Shri Vidhya Mandhir

A SENIOR SECONDARY CBSE SCHOOL

PUSHPATHUR, PALANI
SUBJECT: SCIENCE (086)

I MCQ:
1. Identify x and y in the following reaction:
Cu + xHNO3 → Cu (NO3)2 + yNO2 + 2H2O
(a) 4 and 2 (b) 3 and 5 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 4 and 4
2. Which of the following can be decomposed by the action of sunlight?
(a) Potassium bromide (b) Silver bromide (c) Magnesium oxide (d) Sodium chloride
3. The carbonate of lead is a white solid. It decomposes when heated to form carbon
dioxide and a yellow solid oxide ‘X’. What is X?
(a) Zinc oxide (b) Lead oxide (c) Silver oxide (d) Magnesium oxide.
4. Identify the endothermic process from the following?
(a) H2O(l) → H2O(g) (b) CaO (s) + H2O (l) → Ca (OH)2 (aq) (c) Combustion of
methane (d) Addition of conc. HCl to water
5. Which of the following statements about the given reaction are correct? 2Fe (s) + 4H2O
(l) → Fe3O4 (s) + 4H2 (g)
1. Iron metal is getting oxidized. 2. Water is getting reduced. 3. Water is acting as
reducing agent. 4. Water is acting as oxidizing agent.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
6. When Ag is exposed to air it gets a black coating of (a) AgNO3 (b) Ag2S (c) Ag2O (d)
Ag2CO3
7. MnO2 + 4HCl →MnCl2 + 2H2O + Cl2 Identify the substance oxidized in the above
equation. (a) MnCl2 (b) HCl (c) H2O (d) MnO2
8. Zinc reacts with silver nitrate to form which compounds?
(a) Zn (NO3)2 + Ag (b) ZnNO3 + Ag (c) AgNO3 + Zn (NO3)2 (d) Ag + Zn (NO3)3
9. In the double displacement reaction between aqueous potassium iodide and aqueous
lead nitrate, a yellow precipitate of lead iodide is formed. While performing the activity
if lead nitrate is not available, which of the following can be used in place of lead
nitrate?
(a) Lead sulphate (insoluble) (b) Lead acetate (c) Ammonium nitrate (d) Potassium
sulphate
10. The brown gas evolved on heating of copper nitrate is
(a) O2 (b) NO2 (c) N2 (d) NO
11. Electrolysis of water is a decomposition reaction. The mole ratio of hydrogen and
oxygen gases liberated during electrolysis of water is:
(a) 1: 1 (b) 2:1 (c) 4:1 (d) 1:2
12. A substance ‘X’ is used in white-washing and is obtained by heating limestone in the
absence of air. Identify ‘X’.
(a) CaOCl2 (b) Ca (OH)2 (c) CaO (d) CaCO3
13. 2HNO3 + Ca (OH)2 → Ca (NO3)2 + 2H2O; is an example of
 (i) displacement reaction (ii) double displacement reaction (iii) neutralisation reaction
(iv) combination reaction.
(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)
14. A substance X which is a group 2 element is used intensively in the cement industry.
This element is present in bones also. On treatment with water, it forms a solution
which turns red litmus blue. Element X is (a) Cu (b) Ca (c) Na (d) Al
15. You are given the following chemical reaction:

This reaction represents: (a) Combination reaction as well as double displacement

reaction (b) Redox reaction as well as displacement reaction (c) Double displacement
reaction as well as redox reaction (d) Decomposition reaction as well as displacement
reaction.
II. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1. What happens chemically when quicklime is added to water filled in a bucket?

2. What change in colour is observed when white silver chloride is left exposed to
sunlight? State the type of chemical reaction in this change.
3. A solution of potassium chloride when mixed with silver nitrate solution, an
insoluble white substance is formed. Write the chemical reaction involved and also
mention the type of the chemical reaction?
4. Why decomposition reactions are called the opposite of combination reactions?
Write equations for these reactions.
5. What is redox reaction? Identify the substance oxidized and the substance reduced in
the following reactions.

PHYSICS
1. By what other name is the unit joule/coulomb called?
2. Which of the following statements correctly defines a volt?
(a) A volt is a joule per ampere. (b) A volt is a joule per coulomb.
3. (a) What do the letters p.d. stand for ?
(b) Which device is used to measure p.d.?
4. What is meant by saying that the electric potential at a point is 1 volt?
5. How much work is done when one coulomb charge moves against a potential
difference of 1 volt?
6. What is the SI unit of potential difference?
7. How much work is done in moving a charge of 2 C across two points having a
potential difference of 12 V?
8. What is the unit of electric charge?
9. Define one coulomb charge.
10. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words: (a) Potential difference is measured
in ..............by using a ..................placed in...............across a component.
(b) Copper is a good................Plastic is a...................
 11. What is meant by conductors and insulators? Give two examples of conductors and
two of insulators.
12. Which of the following are conductors and which are insulators ? Sulphur, Silver,
Copper, Cotton, Aluminium, Air, Nichrome, Graphite, Paper, Porcelain, Mercury, Mica,
Bakelite, Polythene, Manganin
13. What do you understand by the term “electric potential”? (or potential) at a point ?
What is the unit of electric potential?
14. a) State the relation between potential difference, work done and charge moved. (b)
Calculate the work done in moving a charge of 4 coulombs from a point at 220 volts to
another point at 230 volts.
15. (a) Name a device that helps to measure the potential difference across a conductor.
(b) How much energy is transferred by a 12 V power supply to each coulomb of charge which
it moves around a circuit?
16. (a) Define electric current. What is the SI unit of electric current?
(b) One coulomb of charge flows through any cross-section of a conductor in 1
second. What is the current flowing through the conductor?
(c) Which instrument is used to measure electric current? How should it be
connected in a circuit?
(d) What is the conventional direction of the flow of electric current? How does it
differ from the direction of flow of electrons?
(e) A flash of lightning carries 10 C of charge which flows for 0.01 s. What is the
current? If the voltage is 10 MV, what is the energy?