Design of Question Paper Sample Question Paper X - Science (Theory)
Design of Question Paper Sample Question Paper X - Science (Theory)
Design of Question Paper Sample Question Paper X - Science (Theory)
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The weightage of marks for different topics of the content for the question paper shall be
as under:
1. Chemical Substances 18
2. World of living 16
3. Effects of current 10
4. Light 08
5. Natural Resources :
(i) Sources of Energy 04
(ii) Our Environment and 04
Management of Natural Resources
Total 60
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C. Number of Sections
The question paper will have two sections A & B
D. Scheme of Options
There will be no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in every question of
five marks category.
E. Weightage to difficulty level of questions
1. Easy 15
2. Average 70
3. Difficult 15
F. Typology of Questions
In order to assess different abilities related to the subject, the question paper includes
open-ended questions, drawing/illustrations based questions, communication-skill based
questions and activity-based questions.
About 20% weightage has been assigned to questions testing higher order
thinking skills of learners.
BLUE PRINT I
X SCIENCE (THEORY)
Form of
Questions
VSA SA - I SA - II LA Total
Unit (1 Mark) (2 Marks) (3 Marks) (5 Marks)
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SAMPLE PAPER I
X - SCIENCE (THEORY)
Time : 2½ Hours Max. Marks : 60
General Instructions
1. The question paper comprises of two sections A and B. You have to attempt both the sections.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. There is no overall choice. However, internal choice has been provided in all the three questions of five
marks category. Only one option in such questions is to be attempted.
4. All questions of section A and all questions of section B are to be attempted separately.
5. Questions 1 to 6 in section A and 17 to 19 in section B are very short answer questions.These
carry one mark each.
6. Questions 7 to 10 in section A and 20 to 24 in section B are short answer type questions and carry two
marks each.
7. Questions 11 to 14 in section A and 25 to 26 in section B are also short answer type questions and
carry three marks each.
8. Questions 15 and 16 in section A and question 27 in section B are long answer type questions and
carry five marks each.
SECTION A
1. A ray of light LM is incident on a mirror as shown in the figure. The angle of incidence for this ray is
the angle between it and the line joining two other points in the figure. Name these two points.
2. Metals generally occur in solid state. Name and write symbol of a metal that exists in liquid state at
room temperature. (1)
3. During summer season, a milkman usually adds a very small amount of baking soda to fresh milk. Give
one reason. (1)
4. The following table gives the values of refractive indices of a few media.
S.No. 1 2 3 4 5
Medium Water Crown Glass Rock salt Ruby Diamond
Refractive 1.33 1.52 1.54 1.71 2.42
Index
Use this table to give an example of a medium pair so that light speeds up when it goes from one of
these media to another. (1)
5. Why do potato chips manufacturers fill the packet of chips with nitrogen gas? (1)
6. Generally alloys are used in electrical heating devices instead of pure metals. What could be the
reason? (1)
7. Tooth enamel is one of the hardest substances in our body. How does it undergo damage due to eating
chocolates and sweets? How do tooth pastes prevent this damage? (2)
8. A student has been collecting silver coins and copper coins. One day she observed a black coating on
silver coins and green coating on copper coins. Give the chemical name of black and green coating.
How are they formed? (2)
9. Two students perform the experiments on series and parallel combinations of two given resistors R1
and R2 and plot the following V-I graphs.
Which of two diagrams correctly represent the labels ‘series and parallel’ on the plotted curves?
Justify your answer. (2)
10. Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines of a current carrying solenoid. What does the pattern of field
lines inside the solenoid indicate? Write one application of magnetic field of current carrying solenoid.
(2)
11. Out of two solar cookers, one was covered with a plane glass slab and the other was left open. Which
of the two solar cookers will be more efficient and why? (2)
12. What is biogas? How is it obtained from biomass? Why is biogas considered an ideal fuel? (2)
13. A student finds the writing on the blackboard blurred and unclear when sitting on the last desk in the
classroom. He however, sees it clearly when sitting on the front desk at an approximate distance of 2m
from the blackboard.
Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the formation of image of the blackboard writing by his eye-lens when
he is seated at the (i) last desk (ii) front desk.
Name the kind of lens that would help him to see clearly even when he is seated at the last desk. Draw
a ray diagram to illustrate how this lens helps him to see clearly. (3)
14. What is meant by reactivity series of metals? State which of the following chemical reactions will take
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(5)
18. In a household electric circuit different appliances are connected in parallel to one another. Give two
reasons.
An electrician puts a fuse of rating 5A in that part of domestic electrical circuit in which an electrical
heater of rating 1.5kW, 220V is operating. What is likely to happen in this case and why? What
change, if any, needs to be made? (5)
OR
You are given following current-time graphs from two different sources:
SECTION B
19. Why do aquatic animals breath faster that the terrestrial animals? 1
20. Name one plant growth hormone which retards growth during extremely dry season. 1
21. When plants are eaten by primary consumers, a great deal of energy is lost as heat to the environment
and some amount goes in carrying out various life processes. State the average percentage of energy
lost in this manner. 1
22. List the sequence of events that occur when a plant is exposed to unidirectional light, leading to bending
of a growing shoot. Also name the hormone and the type of movement 2
23. From the set of figures given below, make a pair of homologous and analogous organs each and give
one reason in case of both, to justify your answer. 2
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24. How is transport of water in xylem tissue different from translocation of food in phloem tissue?
25. A group of grass hoppers – some green and some brown lived in a grassland having dry bushes and
dry grass.
(a) Which one would normally be picked up by predatory birds and why? 3
Q.26 Make an aquatic food chain up to tertiary consumer level. State the trophic level at which concen-
tration of pesticide is maximum and why? 3
Q.27 Identify male and female in the figures given below. Also fill in the blanks 3 to 8 and then clarify about
the misconception that mother and not father is responsible for bearing daughters and not sons.
OR
3. How is this life process advantageous to the organisms? Mention any two advantages. 5
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1. M and C 1
2. Mercury / Hg 1
3. Being alkaline, baking soda neutralizes the lactic acid formed in the milk and prevents its spoilage.
4. Any pair of media from higher refractive index to lower refractive index say medium 2 to 1. 1
5. To provide an inert atmosphere to prevent chips from getting oxidised. 1
6. Alloys have high melting point./ do not oxidize (burn) readily at high temperature. 1
7. Tooth enamel is made up of calcium phosphate which gets corroded when the pH in the mouth is
below 5.5. Bacteria present in the mouth produce acids by degradation of sugar in the mouth after
eating. Tooth pastes which contain bases, neutralize the acid formed. 2
8. Black coating : Silver sulphide. ½
Green coating : Copper carbonate ½
By the action of (i) H2S or sulphur compounds present in the atmosphere. ½
(ii) Atmospheric carbon dioxide ½
9. A is correct 1
As effective resistance is greater in series combination compared to parallel combination, V/R will be
less for series combination, hence strength of the current will be lower for series combination. 1
10. Pattern of magnetic field lines ½
It indicates that the magnetic field is the same at all points inside the solenoid 1
For making an electromagnet ½
11. The solar cooker with the glass slab: as the heat gets trapped within the cooker and the temperature of
the cooker rises. It rises more than the uncovered cooker/green house effect. 2
12. Biogas is a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide. ½
Biogas is obtained by anaerobic decomposition of biomas. ½
1. Heating Capacity high
2. Burnes without smoke
3. Leaves no residue ½x2
4. Slurry left behind can be used as a manure
13. Correct Ray Diagrams ½, ½
(b)
16. (a) E ½
(b) D ½
(c ) B ½
(d) Noble Gases /Inert Gases ½
(e) D, atomic radius decreases with greater nuclear charge in the same period ½, ½
17. (i) Ethanoic acid / Acetic acid 1
(ii) CH3COOH+ C2H5OH à CH3COOC2H5+H2O 1
(iii) Saponification
CH3COOC2H5 NaOHà C2H5OH+CH3COOH ½+½
(iv) CO2 GAS 1
2CH3COOH+Na2CO3à 2CH3COONa +H2O+CO2 1
OR
(a) Due to the property of Catenation. Carbon has unique property to form bonds with other carbon
atoms. 1
(b) Saturated compounds are those in which all the valencies of carbon atoms are satisfied by single
bond between them. 1
In unsaturated compounds, the valency per carbon atom remains unsatisfied. Thus there is a double
bond between carbon atoms. 1
(c) Unsaturated hydrocarbon 1
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SECTION - B
19. Because the dissolved oxygen is fairly low in water compared to the amount of oxygen in the air.
½+½
20. Abscisic acid 1
21. 90% 1
22. -
- Auxin diffuses towards shady side. ½+½
- Causes elongation on one side ( shady side) resulting in bending. ½
- Phototropic movement ½
23 Bird wing and Bat wing – Analogous, ½
structures different but functions same, ½
Human forelimb and Bird wing - Homologous, ½
structure same but functions different. ½
24 Physical forces (like transpiration pull & root pressure) help in transport of water in xylem while
translocation of food in phloem is achieved by utilizing energy.// No energy required for water trans-
port in xylem, energy required for translocation of food in phloem 1+1
25 a) Green grass hopper, because they stand out, against brown background of dry bushes.
(½+½ + ½)
b) Brown ½
c) Natural selection. (1)
26 e.g. Phytoplankton ? Zooplankton ?Small fish ? Bird ½×4=2
(any other suitable example of aquatic food chain)
Tertiary consumer (e.g. Bird) ½
Pesticides are not degradable & get progressively accumulated at each trophic level. ½
27. 1. Male
2. Female
3. X and Y
4. X and X
5. XX
6. XX
7. XY
8. XY ½ x 8= 4
A child who inherits ‘X’ chromosome from father will be a girl and the one who inherits ‘Y’ chromo-
some from father will be a boy. 1
OR
1. A. Hydra
B. Fungi
C. Bryophyllum
D. Planaria ½ x 4=2
2. Asexual mode of reproduction 1
3.
• Only one individual is required
• Progeny is identical like p/arents
• Produced in large number (any other valid point) (Any two) 1 x 2=2
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