CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Question Paper 2016 with Answer Key (March 15, Set 1- 1/1/1)

CBSE X Questions

• 1.

  Assertion : In human beings, the respiratory pigment is haemoglobin present in red blood cells.
  Reason (R) : Haemoglobin has a very high affinity for carbon dioxide.
  

  • Both, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
    
  • Both, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
    
  • Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
    
  • Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
    
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• 2.

  In the given figure, \(AB \parallel DE\) and \(AC \parallel DF\). Show that \(\triangle ABC \sim \triangle DEF\). If \(BC = 10\) cm, \(EB = CF = 5\) cm and \(AB = 7\) cm, then find the length DE.
  

  

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• 3.

  Prove that \(2 + 3\sqrt{5}\) is an irrational number given that \(\sqrt{5}\) is an irrational number.
  

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• 4.

  A conical cavity of maximum volume is carved out from a wooden solid hemisphere of radius 10 cm. Curved surface area of the cavity carved out is (use \(\pi = 3.14\))
  

  

  • \(314 \sqrt{2}\) \(\text{cm}^{2}\)
    
  • \(314\) \(\text{cm}^{2}\)
    
  • \(\frac{3140}{3}\) \(\text{cm}^{2}\)
    
  • \(3140 \sqrt{2}\) \(\text{cm}^{2}\)
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• 5.

  State two differences between pollination and fertilization.

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• 6.

  Paddy fields require a large amount of water. The pesticides and chemical fertilizers used are washed down into the soil or waterbodies. How do these chemicals reach our bodies? What is this phenomenon known as?

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