PRE-BOARD-I EXAMINATION (2023-2024)

Class-X
Subject -SCIENCE (086)(SET-A)
Max. Marks: 80 Time Allowed:3hours
GeneralInstructions:
i This questo paper conSistsof 39 questions in 5 sections. qHestions A
ü 4l questios are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in 9ome
Student is expeted toatempt only one of these questions.
ii.Section 4 conSists of 20 objective type questions currying I mark euh
i. Section B consSts of 6 Very Short auestions carrving02 marks ech Answers to hese
questions should in the range of 30 to 50 words.
. Section Cconsists of 7Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks eah Answers n
these questions should in the range of 50 to80 words
7. Section D consists of 3Long Answer tvpe auestions carrying 05 marky each Answer In lhese
questions should be in the range of 80 to l20words.
vii. Section E consists of3 source-basedcase-based unitsof usSsessment of 04 marks ewh wilh
sub-parts.
SECTION - A
Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given
for each of the questions 1- 20
1. What happens when a solution of an acid is mixed with a solution of a base in atest tube?
i) The temperature of the solution increases
ü) The temperature of the solution decreases
(iüi) The temperature of the solution remains the same
(iv) Salt formation takes place in
(a) (i) only (b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (ii) and (ii) (d) (i) and (iv)

2.In the redox reaction MnO;+ 4HCI-MnCl, +2H,0+ CI,

a) MnO, is reduced to MnCl, & HCI is oxidized to H,
b) MnO, isreduced to MnCI, &HCI is oxidized toCl,
c) MnO; is oxidized to MnCi, & HCI is reduced to Ch
d)Mn0, is oxidized to MnCl, &HCl is reduced to H,0
3. Asubstance added to fatty food items to prevent rancidity is called
(a) Oxidant
(b)Rancid
(c)Coolant
(d) Antioxidant

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natural source of which acid?

is a
4 lomato
(a) Accic acid
(b)Ciric acid
(c)Tartaric acid
(d) Oxalic acid

$. The oxides of vhich of the metals are

(ii)AI
amphoteric in nature
(i)Zn (iii) Na
(a) i& iv (b)iii & iv (c) i& iii (iv)Mg
(q) i& ii
6. Which of the
following salt will give acidic solution when dissolved in
(a) NH,CI water?
(b) NaCl
(c) Na,C0,
(d) CH,COONa
7. The number of isomers of
pentane are
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) s

8. One of the events that does not takes place during

photosynthesis
a) Chlorophyll absorbs solar energy
b) Carbon dioxide is released during thisprocess
c) Oxygen is released during this process
d) Carbon dioxide is absorbed during the process
9. Involuntary actions in the body are controlled by
a)Medulla in forebrain
b)Medulla in midbrain
c)Medulla in hindbrain
d)Medulla in spinal chord

10. . Seeds are called products of sexual reproduction because they are
a) Give rise to ncw plants
b) Are formed by fusion of gametes
c) Are formed by fusionof pollen tubes
d) Can survive for longer period.

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(DWhich ofthe following is incorrect?
a) For cvery hornone ,there is a gene
b) For every protein , there is a gene
c) For every enzyme there is a gene
d) For every molecule of fat there is agene

12. In agiven food chain the amount of energy at fourth trophic leyel is 5 KJ, what will be the
energy at producer level ?
A. 5KJ
B. 50KJ
C. 500kJ
D.5000KJ
13.In the diagram shown below, abeam of light is traveling from inside aglass slab to air.
Which of the marked paths will the ray of light take as it emerges tron the glass slab?
R

normal

9ass slab

a. P
b. Q
c. R
d. None of them as light splits into its many colors

has the least wavelength?

14. Which of the following colour of white light
(a) red
(b) orange
(ç) violet
(d) blue

from one trophic level to next is in

15.In an ecosystem, the 10% of energy available for transfer
the formn of
A. heat energy
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B. light energy
C. mechanical energy
D. Chemical energy

16.The respiratory pigment in human beings is

a)Carotene
b)Chlorophll
g)Haemoglobin
d)Mitochondria
Question no. 17 to 20 are
These consist of two Assertion-Reasoning based questions.
selecting
(a)Both
Assertion
statements-Assertion(A)
the appropriate option given
and Reason are Truebelow:
and Reason(R).
Answer these questions
Assertion. and Reason is the
(b)Both Assertion and correct explanation of the
Assertion. Reason are True but Reason is not the
(c) Assertion is True but Correct explanation ot te
the Reason False.
is
(d) Assertion is False bur
Reason is true
17.Assertion (A):Baking soda creates acidity in the stomach
Reason(R): Baking soda is alkaline.
18. Assertion(A)- Energy is
used during the process of
Reason(R)- Respiration stores energy in the form respiration.
of ATP.
19.Assertion: On freely suspending a current-carrying solenoid, it comes to
direction just like a bar magnet. rest in N-S
Reason: One end of current carrying straight solenoid
as a South pole. behaves as a North pole and the ot
20. AssertionTraits like tallness and
dwarfness in pea plant are inherited independently
Reason - Homozygous pea plant is crossed with dwarf pea plant , medium sized pea
is obtained.

SECTION-B
Question no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.
21.Write the chemical formula and common name for calcium oxide and describe how
produced from calcium carbonate with the help of an cquation ?
22. What happens when :
1. Planaria cuts into picces
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sporangia burst
2.
MucUs: does not help in digestion of food, still is secreted by stomach wail. Why"" iive oe
23.
diflerenebetween pepsin and trypsin.
Or

Whichsteps of photosynthesis requires sunlight ?

(a)Detine absolute refractive index.
24.
(6)The refractive indices of water and glass with respect to air are 4/3 and 3/2 respectively. If
thespeed of light in glass is 2 x 10 ms', find the speed of light in water.
electron enters a uniform magnetic field at right angles to it as shown in the figure
Jn In which direction will this electron move? State the rule applied by you in finding
ke direction of motion of the electron.If electron is replaced by proton in the given figure
then in which direction the proton will move?

Ekxton

Alngietir fild

OR
A Diece of wire of resistance R is cut into three equal parts.
These parts are
paçállel. If the equivalent resistance of this parallel combination is R1, whatthen connected in
is the value of the
ratio R1:R2

26. What is biological magnification ? Will the levels of this

different levels of ecosystem ? magnification be different at

SECTION-C
Question no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions.
27.

6 volt battery Butb

Switch

Beaker

Natl
1ilate NaOti
soute
Rubbes
cork
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a) What will be observed

in thc above sct up?
place of
b) What will happen if glucose solution is taken in NaOH? Give
c)What will happen if., HCI solution is taken in place of
reason.
NaOH? Give reason.
28.In the electrolysis of water
(a)Name the gas collected at the anode and the cathode
(b) Why the volume of one gas, collected at one electrode respectively.
is double
this gas. than that at the other?
(c)How willyou test the gas evolved at cathode?. Nam
OR
Write any three characteristics of ionic compounds and
explain them in brief.
29. What is blood pressure ? How it is measured? Which
arteries connected to them ? two chambers of
human heart have
30. Ablue colour flower plant
denoted by BB is cross-bred with that of white
plant denoted by bb. colour flower
(a) State the colour of flower you
would expect in their F1generation plants.
(b) What must be the percentage of
white flower plants in F2 generation if flowers of F
are self-pollinated? plants
c) Atrait may be inherited but may not be
expressed. Explain taking above example.
31. A student focused the image of an
object ona
noted down the positions of the object, screen and white screen using a converging lens. He
the lens on a scale as given below:
Position of object=10.0cm; Position of lens = 50.0 cm: Position of
(a) Find the focal length of the screen = 90.0 cm
(b)Show the image on a diagram converging lens.
if the object is shifted towards the lens at a position of 30.0
cm.
(c) Explain why the refractive index of any material with respect to is
air always greater 1.

32. Two lamps, one rated 40W at 220V and the other 100 W at 220V, are
to the electric supply at 220V. connected in paralie
(a) Calculate the current drawn from the
(b)Calculate the total energy consumed byelectric supply.
hour.
the two lamps together when they operate iot e
(c)Why alloys are used to make heating elements instead of
metals?
33.(a)Explain working of fuse in household cicuits.
the
(b) Draw the magnetic field lines produced around a circular wire lying in the plane of table an
direction of current is anticlockwise.
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2. Where does fertilisation takes place
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3. What is placenta ?What is its function?
36.A 10cm long pencil is placed 5cm in
front of a
functions of ovary ?
curvature of 40 cm.
concave mirror having a
(Determine the position ofthe
(i) What is the size of the image?image formed by this mirror
radius of
(i1) Draw aray diagram to show the
formation of the
OR image as mentioned in the part (i).

F pfifopai

The above image shows a thin

lens of focal length 5m.
6) What is the kind of lens
shown in the above figure?
(ü) If a real &inverted image is to
be formed by this lens at a
centre,then show with calculation where should the distance of 7m from the optical
(i) Draw a neatly labeled object be placed?
diagram of the image formation mentioned in(ii)
Question no. 37 to 39 are
Internal choice is providedcase-based/data-based
in one of these questions with 2 to 3 short sub-parts.
37.The metals in the middle of the activity sub-parts.
are moderately reactive. These series such as iron, zinc, lead, copper,
easier to obtain a netalfrom its are usually
oxide, as
1present as sulphides or carbonates in nature. It is
prior to reduction, the metal comnared to its sulphides and carbonates. Ihereloi
a) Narne and define the sulphides and carbonates must be converted into metal oxides.
b) Give an process of conversion of metal sulphides to metal oxides.
oxides. equati0n for the conversion of metal sulphides and metal carbonates to metal

OR
biiive equations to Convert
33.The most obv1Ou5 GutcomeCinnabar
of the reproductive process is the generation ofindividualsof
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exhibiton Base on thet dennstrated civuit,answer thc
quests follwiug
( State what happens when switch \is
onnevtd to
a Postion?
N Position
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