(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

A ray of monochromatic light enters a liquid from the air as shown in the diagram given below:

Mark in your diagram the two angles on the surface of separation when the ray of light moves out from the liquid to air.

After a robbery, if a window has been broken, there will be tiny particles of glass. Some of these will be found at the scene of the crime and some may be caught in the thief’s clothing. If the police can prove that these particles are identical, they have a strong case.
A method of doing this is to suspend the particles of glass in a special liquid. Light of a single colour is thrown through the liquid and the particles viewed through a microscope. The temperature of the liquid is then slowly altered. This alters the speed of light through the liquid (i.e., it alters the refractive index). At one particular temperature, the particles of glass disappear. It this happens at the same temperature for both sets of glass particles, they probably came from the same broken pane of glass.
Complete and copy the diagram to show how light bends when it travels from the liquid to the glass and back to the liquid, If the light speeds up in the glass.

A lens forms an upright and diminished image of an object, irrespective of its position. What kind of lens is this? Draw an outline ray diagram to show the formation of the image. State the position and one more characteristic of the image.

The following diagram shows the object O and the image I formed by a lens. Copy the diagram and on it mark the positions of the lens LL’ and focus (F). Name the lens.

A stick partly immersed in water appears to be bent. Draw a ray diagram to show the bending of the stick when placed in water and viewed obliquely from above.

Complete the diagram to show the formation of the image of the object AB.

(i) Name the Lens LL’.
(ii) Where is the image of the object AB formed?
(iii) State three characteristics of the image.

A convex lens is of focal length 20 cm. Find its power.

If the lens is of focal length 25 cm. Calculate the power of the lens.

If there is a convex lens of focal length 75 cm and a concave lens of focal length 40 cm, then calculate their combined power and combined focal length.

Why does it become pleasantly warm when the lakes start freezing?

The lens of power + 1·0 D is ______.

The melting point of napthalene is 80°C and the room temperature is 25°. A sample of liquid napthalene at 90° is cooled down to room temperature. Draw a temperature-time graph to represent this cooling. On the graph mark the region which corresponds to the freezing process.

Give one example of a radio isotope.

State one use of radio isotopes.

In what unit is the power of a lens expressed?

The V-I graph for a series combination and for a parallel combination of two resistors is shown in the figure below. Which of the two A or B. represents the parallel combination? Give reasons for your answer.

Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B.

Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B

Two resistors of 4Ω and 6 Ω are connected in parallel to a cell to draw 0.5 A current from the cell.
(i) Draw a labelled circuit diagram showing the above arrangement.
(ii) Calculate the current in each resistor. What is an Ohmic resistor?

(i) Two sets A and B, of three bulbs each, are glowing in two separate rooms. When one of the bulbs in set A is fused, the other two bulbs also cease to glow. But in set B, when one bulb fuses, the other two bulbs continue to glow. Explain why this phenomenon occurs.

(ii) Why do we prefer arrangements of Set B for house circuiting?