CREST Science Olympiad Class 10 Sample Paper

Help your child excel in the Science Olympiad with the Class 10 sample paper. It's a great tool to practise important topics and understand the exam structure.

What's Included?

  • MCQs covering key concepts from the Class 10 science syllabus.
  • Two sections: Practical Science & Achiever's Section.
  • Answer key with detailed explanations for better understanding.

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Syllabus:

Section 1: Chemical Reactions and Equations, Acids, Bases and Salts, Metals and Non-metals, Carbon and its Compounds, Periodic Classification of Elements, Life Processes, Reproduction in Organisms, Heredity and Evolution, Light-Reflection and Refraction, Human Eye and Colourful World, Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Electric Current, Sources of Energy, Our Environment and its Management.

Achievers Section: Higher Order Thinking Questions - Syllabus as per Section 1

Sample Questions

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6 Q.7 Q.8 Q.9 Q.10

Q.1

When a person walking in bright sunlight enters a dark room, he is not able to see clearly for a little while.

Identify the correct reason for the above statement:

Q.2

Why shouldn't we light a candle in a closed room with people?

Q.3

In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): A person, who has suffered from smallpox can be recommended for providing nursing care to the victims of smallpox than the person who hadn't suffered from smallpox.

Reason (R): The immune system of the person who had suffered from smallpox remembers the microbes causing smallpox and responds vigorously on the next encounter.

Q.4

In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:

Assertion: The magnetic field produced by a current-carrying solenoid is independent of its length and cross-section area.

Reason: The magnetic field inside the solenoid is uniform.

Q.5

In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Generally, the colour of indicators changes in a particular pH range.

Reason (R): Indicators are weak acids or weak bases and exhibit different colours in molecular form and ionic form.

Q.6

In the following question, an assertion and the reason are given. Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): In the periodic table of chemical elements, electron affinity is always found to increase from top to bottom in a group.
Reason (R): In a group, the atomic radii generally increase from top to bottom.

Q.7

In the following question, an assertion and a reason are given. Choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Children necessarily possess the same blood group as either of the parents.

Reason (R): The gene corresponding to the blood group has three alleles.

Q.8

Choose the correct option and complete the following sentence:

An electric motor consists of ____________.
I. rectangular coil of insulated copper wire
II. two poles of a magnetic field
III. split rings
IV. conducting brushes

Q.9

Match List I (Vegetative propagation type) with List II (Example):

Column I (Vegetative propagation type)

Column II (Example)

1.    

Tuber eye

a.    

Garlic

2.    

Bulb

b.    

Rose

3.    

Cutting

c.     

Potato

4.    

Plantlets at margins of leaves

d.    

Bryophyllum

Q.10

Identify the phenomenon by which a new set of the population is formed from the change in the frequency of some genes:

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Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1dQ.2dQ.3aQ.4bQ.5aQ.6dQ.7dQ.8cQ.9bQ.10a

Answers to Sample Questions from CREST Olympiads:

Q.1 : d | Q.2 : d | Q.3 : a | Q.4 : b | Q.5 : a | Q.6 : d | Q.7 : d | Q.8 : c | Q.9 : b | Q.10 : a

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