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CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARDS IN EXAMINATIONS

(GEMS ASIAN SCHOOLS)
COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS – 2023
(ALL INDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION)
Subject: SCIENCE (086)
Max. Marks: 80 Grade 10 Time: 3 hrs

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 in the range of 50 to 80 words.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
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
Q.No Questions Marks
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On strong heating, blue copper sulphate crystals turn into white solid due to
the formation of :-
(a) CuSO4
(b) CuSO4. 2H2O
(c) CuSO4. H2O
(d) CuSO4. 5H2O

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2 Which of the following statements are correct about the given reaction? 1
3Fe + 4H2O ---->Fe3O4 + 4H2
(i) Iron metal is getting oxidized.
(ii) Water is getting reduced.
(iii) Water acts as a reducing agent.
(iv) Water acts as an oxidizing agent.
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (ii) and (iv)

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When silver chloride is exposed to sunlight for a longer duration: -

(a)It turns grey due to the formation of silver by decomposition of silver
chloride.
(b) It turns white due to sublimation of silver chloride.
(c) It turns black due to the decomposition of chlorine gas from silver
chloride.
(d) It turns white due to the oxidation of silver chloride.
4 Which of the given options correctly represent the parent acid and base of 1
calcium carbonate?
Option Parent Acid Parent Base
(a) HCl NaOH
(b) H2CO3 Ca(OH)2
(c) HCl Ca(OH)2
(d) H2CO3 CaSO4
5 The table provides the pH value of four solutions P, Q, R and S 1

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 Which of the following correctly represent the solutions in increasing order of
their hydronium ion concentration?
(a) P>Q>R>S
(b) P>S>Q>R
(c) S<Q<R<P
(d) S<P<Q<R
6 During an experiment, Neha dipped a strip of X metal in a Y solution. After 1
some time, she observed that the solution becomes blue and shining grayish
white. Then, what would X and Y be?
(a) X = Aluminum and Y= Silver Nitrate
(b) X=Aluminum and Y= Zinc Nitrate
(c) X = Copper and Y= Silver Nitrate
(d) X= Copper and Y= Zinc Nitrate
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Which of these compounds can be classified as alkynes?

(a) only (A)
(b) only (B)
(c) both (A) and (D)
(d) both (B) and (C)
8 Refer to the given diagrammatic representation of an electron micrograph of 1
a section of chloroplast and answer the question

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 Select the option which correctly depicts the functions of part X, Y and Z.

X Y Z
(a) Dark reaction Light reaction Carbohydrate synthesis
(b) Light reaction Carbohydrate synthesis Carbohydrate storage
(c) Light reaction Carbohydrate storage Carbohydrate synthesis
(d) Carbohydrate synthesis Carbohydrate storage Cytoplasmic inheritance

9 Study the given graphs regarding factors affecting transpiration rate and 1
select the correct option

(a) P – Atmospheric temperature; Q – Atmospheric pressure

(b) P – Relative humidity: Q – Atmospheric temperature
(c) P – Air Movement; Q - Light
(d) P – Atmospheric pressure; Q – Relative humidity

10 Refer to the given table of contrasting traits in pea plants studied by Mendel. 1

Character Dominant trait Recessive trait

1) Seed Yellow Green
Colour

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 2) Flower Violet White
colour

3) Pod
shape

Full Constricted
4) Flower
position

Axial Terminal
Which of the given traits is correctly placed?
(a) (i) ,(ii) and (iii) only
(b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only
(c) (ii) and (iii) only
(d) (i) ,(ii) (iii) and (iv)

11 In a synapse, chemical signal is transmitted from 1

(a) Dendrite end of one neuron to axonal end of another neuron.
(b) Axon to cell body of the same neuron.
(c) Cell body to axonal end of the same neuron.
(d) The axonal end of one neuron to dendrite end of another neuron.

12 There is a greater possibility for the evolution of a new species in organisms 1

which reproduce by
(a) Binary fission
(b) Budding
(c) Fertilization
(d) Regeneration

13 Two resistors of resistances 5 Ω and 10 Ω when connected with a battery will 1

have:
(a) same potential difference across them when connected in series
(b) different potential differences across them when connected in parallel
(c) same current flowing through them when connected in series
(d) same current flowing through them when connected in parallel

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 14 The front face of a circular loop of a wire is North-pole, the direction of 1
current in this face of the loop will be:
(a) Clockwise
(b) Anticlockwise
(c) Towards North
(d) Towards South

15 A fuse wire melts at 5 A. It is desired that the fuse wire of same material and 1
length melt at 10 A. The new radius of wire is
(a) 4 times
(b) 2 times
(c) ¼ times
(d) ½ times

16 A metal rod PQ is placed in the magnetic field. The ends of the rod are 1
connected with a battery using wires

Where will the rod move?

(a) to the left
(b) downwards
(c) into the field
(d) out of the field

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

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17 Assertion (A): A lead nitrate on thermal decomposition gives lead oxide, 1
brown coloured nitrogen dioxide and oxygen gas.
Reason (R): Lead nitrate reacts with potassium iodide to form yellow ppt. of
lead iodide and the reaction is double displacement as well as precipitation
reaction.
18 Assertion(A): If mother has two dominant alleles for black hair and father 1
has two recessive alleles for blonde hair then their child will inherit one
dominant allele from mother and one recessive allele from father and will
have black hair.
Reason(R): Progeny inherits one gene for each trait from its parent, but the
trait shown by progeny depends on inherited alleles.

19 Assertion (A): The movement of water and dissolved salts in xylem is 1

always upwards
Reason(R): The upward movement of water is due to low pressure created
by transpiration.

20 Assertion(A) : A compass needle is placed near a current carrying wire. The 1

deflection of the compass needle decreases when the compass needle is
displaced away from the wire.
Reason (R) : Strength of a magnetic field at a point is inversely proportional
to the distance from a current carrying conductor.
SECTION – B
Q. no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.

21 A painter takes water in a hard plastic vessel and puts quick lime into water 2
to make a solution for white washing the walls of a house. He stays away from
the solution mixture for some time before using it. What could be the reason
for this? Write the chemical reaction involved
OR
Al2O3 K2O MgO SO2
a Basic Acidic Acidic Amphoteric
b Acidic Basic Amphoteric Acidic
c Amphoteric Basic Amphoteric Acidic
d Amphoteric Basic Basic Acidic

Which row correctly describes the nature of oxides?

Explain the nature of amphoteric oxide with the help of chemical reactions.
22 A squirrel is in a scary situation. Its body has to prepare for either fighting or 2
running away. State the immediate changes that take place in its body so
that the squirrel is able to either fight or run?

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23 Two green plants are kept separately in oxygen free containers, one in the 2
dark and the other in continuous light. Which one will live longer? Give
reasons.

24 Given figure shows a dissected vein 2

Explain how the valves help the blood, at low pressure, flow towards the
heart.

25 Name the colour of light which bends (i) the most (ii) the least, while passing 2
through a glass prism. What is the cause of this difference in bending?
OR

Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism.
Mark on it (a) the incident ray (b) the emergent ray and (c) the angle of
deviation.

26 The diagram shows the flow of energy through a food chain 2

The numbers show the chemical energy contained in all the organisms at
each trophic level in kJ per m2 per year.

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 The energy contained at each trophic level is in the form of chemical energy.
Trophic level 1 are plants.
(a) Name two carbohydrates in plants that store chemical energy.
(b) Give the name that describes the organisms at trophic level 3.

SECTION - C
Q.no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions

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(i)

(ii)

Identify the types of reactions mentioned above in (i) and (ii).

Give one example for each type in the form of a balanced chemical equation.
28 3

During the preparation of hydrogen gas as shown in the figure, what would
happen if the following changes were made? Justify with suitable reason.
(a) If Zn granules are replaced by the same amount of Zn dust in the test tube.
(b) If Zn is replaced by copper turnings.
(c) Sodium hydroxide is taken in place of dilute sulphuric acid and test tube
is heated.
29 (a) Draw a neat diagram depicting Human Alimentary canal and label 3
Gall bladder and Pancreas.
(b) There is a blockade in the pancreatic duct in the duodenum
of a person. How would it affect the digestion of proteins
and fats?
OR
(a) Draw a neat, labelled diagram of human urinary system
and label Aorta and Vena cava.

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 (b) Why are glomerulus considered dialysis bags?

30 The linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror is +3. Analyze this 3

value and state the (a) type of mirror and position of the object with respect
to the pole of the mirror.
(b) Draw a ray diagram to show image formation in this case.
(c) State one use of the mirror based on the above kind of image formation.
31 A person cannot see objects nearer than 75 cm from his eyes. What defect of 3
vision is he suffering from? What is the nature and power of the corrective
lens to be used in this case?
32 The following diagram shows two parallel straight conductors carrying
same current in the same direction as shown in the diagram given . Copy the 3
diagram and draw the pattern of the magnetic field lines around them
showing their directions. What is the magnitude of magnetic field at a point
‘X’ which is equidistant from the conductors? Give justification for your
answer.

OR
(i) You are given the following current - time graph from two different
sources

a. Name the type of current in two cases.

b. Identify any one source for each type of these currents

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 (ii) Name two safety measures commonly used in electric circuits and
appliances
(iii) What precautions should be taken to avoid the overloading of domestic
electric circuit?

33 The given diagram shows a food web on a farm - 3

(a) How many trophic levels are shown in this food web?
(b) Farmer uses pesticides to control aphids. Explain how these
pesticides affect sparrow hawks.
(c) Farmers sometimes use biological control rather than pesticides. Give
two advantages of using biological control rather than pesticides.

SECTION - D
Q.no. 34 to 36 are Long answer questions.
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Look at the figure and answer the following questions: -

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 (a) Name the gas evolved in the reaction. What happens when this gas
reacts with lime water? Write the reaction involved.
(b) Write the chemical reaction which takes place in the conical flask.
Mention the name of the salt formed.
(c) If ethanol is replaced by acetic acid, would you expect the same
change?
OR
(a) Shruti dropped a small piece of sodium in a test tube containing a
carbon compound ‘X’ with molecular formula C2H6O , observed a brisk
effervescence and a gas ‘Y’ which she tested by bringing a burning
splinter at the mouth of the test tube. The gas evolved burns with a pop
sound. Identify ‘X’ and ‘Y’. Write the chemical reaction involved and
mention the name of salt formed.

(b) Draw the structures of two isomers of Butane.

(c) Isomers of first three members of alkane series are not possible.
Give reason to justify this statement.

35 (a) How do Plasmodium and Leishmania reproduce? Write one difference 5

in their mode of reproduction.
(b) List two advantages for organisms that reproduce themselves
through spores.
(c) Describe regeneration in Planaria with the help of a suitable diagram.
(d) State the significance of DNA copying

OR
(a) “The chromosomal number of the sexually producing parents and
their offspring is the same”. Justify this statement.

(b) Explain the terms:

(i) Implantation of zygote
(ii) Placenta
(c) Draw the diagram of a flower and label the four whorls. Write
the names of gamete producing organs in the flower.

36 a) Five resistors are connected in the shape of the letter A as shown in figure. 5
Determine the total resistance of the circuit. Also find the current drawn
from the battery.

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 b) Two bulbs are marked 60 W, 220 V and 120 W, 220 V. Which one will
glow brighter when they are connected in series. Why?

SECTION - E
Q.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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37 Pihu is a student of grade 7. Since few days, she observed that her
grandmother’s new copper bottle was becoming dull due to the formation of
a green coloured coating on it, although it was cleaned every day. She also
observed these changes in other metallic objects like–metal statues, iron nails,
iron articles etc. She was in deep thought and wanted to know the reason
behind this dull appearance of metals and was curious to know whether all
metals show this property. Can this damage to the metal surface be
prevented?
Answer the following questions after reading the above paragraph :-
(a) What is this process called which makes the surface of metals dull
and faded?
(b) What is the green coloured coating that appeared on copper bottle?

( c ) Metals can be protected from corrosion by– (Select the correct

option) -:

(i) Washing, Cleaning.

(ii) Painting, Galvanizing
(iii) Heating
(iv) None of the above

Support your answer with valid reason.

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(c) An experiment was conducted on the rusting of iron. You will observe that
iron nails rust in test tube A, but they do not rust in test tubes B and C. Explain
the observation and write the conditions which are necessary for the rusting

38 The cross that includes the inheritance of two pairs of contrasting characters 4
simultaneously is referred as dihybrid cross. Mendel chose pure breeding
plants for yellow and green seeds and round and wrinkled shape of seeds.
He cross pollinated the plant having yellow round seeds with plant having
green wrinkled seeds. All the plants produced in F1 generation had yellow
round seeds. The plants raised from these seeds were self-pollinated, that
resulted in production of plants having four phenotypically different types
of seeds.
(a) How many types of gametes can be produced by YYrr?
(b) When round yellow seeded heterozygous pea plants are self-
fertilized, what is the frequency of occurrence of RrYY genotype
among the off springs?
(c) How many seeds with new combinations of characters will be
produced when a total of 160 seeds are produced in F2 generation?
Name them. Explain with reason.
OR
(c) A pea plant with purple flowers was crossed with white flowers
producing 50 plants with only purple flowers. On selfing these plants
produced 482 plants with purple flowers and 162 with white flowers.
What genetic mechanism accounts for these results? Explain.

39 Refraction is the bending of a wave when it passes from one medium to 4

another. The bending is caused due to the differences in optical density
between the two substances. Refraction of light is one of the most commonly
observed phenomena, but other waves like sound waves and water waves
also experience refraction. Refraction makes it possible for us to have optical
instruments such as magnifying glasses, lenses and prisms. It is also because

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of the refraction of light that we are able to focus light on our retina. The
refractive index, also called the index of refraction, describes how fast light
travels through the material. Desert mirage and looming shown in the
picture given below are optical illusions resulting from refraction of light.
Formation of a rainbow is another example of refraction as the sun rays bend
through the raindrops resulting in the rainbow. The working of a lens is
based on the refraction of light when they pass through it. Principal focus of
a convex lens is a point on the principal axis of the convex lens where all the
light rays parallel to the principal axis converge after passing through the
lens.

(a) The refractive indices of four substances P, Q, R and S are 1.77,

1.50, 2.42 and 1.31 respectively. When light travelling in air is
incident on these substances at angles, in which medium the angle
of refraction will be the maximum? Justify your answer

(b) A ray of light passes from medium 1 to medium 2. Which of the

following quantities of the refracted ray will differ from that of the
incident ray:

speed, frequency, wavelength

( c ) The diagram below shows the refraction of a ray of light from air
to liquid.
(i) Write the values of angle of incidence and angle of refraction
(ii) Find the refractive index of the liquid with respect to air.

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(c) An object placed on a metre scale at 8 cm mark was focused on a white

screen placed at 92 cm mark, using a converging lens placed on the scale at
50 cm mark . Find the focal length of converging lens.

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