DE DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL- BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION (2024- 2025)

SAMPLE PAPER

CLASS: X TIME: 3 Hours

SUBJECT:SCIENCE M.M.: 80
General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A student is
expected to attempt only one of these questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to these questions
should be in the range of 30 to 50 words.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each. Answers to these
questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.

Section-A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of
the questions 1 - 20. There is no negative mark for incorrect response.

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6 Aluminium is used for making cooking utensils. Which of the following properties of 1
aluminium are responsible for the same?
(i) Good thermal conductivity
(ii) Good electrical conductivity
(iii) Ductility
(iv) High melting point
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (ii) and (iii)
(d) (i) and (iv)
7 Which of the following is the correct arrange-ment of the given metals in ascending order of 1
their reactivity?
Zinc, Iron, Magnesium, Sodium
(a) Zinc > Iron > Magnesium > Sodium
(b) Sodium > Magnesium > Iron > Zinc
(c) Sodium > Zinc > Magnesium > Iron
(d) Sodium > Magnesium > Zinc > Iron
8 Which of the following statements about the autotrophs is incorrect? 1
(a) They synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight
and chlorophyll.
(b) They store carbohydrates in the form of starch.
(c) They convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the absence of sunlight.
(d) They constitute the first trophic level in food chains.
9 Which of the following groups of organisms represent saprophytic nutrition. 1
(a) Paramecium, Plasmodium. Amoeba
(b) Tapeworm, Bed bug, Leech
(c) Green plants, Bacteria, Euglena
(d) Mushroom, Rhizopus, Yeast
10 Which nerves transmit impulses from the central nervous system towards muscle cells? 1
(a) Sensory nerves
(b) Motor nerves
(c) Relay nerves
(d) Cranial nerves
11 Refer to the below given diagram of the Human Digestive System and select the correct 1
option.

(a) If part Y is removed in a person, then he / she will not be able to digest
carbohydrates at all.
(b) Both X and Y pour their digestive juices in the small intestine for digestion of
various components of food.
(c) Y secretes digestive juice which is capable of digesting fats, proteins and
carbohydrates present in the food.
(d) In part X complete digestion of all the components of food takes place.

12 Choose the secretions that play an important role in the digestion of fats. 1
(a) Pancreatic Juice, Saliva
(b) Bile Juice, Pancreatic Juice
(c) Gastric Juice, Bile Juice
(d) Intestinal Juice, Hydrochloric acid
13 A concave mirror produces a magnification of + 4. The object is placed : 1
(a) at the focus (b) between focus and center of curvature
(c) between focus and pole (d) beyond the center of curvature
14 To focus the image of a nearby object on the retina of an eye : 1
(a) the distance between eye-lens and retina is increased
(b) the distance between eye-lens and retina is decreased
(c) the thickness of eye-lens is decreased
(d) the thickness of eye-lens is increased
15 Choose the correct statement that explains Photolysis. 1
(a) Splitting of water molecules into hydrogen ions and oxygen in the presence of light
in grana.
(b) Splitting of water molecules into hydrogen ions and oxygen in the presence of light
in the stroma.
(c) Splitting of water molecules into hydrogen ions and oxygen in the absence of light
in grana.
(d) Splitting of water molecules into hydrogen ions and oxygen in the absence of light
in stoma.
16 Which part of the neuron is sometimes myelinated? 1
(a) Dendrite
(b) Cell body
(c) Axon
(d) Nerve endings
Question No. 17 to 20 consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer
these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.

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18 Assertion(A): Insulin regulates blood sugar level. 1

Reason (R): Insufficient secretion of insulin will cause diabetes.
19 Assertion(A) : Longer wires have greater resistance and the smaller wires have lesser 1
resistance.
Reason (R) : Resistance is inversely proportional to the length of the wire.
20 Assertion(A): The human tongue is responsible for the sense of taste. 1
Reason (R): Tongue consists of olfactory receptors

Section - B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions

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22 What is feedback mechanism? Explain in detail with a suitable example. 2

23 What is neuromuscular junction? Explain the conduction of messages at a neuromuscular 2
junction.

OR

In physiology, respiration is the movement of oxygen from the outside environment to the
cells within tissues, and the removal of carbon dioxide in the opposite direction that's to the
environment.
(a) Why is there a difference in the rate of breathing between aquatic organisms and
terrestrial organisms?
(b) Briefly state the Mechanism of breathing.
24 Find the distance at which an object should be placed in front of a convex lens of focal 2
length 10 cm to obtain an image of double its size.

25 Water has a refractive index 1·33 and alcohol has refractive index 1·36. Which of the two 2
mediums is optically denser? Give reason for your answer. Draw a ray diagram to show the
path of a ray of light passing obliquely from water to alcohol.

OR.

(i) A ray of light falls normally on the face of a glass slab. What are the values of angle of
incidence and angle of refraction of this ray?
(ii) Light enters from air to a medium ‘X’. Its speed in medium ‘X’ becomes 1·5 × 10 8 m/s.
Speed of light in air 3 × 108 m/s. Find the refractive index of medium ‘X’.

26 The human circulatory system is a double circulatory system. It has two separate circuits. 2
(a) State: Double Circulation.
(b) Name the two circuits / pathways of double circulation.
(c) What is the importance of double circulation?

Section - C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions

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29 (a) Differentiate between : Fragmentation & Regeneration ( 2 pts each) 3
(b) List advantages of vegetative propagation in plants.

30 With the help of a well labeled flow chart show the 3 pathways of glucose breakdown based 3
on availability of O2

OR

Excretory system has a function to remove nitrogenous waste products as well as

osmoregulation.
(a) Draw a neat diagram of the Human Excretory System.
(b) Label (i) Ureter (ii) Urinary Bladder
(c) Define: Osmoregulation

31 Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow it: 3

(a) Which defect of vision is represented in this case? Give reason for your answer.
(b) What could be the two causes of this defect?
32 i) How can we recombine the components of white light after a prism has separated them? 3
Draw a diagram to illustrate it.
ii)A glass prism is able to produce a spectrum when white light passes through it but a glass
slab does not produce any spectrum. Explain why is it so?
33 (a) What is meant by the power of accommodation of an eye? 3
(b) A person with a myopic eye cannot see objects beyond 1.2 m directly. What should be
the type of the corrective lens used? What would be its power?

Section - D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions.

34 Write balanced chemical equations to explain what happens, when 5

(i) Mercuric oxide is heated.
(ii) Mixture of cuprous oxide and cuprous sulphide is heated.
(iii) Aluminium is reacted with manganese dioxide.
(iv) Ferric oxide is reduced with aluminium.
(v) Zinc carbonate undergoes calcination

OR

Draw a schematic diagram of the various steps involved in the extraction of metals from ores
for metals of medium reactivity and for metals of low reactivity.
35 Asexual reproduction is performed by simple organisms and is uniparental. 5
(a) Differentiate between Fission and Budding.
(b) With the help of a well labeled diagram explain regeneration in Planaria.
(c) Mention two advantages of spore formation.

OR

The endocrine system is a complex network of glands and organs.

(a) Write a characteristic feature of the endocrine system.
(b) Reason out: “Pancreas is a heterocrine gland.”
(c) What is the main difference between Turgor and Tropic plant movements?
(d) Identify the movement shown by:
(i) Tendril in image P and
(ii) Root in image Q.

36 i) To construct a ray diagram we use two light rays which are so chosen that it is easy to 5
know their directions after reflection from the mirror. List these two rays and state the path
of these rays after reflection. Use these rays to locate the image of an object placed between
the center of curvature and focus of a concave mirror.
ii)Calculate the magnification of the image of an object placed perpendicular to the principal
axis of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The object is at a distance of 20 cm from the
mirror.

OR

i)Draw ray diagrams to show the formation of three times magnified (a) real, and (b) virtual
image of an object by a converging lens. Mark the positions of O, F and 2F in each diagram.
ii) The image of an object formed by a lens is of magnification -1. If the distance between
the object and its image is 60 cm, what is the focal length of the lens?

Section - E
Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2
to 3 short sub-parts.
Internal choice is provided in one of these sub-parts.
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38 Heterotrophic nutrition is a mode of nutrition in which organisms depend upon other 4
organisms for food to survive. They can't make their own food like green plants.
Heterotrophic organisms have to take in all the organic substances they need to survive. All
heterotrophs (except blood and gut parasites) have to convert solid food into soluble
compounds which are capable of being absorbed (digestion). Then the soluble products of
digestion for the organism are being broken down for the release of energy (respiration). All
heterotrophs depend on autotrophs for their nutrition.
(a) How is the wall of the small intestine adapted for performing the function of
absorption of food?
(b) Identify the part labeled X and mention the secretions it secrets.

(c) As per the graph given below, what is the effect of temperature on the rate of starch
digestion?

(d) Mention role of HCl released by gastric glands in digestion.

OR
(d) Give one point of difference between Holozoic and Parasitic nutrition.
39 We can see that, as the applied voltage is increased the current through the wire also 4
increases. It means that the potential difference across the terminals of the wire is directly
proportional to the electric current passing through it at a given temperature.
Thus, V= IR
Where R is the proportionality constant called as resistance of the wire. Thus, we can say
that the resistance of the wire is inversely proportional to the electric current. As the
resistance increases, current through the wire decreases. The resistance of the conductor is
directly proportional to length of the conductor, inversely proportional to the area of cross
section of the conductor and also depends on the nature of the material from which
conductor is made. Thus R= qL/A, where q is the resistivity of the material of the conductor.
According to the resistivity of the material they are classified as conductors, insulators and
semiconductors. It is observed that the resistance and resistivity of the material varies with
temperature. And hence there are vast applications of these materials based on their
resistivity.
The SI unit of resistance is ohm while the SI unit of electric current is ampere. The potential
difference is measured in volt. Conductors are the materials which are having less resistivity
or more conductivity and hence they are used for transmission of electricity. Alloys are
having more resistivity than conductors and hence they are used in electric heating devices.
While insulators are bad conductors of electricity.
1) What is resistivity, write the SI unit of resistivity.
2) How is resistance of a conductor different from resistivity?
3) Calculate the resistivity of the material of a wire of length 1 m, radius 10-4m and
resistance 20 ohms.
OR
3) A wire has a resistance of 16 Ω. It is melted and drawn into a wire of half its original
length. Calculate the resistance of the new wire.