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ASSIGNMENT - 25
(For X Class - CBSE)

Instructions :
(i) Each question carries 5 Marks and try your best to attempt all question.
(ii) 1 mark questions to be answered in about 20 words. 2 marks questions to be answered in about 30 words.3 marks
questions to be answered in about 50 words.5 marks questions to be answered in about 70 words.
(iii) Next day match your answer with the answer provided by your teacher.

SCIENCE
Q.1. (a) A coil of copper wire is connected to a galvanometer. What would happen if a bar magnet is...... [3]
(i) Pushed into the coil with its north pole entering first?
(ii) Held at rest inside the coil?
(iii) Pulled out again?
(b) How does alternating current differ from the direct current? [2]

Q.2. (a) A circuit has a fuse of 5 A. What is the maximum number of 100 W (220 V) bulbs that can be safely used
in the circuit? [2]
(b) Give two reasons why different electrical appliances in a domestic circuit are connected in parallel. [2]
(c) Give the symbol of an electric fuse used in circuit diagram. [1]

Q.3. (a) Draw a labelled diagram to show the domestic electric wiring from an electric pole to a room. Give wiring
for a bulb and a three pin socket only. [2]
(b) State two hazards associated with the use of electricity. [2]
(c) What name is given to the device which automatically cuts the electricity supply during short circuiting
in household wiring. [1]

Q.4. (a) State Fleming’s right hand rule. [2]

(b) Explain the construction and working of an AC generator. [3]

Q.5. (a) What do you understand by the term electromagnetic induction? Explain with the help of a diagram. [2]
(b) A dynamo converts one form of energy into another. Name the two forms of energy. [1]
(c) State the important precautions which should be observed in the use of electricity. [2]

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 MATHEMATICS

Q.6) (a) A light house projects light to 105 m inside a sea. If the angle spanned by the light house is 1440 . Find how

much area can the ships sense the light. [2]

(b) For a given radius of 14cm and angle at the centre 750 , find the area of the major and minor sectors by the
angles at the centre. Check whether their sum gives the area of the circle. [3]

Q.7) A 12- sided regular polygon is inscribed in a circle of radius 84cm. Find the total area of the segments that are not
a part of the polygon. [5]

Q.8. (a) Find the area of the shaded region in the following figure. [3]

A B
30 cm
16 cm

D C

(b) AOBCA represents a quadrant of a circle of radius 2.1 cm with centre ‘O’. Calculate the area of shaded region.
[2]

B
P C
1.4 cm

O A

Q.9. (a) In the given figure AB = 24cm and M is the midpoint of AB. Semicircles are drawn on AB, AM and MB as
diameters, A circle with centre ‘C’ touches all the three circles. Find the area of shaded region.

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[2]

A M B

(b) ABCD is a trapezium in which AB||CD and  BCD = 30°, if BFEC is a sector of a circle with centre ‘C’ and
AB = BC = 5.6 cm and DE = 1.4 cm, then find the area of the shaded region. [3]

A B

D E C

Q.10. B D C

Three circles of radius 3cm touch each other externally. These circles are circumscribed by a circle of radius
‘R’ cm, Find the value of R and the area of shaded region (use   3.14, 3  1.73 ) [5]

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