Science (Code-A) Model Test Paper-1 for Class X

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SCIENCE (Theory)
Time : 3 Hours Class - X (Code-A) Max. Marks : 90

Summative Assessment - II
General Instructions :
1. The question paper comprises of two Sections, A and B. You are to attempt both the sections.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. All questions of Section-A and all questions of Section-B are to be attempted separately.
4. Question number 1 to 3 in Section-A are one mark question. These are to be answered in one word
or in one sentence.
5. Question numbers 4 to 6 in Section-A are two marks questions. These are to be answered in about
30 words each.
6. Question numbers 7 to 18 in Section-A are three marks questions. These are to be answered in about
50 words each.
7. Question numbers 19 to 24 in Section-A are five marks questions. These are to be answered in about
70 words each.
8. Question numbers 25 to 33 in Section-B are multiple choice questions based on practical skills. Each
question is a one mark question. You are to choose one most appropriate response out of the four
provided to you.
9. Question numbers 34 to 36 in Section-B are based on practical skills. Each question is a two marks
question.

SECTION-A
1. Write the IUPAC name of CH3  CH2  CH2  Br. [1]
2. How many mismatched pairs of chromosomes are present in a human male cell? [1]
3. Give any two examples of man-made ecosystem. [1]
4. A real object of height 5 cm is kept at 20 cm in front of a concave mirror. If image formed is virtual and three
times magnified than the object, then locate the image position. [2]
5. (i) Why are forests considered as ‘biodiversity hotspots’? [1]
(ii) What is the main aim of management of forests and wildlife? Why? [1]
6. (i) What are the advantages of watershed management? [1]
(ii) Name any two structures which are used as indigenous water saving methods to capture water. [1]
7. A person having defective eyes needs a corrective lens of power +2 D. Find the near point of distinct vision
for this person. [3]

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8. Ravi uses bucket and mug while bathing instead of using shower. [3]
(i) What are the three R’s to save environment?
(ii) Which of the three R’s do we practise when we switched off unnecessary lights and fans?
(iii) What value do we get from the given activity of Ravi?
9. A light ray from sun focus at 10 cm in front of a concave mirror. If an object is kept 15 cm from this mirror
on its principal axis, then locate the position of the screen to get the sharp image of this object. [3]
10. Give any two advantages and one disadvantage of detergents over soaps. [3]
11. On moving down a group in the Modern Periodic Table, the non-metallic character decreases, why? [3]
12. Give any three limitations of Mendeleev’s Periodic classification system. [3]
13. Mention any three properties of carbon which give it a special status as an element. [3]
14. (i) What are the tools used for studying the human evolution? Which character is commonly used to identify
the human race? [2]
(ii) From where the earliest members of Homo sapiens can be traced? [1]
15. (i) What is biological magnification? [1]
(ii) How do harmful substances like DDT get accumulated at different trophic levels in a food chain? [2]
16. (i) What is pollination? [1]
(ii) What happens to the flowers after fertilization? [2]
17. (i) What is puberty? [1]
(ii) Differentiate between secondary sexual characteristics of human male and female that appear during
adolescence. [2]
18. (i) What are fossils? [1]
(ii) How can you suggest that birds evolved from reptiles? Give any one feature common to them. [2]
19. (i) (a) Why does sky appear dark to the astronaut who is travelling at very high altitudes to the space? [1]
(b) How is rainbow formed? Depict with the help of a diagram. [1½]
(ii) A person cannot see properly beyond 4 m. Suggest the corrective lens of appropriate power for him. [2½]
20. (i) What is Snell’s law? [2]
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(ii) The refractive index of a particular glass with respect to water is . Find the difference in the speed of
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4
light in them. [Given the absolute refractive index of water = ] [3]
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21. An organic compound ‘X’ with molecular C2H6O reacts with another compound ‘Y’ with molecular formula C2H4O2
in the presence of a mineral acid to produce another compound ‘Z’ which has fruity smell. ‘Z’ reacts with sodium
hydroxide to produce ‘X’ and the sodium salt of ‘Y’. Identify ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ and write their chemical formulae
and the chemical reactions involved. [5]
22. (i) Draw ray diagrams for the image formation by a convex lens in following cases (Symbols have their usual
meanings) [3]
(a) Object is in between 2F1 and F1.
(b) Object is in between F1 and O.
(ii) Two lenses of focal lengths 50 cm and –25 cm respectively are placed in close contact. Find the effective
power of combination. [2]
23. (i) Which type of fertilization takes place in humans and how? [3]
(ii) Write any two functions of fertilization. [2]

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24. (i) What is heredity? Give any two recessive traits found in pea plants. [3]
(ii) Draw a flow chart to explain the independent inheritance of two separate traits, shape and colour of the
seeds of pea plant. [2]

SECTION-B
25. The converging and diverging nature are shown by ______ and ______ respectively.
(1) Concave mirror, convex lens (2) Convex mirror, concave lens
(3) Concave mirror, concave lens (4) Convex lens, concave mirror
26. The radius of curvature of concave mirror is always ______ to the mirror.
(1) Parallel (2) Perpendicular
(3) Inclined at 60° to the mirror (4) Inclined at 45° to the mirror
27. The angle between the incident ray and reflected ray if angle of reflection is 45°, is
(1) 90° (2) 45°
(3) 60° (4) 180°
28. The IUPAC name of glacial acetic acid is
(1) Formic acid (2) Methanoic acid
(3) Ethanoic acid (4) Propanoic acid
29. Which of the following is obtained as a byproduct during the preparation of soap?
(1) Glycerol (2) Formaldehyde
(3) Methanoic acid (4) Sodium sulphate
30. Which of the following is insoluble in water?
(1) Ethanol (2) Ethanoic acid
(3) Calcium carbonate (4) Sodium chloride
31. The part of embryonic axis between plumule and point of attachment is called
(1) Micropyle (2) Epicotyl
(3) Testa (4) Hypocotyl
32. Wings of butterfly and humming bird are the examples of
(1) Homologous organs (2) Rudimentary organs
(3) Vestigial organs (4) Analogous organs
33. Which of the following always forms an erect image for a real object?
(1) Concave mirror (2) Convex mirror
(3) Concave lens (4) Convex lens
34. A student wants to find the focal length of (i) a concave mirror and (ii) a convex lens by focussing the image
of a distant object on a screen. Draw the ray diagrams in both the cases.
35. If a pinch of baking soda is added to acetic acid, a brisk effervescence is observed due to the evolution of a
gas ‘X’. Write the chemical formula of X and its effect on blue coloured moist litmus paper.
36. With regard to Amoeba, yeast and Hydra, two are reproduce by the same mode of asexual reproduction.
Identify them and mention their mode of asexual reproduction. Also mention the mode of asexual reproduction
in the third organism.

  

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SCIENCE (Theory)
Class - X (Code-A)
Summative Assessment - II

SOLUTIONS

SECTION-A
A1. Bromopropane
A2. One pair (X and Y sex chromosomes) or two chromosomes.
A3. Garden, aquarium, crop field (any two)
A4. Given, h0 = 5 cm
u = –20 cm
m = +3
v=?

v
∵ m 3
u
(v )
 3
( 20)
 v = 60 cm
A5. (i) Forests are considered as ‘biodiversity hotspots’ because of the presence of large number of plant and
animal species.
(ii) The main aim of management of forests and wildlife is to conserve vast biodiversity that we have inherited.
Its loss may lead to the loss of ecological stability of the ecosystem.
A6. (i) Watershed management mitigates droughts and floods and increases the life of the downstream dam and
reservoirs. It also increases the production and income of the watershed community.
(ii) Earthen dams, dykes, sand and limestone reservoirs. (any two)
1 1
A7. The power (P) of corrective lens is given as +2 D, hence its focal length =  m = 0.5 m (it is a convex
P 2
lens).

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So, the person is suffering with hypermetropia.

For this person, the object at 25 cm is to be focussed at 50 cm for distinct vision.
So, u = –25 cm
v=?
f = 50 cm
1 1 1
∵  
v u f
1 1 1
  
v ( 25) (50)
1 1 1
  
v 50 25
 v = –50 cm
Hence, near point of distinct vision is 50 cm.
A8. (i) Reduce, Recycle and Reuse are the three R’s to save the environment.
(ii) Reduce
(iii) We should be aware about the misuse of water. We can save water by the practice of Reduce.
A9. Here, the ray from sun (infinity) focuses at principal focus (F) which is 10 cm from the pole (P).
∵ f = –10 cm
u = –15 cm
v=? P
O F
1 1 1
  10 cm
v u f
15 cm
1 1 1
   30 cm
v ( 15) ( 10)
1 1 1
 = 
v 15 10
23
=
30
1
=
30
 v = –30 cm
Hence, the screen is to be kept at 30 cm in front of the mirror to get the sharp real image.
A10. Advantages of detergents over soaps :
(a) Detergents can be used even in hard water whereas soaps cannot be.
(b) Detergents can be used even in acidic medium but soaps cannot be.
Disadvantages of detergents over soaps :
Detergents have highly branched hydrocarbon chains so, these are non-biodegradable and cause environmental
pollution.
A11. Moving down the group, atomic size gradually increases. Due to this increase in size of the atom, the force
of attraction between the valence electrons and nucleus decreases. As a result, the valence electrons can
easily be removed from the valence shell and hence the metallic character increases and non-metallic character
decreases on moving down a group of the Modern Periodic Table.

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A12. Limitations of Mendeleev’s Classification System :

(a) Position of isotopes : There is no specific position for the isotopes of the elements.
(b) Anomalous position of hydrogen : Hydrogen shows similarity with both alkali metals and halogens
hence its position in Mendeleev’s Periodic Table was anomalous.
(c) Irregular position of some elements : Some elements of higher atomic weight were placed before the
elements of lesser atomic weight e.g., Ni(58.7) was placed after Co(58.9).
A13. Three properties of carbon which give it a special status as an element are
(a) Its small size.
(b) Its ability to form large number of compounds due to catenation.
(c) Its tetravalence.
A14. (i) Excavating, time-dating, studying fossils and determining DNA sequences are the tools have been used
for studying human evolution.
Skin colour is commonly used to identify the human race.
(ii) The earliest member of Homo sapiens can be traced from Africa.
A15. (i) The progressive accumulation of non-degradable chemicals in different trophic levels is known as biological
magnification.
(ii) Harmful substances like DDT are sprayed over the crop plants to protect them from pests and diseases.
These chemicals get mixed with the soil and its surface run off from fields leads to pollution of both soil
and water.
From soil, these are absorbed by the plants and are then taken by the animals further. From water bodies,
these are taken up by the aquatic plants and animals.
A16. (i) Pollination : It is the process of transfer and deposition of pollen grains from anther to stigma of the
flower.
(ii) After fertilization, the zygote divides several times to form an embryo within the ovule. The ovule develops
a tough coat and is gradually converted into a seed. The ovary grows rapidly and ripens to form a fruit.
Meanwhile, the petals, sepals, stamens, style and stigma may shrivel and fall off.
A17. (i) Puberty is the stage at which the production of sex hormones begin and the boys and girls become
sexually mature.
(ii) Difference in secondary sexual characteristics :

Male Female
(a) Enlargement of testes, scrotum and (a) Breast size begins to increase.
penis take place.
(b) Body becomes muscular. (b) Fat gets deposited in various body parts
like thighs and hips.
(c) Voice begins to crack and becomes deep (c) High pitch voice.
(low pitch voice).
(d) Skin becomes coarse and develop facial (d) Skin becomes soft and smooth.
hair.

A18. (i) The naturally preserved remains, traces or impressions of ancient organisms in the earth crust are called
fossils.
(ii) Some dinosaurs had feathres, although they could not fly using the feathers. Birds have later adapted
the feathers to flight. This shows that birds are very closely related to reptiles, since dinosaurs were
reptiles.
Both of them lay fertilised eggs.

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A19. (i) (a) The sky appears dark to the astronaut travelling at very high altitudes because scattering is not
prominent at such heights. And the reason for this is that at high altitudes atmosphere is absent and
in absence of molecules, scattering does not take place.
(b) The rainbow is formed due to two successive phenomenon of light as refraction and total internal
reflection. In rainy season, sometimes after rain showers if water droplets are suspended in air then
sun rays fall on it and get refracted and then undergo total internal reflection. Since different rays
colours follow different path while reaching us and hence we observe a rainbow.

Sun

R
O
Y
G Water droplets
B
I
V
(ii) Since the person is unable to see beyond 4 m, so he is suffering from defect of eye called Myopia. So,
he needs a concave lens so that the object at infinity (very far) can be focused at 4 m.
 u = –
v = –4 m
f=?
1 1 1
∵  
v u f
1 1 1
  
4  f
 f = –4 m
1
P= = –0.25 D
4
The negative sign confirms that the lens is concave.
Hence, the person should use concave lens of power –0.25 D.
A20. (i) Snell’s law : The ratio of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is constant for a
given pair of optical medium and given wavelength of light.
Mathematically,
sin i
 Constant
sin r
Here, i = angle of incidence, r = angle of refraction
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(ii) Given, wg =
8
4
aw =
3

a g
∵ wg =
a w

ag = wg × aw

9 4 3
=  =
8 3 2

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We know,

c
a med. 
v med.

c
 v med. 
a med.

c 3  108
 vg    2  108 m/s

a g
3
2

c 3  108 9
vw     108  2.25  108 m/s
a w
4 4
3
Hence, the difference in the speed = vw – vg

= 2.25 × 108 – 2 × 108

= 0.25 × 108 m/s

= 2.5 × 107 m/s

A21. As ‘X’ and ‘Y’ react to form ‘Z’ which has fruity smell. ‘Z’ may be an ester. Ester (Z) when reacts with sodium
hydroxide, it forms an alcohol (X) and sodium salt of carboxylic acid (Y). Hence, ‘X’ is an alcohol and ‘Y’ is
a carboxylic acid. As the molecular formula of ‘X’ is C2H6O, it is ethanol (C2H5OH) while the molecular formula
of ‘Y’ is C2H4O2, it is ethanoic acid (CH3COOH). ‘Z’ is ester with molecular formula CH3COOC2H5.

Chemical reactions involved are,


C2H5 OH  CH3 COOH 
H
 CH3 COOC2H5  H2 O
Ethanol (X) Ethanoic acid (Y) Ester (Z)

CH3 COOC2H5  NaOH  CH3 COONa  C2H5 OH

(Z) Sodium salt of ‘Y’ (X)

A22. (i) (a)

2F1 F1 O F2 2F2

(b)

2F1 F1 O F2 2F2

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(ii) f1 = 50 cm

f2 = –25 cm

Let net focal length be f

1 1 1
 
f 50 25

1 1  2 1
 
f 50 50

100 100
Power P    2D
f 50

A23. (i) Internal fertilization takes place in human beings.

Million of males gametes (sperms) are released inside the vagina of female from where they move upwards
through the cervix and uterus into the oviduct where one of the sperms fuses with the egg.

(ii) Functions of fertilization are :

(a) It activates the egg to undergo cleavage i.e., mitotic divisions.

(b) It restores the diploid condition in the zygote.

A24. (i) Inheritance of traits from parents to offsprings is called heredity. White flowers, short plants and wrinkled
seeds. (any two)

(ii) Parents RRYY rryy

(round, yellow) (wrinkled, green)

Gametes RY ry

F1 generation RrYy
(round, yellow)

Gametes RY Ry rY ry
RY RRYY RRYy RrYY RrYy
Ry RRYy RRyy RrYy Rryy
rY RrYY RrYy rrYY rrYy F2 generation

ry RrYy Rryy rrYy rryy

Round, yellow : Round, green : Wrinkled, yellow : Wrinkled, green

9 : 3 : 3 : 1

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SECTION-B
A25. (3)
A26. (2)
A27. (1)

45° 45°

90°

Incident ray Reflected ray

A28. (3)
A29. (1)
A30. (3)
A31. (2)
A32. (4)
A33. (2)
A34. (2)

Far object Far object

F, I F, I

(Image focused (Image focused

in front of mirror) (Concave mirror) (Convex lens) behind the lens)
A35. CO2 and it will turn moist blue litmus paper red.
A36. Yeast and Hydra. They asexually reproduce by budding.
Amoeba reproduces by binary fission.

  

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