Fahaheel Al-Watanieh Indian Private School, Ahmadi, Kuwait

First Term Examination 2022-23 Set

Science (086)
Class X B
Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 40

General Instructions:

i) The question paper comprises of two Sections- A and B. There are 22 questions in the
question paper.
ii) All questions are compulsory.
iii) Section A- question numbers 1 to 5 are MCQs of 1 mark each and 6 to 8 are assertion-reason
type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv) In Section B question numbers 9 and 10 are 1 mark questions; question numbers 11 to 16
are 2 marks questions and question numbers 17 to 22 are 3 marks questions.
iv) Internal choices have been provided in some questions. A student has to attempt only one
of the alternatives in such questions.
v) Total number of pages - 4

No. Questions Marks

SECTION A

1. Which of the following is/are endothermic processes? 1

i) Combustion of fuels
ii) Photosynthesis
iii) Reaction of water with quick lime
iv) Heating of limestone
a) ii only
b) i and iii
c) i and ii
d) ii and iv

2. During deficiency of oxygen in tissues of humans, pyruvic acid is converted into 1

lactic acid in ______________.
a) cytoplasm
b) chloroplast
c) mitochondria
d) golgi body

3. The cellular energy reserves in autotrophs is ______________. 1

a) glycogen
b) starch
c) protein
d) fattyacids

4. A lens of power + 0.5D is 1

a) A convex lens of focal length 0.5m
b) A concave lens of focal length 0.5m
c) A convex lens of focal length 2m
d) A concave lens of focal length 2m
5. The rays from the sun converge at a point 25 cm in front of a concave mirror. Where 1

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 should an object be kept so that size of its image is equal to size of the object?
a) 12.5 cm in front of the mirror
b) 50 cm in front of the mirror
c) 25 cm in front of the mirror
d) between 25 cm and 30 cm in front of the mirror

For question numbers 6, 7 and 8, two statements are given- one labeled Assertion (A) and the
other labeled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b),
(c) and (d) as given below:
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the 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.

6. Assertion (A): Vanilla essence can be used as an olfactory indicator. 1

Reason (R): Olfactory indicators change their colour when in contact with acids and
bases.

7. Assertion (A): Convex mirror is used as a shaving mirror. 1

Reason (R): Concave mirror forms an enlarged erect image when the object is
placed between its pole and focus.

8. Assertion (A) : Phloem helps in translocation of food from the leaves. 1

Reason (R): Phloem provides mechanical support to plant.

SECTION B
9. What remedy would you suggest someone suffering from stomach acidity and why? 1

10. How are lungs designed in human body to maximize the area for exchange of gases? 1

11. The image formed by a spherical lens for all positions of the object placed in front of 2
it is always erect and diminished.
a) What type of lens is it?
b) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in the above case.

12. a) Two similar green plants are kept separately in oxygen-free containers, one in 2
dark and the other in continuous light. Which one will live longer? Give reasons.
b) While carrying the starch test on a variegated leaf, why is it important to boil the
leaf in alcohol?

13. What is observed when a solution of sodium sulphate is added to a solution of 2

barium chloride taken in a test tube? Write balanced chemical equation for the
reaction and name the type of reaction involved.

14. a) What is translocation in plants? 2

b) How does transport of water occur at night in the absence of transpiration?

15. You have been provided four solutions A, B, C and D. The pH of solution A is 2
6, B is 9, C is 12 and D is 7.
a) Arrange the above four solutions in the decreasing order of hydrogen ion
concentration.
b) Identify the most acidic and most basic solutions.

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 16. a) State Snell’s Law. 2
b) Light enters from air to a medium X. Its speed in medium X reduces to 1.5 x 108
m/s. Find the refractive index of medium X if the speed of light in vacuum is
3 x 108 m/s.

17. A student dropped a few pieces of crushed egg shells in dilute hydrochloric acid 3
contained in a test tube. There was a fizzing produced due to the evolution of a gas.
The student passed the gas evolved through lime water.
a) What change if any, did the student observe in the lime water? Explain.
b) Give balanced chemical equations for the reactions involved.

18. In the electrolysis of water: 3

a) Name the gas collected at the cathode and anode respectively.
b) Why is the volume of gas collected at one electrode double that of the other?
Name this gas.
c) Give a test to identify the gases evolved at the two electrodes.

OR
a) Define corrosion.
b) What is corrosion of iron called?
c) How will you recognize corrosion of copper? Give the chemical name and
chemical formula of the substance formed.

19. a) A lemon kept in water in a glass tumbler appears to be bigger than its actual size 3
when viewed from the sides of the tumbler.
i. Name and define the phenomenon of light responsible for it.
ii. State the cause of the above phenomenon.

b) For the same angle of incidence 45°, the angle of refraction in two transparent
media A and B is 35° and 20°. Which medium, A or B, is optically denser? Will a
ray of light travelling from medium A to B bend towards or away from the
normal?

c) What happens to a ray of light when it travels from one medium to another having
equal refractive indices?

20. a) Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular 3

organisms like humans?
b)

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 (i) Identify and name the labelled parts A and B in the above diagram.
(ii) Mention the role of the tubular part of nephrons in the process of urine
formation.

21. A) a. If on applying the Cartesian sign convention for spherical lenses, the image 3
distance obtained is positive, state two significance of the positive sign.
b. Calculate the distance at which an object should be placed in front of a convex
lens of focal length 10cm to obtain a real image double its size.

OR
B) An object 4 cm high is placed at a distance of 27 cm from a convex lens of focal
length 18cm. Find the position, nature and size of the image formed.

22. 3

a) Identify the parts labelled as A, B and C in the above figure.

b) Blood goes only once through the heart in fish. Briefly explain.

OR
a) Draw the structure of the human alimentary canal and label the following parts
in it.
(i) Absorption of digested food.
(ii) Absorption of water.

b) Which organ secretes a hormone when the blood sugar rises? Name a digestive
enzyme released by this organ and state its function.

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