SRI VISHWESHWARAIAH SCHOOL

(Affiliated to ICSE Board, New Delhi, No: KA-129/2007)

Date : 01.02.24 SECOND PRELIMS EXAM - 2023-24 Class: X
PHYSICS
(SCIENCE PAPER 1)
Maximum Marks: 80
Time allowed: Two hours
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately
You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION A (40 Marks)

(Attempt all questions from this section)
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Question-1 [15 x 1 = 15]

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
i) Rain droplets drizzling with uniform speed are under
a) Static equilibrium
b) Dynamic equilibrium
c) Rotational equilibrium
d) None of the above

ii) Refer to figure below

a) b) c) d)

The work done is maximum in case of

a) figure (ii) b) figure (iii) c) figure (i) d) figure (iv)

iii) The energy for motion of car is derived from

a) Petrol as the fuel
b) Kinetic energy of wheels
c) Running of engine under the bonnet
d) All of these

iv) The mass number of an atom is expressed as

a) Mass number = No of electrons + No of Protons
b) Mass number = No of neutrons + No of electrons
c) Mass number = No of neutrons + No of Protons
d) Mass No = No of electrons

v) Ranbir claims to have obtained an image twice the size of the object with a concave lens.
Assertion : In concave lens their mage will be formed on the same side, erect and diminished
Reason: Concave lens forms only diminished image
a) Both assertion and reason are true
b) both assertion and reason are false
c) Assertion is false but reason is true
d) Assersion is true reason is false

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vi) The harmful effects of ultraviolet light are:
a) Premature ageing of skin
b) Eyesight defects
c) Cancer
d) All of these

vii) In terms of amplitude, the loudness is expressed as

a) Loudness amplitude
b) Loudness (amplitude)2
c) Loundness

d) Londess (amplitude)3

viii) The characteristics of forced vibrations are

a) These vibrations are caused in a body due to an external periodic force
b) The ones that keep changing amplitude with time
c) The ones that change frequency with time
d) None of these

ix) The graph of voltage Vs current for thee different materials is

shown below which of these will be
used for making connecting wire?
a) OR1
b) OR2
c) OR3
d) OV

x) The resistance of the filament of an electric bulb marked 40W-220v is

a) 1200 Ω
b) 1212 Ω
c) 1210 Ω
d) 1201 Ω

xi) Lenz‟s law is related to

a) Explain production of torque in a d.c motor
b) Induction of EMF in a coil
c) Alsign the direction of Induced EMF in a circuit following Faraday‟s laws
d) Working of a generator

xii) A thick iron pan retain heat for long time than a thin iron pan because
a) The thick pan has more heat capacity than the thin pan
b) The thick pan has less heat capacity than the thin pan
c) The thick pan has more specific heat capacity than the thin pan
d) The thick pan has less specific heat capacity than the thin pan

xiii) With the increase in pressure over ice, its melting point
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Does not change
d) May increase or decrease

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xiv) A stick is observed bent when dipped in a trough of water because
a) The dense medium is water
b) The water is in a trough
c) The phenomenm of refraction
d) The eye sight of the observer

xv) An optical fiber is used in

a) Electrical wiring
b) High speed data communication using TIR
c) Cooking devices
d) None of these

Question 2
i) a) Deduce the relationship between MA, VR and n 1M
b) Which class of lever has its MA always greater than one? 1M

ii) a) In the figure below, the boy is

pressing down the beam, what does it represent? 1M

b) With reference to above lever system AF=60cm, FB=40cm find Load = 40kgf and
Effort = E the value of E and MA 2M
iii) a) A light mass and heavy mass have equal momentum. Which will have more kinetic energy? 1M

b) A body of mass m is moving with a uniform velocity u. A force is applied on the body due to which its
velocity increases from u to v. How much work is done by the force? 1M

iv) With reference to the adjoin fig answer the following questions.

a) At which point potential energy is maximum? 1M

b) At which point kinetic energy is maximum? 1M

v) Two wire P and Q are made of copper. The wire P is long and thin, while the wire B is short and thick.
a) Which will have more specific resistance? 1M
b) Which will have more resistance? 1M

vi) SONAR is used to find the depth of the sea and a RADAR is used to find enemy‟s aeroplane.
a) Name the kind of waves used in each case. 2M
b) Name the principle on which each one works. 1M

Question 3
i) Rahul is holding a lens of Power + 5D and Mrudal is holding a lens of power – 5D.
a) Name the kind of lens which Rahul holds?
b) Name the kind of lens which Mrudal holds?
c) When both of them will keep it in contact, what will be the power of a lens. 3M

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ii) With reference to the adjoin fig answer
the following questions.

a) What is the advantage of closed core? 2M

b) Secondary coil is thinner why?

iii) Give two characterstics of high tension wire. 2M

iv) A copper ball is dropped form a vertical height of 1200m. If the intial temperature of copper ball at the
height is 120C, what is its temperature of copper is 400jkg-1 k-1 and g = 10 ms-2 2M

v) Out of & isotope of uranium which is not easily fissionable. 1M

SECTION – B
(Attempt any four questions from this section)
Question 4
i) A ray of light travels from water to air as shown
in the diagram given below.

a) Copy the diagram and complete the path of the ray, Given: the critical angle for water is 480.
b) Name the phenomenon which occurs when angle of incidence is 500. 2M

ii) Complete the following ray diagram till the rays emerges
out of the prism. If the
critical angle of glass-air media is 420. 2M

iii) A ray of light of wavelength 5400 A0

a
a) Suffers refraction from a glass taking ug = find wavelength on glass. 2M

b) State one factor that determines critical angle. 1M

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iv) A diver in water looks obliquely at an object AB in air. 2M

a) Does the object AB (Tree) appear Taller, Shorter or of the same size to the diver?

b) State the reason for the above (a)

c) Write an expression for refractive index of water with respect to air in terms of velocity of light.

d) Is there any change in frequency when light travels from one medium to another medium.

Question 5
i) Calculate the focal length of a convex lens, which produces a virtual image at a distance of 50cm of an
object placed 20cm infront of it. 3M
ii) When sunlight passes through water droplets in the atmosphere
its gets dispersed into its constituent colours forming a rainbow.
A similar phenomenon is observed when light passes through a prism. 3M

a) Angle of deviation for violet is more the angle of deviation for red why?
b) Name the phenomenon: on passing white light through a prism, the band of colours seen on a screen.
c) On which surface of prism there is both refraction and dispersion of light?

iii) a) One half of a convex lens is covered with a black paper a) will the lens produce a complete
image of the object? 4M

b) It there any change in the intensity of the image?

c) Where does the image will be formed?

d) What happens to its focal length if we remove black paper?

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Question 6
i) The fig below shows a coconut of 2kg when it falls
freely from the position A

a) What is the potential energy at the position A?

b) What is the total mechanical energy at point B ?

c) What is the KE at the point C?

(Take g=10s-2 Height (h)=10m and given that there is no loss of energy)

ii) a) The diagram below shows a block and tackle system copy and complete
the labeled diagram showing the correct connection of the tackle,
the direction of forces involved to obtain maximum
VR with the convenient direction.

b) Calculate the MA of this pulley system if its efficiency of 90%

iii) Observe the fig and answer the given questions. 3M

a) Where should a man of mass 74 kg sit to balance it?

b) State one condition for a body acted upon several forces, to be equilibrium.

Question 7
i) A pendulum has a frequency of 5 vibrations per second. An observer starts a pendulum and fires a gun
simultaneously. He hears echo from the clift after 8 vibrations of the pendulum. If the velocity of sound in
air is 340 ms-1, find the distance between the clift and the observer.

ii) A certain nucleus P has a mass number 15 and atomic number 7. 3M

a) Find the number of neutrons.
b) Write the symbol for the nucleus P.
c) The nucleus P loses one B=particle express the change by a reaction.

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iii) A string vibrates with a natural frequency of 256HZ.
a) Which of the tunning fork given below will resonate with the string? 2M
i) A frequency of 512HZ
ii) B of frequency of 256HZ. Give reason for your answer.

b) i) Define the term Resonance. 2M

ii) State one condition which necessary for resonance to takes place.

Question 8
i) With reference to the given diagram answer the
following questions. 3M

a) Why is switch is always connected to a live wire?

b) Name the device used to protect the electric
circuits from overloading and short circuits.
c) What is the current rating of main fuse?

ii) What happens to the position of an element in the periodic table when its nucleus emits. 3M

a) An Alpha particle
b) a Beta particle
c) Gamma radiation

iii) The diagram alongside shows a circuit with

the key k open. Calculate 4M

a) The resistance of the circuit with the key k is open.

b) The current drawn from the cell when the key k is open the resistance of the circuit when the key k is
closed.
d) The current drawn from the cell when the key is closed.

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Question 9
i) 200g of water 500C is cooled down to 100C by adding “m”g of ice cubes at 00C. Find „m‟.
Take SHC of water=4.2Jg-1 k-1 Specific Latent heat of ice = 336jg-1.

ii) With reference to the adjoining graph answer the

following questions. 3M

a) What is represented by the part AB?

b) What does the part of CD represents?
c) What conclusion do you draw regarding
the nature of ice from the graph?

a) Calculate the total amount of heat energy required to convert 100g of ice at – 100C completely of ice into
water at 1000C Take
SHC of ice = 2.1 Jg-1 k-1
Specific latent heat of ice = 336Jg-1

iii) Observe the given diagram and answer the following questions. 4M
a) Why there is no deflection in galvanometer in fig. (a)
b) State the polarity at the and A in fig (b)
c) State the polarity at the end A in fig (d)
d) Name the law which can be used to determine the
direction of the induced current in the coil?

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