Important Questions & Diagrams for Slow Learners

Physical Science Class: 10

½ Mark and 1 Mark questions
1. Define Temperature. Write its SI units.
2. Covert 20oC into Kelvin scale.
3. What is “Humidity” ?
4. Define Principle of Method of mixtures.
5. Melting point of ice, boiling point of water, Latent heat of fusion of ice, latent heat of vaporization of water
6..What is a pH scale?
7. Colour of methyl orange and phenolphthalein indicators in acidic and basic medium.
8. Refractive index of glass relative to water is 9/8. What is the refractive index of water relative to glass?
9. The refractive index of a transparent material is 3/2. Then what is the speed of the light in that medium ?
10. Define snell's law.
11. Speed of light in vacuum, Refractive index, unit of refractive index, critical angle, Total internal
reflection, critical angle of diamond,
12. Write the lens formula and explain the terms in it.
13. Define ‘Least distance of distinct vision’.
14. Scattering of light, dispersion of light, the shape of rainbow when observed during travel in an airplane,
formula for refractive index of the prism,
15. What is meant by a Presbyopia?
16. Doctor advised to use 2D lens. What is its focal length?
17. Write the value of planck's constant.
18. State the modern periodic law.
19. Define Octet rule.
20. What is a value of 1 KWH in Joules?
21. Write the Kirchoff’s junction law and loop law.
22.Define the term ore?
23. Write the names of any two ores of iron?

2 Marks questions
1. What happens to the water when wet clothes dry?
2. What role does specific heat play in keeping a watermelon cool for a long time after removing it from
a fridge on a hot day?
3. What is a neutralization reaction? Give one example.
4. Why does tooth decay start when the pH of mouth is lower than 5.5?
5. Write the uses of bleaching powder.
6. What is the reason behind the shining of diamonds and how do you appreciate it?
7. Write the lens maker’s formula and explain the terms in it.
8. A convex lens is made up of three different materials as shown in the figure. How many of images
does it form?
9. Explain briefly the reason for the blue of the sky.
10. The focal length of a converging lens is 20cm. An object is 60cm from the lens. Where will the image be
formed and what kind of image is it?
11. How many colours are there in a rainbow?
12. What is an orbital? How is it different from Bohr’s orbit?
13. What is nlx method? How it is useful?
14. Name two elements that you would expect to have chemical properties similar to Mg. What is the basis
for your choice?
15. State and explain Dobereiner's law of triads with two examples.
16. Represent the molecule H2O using Lewis notation.
17. Explain overloading of household circuit.
18. Why do we use fuses in household circuits?
19. What are ohmic and non- ohmic meterials?
20. Why doesn’t a bird get a shock when it stands on a high voltage wire?
21. Write short notes on froth floatation process?
22. Define the terms i) gauge ii) slag.

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 4 Marks questions
1. Explain why dogs pant during hot summer days using the concept of evaporation?
2. Write the differences between evaporation and boiling?
3. Explain the procedure of finding specific heat of solid experimentally.
4. What is baking powder? How does it make the cake soft and spongy?
5. Give two important uses of washing soda and baking soda.
6. Explain the formation of mirage?
7. Collect information on working of optical fibres. Prepare a report about various uses of optical
fibres in our daily life.
8. State the differences between convex and concave lens.
9. How do you correct the eye defect Myopia?
10. Explain the correction of the eye defect hypermetropia.
11. How do you appreciate the working of ciliary muscles in the eye?
12. Explain the significance of three Quantum numbers in predicting the positions of an electron in an atom.
13. Explain Pauli exclusion principle with an example.
14. State and explain the Aufbau principle.
15. Explain Hund’s rule with an example.
16. Define the modern periodic Law. Discuss the construction of the long form of the periodic table.
17. Explain how the elements are classified into s, p, d and f- block elements in the periodic table and give
the advantage of this kind of classification.
18. What is a periodic property? How do the following properties change in a group and period? Explain.
(a) Atomic radius (b) Ionization energy (c) Electron affinity (d) Electronegativity.
19. What is Ionization energy ? Explain the factors that effect ionization Energy ?
20. What is hybridisation? Explain the formation of the following molecules using hybridisation
a) BeCl2 b) BF3
21. Deduce the expression for the equivalent resistance of three resistors connected in series.
22. Deduce the expression for the equivalent resistance of three resistors connected in parallel.
23. State Ohm’s law. Suggest an experiment to verify it and explain the procedure.
24. What is the difference between roasting and calcinations? Give one example for each?
25. Suggest an experiment to prove that the presence of air and water are essential for corrosion.
Explain the procedure.
26. What is thermite process? Mention its applications in daily life?

Important Diagrams
1. Acid solution in water conducts electricity.
2. Ray diagrams of the images formed by a convex lens.
3. Eye defect myopia and its correction
4. Eye defect Hypermetropia and its correction
5. Shape of s- orbital.
6. Shapes of orbitals in p- subshell.
7. shapes of orbitals in d sub - shell.
8. Moeller chart diagram.
9. Reverboratory furnace
10. Froth floatation
11. Magnetic separation.

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