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Topic: Test Series 10 10th ICSE AY:-2024-25

Section A (Attempt all questions from this section)

Question 1 (Select the correct answers to the questions from the given options) [15]
i) According to new convention, the colour of live wire is _________.
a) Red b) Yellow c) Green d) Brown

ii) The base of cooking pans is made thicker and heavy because :
a) it lowers the heat capacity of pan b) it increases the heat capacity of pan
c) the food does not get charred and keeps hot for long time d) both (b) and (c)

iii) Equivalent resistance of circuit diagram is 5Ω. Calculate the value of x

a) 3 Ω b)7 Ω c) 9 Ω d) 10 Ω

iv) 92U236 → 56Bax +yKr92 + 3 0n1 + energy

a) x = 139, y = 35 b) x = 141, y = 36 c) x = 142, y = 37 d) x = 141, y= 34

v) Which of the following radiation gets deflected most in electric or magnetic field ?
a) 𝛼 - particles b) 𝛽 − particles c) 𝛾 – particles d) X- rays

vi) The amount of heat energy required to melt a given mass of a substance at its melting point without any rise in
temperature is called:
a) heat capacity b) sp. heat capacity c) latent heat of fusion d) sp. latent heat of fusion

vii) The graph between Voltage(V) & Current(I) for a conductor is a straight line. The slope of the graph represents
____________.
a) resistivity b) resistance c) electric potential d) none of these

viii) A wire of length 100 cm and area of cross section 0.2 mm2 has a resistance of 1.2 Ω. The specific resistance of
the wire is: a) 2.4 X 10-4 Ω cm b) 4.2 X 10-4 Ω cm c) 2.4 X 10-5 Ω cm d) 4.2 X 10-4 Ω cm

ix) The voice of women is shrill as compared to men because of the difference in their ____________. a)
speed. b) loudness c) frequency d) all of these

x) The amplitude of forced vibrations is generally ____________ the amplitude of applied external force. a)
more than b) Less than c) equal to d) none of these

xi) The diagram along side shows a force F=5 N acting at point A produces a moment of force of 6Nm about point
O. what is the diameter of the wheel?
a) 1.0 m b) 4.6 m c) 2.4 m d) 3.4 m

xii) The C.G of a regular object would lie………..

a) On the body b) outside the body c) inside the body d) all of these

xiii) The SI unit of work is joule. It is expressed in terms of mass, length and time as
a) kg m2 s-3 b) kg m3 s-2 c) kg2 m2 s-2 d) kg m2 s-2

xiv) For a given mass and velocity the kinetic energy remains constant if
a) mass is four times and velocity is 1/2 b) mass is ½ and velocity is doubled
c) mass and velocity both are squared. d) none of the above

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xv) In even number of pulley the string starts from the hook of …………block
a) upper b) lower c) both the a and b d) none of these

Question 2
a) a) You have been provided with a solenoid AB as shown in figure.
(i) What is the polarity at the end A? [1]
(ii) State 2 advantage of an electromagnet over a permanent magnet. [2]

b) Define specific heat capacity of a substance and state its SI units. [2]

c) (i) Why do we usually use isotopes emitting γ - radiations as radioactive traces in medical science? [1]
(ii) What is a dual control switch? [1]

d) A radioactive nucleus undergoes a series of decays according to the sequence [2]

𝛽 𝛽 𝛽
X → X1 → X2 → X3
If the mass number atomic number of X3 are 172 and 69 respectively what is the mass number and atomic
number of X?

e) State the energy changes in the following cases while in use: [2]
(i) An electric iron. (ii) A ceiling fan.

f) (i) State and define the SI unit of power. [1]

(ii) How is the unit horse power related to the S.I. unit of power? [1]

g) State the position of the object in front of a converging lens if: [2]
(i) It produces a real and same size image of the object. (ii) It is used as a magnifying lens.

Question 3
a) (i) State the relation between the critical angle and the absolute refractive index of a medium. [1]
(ii) Which colour of light has a higher critical angle? Red light or Green light. [1]

b) State two advantages of ring system of wiring. [2]

c) Displacement distance graph of two sound waves A and B, travelling in a
medium, are as shown in the diagram below. [2]
Study the two sound waves and compare their:
(i) Amplitudes (ii) Wavelengths

d) A solid metal weighing 150 g melts at its melting point of 800 °C by providing heat at the rate of 100 W. The
time taken for it to completely melt at the same temperature is 4 min. What is the specific latent heat of fusion of
the metal? [2]

e) Identify the following wires used in a household circuit: [2]

(i) The wire is also called as the phase wire.
(ii) The wire is connected to the top terminal of a three pin socket.

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Section B (Solve any 4 questions)

Question 4
a) (i) Derive a relationship between S.I. and C.C.S. unit of work. [2]
(ii) A force acts on a body and displaces it by a distance S in a direction at an angle θ with the direction of force.
What should be the value of θ to get the maximum positive work? [1]

b) A half metre rod is pivoted at the centre with two weights of 20gf
and 12gf suspended at a perpendicular distance of 6 cm and 10 cm
from the pivot respectively as shown below. [3]
(i) Which of the two forces acting on the rigid rod causes clockwise
moment?
(ii) Is the rod in equilibrium?
(iii) The direction of 20 kgf force is reversed. What is the magnitude of the resultant moment of forces on the rod?

c) (i) While lifting a book vertically upwards from the table, your arm works as a lever. What class of lever is your
arm ? Draw a labelled diagram for the above. [2]
(ii) Draw a labelled diagram of ring system of wiring showing connection of a bulb and a three pin socket [2]

Question 5
a) A ray of light X Y passes through a right angled isosceles prism as shown below.[3]
(i) What is the angle through which the incident ray deviates and emerges out of the
prism?
(ii) Name the instrument where this action of prism is put into use.
(iii) Which prism surface will behave as a mirror?

b) An object AB is placed between O and F1 on the principal axis of a

converging lens as shown in the diagram. [3]
Copy the diagram and by using three standard rays starting from point
A, obtain an image of the object AB

c) (i) What do you understand by free vibrations of a body? [1]

(ii) Why does the amplitude of a vibrating body continuously decrease during damped vibrations? [1]
(iii) A wire of length 80 cm has a frequency of 256 Hz. Calculate the length of a similar wire under similar tension,
which will have frequency 1024 Hz. [2]

Question 6
a) Draw the diagram of a right angled isosceles prism which is used to make an inverted image erect. [3]

b) (i) Heat supplied to a solid changes it into liquid. What is this change in phase called? [1]
(ii) During the phase change does the average kinetic energy of the molecules of the substance increase? [1]
(iii) What is the energy absorbed during the phase change called? [1]

c) A person is standing at the sea shore. An observer on the ship

which is anchored in between a vertical cliff and the person on
the shore fires a gun. The person on the shore hears two sounds,
2 seconds and 3 seconds after seeing the smoke of the fired gun.
If the speed of sound in the air is 320 ms-1 then calculate:
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(i) the distance between the observer on the ship and the person on the shore. [2]
(ii) the distance between the cliff and the observer on the ship.[2]

Question 7
a) (i) A metal wire of resistance 6 ohm is stretched so that its length is increased to twice the original length.
Calculate the new resistance [2]
(ii) If R is the resistance of a conductor, such that 'l' is its length and 'a' is the area of cross-section, then resistance
of conductor is ________ [1]

b) Calculate the amount of ice which is required to cool 150 g of water contained in a vessel of mass 100 g at
30°C, such that the final temperature of the mixture is 5°C. (Take specific heat capacity of material of vessel as 0.4
Jg-1°C-1, specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J g-1, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 Jg-1 °C-1). [3]

c) (i) Copy & connect the adjacent loop of conductor to a labelled external circuit
and state the polarity of loop facing you [2]
(ii) State two causes of energy loss in a transformer. [2]

Question 8
a) (i) Why is the earth terminal of a plug made thicker than the neutral or the live
terminals? [1]
(ii) A heater is rated 2000W-250V. Amongst the 5 A and 10 A fuse wires which one will be a better fuse? Why? [2]

b) (i) State Fleming's right hand rule. [1]

(ii) State two ways of increasing the magnetic strength of an electromagnet [2]

c) A battery of e.m.f 15 V and internal resistance 3ohm is connected to two resistors 3 ohm and 6 ohm
connected in parallel. Find: [4]
i. The current through the battery. ii. The p.d between the terminals of the battery.
iii. The current in 3 ohm resistor. iv. The current in 6 ohm resistor.

Question 9
a) When a tuning fork, struck by a rubber pad, is held over a length of air column in a tube, it produces a loud
sound for a fixed length of the air column. [3]
(i) Name the above phenomenon. (ii) Define the phenomena mentioned in part (i)
(iii) State the unit for measuring loudness.

b) State in brief, the meaning of each of the following: [3]

(i) The heat capacity of a body is 50 J°C-¹
(ii) The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 336000 J kg-¹.
(iii) The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4 Jg-1 °C-¹.

c) (i) What is meant by nuclear waste? [4]

(ii) Suggest one effective way for the safe disposal of nuclear waste
(iii) What are radio-isotopes?
(iv) A radioactive substance is oxidized. Will there be any change in the nature of its radioactivity? Give a reason
for your answer.

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