eVeEXN™. SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-1 PHYSICS (CLASS-10) (SCIENCE PAPER 1) ‘Maximum Marks: 40 Time allowed: One and a alf hours ; to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. ‘Anos oil not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. ‘The time given atthe head of this Paper is the time allowed for toiting the answers. “Attempt all questions from Section A and any three questions from Section B. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. SECTION A (Attempt all questions.) Question 1 Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the question, Write the correct answer only.) ( A wire stretched between two fixed supports is plucked exactly in the middle and then released. It executes (neglect the resistance of the medium): t (@) Resonant vibrations (® Natural vibrations (0) Damped vibrations (@) Forced vibrations (il) Which of the following is not a characteristic of series combination of unequal resistors? a (@ If one resistor is fused, the circuit becomes open. () The total resistance R is given by the formula R = R, +R, + Ry + ... (©) The total resistance becomes more than the greatest resistance, present in the combination. (@ The potential drop across each resistor is same. (ii) Identify the incorrect statement : ) (@) Live wire has potential. () Fuse is connected in the live wire. (©) Potential earth wire is always zero, (@ A switch is connected in the neutral wire circuit. (@o) A soft iron bar is inserted inside a current carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the solenoid: [1] (@ Will decrease (®) Will increase © 2 Will become zero (@ Will remain the same induced emf is produced when a magnet is moved into a coil. The magnitude of induced emf does not depend on: n] (@) The speed with which the magnet is moved () The number of turns of the coil (©) The resistivity of the wire of the coil (vi) What change in heat energy occurs when a substance at its melting point solidifies without change in temperature? uy (@) Latent heat is absorbed (b) Specific heat is a (©) Specific heat is absorbed (@) Latent heat is emit 139(vii) The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 500 g of water from 30°C to 50°C? (sp. heat cap. of water = 4200 J kg? °C!) fy (a) 42000 J (B) 21000 J (©) 500J (@) 4200 J (viii) The radiation with minimum penetrating power is: fy) @1 © 6B (9 X-adiation @o (ix) If the frequency of sound is increased, then : (a) Amplitude increases (©) Timbre increases Le] (b) Pitch increase (@) None of these (2) The nuclear radiation which gets deflected towards positively charged plate in an electric field is: [1] (@) Gamma (0) Ultraviolet (© Beta (@ Alpha SECTION B (Attempt any three questions from this Section.) Question 2 (i The diagram shows a circuit with the key K open. [3] 20k sa. 59 tH 33V,052 Calculate: (@ the resistance of the circuit when the key K is open. () the current drawn from the cell when the key K is open. (i) Explain the following: BI (@) Bottled drinks are cooled more effectively when surrounded by lumps of ice than iced water. (&) Why does weather become pleasant when it starts freezing in cold countries? (iii) The diagram shows a coil wound around a U-shaped soft iron bar AB, (4 LH_A + (@) What is the polarity induced at the ends A and B wh. en the switch is presse (b) Suggest one way to strengthen the magnetic field in the ee al (©) What will be the polarities at A and B, if the di Sates fa rection of current is reversed in the circuit?tion 3 ing curve for a substance being cooled from higher temperature to a lower resents a cooling ‘The graph rep! (3) 7 remperatue. 150 100 50 Temperature ( 0 § 10 15 20 25 30 35 Time (in sec) —> (@) What is the boiling point of the substance? (&) What happens in the region DE? — (i) (@ Two bulbs are marked 100 W, 220 V and 60 W, 110 V. Calculate the ratio of their resistances. (®) (@ What is the colour code for the insulation on the earth wire? B) (ii) Write an expression for calculating electrical power in terms of current and resistance. (ii) Draw a neat and labelled diagram of temperature verses time, when a substance is heated from 0 °C to 90 °C. Also, draw another curve when the molten substance cools to room temperature. How will you determine the melting point and freezing point from the graphs drawn? (4) Question 4 Wire @ @ Two pendulums C and D are suspended from a wire as shown in the figure. Pendulum C is made to oscillate by displacing it from its mean position. It is seen that D also starts oscillating. D Name the type of oscillation, C will execute. Name the type of oscillation, D will execute. (6) If the length of D is made equal to C, then what difference will you notice in the oscillations of D? 3) (i) @) State the Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction. BI (6) Name one electrical device, which works on this principle. (i) (@) Complete the following nuclear changes : (4) @ ENa — omg + Sp (i) Bus B+... + energy © @ Which radiation produces maximum biological damage? (@) What happens to the atomic number of an element when the radiation named by you in part ( above, are emitted? Question 5 © (@) The diagrams (@) and () given below are of a plug and a socket with arrows marked as 1,23 and 4,5, 6 respectively on them. Identify and write Live (L), Neutral (N) and Earth (E) against the correct number. 1 Eo (a) Plug (b) Socket every day for (&) Calculate the electrical energy consumed when a bulb of 40 W is used for 12.5 hours every day 30 days.(i) The given diagram shows three different modes of vibrations P, Q and R of the same string. Bl (2) Which vibration will produce a louder sound and why? (b) The sound of which string will have maximum shrillness? (c) State the ratio of wavelengths of P and R. (iii) (@) Why is water used as a coolant in radiators of a car? (4] (®) Arrange a, B and 7 rays in ascending order with respect to their : (i) penetrating power. (ii) ionising power.