The stain used to see the stomata during temporary mount of a leaf peel is
(a) Methylene blue (b) Safranin (c) Cotton blue (d) Glycerine

4. In order to complete the diagram of stomatal apparatus given below, nuclei should be drawn in the parts marked:

(a) A and B (b) A and C (c) B and C (d) A, B and C

5. Which partof the leaf will have starch when exposed to sunlight?

(a)A only (b)B only (c)C only (d) both A and B

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6. Ashok puts lime water in the beaker. She finds lime water turns milky as given in the below diagram. It means.

(a) Presence of KOH in the conical flask (c) Absence of KOH in the conical flask
(b) Presence of lime in the germinating seeds (d) Absence of starch in the conical flask

7. The teacher instructed the student to place a healthy potted shoe flower plant in a dark room for 24 hours prior
to an experiment on photosynthesis. The purpose of placing it in a dark room is
(a) to increase the intake of CO2
(b) to activate the chloroplasts in the leaves
(c) to destarch the leaves
(d) to denature the enzymes in the leaves

8. In the following sketch of the stomatal apparatus, the parts I, ii, iii and IV were labelled differently by four
students.

The correct labelling out of the following is

(a) (I) Guard cell (II) Cytoplasm (Ill) nucleus (IV) stoma
(b) (I) Cytoplasm (ii) nucleus (iii) chloroplast (IV) stoma
(c) (I) Chloroplast (II) nucleus (III) stoma (IV) cytoplasm
(d) (I) Guard cell (II) Cytoplasm (Ill) nucleus (IV) chloroplast

9. Given below are the steps in the preparation of a temporary mount of a stained leaf peel.
(i) Cover the material with the coverslip.
(ii) Transfer the stained peel to a clean glass slide and add a drop of glycerine.
(iii) Remove the peel from lower surface of leaf.
(iv) Drop it in water in petridish and add a drop of safranin stain.
The correct sequence of the experiuent steps is
(a) (iii), (iv), (ii), (I) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (c) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i) (d) (iii), (iv), (i),

10. A leaf from a destarched plant is covered with black paper strip as shown in figure. The starch test is dc on the
leaf after 8 hours. The results will be shown in one of the above diagrams

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

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11. To remove chlorophyll, the leaf is boiled in
(a) Water (b) Alcohol (c) Iodine solution (d) None of these

12. Temporary mount of a peel of leaf is made in

(a) Alcohol (b) Water (c) Glycerine (d) Acetone

13. In the slide of an epidermal peel, the parts which appear pink coloured after staining with safranin are:
(a) Stomata only (b) Nuclei only
(c) Cell membrane and cytoplasm (d) All parts in the peel

14. While preparing a good temporary mount of leaf peel to observe stomata, care should be taken to avoid:
(a) adding mounting material to the slide (b) using water to wash the slide
(c) having air bubbles in the slide (d) staining the material with safranin

15. The inner wall of guard cells facing the aperture are
(a) Thick and the outer walls are also thick (b) Thin and the outer walls are also thin
(c) Thin and the outer walls are thick (d) Thick and the other walls are thin

16. Leaves are detached by keeping the plant in:

(a) 10—12 hours in night (b) 10—12 hours in day
(c) 2 hours itt sunlight (d) only 2 hours in night

17. The chemical used to test the starch is

(a) Glycerine (b) Iodine (c) Safranin (d) Methyl alcohol

18. The main process involved in loss of water vapours through stomata
(a) Osmosis (b) Imbibition (c) Diffusion (d) Both (a) and (b).

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 MATHEMATICS
1. 16  6 7  11  4 6  10  2 21  8  ?

1 1 1
2. IF n   3, FIND n 2  2 AND n3  3 .
n n n
3. Represent 0.3487 in fractional form.
3
4. Convert in decimal form.
80
5. Select all the incorrect statements from the following.
a) All irrational numbers, when squared, get converted to rational numbers.
b) All irrational numbers are surds.
c) All integers are either positive or negative.
d) All rational numbers are integers.
2 12 3 4
6. Which of the following surds is the smallest ? 3, 24, 5, 9.
7. Find the sum of 4  8  12  16  20.......80 .

8. Find the sum of 213  223  233............................303 .

9. If a 2  24 is a perfect square where a is any integer. Find all possible values of a.

10. If (a+b) is an even number find all possible values of ( 1)a  ( 1)b .

11. a, b, c, d, and e are five consecutive integers in increasing order of size. Which one of the following expressions
is even.

(A) ab+ c (B) ab +d (C) ac +d (D) ac +e

12. A number when divided by 765 leaves a remainder of 46. What will be the remainder if the number is divided by 17?
13. Find remainder :
71 55 72
(i) 1517 % 8 (ii) 3 % 82 (iii) 7 % 50 (iv) 5 % 62
73 77 61 62
(v) 5 % 63 (vi) 5 % 31 (vii) 4 % 15 (viii) 4 % 17
63 47 47 47
(ix) 4 % 13 (x) 9 % 40 (xi) 9 % 16 (xii) 9 % 41

14. If N % 3 = 1, N % 4 = 2, N % 5 = 3, N % 6 = 4. Find least possible value of N.

15. If N % 4 = 3, N % 5 = 3, N % 6 = 3, . Find least possible value of N, N  3 .

16. (1222×1223×1225×1226×1227)% 24 = ?

17. (983×985×989×991×993)%30= ?

18. (i)
17
32 % 17 = ? (i) 2 87
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 387  487  587 %14  ?
1 41 43
(iii) (27 ) % 14 = ? (iv) 11 % 60 = ?

19. If 543a62 is divisible by 8, find possible value of a.

20. If 543a62 is divisible by 9, find possible value of a.

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