Summative Assessment – 2

(2016 -17)
Date : ___________
Duration : 3 Hrs.
Science Class
Max. Marks : 90 (Set-2) X

Instructions:
1. The first 15 minutes of time is to be used only for reading the question paper and not for answering them in the
answer sheet.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. This test papers contains 3 Sections - Section-A contains Physics; Section-B contains Chemistry and Section-C
contains Biology.
4. Use separate answer sheets for each section.
5. Marks are given against each question.

Section A – Physics
1. (a) A student obtained a sharp image of the grills of a window on a screen using a concave
mirror. His teacher remarked that for getting better results a well lit distant object
(preferably the sun) should be focussed on the screen. What should be done for this
purpose? [½]
(i) Move the screen slightly away from the mirror
(ii) Move the mirror slightly towards the screen
(iii) Move the screen and the mirror away from the object
(iv) Move the screen and the mirror towards the object
(b) In an experiment to trace the path of a ray of light through a triangular prism, a student
would observe that the emergent ray [½]
(i) is parallel to the incident ray
(ii) is along the same direction of incident ray
(iii) gets deviated and bends towards the thinner part of the prism
(iv) gets deviated and bends towards the thicker part (base) of the prism
2. (a) While performing the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light through a rectangular
glass slab, in which of the following experimental set-ups is a student likely to get best
results? P and P are the positions of pins fixed by him. [1]

(i) (I) (ii)

(II) (iii)
(III) (iv) (IV)
(b) A student determines the focal length of a device ‘X’ by focusing the image of a distant
object on a screen placed 20 cm from the device on the same side as the object. The device
‘X’ is [1]
(i) Concave lens of focal length 10 cm

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(ii) Convex lens of focal length 20 cm
(iii) Concave mirror of focal length 10 cm
(iv) Concave mirror of focal length 20 cm
3. What happens to the lens and the ciliary muscles when you are looking at nearby objects? [1]
4. State two rules when refracted rays can be easily found after refraction from a convex lens. [1]
5. Name a point inside a lens such that a ray of light passing through it goes undeviated. [1]
6. Name the type of mirror used as rear-view mirror of vehicles. Give two reasons why such mirror
is used. [2]
7. A star appears slightly higher than its actual position in the sky. Illustrate it with the help of
labeled diagram. [2]
8. Briefly explain the phenomenon of rainbow formation. [2]
9. A real image, 4/5 size of the object is formed 18 cm from a lens. Calculate the focal length of
the lens. [2]
10. The refractive index of air with respct to glass is 2/3 and the refractive index of water with
respect to air is 4/3. if the speed of light in glass is 2 × 108 m/s, find the speed of light in (i) air
(ii) water. [2]
11. Deepak’s mom is finding difficult to cook in the kitchen as there was power cut, and she was
complaining about it to Deepak. He immediately took a plane mirror from his shelf made it
stand against a wall such that sun’s rays were focused into the kitchen due to the reflection of
the mirror. There was some lighting and his mother was able to finish her work.
(a) What are the characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror (any two)?
(b) What values did Deepak display? [3]
12. The Image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 45 cm from a spherical lens is formed on
a screen placed at a distance of 90cm from the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate its
focal length. If the height of the flame is 2cm, find the height of its image. [3]
13. A Student can’t see a chart hanging on a wall placed at a distance of 3 m from him. Name the
defect of vision he is suffering from. How can it be corrected? Draw ray diagram for the (a) defect
of vision and also (b) for its correction. [3]
14. (a) Draw a ray diagram for each of the following cases to show the position and nature of the
images formed when the object is placed: [3+2=5]
(i) between C and F of a concave mirror
(ii) between F and P of a concave mirror
(iii) At C of a concave mirror.
(b) How will the nature and position of image formed change in cases (i) and (ii) of part (a) of
this question, if the concave mirror is replaced by convex mirror.

Section B – Chemistry
15. (a) Which of the following cannot distinguish ethanol from ethanoic acid? [½]
(i) Blue litmus (ii) Sodium hydroxide
(iii) Sodium hydrogen carbonate (iv) Sodium metal
(b) When ethanoic acid is added to a solution of substance X, a colourless and odourless gas
Y is liberated. The gas Y turns lime water milky. The substance X is [½]
(i) Sodium carbonate (ii) Sodium hydroxide
(iii) Sodium acetate (iv) Lime water
16. (a) In the preparation of soap, sodium chloride causes: [1]
(i) Complete saponification (ii) Complete hydrolysis
(iii) Completer neutralization (iv) Complete precipitation
(b) Vishakha carried out saponification reaction in the lab and she gave following comments

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as: [1]
(I) Soap is salt of fatty acid. (II) Heat is absorbed in this reaction.
(III) Reaction mixture is basic in nature. (IV) These are neutralization reaction.
The correct statements are
(i) (I) and (III) (ii) (II) and (IV) (iii) (I) and (II) (iv) (I) and (IV)
17. Differentiate between combustion and oxidation reactions of ethanol. [1]
18. Write the formula and IUPAC name of aldehyde containing four carbon atoms. [1]
19. Given below is an experimental set up. [1]

A B C

Test tube A contains → Tap water Test tube B contains → Well water
Test tube C contains → Calcium bicarbonate added to tap water. 5 ml of soap solution is added
to all the test tubes and shaken well. Write your observation and account for your observation.
20. (a) Write the next homologue of C5H8.
(b) Suggest a chemical test to identify the members of the above homologues series. [2]
21. How would you bring about the following conversions? [2]
(a) Ethanol to ethene (b) Propanol to propanoic acid
22. Atomic number is considered to be a more appropriate parameter than atomic mass for
classification of elements in a periodic table. Why? [2]
23. Hydrocarbons “X and “Y” have melting points –190°C and –90°C. Which one of these has
minimum carbon in the molecule and why? [2]
24. (a) State two main reasons for carbon forming a very large number of compounds. [2]
(b) Give reason why carbon forms compound mainly by covalent bonding.
25. Ria and Rama are students of Class-X. Ria is very much organized and maintained. The
teachers love her. She earns a great respect in the class where as Rama is un-organised and
always faces a lot of problems in handling life situations. [3]
(a) In your opinion how organization help in daily life? How can you relate the above fact with
the chapter “classification of elements”.
(b) How classification of elements help us in studying them properly? What is the value that
we get from the above example.
26. (a) Give IUPAC name for the following: [2+1]
(i) CH3 – CH = CH – CH2 – CH3 (ii) CH3 – CH2 – CH – CH – CH3
C2H5 CH3
(b) Write the name of first member of aldehyde series.
27. An element X (2, 8, 2) combines separately with (NO3)–, (SO4)2– and (PO4)3– radicals. Write the
formulae of the three compounds so formed. To which group of the periodic table does the
element ‘X’ belong? Will it form covalent or ionic compounds? Why? [3]
28. The following table shows the position of six elements A, B, C, D, E and F in the periodic
table. [5]
Groups
1 2 3 to 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
period
2. A B C
3. D E F
Using the above table, answer the following questions giving reasons:

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(a) Which element will form only covalent compounds?
(b) Which element is a metal with valency 2?
(c) Which element is a non-metal with valency of 3?
(d) Out of D and E, which one has more atomic radius and why?
(e) Write a common name for the family of elements C and F.

Section C – Biology
29. Given below is the list of vegetables available in the market. Select from these the two vegetables
having homologous structures: Potato, sweet potato, ginger, radish, tomato, carrot, okra (Lady’s
finger) [½]
(a) Potato and sweet potato (b) Radish and carrot
(c) Okra and sweet potato (d) Potato and tomato
30. In the following diagram showing the structure of embryo of a dicot seed, what are the parts
marked I, 2 and 3 sequentially? [½]

(a) Plumule, Cotyledon, Radicle (b) Plumule, Radicle, Cotyledon

(c) Cotyledon, Plumule, Radicle (d) Radicle, Plumule, Cotyledon
31. When you study a slide showing different stages of budding in yeast, you observe the following
stages: [½]
I The bud may get separated from the parent body and develop into a new individual.
II The body of the bud develops and gives rise to another baby bud.
III A bud comes out in any direction from the body of the parent cell.
IV Thus they may form a colony.
The proper sequence of the above stages is
(a) II, I, III, IV (b) II, III, I, IV (c) III, II, I, IV (d) III, I, II, IV
32. A student wants to observe the embryo of a gram seed. He will be able to observe the embryo if
the dry gram seed is [½]
(a) kept in dry air as it is
(b) soaked in mustard oil overnight
(c) soaked in saturated salt solution for about a week
(d) soaked in plain water overnight
33. State two factors that work against the equitable distribution of resources. [1]
34. In a food chain if 10,000 joules of energy is available to the producer,how much energy will be
available to the secondary consumer to transfer it to the tertiary consumer. [1]
35. Leaves of Bryophyllum falls on the ground and produce new plants where as the leaves of
Jasmine do not. Why? [1]
36. What is a food chain? Why is a food chain usually restricted to fourth trophic level? [2]
37. "The chromosome number of the sexually reproducing parents and their offspring is the same".
Justify the statement. [2]
38. List four advantages of properly managed watershed management. [2]
39. (a) What happens when a Spirogyra filament attains considerable length?

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(b) Why is the tissue taken from the tip of the plant during tissue culture? [2]
40. (a) Write two examples of sexually transmitted diseases caused by
(i) Virus (ii) Bacteria
(b) Explain two ways how the transmission of such diseases can be prevented? [3]
41. Show a cross when heterozygous parent for both characters round and yellow is self pollinated.
Show the ratio that will be obtained and explain the law associated with such a cross. [3]
42. Explain with an example for each, how the following provides evidences in favour of evolution
in organisms: (a) Homologous organs (b) Analogous organs [3]
43. (a) Which species is likely to have better chances of survival – the one reproducing asexually
or the one reproducing sexually? Justify your answer.
(b) Draw a neat labelled diagram of the human female reproductive system and label:
(i) The site of fertilization.
(ii) Site of development of the foetus takes place. [1+2]
44.

(a) Identify A, B, C and D in the given diagram and write their names.
(b) What is pollination? Explain its significance.
(c) Explain the process of fertilisation in flowers.
(d) Name the parts of the flower that develop after fertilisation into (i) seed, (ii) fruit. [2+1+2]

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