ICSE Board

Class X Physics
SCIENCE Paper - I
Board Paper – 2016

Time: 2 hour Maximum Marks: 80

General Instructions:
Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of paper is the time allotted for writing the answers.

Section I is compulsory. Attend any four questions from Section II.

The intended marks of questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION - I (40 Marks)

Attempt all question from this Section.

Question 1
(a) [2]
(i) Give an example of a non contact force which is always of attractive nature.
(ii) How does the magnitude of this non contact force on the two bodies depend
on the distance of separation between them?

(b) A boy weighing 40 kgf climbs up a stair of 30 steps each 20 cm high in [2]
4 minutes and a girl weighing 30 kgf does the same in 3 minutes. Compare:
(i) The work done by them.
(ii) The power developed by them.

(c) With reference to the terms Mechanical Advantage, Velocity Ratio and efficiency
of a machine, name and define the term that will not change for machine of a
given design. [2]

(d) Calculate the mass of ice required to lower the temperature of 300 g of water
40oC to water at 0oC. [2]
o
(Specific latent heat of ice = 336 J/g, Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2J/g C)

(e) What do you understand by the following statements: [2]

(i) The heat capacity of the body is 60JK-1.
(ii) The specific heat capacity of lead is 130 Jkg-1K-1.
Question 2
(a) State two factors upon which the heat absorbed by a body depends. [2]

(b) A boy uses blue colour of light to find the refractive index of glass. He then
repeats the experiment using red colour of light. Will the refractive index be
the same or different in the two cases? Give a reason to support your
answer. [2]

(c) Copy the diagram given below and complete the path of the light ray till it
emerges out of the prism. The critical angle of glass is 42o. In your diagram
mark the angles wherever necessary. [2]

(d) State the dependence of angle of deviation: [2]

(i) On the refractive index of the material of the prism.
(ii) On the wavelength of light

(e) The ratio of amplitude of two waves is 3:4. What is the ratio of their: [2]
(i) loudness?
(ii) Frequencies?

Question 3
(a) State the ways by which the frequency of transverse vibrations of a stretch
string can be increased. [2]

(b) What is meant by noise pollution? Name one source of sound causing noise
pollution. [2]

(c) The V-I graph for a series combination and for a parallel combination of two
resistors is shown in the figure below. Which of the two A or B. represents
the parallel combination? Give reasons for your answer. [2]
 (d) The music system draws a current of 400 mA when connected to a 12 V
battery. [2]
(i) What is the resistance of the music system?
(ii) The music system if left playing for several hours and finally the battery
voltage drops to 320 mA and the music system stops playing when the
current.

(e) Calculate the quantity of heat produced in a 20  resistor carrying 2.5 A

current in 5 minutes. [2]

Question 4
(a) State the characteristics required of good thermion emitter. [2]

(b) An element ZSA decays to 85R222 after emitting 2  particles and 1  particle.
Find the atomic number and atomic mass of the element S. [2]

(c) A radioactive substance is oxidized. Will there be any change in the nature its
radioactivity? Give a reason for your answer. [2]

(d) State the characteristics required in a material to be used as an effective fuse

wire. [2]

(e) Which coil of a step up transformer is made thicker and why? [2]
 SECTION - II (40 Marks)
Attempt any four questions from this Section.

Question 5
(a) A stone of mass ‘m’ is rotated in a circular path with a uniform speed by tying a
strong string with the help of your hand. Answer the following questions: [3]
(i) Is the stone moving with a uniform or variable speed?
(ii) Is the stone moving with a uniform acceleration? In which direction does the
acceleration act?

(b) From the diagram given below. answer the question that follow: [3]

(i) What kind of pulleys are A and B?

(ii) State the purpose of pulley B.
(iii) What effort has to be applied at C just raise the load L = 20 kgf?
(Neglect the weight of pulley A and friction)

(c) [4]
(i) An effort is applied on the bigger wheel of a gear having 32 teeth. It is used
to turn a wheel of 8 teeth. Where it is used.
(ii) A pulley system has three pulleys. A load of 120 N is overcome by applying
an effort of 50N. Calculate the Mechanical Advantage and Efficiency of this
system.

Question 6
(a) [3]
(i) What is the principle of method of mixtures?
(ii) What is the other name given to it?
(iii) Name the law on which the principle is based
(b) Some ice is heated at a constant rate, and its temperature is recorded after
every few seconds, till steam is formed at 100C. Draw a temperature time
graph to represent the change. Label the two phase changes in your graph. [3]

(c) A copper vessel of mass 100 g contains 150 g of water at 50C. How much ice is
needed to cool it to 5C? [4]
-1 -1
Given: Specific heat capacity of copper = 0.4 Jg C
Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 Jg-1C-1
Specific latent heat of fusion ice = 336 Jg-1

Question 7
(a) [3]
(i) Write a relationship between angle of incidence and angle of refractions for a
given pair of media.
(ii) When a ray of light enters from one medium to another having different
optical densities it bends. Why does this phenomenon occur?
(iii) Write one conditions where it does not bend when entering a medium of
different optical density.

(b) A lens produces a virtual image between the object and the lens. [3]
(i) Name the lens.
(ii) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of this image.

(c) What do you understand by the term’ Scattering of light’? Which colour of white
light is scattered the least and why? [4]

Question 8
(a) [3]
(i) Name the waves used for echo depth sounding.
(ii) Give one reason for their use for the above purpose.
(iii) Why are the waves mentioned by you not audible to us?
(b) [3]
(i) What is an echo
(ii) State two conditions for an echo to take place.

(c) [4]
(i) Name the phenomenon involved in tunning a radio set to a particular station.
(ii) Define the phenomenon named by you in part (i) above.
(iii) What do you understand by loudness of sound?
(iv) In which units is the loudness of sound measured?
Question 9
(a) [3]
(i) Which particles are responsible for current in conductors?
(ii) To which wire of a cable in a power circuit should the metal case of a geyser
be connected?
(iii) To which wire should the fuse be connected?

(b) [3]
(i) Name the transformer used in the power transmitting station of a power
plant.
(ii) What type of current is transmitted from the power station?
(iii) At what voltage is this current available to our household?

(c) A battery of emf 12 V and internal resistance 2  is connected with two resistors
A and B of resistance 4  and 6  respectively joined in series. [4]

Find:
(i) Current in the circuit
(ii) The terminal voltage of the cell.
(iii) The potential difference across 6 Resistor.
(iv) Electrical energy spent per minute in 4 resistor.

Question 10

(a) Arrange , , and  rays in ascending order with respect to their [3]
(i) Penetrating power.
(ii) Lionising power.
(iii) Biological effect.

(b) [3]
(i) In a cathode ray tube what is the function of anode?
(ii) State the energy conversion taking place in a cathode ray tube.
(iii) Write one use of cathode ray tube.
(c) [4]
(i) Represent the change in the nucleus of a radioactive element when a 
particle is emitted.
(ii) What is the name given to elements with same mass number and different
atomic number
(iii) Under which conditions does the nucleus of an atom tend to radioactive?