DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWTOWN

SESSION 2020-2021
PRE BOARD - ONLINE EXAMINATION

CLASS: X FULL MARKS: 50

SUBJECT: PHYSICS TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 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 [ ]
This paper consists of two printed pages

SECTION – A (10 Marks)

(The following question is compulsory)
Question 1
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a) Two resistances when joined in parallel have an equivalent resistance of 𝟏𝟏 Ω. When
one of the resistance wires broke, the effective resistance becomes 3 Ω. Find the
resistance of the wire that broke.
b) A fuse wire is rated 8 A. Is it suitable to use with an electric appliance of rating
2 kW, 200 V? Justify your answer.
c) The speed of a wave in a medium is 960 ms-1. If 3600 waves pass through a point in
1 minute, then calculate the wavelength of the wave.
d) Two metallic blocks P and Q of masses in the ratio 2:1 are supplied the same amount
of heat. If rise in temperature are in the ratio 1:3, compare their specific heat
capacities.
e) What are the values of a and b in the following equation?
198U bU + α [2+2+2+2+2=10]
a 80

SECTION-B (40 marks)

(Attempt any four questions)
Question 2
a) A uniform meter scale is balanced at the 40 cm mark, when weights of 25 gf and
10 gf are suspended at 5 cm mark and 75 cm mark respectively. Calculate the
weight of the meter scale.
b) A boy standing between two cliffs claps and hears two echoes after 2 s and 2.5 s
respectively. Find the distance between the two cliffs.
[speed of sound in air is 330 m/s]
c) i) A tuning fork is vibrating in air. State whether the vibrations are natural or
damped.
ii) Why is a loud sound heard at resonance?
iii) State two points of difference between resonance and force vibrations.
[3+3+4 = 10]

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Question 3
a) What mass of liquid X of specific heat capacity 0.84 Jg-1°C-1 at a temperature
40°C must be mixed with 100 g of liquid Y of specific heat capacity 2.1 Jg-1°C-1
at 20°C, so that the final temperature is 30°C?
b) How many α and β particles are emitted when 238U92 decays to 206U82? Give an
example of background radiation.
c) Give reasons for the following
i) No tracks are formed on ice during ice-skating.
ii) Base of the cooking utensils are made heavy.
[3+3+4 = 10]
Question 4
a) i) Name the color codes of the wires that are connected to metallic body and
switch of the appliance? Mention any one advantage of a MCB over a fuse.
b) In the circuit alongside, 500 J of heat are produced each second in 5 Ω resistor.
Compute the following readings.
i) Ammeter A
ii) Voltmeter V1 and V2.

c) An electric heater is rated 4 kW, 220 V. Find

i) the resistance of the heater
ii) the cost of using the heater for 12 hours if 1 kWh energy costs ₹ 3.25.
[3+4+3= 10]
Question 5
a) A motor pump is rated 10 HP. Calculate the volume of water it will pump out
from a depth of 300 metre in an hour. (g = 10 ms-2, 1 HP = 750 W)
b) State the conditions for equilibrium. In general, for stable equilibrium where
does the centre of gravity of a body lie?
c) A rubber ball of mass 250 g is dropped from a height of 5 m and bounces back
to a height of 4 m. Calculate the kinetic energy of the ball just before the impact
and the loss of energy caused by the impact. [Take g =10m/s²]
[3+3+4=10]
Question 6
a) A lens forms an erect and four times magnified image of an object placed at a
distance of 10 cm from it. Find
i) the nature of the lens.
ii) the position of the image.
iii) focal length of the lens.
b) Refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What do you mean by the statement?
A glass slab is placed over a page on which the letters VIBGYOR are written in
respective color. Will the image of all the letters lie in the same place? Explain
your answer.
c) A ray of light is incident normally on one face of an equilateral glass prism. The
critical angle for the glass is given to be as 42°. Draw the ray diagram to obtain
the emergent ray. Mark the angles as necessary. [4+3+3= 10]