Class 10 Science – Important MCQS - 1


49. Which gas is used in photosynthesis ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ-āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖāϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϗ⧇āĻ› āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


a) Oxygen | b) Carbon dioxide | c) Nitrogen | d) Hydrogen


Ans: Carbon dioxide
Explanation: Plants use CO₂ to make food. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāχ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāχāĻĄ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


50. SI unit of electric potential is: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§ąā§° SI āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


a) Volt | b) Ampere | c) Ohm | d) Watt


Ans: Volt
Explanation: Electric potential is measured in volt. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§ą āĻ­āĻ˛ā§āϟāϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


51. Human breathing organ is: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ-āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ— āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


a) Heart | b) Lungs | c) Liver | d) Kidney


Ans: Lungs
Explanation: Lungs help in breathing. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĢ⧁āϏāĻĢ⧁āϏ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ-āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


52. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet” ? āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻ• “ā§°āĻ™āĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


a) Earth | b) Mars | c) Jupiter | d) Saturn


Ans: Mars
Explanation: Mars looks red due to iron oxide. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧌āĻš āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāχāĻĄā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš ā§°āĻ™āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


53. What is the powerhouse of the cell ? āϕ⧋āώ⧰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϘ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


a) Nucleus | b) Mitochondria | c) Ribosome | d) Cytoplasm


Ans: Mitochondria
Explanation: Mitochondria produce energy (ATP). āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŽāĻžāχāĻŸā§‹āĻ•’āĻŖā§āĻĄā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


54. Law of gravitation was given by: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āϕ⧋āύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


a) Isaac Newton  b) Galileo Galilei  c) Albert Einstein   d) Johannes Kepler


Ans: Isaac Newton
Explanation: Newton gave the law of universal gravitation. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


55. Which acid is found in lemon ? āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧁āϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻāϚāĻŋāĻĄ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?


a) HCl | b) H₂SO₄ | c) Citric acid | d) Nitric acid


Ans: Citric acid
Explanation: Lemon is rich in citric acid. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧁āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻŸā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻāϚāĻŋāĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


56. Base turns red litmus paper: āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§°ā§‡ ā§°āĻ™āĻž āϞāĻŋāϟāĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāĻ• āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


a) Blue | b) Red | c) Pink | d) No change


Ans: Blue
Explanation: Bases turn red litmus blue. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§°ā§‡ ā§°āĻ™āĻž āϞāĻŋāϟāĻŽāĻžāĻ› āύ⧀āϞāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


57. Form of energy stored in food is: āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


a) Kinetic | b) Potential | c) Chemical | d) Thermal


Ans: Chemical energy
Explanation: Food stores chemical energy. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϤ ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤