First Semester Examination - March 2023

Subject : Physics Paper = / 48

Handwriting = / 02
Class : 8 …....... Total = / 50

Duration : 1 period Date : .........……….................…

Candidate's name : ...................................................................…Admission no : ..............…..........
• This paper consists of Part I and Part II.
• Answer all the questions on the paper itself.
• Marks will be deducted for misspelled words and instructions not being followed.
Part I
1. Shadows are formed because;
(i) opaque objects reflect light.
(ii) opaque objects block the light.
(iii) opaque objects allow light to pass through.
(iv) opaque objects emit light.

2. What types of surfaces reflect light well?

(i) Smooth and shiny. (ii) Dull and dark.
(iii) Dark and smooth. (iv) Rough and dull.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

(i) Moon is a luminous object and reflects light of the Sun towards the Earth.
(ii) Moon is a non-luminous object and reflects sun light towards the Earth.
(iii) Moon is non-luminous and does not reflect any light of the Sun towards the Earth.
(iv) Moon gives out its own light at night and reflects sunlight during the day.

4. If a man walks 12 meters in one second, how many kilometers can he walk in 300 seconds?
(i) 4 km (ii) 5 km (iii) 4.6 km (iv) 3.6 km

5. Hidden coin experiment is used to show ------------------------- of light.

(i) reflection. (ii) refraction. (iii) friction. (iv) vibration.

6. Which of the following statements is false about the given results of a ticker tape experiment?
(i) Object X is moving in a constant speed. X
(ii) Object Y is speeding up.
(iii) Object Z and object Y are changing speed.
Y
(iv) Object Z is increasing speed.

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7. Which of the following statements is wrong about the following graph?
It is about the movement of three cars.

(i) The cars A and B are faster than car C.

(ii) Car B is faster than car A and car C.
(iii) Car B is faster than car C and slower than car A.
(iv) All the cars are moving in constant speed.

8. A loudspeaker cone is vibrating at some frequency. If a loud sound is given to the loudspeaker
what will be the result?
(i) The loudspeaker cone starts to vibrate more frequently.
(ii) The loudspeaker cone vibrates more times.
(iii) The loudspeaker cone vibrates up and down more.
(iv) The loudspeaker cone stops vibrating.

9. What is wrong about sound?

(i) Sounds are produced by vibrating objects.
(ii) Pitch increases when number of vibrations increase.
(iii) Amplitude increases when loudness of the sound increases.
(iv) Faster vibrations give sounds of low pitch.

10. A runner completes a 1000 m race in 125 s. What is the average speed of the runner?
(i) 8 m/s (ii) 9 m/s (iii) 10 m/s (iv) 11 m/s
[Total = 2 × 10 = 20 marks]

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Part II
1. Given below is a diagram of a light ray going from air to glass.

(i) What is the name for the bending of light rays inside the glass block?

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(2 marks)

(ii) Mark the direction of the light ray inside the glass block using an arrow head.
(2 marks)

(iii) Draw and label the Normal at the place where the light ray enters to the glass block.
(2 marks)

(iv) Mark angle of incident in the above diagram.

(2 marks)

(v) What will happen to the light ray when it comes out of the glass block?

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(2 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]

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2. Use the following diagram to answer the questions.

Aryan goes to the garden to read a book during day time.

(i) What gives light for Aryan to read the book?

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(1 mark)
(ii) Draw light rays to show how Aryan can see the book.
(2 marks)
(iii) Name two other light sources that he can use to see the book inside the home.

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(2 marks)
(iv) Write two characteristics of a mirror image.

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(2 marks)
(v) Define a luminous object.

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(1 mark)
(vi) Give a similar term for luminous object.

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(1 mark)
[Total = 9 marks]

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3. Following picture shows an experiment done by Amal and Nimal.

(i) Fill in the blanks using suitable terms given below.

vacuum , material , solids , light

(a) This experiment shows that sound travels through ------------------------------.

(b) Sound needs a ------------------------------ to travel.

(c) Sound cannot travel through a ------------------------------.

(d) Amal can see Nimal because ------------------------------ travels through air.

(4 marks)
(ii) Define frequency.

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(1 mark)
(iii) Write two places where we can see speed limit signs.

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(2 marks)
(iv) Name an experiment we used to show that sound does not travel though a vacuum.

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(1 mark)
(v) Name an equipment we use to measure time intervals less than one second in the laboratory.

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(1 mark)
[Total = 9 marks]

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