At John Paul academy
SCIENCE
Class 10 - Science
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 59
Section A
1. The kidneys in human beings are a part of the system for [1]
a) respiration b) excretion
c) nutrition d) transportation
2. The xylem in plants are responsible for: [1]
a) transport of amino acids b) transport of oxygen
c) transport of food d) transport of water
3. Which of the following is a plant hormone? [1]
a) Oestrogen b) Thyroxin
c) Insulin d) Cytokinin
4. The brain is responsible for: [1]
a) thinking b) balancing the body
c) regulating the heartbeat d) All of these
5. A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens have each a focal length of -15 cm. [1]
The mirror and the lens are likely to be
a) The mirror is convex, but the b) Both convex
lens is concave.
c) Both concave d) The mirror is concave and the
lens is convex.
6. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect. The mirror [1]
is likely to be:
a) Either plane or convex b) Convex
c) Plane d) Concave
7. Which of the following lenses would you prefer to use while reading small letters [1]
found in a dictionary?
a) A convex lens of focal length 50 b) A convex lens of focal length 5
cm cm
c) A concave lens of focal length d) A concave lens of focal length 5
50 cm cm
8. What happens when dilute hydrochloric acid is added to iron fillings? Tick the [1]
correct answer.
a) Iron salt and water are b) Hydrogen gas and iron chloride
produced are produced
c) Chlorine gas and iron hydroxide d) No reaction takes place
are produced
9. F e2 O3 + 2Al → Al2 O3 + 2F e [1]
The above reaction is an example of a
a) displacement reaction b) double displacement reaction
c) combination reaction d) decomposition reaction
10. Which of the statements about the reaction below are incorrect? [1]
2PbO(s) + C(s) → 2Pb(s) + CO2(g)
a. Lead is getting reduced.
b. Carbon dioxide is getting oxidised.
c. Carbon is getting oxidized.
d. Lead oxide is getting reduced.
a) All of these b) (a) and (c)
c) (a) and (b) d) (a), (b) and (c)
Section B
11. How are water and minerals transported in plants? [2]
12. How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood? [2]
13. How does chemical coordination take place in animals? [2]
14. Identify the substances that are oxidized and the substances that are reduced in [2]
the following reactions.
i. 4Na(s) + O2(g) → 2Na2O(s)
ii. CuO(s) + H2(g) → Cu(s) + H2(l)
15. A solution of a substance 'X' is used for whitewashing [3]
i. Name the substance 'X' and writes its formula.
ii. Write the reaction of the substance 'X' named in (i) above with water.
16. Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is [3]
dipped in it?
17. Name the type of mirror used in the Solar furnace. Support your answer with [2]
reason.
18. Name the type of mirror used in the side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle. Support [2]
your answer with reason.
19. A concave lens of focal length 15 cm forms an image 10 cm from the lens. How [2]
far is the object placed from the lens? Draw the ray diagram.
20. An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 15 [2]
cm. Find the position and nature of the image.
Section C
21. Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is [3]
dipped in it?
22. A solution of a substance 'X' is used for whitewashing [3]
i. Name the substance 'X' and writes its formula.
ii. Write the reaction of the substance 'X' named in (i) above with water.
23. Design an experiment to demonstrate hydrotropism. [2]
24. How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support? [2]
25. Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of [2]
light in the glass? The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 ms-1.
Section D
26. How phototropism does occur in plants? [5]
27. We wish to obtain an erect image of an object, using a concave mirror of focal [5]
length 15 cm. What should be the range of distance of the object from the
mirror? What is the nature of the image? Is the image larger or smaller than the
object? Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.
28. An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal [5]
length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size and the nature of
the image formed.
