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Numericals
Section A
1. If one of the rectangular components of a force of 100 N is 50 N, find the other component.
2. Two bodies A and B are attached to the ends of a string passing oer a frictionless pulle! such
that the masses hang erticall!. If the mass of one bod! is "#$g, find the mass of second bod!,
which moes downward with an acceleration of 0.2 m%s2 and the tension in the string. &g ' ".(
m%s2)
*. An artiller! cannon is pointed upward at an angle *5+ with respect of hori,ontal and fires a
pro-ectile with an initial elocit! of 200m%s. If the air resistance is negligible, find the ma.imum
height reached b! the pro-ectile and the range of the pro-ectile.
/. Two ectors hae magnitudes / and 5 units. The angle between them is *0+. Ta$ing the first
ector along .0a.is, calculate the magnitude and the direction of the resultant.
5. 1ien that , find , , and the angle between.
#. A 100 gm bullet is fired into a 12$g bloc$ which is suspended b! a long cord. If the bullet is
embedded in the bloc$ and the bloc$ and the bloc$ rises b! 5cm. 2hat was the speed of the
bullet3
4. The radius of the moon is 245 of the earth6s radius and its mass is 1.25 of the earth6s mass.
7ind the acceleration due to grait! on the surface of the moon. 8ow much does a "(0 N bod!
weigh there.
(. 7ind the alue of 9 for which the following ectors are perpendicular to each other.
". A bo! throws a ball erticall! upward with a speed of 25m%s. :n the wa! down, it is caught at a
point 5m aboe the ground. 8ow fast was it coming down at this point3 8ow long did the trip
ta$e3
10. A string 1m long would brea$ when its tension is #".#N. 7ind the greatest speed at which a
ball of mass 2$g can be whirled with the string in a ertical circle.
11. A ladder rests against a smooth wall at an angle of #0+ with the ground. The ladder weighs
200 N and its centre of grait! is at one thirds of its length from the base. ;etermine the frictional
force, which preents the ladder from slipping, and the coefficient of static friction.
12. If two ectors are such that A ' * and B ' 2 and ' /, ealuate and .
1*. If find a unit ector parallel to .
1/. A mortar shell is fired at ground leel target /"0m awa! with an initial elocit! of "(m%s. 7ind
the two possible alues of the launch angle. <alculate the minimum time to hit the target.
15. 7ind how deep from the surface of earth a point where earth a point is where the acceleration
due to grait! is half the alue on the earth6s surface.
1#. 1ien . 7ind the magnitude of ectors , and .
14. A minibus starts moing from the position of rest at a bust stop with a uniform acceleration
during the 10th minute of its motion it coers a distance of "5m. <alculate its acceleration and the
total distance it coers in 10 minutes.
1(. <alculate the wor$ done b! a force gien b! in displacing a bod! from the position A to the
position B. The position ectors A and B are
Section B
1. A bod! of 0.5$g attached to a spring is displaced from its e=uilibrium position and is released. If
spring constant > is 50N%m, find the time period and the fre=uenc!.
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2. A car has siren sounding 2>8, tone. 2hat fre=uenc! will be detected b! stationar! listener as
the car is approaching him at (0$m%h. &speed of sound ' 1200 $m%h).
*. <alculate the speed of sound in air at atmospheric pressure 9 ' 1.01 . 105 N%m2, ta$ing g '
1./0 and r ' 1.2 $g%m*.
/. <alculate the length of second6s 9endulum at a place where g ' 10.0 m%s2.
5. 2hen mass m is hung on a ertical spring, it stretches through #cm. ;etermine its period of
ibration if its is pulled down a little and released.
#. A guitar string has a linear densit! of 4.1# gm%m and is under tension of 152 N. the fi.ed
supports of the string are ("./ cm apart. If its ibrates in three segments. <alculate the speed, the
waelength and the fre=uenc! of the standing wae.
4. <alculate the length of second6s pendulum on the surface of moon where the acceleration due
to grait! is 0.1#4 times that on the earth6s surface.
(. A source of sound and a listener are moing towards each other with elocities, which are 0.5
time, and 0.2 time the speed of sound respectiel!. If the source is emitting 2>8, tone. <alculate
the fre=uenc! heard b! the listener.
". A stationar! wae is set in a 1.5 metre long string fi.ed at both ends. The string ibrates in fie
segments when drien b! a fre=uenc! of 100 8,. <alculate the waelength and the fundamental
fre=uenc!.
Section C
1. 8ow man! fringes will pass a reference point if the moable mirrors of the ?ichelson6s
Interferometer are moed b! 0.0( mm3 The waelength of light used is 5(00 A+.
2. A green light of waelength 5/00 A+ is diffracted b! a diffraction grating haing 2000 lines%cm.
<ompute the angular deiation of the third order image.
*. 7ind the distance at which an ob-ect should be placed in front of a cone. lens of focal length
20 cm to obtain an image of double its si,e.
/. If the radius of 1/th ring is 1mm and the radius of curature of the lens 12# mm. calculate the
waelength of light.
5. @ed light falls normall! on a diffraction grating ruled /000 lines %cm and the second order
image is diffracted */+ from the normal. <ompute the waelength of red light in angstroms.
#. In a compound microscope, the focal lengths of the ob-ectie and e!epiece are 0.(cm and
2.5cm respectiel!. The real image is formed b! the ob-ectie is 1#cm from it. ;etermine the
?agnif!ing power if the e!epiece is held close to the e!epiece and the image is formed 25cm
from the e!epiece.
4. Interference fringes were produced b! two slits on a screen 0.(m from them when the light of
waelength 5.( . 10m was used. If the separation between the first and fifth bright fringe is 2.5
mm. <alculate the separation of the two slits.
(. If the radius of 10th ring is 0.5mm when the light o #.00 . 1004 m is used. 2hat is the radius of
curature of the lens used3
". The length of a compound microscope is *0cm. The focal length of the ob-ectie is 0.25 cm
and that of the e!epiece is 10cm. <alculate its magnif!ing power if the final image is formed at a
distance of 250mm from the e!epiece.
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