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First Step for JEE (Main & Advanced)-2022

E-CAPS-4A : PHYSICS
(Engineering-Classroom Assessment Practice Sheet)
Topics covered : Accuracy & Precision of instruments, Errors (with its types),
Propagation of errors in different operations like sum, difference, product and division,
Significant figures and different operations with significant figures, Rules of Rounding off, Concept of position,
Path length, Displacement, Average velocity & average speed, Instantaneous velocity and speed. Differentiation,
Its physical significance, Important formulae for Differentiation

Choose the correct answer: 4. As θ increases from 0° to 90° the relative error
in x
1. Choose the incorrect statement among the
following. (1) Decreases
(1) Smaller the least count, higher is the accuracy (2) Increases
of measurement (3) First increases then decreases
(2) Significant figures do not change if we measure (4) First decreases then increases
a physical quantity in different units
5. Consider S = xcosθ for x = (2.0 ± 0.2) cm and
(3) Smaller the least count, smaller the precision θ = (53 + 2)° = 0.9250 ± 0.0035 find absolute error
of measurement
3 4
(4) Absolute error is not a dimensionless quantity in S. Given cos53° = , sin53° = and absolute
5 5
Passage for (Q.2 to Q.5): Using the expression error in cosθ = sinθ Δθ
y = 2xsecθ, one calculates the values of x by measuring
(1) 0.216 cm (2) 0.126 cm
the corresponding angles θ in the range 0° to 90°. The y is
exactly known and the error in θ is constant for all values (3) 0.136 cm (4) 0.116 cm
y 6. The distance between a town and a bus stop is
of θ. The absolute error in x as a function θ issin θ Δθ
2 30 km. A man started to walk from the bus stop
2. The relative error in x as a function of θ is to the town at 7:30 a.m., while a cyclist left the
town for the bus stop at 7:40 a.m., riding at a
(1) tan θΔθ
speed of 18 km/h. The man met the cyclist after
tanθ walking 6 km, determine at what time they met and
(2)
Δθ the man's speed.
(3) cot θΔθ (1) 9 a.m, 6 km/h (2) 9 a.m, 4 km/h
cot θ (3) 9:10 a.m, 2 km/h (4) 8 a.m, 4 km/h
(4)
Δθ
Passage for (Q.7 & Q.8): Two tourists who are at a
3. As θ increases from 0° to 90° the absolute error
distance of 40 km from their camp must reach it together
in x
in the shortest possible time. They have one bicycle
(1) Decreases which they decide to use in turn. One of them started
(2) First increases then decreases walking at a speed of v1 = 5 km/h and the other rode off
on the bicycle at a speed of v2 = 15 km/h. The tourists
(3) First decreases then increases agreed to leave the bicycle at intermediate points between
(4) Increases which one walks and the other rides.

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7. What will the mean speed of the tourists be? 12. The average speed of the runner for the entire time.
(1) 5 km/h (2) 10 km/h
2v1v 2 v1v 2
(1) ms−1 (2) ms−1
(3) 15 km/h (4) 7.5 km/h v1 + v 2 v1 + v 2
8. How long will the bicycle remain unused?
4v1v 2 v1v 2
(3) ms−1 (4) ms−1
(1) 2 hrs 20 minutes (2) 2 hrs 30 minutes v1 + v 2 2(v1 + v 2 )
(3) 2 hrs 40 minutes (4) 3 hrs
13. The average velocity of the runner for the entire time.
9. A motor vehicle travelled the first one third of a
distance s at a speed of 10 km/h, next one third 5 v1v 2
(1) ms−1
at speed 20 km/h and the last one third at a speed 6 (v1 + v 2 )
of 60 km/h. Determine the mean speed of the
2v1v 2
vehicle over the entire distance s. (2) ms −1
(v1 + v 2 )
(1) 45 km/h (2) 30 km/h
6 v1v 2
(3) 36 km/h (4) 18 km/h (3) ms−1
5 (v1 + v 2 )
10. A point travelled half of the distance with velocity v0.
The remaining half part of the distance was covered
4 v1v 2
with velocity v1 for half of the time and with velocity (4) ms−1
5 (v1 + v 2 )
v2 for the other half of the time. Find the mean velocity
of the point averaged over whole time of the motion.
14. A man of height 1.8 m walks away from a lamp at
2v 0 (v1 + v 2 ) 2v 0 (v1 + v 2 ) a height of 6 m. If the man's speed is 7 m/s, find
(1) (2)
v1 + v 2 + 2v 0 v 0 + 2v1 + v 2 the speed in m/s at which the tip of the shadow
moves.
v 0 (v1 + v 2 ) v 0 (v1 + 2v 2 )
(3) (4) (1) 12 ms–1 (2) 14 ms–1
2(v 0 + v1 + v 2 ) v 0 + v1 + 2v 2

Passage for (Q.11 to Q.14): A runner covers a series of (3) 7 ms–1 (4) 10 ms–1
identical triangular hill of height 40 m and base width 15. A student performs an experiment for determination
60 m with speed v1, v2 during upwards and downwards
motion as shown below. ⎛ 4 π2  ⎞
of g ⎜⎜ = 2 ⎟⎟ ,  ≈ 1m, and he commits an error of
B D ⎝ T ⎠
v1 v2 v1 v2 Δ. For T he takes the time of n oscillations with
the stop watch of least count ΔT and he commits
A E a human error of 0.1 second. For which of the
C
following data, the measurement of g will be most
60 m 60 m
accurate?
11. The total time taken by the runner from start to
end. Δ ΔT n Amplitude of oscillation

⎛ v + v2 ⎞ ⎛ v + v2 ⎞ (1) 5 mm 0.2 s 10 5 mm
(1) 100 ⎜ 1 ⎟s (2) 50 ⎜ 1 ⎟s
⎝ v1v 2 ⎠ ⎝ v1v 2 ⎠ (2) 5 mm 0.02 s 20 5 mm

⎛ v + v2 ⎞ ⎛ v + v2 ⎞ (3) 5 mm 0.1 s 20 1 mm
(3) 75 ⎜ 1 ⎟s (4) 25 ⎜ 1 ⎟s
⎝ v1v 2 ⎠ ⎝ v1v 2 ⎠ (4) 1 mm 0.1 s 50 1 mm

  

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First Step for JEE (Main & Advanced)-2022

E-CAPS-4A : PHYSICS
(Engineering-Classroom Assessment Practice Sheet)
Topics covered : Accuracy & Precision of instruments, Errors (with its types),
Propagation of errors in different operations like sum, difference, product and division,
Significant figures and different operations with significant figures, Rules of Rounding off, Concept of position, Path
length, Displacement, Average velocity & average speed, Instantaneous velocity and speed. Differentiation, Its
physical significance, Important formulae for Differentiation

ANSWERS
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (2)
6. (2) 7. (4) 8. (3) 9. (4) 10. (1)
11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (4)

HINTS & SOLUTIONS

7. Answer (4) 9. Answer (4)
Each tourist will walk half the distance and ride the Total displacement
bicycle the other half. The entire distance will be vavg =
Total time
s s s
covered in t = + = 5 hours 20 minutes. =
2v1 2v 2 s s s
+ +
3 × 10 3 × 20 3 × 60
s
Hence mean speed is v = = 7.5 km/h 1
t =
1 1 1
8. Answer (3) + +
30 60 180
The bicycle remain unused during half the time of 180
motion (2 hours 40 minutes) = = 18 km/h
6 + 3 +1

  

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