BOARD EXAMINATION

2014
SCBSE
MAXIMUM MARKS: 60

TIME
LIMIT: 2 hour

Question numbers 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.

1. Which of the following figures below will the sound of a tuning fork
hit with rubber pad at the end A be maximum at end B:

2. The angle between one tube and normal is 400, the perfect
reflection of sound will take place onl
3. Average power is obtained by ____________.

4. The number of atoms constituting a molecule is called _______.

5. Group of two or more atoms is called a __________.

Question numbers 18 to 24 are SA carrying 3 marks each.

6. Write the full form of SONAR.

18. State the law of conservation of mass. Verify it experimentally.

7. Kinetic energy + Potential energy = __________.

19. Differentiate between Anion, Cation and Polyatomic ion. Give

examples also.

8. Change in Kinetic energy is equal to _________.

9. __________ is defined as the rate of doing work.
10. 1 kWh = _________ .

20. A ship sends out ultrasound that returns from the seabed and is
detected after 3.42 sec. If the speed of ultrasound through
seawater is 1531 m/s, what is the distance of the seabed from the
ship.
Also diagrammatically explain the working of SONAR.

Question numbers 11 to 17 carry 2 marks each.

11. Define the atomic mass unit. What is chosen as the standard
reference for measuring atomic masses?
12. Draw a sketch of Bohrs model of an atom with three shells.
13. Name the three sub atomic particles of an atom. Find the valency of
Chlorine.
14. Prove that parallelograms on the same base and between the same
parallels are equal in area.
15. Using a protractor draw an angle of 750. Now using a compass
divide this angle into two equal parts.
16. Construct angles of 600, 900 and 1050 at once.
17. For what value of c, the linear equation 2x + cy = 8 has equal values
of x and y for its solution.

21.

22. Show that bisectors of angles of a parallelogram form a rectangle.

23. Describe the main features of Bohrs model of an atom.
24. Draw a sketch of Bohrs model of an atom with three shells.
25. Define Mass number and Atomic number. Indicate them in the
given below:

26. Bulbs are packed in cartons each containing 40 bulbs. Seven

hundred cartons were examined for defective bulbs and the results
are given in the following table:

One carton was selected at random. What is the probability that it has
a) no defective bulb
b) defective bulbs from 2 to 6
c) defective bulbs less than 4?

24.

Draw a circle showing:

Longest chord (AB), Minor arc (GH) , Shade the major segment,
Chord (RS)
Draw another circle and prove that perpendicular from the centre bisects
the chord.

Question numbers 25 to 27 are LA carrying 5 marks each.

25. State anf prove the mid point theorem.
26. In countries like USA and Canada, temperature is measured in
Fahrenheit, whereas in countries like India, it is measured in Celsius.
Here is a linear equation that convert Fahrenheit to Celsius:

a) Draw the graph of the linear equation above using Celsius for

x-axis and Fahrenheit for y-axis.

b) If the temperature is 30C, what is the temperature in
Fahrenheit?

c) If the temperature is 95F, what is the temperature in Celsius?

d) If the temperature is 0C, what is the temperature in Fahrenheit
and if the temperature is 0F, what is the temperature in
Celsius?

e) Is there a temperature which is numerically the same in both

Fahrenheit and Celsius? If yes, find it.

27. a) What is kinetic energy?

b) Derive it for a body of mass m, moving with a velocity v.
c) What do you understand by the units of electrical
energy? How many joules of energy is consumed if the
electrical meter shows 400 units of energy?