TIME: 2 HOURS CLASS 10: PHYSICS MM-80

(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading this paper. They must NOT start writing during this
time)
Section I is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section II.
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as, and adjacent to, the rest of the answer.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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Section I (Answer all questions)

Question 1
(a) (i) Define one Newton.
(ii) Write the relation SI unit and CGS unit of the force. [2]
(b) (i) How can moment of force can be zero when force itself is not zero? Give one example.
(ii) Where does the centre of gravity lie for?
(1) a circular lamina
(2) a triangular lamina [2]
(c) (i) Explain the motion of a planet around the sun in a circular path.
(ii) Sumit exerts a force of 150 N in pulling a cart at a constant speed of 10 ms-1. Calculate the
power exerted. [2]
(d) A pulley system comprises two pulleys, one fixed and other movable.
(i) Draw a labelled diagram of the system and show all the forces clearly.
(ii) What change can be made in the movable pulley of this system to increase the mechanical
advantage of the system? [2]
(e) (i) Name a prism required for obtaining a spectrum of Ultraviolet light.
(ii) Name the radiations which can be detected by a thermopile. [2]

Question 2

(a) A ball of mass 200 g falls from a height of 5 m. What will be the kinetic energy when it just reaches the
ground? ( g = 9.8 ms-2). [2]
(b) (i) Give an example when work done by a force acting on a body is zero even though the body
gets displaced from its initial position to the final position by the application of the force.
(ii) What is the work done by a boy of mass m when he climbs up a staircase of vertical height h?
[2]
(c) (i) When does a ray of light falling on a lens pass through it un-deviated?
(ii) Which lens can produce a real and inverted image of an object? [2]
(d) (i) How is the refractive index of a medium related to its real depth and apparent depth?
(ii) Which characteristic property of light is responsible for the blue colour of the sky? [2]

(e) A tank of water is viewed normally from above: [2]

(i) State hoe does the depth of tank appear to change.

(ii) What property of light is responsible for this observation?

Question 3
(a) (i) Name two applications of centripetal forces.
(ii) Name two examples of couples in daily life. [2]
(b) Complete the path of light ray entering the first isosceles right angled glass prism till it emerges from the
second identical prism. [2]

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(c) (i) Define power of a lens. What is its common unit?
(ii) A lens has a power of - 2D. What kind of lens is it? [2]
(d) (i) What is meant by refraction.
(ii) Express the refractive index of a medium:
(1) in terms of the velocity of light
(2) in terms of the angle of incidence I in air and the angle of refraction r in a denser
medium. [2]
(e) (i) How does the speed of light change on increasing the wavelength of light?
(ii) What are the uses of the following?
(a) convex lens (b) concave lens [2]

Question 4

(a) A ray of light strikes the surface of a rectangular block such that angle of incidence is
(i) 0o (ii) 42o
Sketch a diagram to show the approximate path taken by the ray in each case as it passes through the
glass block and emerges from it. [2]
(b) State the conditions required for the total internal reflection to take place. [2]
(c) An object is placed in front of a converging lens at a distance greater than twice the focal length of the
lens. Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation of the image. [2]
(d) (a) Name the colour having:
(i) Maximum wavelength (ii) minimum wavelength
(b) State two uses of infra radiation. [2]
(e) A boy of mass 50 kg runs upstairs and reaches the 8 m high first floor in five seconds. Calculate:
(i) The work done by him against gravity
(ii) The power developed by the boy. [2]

Section II (answer any four questions)

Question 5

(a) An erect, diminished and virtual image is formed when an object is placed between the optical Centre and
the principal focus of a lens. [4]
(i) Name the type of lens, which forms the above image.
(ii) Draw a labelled diagram to show the formation of the image with above characteristics.

(b) Complete the ray diagram in the case given below to show the formation of the image.
[3]

I O

Find the position, size and nature of the image.

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(c) PQ and PR are two light rays emerging from the object P as shown in the figure: [3]
N

AIR
R Q
I
R WATER

N’
P AI
R
(i) What is the special name given to the angle of incidence PQN of ray PQ?
(ii) Copy the ray diagram and complete it to show position of the image of the object P when seen
obliquely from above.
(iii) Name the phenomenon that occurs if the angle of incidence PQN is increased still further.

Question 6

(a) An object of mass m is falling freely from point A as shown in the diagram. [4]
Calculate the total mechanical energy of the object at
A
(i) Point A
x
(ii) Point B
A
(iii) Point C
(iv) State the law which is verified by your B
Calculations in parts (i), (ii) and (iii)
y

C
(b) (i) State the principle of moments, draw a diagram to illustrate
(ii) Why do we use a long handle with a screw jack? [3]

[3]

(c) The given figure shows the combination of a movable

Pulley P1 with a fixed pulley P2 used for lifting up a P2
Load.

(i) State the function of the fixed pulley P2

(ii) if the free end of the string moves through a distance x,
Find the distance by which the load W is raised.
(iii) Calculate the force F applied to just raise the load W = 20 kgf,
neglecting the weight of the pulley P1 and the friction. P1

W
Question 7
(a) A machine is driven by a 100 kg mass that falls 8.0 m in 4.0 sec. It lifts a load of mass 500 kg vertically
upwards.

(i) What is the force in newton, exerted by the falling mass?

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 (ii) What is the power input to the machine?
(iii) If the efficiency of the machine is 75%, what is the power output?
(iv) What is the work done by the machine in 4.0 sec? [4]

(b) A pulley system has a velocity ratio of 4 and efficiency of 90 %. Calculate:

(i) The mechanical advantage of the system

(ii) The effort required to raise a load of 300 N by the system. [3]

(c) In figure, a ray of light PQ is incident normally on the face AB of an equilateral prism. Complete the ray
diagram showing its emergence into air after passing through prism. [3]

(i) Write the angles of incidence A

at the faces AB and AC of the prism. P

(ii) Name the phenomenon which the ray of light 900

Suffers at the face AB, AC and BC of the prism
Q

B C

Question 8

(a) A prism deviates a light ray through an angle δ, when the angle of incidence on the surface of the prism is
i
(i) Draw a graph showing the variation of δ with i. On your graph show the angle of minimum
deviation
(ii) What is the relation between the angle of incidence and the angle of emergence when the ray
suffers minimum deviation? [4]

(b) (i) State Snell’s laws of refraction.

(ii) “The refractive index of diamond is 2.42” What is meant by this statement? [3]

(c) (i) Figure shows a thin beam of white light from a source S striking on one face of prism
Complete the ray diagram.
SCREEN

(ii) Define scattering of light with one example. [3]

Question 9

(a) (i) A ray of light passes from air to glass ( n =1.5 ) at an angle of 300. Calculate the angle of
refraction. What is the speed of light in glass?
(ii) The refractive index of diamond is 2.42 and that of glass is 1.51, how much faster does light
travel in glass than in diamond? [4]

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(b) Draw a free body diagram of a single movable pulley system with arrows indicating forces E, T and L.
Obtain an expression for MA and VR taking the friction and mass of pulley as negligible. [3]

(c) Compare reflection and total internal reflection under three points. [3]

Question 10
(a) (i) Define dispersion.
(ii) Sun appears red during sunrise and sunset. Why? [4]

(b) A lens forms the image of an object placed at a distance of 45 cm from it on a screen placed at
a distance 90 cm on other side of it.

(i) Name the kind of lens

(ii) Find the position of image
(iii) Magnification of image. [3]
(c) Explain the following: [3]
(i) We often bend forward while climbing a hill.
(ii) Why is it easier to open a door by applying the force at the free end of it?

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