DIPS EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Session-2024-25
Class – X

Subject – Science (Physics)

Max. Marks – 80

Time -3 HRS
General Instructions:
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions. A
student is expected to attempt only one of these questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each.
v. Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
vi. Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
vii. Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with
1. A student plots V-I graphs for three samples of nichrome wire with resistances R1, R2 1
and R3. Choose from the following the statement that holds true for this graph

(a) R1 = R2 = R3 (b) R1 > R2 > R3

(c) R3 > R2 >R1 (d) R2 > R1 > R3

2. Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine a small cavity in a 1

patient’s teeth?
(a) Convex mirror (b) Plane mirror
(c) Concave mirror (d) Any spherical mirror

3. Which of the following can make a parallel beam of light when light from a point 1
source is incident on it?
(a) Concave mirror as well as convex lens.
(b) Convex mirror as well as concave lens.
(c) Two plane mirrors placed at 90° to each other.
(d) Concave mirror as well as concave lens.
4. How the LEDs are connected in the circuit? 1
 (a) All are connected in parallel (b) All are connected in series.
(c) 8 are connected in series and others are in parallel (d) None of these.

5. An electric heater consumes 1 kW of power when operated at 220 V. What should be 1

the rating of the fuse wire used in it?
(a) 1A (b) 2A (c) 4A (d) 5 A

6. In a straight conductor, current flows from West –East as in the figure. What will be 1
the direction of magnetic field at a point below the conductor?

(a) Upwards (b) Towards South (c) Downwards

(d) Towards North

7. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding magnetic field lines? 1

(a) The direction of magnetic field at a point is taken to be the direction in which
the north pole of a magnetic compass needle points.
(b) Magnetic field lines are closed curves
(c) If magnetic field lines are parallel and equidistant, they represent zero field
strength
(d) Relative strength of magnetic field is shown by the degree of closeness of the
field lines.

8. Magnetic field due to a current through a straight conductor depends on 1

(a) current (b) distance from the wire (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) cross-
sectional area of wire
9 A person cannot see distinctly objects kept beyond 2 m. This defect can be 1
corrected by using a lens of power
(a)+0.5 D (b) -0.5 D (c) +0.2 D (d) -0.2 D

10 To avoid risk of electrical shock, which phenomenon is used? 1

(a) Over loading (b) Short circuiting (c) Earthing (d) None of these

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11 A spherical mirror and a spherical lens each have a focal length of -10 cm. The 1
mirror and the lens are likely to be
(a)both concave (b) the mirror is convex and the lens is concave
(c) the mirror is concave and the lens is convex (d) both convex

12 The focal length of human eye lens is adjusted by the help of 1

(a) Cornea (b) Ciliary muscles (c) Optic nerves (d) Retina

13 When a white light ray obliquely enters from one side of equilateral prism then the 1
colours which deviates the least and the most when coming out from other side of the
prism are
a) Blue, Red (b) Violet, Yellow (c) Red, Violet (d) Violet, Red.

14 Which of the following mirrors are used to get powerful parallel beams of light in 1
headlights?
(a) Plane mirrors (b) Convex mirrors
(c) Concave mirrors (d) Both (a) and (c)
15 For a Solenoid where the strength of magnetic field will be maximum at? 1

(a) Outside the solenoid (b) well inside the solenoid

(c) Ends of the solenoid (d) On the solenoid

16 Which of the following is not a correct statement? 1

(a) The cable supplying power to the household has three wires.
(b) The live wire has insulation of red colour.
(c) The neutral wire has insulation of black colour
(d) The earth wire has insulation of yellow colour.
(Q.17 to Q.20) Two statements are given-one labeled Assertion (A) and the other 1
labeled Reason (R).Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (A),
(B), (C) and (D) as given below.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
17 Assertion: Strength of an Electromagnet can be increased by increasing the number of
turns per unit length in solenoid coil.
Reason: Strength of an Electromagnet can be increased by increasing the current
flowing through the solenoid.

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18 Assertion (A): The fuse is placed in series with the device. 1
Reason (R): Fuse consists of a piece of wire made of a metal or an alloy of appropriate
melting point.
19 Assertion (A): When a convex lens is held in water, its focal length increases. 1
Reason (R): Refractive index of water is less than the refractive index of air.
20 Assertion: The rainbow is a natural spectrum of sunlight in the sky. 1
Reason: Rainbow is formed when the sunlight is dispersed and totally reflect from
water droplets present in air.

21 How much current will an electric bulb of resistance 1100 ohm draw from a 220 V
source? If a heater of resistance 100 ohm is connected to the same source instead of 2
the bulb, calculate the current drawn by the heater.
22 (a) What is the shape of the graph obtained by plotting potential difference applied 2
across a conductor against the current owing through it?
(b) What does the slope of this V-I graph at any point represent?
OR
(c) What is the highest and the lowest resistance that can be obtained by combining four
coils of resistances 4 ohm, 8 ohm and12 ohm?
23 Draw ray diagrams for the following cases when a ray of light: 2
(a) passing through centre of curvature of a concave mirror is incident on it.
(b) parallel to principal axis is incident on convex mirror.

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From the above figure answer the following questions:-

(a) Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering in the eye.
(b) Which part of the eye focuses the light that enters the eye and form the image on it.
25 A charged particle enters at right angle into a uniform magnetic field as shown. What 2
should be the nature of charge on the particle if it begins to move in a direction
pointing vertically out of the page due to its interaction with the magnetic field?

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 State the law associated with it.
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26 (a) Name two safety device in electric circuit.

(b) Why are the coils of electric toasters made of an alloy rather than a pure metal?

27 Study the following diagram and answer the following questions:- 3

(a) Identify which of the device in the circuit act as a ammeter? Justify your answer
(b) Draw the circuit diagram with appropriate symbols for the circuit shown in the
diagram.

28 A concave mirror is used for image formation for different positions of an object. What 3
inferences can be drawn about the following when an object is placed at a distance of
10 cm from the pole of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm? (a) Position of the
image (b) Size of the image (c) Nature of the image Draw a labelled ray diagram to
justify your inferences.

OR

The refractive index of a medium ‘x’ with respect to a medium ‘y’ is 3/2 and the
refractive index of medium ‘y’ with respect to medium ‘z’ is 3/4 .(a) Find the
refractive index of medium ‘z’ with respect to medium ‘x’. If the speed of light in
medium ‘x’ is 3 × 108ms–1, (b)calculate the speed of light in medium ‘y’

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29 (a) Complete the following ray diagram: 3

(b) Find the nature and position of the image formed.

30 (a) Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines due to a magnetic field through and around 3
a current carrying circular loop.

(b) Name and state the rule to find out the direction of magnetic field inside and
around the loop.
31 (i) Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge
(ii) What is meant by saying that the potential difference between two points is 1 V?
(iii) Find the effective resistance and total current in the given circuit 3

32 (i) State Fleming’s Left-Hand rule to find out the direction of force on a current 3
element placed in an external magnetic field
ii)Write 4 properties of magnetic field lines
OR
i) Draw the graphs showing the variation of current with time for the case of AC & DC
ii) Explain the terms Earthing and Overloading related to domestic electric circuit.
33 A 14 year old student is not able to see clearly the questions written on the blackboard 3
placed at a distance of 6 m from him.
(a) Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
(b) With the help of labelled ray diagrams show how this defect can be corrected.
(c) Name the type of lens used to correct this defect.

SECTION-D
34 (a) Draw and complete the following ray diagram on you answer sheet to show 5
lateral displacement.

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 (b) Define absolute refractive index. Give its mathematical expression.
(c) Study the following diagrams

Identify Mirror 1 and Mirror 2 and state one use of them.

OR
(a) Define power of a lens and write its SI unit. Name the type of lens whose power is
negative.
(b) A convex lens forms a real and inverted image of finite size at a distance of 50 cm
from it. Where is the object placed in front of the lens? Give all possible positions of
the object stating reason in each case. (c) Draw labelled ray diagram for any one
position of the object mention in (b) above.

35 (a) For the combination of resistors shown in the following figure, find the equivalent 1+2 +2= 5
resistance between M and N.(R1=1Ω,R2=3Ω,R3=R4=2Ω)

(b) State Joule’s law of heating.

(c) Why we need a 5 A fuse for an electric iron which consumes 1 kW power at 220
V?

(d) Why is it impracticable to connect an electric bulb and an electric heater in series?

OR
(a) Two lamps, one is rated 100 W at 220 V and the other 60 W at 220 V, are
connected in parallel to a 220 V supply. Find the current drawn from the
supply.
(b) Name and define S.I unit of resistance.

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 (c) An electric heater rated 1000 W- 220 V operates 2 hours daily. Calculate the cost
of energy to operate
for 30 days at the rate of Rs 5.00 per kWh.

36 In the given circuit, A, B, C and D are four lamps connected with a battery of 60V. 5

Analyse the circuit to answer the following questions.

(i) What kind of combination are the lamps arranged in (series or parallel)?
(ii) Explain with reference to your above answer, what are the advantages
(any two) of this combination of lamps?
(iii) Explain with proper calculations which lamp glows the brightest?
(iv) Find out the total resistance of the circuit.
OR
PQ is a current carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in the figure
below.

(i) Find the directions of the magnetic fields produced by it at points R and S?
(ii) Given r1> r2, where will the strength of the magnetic field be larger? Give reasons.
(iii) If the polarity of the battery connected to the wire is reversed, how would the
direction of the magnetic field be changed?
(iv) Explain the rule that is used to find the direction of the magnetic field for a
straight current carrying conductor.
SECTION-E
37 Electrical resistivities of some substances, at 20°C are given below in the table. Study 4
the table and answer the given questions.

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 i. Which is a better conductor of electric current?
(a) Silver (b) Copper (c) Tungsten (d) Mercury.
ii. Which element will be used for electrical transmission lines?
(a) Iron (b) Copper (c) Tungsten (d) Silver
iii. Nichrome is used in the heating elements of electric heating device because:
(a) It has high resistivity (b) It does not oxidise readily at high
temperature
(c) Both of the above (d) None of the above
iv. Series arrangement is not used for domestic circuits because:
(a) Current drawn is less (b) Current drawn is more
(c) Neither of the above (d) Both of the above

38 The electromagnetic waves constituting light are refracted when crossing the boundary 4
from one transparent medium to another because of their change in speed. A straight
stick appears bent when partly immersed in water and viewed at an angle to the
surface other than 90°. A ray of light of one wavelength, or colour (different
wavelengths appear as different colours to the human eye), in passing from air to glass
is refracted, or bent, by an amount that depends on its speed in air and glass, the two
speeds depending on the wavelength

(i) Which phenomena of light are responsible for it?

(a) Reflection of Light (b)Refraction of Light
(c ) Interference of light (d) Dispersion of light
(ii) When arrange the materials Water, Air, Glass and Kerosene in the ascending order
of speed of light, then the correct sequence is-.
(a) Glass—Kerosene—Water—Air (b)Glass—Kerosene—Air— Water
(c)Air—Kerosene—Water—Glass (d) Kerosene— glass—Water—Air
(iii) What is speed of light in water of refractive index 4/3 ?
(a)2X108 m/s (b) 2.5X108 m/s (c) 2.25X 108 m/s (d) 2.25X10-8 m/s
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(iv) If light travels with a speed of 2x10 m/s, then the refractive index of that medium
will be

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 (a) 2/3 (b) 3/4 (c) 4/3 (d) 3/2
OR
(iv)When light travels from air to glass, then
(a) angle of incidence > angle of refraction
(b) angle of incidence < angle of refraction
(c) angle of incidence = angle of refraction
(d) None of the above
39 A fuse is a safety device having a short length of a thin, tin-plated copper wire having
low melting point. The thickness and the length of the fuse wire depend on the 4
maximum current allowed through the circuit. The fuse for protecting our domestic
wiring is fitted just above our main switch on the switch board. Sangti of class X used
a fuse rated as 6 A in a circuit in which an electric heater of 2.5 kW was connected
with the main supply of 220 V. But the heater isn’t working.
(a) Why Sangti's heater is not operating? Give reason. (1 mark)
(b) Will the heater work, if the given fuse is replaced by another fuse rated 16A? (1
mark)
(c) Calculate how much current will flow in the circuit with the fuse rated 16 A? (2
mark).
OR
(d) Write, how the fuse is connected in the circuit and why?

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 (Physics Part)
Session-2024-25
Class – X Max . Marks – 80
Subject –Science (Physics) Time -3 HRS
MARKING SCHEME
Q1 d 1M
Q2 c 1M
Q3 a 1M
Q4 b 1M
Q5 d 1M
Q6 d 1M
Q7 c 1M
Q8 c 1M
Q9 b 1M
Q10 c 1M
Q11 a 1M
Q12 b 1M
Q13 c 1M
Q14 c 1M
Q15 b 1M
Q16 d 1M
Q17 b 1M
Q18 b 1M
Q19 c 1M
Q20 a 1 M
Q21 Step-I I=𝑽 = 220/1100=0.2 A 2M
𝑹
Step-II I=𝑽 = 220/100=2.2 A
𝑹
Q22 (a) Shape of the graph is straight line passes through the origin 2M
(b) Resistance
OR
Rs=4+8+12= 24 Ohm=Rhighest
1/Rp =1/4+1/8+1/12=11/2
Rp=2.18 Ohm=Rlowest

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Q23 2M

Q24 (a) Pupil 2M

(b) Eye lens
Q25 The charge particle is positive in nature. 2M
Statement of Flemings left hand rule.
Q26 (a) Electric fuse and earthing 2M
(b) Because alloy have more resistivity.
Q27 (a)The meter 2 act as a ammeter because it is connected in series. 3M
(b)

Q28 Here, u = – 10 cm, f = – 15 cm 3M

(a) Using mirror formula, 1/v+1/u=1/f
⇒v=30 cm.
(b) m=-v/u=h’/h⇒m=3
(c) Nature of image: The image is behind the mirror, its nature is virtual,
erect and enlarged

OR
(a) The refractive index of x with respect to y, nxy = 2/3
The refractive index of y with respect to z, nyz = 4/3
The refractive index of z with respect to x,
nzx=nz/nx=nz/ny X ny/nx
=1/nyz X 1/nxy
=3/4 X 3/2=9/8

(b) Now, nyx=Speedof lightinmedium x / Speedof lightinmedium y

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 1/nxy= 3X108/Speedof lightinmedium y
Speedof lightinmedium y=2 X108 m/sec

Q29 (a) 3M

(c) Here, f = + 20 cm, u = – 18 cm Using lens formula,1/v+1/u=1/f

⇒ v = – 180 cm
Here the negative sign indicates that the image is formed on the same
side of lens as the object. Therefore, the image is virtual and erect
Q30 (a) 3M

(b) The rule which is used to find out the direction of magnetic field inside
and around the loop is Right hand thumb rule.
It states that if you are holding the current carrying wire in your right hand
so that your thumb points in the direction of current, then the direction in
which your fingers wrap will give the direction of magnetic field lines
around the wire.
Q31 i) n=q/e 3M
= 6.25 x 10 18
ii) I J of work is required to move a 1 coulomb of charge between those
points i.e. Iv=1J/1C
iii) Correct Resistance R = 58.6 Ohm Correct Current I = 0.017 A

Q32 (a)Correct Statement. 3M

(b)Four properties
OR
(a)Correct graph of AC and DC
(b) Correct explanation of Earthing and overloading.
Q33 (a)Myopia 1+1+1=3M
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(c ) Concave lens.
Q.34 (a) 5M

(b) The refractive index of a medium with respect to vacuum is called

absolute refractive index. If c is the speed of light in air (or vacuum) and v
is the speed of light in the medium, then, the refractive index of the
medium is given by n=c/v
© Mirror 1: It is a concave mirror. It is used as a shaving mirror.
Mirror 2: It is convex mirror. It is used as rear view mirror.
OR
(a) Power of a lens is defined as the reciprocal of focal length (in m). Its SI
unit is dioptre (D). The power of concave lens is negative.
(b) When object is placed between F1 and 2F1, at 2F1 and beyond 2F1, we
get real and inverted image of finite size.

Q.35 (a) Since, R3 and R4 are in parallel, so 1/R34=1/R3+1/R4=1Ω 5M

So equivalent resistance between M and N in given by
R = R1 + R2 + R34 = 1+2+1=5Ω
(b) Joules law of heating states that when a current I passes through a
conductor of resistance R for time t, then heat developed in the conductor
is equal to the product of the square of the current, the resistance and time.
H = I2 R t

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 (c) Given power P = 1 kW = 1000 W, Voltage, V = 220 V
∴ Current drawn by electric iron, I =P/ V = 1000/ 220= 4.5 A Thus, the
minimum rating of fuse wire in whole number is 5 A.
(d) It is impracticable to connect an electric bulb and an electric heater in
series, because they need currents of widely different values to operate
properly. Moreover, major disadvantage of a series circuit is that when one
component fails, the circuit is broken and none of the components works.
OR

Q.36. (i) The lamps are in parallel. 5M

(ii) Advantages: If one lamp is faulty, it will not affect the working of the
other lamps. They will also be using the full potential of the battery as they
are connected in parallel.
(iii) The lamp with the highest power will glow the brightest. P=VI
In this case, all the bulbs have the same voltage. But lamp C has the
highest current. Hence, for Lamp C P=5 x 60 Watt = 300 W. (the
maximum).
(iv) The total current in the circuit = 3+4+5+3 A = 15A
The Voltage = 60V ,V=IR and hence R = V/I = 60/15 A = 4A
OR
(i) The magnetic field lines produced is into the plane of the paper at R and
out of it at S.
(ii) Field at S > Field at P Magnetic field strength for a straight current
carrying conductor is inversely proportional to the distance from the wire.
(iii) The current will be going from top to bottom in the wire shown and
the magnetic field lines are now in the clockwise direction on the plane
which is perpendicular to the wire carrying current.
(iv) Right hand thumb rule. The thumb is aligned to the direction of the
current and the direction in which the fingers are wrapped around the wire
will give the direction of the magnetic field.

Q.37. (i) a (ii) b (iii) c (iv) a 4M

Q.38 (i) b (ii) a (iii) c (iv) d OR (iv) a 4M
Q.39. (1) The heater was not operating as fuse wire melted on switching. 4M
(2) Yes
(3) I = P/V = 2500/220 = 11.36 A
OR
The fuse is connected in series with the circuit because then only on
melting of fuse wire the whole circuit will be affected and the flow of
current will be stopped.
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