X Sci Oct Monthly Test 2024 QP Set C

SET C
केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन, मंबई संभाग

KENDRIYA VIDYALYA SANGATHAN, MUMBAI REGION
मासिक प्रश्न पत्र अगस्त माह 2024/Monthly test October Month 2024
कक्षा / Class : X सिषय /SUBJECT : SCIENCE
असिकतम अंक / Maximum Marks: 40 िमय / TIME : 1.30 Hours
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS -
1. All questions are compulsory
2. This paper has 4 sections
3. Section A contains 1 mark(Q.1 to Q.10) questions
4. Section B contains 2 (Q.11 to Q.13) and 3 (Q.14 to Q.15) mark questions
5. Section C contains 5 (Q.16 to Q.17) mark questions
6. Section D contains 4 mark (Q.18 to Q.19) competency based questions
SECTION - A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1 MARK)
Q.1. Identify the correct statement about the following reaction
2H2S + SO2 ---------> 2H2O + S
(a) H2S is oxidising agent and SO2 is reducing agent
(b) H2S is reduced to Sulphur
(c) H2S is reducing agent and SO2 is oxidising agent
(d) SO2 is oxidised to Sulphur
Q.2. In human respiratory system, when a person breathes in the position of ribs and diaphragm will be
(a) Lifted ribs and curved/dome shaped diaphragm

(b) Lifted ribs and flattened diaphragm
(c) Relaxed ribs and flattened diaphragm
(d) Relaxed ribs and curved/dome shaped diaphragm
Q.3. Which of the following phenomenons of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow
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(a) Reflection, Refraction and Dispersion

(b) Refraction, Dispersion and total internal reflection
(c) Refraction, Dispersion and internal refraction
(d) Dispersion, Scattering and total internal reflection
Q.4. The image shows the path of incident rays to a concave mirror. Where would the reflected rays
meet for the image formation to take place
(a) Behind the mirror

(b) Between F and P
(c) Between C and F
(d) Beyond C
Q.5. Quick lime combines vigourously with water to form comppund (A) which reacts slowly with CO 2 in air
to form compound (B). Comppund (A) and (B) respectively are
(a) Calcium Carbonate and Calicium Hydroxide
(b) Calicium Hydroxide and Calcium Carbonate
(c) Calcium and Calcium Bicarbonate
(d) Calcium Bicarbonate and Calcium
Q.6. Identify the incorrect pair

(a) Pons - Consciousness
(b) Medulla Oblongata – Involuntory activities
(c) Cerebellum – Balance and posture
(d) Cerebrum – Memory and intelligence
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Q.7. The image shows a combination of 4 resistors
What is the net resistance between 2 points in the circuit

(a) 0.5 Ω
(b) 1 Ω
(c) 1.5 Ω
(d) 2 Ω
Q.8. Which of the following is a saturated hydrocarbon?

(a) C6H6
(b) C2H6
(c) C2H4
(d) C3H4
ASSERTION AND REASONING QUESTIONS (1 MARK)
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason
(R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but the reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but the reason (R) is true.
Q.9. Assertion (A): Carbon forms a large number of organic compounds

Reason (R) : Carbon atom contains 6 valence electrons
Q.10. ASSERTION (A): Colonies of yeast multiply in sugar solution

REASONING (R): Sugar is made of sucrose which provides energy for sustaining all life activities
SECTION - B
SHORT ANSWERS (2 MARKS)
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Q.11. Name the term used for the materials which cannot be broken by biological processes.
Give 2 ways by which they harm various components of eco system
OR
Q.11 DDT was sprayed to regulate breeding of mosquitoes. How would it affect the trophic levels
of in the following food chain associated with a lake
Justify your answer and name the process
Q.12. In the diagram of human female reproductive system
a) Label the following parts -

i) Part that produces eggs
ii) Where fusion of egg and sperm take place
iii) where zygote is implanted
b) What is the term given to fusion of male and female

gamete
Q.13. Draw a schematic diagram of an electric circuit consisting of a battery of five 2 V cells, a 20 Ω
resistor, a 30 Ω resistor, a plug key all connected in series. Calculate the value of current flowing
through the 20 Ω resistor.
SHORT ANSWERS (3 MARKS)

Q.14. Draw a labelled diagram to show elctrolytic refining of copper. State what happens when
electric current is passed through electrolytes taken in this case.
Q.15. Energy flow in biosphere is unidirectional justify.
Q.16. (a) Describe the versatile nature of carbon and explain why carbon forms such a large number of
compounds.
(b) Give reason for the followings-
(i) Covalent compounds typically have low melting and boiling points.
(ii) Covalent compounds are generally bad conductors of electricity
(iii) Carbon forms a large number of compounds but silicon does not.
OR
a) Draw the structure of benzene and state the number of single covalent bonds in the compound
b) Draw electron dot structure of CO2
c) Give reason why carbon can neither form C 4+ cations nor C4- anions.
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SECTION - C
LONG ANSWERS (5 MARKS)
Q.17. a) Genotype of a plant bearing purple flower is PP and another plant with white flower is pp. When
they are crossed
i) Identify the genotype and fenotype of F1
ii) What is the genotypic and fenotypic ratio of F2
iii) What percentage of white flowers in the progeny of F2 if F1 plants are self pollenated?
iv) Name the type of experiment
b) Why did Mendal select pea plants for his experiments? (Any 2 points)
SECTION - D
COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS (4 MARKS)
Q.18. Sex determination is the method by which distinction between males and females is
established in a species. The sex of an individual is determined by specific chromosomes.
These chromosomes are called sex chromosomes or allosomes. X and Y chromosomes are
called sex chromosomes. The normal chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes of an
individual are known as autosomes.
(i) In XX-XY type of sex determination
(a) females produce two different types of gametes

(b) males produce two different types of gametes
(c) females produce gametes with Y chromosome
(d) males produce gametes with X chromosome.
(ii) A couple has six daughters. What is the possibility of their having a girl next time?
(a) 10%
(b) 50%
(c) 90%
(d) 100%
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(iii) Human male produces two types of sperms 50% having X chromosome and 50% having
Y chromosomes. Explain.
OR
iii) In human beings father is responsible for the sex of the child. Justify
Q.19. In Kunjpura village, located in Karnal district, Haryana, Aditya Aggarwal and his older
brother Amit Aggarwal run Tee Cee Industries, a steel plant set up by their ancestors in
1984. Along with this, they also run a gaushala that houses 1,200 cows that can no
longer produce milk. The cow shelter was manageable but running the steel plant was
turning out to be expensive because they spent a whopping Rs 5 lakh every month on
electricity. The brothers struck upon an idea. Why not run the factory with the biogas
produced from cow dung from the shelter and other gaushalas, along with bio and agri
led Aditya and Amit to start Amrit Fertilizers, a biogas project, in 2014, without any
government support.
i) Raw material used in bio gas plant is
(a) Animal dung
(b) crop residue
(c) Food waste
(d) All of the above
ii) Biogas is a better fuel than animal dung cake because

(I) Biogas has lower calorific value.
(II) Animal dung cake has higher calorific value.
(III) Biogas has high heating capacity.
(IV) Biogas burns without smoke.
(a) (I) only
(b) (II) only
(c) (III) and (IV)
(d) (I) and (II)
iii) How is biogas formed?

OR
iii) Write 2 uses of biogas other than fuel
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केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन, मंबई संभाग

कक्षा / Class : X सिषय /SUBJECT : SCIENCE

असिकतम अंक / Maximum Marks: 40 िमय / TIME : 1.30 Hours

2. This paper has 4 sections

3. Section A contains 1 mark(Q.1 to Q.10) questions

4. Section B contains 2 (Q.11 to Q.13) and 3 (Q.14 to Q.15) mark questions

5. Section C contains 5 (Q.16 to Q.17) mark questions

6. Section D contains 4 mark (Q.18 to Q.19) competency based questions

Q.1. Identify the correct statement about the following reaction

2H2S + SO2 ---------> 2H2O + S

(a) H2S is oxidising agent and SO2 is reducing agent

(b) H2S is reduced to Sulphur

(c) H2S is reducing agent and SO2 is oxidising agent

(d) SO2 is oxidised to Sulphur

(a) Lifted ribs and curved/dome shaped diaphragm

(a) Reflection, Refraction and Dispersion

(a) Behind the mirror

Q.6. Identify the incorrect pair

Q.7. The image shows a combination of 4 resistors

What is the net resistance between 2 points in the circuit

Q.8. Which of the following is a saturated hydrocarbon?

ASSERTION AND REASONING QUESTIONS (1 MARK)

Q.9. Assertion (A): Carbon forms a large number of organic compounds

Q.10. ASSERTION (A): Colonies of yeast multiply in sugar solution

Q.12. In the diagram of human female reproductive system

a) Label the following parts -

b) What is the term given to fusion of male and female

SHORT ANSWERS (3 MARKS)

i) Identify the genotype and fenotype of F1

ii) What is the genotypic and fenotypic ratio of F2

iv) Name the type of experiment

COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS (4 MARKS)

(i) In XX-XY type of sex determination

(a) females produce two different types of gametes

ii) Biogas is a better fuel than animal dung cake because

iii) How is biogas formed?

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