GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL

CLASS VIII
Annual Examination 2018
Physics

Time: 2 hours Full Marks: 80

This Question Paper has four printed pages.

Answers must be written in the script/s provided. You will not be allowed to write for
the first 15 minutes. This time must be spent in reading the Question Paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing answers.

This Paper is divided into two sections.

Answer all the questions of Section A and any four of Section B.
Maximum marks for a question or part of a question are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION A (40 marks)

Answer all the questions.

Question No 1 [5 × 2 = 10]
(a) What is a unit? Name one derived unit.
(b) What do you understand by the term ‘least count’ of a measuring instrument? What
is the least count of a wall clock?
(c) Name the instruments that can measure the following:
(i) The diameter of a needle
(ii) The internal diameter of the neck of your water bottle
(d) What do you understand by the statement: ‘the pitch of a screw gauge is 0·5 mm’?
(e) Define the following terms with respect to the oscillation of a pendulum:
(i) amplitude (ii) frequency

Question No 2 [5 × 2 = 10]

(a) ‘Acceleration due to gravity at a place is 9·78 m/s2.’ Explain the statement.

(b) A body is moving along a straight line with a speed increasing gradually from u to v.
Show that its average velocity is given by (u + v)/2.
(c) State two differences between speed and velocity.
(d) The separation between two masses is reduced to half. How is the magnitude of
the gravitational force between them affected? Justify your answer.

(e) Why does a passenger fall down when he jumps out of a moving train?
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Question No 3 [5 × 2 = 10]

(a) A hollow glass sphere floats with its entire volume submerged in water at 4°C. It,
however, sinks if the temperature of the water rises above 4°C. Why?

(b) State one advantage and one drawback of using a solar panel to produce electricity.

(c) State two characteristics of magnetic field lines.

(d) Mention two pieces of evidence to prove the existence of the earth’s magnetic field.

(e) State two differences between an electromagnet and a permanent magnet.

Question No 4 [5 × 2 = 10]

(a) State two differences between a real image and a virtual image.

(b) State the laws of reflection of light.

(c) Define principal focus of a concave mirror.

(d) A ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror. What is the angle of incidence?
What is the angle between the incident and reflected rays?

(e) Calculate the number of images formed when a point object is placed asymmetrically
between two mirrors kept at an angle of 72° to each other.

SECTION B (40 marks)

Answer any four questions.

Question No 5

(a) The least count of a vernier calliper is 0·01 cm and its zero error is +0·02 cm. It is
used to measure the length of a rod. The reading on the main scale is 4·8 cm and
the 6th division on the vernier scale is in line with a mark on the main scale.
Calculate the correct length of the rod. [3]

(b) The pitch of a screw gauge is 1 mm and there are 100 divisions on the circular head.
It is used to measure the diameter of a wire. The reading on the main scale is 3 mm
and the 55th division on the circular scale is in line with the base line. Calculate the
diameter of the wire. Assume that the screw gauge is free from zero error. [3]

(c) (i) A simple pendulum is made by suspending a bob of mass 500g by a string 1m
long. Calculate its time period at a place where g = 10 m/s2.

(ii) How will the time period in part (i) be affected if a bob of mass 100g is used,
keeping the length of the string unchanged? [4]
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Question No 6

(a) Show analytically: v2 = u2 + 2as, where the symbols have their usual meanings. [3]

(b) ‘The value of acceleration due to gravity remains the same at all places on the
earth’s surface.’ Is the statement true? Give reasons for your answer. [3]

(c) A car, starting from rest, reaches a velocity of 72 km/h in 10s. Draw a velocity-time
graph of the car. Calculate the average velocity of the car from the graph. [4]

Question No 7

(a) State Newton’s second law of motion. Derive the first law from it. [3]

(b) A cricket ball (mass = 100g), moving with a speed of 30 m/s, is brought to rest by a
player in 0·03s. Find: [3]

(i) the change in the momentum of the ball.

(ii) the average force applied by the player.

(c) Draw graphs to show the dependence of:

(i) acceleration on the force applied when mass remains constant.

(ii) acceleration on mass when the force applied remains constant. [4]

Question No 8

(a) In the case of a reflection of an object in a plane mirror, prove that the image
distance is always equal to the object distance. [3]

(b) An object is 60 cm in front of a plane mirror. If the mirror is now moved 25 cm away
from the object, by how much does the image shift from its previous position? [3]

(c) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of images when a point object P is placed
in between two mirrors kept perpendicular to each other. [4]

Question No 9

(a) Show that for a concave mirror, the focal length is half the radius of its curvature. [3]

(b) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an extended object
placed in front of a concave mirror. [3]

(c) An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm in front of a a convex mirror of radius of

curvature 10 cm. Where is the image formed? Find the magnification m. What will
be the nature of the image? [4]
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Question No 10

(a) Why is soft iron used as a core of the electromagnet in an electric bell? What is the
function of the adjusting screw? [3]

(b) Draw the pattern formed by the magnetic field lines near a bar magnet placed with
its north pole pointing towards the geographic south. Indicate the positions of the
neutral points by marking them with an X. [3]

(c) Explain the following: [4]

(i) Induction preceeds attraction.

(ii) Induced magnetism is temporary.