Gluon Physics

ICSE Preparatory For 2024 Batch

Time: 2 Hours Full Marks: 80

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Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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SECTION - A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [15]
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)
(i) A machine has an efficiency of 80%. If the work input is 1000 J, what is the work output?
(a) 200 J (b) 500 J (c) 800 J (d) 1250 J

(ii) Work done is positive when ...............

(a) displacement is in direction of force applied (b) distance is positive
(c) distance is negative (d) maximum distance travelled along direction of force applied

(iii) In a circuit, a resistor of 4 Ω is connected to a 12 V battery. What is the current flowing through the
resistor?
(a) 0.25 A (b) 1 A (c) 3 A (d) 12 A

(iv) The image of a printed paper when a rectangular glass slab is put over it:
(a) Real (b) Raised (c) Diminished (d) None of these

(v) Assertion: Heater wire must have high resistance will be melting point.
Reason: If resistance is high, the electric conductivity will be less.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false but Reason is true.

(vi) Violet, green, red and yellow are the four colors formed on a white screen when a polychromatic
light is dispersed. The arrangement of colors in the decreasing order of wave lengths is:
(a) red, yellow, green and violet (c) violet, green, yellow and red
(c) green, red, yellow and violet (d) violet, green, red and yellow

(vii)Velocity of sound is constant in ..............

(a) all mediums (b) vacuum (c) homogeneous medium (d) heterogeneous medium

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(viii) A man stands in between two cliffs, such that he is at a distance of 133.6 m from nearer
cliff. He fires a gun and hears first echo after 0.8 s and second echo after 1.8 s. The distance between
two cliffs is
(a) 434.2 m (b) 234.2 m (c) 334.2 m (d) 134.2 m

(ix) In a step-down transformer:

(a) number of turns in primary coil are less than the secondary coil.
(b)the primary and secondary coils are wound on separate steel cores
(c)number of turns in primary coil are more than the secondary coil.
(d)number of turns in primary coil are equal to the secondary coil

(x)An average lighting circuit of a poor family has a fuse rating of

(a) 5 A (b) 15 A (c) 10 A (d) 2 A

(xi) A current I flows through a resistance R for the time ‘t’, the electric energy consumed by
the resistance is:
𝐼2 × 𝑅
(a) 𝐼 × 𝑅 × 𝑡 (b) 𝐼 × 𝑅 2 × 𝑡 (c) (d) 𝐼 2 × 𝑅 × 𝑡
𝑡
(xii) A copper ball is dropped from a vertical height of 1200 m. If the initial temperature of
copper ball at the height is 12°C, what is its temperature if specific heat capacity of copper is
400 Jkg-1°C-1 and g = 10 ms-2.
(a) 24°C (b) 84°C (c) 48°C (d) 42°C

(xiii) With the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere the acidity of oceans will
(a) increase (b) remain unaffected (c) decrease (d) none of these

(xiv) Which lens is thicker at the periphery and thinner in the middle?
(a) Bi-convex (b) plano-convex (c) convex d) concave

(xv) An enemy plane is at a distance of 300 km from a radar. In how much time the radar will
be able to detect the plane? Take velocity of radio waves as 3 × 108 ms-1.
(a) 4 × 10−3 s (b) 5 × 10−3 s (c) 2× 10−3 s (d) 3× 10−3 s

QUESTION 2.
(i) A block and tackle system has V.R. = 5.
(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram of a system indicating the direction of its load and effort.
(b) Rohan exerts a pull of 150 kgf. What is the maximum load he can raise with this pulley, system if
its efficiency = 75%? [3]

(ii) A half meter rod is pivoted at the center with two weights of 20 gf and 12 gf suspended at a
perpendicular distance of 6 cm and 10 cm from the pivot respectively as shown below: [2]

(a)Is the rod in equilibrium?

(b) The direction of 20 kg-f force is reversed. What is the magnitude of the resultant moment of the
forces on the rod?
(iii) A girl pulls five balloons in her hand through a distance of 12 m, with a force of 1 N acting at an
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angle 60º below the horizontal. How much work is done on the balloons. [2]

(iv) If the speed of a car is halved, by which factor does its kinetic energy change? [2]

(v) How does an increase in the temperature affect the specific resistance of a : [2]
(a) Metal and
(b) Semiconductor?

(vi) Two bulbs A and B are rated 100 W, 120 V and 10 W, 120 V respectively. They are connected
across a 120 V source in series. Calculate the current through each bulb. Which bulb will
consume more power?
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(vii) The picture below shows a defective eye, unable to see distinctly the objects beyond 5 m. [2]
(a) Identify lens X that would correct the eye.
(b) If the numerical value of focal length of the corrective lens is 5 m, what should be the power
of the lens?

QUESTION 3

(i) (a) Ranbir claims to have obtained an image twice the size of the object with a concave lens. Is he
correct? Give a reason. [2]
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(b) If the refractive index of water with respect to air (a𝜇w) is 3 . Calculate the refractive index
of air with respect to water (w𝜇a).

(ii) (a) State the characteristics required in a material to be used as an effective fuse wire. [2]
(b) Which coil of a step-up transformer is made thicker and why?

(iii) Bends in a rubber pipe reduce the flow of water through it. How would the bends in a wire
affect its electric resistance? [2]

(iv)Calculate the amount of heat released when 5.0 g of water at 20°C is changed into ice at
0°C.(Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/g °C Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J/g).
[2]
(v) Write four main sources of creation of nuclear waste. [2]

SECTION - B
(Attempt any four questions.)
QUESTION 4.
(i) Jatin puts a pencil into a glass container having water and is surprised to see the pencil in a
different state. [3]
(a)What change is observed in the appearance of the pencil?
(b)Name the phenomenon responsible for the change.

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(c)Draw a ray diagram showing how the eye sees the pencil.

(ii) (a) What should be the ratio of the speed of light through the liquid to the speed through glass
so that there is no refraction of light at the boundaries of the glass block when the system is
illuminated by light of one color? [3]
(b)(i) State the equation for the relation between the frequency and wavelength of light in
vacuum.
(ii)What is the relation between the angle of incidence i in the liquid and the angle of refraction
r in the glass?

(iii)Red light of wavelength 6600 Ȧ travelling in air gets refracted in water. If the speed of light in
air is 3 × 108 ms-1 and refractive index of water is 4/3, find (a) the frequency of light in air, (b) the
speed of light in water and (c) the wavelength of light in water. [4]

QUESTION 5.

(i) A convex lens forms a real image four times magnified at a distance of 60 cm from the lens.
Calculate the focal length and the power of the lens. [3]
(ii)(a) Can the absolute refractive index of a medium be less than one? [3]
(b) A coin placed at the bottom of a beaker appears to be raised by 4.0 cm. If the refractive
index of water is 4/3, find the depth of the water in the beaker?

(iii) Two students connect resistances one in series and the other in parallel
and plots a V-I graph.
Identify the straight line in the graph that represents:
(a) a series
(b) a parallel circuit.
(c) How are electrical appliances are generally connected in household circuit?Give a reason. [4]

QUESTION 6.

(i) Rubina is climbing a hill from point A to point C as shown in the figure below. The distance between
each point is 100 m and the hill has a constant slope of 30º. S h e has a mass o f 50kg. Assume
negligible friction throughout the climb. [3]

(a)Calculate the total work done by her in climbing from point A to C.

(b)Determine the potential energy gained by her at point C relative to point A.

(ii) Ramesh applies a force of 6 kg f to draw a 4.8 kg bucket of water from a well using a single fixed
pulley. Assuming that all of the extra force applied is to overcome frictional forces, calculate force of

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friction, mechanical advantage and efficiency. (Take g = 10 m s-2) . [3]

(iii) The picture given below shows two identical tuning forks A and B of the same frequency on two
separate sound boxes such that their open ends face each other. Prongs of A is struck by a rubber pad.

(a) What do you observe when prongs of A is struck? [4]

(b) Identify the type of vibration produced by prong A.
(c) Give a reason for your observation in (a).

QUESTION 7.

(i) A person is standing at the sea shore. An observer on the ship, which is anchored in betweena
vertical cliff and the person on the shore, fires a gun. The person on the shore hears two sounds, 2
seconds and 3 seconds after seeing the smoke of the fired gun. If the speed of sound in the air is 320
ms–1, then calculate: [3]
(a)the distance between the observer on the ship and the person on the shore.
(b)the distance between the cliff and the observer on the ship.

(ii) The picture beside shows a medical device used for diagnostic purposes. [3]
(a) Identify the electromagnetic rays used in this device.
(b) State an additional use of the waves mentioned in (a)

(iii) (a) Write two difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. [4]
(b) Rewrite and complete the following nuclear reaction by filling in the atomic
number of Ba and mass number of Kr:
235 1 144 …… 1
92U + 0n → ……Ba + 36Kr + 3 0n + Energy

QUESTION 8
(i) (a) Which particles are responsible for current in conductors? [3]
(b) To which wire of cable in a power circuit should the metal case of a geyser be connected?

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 (c) To which wire should the fuse be connected?

(ii) (a) State two ways to increase the speed of rotation of a D.C. motor. [3]
(b) State the energy conversion taking place during a D.C Motor.

(iii) An electric bulb rated 220 V, 60 W glows when connected with 220 V mains. [4]
(a) Find the resistance of the filament of the bulb.
(b) Another identical bulb is connected in series with the first one and the system is connected
across the 220 V mains. Draw a diagram to show the arrangement and find:
(i)the rate of conversion of energy in each bulb, and
(ii)total power consumed.
(c)If two bulbs are connected in parallel, draw a diagram of this arrangement. What will be the
total power then consumed?

QUESTION 9

(i) A molten metal weighing 150 g is kept at its melting point 800°C. When it is allowed to solidify at
the same temperature, it gives out 75000 J of heat. What is the specific latent heat of the metal?
If its specific heat capacity is 200 J/kg K, how much additional heat will it give out in cooling to
-50°C? [3]

(ii) Can the specific heat of a substance be (a) zero (b) infinite? [3]

(iii)(a) Name two factors on which the magnitude of an induced emf in the secondary coil
depends. [4]
(b) In the following diagram an arrow shows the motion of the coil towards the bar magnet.
(i)State in which direction the current flows, A to B or B to A?
(ii)Name the law used to come to the conclusion.

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