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Junior Inter Physics
Important Questions
2 Marks Questions
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result of a measurement?
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Distinguish between fundamental and derived units
Why do we have different units for same physical quantities.
Express unified atomic mass unit in kg.
In a system of units, the unit of force is 100 N. unit of length is 10 m and unit
e) 4.57 � 108
The error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 1%. What is the error in
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the measurement of volume.
not zero.
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Chapter - 4 [Motion in a plane)
Two forces of magnitudes 3 units and 5 units acts at 60� with eachother. What
is the magnitude of their resultant.
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directions. Explain.
Why does a rifle not recoil as strongly as a light rifle using the same catridges?
If a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces, the pieces must travel in opposite
What happens to the coefficent of friction, if the weight of the body is doubled.
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Define work, power, energy. State their SI units.
State the relation between kinetic energy and momentum of a body.
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tyres?
7. A horse has to pull harder during the start of the motion than later - Explain.
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Which physical quantity remains constant (i) in an elastic collision (ii) in an
inelastic collision.
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A body freely falling from certain height 'h', after striking a smooth floor
rebounds and h rises to a height of h/2. What is the coefficient of restitution
between the floor and the body?
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5. State the sign of work done by a force in the following.
(a) work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of well by means of a rope tied
to the bucket.
(b) work done by gravitational force in the above case.
Find the angle between force and displacement
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Is it necessary that a mass should be present at the centre of mass of any system.
Why are spokes provided in the bicycle wheel?
3. Two rigid bodies have same moment of inertia about their axes of symmetry or
the two, which body will have greater kinetic energy?
Why do we prefer a spanner of longer arm as compared to the spanner of short
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Chapter - 8 [Oscillations]
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The displacement in S.H.M. is given by y = a sin (20t + 4). What is the
displacement when it is increased by 2...
The bob of simple pendulum is a hallow sphere filled with water. How will be
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the period of oscillation change, if water begins to drain out of the hallow
sphere.
3. The bob of pendulum is made of wood. What will be the effect on the time
period, if the wooden bob is replaced by an identical bob of aluminium?
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4. A pendulum clock gives correct time at equator. Will it gain or lose time if it
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doubled?
Chapter - 9 (Gravitation)
What would be the change in acceleration due to gravity (g) at the surface, if the
radius of earth decreases by 2% keeping the mass of earth constant?
Give the equation for the value of 'g' at a depth 'd' from the surface of earth.
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What are polar satellites?
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What is the time period of revolution of geostationary satellite? Does it rotate
from West to East (or) from East to West?
breaking stress.
State examples of nearly perfect elastic and plastic bodies.
Define Poisson's ratio, write its theoratical and practical limits.
A steel wire of length 20 cm is stretched to increase its length by 0.2 cm. Find
the lateral strain in the wire if the poisson's ratio for steel is 0.19.
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If an iron wire is stretched by 1% what is the strain on the wire?
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ATungsten wire of length 20 cm is stretched by 0.1 cm. Find the strain on the
wire?
9. A copper wire of 1mm diameter is stretched by applying a force of 10 N. Find
the stress in the wire.
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Chapter - 11 [Mechanical properties of fluids]
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change with altitude. Then how high would the atmosphere extend?
copper?
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9. State Weins displacement law?
10. What is specific gas constant, is it same for all gasses?
11. What is the temperature for which the readings on Kelvin and Fahrenheit scales
are same?
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2. Define Calorie. What is the relation between Calorie and mechanical equivalent
Chapter - 13 (Thermodynamics)
In Summer, when the valve of a bicycle tube is opened, the escaping air appears
cold. Why?
A thermosflask containing a liquid is shaken vigorously, what happens to its
temperature?
3. What thermodynamic variables can be defined by (a) Zeroth Law (b) First Law.
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What is the value of specific heat capacity in
at constant speed?
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increase in rms velocity of the gas molecules?
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When pressure increases by 2%, what is the percentage decrease in the volume
of a gas, assuming Boyle's law is obeyed?
6. If a gas has 'f' degrees of freedom, find the ratio of Cp and Cv.
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4 Marks Questions (short answer type)
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Chapter - 3 [Motion in a straight line]
Can the equations of Kinematics be used when the acceleration varies with
A bullet is moving with a speed of 150 m/s strikes a tree and penetrates 3.5 cm
before stopping. What is the magnitude of its retardation in the tree and the time
taken for it to stop after striking the tree.
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a
multistored building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is
(a) How high will the ball rise? (b) How long will it be before the ball hits the
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25m from the ground.
ground? Take g = 10m/s2
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does it take for the car to stop?
A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 kmh-1 is brought to
a stop within the distance of 200m. What is the retardation of the car, how long
State Parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and
direction of the resultant vector.
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Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal
is parabola.
Explain the terms the average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are
u2sin2. u2sin2.
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If . .a+ .b
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they equal?
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respectively where the terms have their regular meanings.
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6. A force 2 i ^ - j ^ - k
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of 20 seconds the velocity of the body is 4 i ^ + 2 j -2k ^ m/s. What is the mass
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Chapter - 5 [Laws of motion]
Define the terms momentum and Impulse. State and explain the law of conservation
of linear momentum. Give examples.
Why are shock absorbers used in motor cycles and cars?
Explain advantages and disadvantages of friction
Mention the methods used to minimise the friction
Why pulling the lawn roller preferred than pushing it?
Show that in case of one dimensional elastic collision, the relative velocity of
approach of two colliding bodies before collision is equal to the relative velocity
energy.
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Show that two equal masses undergo oblique elastic collision will move at right
Find the useful power used in pumping 3425 m3 of water per hour from a well
of 8m deep to the surface, suppose 40% of horse power during pumping is wasted.
What is the horse power of engine?
A pump is required to lift 600 kg of water per min. from a well of depth 25m
and to eject it with a speed of 50 m/s. Calculate the power required to perform
the above task?
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In a ballistic demonstration of police officer fires a bullet of mass 50gm with
speed 200 m/s on soft plywood of thickness 2cm. The bullet emerges with only
10% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the emergent speed of the bullet?
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Chapter - 7 [Systems of particles and rotational motion]
Explain about the centre of mass of Earth-Moon system and its rotation around
Chapter - 8 [Oscillations]
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the Sun.
3. Define vector product. Explain the properties of a vector product with examples.
4. Definie angular acceleration and Torque. Establish the relation between accel5.
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Obtain an equation for the frequency of oscillation of spring of force constant
k to which a mass m is attached.
A Simple harmonic oscillator has a time period of 2 sec. What will be the
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t = 1.5 s, calculate the (a) displacement (b) speed (c) acceleration of the body.
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Chapter - 9 [Gravitation]
Define strain energy and derive the equation for the same.
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6. A satellite is orbiting the earth at a height of 1000 km. Find its orbital
speed.
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experiment.
What is venturi meter? Explain how it is used?
What is Reynold's number? What is its significance?
Explain dynamic lift with examples.
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1. In what way is the anomalous behaviour of water advantageous to acquatic
animals.
2. A body cools from 60� to 40� in 7 min. What will be its temperature after next
7 min. If the temperature of its surroundigs is 10� C?
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3. What is the temperature for which the readings on Kelvin and fahrenheit scales
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are same?
If the maximum intensity of radiation for a black body is found of 2.65 cm. What is
the temperature of the radiating body? (Wein's constant = 2.9 x 10-3 mk)
Chapter-13 (Thermodynamics)
Define two principal specific heats of a gas. Which is greater and why?
Derive the relation between two specific heat capacities of a gas on the basis of
law of thermo dynamics.
Obtain an expression for the work done by an ideal gas during isothermal
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change.
3. Four moles of gas have speeds 1, 2, 3 & 4 km/s. Find the rms speed of the gas
Explain the kinetic interpretation of temperature.
Explain the concept of absolute zero of temperature on the basis of kinetic the
8 Marks Questions
(a) Define angle of friction and angle of repose. Show that angle of friction is
equal to angle of repose for a rough inclined plane.
(b) A block of mass 4 kg is resting on rough horizontal plane and is about to
move when a horizontal force of 30N is applied on it. If g = 10 m/s2. Find
the total contact force exerted by the plane on the block.
molecule.
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Chapter - 6 (Work - Energy - Power)
1. Develop the notations of work, Kinetic energy and show that it leads to work
energy theorem.
2. State and prove Law of conservation of energy incase of a freely falling body.
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(a) State and prove parallel axes theorem
(b) For a thin flat circular disc, the radius of gyration about a diameter as axis
is k. If the disc is cut along a diameter AB (as shown in fig) into two equal
pieces; then find the radius of gyration of each piece about AB.
(a) State and Prove perpendicular axes theorem.
(b) If a thin circular ring and a thin flat circular disc of same mass have same
moment of inertia about their respective diameters as axes. Then find the
ratio of their radii.
3. State and Prove law of conservation of angular momentum. Explain the princi-
ple of conservation of angular momentum with examples.
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Chapter - 8 [Oscillations]
Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the motion of projetion of a prarti
Chapter - 9 (Gravitation)
State Newton's Law of Gravitation. Explain how the value of gravitational constant
(G) can be determined by cavendish method.
Derive an expression for variation of acceleration due to gravity (g) (a) above
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Young's modules of material of a wire.
State Boyle's law and charles's Law. Hence derive ideal gas equation. Which of
Chapter - 13 (Thermodynamics)