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PAPER 13
Physics
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AHighly Simulated Practice
ExaminationQuestion Paper
for ICSE Class X

General lInstructions
You will be allowed to write
not Time:2 hrs MM:80
The time given at the head of during the first 1 5 minutes. This
time is to be spent in
this paper is the time
allowed reading the question paper.
Attempt questions from Section A any 4
all for writing the answers.
The intended marks for and questions from Section B.
questions or parts of questions are
given in brackets [ JI

Section - A
[Attempt all questions.]
1. Choose the correct answers to the
questions from the given options.
[15]
(i) What is ratio of force
acting on a body while going upwards and downwards
under the influence of earth's
gravity?
(a) 2 (b) -1 (c) (d)-2
(ii) A women pushes a trunk on railway platform which has a rough surface. She
supplies a force of 100 N over a distance of 10 m. Thereafter, she
gets
progressively tired and her applied force reduces linearly with distance to
50 N. The total distance by which the trunk has been moved is 20m. If
frictional force between trunk and rough surface is 50 N, then calculate the net
work done by the two forces over 20 m.
(a) 1000 J (b) 500 J
(c) 750 J (d) 1500 J
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Or Our hands transferred-
is the energY erred?
wall yield work, then where
() Pushing a no

(a) To the environment as friction.

(b) To the wall as friction
(c) To the environment and wall as heat
(d) All of the above
(f) Which of the following cannot be a decay
product from the parent nuclei?
(a) An isotope of parent nuclei
(b) An isobar of parent nuclei
(c) More stable daughter nuclei
(d) None of the above
then deviation of ray is
(V) When ray of light travel from glass to air,
(b) zero
(a) i-r
(d) 90°
(c)r-i
(vi) The refractive indices of kerosene oil, water and turpentine oil are 1.44, 1.33 and 1
faster?
1.87,
respectively. In which of these material light travel
(b) Turpentine oil
(a) Kerosene oil
(c) Water (d) Same in all
(Vvii) Which of the following colours has more lateral displacement?
(a) Red (b) Blue
(c) Green (d) Violet

(vii) If the medium both side of a lens is same, then

on
(a) first and second focal lengths are not equal
(b) first and second focal lengths are equal
(c) h>Ja
(ix)
(d)<2
The wave velocity, frequency and wavelength arc realated as
(a) v f

(C) (d) v=

(x) Which of the following is the electrostatic unit of charge?

(a) franklin (b) qn. sec
(c) becquerel (d) caloric
(xi) EMF of a cell is independent of
(a) the shape of electrodes
(b) the material of electrodes
(c) the distance between the electrodes
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(x) An object is vibrating at 4000 Hz. The time period of sound produced is
(a) 00025s (b) 0025 s
(c) 0.00025s (d) 0.005s
(xii) The production of induced current in one coil due to change in magnetic field is caled
(a) electromagnetism (b) induction
(c) mutual induction (d) steady current
(xtv) Conduction is the method of transfer of heat in
a)liquids (b) solids
(c) gases (d) vacuum
in Which one of the following is a reliable measure?
(a) Hotness b) Coldness
(c} Temperature (d) None of these
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(a) A
() (a)
a A body of mass 5.5
of 15m. What is thekg
is
2.
dropped from the 2nd floor of a
force acting on it during its fall? building which is at a height
(b) What are isobars? (g=10 m/s*) (1]
(c) Give one example of isobars. (1]
H (a) Give one example of [1
pure rotational motion.
(b) Comment on the movement of [11
motion. particles on the axis of rotation in
pure
Point the centre of rotational
gravity of the object given below [1
[2]

(a)
(b)

(tv) A brass ball is hanging froma stiff cotton thread. Draw a neat labelled
the forces acting on the brass bal and cotton diagram showing
thread. [2]
(v) Is it possible that an object is in the state of accelerated motion due to external force
acting on it, but no work is being done by the force? Explain it with an example.
(2]
(17) Can SONAR be used to determine the depth of a sea? Draw a well labelled diagram
showing the procedure. [2]
(11) Of the three connecting wires in a household circuit,
a) which two of the three wires
the same potential?
are at [1]
b)in which of the three wires should the switch be connected?
3. ( ) The power of a lens is - 2.5 D.

(a Find its focal length. [1

(b Name the type of lens. [1
(17) How does increase in the temperature affect the specific resistance of a [2)
(a) netal (b) semiconductor?
(11) The magnetic ficld produced by a current carrying conductor is shown below. Is there a
ficld produced around a thin beam of moving a-particles and neutrons?
similar magnetic [2
Justify your answer.

Magnetic field

.. *

statements?
(v) What do you understand by the following [1
The heat capacity of the body is 60 JK
(a)
[11
of lead is 130 JkgK-,
(b) The specific heat capacity

(v) (a) What is theorigin of P-particles? [1

produce X-rays?
b) Under what condition P-particdes
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Class x
Section - B
questions.]
[Attempt any four

is incident on three glass objects as shon

4. (1) A narrow beam of white light beam in all three Casecbelo.
Comment on the nature of behaviour of the emergent ses.
[3

(C)
(a) (b)
ol a m o n o c h r o m a t i c light ray of lighr:
() (a) labelled diagram to show the path
Draw a lig in a
deviation.
prism kept at its angle of minimum 2
index in this position?
(b) What will be the formula for refractive
the refraction of light rays from
(17) (a) With the help suitable diagram, represent
of a
I. rarer to denser medium.
II. denser to rarer medium.
or remains the same when viewod
(b) Does the depth of a tank ofwater appear to change d
normally from the above? [1
5. () (a} You are provided with a printed piece of paper. Using this paper, how will
you
lens and concave lens?
differentiate between a convex (2
(b) What are the uses of convex lens ? (1
(iä) (a) How many surfaces bound a prism?
Give the relationship between waveleng1h
of light and amount by which it deviates
(b)
when it is passed through a prism.
when a ray of whitc light is inident
(c) What will be the colour of the emergent light ray,
on a thin walled hollow glass prisn1?
nature of reliaction. 1
( ) (a) Define convex lens and give its of a conves lens of focal
to the principal aNis
(b} A 6 Cm tall object is placed perpendicular from the lens is 40 cm
25 cm. The distance of the object
(2
length
By calculation determine
I. the position and
the size of the image formed.
II.
a vertical height of
to lift a load of 175 kgf through
6. () Apulley system with VR =4 is used the downward direction. (Take, g 10 ms). =

15 m. The effort required is 50 kgf in

Calculate
the effort.
(a) distance moved by
the pulley system.
(b) mechanical advantage of
(c) efficiency of the pulley system. (12]
balance comes to static equilibrium?
(ti) (a) How a beam which fact it is based? [1%]
How plane moves at a constant height? On
(b) a

work done when

(ii) (a) Calculate the
L a 20 kg weight is lifted 2 m vertically:
20N.
against a frictional resistance of
II. a bike is moved on a rough road through 35 m
2]
(9=9.8ms)
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tb) What is the work done a
I. normal to the
by force when the force is (2]
IL in the same
displacement produced.
direction as the
a) Distinguish between an impure and a
displacement
produced?
,° pure spectrum.
((h) Write the name of highest 4
wavelength and lowest
wavelength waves.
(a) After emission of an a-particle and two
another element ,R°. What is the -particles from an element o p 238
we get

b) Name the radiation which is

relation between P and R? [3
used in carbon
(a) How does the dating.
change in
frequency
and amplitude affect a musical sound?
b) What is meant by intensity of sound? How [3]
is it different from loudness?
a Three resistors of 6.0 Q,2.0Q and
. figure. The resistors are
4.0Qrespectively
are joined
connected to an ammeter and to a cell together
as shown in the
of emí 6.0 V. 41

A,=600

R=20

Calculate
(a) the effective resistance of the circu
b) the current drawn from the cell.
) a) What are background radiations?
bWrite an equation of an a-emission from 3u.
[3
What will be the change in the rate of
(
radioactivity, if the temperature of the
Iadioactive substance is raised to four times the initial temperature?
a)
Name the new and old colour codes of the wire which is connected to the switch of an
appliance
b) Draw the diagrams of a dual control switch when the appliance is switched ON and
[1
OFF
[1]
(C) Calculate the electrical energy consumed when bulb
a of 40 W is used for 12.5 h
Cveryday tor 30 days.
9. ) Aneleciric heater of power 780 W raises the [1
temperature of 5.5 kg of a lab chemical from
30'C to 41'C in 1.5 min.
[3]
Calculate
(a) energy supplied by heater,
(b) heat capacity and
C) the specific heat capacity of the lab-chemical.
(t) If
a block (made of
lead) of mass 500 g at 127*C is heated in
melts. Determine the quantity of heat
afumace till it completely
required 13
a) to bring the block to its
melting point.
(b total heat energy required to melt the block to its melting point.
C)total heat energy required.
Take, melting point of lead = 327*C, specific heat capacity =0.13Jg oc- and
specific latent heat of fusion =26Jg
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) (a) List three methods of producing magnetic fields.
(b) Imagine that you are sitting in a chamber with your back to one wallA
beam moving horizontally from back wall towards the front wall is is delectr An electron
strong magnetic field to your right side.What is the direction of
of
defled bya
magnetic
magnetic by a
(c) Which rule is used to find the direction of magnetic field due to a curre field? (2
conductor? ent carrying

Answers
1. (i) (b), (ii) (c). (ii) (c), (iv) (d), (v) (c), (vi) (c), (vii) (d), (vii) (b).
(ix) (a), (x) (a), (xi) d.
(xii)(c), (xii) (b), (xiv) (b), (xv) (c)
2. (i) (a) 55 N
3. (i) (a) -40 cm
5. (ii) (b) I. 66.67 cmn
II. -10 cm
6. (i) (a) 60 cm (b) 3.5 (c) 87.5%
(ii) (a) I. 392 J II. 700J
8. (i) (a) 32 (b) 3A (ii) (c) 15 kWh
9. (i) (a) 70.2 kJ (b) 6381.8 J (c) 1160.3 J
(i) (a) 13 kJ (b) 13 kJ (ii) 26 kJ

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