SRI SIDDHIVINAYAKA RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, HATTIANGADI
MODEL PAPER-2
X STANDARD
PHYSICS
TIME: 2 hours MARKS: 80 ROLL NO:
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
[Attempt all questions from this section]
Question 1 1X15=15
[Link] force is measured in gravitational unit, then the unit of moment of force is
a) Nm (b) kgf m (c) gf m (d) dyn m
2. Liza does 600 J of work in 10 minutes and Sunita does 120 J of work in 20 minutes. Let
the power delivered by Liza be P1 and power delivered by Sunita be P2, then
a) P1 = 4P2 (b) P1 = 4P1 (c) P1 = P2 (d) None of the above
3. Which of the following statements is not true for a machine:
a) It always has efficiency less than 100%
b) MA can be less than 1
c) Equal to greater than VR
d) It can multiply either speed or force
4) If the ray of light travelling in air enters obliquely into water. Does the light ray bend
towards the normal?
a) Yes b) Can’t predict c) no d) None of these
5) A concave lens is
a) Thick in the middle
b) Thin in the middle
c) Of same thickness through out
d) None of these
6) To reflect Sound waves from any surface perfectly, it should have dimensions
a) Equal or less than the wavelength of sound wave
b) Equal or greater than the wavelength of sound wave
c) Always greater than the wavelength of sound wave
d) Always less than the wavelength of sound wave
7) The colour which deviates most in the formation of spectrum of white light by a prism is
a) Red b) Green c) Violet d) Yellow
8) Ice bergs remain in ocean current for over very long distance due to:
a) High specific heat capacity of water.
b) High specific latent heat of vaporisation of water
c) High specific latent heat of fusion of ice
d) low specific latent heat of fusion of ice
9) The series of energy inter – conversion in a steam engine is
a) Chemical energy > Heat energy > Potential energy
b) Chemical energy > Heat energy >
c) Chemical energy > Heat energy > Kinetic energy
d) Chemical energy > Kinetic energy
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10) Which of the following will remain unchanged when a sound wave travels in air or in
water?
a) Amplitude b) frequency c)Wavelength d) Speed
11) A bulb is rated as 270 V, 0.5 A. Its power is
a) 125 watt b) 100 watt c) 60 watt d) 135 watt
12) A radioactive source emits three types of radiation. Which radiation has zero mass?
a) Alpha b) Beta c) Gamma d) Neutrino
13) When a conductor carrying current is placed in a magnetic field, perpendicular to it then,
the direction of the force experienced can be found out using:
a) Lenz’s Law b) Fleming’s left hand rule
c) Fleming’s right hand rule d) Right hand thumb rule
14) The electric meter in a house record the consumption of
a) Charge b) Current c) Energy d) Power
15 )Which of the following is correct colour code of the three wires live, neutral and earth
a) Live: Green Neutral: Red Earth: Yellow
b) Live: Brown Neutral: Red Earth: Blue
c) Live: Brown Neutral: Blue Earth: Yellow
d) Live: Blue Neutral: Brown Earth: Green
Question 2
i) a) Write a relationship between angle of incidence and angle of refraction for a given pair
of media. .
b) When a ray of light enters from one medium to another having different optical densities
it bends. Why it bends/
c) Write one condition where it does not bend when entering a medium of different optical
density. [3]
ii) Show by equations, the effect on the proton number Z and mass number A of the parent
nucleus brought by alpha and beta types of radioactive decay. [2]
iii) a) When 1g of ice at 𝟎𝒐 C melts to form 1g of water at 𝟎𝒐 C. Is the latent heat absorbed by
the ice or given out by it?
b) Give one example where high specific heat capacity of water is used as heat reservoir.
[2]
iv) An ultrasonic waves is sent from a ship towards the bottom of the sea. It is found that the
time interval between the sending and receiving of the wave is 1.5s. Calculate the depth of
the sea. The velocity of sound in sea water is 1400𝒎𝒔−𝟏 . [2]
v) Two copper wires are of the same length, but one is thicker than other. Which wire will
have more resistance? Give reason. [2]
vi) You have been provided with a solenoid AB.
a) What is the polarity at end A?
b) Give one advantage of an electromagnet over a permanent magnet. [2]
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vii) When will the potential energy of an oscillating simple pendulum be
a) Maximum?
b) Minimum? [2]
Question 3
i) a) Ranbir claims to have an image twice the size of the object with a concave lens. Is
he correct. Give reason for your answer.
b) Give reason for your answer. [2]
ii) a)What is an electrical fuse?
b) State one characteristics of an electrical fuse. [2]
iii) a) What are damped vibrations?
b) Name the phenomenon that cause a loud sound when the stem of a vibration tuning
Fork is pressed on a table. [2]
iv) What is the relationship between the mechanical advantage and the velocity ratio?
a) Ideal machine?
b) Practical machine? [2]
v) a)Why does current carrying, freely suspended solenoid rest along a particular
direction?
b) State the direction in which it rests. [2]
SECTION B
[Attempt any four questions]
Question 4
i) A uniform metre rod of weight 50 g f is balanced at 40 cm mark, a weight of 100 g f is
suspended at 5 cm mark. Where the weight of 80 g f must be suspended to balance the metre rod?
ii)A girl at rest at a gate of which is 3.2 m above the road comes down the slope AB on a
cycle without paddling.[g = 10 N/kg]
a )Find the potential energy of the girl (of mass 40 kg) when she reaches the midpoint
of the slope of AB.
b) Find the Kinetic energy of the girl at A if the mass of the girl is 40 kg. (Do not use
the equation KE = ½ 𝑚𝑣 2 ) [3]
iii) a) Copy the diagram and mark the direction of tension on each
strand of the string.
b) What is the velocity ratio of the arrangement?
c) If the tension acting on the string is T, then what is the
relationship between T and effort E?
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d) If the free end of the string moves through a distance x, find the distance by which the load is
raised. [2]
Question 5
i)
a) Name two factors on which critical angle depend.
b) Name the colour of light which is having highest refractive index. [3]
ii) Copy and complete the following diagrams to show the approximate path of the ray of
monochromatic light in each case as it enters and emerges out of the prism [3]
iii.) An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a convex lens of focal length 8cm. Find:
a) The position of the image
b) Nature of the image
c) Size of the image [4]
Question 6
i) Find the resistance between points A and B [3]
ii) An electric kettle is rated at 230 V, 1000 W.
a) What is the resistance of its element when in use?
b) What is the safe value of current that can pass through its element? [3]
iii) From the diagram given below:
a) What will you observe when?
1. The magnet getting dropped into the coil,
2. The number of turns of the coil is increased?
b) What will be the direction of current flowing through the coil when the magnet is
getting dropped in? (Clockwise or anticlockwise). [4]
c) Name the law which explains the observation.
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Question 7
i) Where is the centre of gravity of the following objects situated?
a) Ring
b) Triangular lamina
c) Rod [3]
ii) a) What is meant by the term critical angle?
b) How is it related to the refractive index of the medium?
c) Does the depth of a tank of water appears to change or remain the same when
viewed normally from above [3]
iii) a) Name the waves used for echo ranging.
b) Give one reason for their use for the above purpose.
c) Why are the waves mentioned by you not audible to us?
d) State one condition for an echo to take place. [4]
Question 8
i)
a) Why does the farmer fill their field with water at night during winter season?
b) Write the principle of calorimeter.
c) Write the latent heat of fusion of ice. [3]
ii) Radiations given out from a source when subjected to
an electric field in a direction perpendicular to their path
are shown below in the diagram. The arrows show the
path of the radiation A,B and c. Answer the following
questions in terms of A,B and C.
a) Name the radiation B.
b) more than A?
c) Which among the three causes the least biological damage externally? [3]
iii) A ball of mass 10 gram falls from a height of 5 m. It rebounds from the ground to a
height of 4 m. Find
a) Initial kinetic energy.
b) Kinetic energy of the ball just before striking the ground.
c) Kinetic energy of the ball after striking the ground.
d) The loss in kinetic energy on striking the ground. [4]
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Question 9
i) Figure below shows three different modes of vibrations of a string.
a) Which of the vibration is of largest amplitude?
b) What do you understand by natural vibrations of a body?
c) What is the ratio of frequency between (a) and (c)? [ 3]
ii) Two parallel rays of red and violet colours travelling through air, meet the air-glass
boundary as shown in the given figure:
a) Will their paths inside the glass be parallel? Give reason for your answer.
b) Compare the speeds of the two rays inside the glass. [3]
iii) A pulley system with V.R = 4 is used to lift a load of 175 kgf through a vertical height of
15m. The effort required id 50 kgf in the downward direction. (g = 10 N/kg)
Calculate:
a) Distance moved by the effort
b) Work done by the effort
c) M.A of the pulley system.
d) Efficiency of the pulley system [3]