JKBOSE Class 10th Science Most Important Questions Chapter Wise Guess

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Section A 18 Objectives 18x1=18 Marks

Section B 02 Marks Each 10x2=20 Marks

Section C 03 Marks Each 03x09=27 Marks

Section D 05 Marks Each 05x03= 15 Marks

PHYSICS
LIGHT - Reflection and Refraction (08 Marks)

(Focus on Numerical of Mirror formula, lens Formula, Magnification & Power of

lens)

Q. 1: Explain Principal Focus and focal length of concave and convex mirror with
the help of suitable diagram?

Q. 2:- What is meant by 'power of a lens'? & Its SI unit.

Q. 3:- Define centre of curvature, pole, radius of curvature, Principal axis,

aperture, of spherical mirrors?

Q. 4: If the image formed by a lens is diminished in size and erect, for all
positions of the object, what type of lens is it?

Q. 5: Name the point on the lens through which a ray of light passes undeviated.

Q. 6: A concave lens has focal length of 15 cm. At what distance should the
object from the lens be placed so that it forms an image at 10cm1 from the
lens? Also, find the magnification produced by the lens.2

Q. 7:- What is the units of refractive index?

Q. 8: Image formation in concave mirror and convex lens when object is placed
at different positions?

Q. 09-Define and show on a diagram, the following terms relating to a concave

mirror: (i) Aperture (ii) Radius of curvature

Q. 10:- The radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is 20 cm. What is its focal
length?

Q. 11:-Uses of concave and convex mirrors & Sign Convention for Spherical
Mirrors.

Q. 12: Why do we prefer a convex mirror as a rear view mirror in vehicles?

Q..13:-A concave mirror produces three times magnified real image of an object
placed at 10cm in front of it. Where is the image located?3

Q.14:- How is the refractive index of a medium related to the speed of light?

Q..15: A ray of light traveling in air enters obliquely into water. Does the light
ray bend towards the normal or away from the normal? Why?4

Q..16: Explain refraction and its laws? What are the conditions of no
refraction?

Q..17:- Refraction through a rectangular glass slab?

Q..18: Define 1 dioptre of power of a lens. & Find the power of a concave lens of
focal length 2 m.

Q..19 The refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What is the meaning of this
statement?

Q..20: Why does a light ray incident on a a rectangular glass slab immersed in
any medium emerges parallel to itself? Explain using diagram

Q.21:- An object is placed at a distance of 10cm from a convex mirror of focal

length 15 cm. Find the position and nature of the Image.5

The Human Eye and the colorful World (05 Marks)

Q..1: What is meant by power of accommodation of the eye?

Q..2: What is the far point and near point of the human eye with normal vision?

Q..3: Explain the Structure and Functioning of Human Eye. How are we able to
see nearby as well as distant objects?

Q.4: The far point of a myopic person is 80cm in front of the eye. What is the
nature and power of the lens required to correct the problem?

Q.5: Explain Myopia, Hypermetropia, Presbyopia? How are these defects

corrected. Explain with the help of diagram?

Q..6: Why do stars twinkle? Explain why the planets do not twinkle.

Q..7: Why does the sun appear reddish early in the morning?

Q.8: Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut?

Q..9: Why do we see rainbow in the sky only after rainfall

Electricity (06 Marks)

(Focus on Numerical of: Electric Power and Energy, Ohm's law)

Q. 1: Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a

conductor.

Q. 2: A 40 resistance wire is doubled on it. Calculate the new resistance of the

wire.

Q. 3: On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend?

Q. 4: Why are coils of electric toasters and electric irons made of an alloy
rather than a pure metal?

Q. 5: Draw a schematic diagram of a circuit consisting of a battery of three

cells of 2V each, a 5Ω resistor, an 8Ω resistor, and a 12Ω resistor, and a plug
key, all connected in series.1

Q. 6: An electric heater of resistance 8Ω draws 15A current from the service

mains in 2 hours. Calculate the rate at which heat is developed in the heater.
Q. 7: Calculate resultant resistance when resistances are connected in parallel
and series?

Q. 8: Explain Ohm's law and draw circuit diagram and give its experimental
verification. What are electric field lines and their properties?

Q. 9: What are the advantages of connecting electrical devices in parallel with

the battery instead of connecting them in series?2

Q. 10: An electric iron of resistance 200Ω takes a current of 5A. Calculate the
heat developed in 30 seconds.

Q. 11: What are the factors on which resistance depends? Explain each one in
brief?

Q. 12: An electric bulb is connected to a 220V generator. The current is 0.50 A.

What is the power of the bulb?

Q. 13: How is a voltmeter connected in a circuit to measure the potential

difference between two points?

Magnetic Effects of Current (07 Marks)

Q. 1: Why does a compass needle get deflected when brought near a bar
magnet?

Q. 2: Draw magnetic field lines around a bar magnet & properties of magnetic
lines of force.

Q. 1: An electric oven of 2 kW power rating is operated in a domestic electric

circuit (220 V) that has a current rating of 5A. What result do you expect?3
Explain.

Q. 3: How does a solenoid behave like a magnet? Can you determine the north
and south pole of a current-carrying solenoid with the help of a bar magnet?
Explain.

Q.4 4: When is the force experienced by a current-carrying conductor placed in

a magnetic field largest?

Q. 5: What are electric field lines. Give their Properties.

Q. 6: When does an electric short circuit occur?

Q. 7: What is the function of an earth wire? Why is it necessary to earth

metallic appliances?

Q. 8: State Fleming's Left Hand rule with the help of Diagram.

Q. 9: What does the divergence of magnetic field lines near the ends of a
current-carrying straight solenoid indicate?

Q. 10: Describe Oersted's experiment and explain the law by which direction of
magnetic field produced can be accounted.

BIOLOGY
LIFE PROCESS (08 Marks)

Q. 1:- Define Nutrition & Modes of Nutrition (Autotrophic & Heterotrophic)?

Q. 2:- How is oxygen and carbon dioxide transported in human beings?

Q. 3:- How are water, minerals and food transported in plants?

Q. 4:- Describe the structure and functioning of nephrons

Q. 5:- Describe the process of digestion in human beings? Draw a labeled

diagram?

Q. 6:- What are the methods used by plants to get rid of excretory products?

Q. 7:- How are fats digested in our bodies? Where does this process take
place?

Q. 8:- What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food?

Q. 9:- What are the difference between aerobic respiration & anaerobic
respiration?

Q. 10:- How are the alveoli designed to maximize the exchange of gases?
Q. 11:- What would be the consequences of a deficiency of hemoglobin in our
bodies?

Q. 12:- Discuss the major steps involved in process of nutrition in human beings.

Q. 13:- Describe double circulation in human beings. Why is it necessary?

Q. 14:- What are the differences between the transport of materials in xylem
and phloem?

CONTROL & CO-ORDINATION (6 Marks)

Q. 1:- What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?

Q. 2:- How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?

Q. 3:- What is the role of the brain in reflex action?

Q. 4:- What are plant Harmones? Define tropism and its various types?

Q. 5:- How does chemical coordination take place in animals?

Q. 6:- Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function.

Q. 7:- How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?

Q. 8:- How does phototropism occur in plants?

Q. 9:- Why are some patients of diabetes treated by giving injections of

Insulin?

Q. 10:- What is the need for a system of control and coordination in an

organism?

Q. 11:- How are involuntary actions and reflex actions different from each
other?

Q. 12:- Compare and contrast nervous and hormonal mechanisms for control and
coordination in animals

HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE (6 Marks)

Q. 1: What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

Q. 2: How does binary fission differ from multiple fission?

Q. 3:- Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing same types of

plants?

Q. 4:- How is the process of pollination different from fertilization?

Q. 5:- What is the role of the seminal vesicles and the prostate gland?

Q. 6:- What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual

reproduction?

Q. 7:-. What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?

Q. 8:- Why does menstruation occur?

Q. 9:- Draw a labelled diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower.

Q. 10:- What are the different methods of contraception?

Q. 11:- How are the modes for reproduction different in unicellular and
multicellular organisms?

Q. 12:- How does reproduction help in providing stability to populations of

species?

GENETICS & HEREDITY (3 Marks)

Q. 1: How does the creation of variations in a species promote survival?

Q. 2: What is heredity and Inherited Traits

Q. 3: How do Mendel's experiments show that traits are inherited

independently?

Q. 4: Explain how genetic variation accumulates during sexual reproduction.

Q. 5: How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?

OUR ENVIRONMENT (5 Marks)

Q. 1: Why are some substances biodegradable and some non-biodegradable?

Q. 2: What are trophic levels? Give an example of food chain and state the
different trophic levels in it

Q. 3: What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem?

Q. 4: What is ozone and how does it affect any ecosystem?

Q. 5: What is biological magnification? Will the levels of this magnification be

different at different levels of the ecosystem?1

Q. 6: What will happen if we kill all the organisms in one trophic level?

Q. 7: If all the waste we generate is biodegradable, will this have no impact on

the environment?

Q. 8: What is Ecosystem & What are its components?

Q. 9: Why is damage to the ozone layer a cause for concern? What steps are
being taken to limit this damage?

CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS & EQUATIONS (06 Marks)

Q. 1:- What is balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equation be

balanced?

Q. 2:- Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail
is dipped in it?

Q. 3:- What does one mean by exothermic and endothermic reactions? Give
examples.

Q. 4:- Why is respiration considered an exothermic reaction? Explain.

Q. 5:- Write the balanced chemical equations for the following reactions? (a).
Calcium hydroxide + Carbon dioxide → Calcium carbonate + Water.1 (b). Zinc +
Silver nitrate → Zinc nitrate + Silver. (c). Aluminium + Copper Chloride →
Aluminium chloride + Copper (d). Barium chloride + Potassium sulphate → Barium
sulphate + Potassium chloride.2
Q. 6:- What do you mean by a precipitation reaction? Explain by giving examples

Q. 7:- What are the various types of chemical reactions? Define them with one
example each?

Q. 8:- What is the difference between displacement and double displacement

reactions? Write equations for these reactions.

Q. 9:- Why are decomposition reactions called the opposite of combination

reactions? Write equations for these reactions.

Q. 10:- Explain the following in terms of gain or loss of Oxygen with two
examples each. (a). Oxidation (b). Reduction.

Q. 11:- Oil & Fat containing food items are flushed with nitrogen. Why?

Q. 12:- Explain Rancidity & Corrosion with Examples ?

Q. 13:- Explain the following in terms of gain or loss of oxygen with two
examples each. (a) Oxidation (b) Reduction

Q. 14:- Balance the following chemical equations. (a) HNO3 + Ca(OH)2 →

Ca(NO3)2 + H2O (b) NaOH + H₂SO₄ → Na2SO4 + H2O (c) NaCl + AgNO3 →
AgCl + NaNO3 (d) BaCl2 + H2 SO4→ BaSO4 + HCI

Q. 15:- Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning?

CARBON & ITS COMPOUNDS (08 Marks)

Q. 1:- What would be the electron dot structure of carbon dioxide & sulphur

Q. 2:- How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of their
physical and chemical properties?

Q. 3:- What are the two properties of carbon which lead to the huge number
carbon compounds we see around us?

Q. 4:- Why are carbon and its compounds used as fuels for most applications
Q. 5:- How would you distinguish between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid? &
What are oxidising agents?

Q. 6:- What is hydrogenation? What is its industrial application?

Q. 7:- What is a homologous series? Explain with an example

Q. 8:- Draw the structure of Diamond & Graphite?

Q. 9:- Explain the mechanism of the cleaning action of soaps

Q. 9:- Draw the electron dot structures for (a) ethanoic acid. (b) H2 S. (c)
propanone. (d) F2. (e) Cyclopentane ?

Q. 10:- How many structural isomers can you draw for Pentane

Q. 11:- How can ethanol and ethanoic acid be differentiated on the basis of
their physical and chemical properties?

Q. 12:- What would be the electron dot structure of a molecule of sulphur which
is made up of eight atoms of sulphur?

Q. 13:- Explain soaps are not effective cleansing agents in hard water?

Q. 14:- What are Saturated & Unsaturated Carbon compounds?

Q. 15:- Write down the properties of Ethanol & ethanoic acid?

Q. 16:-

(Draw the structures for the following compounds) Ethanoic acid Bromopentane
Butanone Hexanal (Are structural isomers possible for bromopentane?) (How
would you name the following compounds?) (CH3-CH-Br) (H-C-O)

METALS AND NON-METALS (07 Marks)

Q. 1:- Explain the meanings of malleable and ductile

Q. 2:- Why do ionic compounds have high melting points? Properties of Ionic
Compounds
Q. 3:- What happens when Metals react with Acids?

Q. 4:- Why is Sodium kept immersed in Kerosene oil?

Q. 5:- Define the following terms? (a). Mineral (b). Ore (c). Gangue.

Q. 6:- What are amphoteric oxides? Give two examples of amphoteric oxides.

Q. 7:- What chemical process is used for obtaining a metal from its oxide?

Q. 8:- Differentiate between metal and nonmetal on the basis of their chemical
properties.

Q. 9:- What types of oxides are formed when non-metals combine with oxygen?

Q. 10:- Give reasons why copper is used to make hot water tanks and not steel
(an alloy of iron)

Q. 11:- Define Corrosion of metals and give its prevention methods?

Q. 12:- What is calcinations and roasting

ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS (07 Marks)

Q. 1:- Why should curd and sour substances not be kept in brass and copper
vessels?

Q. 2:- What Happens to an Acid or a Base in Water?

Q. 3:- Why does an aqueous solution of acid conduct electricity?

Q. 4:- Why does dry HCI gas not change the colour of the dry litmus paper?

Q. 5:- Do basic solutions also have H+ (aq) ions? If yes, then why are these
basic?

Q. 6:- Why does distilled water not conduct electricity, whereas rain water
does?

Q. 7:- Why do acids not show acidic behaviour in the absence of water?

Q. 8:- Plaster of Paris should be stored in a moisture-proof container. Explain

why?
Q. 9:- What is a neutralisation reaction? Give two examples

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