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ICSE 2026 EXAMINATION

SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER

PHYSICS
(SCIENCE PAPER 1)

Maximum Marks: 80

Time allowed: Two hours

1. Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

2. You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.

3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.

4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.


5. Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.

6. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].


Instruction for the Supervising Examiner

Kindly read aloud the Instructions given above to all the candidates present in the
Examination Hall.




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, NOTE:

The Specimen Question Paper in the subject provides a realistic
format of the Board Examination Question Paper and should be used
as a practice tool. The questions for the Board Examination can be set
from any part of the syllabus. However, the format of the Board
Examination Question Paper will remain the same as that of the
Specimen Question Paper.

, SECTION A (40 Marks)

(Attempt all questions from this Section.)



Question 1

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. [15]

(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.)

(i) A moment of couple has a tendency to rotate the body in an
anticlockwise direction. The moment of couple is taken as:

(a) positive

(b) negative

(c) maximum

(d) zero [Recall]


(ii) The kinetic energy of a given body depends on the:

(a) position

(b) centre of gravity

(c) momentum

(d) displacement [Understanding]


(iii) During power production in a coal-based thermoelectric power plant,
the correct sequence of energy conversions taking place is:

(a) heat  mechanical  chemical

(b) heat  mechanical  electrical

(c) chemical  heat  light

(d) heat  chemical  electrical [Recall]




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