DHRONA PUBLIC SCHOOL – CBSE

DATE: 12.12.2024 II – HALF REVISION EXAM TIME: 3 hrs

GRADE: X SCIENCE (086) MARKS: 80
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General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
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. Answers to these questions should in
the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these questions
should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answer to these questions
should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.
SECTION –A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options for each the questions: 16x1=16
1. A metal ‘X’ is used in thermite process. When is burnt in air it gives an amphoteric oxide 'Y'. 'X' and 'Y' are
respectively:
(a) Fe and Fe2O3 (b) Al and Al2O3 (c) Fe and Fe3O4 (d) Al and Al3O4
2. A student drop pieces of potassium and silver in beakers containing water. The image shows the reaction.

(a) Beaker 1: K2O and H2O; Beaker 2: AgO and H2O

(b) Beaker 1: KOH and H2O; Beaker 2: Ag2O and H2O
(c) Beaker 1: K2O and H2O; Beaker 2: No reaction takes place
(d) Beaker 1: KOH and H2; Beaker 2: No reaction takes place
3. The metal X does not react with cold water but floats on hot water with formation of colourless bubbles. Which of
the following represents metal X.
(a) Aluminium (b) Copper (c) Magnesium (d) Lead
4. Ethanol reacts with sodium and forms two products. These are:
(a) sodium ethanoate and hydrogen (b) sodium ethanoate and oxygen
(c) sodium ethoxide and hydrogen (d) sodium ethoxide and oxygen
5. A student studies that soap solution results in micelle formation which helps to remove dirt. It has a unique
orientation which helps in keeping the dirt out of the water as shown in the image. The student was curious to know
more about the cleansing action of the soap. What helps the dirt to rinse away?
(a) Suspension of the dirt in the micelles.
 (b) A collection of water molecules in the centre of the micelle.
(c) Attraction between the ionic end and the dirt to remove it.
(d) Mixing of the soap molecules along with the dirt to make it heavier.
6. The male reproductive parts of flower, the stamens are collectively known as ________.
(a) Androecium (b) Filament (c) Anther (d) Gynoecium
7. Aids is a deadly disease which is caused by a _______.
(a) Protozoan (b) Fungus (c) Bacterium (d) Virus
8. Mendal conducted his famous experiments by working on ________.
(a) Drosophila (b) Escherichia Coli (c) Pisum sativum (d) All of the above
9. From the list given below, select the character which can be acquired but not inherited.
(a) Colour of eyes (b) Colour of skin (c) texture of hair (d) Size of the body
10. The primary consumers are ________.
(a) Carnivores (b) Herbivores (c) Omnivores (d) Producers
11. The cleaners of nature are ________.
(a) Producers (b) Consumers (c) Herbivores (d) Decomposers
12. An object at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror gets its image at the same point. The focal length of the
mirror is
(a) – 30 cm (b) 30 cm (c) – 15 cm (d) +15 cm
13. A beam of light is incident through the holes on side A and emerges out of the hole on the other face of the box as
shown in the figure. Which of the following could be inside the box?

(a) Concave lens (b) Rectangular glass slab (c) Prism (d) Convex lens
14. Which of the following ray diagrams is correct for the ray of light incident on a concave mirror as shown
in Figure?
15. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) A person with myopia can see distant objects clearly.
(b) A person with hypermetropia can see nearby objects clearly.
(c) A person with myopia can see nearby objects clearly.
(d) A person with hypermetropia cannot see distant objects clearly.
16. While performing the experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism, four students
marked the incident ray and the emergent ray in their diagrams in the manner shown below.

The correct path of the rays has been shown by:

(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV

Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions by
selecting the appropriate option given below: 4x1=4
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but 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. (A): Magnesium is less reactive than sodium.
(R): Sodium reacts more vigorously with oxygen than magnesium
18. (A): Asexual reproduction is a primitive type of reproduction.
(R): Asexual reproduction involves only mitotic cell division.
19. (A): Mendel selected the pea plants for his experiments.
(R): Pea-Plant is cross-Pollinating and has unisexual flowers.
20. (A): A rainbow is always formed in the sky after a rain shower and in the same direction as sun.
(R): Water droplets act like tiny prisms.
SECTION –B
Answer of the following two-mark questions: 6x2=12
21. What properties do you think of while categorizing elements as metals and non-metals.
22. Why does carbon become stable after sharing four electrons? What type of bond is formed by sharing?
23. Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?
24. How is the equal genetic contribution of male and female parents ensured in the progeny?
25. A pencil when dipped in water in a glass tumbler appears to be bent at the interface of air and water. Will the pencil
appear to be bent to the same extent, if instead of water we use liquids like, kerosene or turpentine? Support your
answer with reason.
26. The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and power of the lens required to
correct the problem?
 SECTION –C
Answer of the following three-mark questions: 7x3=21
27. Give reasons:
(a) Electric wires are covered with rubber like material. [1]
(b) From dilute hydrochloric acid, zinc can liberate hydrogen gas but copper cannot. [1]
(c) Sulphide ore of a metal is first converted to its oxide to extract the metal from it. [1]
28. Ethanol (C2H5OH) is heated with alkaline potassium permanganate to give a compound X.
(a) How many carbon atoms will compound X contain? [1/2]
(b) Compound X is now reacted with ethanol in the presence of an acid catalyst to give a compound Y.
X + C2H5OH acid → Y
(i) Name the type of compound formed in the above reaction with respect to the functional group it contains. [1/2]
(ii) State one characteristic property of compounds of the type of compound Y. [1]
(iii) State one use of compounds of this type. [1]
29. What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
30. What is ozone and how does it affect the ecosystem?
31. How is the process of pollination different from fertilization?
32. A concave lens of focal length 15 cm forms an image 10 cm from the lens. How far is the object placed from the
lens? Draw the ray diagram.
33. A student traces the path of a ray of light through a glass prism as shown in the diagram, but leaves it incomplete
and unlabeled. Redraw and complete the diagram. Also label on it ∠i, ∠e, ∠r and ∠D.

SECTION –D
Answer of the following five-mark questions: 3x5=15
34. (a) Why are covalent compounds generally poor conductors of electricity? [2]
(b) Name the following compound: [1]

(c) What is meant by a saturated hydrocarbon? [1]

(d) Draw the structure of CH3COOH molecule. [1]
35. Explain Mendel's experiment with single trait.
36. (i) Draw ray diagrams showing the image formation by a convex lens when an object is placed
(a) between optical centre and focus of the lens [1]
(b) between focus and twice the focal length of the lens [1]
(ii) The image of a candle flame formed by a lens is obtained on a screen placed on the other side of the lens. If the
image is three times the size of the flame and the distance between lens and image is 80 cm, at what distance
should the candle be placed from the lens? What is the nature of the image at a distance of 80 cm and the lens? [3]
 SECTION –E
Case based questions: 3x4=12
37. The reactivity series is a list of metals arranged in the order of their decreasing activities. The metal at the top of the
reactivity series is the most reactive and metal at the bottom is the least reactive. The more reactive metal displaces less
reactive metal from its salt solution.

(i) Name the metals which react with steam but not with hot water. [1]
(ii) What happen when calcium reacts with nitric acid and which method is used to extract metal present at the top of
the reactivity series? [2]
(iii) Which of the following metals exist in their native states in nature? [1]
(a) Cu (b) Au (c) Zn (d) Ag
38. The reproductive parts of angiosperms are located in the flower. You have already studied the different parts of
flowers. Sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil. Stamens and pistil are reproductive parts of flower which contain the
germ cells. The flower may be unisexual when it contains either stamens or pistil, when it contains both stamens
and pistil it is bisexual.
(i) What is the male reproductive part of a flower?
(ii) What are the different parts of pistil?
(iii) What id pollination?
(iv) What are the two types of pollination?
39. The human eye is like a camera. Its lens system forms an image on a light-sensitive screen called the retina. Light
enters the eye through a thin membrane called the cornea. It forms the transparent bulge on the front surface of the
eyeball as shown in the figure. The crystalline lens merely provides the finer adjustment of focal length required to
focus objects at different distances on the retina. We find a structure called iris behind the cornea. Iris is a dark
muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil. The pupil regulates and controls the amount of light entering
the eye. There are mainly three common refractive defects of vision. These are (i) myopia or near-sightedness, (ii)
hypermetropia or far-sightedness, and (iii) Presbyopia. These defects can be corrected by the use of suitable
spherical lenses.
 (i) What is the function of pupil in the human eye?
(ii) What is the far point and near point of human eye with normal vision?
(iii) A student has difficulty reading the blackboard while sitting in the last row. What could be the defect the child is
suffering from?
(iv) What is the function of iris in human eye?