METHODIST SCHOOL, DANKUNI

REHEARSAL EXAMINATION - I
SESSION : 2024 – 2025

CLASS : X SUBJECT : PHYSICS DATE : 02.09.2024

TIME : 2 hours F.M.: 80

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 this paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

This question paper is divided into 2 Sections, A, and B as follows:

Section A

Section A is compulsory.

Section B

Attempt any four questions from Section B.

Section A

(Attempt all questions from this section.)

Question 1. [15]
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options:
i. The tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis is called :-
a. Mass b. Inertia c. Torque d. Centre of gravity
ii. The coordinates of edges of a square are O (0, 0), A(0,4),B (4,4),C (4,0) respectively, the
center of gravity of square is at coordinates
a. (0, 2) b. (2, 0) c. (2, 2) d. (0, 0)
iii. The principle involved in construction of beam balance is
a. Principle of moments. b. Principle of inertia. C. Principle of velocity
b. Principle of superposition
iv. The work done is said to be negative if force and displacement are in ________ direction

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 a. Same. b. opposite. c. neither a nor d. None of the above
v. In series combination of resistance :
a. P. d is the same across each resistance. b. Total resistance is reduced.
c. Current is the same in each resistance. d. All of the above.
vi. To calculate the mechanical advantage, divide the resistance force by the
a. Friction b. Ideal mechanical advantages c.Work d.Effort force
vii. A system of levers with efficiency 80%,overcomes a resistance of 3300N when an effort
of 165N is applied. Find the velocity ratio.
a. 25 b.40 c.60 d.None of the above.
viii.If image formed by a lens is always diminished and between F and O then the lens is:
a. Concave b.Convex c. Both A and B d.None of these
ix. In which of the following figures shown below, will the sound of a tuning fork hit with
rubber pad at end A, be hard maximum at end B?

a. I b. II c. Both I and II d.Can not be decided.

x. If I’ is the current through a wire and ‘e’ is the charge of electron, then number of electrons
in‘t’ seconds will be given by -
a. le/t b.e/It c. It/e d.Ite
xi. Three resistances each of 8 Ω are connected to a triangle. The resistance between any two
terminals will be :
a. 12 Ω b.2 Ω c.6 Ω d.16/3 Ω
xii. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 are moving with equal kinetic energy. What is the ratio
of their momentum?

a. m1:m2 b. √m1:√m2 c. m2:√m1 d.None of the above.

xiii. A bag of rice weights 200 Kg. To what height should it be raised so that its potential
energy may be 9800 J?
a. 5 m b.10 m c. 20 m d.40 m
xiv. If a convex lens is thin its focal length is:
a. Small. b. Large. c. Nothing can be said. d. None of these
xv. When a white light ray falls on a prism, the ray at its first surface suffers:
a. Only refraction b. Only dispersion c.Only deviation d.Both deviation and
dispersion
Question 2.

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i. Complete the following by choosing the correct answer from the bracket. [6]
a. Pitch of sound increases if its frequency________( Increase /decrease)
b. ____________( Infrared / ultraviolet) rays produce heating effects on being absorbed
by material objects.
c. Greater the optical density___________( greater/less) is lateral displacement.
d. Power of a convex lens_______(positive /negative).
e. Resonance is a special case of_________ (damped/forced) vibration when frequency
of the driving force is_________(equal to/more than) natural frequency of the driven
body.
ii. In which condition, the following are produced by a force? [2]
(a) Translational motion
(b) Rotational motion
iii. An object of mass m is moving with a constant velocity v. How much work should be [2]
done on the object in order to bring the object to rest?
Question 3.
i. An object thrown at a certain angle to the ground moves in a curved path and falls back to
the ground. The initial and the final points of the object lie on the same horizontal line. What
is the work done by the force of gravity on the object? [2]

ii. With the help of a diagram of a single fixed pulley, obtain expressions for its mechanical
advantage. [2]
iii. “Refractive index of a medium is least for the red colour of light”. Justify this statement.
[2]
iv. The image when obtained from a concave lens of focal length f is magnified up to n times
the size of the object. What is the distance of the object from the lens? [2]
v. Is it possible that a glass slab disperse the light? If not, why? [2]
vi. Explain why, echoes cannot be heard in a small room? [2]
vii. Describe and illustrate with a diagram how we should arrange two converging lenses so
that a parallel beam of light entering one lens emerges as a parallel beam after passing
through the second lens. [3]

Section B

(Attempt any four questions from this section)

Question 4.
i. A beam consisting of red, blue and yellow colours is incident normally on the face AB of
an isosceles right angled prism ABC as shown in the figure. Complete the diagram to show

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the refracted and emergent rays. Given that the critical angle of Glass air interface for yellow
colour is 45o. [3]

ii. If a ray of light of wavelength 5400 Å suffers refraction from air to glass, determine the
wavelength of light in glass. (Take, aµg=3/2 ). [3]
iii. [4]
(a) With the help of a well-labelled diagram, show that the apparent depth of an object such
as a coin in water is less than its real depth.
(b) How is the refractive index of water related to the real depth and the apparent depth of a
column of water?
Question 5.
i. State the changes in the position, size and nature of the image of an object when brought
from infinity upto a concave lens. Illustrate your answer by drawing diagrams. [3]
ii. An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm.
Find the position, size and the nature of the image formed. [3]
iii. Figure I and II show the incident and transmitted rays through lens kept in a box in each
case. Draw the lens and complete the path of the rays through it. [4]

Question 6.
i. A person standing between two vertical cliffs and 640 m away from the nearest cliff,
produces sound. He hears the first Eco after 4 s and second Eco 3 s later. calculate :- [4]
a. the speed of sound in air.
b. the distance between the cliffs.
ii. When a sound is reflected from a distant object,an echo is produced. Let the distance
between the reflecting surface and the source of sound production remains the same. Do you
hear echo sound on a hotter day? Explain. [3]
iii. [3]
Kishan’s friend Sonu performs an experiment with two simple pendulums A and B of
different lengths are suspended from the same string as shown in the figure given below.
When A is displaced from its mean position and let go, it is found that B also starts vibrating.

(a) Does the frequency of vibration of B depend on its own length or on the frequency of
vibration of A?
(b) What would happen to the amplitude of vibration of B if its length was made equal to
that of A?

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 (c) Name the phenomenon that occurs when the length of B is made equal to that of A.

Question 7.
i. A battery of emf 12 volt and internal resistance 2 ohm is connected with two registered A
and B of resistance 4 ohm and 6 ohm respectively joined in series. [4]

Find
a. Current in the circuit.
b. Terminal voltage of the cell.
c. Potential difference across 6 ohm resistor.
d. Potential difference across 4 ohm resistor.
ii. For the combination of resistors shown in figure, find the equivalent resistance between the
point A and B:- [3]

iii. Draw a graph to show the current- voltage relationship of a ohmic resistor. How is the [3]
resistance of the resistor determined from this graph. Give one example of a ohmic resistor.
Question8.
i. A uniform metal rod of 5m in length and weight 90 N is suspended horizontally by two
vertical wires attached at 50 cm and 3.5 m respectively, from one end of the rod. Find the
tension in each wire. [4]
ii. A car is moving on a leveled road and gets its velocity doubled. In this process, [3]
(a) How would the potential energy of the car change?
(b) How would the kinetic energy of the car change?
(c) How will its momentum change? Give reasons for your answer.
iii. The diagram below shows a rod lifting a stone. [3]

(a) Mark position of fulcrum (F) and draw arrows to show the direction of load(L) and
effort (E).
(b) What class of liver is the rod?
(c) Give one more example of the same class of Lever.

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Question9.
i. A block and tackle has two pulleys in each block, with the tackle tied to the hook of the
lower block and the effort being applied upwards, as shown below: [3]

(a) Calculate its mechanical advantage.

(b) If the load moves up a distance x, by what distance will the free end of the string move
up?
ii. Derive the relation for the angle of deviation for a ray of light passing through an
equilateral prism in terms of the angle of incidence(i1) angle of emergence (i2) and Angle of
prism(A). [4]
iii. [3]
(a) Name the invisible radiations which are studied using the quartz prism.
(b) State two use of this radiation.
(c) Name the radiation having a wavelength shorter than the wavelength of this radiation.