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COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS – 2024
(ALL INDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION)

Science ( 086) Time

Allowed: 3 hours
Class X Max
marks : 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.
The answer 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 one most appropriate option out of the four options given
for each of the questions 1 – 20. There is no negative mark for incorrect
response.
1. Which of the following salt does not contain water of crystallization? (1)
a. Blue vitriol b. Washing soda
c. Baking soda d. Gypsum
2. (1)
A dilute ferrous sulphate solution was gradually added to the beaker
containing acidified potassium permanganate solution. The light
purple colour of the solution fades and finally disappears. Which of
the following is the correct explanation for the observation?
a. FeSO4 acts as an oxidizing agent and oxidizes KMnO 4
b. KMnO4 is an oxidizing agent, it oxidises FeSO4
c. The color disappears due to dilution; no reaction is involved.
d. KMnO4 is an unstable compound and decomposes in presence
of FeSO4 to a colorless compound.
3. (1)
A metal rod M was dipped in a colored solution Y. After some time, it

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 was observed that the metal rod starts dissolving in the solution and
the solution starts fading in color. However, a colored precipitate Z
was seen at the bottom of the beaker. M, Y and Z could be :

(a) M = Zn Y = FeSO4 Z = Fe
(b) M = Cu Y = Al2(SO4)3 Z = Al
(c) M = Ag Y = CuSO4 Z = Cu
(d) M = Fe Y = ZnSO4 Z = Zn

4. Reena has aqueous solutions of three salts, sodium acetate, sodium (1)
chloride and copper sulphate in three test tubes. The test tubes are
not labeled. On checking, she finds the pH of the solutions to be 4.6,
7.0 and 8.9. Which of the following correctly matches the salts with
their respective pH.

a. P b. R c. S d. Q
5. The molecular formula of four carbon compounds are given below. (1)
Identify the correct statement about these hydrocarbons
Organic compound Formulae
P C3H8
Q C4H6
R C5H10
S C6H12
P and Q belong to a homologous series
A. The general formula of all organic compounds are same
B. Q, R and S will undergo addition reaction.
C. P is unreactive organic compound
D. Q is an alkene.
a. A and B b. A, D and E
c. C, D and E d. D and E
6. (1)
Arrange the following in decreasing order of their H+ concentration
values:

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 A. NaOH solution
B. Blood
C. Lemon juice.
D. Milk of magnesia
E. Sulphuric acid

a. A>B>C>E>D
b. E>C>B>D>A
c. E>C>B>A>D
d. E>B>C>A>D

7. Observe the given diagram and identify the wrong statement. (1)

A. This reaction is an example of photolytic decomposition

reaction.
B. The product of this decomposition reaction are lead oxide,
nitrogen trioxide and oxygen gas
C. Brown fumes of nitrogen dioxide gas is observed .
D. Lead oxide a yellow compound is formed .
a. A and D
b. A , B and C
c. A and B
d. Only A

8. The diagram shows part of the alimentary canal and associated (1)
organs named as U, T, V, W. Which structures secrete enzymes that
digest proteins?

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 a. T and U b. U and V c. V and W d. W
and T

9. The diagram shows the central nervous system, which has been (1)
blocked in three different places by a drug.

Three men had one drug block at X, Y or Z. One of the men can
move his leg in response to a pin prick, but he does not feel it.
Where is the drug block located in this man?
a. at X
b. at Y
c . at Z
d. No block

10. Study the picture given and choose the correct combination of plates provided
(1) in
following table.

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 X Process Function
Used

a. Dialyzing filtration to draw blood from the body

pump and send it to the dialyzer.

b. Dialysate osmosis to add fluid to the blood

c. Blood clotting to remove the clots from the

Thinner blood

d. Dialyzer diffusion to remove the excess wastes

and fluids from the blood

11. Consider the following two statements: (1)

(1)The trait that expresses itself in F1 generation.
(ii) The trait that keeps on passing from one generation to
another.
The appropriate terms for the statements (i) and (ii) respectively
are:
a. Recessive trait, Dominant trait
b. Dominant trait, Recessive trait
c. Dominant trait, Inherited trait
d. Recessive trait, Inherited trait

12. The list below shows four metabolic processes that can occur in (1)
living cells.
1. Carbon dioxide + Water  Glucose + Oxygen
2. Glucose  Lactic acid
3. Glucose + Oxygen  Carbon dioxide + Water
4. Glucose  Alcohol +Carbon dioxide
Which row of the table correctly represents the processes that
can occur in muscle cells and yeast cells.

In muscles In yeast

a. 3 only 1 and 2

b. 3 and 4 2 and 3

c. 2 only 1, 3 and 4

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 d. 2 and 3 3 and 4

13. The picture shows a ray diagram of an image formed by a concave (1)
mirror. Which of these can be concluded from diagram?

a. Distance between the image and focus is half the distance

between the object and focus.
b. Image is formed at the focus.
c. Distance between pole and Centre of curvature is twice the focal
length.
d. Size of the image is equal to the size of the object.

14. Which of the following statements is not true for scattering of light? (1)
a. Colour of the scattered light depends on the size of particles of
the atmosphere.
b. Red light is the least scattered in the atmosphere.
c. Scattering of light takes place as various colours of white light
travel with different speeds in air.
d. The fine particles in the atmospheric air scatter the blue light
more strongly than red. So, the scattered blue light enters our
eyes

15. (1)
In the food web, what two organisms are competing for the same
food?

a. A and B

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 b. D and F
c. A and C
d. C and D

16 Three human activities are listed. (1)

(i) Burning fossil fuels
(ii) Deforestation
(iii) Overusing fertilizers
Which activities can cause the change shown in the graph?

a. i, ii and iii b. i and ii only c. i only d. ii and iii

only

Q. no 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions.

These 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

17. Assertion: During the electrolysis of concentrated aqueous solution (1)

of sodium chloride hydrogen is produced at anode and chlorine gas
is produced at cathode.
Reason : Ions get attracted to oppositely charged electrons .

18 Assertion: Pollen grains from the carpel stick to the stigma of (1)
stamen.
Reason: The fertilized egg cells grow inside the ovules and become
seeds.

19. Assertion: The magnetic field produced by a current carrying (1)

solenoid is independent of its length and area of cross section.

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 Reason: The magnetic field inside the solenoid is uniform.

20. Assertion: The concentration of harmful chemicals is more in (1)

human beings
Reason: Man is at the apex of the food chain.

SECTION B
Questions 21 to 26 are very short answer questions
21. Identify the compound X based on the reactions given below. Also, write the name (2)
and chemical formulae of A, B and C.

22. The diagram shows a timeline of a woman’s menstrual cycle, which (2)
lasts for
28 days.

a. On which days of the menstrual cycle is a woman most likely

to become fertilized?
b. Mention any two contraceptive methods practiced only by
women?
23. Study the given heart diagram and answer the questions that (2)
follows:

a. The part labelled A in the above diagram carries

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 deoxygenated blood, yet it’s called an artery. Justify.
b. Compare the human heart with the heart of a fish and find out
any two differences.
OR
The given leaf below is used to conduct an experiment to study a
factor which is necessary for photosynthesis. Study the diagram and
answer the following questions.

a. What is the aim of this experiment?

b. What is the expected result of the above experiment in starch
test?
24. A convex lens made up of a material of refractive index n2 is kept in (2)
a medium of refractive index n1. A parallel beam of light is incident
on the lens. Draw the path of rays of light emerging from the convex
lens if
i. n1 < n2 ii. n1 = n2
25. A wire of resistance 5 ohms is bent in the form of a closed circle. (2)
Find the resistance between two points at the ends of any diameter
of the circle.

OR
Diagram shows the lengthwise section of a current carrying
solenoid.
indicates current entering into the page. indicates current
emerging out of the page.

Decide which end of the solenoid A or B will behave as North Pole.

Give reason for your answer. Also draw field lines inside the
solenoid.
26. The concentration of a pesticide in the tissues of organisms in the (2)
following food chain was measured.
Plants Small fish Large fish Birds of Prey

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 a. Which bar on the bar graph represents the large fish?

b. Define and describe the phenomenon depicted in this

scenario?
SECTION C
Questions 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27. Observe the given figure and answer the following questions (3)

a. What change you observe in test tube B .

b. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction occurs in
test tube A and test tube B
c. If sodium hydrogen carbonate is replaced by marble pieces,
would you expect the same change?
28. A metal M of low reactivity is present as its sulphide X. On heating (3)
in air, X converts into its oxide Y and a gas evolves with pungent and
suffocating odor .On heating Y and X together , the metal M is
produced .
a. Find X
b. Write a balanced chemical equation for both the reaction
occurred.
c. Suggest a method for refining the given metal M .
OR
Samuel had a silver coin which turned black. He kept the coin in a
bowl lined with aluminum foil. Then he filled the bowl with water and
boiled it. After some time, he found that the coin had become new.
Its blackness disappeared.

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 (a) Why do silver articles turn black when kept in the open for a few
days?
(b)Name the phenomenon involved.
(c) Write the reaction involved and type of reaction when the coin
reacts with aluminum.
29. (3)
(a) Write the sequence of events that involve in response of a
person when a
dust particle is inhaled through the nose.
(b)In animals, hormones can be secreted by one organ and can act
on multiple
organs. Justify this statement by explaining the effect of a single
animal
hormone on two organs
(c ) How is timing and amount of hormone secretion regulated in
humans?
Explain giving an example.

30. a. Write down the aim of the below experiment. (3)

b. Upon conducting a starch test, what conclusions can be drawn

from the results?
Will the result be the same if you cover the setup ‘b’ with black
paper? Justify your answer.
31. Water has a refractive index of 1.33 and alcohol has a refractive (3)
index of 1.36. Which of the two mediums is optically denser? Justify
your answer.
Draw a ray diagram to show the path of a ray of light passing
obliquely from water to alcohol.
State the relationship between the angle of incidence and angle of
refraction.
32. a. What is an electromagnet? What is the purpose of the soft iron (3)
core used in making an electromagnet?
b. Draw the lines of force (indicating the field direction) of the

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 magnetic field
through and around a solenoid that is carrying an electric
current.
33. In the given circuit A,B,C and D are four lamps connected with a (3)
battery of 60V.

Analyze the circuit to answer the following questions.

(a)What kind of combination are the lamps arranged in (series or
parallel)?
(b)Explain with reference to your above answer, what are the
advantages (any two) of this combination of lamps?
(c)Explain with proper calculations which lamp glows the brightest?

SECTION D
Questions 34 to 36 are long answer questions
34. a. A carboxylic acid (molecular formula C2H4O2) reacts with an (5)
alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a compound
‘X’. The alcohol on oxidation with acidified K 2Cr2O7 gives the
same carboxylic acid, C2H4O2. Write the name and structure of
i. carboxylic acid
ii. alcohol
iii. the compound X.
b. Give reason
i. Cyclohexane does not decolourize bromine water, while
cooking oils do.
ii. Acetylene(ethyne) gas burns with a sooty flame.
OR
An organic compound 'A' is widely used as a preservative in pickles
and has a molecular formula C2H4O2. This compound reacts with
ethanol to form a sweet-smelling compound'B'.
(i) Identify the compound 'A'.
(ii) Write the chemical equation for its reaction with ethanol to form

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 compound 'B'.
(iii) How can we get compound 'A' back from 'B'?
(iv) Name the process and write corresponding chemical equation.
b. Why are detergents a better cleansing agent than soaps?
35. a. Explain how offsprings and parents of organisms reproducing (5)
sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
b. State one genetically different feature between sperms and
eggs of humans.
c. Distinguish between a gamete and zygote in terms of its
ploidy?
d. How does the embryo get nourishment for the embryo inside
the mother’s body? What is its structure?
OR
a. State the name of the organism in which binary fission takes
place in a definite orientation. Also name the disease caused
by this organism.
b. Rhizopus individuals do not grow on a dry slice of bread?
c. Plants like banana, jasmine, rose have lost their capacity to
produce
viable seeds.
(i)How do such plants propagate themselves?
(ii) Mention the genetic relationship of new plants to their
parents
which are produced by this method?
(iii) Write one advantage of this mode of reproduction over
other
mode of reproduction by seeds?

36. I. (5)
(i) What happens to the image distance in the normal eye when
we decrease the distance of an object say 10m to 1m? Justify
your answer.
(ii) List the two main causes of a person developing near
sightedness.
(iii) Show with the help of a ray diagram how this defect can be
corrected.
(iv) The power of a lens is +1.5D. Name the type of defects of
vision that can be corrected by using this lens.

OR
II.
(i) Two lenses have power of (a) = +2D b) -4D. What is the
nature of each lens?
(ii) An object is kept at a distance of 100cm from each of the
above lenses. Calculate

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 (a) the image distance.
(b) the magnification in each of the two cases.
SECTION E
Questions 37 to 39 are case-based or data-based questions with 2 to 3
short sub-parts. Internal choice is provided in one of the sub-parts.

37 On the basis of the reactivity of different metals with oxygen, water 4

and acids, as well as displacement reactions, the metals have been
arranged in the decreasing order of their reactivities. This
arrangement is known as the activity series or reactivity series of
metals.
The basis of reactivity is the tendency of metals to lose electrons. If
a metal can lose electrons easily to form positive ions, it will react
readily with other substances. Therefore, it will be a reactive metal.
On the other hand, if a meal loses electrons less rapidly to form a
positive ion, it will react slowly with other substances. Therefore,
such a metal will be less reactive.

a. Grey colored metal X is used in making dry cells. It is also

used for coating iron metal to prevent it from rusting. When
granules of X are added to a blue solution of a compound of a
reddish-brown metal Y, the color of the solution gets
discharged and metal Y is formed. Identify X and Y. Write
down the chemical reaction.
b. Why is hydrogen gas not evolved when most of the metals
react with nitric acid. Identify the two metals which reacts with
very dilute nitric acid to evolve hydrogen gas.
OR

b. What is thermite reaction? How is it used to join the railway

tracks or
cracked machine parts?
38 Sex of an individual is determined by different factors in various 4
species. Some animals rely entirely on the environmental cues,
while in some other animals the individuals can change their sex
during their lifetime indicating that sex of some species is not
genetically determined. However, in human beings, the sex of an
individual is largely determined genetically.

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 (a) Name the mismatched pair of sex chromosomes in
humans.
(b)(i) Write the number of chromosomes present in human
beings apart
from sex chromosomes.
(ii) Which of the parent has a mismatched pair of sex
chromosomes?
(c) Citing two examples, justify the statement “Sex of an
individual is not always determined genetically”
OR
(d) Draw a flow chart to show that sex is determined
genetically in
human beings.
39 Ohm’s law is perhaps the most popularly known of all the laws,
theories and principles of electrical sciences. The law forms the
starting point in the study of electrical networks and it has
reserved, forever a place of honor for Georg Simon Ohm(1780-
1854) in the history of science.
In modern terminology, Ohm’s law states that the current I
flowing through a conductor is proportional to the voltage V
across it: I=V/R
Ohm initially called the constant of proportionality “R” reduced
length”, but renamed it resistance shortly thereafter. Ohm
obtained this result both experimentally and theoretically.
(a) Why is an ammeter likely to be burnt out if it is connected
in parallel in a circuit?
(b)Out of two electric bulbs of 50W-220V and 100W-220V,
which one will glow brighter when they are connected in
series?
(c) Two students perform the experiment on series and parallel
combinations of two given resistors R1 and R2 and plot the
following V-I graphs (i) and (ii).
Which of the graphs is correctly labelled in terms of the
words “series” and “parallel”?

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(d)Consider the scale of a voltmeter shown in the diagram. If
this voltmeter is connected across a resistor of 20 ohms ,
how much current is flowing through the resistor?

OR

(d)Which one of the following is the correct set up for studying

the

dependence of the current on the potential difference

across a resistor and why?

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