Science Delhi Set 3 2010-2011 English Medium Class 10 Question Paper Solution

What are the various steps of food chain called?

What is the function of ozone in the upper atmosphere?

Write the electron dot structure of ethane molecule, C₂H₆.

What makes the earth’s atmosphere a heterogeneous mixture?

List any four characteristics of a good fuel.

What are non-renewable resources of energy? Give two examples of such resources.

How do you calculate the possible valency of an element from the electronic configuration of its atoms?

Calculate the valency of element X whose atomic number is 9.

On the basis of electronic configuration, how will you identify the first and the last element of a period?

State the two laws of reflection of light.

The stars appear higher from horizon than they actually are. Explain why it is so.

Explain why the planets do not twinkle but the stars twinkle.

Write two differences between binary fission and multiple fission in a tabular form.

Why is DNA copying an essential part of the process of reproduction?

Explain the following:- Speciation

Explain the following:- Natural Selection

How is the equal genetic contribution of male and female parents ensured in the progeny?

Out of HCl and CH₃COOH, which one is a weak acid and why? Describe an activity to support your answer.

Two elements X and Y belong to group 1 and 2 respectively in the same period of periodic table. Compare them with respect to:

(i) the number of valence electrons in their atoms

(ii) their valencies

(iii) metallic character

(iv) the sizes of their atoms

(v) the formulae of their oxides

(vi) the formulae of their chlorides

Draw the ray diagram and also state the position, the relative size and the nature of image formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed at the centre of curvature of the mirror.

The refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What is the meaning of this statement?

Name a liquid whose mass density is less than that of water but it is optically denser than water.

What eye defect is hypermetropia? Describe with a ray diagram how this defect of vision can be corrected by using an appropriate lens.

Write two examples of sexually transmitted diseases caused by virus.

Write two examples of sexually transmitted diseases caused by bacteri.

Explain how the transmission of virus and bacteria diseases be prevented?

Explain Mendel’s law of independent inheritance. Give one example.

If the image formed by a lens is diminished in size and erect, for all positions of the object, what type of lens is it?

Name the point on the lens through which a ray of light passes undeviated.

An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm. Find (i) the position (ii) the magnification and (iii) the nature of the image formed.

One-half of a convex lens is covered with a black paper. Will this lens produce a complete image of the object? Verify your answer experimentally. Explain your observations.

An object 5 cm high is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm.

(i) Draw the ray diagram and

(ii) Calculate the position and size of the image formed.

(iii) What is the nature of the image?

Draw a diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower and label on it sepal, petal, ovary and stigma.

Write the names of male and female reproductive parts of a flower.

What is fragmentation in organisms?

Name a multicellular organism which reproduces by fragmentation method.

What is regeneration in organism?

Describe regeneration in Planaria with the help of a suitable diagram.

In a tabular form, differentiate between ethanol and ethanoic acid under the following heads:

(i) Physical state

(ii) Taste

(iii) NaHCO₃ test

(iv) Ester test

Write a chemical reaction to show the dehydration of ethanol.

What is a soap?

Why are soaps not suitable for washing clothes when the water is hard?

Explain the action of soap in removing an oily spot from a piece of cloth.

A student was given two permanent slides, one of binary fission in Amoeba and other of budding in yeast. He was asked to identify any one difference in the nucleus of the two. One such difference, he identified correctly was

(1) Presence of one nucleus in Amoeba, two in yeast cell and one in bud. 

(2) Presence of two nuclei in centrally constricted Amoeba, one in yeast cell and one in its bud.

(3) Presence of two distant nuclei in Amoeba, one in yeast cell and two in bud.

(4) Presence of a single nucleus each in Amoeba, yeast cell and its attached bud.

Binary fission is observed in which one of the following figures?

To determine the percentage of water absorbed by raisins, raisins are soaked in water for: 

30 seconds

10 minutes

2 to 3 hours 

24 hours

Raisins are wiped off gently before final weighing with the help of

a filter paper

a cotton piece

a cloth piece

a polythene piece

The step(s) necessary for determining the percentage of water absorbed by raisins is/are:

Raisins should be completely immersed in water 

Raisins should be soaked in water for sufficient time

Gently wipe dry the soaked raisins

All of the above steps. 

Rahim recorded the following sets of observations while tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for different angles of incidence.

The correct observation is recorded at serial number: 

(1) I

(2) II 

(3) III 

(4) IV 

Four students A, B, C and D traced the paths of incident ray and the emergent ray by fixing pins P and Q for incident ray and pins R and S for emergent ray for a ray of light passing through a glass slab.

The correct emergent ray was traced by the student: 

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

Mohan obtained a sharp inverted image of a distant tree on the screen placed behind the lens. He then moved the screen and tried to look through the lens in the direction of the object. He would see: 

(1) a blurred image on the wall of the laboratory. 

(2) an erect image of the tree on the lens.

(3) no image as the screen has been removed 

(4) an inverted image of the tree at the focus of the lens.

For finding the focal length of a convex lens by obtaining the image of a distant object, one should use as the object. 

(1) a well lit distant tree 

(2) window grill in the class room 

(3) any distant tree 

(4) a lighted candle kept at the other end of the table. 

To find the focal length of a concave mirror Rahul focuses a distant object with this mirror. The chosen object should be

(1) a tree

(2) a building

(3) a window

(4) the sun

The colour of an aqueous solution of zinc sulphate as observed in the laboratory is:

(1) Green 

(2) Yellow 

(3) Blue 

(4) Colourless

To show that zinc is a more active metal than copper, the correct procedure is to: 

(1) add dilute nitric acid on strips of both the metals. 

(2) observe transmission of heat through strips of zinc and copper. 

(3) prepare solution of zinc sulphate and hang strip of copper into it. 

(4) prepare solution of copper sulphate and hang strip of zinc into it. 

Acetic acid smells like: 

(1) a banana 

(2) vinegar 

(3) an orange

(4) a lemon 

Acetic acid solution turns: 

(1) blue litmus red 

(2) red litmus blue 

(3) blue litmus colourless 

(4) red litmus colourless 

On adding NaHCO3 to acetic acid, a gas is evolved which turns lime water milky due to the formation of:

(1) Calcium bicarbonate 

(2) Calcium hydroxide

(3) Calcium carbonate 

(4) Calcium acetate 

A yeast cell in which budding occurs was seen to have: 

(1) one bud cell 

(2) two bud cell 

(3) three bud cell 

(4) a chain of bud cells