MOUNT LITERA ZEE SCHOOL, BAMPALI, ARA

Practice worksheet-(2025-26)

Subject -PHYSICS, Grade-10

SECTION – C(PHYSICS )
1 a) A piece of wire of resistance 20 W is drawn out so that its length is increased to twice its
original length. Calculate the resistance of the wire in the new situation
b)100 J of work is done in transferring 20 C of charge between two points in a conductor. Find the
resistance offered by the conductor, if a current of 2A flows through it.
2 (a) Keeping the potential difference constant, the
resistance of a circuit is doubled. By what factor does the
current change in the circuit?
(b) The voltage – current ( V – I) graph for a conductor at
two different temperature T1 and T2 (V–I) is shown. At
which of the two temperatures the resistance of the
conductor is higher? Justify your answer

3 The figure below shows three cylindrical

copper conductors along with their face
areas and lengths. Discuss in which
geometrical shape the resistance will be
highest.

6 Five resistors are connected in a circuit as shown. Find the

ammeter reading when circuit is
closed.

7 A fuse wire melts at 5 A. If it is desired that the fuse wire of the same material melt at 10 A, then
should the new fuse wire be of smaller or larger radius than the earlier one? Give reason for your
answer
8. In the circuit given below:
(a) Would any bulb glow when plug key is in open
position?
(b) Write the order of brightness of the bulb when
key is closed. Give reason

9. a) The wattage of a bulb is 24 W when it is connected to a 12 V battery. Calculate its effective

wattage if it operates on a 6 V battery (Neglect the change in resistance due to unequal heating
of the filament in the two cases).
b)If the current I through a resistor is increased by 100 % (assume that temperature remains
unchanged), the increase in power dissipated will be
10 B1, B2 and B3 are three identical bulbs connected as
shown in figure. When all the three bulbs glow, a
current of 3A is recorded by the ammeter A
(a) What happens to the glow of the other two bulbs
when the bulb B1 gets fused?
(b) What happens to the reading of A1, A2, A3 and A
when the bulb B2 gets fused?
(c) How much power is dissipated in the circuit when all the
three bulbs glow together
11 In the given circuit, A, B, C and D are four lamps connected with a battery of 60V.
Analyse the circuit to answer the following
questions.
(i) What kind of combination are the lamps
arranged in (series or parallel)?
(ii) Explain with reference to your above answer,
what are the advantages (any two) of this
combination of lamps?
(iii) Explain with proper calculations which lamp
glows the brightest?
(iv) Find out the total resistance of the circuit
.
12. (a) Find the minimum resistance that can be
made using four resistors, each of 20 W.
(b) Study the following circuit and find :
(i) Effective resistance of the circuit
(ii) Current drawn from the battery
(iii) Potential difference across the 5 W
resistor

13. (a) Two magnets are lying side by side as shown below. Draw magnetic field lines between
polesP and Q.

(b) What does the degree of closeness of magnetic

field lines near the poles signify?
14. A student dipped a bar magnet in a heap of ironfillings and pulled it out. He found that iron
fillings got stuck to the magnet.
(a) Which regions of the magnet have more iron fillings sticking to it? What are these regions
called?
(b) What conclusion would you like to draw fromthe amount of iron fillings clinging to these
regions?
15. A)The magnetic field associated with a current carrying straight conductor is in
anticlockwisedirection.
If the conductor was held along the east-west direction, what will be the direction of current
through it? Name and state the rule applied to determine the direction of current.
B)
1.)A student performs an experiment to study the magnetic effect of current around a current
carrying straight conductor. He reports that
(a) for a given battery, the degree of deflection of a N-pole decreases when the compass is kept
at a point farther away from the conductor.
2.) the direction of deflection of the north pole of a compass needle kept at a given point near
the conductor remains unaffected even when the terminals of the same battery sending current
in the wire are interchanged. Which of the above observations of the student
appears to be wrong and why?
16. Find the direction of magnetic field due to current carrying circular coil held:
(a) Vertically in North-South plane and an observer looking it from east sees the current to flow
in anticlockwise direction.
(b) Vertically in East-West plane and an observer looking it from south sees the current to flow
in anti-clockwise direction.
(c) Horizontally and observer looking at it from below sees current to flow in clockwise
direction.
17. Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines through and around a current carrying loop of wire.
Mark the direction of
(i) electric current in the loop
(ii) magnetic field lines.
How would the strength of magnetic field due to current, carrying loop be affected if-

18. Diagram shows the lengthwise section of a current

carrying solenoid. indicates current entering
into the page, indicates current emerging out

of the page. Decide which end of the solenoid A or B,

will behave as north pole. Give reason for your answer. Also
draw field lines inside the solenoid.
19. (a) What is an electromagnet? List any two uses.
(b) Draw a labelled diagram to show how an electromagnet is made.
(c) State the purpose of soft iron core used in making an electromagnet.
(d) List two ways of increasing the strength of an electromagnet if the material of the
electromagnet is fixed.

20. As shown in the diagram an aluminium rod ‘AB’ suspended horizontally between the two poles
of a strong horse shoe magnet in such a way that the axis of rod is horizontal and the direction of
the magnetic field is vertically
upward. The rod is connected in series with a
battery and a key.
 State giving reason:
(a) What is observed when a current is passed through the
aluminium rod from end B to end A?
(b) What change is observed in a situation in which the axis
of the rod ‘AB’ is moved and aligned parallel to the
magnetic field and current is passed in the rod in the same
direction?

21. (a) Why switches are connected in live wire not in neutral wire?
(b) Can we use the same kind of fuse for both power and lightning circuit
c)Explain the meaning of overloading of an ·electrical circuit. List two possible causes due to
which overloading may occur in household circuits.
Write one preventive measure that should be taken to avoid overloading of domestic circuits.

22. (a) An electric fuse of rating 3 A is connected in a circuit in which an electric iron of power
1.5 kW is connected which operates at 220 V. What would happen? Explain.
(b) Which effect of electric current is utilised in the working of an electrical fuse?
(c) Name two safety measures taken in domestic circuits.

23. Although electric kettle and electric toaster were used simultaneously in the kitchen to prepare
breakfast for the family, yet the two devices could work efficiently due to ‘fuse’ used in the
electric circuit.
(i) What is a fuse? Write the material used in fuse wires. How is a fuse connected in an
electric circuit?
(ii) State the ratings of fuse used in electric circuits.
(iii) What is the function of a fuse? How does it perform its function?
(iv) A device uses 1 kW electric power when operated at 220 V. Calculate the rating of
the fuse to be used.
24. You are given following current-time graphs from two
different sources:
(a) Name the type of current in two cases.
(b) Identify any one source for each type of these
currents.
(c) What is the frequency of current in case II in
India?
(d) Use above graphs to write two differences
between the current in two cases.
(e) After what interval of time current
25. An object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror; the magnification produced is
1/2. Where should the object be placed to get the magnification of 1/3?
b) A ray of light enters into benzene from air. If the refractive index of benzene is 1.50, by what
percent does the speed of light reduce on entering the benzene?
26 a) With respect to air, the refractive index of ice is 1.31 and that of rock salt is 1.54. Calculate
the refractive index of rock salt with respect to ice.
b) Light enters from air to water having refractive index 4/3. Find the speed of light in
Water. The speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m/s
27 At what distance from a concave lens of focal length20 cm, a 6 cm tall object be placed so as to
obtain its image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed. Draw a ray
diagram to justify your answer for the above situation and label it.
28. An object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a concave lens of focal length 30 cm.
(a) Use lens formula to find the distance of the image from the lens.
(b) List four characteristics of the image (nature, position, and size, erect/inverted) formed by the
lens in this case.
(c) Draw ray diagram to justify your answer of part b)
29. Define power of a lens. The focal length of a lens is – 10 cm. Write the nature of the lens and find
its power. If an object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from the optical center of this lens,
according to the New Cartesian Sign Convention, what will be the sign of magnification in this
case?
30. The size of image of an object by a mirror having a focal length of 20 cm is observed to be reduce
to 1/3rd of its size. At what distance the object has been placed from the mirror? What is the
nature of the image and the mirror?
31. a)Why are we not able to see the things clearly when we come out of a darkroom?
b)In which of the following two cases the focal length of the eye lens will be more–
(i) When ciliary muscles of a normal eye is most Relaxed.
(ii) When ciliary muscles of a normal eye is in most contracted state.
Explain with reason.
32. A student sitting at the back bench in class, is not able to see what is written on the
Blackboard. He, however, sees it clearly when sitting on the front seat at an approximate
distance of 1.5 m from the blackboard. Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the image formation of
the blackboard when he is seated at the (a) back seat
(b) Front seat.
33. What is myopia? List two causes for the development of this defect. How can this defect
be corrected using a lens? Draw ray diagrams to show the image formation in case of
(i) defective eye and
(ii) (ii) Corrected eye.
Or
A student is unable to see clearly the words written on the blackboard placed at a distance
of approximately 4 m from him. Name the defect of vision the boy is suffering from. Explain the
Method of correcting this defect. Draw ray diagram for the:
(i) defect of vision and also
(ii) for its correction.

Or
What is myopia? State the two causes of myopia.
With the help of a labeled ray diagram show
(a) Eye defect (b) correction of myopia.
34. What is presbyopia? State its cause. How is it Corrected?
Or
An old person finds it difficult to see nearby objects comfortably and distinctly without corrective
eyeglasses.
(i) What defect of vision is he suffering from? What is it?
(ii) List two causes for the development of this defect.
(iii) What kind of lens will be required to see clearly the nearby as well as distant objects?
Give reasons.
35. a) Explain the structure and functioning of Human eye. How are we able to see nearby as well
as distant objects?
b) Is the position of a star as seen by us its true position? Justify your answer.