Masterstroke UP Board Science (English) Class 10 Exam 2027 | Chapterwise Question Bank | Model Papers, MCQs

U.P. Board

Academic Session – 2025-26

Subject – Science

Class – 10

Syllabus

 

In this paper, there will be a Question Paper of 70 marks and Internal Assessment at the school level of 30 marks. Minimum passing marks are 23 and 10, a total of 33 marks.

 

Maximum Marks: 70

S.No.	Unit	Marks
1)	Chemical Substances – Nature and Behaviour	20
2)	The World of Living	20
3)	Natural Phenomena	12
4)	Effects of Current	13
5)	Natural Resources	05
	Total	70
	Internal Assessment Work	30
	Grand Total	100

 

Unit I: Chemical Substances – Nature and Behaviour                                              (20 Marks)

Chemical Reactions: Chemical equation, Balanced chemical equation, implications of a balanced chemical equation, types of balanced chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralisation, oxidation and reduction.

 

Acids, Bases and Salts: Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H_­⁺ and OH_­^–_­­ ions. General properties, examples and uses, concept of pH scale (Definition relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life; preparation and uses of sodium hydroxide, bleaching  powder, baking soda, washing soda and plaster of Paris.

 

Metals and Non-Metals: Properties of metals and non-metals, Preparation and Properties of Ionic Compounds, reactivity series, basic metallurgical process, corrosion and its prevention.

 

Carbon Compounds: Covalent bonding in carbon compounds, Versatile nature of carbon, Homologous series, Nomenclature of carbon compounds containing functional groups (halogens, alcohol, ketones, aldehydes, alkanes and alkynes), difference between saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons, Chemical properties of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reaction). Ethanol and ethanoic acid (only properties and uses), soaps and detergents.

 

Unit II: The World of Living                                                                                     (20 Marks)

Life Processes: ‘Living Being’. Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transportation and excretion in plants and animals.

 

Control and Co-Ordination in Animals and Plants: Tropic movements in plants, introduction of plant hormones, Control and co-ordination in animals, Nervous system – Voluntary muscles and involuntary muscles, reflex action, Chemical co-ordination – animal hormones.

 

Reproduction: Reproduction in animals and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive health – needs and methods of family planning, Safe sex and HIV/AIDS, Obstetric and reproductive health.

 

Heredity: Heredity; Mendel’s contribution – Laws for inheritance of traits, Sex determination (brief introduction).

 

Unit III: Natural Phenomena                                                                                     (12 Marks)

Reflection of light at curved surfaces, images formed by spherical mirrors, centre of curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula (derivation not required), magnification.

 

Refraction – laws of refraction, refractive index, Refraction by spherical lens, image formed by spherical lenses, rules for image formation by lenses, lens formula (derivation not required), Magnification, Power of a lens, Functioning of a lens in human eye, defects of vision and their corrections, applications of spherical mirrors and lenses.

 

Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, applications in daily life.

 

Unit IV: Effects of Current                                                                                        (13 Marks)

Electric current, potential difference and electric current. Ohm’s law, Resistance, Resistivity, Factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends, Combination of resistors (series and parallel) and its applications in daily life, Heating effect of electric current, and its applications in daily life. Electric power, interrelation between P, V, I and R.

 

Magnetic Effects of Electric Current: Magnetic field, field lines, magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor, magnetic field due to electric current carrying coil or solenoid; force on current-carrying conductor, Fleming’s Left-Hand Rule, Domestic electric circuits.

 

Unit V: Natural Resources                                                                                        (05 Marks)

Our Environment: Eco-system, environmental problems, Ozone layer depletion, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.

 

Practical

The practical exam will be evaluated internally at the school level. The marks distribution for the practical exam is as follows:

 

Three Experiments	–	2 × 3	=	06 Marks
Oral work	–		=	02 Marks
Sessional work	–		=	03 Marks
		Total Marks	=	11 Marks