FIITJEE

MOCK TEST
for Class Xth
Set – I
SCIENCE (CBSE)
SOLUTIONS
SECTION  A

1. 22 pairs

2. Y chromosomes

3. Father

4. Female

5. C
Tendency to lose the electrons increases down the group.

6. Range of the object distance is 0 to 20 cm from the pole.

7. Image will be bigger than the object.

8. R = 2f  2  20  40 cm

9.

10. CH3COCH3 and CH3COCH2CH3

11. (a) Bromine water test (unsaturated hydrocarbon (cooking oil) decolourises bromine
water)
(b) Litmus test, NaHCO3 test

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12. B
Upon dilution with water the number of H ions per unit volume decreases and thus pH
increases

OR

C
CaCO3  2HNO3  Ca(NO3 )2  H2O  CO2 

13. B

14. C

15. B

16. C

17. A

18. C
The gas evolved is CO2 which does not support combustion.

19. B
Zn(s)  CuSO4 (aq) 
 ZnSO 4 (aq) Cu(s)
Blue Colourless

20. A
SECTION  B

21. (a) An instrument which measures electric current in a circuit is called ammeter. It is
always connected in series in a circuit through which the current is to be measured.
(b) Characteristics:
(i) Virtual image
(ii) Same size as the object
(iii) Laterally inverted
(iv) Same distance as the object

22. (a) If gypsum is heated above 100°C, then all its water of crystallization is eliminated
and anhydrous CaSO4 called dead burnt plaster is formed, which does not set like
Plaster of Paris on adding water.

(b) Na2 CO3  10H2O   Na2CO3  10H2O
( Washing soda)

2NaHCO3   Na2CO3  H2O  CO 2 
(Baking soda)

CO2 gas is evolved upon heating baking soda which turns lime water milky.
No CO2 gas is evolved upon heating washing soda.

23. Material transported by:

(i) Xylem – Water and minerals.
(ii) Phloem – Organic molecules like sucrose

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(iii) Pulmonary vein – Oxygenated blood from lungs to heart.

(iv) Venacava – Deoxygenated blood from heart to lungs.
(v) Pulmonary artery – Deoxygenated blood from heart to body parts
(vi) Aorta – Oxygenated blood from heart to body parts.

24. DNA is Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid. It is generally located within the nucleus. It is the basic
structure that makes up the chromosomes. It carries complete information for that
organism. DNA is capable of replicating, thus making its own copies. For reproduction, it
is mandatory that the cell must pass on the information to the next generation. Since
DNA is capable of dividing, so it plays most important role in reproduction.

25. (i) 2Al  3CuCl2  2AlCl3  3Cu (Displacement reaction)

(ii) Ca(OH)2  H2SO 4 
 CaSO 4  2H2O (Neutralization reaction)
Heat
(iii) 2Pb(NO 3 )2   2PbO  4NO2  O2 (Decomposition reaction)

26. (i) (a) She is suffering from myopia or near sightedness,

100
(b) Focal length of corrective lens (f )  cm
p
100
  22.22 cm
4.5
(c) The corrective lens is concave lens.
OR
(ii) (a) Total power = 100 + 60 = 160 W
Electrical energy = pt = 160 × 5 × 60 = 48000 J
(b) (i) Calorific value of bio-gas is much higher than that of animal dung cakes.
(ii) Bio-gas is a smokeless fuel and leaves no residue on burning, on other hand
animal dung cakes produces lot of smoke and leaves residue on burning.
27. (a) X is sulphur (S)
Electronic configuration: K L M
2 8 6
Heat
(b) 2FeSO 4   Fe2 O3 (s) SO 2 (g)  SO3 (g)
Ferrous sulphate Ferric oxide Sulphur dioxide Sulphur trioxide

(c) Acidic (Non metal oxides are acidic in nature)

OR
(a) Elements B and C
(b) Elements A and C
(c) C < B < A
On moving from left to right within a period the effective nuclear charge acting on
valence electron increases, electrons are pulled more closer to the nucleus and
tendency of the atom to lose the electrons decreases. Thus metallic character
decreases.

28. Colour change needs not always give survival advantage. Example: If there is a
population of red and blue beetles in an area, an elephant, who happens to pass by may
stamp on this population. By chance the few beetles that have survived are mostly blue.
This survival is only by chance and gave no survival advantage to a species.

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29. (i) Magnetic field lines are closed continuous curves, which moves from north pole to
south pole outside the magnet and from south pole to north pole inside the magnet.
(ii) Magnetic field lines are crowded near the pole where magnetic field is strong and far
apart near the middle of magnet where magnetic field is weak.
(iii) The magnetic field lines never intersect each other and tangent at any point on field
lines gives the direction of magnetic field at that point.

30. Feedback mechanism is a regulatory mechanism in which presence of certain level of

hormone promotes or inhibits its further formation. Example: if the sugar level in blood
rise, they are detected by the cells of the pancreas which respond by producing more
insulin. As, the blood sugar level falls, insulin secretion is reduced.

SECTION  C

31. The rate of doing work is called power.

Work
P ; S.I. unit of power is J/s or watt.
Time
When an electric current flows through a resistance, then it becomes hot, it shows that
electricity is a form of energy. Electrical heating has various applications in daily life :
electric bulb, electric press, heater etc.
Let us consider a resistance wire with its end connected to the terminals of a battery.
Suppose a current of I ampere flows in the wire for t second. Then, the charge carried
from one end of the wire to the other is
Q = I  t coulomb
The work done or electric energy supplied, by the battery in forcing the charge from one
end of the wire to the other is
W = V  Q joule
Where V is the p.d. in volt between the two ends of the wire.
Putting Q = I  t, we have
W  V .I. t joule ...(i)
If R be the resistance of the wire then, V = I R
and W  I2 R t joule ...(ii)
V2
or W t joule ...(iii)
R
Equations (i), (ii) and (iii) give the energy transferred from the battery into the resistance
wire in t second. This energy is dissipated as heat in the wire.
If the energy dissipation of W joule produces H calorie of heat, then
H=W/J
Where J is the mechanical equivalent of heat (J = 4.18 joule / calorie). Then from
equations (i), (ii) and (iii), we have
V I t I2 R t V 2 t
H   calorie.
J J RJ
These relations are called Joule’s law.

32. (a) When blood sugar level rises in blood, a hormone named ‘insulin’ is produced by -
cells of islet of Langerhans in the organ Pancreas. Pancreas also produces
pancreatic juice which contains pancreatic enzymes such as trypsin, pancreatic
amylase and pancreatic lipase.
(b) Positive geotropism is defined as movement towards the force of gravity.

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For example – Roots grow downwards.

Negative geotropism is defined as movement away from the force of gravity.
For example – Shoots grow away from gravity.

33. (a) H
H C H

(i) H H H H H (ii) H H H H (iii) H H

H C C C C C H H C C C C H H C C C H

H H H H H H H H H H

pentane H C H H C H

H H
2  methylbutane 2, 2-dimethylpropane
Conc. H2 SO4
(b) CH3COOH CH3 CH2OH  
 CH3 COOCH2CH3  H2O
Ehanoic acid Ethanol Ethylethanoate(Ester ) Water

Esterification reaction
H2SO4 acts as a dehydrating agent.

34. (a) (i) In yeast, pyruvate is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide in the absence of
oxygen. A small amount of energy is also released.
(ii) In our skeletal muscles pyruvate is converted into lactic acid and energy where
there is deficiency of oxygen. Accumulation of lactic acid results in muscular
cramps.
(iii) Aerobic oxidation of pyruvate occurs in the mitochondria where pyruvate
molecule gives rise to molecules of CO2, water and energy is released.
(b) (i) The walls of ventricles are thick and muscular as compared to the walls of atria
as they are required to pump blood to various organs. Right ventricle sends
deoxygenated blood to lungs through pulmonary artery whereas left ventricle
sends oxygenated blood to all parts of the body through aorta.
(ii) Since the blood emerges from the heart under high pressure, the arteries have
thick, elastic walls.

OR

(a) (i) Even after cutting tail of a mouse its progeny continues to have tail. This is
because it is acquired trait. The mouse continues to have information for
presence of tail in its DNA and hence the progeny with tail.
(ii) Archaeopteryx has reptilian features as presence of tail, vertebra, teeth etc.
(b) In snail and garden lizard, sex is determined by outside temperature.
(c) Phytoplanktons.
(d) Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for wildlife conservation.

35. (a) Aluminium metal forms a thin layer of aluminium oxide (Al2O3) all over its surface
under the action of moist air. This hard protective layer prevents the metal
underneath from further corrosion. Further aluminium metal is cheap, easily
available, malleable and ductile. Thus it is used to make cooking utensils.

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(b)
Ionic Compounds Covalent Compounds

(1) Are usually crystalline solids. (1) Are usually liquids or gases.
Only some of them are solid.
(2) Have high melting points and boiling (2) Have usually low melting point
points and boiling point
(3) Conduct electricity when dissolved in (3) Do not conduct electricity
water or melted.
(4) Usually soluble in water but insoluble (4) Usually insoluble in water but
in organic solvents. soluble in organic solvents.
(c) X is ferric oxide or iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3)
Thermite reaction
Fe2 O3 (s) 2Al(s)  2Fe( ) Al2O3 (s)  Heat
Ferric oxide Aluminium Molten iron Aluminium oxide

OR
(a) Mercury (Hg)
(b) HgS Cinnabar
Roasting
(c) 2HgS(s)  3O 2 (g) 
 2HgO(s) 2SO 2 (g)
Mercuric sulphide Mercuric oxide Sulphur dioxide

2HgO(s) 
 2Hg( )  O2 (g)
(d) Thermometer
(e) No. Because it is less reactive than copper.

OR

(a) (i) Even after cutting tail of a mouse its progeny continues to have tail. This is
because it is acquired trait. The mouse continues to have information for
presence of tail in its DNA and hence the progeny with tail.
(ii) Archaeopteryx has reptilian features as presence of tail, vertebra, teeth etc.
(b) In snail and garden lizard, sex is determined by outside temperature.
(c) Phytoplanktons.
(d) Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for wildlife conservation.

36. (i) Myopia or Short-sightedness: A short-sighted person can see near objects clearly,
but distant objects appear blurred.
There may be two reasons for this defects:
(a) The eyeball is long, so that the retina is at an abnormally large distance from the
cornea,
(b) Decrease in focal length of eye-lens that is, it is too convex or powerful.

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In either case, the light from a distant object arriving at the eye-lens may get converged
at a point infront of the retina. This type of defect is called near-sightedness or myopia.
This means that the eye is producing too much convergence in the incident beam. To
compensate this, we interpose a concave lens between the eye and the object, with the
diverging effect the image is focused on the retina as in figure (c). Parallel rays from a
distant object are focused at a point P.
Thus, to correct a myopic eye, a person has to wear spectacles with a concave lens of
suitable power.

(ii) Hypermetropia or Long-sightedness: A long-sighted person can see distant objects

clearly, but objects closer to the eye appear blurred. His near-point is more than 25
cm away.

There may be two reasons for this defects:

(a) The eyeball is short, so that the retina is at an abnormally short distance from the
cornea,
(b) The eye-lens is not sufficiently converging that is, increase in focal length of eye-lens.

In either case, the eye-lens focuses the incoming light at a point behind the retina, a
convergent lens (convex lens) is needed to compensate for the defect in vision as in
figure (c).

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Thus to correct hypermetropia eye, a person has to wear spectacles with a convex lens
of suitable power.
OR
(i) The solar energy is used for cooking food using solar cookers and to produce
electricity using solar cells.
(ii) The plants absorb solar energy which convert it into chemical energy and is the
source of bio-mass energy.
(iii) Water cycle in nature shows that it is the solar energy which appears in the form of
water flowing in rivers. It is this energy which is converted into Hydro-electric energy.
(iv) Solar energy is stored in the oceans as ocean thermal energy (OTE).
(v) Solar energy is the main factor responsible for blowing of the wind and hence for the
wind energy. Thus, we see that solar energy is the ultimate or primary source of
energy.

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