Target ICSE Sample Papers 2013

PHYSICS Paper 01
Marks: 80

Time: 1.5hr

Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head is allowed for writing the answers.

Section I is compulsory, attempt any four questions from section II.

The intended marks for the question or parts of question are given in the bracket [].

SECTION:I(40 marks )
[Attempt all the questions]

Question 1
(a) What is the weight of a body of mass 12 kg? What is the force acting on it?
(g = 10m/s2)

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(b) To use a machine as a force multiplier, what type (class) of lever should preferably
be used? Give two examples.
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(c)Give one example each. of natural vibration, and forced vibration .
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d) A machine raises a load of 750 N through a height of 16 m in 5 seconds. Calculate
the power at which the machine works.
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e)Name the unit of Linear Momentum and rate of change of momentum

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Question 2
(a) Differentiate between d.c current and a.c current
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(b) Name two factors on which lateral displacement depends upon?
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(c) What will an alpha particle change into when it absorbs i)one electron
ii) two electrons
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(d) State the principle of AC generator?
(e)State the conditions required for total internal reflection

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Question 3
(a) State the usefulness of a machine whose mechanical advantage is less than
one.Give example..
(b) A truck driver starts of with his loaded truck, What are the major energy changes
that take place in setting the truck into motion?
(c) State three characteristics of a musical sound.
(d)Name the physical quantities that are measured in Light year and Hertz .
(e)State the Principle of lever ..

Question 4
a)(i) In the diagram given below, a ray of light PQ is incident normally on one face
AB of an equilateral glass prism. What are the angles of incidence at the faces AB and
AC

(ii) Complete the ray showing its emergence into air after passing through the prism
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b) Draw the labelled diagram of a d.c motor.

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c) State two advantages of an electromagnet over a bar magnet.

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d) Why are the pins in plug top splitted at ends?

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e) What is radio cardiology?

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Section11 (40 marks)

Answer any four

Question 5
a) A boy standing between two cliffs produce a sound. Two successive echoes are
heard after 4s and 6 s. If the speed of the sound in air is 320m/s, Calculate the distance
between the two cliffs.
b) What is Carbon-14 Dating? Which metal is used?

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c) Name the quantity that is measured in: Kilowatthour.

A family uses a light bulb of 100 W, a fan of 100 W, and a heater of 1000 W, each for
8 hours a day. If the cost of electricity is Rs. 2 per unit, what is the expenditure for the
family per day, on electricity?
[3]
Question 6
a) Why is it dangerous to replace a fuse wire with a copper wire?
Give one example each where high specific heat capacity of water is used:
(1) In cooling
(2) As heat reservoir.

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b) Four cells, each of e.m.f 1.5 V and internal resistance 2.0 ohms are connected in
parallel. The battery of cells is connected to an external resistance of 2.5 ohms.
Calculate the total resistance of the circuit
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c) ) Draw a labeled diagram of a transformer used to convert 1100V AC to 220 V.
What is the expected energy loss in the system?
A transformer looses emf from 220V to 15V.If 400 watts power is given in primary.
Calculate
(i) The current in primary coil?
(ii) The current in the secondary coil?
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Question 7

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a) (i)State two dissimilarities between a DC motor and an AC generator.

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(ii)What is transmutation? Explain with an example.

b) The electrical gadgets used in a house such as bulbs, fans, heater, etc, are always
connected in parallel, NOT in series. Give two reasons for connecting them in
parallel.
What is meant by earthing of an electrical appliance ?Why is it essential ?
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c) Sketch a graph to show the change in potential difference across the ends of an
ohmic resistor and the current flowing in it. Label the axes of your graph.
What does the slope of the graph represent?

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Question 8

a) stone of mass 64.0 g is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial
speed 20.0 m/s. The gravitational potential energy at the ground level is considered be
zero. Apply the principle of conservation energy and calculate the potential energy at
the maximum height attained by the stone. (g = 10 m s-2
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(b) Define 'joule', the SI unit of work and establish relationship between the SI and
CGS unit of work.
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c) (i) Draw a labelled ray diagram to illustrate (1) critical angle (2) total internal
reflection, for a ray of light moving from one medium to another.
(ii) Write a formula to express relationship between refractive index of the denser
medium with respect to angle of refraction in the rarer medium.
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Question 9
a)What is Fuse /?How does it prevent electric circuit?.
State two factors on which the strength of an induced current depends

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b) Why the core of a transformer and other electromagnetic devices are laminated?
A wire bent into a circle carries current in an anticlockwise direction. What polarity
does this face of the coil exhibit?
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(c)A battery of emf 15V and internal resistance 2 ohm is connected to two resistors of
4 ohm and 6 ohm joined (a) in series (b) in parallel. Find in each case the electrical
energy spent per minute in 6 ohm resistor.
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Question -10
(a) (i) Like, we have a constant value for voltage coming through the mains i.e. 220V.
Do we have any similar value for current drawn??
(ii) What is the relation between heat capacity and specific heat capacity of a
substance?
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(b) A linear object is placed on the axis of a lens. An image is formed by refraction in
the lens. For all positions of the object on the axis of the lens, the positions of the
image are always between the lens and the object.
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Name the lens.
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an object placed in front
of the lens at any position of your choice except infinity.
(c) How much heat is needed to convert completely 20g of ice at -4 o C into steam at
100 o C? (Sp. ht of ice =2.1 J/g o C,sp. latent heat of fusion=336J/g, latent heat of
vaporisation=2268J/g, sp.ht of water=4.2J/g o C).
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