SECTION-A

1. Answer any FOUR of the following:

i) Can a vector have ZERO magnitude if one of its components is not zero?

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ii)

Does the WORK-ENERGY Theorem hold if friction acts on an object? Explain.

iii)

About what axis would a Uniform Cube have its minimum rotational INERTIA?

iv)

If the force of GRAVITY acts on all bodies in proportion to their masses, why does not a heavy body
fall correspondingly faster than a light body?

v)

Two events are simultaneous but separated in space in one INERTIAL REFERENCE FRAME. Will
they be simultaneous in any other frame? Will their spatial separation be the same in any other frame?

SECTION-B
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State and Prove DIVERGENCE THEOREM.

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Define TORQUE and ANGULAR MOMENTUM.

Derive Relation between Torque and Angular Momentum.

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What are the Postulates of Special Theory of RELATIVITY? Prove that E = P C + m 0 C

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SECTION-C
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An object of 2.0 Kg mass makes an elastic Collision with another object at rest and continues to move in
the original direction but with one-fourth of its original speed. What is the mass of the struck object? 7

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How much energy is stored in the surface of a soap bubble 2.1 cm in radius if its Surface Tension is
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4.5 X 10 N/m?

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Determine the mass of earth from the period T and the radius r of the Moons orbit about the earth:
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T = 27.3 days and r = 3.82 X 10 Km.
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A car is moving at 105 km/h. The driver suddenly begins to apply the breaks, but does so with
increasing force so that the declaration increases with time according to a(t) = ct where c = -2.67
a) How much time passes before the car comes to rest?
b) How far does it travel in the process?
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