Formative Assessment-4

Class-10 Max marks:20

Subject:Physical science

Section-1(Long Answer Questions)

Answer any two of the following: 2×4=8M
Each question carries 4 marks.
1. Describe Oersted’s experiment.
2. Explain the working of a D.C motor with a neat diagram.
3. Define Faraday’s law. Describe an activity to verify it.
Section-2(Short answer Questions)
Each question carries two marks. 3×2=6 M
4. When a bar magnet is placed near a CRT television,the picture gets
distorted.Why is it so?
5. Define (a)Lenz’s law (b)Right hand rule
6. Draw the diagrams for magnetic field around a straight current carrying
wire,when current is(a)Vertically downwards(b)Vertically upwards

Section-3(Very short answer questions)

Each question carries one mark. 4×1=4M
7. When does a moving charge experience no force in an uniform magnetic
field?
8. Are magnetic field lines closed loops or open loops?Explain.
9. What is magnetic flux? Write it’s S.I unit.
10. Write any four applications of Faraday’s law.
Section-4(Multiple choice questions)
Choose the correct option.
Each question carries half mark. 4× ½ =2 M
11. Unit of magnetic induction is [ ]
(a)Weber/m2 (b)Tesla (c)N/A.m (d)All the above

12. Magnetic field of Solenoid is similar to magnetic field of [ ]

(a)Straight wire (b)Bar magnet (c)Toroid (d)All the above

13.The appliance which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

is
(a)Motor (b)Generator (c)Rectifier (d)None of the above [ ]

14. if a current carrying conductor is perpendicular to magnetic field, then

magnetic force acting on it is F= [ ]
(a) 0 (b) BiL (c) BiL/2 (d) BiL/4