Grade-10
Subject-Physics
Revision Worksheet
Q.1. (i) On what factors do the position of the centre of gravity of a body depends?
(ii) What is the S.I. unit of the moment of force?
Q.2. Name the factors affecting the turning effect of the body.
Q.3. (i) Define equilibrium.
(ii) In a beam balance when the beam is balanced in a horizontal position, it is in
………………… equilibrium.
Q.4. Explain the motion of a planet around the sun in a circular path.
Q.5. Where does the centre of gravity lie for:
(i) Triangular lamina
(ii) Circular lamina.
Q.6. What do you understand by the term “Couple”? State its effect. Illustrate its action by
giving two examples.
Q.7. What do you mean by:
(i) Centripetal force.
(ii) Centrifugal force.
Q.8. Can the moment of force be zero even if force is not zero? If so, when.
Q.9. Write the energy conversion taking place in the following:
(i) electric motor
(ii) dynamo
(iii) photosynthesis
(iv) burning a candle
(v) solar cell
(vi) electric heater
(vii) electric bulb(lamp)
(viii) LED
(ix) microphone
(x) loudspeaker
(xi) thermocouple
(xii) electric iron
(xiii) charging a battery
(xiv) cell in use
Q.10. A truck weighing 1000 kgf changes its speed from 36 km/hr to 72 km/hr in 2 min. Find
the work done and power. Take g=10 m/s2 [ans. 150000 J, 1250 W]
Q.11. A bullet of 50 g moving at 500 m/s penetrate 10 cm into a target and comes to rest. Find
kinetic energy and force. [ans.6250 J, 62500 N]
Q.12. A light and a heavy body have equal momentum. Find mathematically which has greater
K.E.?
Q.13 A motor of power 100 W is used. If 50% of its energy is spent in stirring water, find work
done in 1 min. [ans. 3000 J]
Q.14. (i) Does an object having momentum always have energy.
(ii) Does an object having energy always have momentum.
Q.15. Classify the following into levers as Class-I, Class-II or Class-III:
(i) door (ii) catapult (iii) wheelbarrow (iv) fishing rod
Q.16. A pulley system has a velocity ratio 5. Draw a neat labeled diagram of the pulley system
to lift a load by applying the effort in a convenient direction. Mark the tension in your diagram.
(i) If the efficiency of system is 80%, find its mechanical advantage.
(ii) If a load of 10 kgf is pulled up a distance of 20 m in 10 seconds, calculate the
power developed by the effort. Take g=10 m/s2 [ans. 4, 250 W]
Q.17. A lever of class-I has a total length of 1.6 m and able to lift a load of 60 kgf with a force
of 20 kgf. Find the position of fulcrum. [ans 0.4 m from load]
Q.18. A crow bar lifts a weight 40 kgf by means of an effort of 10 kgf. If the load is situated at
a distance of 0.25 m from the fulcrum. Find the length of the bar.[ans 1.25 m]
Q.19. Express refractive index (µ) of a medium
(i) In terms of velocity of light
(ii) In terms of angle of incidence (i) in air and angle of refraction (r) in denser medium.
Q.20. What is the angular deviation of the emergent ray from the glass block with respect to the
incident ray? [zero]
Q.21. Explain the term ‘Lateral displacement’ of a light ray when it passes through a
rectangular glass-block. State the factors on which lateral displacement depends?
Q.22. Draw a ray diagram to illustrate how a ray of light incident obliquely on one face of a
rectangular glass-slab of uniform thickness emerges.
Q.23. The speed of light in glass is 2 x 105 km/s. What is the refractive index of glass?
[1.5]
Q.24. How is the refractive index of a material related to:
(i) real and apparent depth?
(ii) velocity of light in vacuum and velocity of light in medium?
Q.25. Out of seven colours, which has least refractive index and which one has maximum
refractive index?
Q.26. State Snell’s law.
Q.27. During refraction of light which of the following quantities remains same and why?
Wavelength, frequency and speed. [frequency]
Q.28 Draw a ray diagram to illustrate how a ray of light incident obliquely on one face of a
rectangular glass slab of uniform thickness emerges parallel to its original direction. Mention
which pairs of angles are equal.
Q.29. Define critical angle. How is the critical angle of a material related to its refractive index?
Q.30. Radius of curvature of a lens is 40 cm. Find its power. [+5 D]
Q.31. A needle placed 45 cm from a lens forms an image on a screen placed 90 cm on the other
side of the lens. Determine its focal length. What is the nature of image formed? [30 cm, real,
inverted and magnified]
Q.32. An object is placed at a distance 20 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. Find
the position and nature of image. [20 cm, real, inverted and equal size]
Q.33. An object placed 50 cm from a lens produces a virtual image at a distance of 10 cm in
front of a lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens. [-12.5 cm]
Q.34. An object of height 2 cm is placed in front of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm at a
distance of 15 cm from it. Find the position and magnification of the image.[-60 cm, 4]
Q.35. Explain with the help of convex lens action of this lens as a simple microscope?
Q.36. 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.
(i) Name the lens.
(ii) 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.
Q.37. Name any four regions of electromagnetic spectrum in increasing order of frequency.
Q.38. Calculate the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave of frequency 15 MHz
Q.39. Name the factors on which the deviation produced by a prism depends.
Q.40. Define dispersion of light .What is the cause of dispersion of light?
Q.41. What do you understand by invisible spectrum. How will you investigate the existence of
ultraviolet radiation?
Q.42. State the equation for the relation between the frequency and wavelength of light in
vacuum.
Q.43. Name four colour of the spectrum of white light which have wavelengths greater than
blue light.
Q.44. Why are Infra-red radiations used as signals during war?
Q.45. Give two properties of Infra-red rays.
Q.46. What is the range of wavelength of the visible spectrum?
Q.47. What is the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave whose frequency is 1012 Hz? Name
this electromagnetic wave.
Q.48. Draw a diagram to show that white light can be split up into different colours.
Q.49. Name the extreme colours in pure spectrum of light.
Q.50. Name any four regions of electromagnetic spectrum (other than visible light) in
increasing order of wavelength.
