(Collected from Previous Board Question Papers and CBSE Sample Papers and Guess Papers made by experienced teachers)

1. Where does centre of curvature of a spherical mirror lie?
2. Name two important properties of a magnet.
3. How is 1 ohm related to ampere and volt?
4. Draw neat ray diagrams to illustrate the formation of images due to a beam of light incident parallel to the principal axis of a (i) concave mirror, (ii) convex mirror in each case.
5. Why is a series arrangement not used for connecting domestic electrical appliances in a circuit?
   

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Aim: To determine i) The volume of the given cylinder by measuring its length and diameter
Apparatus : Vernier Calipers,Cylinder

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After making the Class-X board examination optional from next year, the CBSE has decided to set questions for Class-IX test, presently being conducted by affiliated schools, to bring uniformity in the system and
ensure better assessment of students. To have standardisation in examination system, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has designed the question papers for examination in Class-IX.

CBSE has published copies of Answer sheets of High scoring students in all subjects in class X as well as XII .

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The Answer sheet as well as question papers can be downloaded here.

The first phase of CBSE counseling has begun from today the 1st of Feb. and will continue upto 8th April, 2010.

This is the 13th consecutive year that CBSE will be providing counseling services to students and parents during examinations to overcome anxiety and examination related stress.

Natural X-rays from across the space are of very high energy but luckily our atmosphere shields us. This means X-ray telescopes must be above the atmosphere to see distant objects emitting X-rays.

More than 100,000 X-ray sources have been detected across the Universe. The most distant object seen in X-rays is 13 billion lightyears from Earth

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We have the CBSE Question Papers in Physics for the last 10 Years, but the files are scattered at different places of the site.

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1. How is the force between two charges affected when dielectric constant of the medium in which they are held increases?
2. Name the e. m. radiations to which the following wave length belong:(a) 10^-2 m (b) 1 A.
3. Refractive indices of glass for blue, red and yellow colors are μb, μr and μy. write them in decreasing order of values.
4. Width of two slits in Young’s experiment is in ratio 4:1. What is the ratio of amplitude of light waves from them?
   

Oral questions for viva voce

1.Is length a fundamental physical quantity ? ans: yes

2.Name the device generally used in the laboratory for the measurement of length of a substance? ans:Metre rod or metre scale

3.What is the least count of a metre scale ? ans:1mm

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