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

A boy of mass m climbs up a staircase of vertical height h.
(a) What is the work done by the boy against the force of gravity?
(b) What would have been the work done if he uses a lift in climbing the same vertical height?

Name the physical quantity measured in terms of horse power.

Angle of deviation is the angle which the ______ ray makes with the direction of ______ray. 

What do you understand by the deviation produced by a prism? Why is it caused? 

Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:

A moving cricket ball

Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:

A compressed spring

Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:

A moving bus

Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given case:

A stretched wire

Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given case:

An arrow shot out of a bow.

How is the loudness of sound related to the intensity of the wave producing it?

Comment on the statement 'loudness of sound is a subjective quantity, while intensity is an objective quantity.

Name the unit used to measure the sound level.

State the factor that determine the loudness of the sound heard.

Name the characteristic of the sound affected due to a change in its amplitude.

By reducing the amplitude of a sound wave, its ______.

State how are the two resistors joined with a battery when equivalent resistance is less than either of the two resistances.

State how are the two resistors joined with a battery when potential difference is same across each resistor.

In parallel combination of resistances ______.

Which of the following combinations have the same equivalent resistance between X and Y?

Two resistors having resistance 4𝛀 and 6𝛀 are connected in parallel. Find their equivalent resistance.