NEO CONVENT SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, PASCHIM VIHAR, NEW DELHI -63

CLASS X DATE: 16.01.2023

SCIENCE (086) (PREBOARD EXAMINATION)
NAME:__________ SECTION :_______ ROLL NO._____INVIGILATOR’S SIGN:_______
Max. Marks: 80 ANSWER KEY Time Allowed: 3 hours
General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory.
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.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each..
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each
with sub-parts.
SECTION A
1. In addition to iron, stainless steel contains:
(a) Aluminium and magnesium (b) Nickel and chromium
(c) Carbon and magnesium (d) Copper and tin
2. Which of the following is the correct arrange-ment of the given metals in ascending order of their
reactivity? Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Sodium
(a) Zinc > Iron > Magnesium > Sodium (b) Sodium > Magnesium > Iron > Zinc
(c) Sodium > Zinc > Magnesium > Iron (d) Sodium > Magnesium > Zinc > Iron
3. A solution turns pink upon addition of phenolphthalein. The nature of solution is
(a) Acidic (b) Basic (c) Neutral (d) water
4. Rusting of iron can be prevented by:
1. Painting
2. Galvanisation
3. Electrolytic refining
4. Alloying
Which of the above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
5. With the reference to four gases CO2,CO, Cl2 and O2, which one of the options in the table is correct?

6. Total number of covalent bonds in a molecule of ethane is:

(a)2 (b)3 (c)5 (d)7
7. If copper is kept open in air, it slowly loses its shining brown surface and gains a green coating. It is due
to the formation of
(a) CuSO4 (b) CuCO3 (c) Cu(NO3) 2 (d) CuO
8. In following diagram the parts A, B and C are sequentially
 (a) cotyledon, plumule and radicle (b) plumule, radicle and cotyledon
(c) plumule, cotyledon and radicle (d) radicle, cotyledon and plumule
9. Identify the option that indicates the correct enzyme that is secreted in location A, B and C.

(a) (i)-lipase, (ii)-trypsin, (iii)-pepsin (b) (i)-amylase, (ii)-pepsin, (iii)-trypsin

(c) (i)-trypsin, (ii)-amylase, (iii)-carboxylase (d) (i)-permease, (ii)-carboxylase, (iii)-oxidase
10. In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green seeds. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed
with a green seeded plant, what ratio of yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in F1
generation?
(a) 9:1 (b) 3:1 (c) 1:3 (d) 1:1
11. What is the correct direction of flow of electrical impulses?

12. Which among the following is not the function of testes at puberty?
(i) formation of germ cells (ii) secretion of testosterone (iii) development of placenta (iv)
secretion of estrogen
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)
13. There is a wire of length 20 cm and having resistance 20 cut into 4 equal pieces and then joined in
series. The equivalent resistance is

b. 20ohm
14. A student used a device (X) to obtain/focus the image of a well illuminated distant building on a screen
(S) as shown alongside in the diagram. Select the correct statement about the device (X).

a. This device is a concave lens of focal length 8 cm.

b. This device is a convex mirror of focal length 8 cm.
 c. This device is a convex lens of focal length 4 cm.
d. This device is a convex lens of focal length 8 cm.
15. The resistance whose V – I graph is given below is

(a) 5/3 Ω (b) 3/5 Ω (c) 5/2 Ω (d) 2/5 Ω

16. A constant current flows in a horizontal wire in the plane of the paper from east to west as shown in
Figure. The direction of magnetic field at a point will be North to South.

(a) directly above the wire

(b) directly below the wire
(c) at a point located in the plane of the paper, on the north side of the wire
(d) at a point located in the plane of the paper, on the south side of the wire.
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 (A) : White fumes are produced when lead nitrate is heated.
Reason (R) : Nitrogen dioxide gas is produced as a by product due to the decomposition of lead nitrate.
ANS: D
18. Assertion : When pea plants (pureline) having round yellow seeds are crossed with pureline plants
having wrinkled green seeds, then all pea plants obtained in F, generation bear wrinkled green seeds.
Reason: Round and yellow seeds are dominant to wrinkled and green seeds.
Ans: (d) A is False but R is true
19. Assertion (A) : Human heart is four-chambered.
Reason (R) : Vena cava is the only artery that supplies deoxygenated blood to the heart.
Ans: A is true but R is false
20. Assertion(A): A compass needle is placed near a current carrying wire. The deflection of the compass
needle decreases when the magnitude of an electric current in the wire is increased.
Reason (R) : Strength of a magnetic field at a point near the conductor increases on increasing the
current.
21. ANS: D
SECTION B
22. Mention with reason the colour changes observe when:
 (i) silver chloride is exposed to sunlight. – GREY , decomposition
(ii) copper powder is strongly heated in the presence of oxygen. – black , redox
(iii) a piece of zinc is dropped in copper sulphate solution – blue to colourless , displacement
(iv) When you mix solutions of lead (II) nitrate and potassium iodide,- yellow
23. (a) An old man is advised by his doctor to take less sugar in his diet. Name the disease from which the
man is suffering. Mention the hormone due to imbalance of which he is suffering from this disease.
Which endocrine gland secretes this hormone?
Ans: The man is suffering from Diabetes mellitus.
Hormone is insulin.
Endocrine gland that secretes insulin is pancreas.
(b) State one example of chemotropism.
Ans: pollen tube formation
(c) Which part of the human brain is:
(i) the main thinking part of the brain?
(ii) responsible for maintaining the posture and balance of the body?
Ans(i)Forebrain
(ii)Cerebellum
24. (a) In the process of respiration, state the function of alveoli.
Ans: Exchange of gases.
(b) Rate of breathing in aquatic organisms is much faster than that in terrestrial organisms. Give
reasons.
Ans: Amount of oxygen is less in water than air.
(c) Complete the following pathway showing the breakdown of glucose.

Ans: pyruvate,CO2
25. (a) Draw a well labelled diagram of human excretory system .
Ans:

(b) Draw a diagram of Brain.

Ans:
26. What is solenoid? Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines of
(i) a current carrying solenoid and
(ii) a current carrying conductor
Ans: When an electrical current is introduced, a magnetic field forms around the coil which draws the
plunger in.

(i)

(ii)

27. (a) In a food chain, if 10,000 joules of energy is available to the producer, how much energy will be
available to the secondary consumer to transfer it to the tertiary consumer?
Ans:If 10,000 joules of energy is available to the producer, then only 1000 joules of energy will
be available to the primary consumer and only 100 joules of energy will be available to the
secondary consumer. The energy available with the tertiary consumer will be 10 joules of
energy.
(b) “Our food grains such as wheat and rice, the vegetables and fruits and even meat are found to
contain varying amounts of pesticide residues.” State the reason to explain how and why it happens
along with the phenomenon involved?
Ans : Biomagnification.
SECTION C
28. (a)Doctor uses a white powdery substance A, mix with water to form a compound B, to fix the fractured
bone in a position that helps in its healing.
i. Name compound A and B formed.
Ans: A – POP , B- gypsum
ii. Give any other two uses of compound A.
(b) Show the formation of magnesium chloride.
29. (a) Identify the gasses evolved at the anode and cathode in the above experimental set up.
 Ans: Cl2 , H2
(b) Name the process that occurs. Why is it called so?
Ans= chlor alkali
(c) Illustrate the reaction of the process with the help of a chemical equation.

30. (a)Draw the cross section of the leaf and label it.
Ans:

(b) What do the following transport :

i. Xylem ii. Phloem iii. Pulmonary vein iv. Vena cava.
Ans:

31. In our daily life we use two types of electric current whose current time graphs are given below:

A B
(i) Name the type of current in two cases. AC
(ii) What is the frequency of current in case (b) in our country ? 50Hz
(iii) On the basis of these graphs list two differences between the two currents.
 (iv) Out of the two which one is used in transmitting electric power over long distances and why.
Ans: A.C, Less power loss
32. In the figure given below, a narrow beam of white light is shown to pass through a triangular glass
prism. After passing through the prism, it produces a spectrum XY on the screen.

(i) Name the phenomenon. Dispersion

(ii) State the colours seen at X and Y. X Violet, Y Red
(iii)Why do different colours of white light bend at different angles through a prism?
Ans: Due to different velocities of colors in prism
(iv) Why is red used as the stopping light at traffic signals?
Ans: Highest wavelength, Least scattered
33. (a) A student fixes a white sheet of paper on a drawing board. He places a bar magnet in the centre and
sprinkles some iron filings uniformly around the bar magnet. Then he taps gently and observes that iron
filings arrange themselves in a certain pattern.
(i) Why do iron filings arrange themselves in a particular pattern?
Ans: Iron fillings are magnetic material and they experience magnetic force
(ii) Which physical quantity is indicated by the pattern of field lines around the bar magnet?
Ans: Magnetic field
 (iii) State any two properties of magnetic field lines.
Ans:Magnetic field lines never intersect.
Magnetic field lines start from north pole to south pole
34. (a) How is the movement of leaves of the sensitive plant different from the movement of a shoot
towards light?
Ans: The type of movement of leaves of the sensitive plant is known as a nastic
movement. This type of movement does not depend on the direction of stimuli.
The movement of shoot towards light is known as a tropic movement. This
movement depends on the direction of light. This is known as phototropism. This
type of movement is directional and growth development.

(b) In a family of normal sized members, there are two exceptions, one member is dwarf and one is
very tall like “Khali wrestler”. What could be the cause of it?
Ans: it may be caused by the growth hormone secreted by pituitary gland

Explanation:
its excess causes gigantism
its lack causes dwarfism

(c) You have touched a hot object. Represent diagrammatically the path that leads to a response, i.e.,
quickly pulling back the hand.
Ans:

SECTION D
35. The formulae of four organic compounds are given below:
A B C D
C2H4 CH3COOH C2H5OH C2H6
(i) Which one of these compounds A, B, C or D is a saturated hydrocarbon?
(ii) Identify the organic acid and give its structural formula.
(iii) Which of the above compounds when heated at 443K in the presence of concentrated H2SO4 forms
ethene as the major product? What is the role played by concentrated H2SO4 in this reaction? Also write
the chemical equation involved.
(iv) Give a chemical equation when B and C react with each other in presence of concentrated H 2SO4.
Name the major product formed and mention one of its important use.
Ans: (i) D
(ii) B
(iii) C
36. (a) Assume you are a veterinary doctor and you had removed a good length of small intestine of a bear
that was suffering from an intestinal tumour. Now, would you suggest a plant based or a meat based diet
for the bear after its recovery ? Give reason for your suggestion.
Ans: Meat based as it is easy to digest.
(b) Mention the site of complete digestion in our body. Name the end products formed on complete
digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Ans: The site of complete digestion of food in our body is small intestine. The end products after digestion of
carbohydrates is glucose, proteins is amino acids while fats to fatty acids and glycerol.
(c) Name any two substances that are selectively reabsorbed as the urine flows along the tube.
Ans: glucose ,amino acids.
(d) State the roles of liver and pancreas in digestion.
Ans: The pancreas produces digestive enzymes that help break down proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
Liver. The liver produces bile, a solution that helps you digest fats. Gallbladder.
37. (a). A student boils water in an electric kettle for 20 minutes. Using the same mains supply he wants to
reduce the boiling time of water. To do so should he increase or decrease the length of the heating
element? Justify your answer.
Ans: Resistance decreases.
(b) In a given ammeter, a student saw that needle indicates 12th division in ammeter while performing
an experiment to verify Ohm’s law. If ammeter has 10 divisions between 0 to 0 5. A, then what is the
ammeter reading corresponding to 12th division ?
Ans: 0.6A
(c) Consider the following electric circuit.

i. Name the resistors connected in parallel.R2 and R3

ii. If each resistor has a value 1 ohm . What current will flow in the circuit?
Net Resistance :2.5ohm
Current : 2A

SECTION E
38. (a) Identify the given diagram. Name the parts 1 to 5.Name the hormone secreted by 2 and write its
function.

Ans: 1.fallopian tube

2.ovary
3.uterus
4.cervix
5.vagina
Hormone secreted by ovary estrogen: maintains sexual characters in females,development of ovum.
(b) Based on the given diagram answer the questions given below:

(i) Identify the parts B and D.

Ans B b . seminal vesicle
D vas deferens
(ii) Name the hormone secreted by testis and mention its role.
Ans : testosterone :
39. Mendel was educated in a monastery and went on to study science and mathematics at the
University of Vienna. Failure in the examinations for a teaching certificate did not suppress his
zeal for scientific quest. He went back to his monastery and started growing peas. Many others
had studied the inheritance of traits in peas and other organisms earlier, but Mendel blended his
knowledge of science and mathematics and was the first one to keep count of individuals
exhibiting a particular trait in each generation. This helped him to arrive at the laws of
inheritance.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
i. Why are traits acquired during the life-time of an individual not inherited?
Ans: as they do not bring changes in DNA.
ii. Explain sex determination in human beings.
Ans:The sex of the baby is determined by the type of male gamete that fuses with the female
gamete. If the fertilizing sperm contains X chromosome, then the baby produced will be a girl and if
the fertilizing sperm contains Y chromosome, then the baby produced will be a boy.
iii.A woman with blonde curly hair married a man with black soft hair. All of their children in first
generation had black soft hair but in next generation children had different combinations in the ratio of
9:3:3:1.Which traits are dominant and name the law that governs this Expression 9:3:3:1.
Ans: Law of independent assortment which states that the factors of different pairs of contrasting
characters do not influence each other
iv.A pea plant with green pods and yellow seeds (GGYY) was crossed with another plant with yellow pods
and green seeds (ggyy).. Make a Punnett Square show the progenies in F2 generation for this dihybrid
cross .
Ans:
40. A student did an experiment with a convex lens. He put an object at different distances from the lens. In
each case, he measured the distance of the image from the lens. The results were recorded in the
following table.

Unfortunately, his results are written in the wrong order.

(i) Rewrite the image distances in the correct order.
Ans: u v
25 200
30 60
40 40
60 30
120 24
(ii) What is the minimum distance between an object and its real image formed by a convex lens ?
80cm
(iii) What is the focal length of this lens ?20cm