THE FUTURE FOUNDATION SCHOOL

PRE BOARD EXAMINATION

SESSION – 2018 – 2019
PHYSICS
SCIENCE Paper – 1
(Maximum Marks : 80)
( Time allowed : Two hours)
CLASS – X
DATE – 12-12-2018
​Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will n​ ot​ be allowed to write during the first 1​ 5​ 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.
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Section I​ is compulsory. Attempt ​any four​ questions from S ​ ection II​.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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SECTION I ( 40 Marks)
(Attempt ​all ​questions from this section.)

Question 1.
a) i) State and define the S.I.unit of power. [2]
ii) How is the unit horsepower related to it?
b) State the energy conversion in the following cases. [2]
i)A loudspeaker
ii)A ceiling fan .
c) A force of 50N acts on a body and moves it through a distance of 4m on a horizontal [2]
surface.Calculate the work done if the force acts at an angle of 60​0 ​with the horizontal.
d) A girl of mass 35 kg climbs up from the first floor of a building at a height 4m above [2]
the ground to the third floor at a height 12 m above the ground. Calculate the increase
in her gravitational potential energy. g=10m/s 2​
e) An electric heater of power 1000 W raises the temperature of 5 kg of a liquid from [2]
30​0​ C to 36​0​ C in 2 minutes.Calculate the specific heat capacity of the liquid.

Question 2.
a) A wrench has a long handle.Explain. [2]
b) Explain why scissors for cutting cloth may have blades longer than the handles,but [2]
shears for cutting metals have short blades and long handles.
c) i)A uniform circular motion is an accelerated motion. Explain. [2]
ii)Name the physical quantity whose unit is Volt-Ampere-hour.

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 d) A block and tackle having 2 pulleys in each block is used to raise a load of 60N.The [2]
lower block weighs 12 N. Neglecting the friction,calculate the effort required to raise
the load.
e) A metal wire has a resistance of 120 Ω.It is cut into three equal parts.Calculate the [2]
equivalent resistance when two parts are connected in parallel and the third part in
series with them

Question 3.
a) i) State the relation between the critical angle and the absolute refractive index of a [2]
medium.
ii) Which colour of light has a higher critical angle? Red light or green light?
b) State the position of the object in front of a converging lens if [2]
i) It is used as a magnifying lens.
ii) It produces a real and magnified image of the object.
c) Differentiate between total internal reflection and reflection by a plane mirror. [2]
d) The following diagram shows a 30​0​ ,60 0​​ ,90​0 ​glass prism of critical angle 42 0​​ .Copy [2]
the diagram and complete the path of incident ray AB emerging out of the prism
marking the angle of incidence on each surface.
X

e) A convex lens forms an image 16 cm long of an object 4 cm long kept at a distance [2]
6 cm from the lens.The object and the image are on the same side of lens.
i)What is the nature of image? ii) Find the position of image iii)Find the focal length
of the lens.

Question 4.
a) Why is radioactivity considered to be a nuclear phenomenon ? [2]
b) An electric heater rated 2.2 kW-220 V is operated for 2 hours.Calculate [2]
i) the safe limit of current which can pass through it.
ii) the cost of electricity consumed at the rate Rs 4 per unit.
c) Differentiate between a d.c motor and an a.c generator. [2]
d) Draw the diagram of a dual control switch when the appliance is switched ‘ON’. [2]
e) Two waves A and B given out from a source are of amplitude 2:3 and frequencies [2]
3:2.Compare their loudness,pitch and quality.

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 SECTION II (40 Marks)
(​Attempt any f​ our ​questions from this Section)
Question 5.
a) A uniform half metre rod is balanced at the 29 cm mark by suspending a weight of [3]
20 gf from one end i)Draw a diagram of the arrangement. ii)What is the weight of the
half metre rule?
b) A bullet of mass 5 g is moving with a velocity of 500 m/s.It penetrates a fixed target [3]
which offers a constant resistive force of 1000 N to its motion.Calculate i)the initial
kinetic energy of the bullet ii)the distance through which the bullet moves before
coming to rest.
c) A boy uses a single fixed pulley to lift a load of 50 kgf to some height.Another boy [4]
uses a single moveable pulley to lift the same load to the same height.
i) Compare the effort applied by them.Give a reason to support your answer.
ii) State the use of the single fixed pulley.

Question 6.
a) A ray of light bends while passing from one transparent medium to another medium [3]
having a different refractive index.
i)Name the phenomenon.Give a reason for it
ii)How does the frequency of the light ray change if the second medium is denser than
the first medium?
iii)State any one condition for the light ray to pass undeviated in the second medium.
b) i) Draw a labelled diagram showing the path of a monochromatic ray of light through [3]
an equilateral prism in the minimum deviation position.How are the angle of
incidence ‘​i​’ and angle of emergence ‘​e​’ related in this position of the prism?
ii)If white light is used instead of monochromatic ray what change do you expect in
the emergent beam?
c) i) Name the high energetic invisible electromagnetic wave which helps in the study of [4]
structure of crystals.
ii)Name two properties of ultraviolet radiations which are similar to infrared
radiations.
iii) A coin is placed at the bottom of a beaker containing water of refractive index ​4/3
upto a height of 20 cm.At what depth it will appear when it is viewed from
air,vertically above the coin?

Question 7.
a) i) Define the term ‘specific resistance’ and state its S.I unit. [3]
ii) A metallic wire of resistance 40 Ω is doubled on itself.How do the resistance and
specific resistance change?
b) A voltage source sends a current 2.5 A to a resistor of 20 Ω​ ​connected across it for [3]
5 minutes.Calculate i)the p.d of the source ii)the electric energy supplied by the
source iii)the heat energy produced in the resistor.

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 c) i) A wire ,bent into a circle,carries a current in the clockwise direction .What polarity [4]
does this face of the coil exhibit?
ii)An electrical appliance has a rating 100 W,220 V.Calculate the coil resistance of
the appliance when in use.
iii)Why is the fuse absolutely necessary in a power circuit ?

Question 8​.
a) i)Heat is supplied to a solid changes it into liquid.What is this change of phase called? [3]
ii) During the phase change does the average kinetic energy of the molecules of the
substance increase? Explain.
iii) How is the heat loss due to radiation prevented in a calorimeter?
b) i)A slab of ice at ​-​10​0​ C is constantly heated till steam is formed at 100​0​C.Draw a [3]
graph showing the change in temperature with time.
ii)Water is used as an effective coolant in car radiators .Why?
c) Calculate the mass of ice needed to cool 150g of water contained in a calorimeter of [4]
mass 100g at 30​ 0 ​C ,such that the final temperature is 5 0​ ​C.
[Specific capacity of copper=0.4 J/g​ 0 ​C, Specific capacity of water=4.2 J/g​ 0 ​C and
Specific latent heat of fusion of ice=336 J/g ]

Question 9.
​a) i)What is the name given to a cylindrical coil,whose diameter is less when compared [3]
to its length?
ii)A piece of soft iron is placed inside the current carrying coil. What is the name
given to the device?
iii)State one use of the device named by you in ii)above.
​b) i) In the circuit shown below calculate the value of X if the effective resistance [3]
between A and B is 4 Ω
​4 Ω ​8 Ω

5Ω XΩ
ii)State two ways to produce a higher e.m.f in an a.c generator.
​c) i)Write the working principle of a transformer. [4]
ii)How is the e.m.f across primary and secondary coils of a transformer related with
the number of turns of coil in them?
iii)State two factors on which the magnitude of an induced e.m.f in the secondary coil
of a transformer depends.

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Question 10.
​a​) i) Write any two precautions to be taken while handling radioactive substances. [3]
ii) Write an equation showing the production of a beta particle from the nucleus of a
radioactive atom.
iii) Complete the following nuclear change.
​β ​ ​α
​92​X​ 238​
​ → ​X​1​ → ​X​2
​b) Differentiate between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. [3]
​c) i)Calculate the nuclear energy released in joules due to a loss of mass of 2 kg of [4]
Uranium.
ii)How are gamma radiations produced ?
iii)Which type of radiations are deflected by electric and magnetic fields ?
iv)​6​C​14​ ​ and 7​​ N​14 ​are called_________,because they have the same________ number
but different________ number.

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