CBSE SAMPLE PAPER - 5

(Chapter - 13 to 16) science (class - x)

SECTION - A

1. What is the frequency of A.C. supply in India?

2. What is meant by “sustainable development” ?

3. What are hot spring ? how are hot springs formed?

4. What would happen, if all the micro-organisms are me==removed from the environment ?

5. Write two advantage of sustainable management of natural resources. Out of the two-reuse and
recycle - which is better and why?

6. An electric oven of kW power rating is operated in a domestic electric circuit (220 V) that has a
current rating of 5 A. what result do you expect ? explain.

7. Explain why, the direction of induced current in the coil of an A.C. generator changes after every
half revolution of the coil.

8. Explain why:

(i) A solar cooker box is painted black from inside.

(ii) The solar cooker box is covered with a glass sheet.

(iii) A plane mirror reflector is used in a solar cooker.

Or

Increasing demand of fossil fuels has caused harm to our environments. List its three ill effects.
Suggest three measures to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.

9. List three distinguishing features between fossil fuels and solar energy.

10. Give reason to justify the following:

(a) The existence of decomposers is essential in a biosphere.

(b) Flow of energy in a food chain is unidirectional.

(c) Green plants are called producers.

11. State 10% low. Explain with an example how energy flows through different trophic levels.

12. What is biodiversity? What will happen if biodiversity of an area is not preserved? Mention three
effects of it.

13. (a) mention any two advantages of constructing dams.

(b) name a dam which was a subject of much opposition from locals as well as NGO’s.

(c) mention any three problems which may arise due to construction of large dams.

Or

14. What was chipko andolan? What is its significance?

15. Seema and Nikita were driving through connaught place in Delhi. Their car was moving at a
 very low speed. There was such a heavy traffic in all the lane and their car was hardly

moving. Seema said to Nikita, “if the rate of manufacture of vehicles remain this, it will become

a hell to live in cities. We must take some measure to address the problem.”

(a) What measures can you suggest to check the alarming condition of traffic in big cities?

(b) What are fossil fuels? Name two common fossil fuels.

(c) What values are exhibited by Seema and Nikita.

16. Study the given diagram.

(i) Suggest a suitable caption for the given diagram.

(ii) Label the two parts indicated by (i) and (ii).

(iii) Which type of energy is converted in this device?

(iv) Give any two uses of this device.

(v) Define armature.

17. (a) why is tidal energy not likely to be a potential source of energy?

(b) explain how to energy of flowing water is related to solar energy.

Or

(a) Why CNG is considered, an environmental-friendly fuel?

(b) For producing electricity, the energy from flowing water is preferred to energy obtained

by burning coke. State two reasons for it.

(c) What is a solar cell? Name two materials used for making solar cells.

18. Explain five harmful effects of agriculture practices on environment.

19. Why are natural eco-systems more or less balanced system ? if you remove all the phytoplanktons
from a pond what will happen to it?

20. With the help of an example, describe how the participation of local people can lead to the
efficient management of forests.

21. (a) Why do you think there should be equitable distribution of natural resources ? what

force would be working against an equitable distribution of resources ?

(b) what would be the advantages of exploiting resources with short-term aims ?

SECTION - B

22. When sodium bicarbonate powder is added to acetic acid, a gas evolves. Give two characteristics
of this gas.

23. A students took four test tubes I, ll, lll, and lV containing aluminium sulphate, copper sulphate,
ferrous sulphate and zinc sulphate solutions, respectively. He placed an iron strip in each of them. In
which test tube, a brown deposit is formed ?

24. Justify the three rays from the following diagram which are obeying the laws of refraction.
 Give reason for your choice.

25. List two precautions which you will take while performing the experiment, “to determine the
equivalent resistance of two resistors when connected in series.”

26. How does binary fission differ from multiple fission?

27. Leaves of brophyllum fallen on the ground produce new plants. Why?

ANSWERS

SECTION - A

1. 50 Hz.

2. A type of management which encourages utilisation of resources of resources that meet current
basic human needs while preserving the resources for the needs of future generations is called
sustainable management.

3. At some places in the world, the rocks at some depth below the surface of earth are very, very hot.
These regions are called hot spots. When underground water comes in contact with the hot spot,
steam is generated. Due to the presence of steam, sometimes hot water from that region comes out
on the surface of the earth. ‘such outlets of natural hot water are called hot springs.

4. There would be dead bodies of plants and animals all around the earth making it a difficult place to
live in. Moreover, the nutrient cycle will be stopped in the environment which will disturb the
ecological balance.

5. Advantages :

(i) Provides the resources for the present generation.

(ii) Preserves the resources for the future generation as well.

Reuse is better than recycling because it does not involve use of energy.

6. Power, P = 2 kW = 2 x 1000 W = 2000 W

Potential difference V = 220 V

Current drawn, I=?

Power, P=VxI

or 2000 = 220 x

2000

or l= 2200 = 9 A.

The current drawn by this electric oven is 9 amperes which is very high but the fuse in this circuit
is only of 5 ampere capacity. So when a very high current of 9 A flows through the 5 A fuse, the
fuse wire will get heated too much, melt and break the circuit, cutting off the power supply. Thus,
when a 2kW power rating electric oven is operated in a circuit having 5 A fuse, the fuse blow off
cutting off the power supply =in this circuit.

7. After every half revolution, each side of the generator coil starts moving in the opposite direction in
the magnetic field. The side of the coil which was initially moving downwards in the magnetic field,
after half revolution, it start moving in opposite direction upwards. Similarly, the side of coil which
was initially moving upwards, after half revolution, it stars moving downwards. Due to the change in
the direction of motion of the two sides of the coil in the magnetic field after every half revolution,
the direction of current produced in them also changes after every half revolution.

8. (i) A solar cooker box is painted black from inside because a black surface absorbs more heat

rays of the sum than a white surface.

(ii) the solar cooker box is covered with a glass sheet because the glass sheet traps more and

more of sum’s heat rays in the solar cooker box by producing green house effect.

(iii) A plane mirror reflector is used in a solar cooker to increase the area over which solar energy

is collected so that more heat rays of the sun enter the solar cooker box.

Or

IIIeffects of burning fossil fuels:

(i) Air pollution

(ii) Global warming

(iii) Acid rain

Measures to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels:

(i) Using clean fuel like CNG, LPG, etc.

(ii) Using public transport instead of private vehicles.

(iii) Using renewable sources of energy.

9. Fossil Fuels Solar Energy

(i) It is a conventional sources of energy (i) It is a non-conventional sources of

(ii) Fossil fuels can be used as a sources of of
energy.
(iii) Use of fossil fuel causes air pollution
because during burning of fossil fuel, harmful
gases are evolved.
energy.
(ii) Solar energy can be used only in a day
time.
(iii) Solar energy is a clean fuel and can be
harnessed without causing any pollution.

10. (a) Decomposers are essential in a biosphere because they breakdown the deal complex

organic matter into simple inorganic substance that can be absorbed. Thus decomposers

(i) Replenish the soil naturally, (ii) helps in removing the biogradable waste.

(b) The flow of energy through different steps in the food chain is unidirectional as the energy
captured by autotrophs (plants) can not revert back to solar input and it passes to the
herbivorous and moves progressively through various trophic levels.
 (c) green plants are called producers because they prepare their own food in the presence of
sunlight and chlorophyll.

11. According to 10% law of the energy entering a particular trophic level of organism is available for
transfer to the next higher trophic level.