Valmiki Shiksha Sadan b. Does mirror give rise to chromatic aberration, if not why?
Set-A
Subject: Physics Grade :XI FM: 75 Time: 3 hrs
Candidates are required to give their answer in their own words as far
as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
You may use the following values of physical constant wherever
necessary.
Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2
Density of steel = 7800 kgm-3,
Young's modulus for steel = 2.0 × 1011 N/m2
Latent heat of fusion of ice = 80 calg-1
Specific heat capacity of ice = 0.5 calg-1K-1.
Linear expansion coefficient for steel = 12 × 10-6 K-1
Linear expansion coefficient for zinc = 26 × 10-6 K-1
Group ‘A’
1. Answer briefly any six questions. [2×6 = 12]
a. Convert the value of 250 J into erg using dimensional method.
b. If vector has zero magnitude, is it meaningful to call it a vector?
c. While firing, one has to aim a little above the target. Why?
d. How does the kinetic energy of a body changed if its momentum
is doubled?
e. The purity of gold can be tested by weighing it in air and in
water. How?
f. Why is earth bulged out at the equator than at poles?
g. Why does a flag flutter when strong winds are blowing?
2. Answer briefly any two questions. [2×2= 4]
a. Write the unit of universal gas constant and give its physical
significance.
b. What is meant by adiabatic expansion? Explain.
c. Show that there exists a single value of triple point of a
substance.
3. Answer briefly any one question [2×1 = 2]
a. Why do far objects appear to be smaller than the nearer ones?
4. Answer briefly any one question [2×1 = 2]
a. Metallic chain is dragged on the road by the vehicles carrying
the inflammable materials, why?
b. Two lines of electric field do not intersect with each other. Why?
Group ‘B’
5. Answer any three questions. [4×3= 12]
a. State and prove the principle of conservation of linear
momentum.
b. What is escape velocity? Derive its expression on the surface of
the earth.
c. Define moment of inertia. Derive the relationship between
rotational kinetic energy and moment of inertia of a rigid body.
d. Define coefficient of viscosity. Describe an experiment to
determine coefficient of viscosity of a viscous fluid using Stokes
method.
6. Answer any two questions. [4×2 = 8]
a. Using the postulates of kinetic theory of gas, derive an
expression for the pressure exerted by the gas contained in a box.
b. Define the coefficient of thermal conductivity of a substance.
Describe Searle's method for determination of the thermal
conductivity of a good conductor.
c. Define two specific heat capacities of a gas. Show that for an
ideal gas, Cp - Cv = R where the symbol carry their usual
meaning.
7. Answer any one question. [4×1 = 4]
a. Define lateral shift. Prove that it is equal to thickness of medium
for grazing incidence and express the variation of lateral shift
with angle of deviation graphically.
b. Describe the working principle of astronomical telescope and
obtain an expression for magnifying power of it when final
image is formed at least distance of distinct vision.
8. Answer any one question. [4×1 = 4]
a. Define electric potential difference. Express the electric potential
difference between two points placed inside the electric field.
b. Derive an expression for the energy stored in a capacitor and
also express the relation for energy density.
Group ‘C’
9. Solve any three questions. [4×3 = 12]
a. Find the power of an engine in kilowatts which pulls a train of
mass 600 tonnes up an incline of 1 in 100 at the rate of 60 km/hr.
The weight of the engine is 200 tonnes and the resistance due to
friction is 50 Newton’s per tonne.
b. A cannon is fired from a gun with a velocity of 200 ms -1 at an
angle of 600 to the horizon. Calculate (i) the time to reach the
maximum height (ii) the maximum height (iii) the horizontal
range (iv) maximum horizontal range with constant speed.
c. A constant torque of 500 Nm turns a wheel about its centre. The
moment of inertia about its centre is 100 kg m 2. Find the angular
velocity gained in 4 s and the kinetic energy gained after 20
revolutions.
d. A uniform steel wire 3 m long weighing 21 g is extended by a
load of 2.5 kg. Calculate (a) the extension produced (b) the
energy stored in the wire.
10. Solve any two questions. [4×2 = 8]
a. What is the result of mixing 10 gm of ice at -200C with 20gm of
water at 400C?
b. A steel rod when measured with a zinc scale both being at 250C
appear to be one metre long. If the zinc scale is correct at 0 0C,
what is the actual length of the rod at 250C? What will be the
length of the rod at 00C?
c. A Carnot engine has 50% efficiency with a sink at 9 oC. By how
many degrees should the temperature of source be increased in
order to raise the efficiency to 70%?
11. A thin equi-convex lens of glass of refractive index 1.5 whose
surfaces have radii of curvature of 24 cm, is placed on a horizontal
plane mirror. When the space between the lens and mirror is filled
with a liquid, a pin held 40 cm vertically above the lens is found to
coincide with its own image. Calculate the refractive index of the
liquid. [4]
12. Two capacitors of capacitances 4 μF and 2 μF respectively are
joined in series with a battery of emf 60 volts. The connections are
broken and the like terminals of the capacitors are three joined. Find
the final charge on each capacitor.
[3]
Set-B
Subject: Physics Grade :XI FM: 75 Time: 3 hrs
You may use the following values of physical constant wherever
necessary.
Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2
Refractive index of water = 1.33
Linear expansion coefficient of pendulum = 0.000019 per 0C
1 atm pressure = 1.01×105 Nm-2
Ratio of two specific heat capacity of air = 1.4
Group ‘A’
1. Answer briefly any six questions. [2×6 = 12]
a. Define accurate and precise measurement.
b. At what angle do the two forces ⃗P +⃗
Q and ⃗P−Q ⃗ act so that their
2 2
resultant is √ 3 P +Q ?
c. A car is moving on the road when the rain is falling vertically
downwards. Why does the front wind screen get wet?
d. What is the difference between centre of gravity and centre of
mass of a system?
e. Compare the mechanical properties of a steel cable, made by
twisting many thin wires together, with those of solid steel rod
of the same diameter.
 f. Why are light roofs blown away during stormy day?
2. Answer briefly any two questions. [2×2= 4]
a. Why does animal curl in winter season?
b. Why is the triple point instead of the melting point or the boiling
of water taken as a standard fixed point in modern thermometry?
c. Why specific heat capacity of gas at constant pressure is greater
than its specific heat capacity at constant volume?
3. Answer briefly any one question [2×1 = 2]
a. Distinguish between real and virtual image.
b. At what angle of incidence, the lateral shift produced by a
parallel sided glass slab is zero?
4. Answer briefly any one question [2×1 = 2]
a. If a body is positively charged and another is negatively charged
would their masses remain same?
b. “Dielectric constant of water is 81”. What does it mean?
Group ‘B’
5. Answer any three questions. [4×3= 12]
a. Define conservative and Non-conservative force. State and
prove the principle of conservation of energy.
b. Derive an expression for the variation of acceleration due to
gravity with height and depth from the earth surface. Interpret
the result graphically.
c. Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the vertical
oscillations of a mass suspended by a light helical spring are
simple harmonic.
d. What is capillarity? Deduce an expression for the rise of a liquid
in a capillary tube.
6. Answer any two questions. [4×2 = 8]
a. Define latent heat of fusion of ice. Describe a method used to
measure the latent heat of fusion of ice.
b. Derive ideal gas equation PV=nRT where the symbol carry their
usual meanings.
c. Describe the working of a diesel engine with the help of its P-V
diagram.
7. Answer any one question. [4×1 = 4]
a. Derive lens maker’s formula.
b. Describe the working principle of compound microscope and
obtain an expression for magnifying power of it when final
image is formed at least distance of distinct vision.
8. Answer any one question. [4×1 = 4]
a. Define electric intensity and electric potential gradient. Derive
an expression between them.
b. What is capacitance of a capacitor? Derive an expression for
equivalent capacitance of the n-capacitors connected in series.
Group ‘C’
9. Solve any three questions. [4×3 = 12]
a. A man wishes to cross a river to an exactly opposite point on the
other bank. The river is flowing at 1 ms -1 and the velocity of the
man in still water is 2 ms-1. In what direction should he strike out
in order to reach the opposite bank?
b. A stone of mass 5 kg is attached to a string 8 m long and is
whirled in a horizontal circle. The string can stand maximum
tension 160 N. What is the greatest number of revolutions per
second of the stone?
c. A disc of radius 1 m and mass 5 kg is rolling along a horizontal
plane. Its moment of inertia about its centre is 2.5 kg m 2. If its
velocity along the plane is 2 m/s, find its angular velocity and
the total energy.
d. A force of 25 N is applied to the end of a wire 3 m long and
produces an extension of 0.25 mm. If the diameter of the wire is
2 mm, calculate the stress on the wire, its strain and the value of
Young’s modulus.
10. Solve any two questions. [4×2 = 8]
 a. A brass pendulum clock keeps correct time at 300C. How many
seconds per day will it gain or lose when the temperature of
room increases to 400C?
b. One end of a metal bar 0.001 m2 in cross-section and 0.5 m long
is in contact with steam at atmospheric pressure. The other end is
in contact with ice at 00C. If ice melts at the rate of 13.8 gm per
minute, find the thermal conductivity of metal.
c. An air in a cylinder, initially at a temperature 10 0C and a pressure
1.01 × 105 Nm-2 is to be compressed to one eighth of its initial
volume. What would be the difference between final pressures if
the compression were done i) isothermally ii) adiabatically? What
would be the final temperature in the second case?
11. A narrow beam of light incident normally on one face of an
equilateral prism (refractive index 1.45) being surrounded by
water. At what angle the ray of light emerges out? [4]
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12. Two point charges each of 3 × 10 C are placed in the two
corners of an equilateral triangle whose side is 1 m. What is the
electric field at the third corner of the triangle due to these
charges? [3]
Set-C
Subject: Physics Grade :XI FM: 75 Time: 3 hrs
You may use the following values of physical constants
Young modulus for steel= 2×1011 Nm-2
Linear coefficient for steel = 12×10-6 k-1
Specific heat capacity of water= 1 calg-1 K-1
Specific heat capacity of Ice = 0.5 calg-1K-1
Latent heat of fusion of Ice at 00C =80 calg-1
Latent heat of water at 1000C = 540 calg-1
Universal gas constant= 8.31 J mol-1K-1
Stefan’s constant = 5.7 × 10-8 Wm-2K-4
Permittivity of free space= 8.854×10-12 C2N-1m-2
Acceleration due to gravity= 10 ms-2
Group-A
1. Answer in brief, any six questions: [6×2=12]
a. The force ‘F’ is given in terms of time ‘t’ and displacement ‘x’
by the equation F= A sin Bx + C sin Dt. What is the dimension
of A and D/B?
b. Explain why current is not a vector though it appear to possess a
direction?
c. A projectile fired at an angle of 18 0 has certain horizontal range.
State another angle of projection for the same horizontal range.
d. A solid tied at the end of a string is revolved in vertical. At what
point will the tension in the string be the greatest?
e. Does the center of gravity of a solid body always lie within the
material of the body? Explain with example.
f. Why are rubber used as vibration absorbers?
g. Antiseptics used in cuts and wound of human flesh have low
surface tension. Why?
2. Answer, in brief, any two questions: [2×2=4]
a. Why does the column of mercury in a thermometer first descend
slightly and then rise when placed in hot water? Explain.
b. Define triple point with its significance.
c. Why specific heat capacity of gas at constant pressure is greater
than its specific heat capacity at constant volume?
3. Answer in brief, any one question: [2]
a. Define illuminance.
b. What happens to the focal length of convex lens made of glass
when it is immersed into water?
4. Answer, in brief; any one question: [ 2]
a. Define surface charge density. Write down its unit.
b. Distinguish between dielectric constant and dielectric strength.
Group-B
5. Answer any three questions: [ 3×4=12]
a. What are conservative and non-conservative forces? Show that
in an elastic collision between two particles, the relative velocity
 of separation after collision is equal to the relative velocity of a. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for the potential
approach before collision. due to a point charge at any point in space.
b. What is radius of gyration? Show that the acceleration of a body b. What is capacitance of a capacitor? Derive an expression for
g sin θ equivalent capacitance of the n-capacitors connected in parallel.
k2
(1+ 2 ) Group- C
rolling down an inclined plane is a = R where θ is
9. Solve any three numerical questions: [ 3×4=12]
the angle of inclination of the plane through which a body of
a. The mass of gas emitted from the rear of toy rocket is initially
radius R and K is the radius of gyration.
0.5 kgs-1. If the speed of the gas relative to the rocket is 50 ms -1
c. Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the vertical
and the mass of rocket is 10kg, what is the initial acceleration of
oscillations of a mass suspended by a light helical spring are
the rocket?
simple harmonic. Also find its time period.
b. A conical pendulum consists of a bob of mass 0.20 Kg attached
d. State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem for the flow of non viscous
to a string of length 0.5 m. The bob rotates in a horizontal circle
fluids.
such that the string is inclined at 300 to the vertical. Calculate (i)
6. Answer any two questions: [2×4=8]
the period of rotation and (ii) the tension on the string.
a. State Newton’s law of cooling. Describe the method of
c. Taking the earth to be uniform sphere of radius 6400 km and the
determination of specific heat capacity of a liquid by cooling
value of g at the surface to be 10 ms -2, calculate the total energy
method.
needed to raise a satellite of mass 1000 kg to a height of 600 km
b. Describe an experiment to determine the real expansivity of
above the ground and set it into circular orbit at this altitude.
liquid by using Dulong’s and Petit’s method.
d. A vertical steel rod of circular section is loaded by placing a 5 kg
c. Explain the working of Carnot engine with the help of P-V
weight on the top of it. If its length is 50cm and radius of cross
diagram and derive an expression for its efficiency.
section is 1cm, find the contraction of rod and the energy stored
in it.
7. Answer any one question: [4]
10. Solve any two Numerical questions: [2×4=8]
a. What is minimum deviation for prism? Derive the relation
a. How much heat is required to change 10 Kg of ice at -10 0C to
A+ δ m

μ=
sin( 2 )
, where the symbol carry their usual meaning.
steam at 1000C?
b. A sphere of 4 cm diameter behaves as 90% black body radiator.
A
sin
2( ) At what rate is energy radiated by the sphere if it maintained at
6000C?
b. Describe with a labeled ray diagram, the working of an c. An ideal gas is slowly compressed at constant temperature of
astronomical telescope. Also, derive an expression for its 60o C to one half of its original volume. In this process 80 cal of
magnifying power while an image is formed at a least distance. heat was given. How much work was done and what was the
8. Answer any one question: [4] change in the internal energy of the gas? Assume one mole of an
ideal gas.
11. A conversing lens of 6 cm focal length is mounted at a distance of Significance 1 marks
10cm from a screen placed at right angles to the axis of the lens. A c. dQ = dU + pdV … More amount of heat is required at constant
pressure than at constant volume for the same rise of
diverging lens of 12 cm focal length is then placed co-axially
temperature….. Cp – Cv = R 2 marks
between the conversing lens and the screen so that an image of an 3. a. Definition of illuminance 2 marks
object 24 cm from the converging lens is formed on the screen. 1 1 1
What is the distance between two lenses?
12. A hollow spherical conductor of radius 12 cm is charged to 10 micro
[4] b. Lens makers formula
f air
=( ❑a μ g−1 ) ( +
R1 R 2)in air
1 1 1
Coulomb. Find the electric field strength at the surface of the sphere,
inside the sphere at 8cm and at distance 15cm from the sphere. [ 3]
f water
=( ❑w μ g−1 ) ( +
R1 R2 )
immersed in water
Dividing, fwater > fair 2 marks
Charge(q)
4. a. Surface charge density σ= 1.5 marks
Surface Area( A )
Unit = C m-2 0.5 marks
b. At least two difference between them 2 marks
Set-III 5. a. definition of conservative and non-conservative 1 marks
Subject: Physics Derivation 3 marks
Marking Scheme b. definition of radius of gyration 1 marks
Group – A Derivation 3 marks
1. a. Dimensional formula of A is [A] = [MLT-2] 1 marks c. Statement 1 marks
Dimensional formula of D/B is [D/B] = [M0LT-1] 1 marks Proof 3 marks
b. because it does not follow vector algebra especially vector 6. a. Statement 1 marks
multiplication. 2 marks Experimental proof 3 marks
2 2 0
u sin 2θ u sin(180 −2 θ) b. Experimental proof 3 marks
c. R= = Ans is 720 2 marks c. PV diagram 1 marks
g g
m v2 Derivation of Workdone 2 marks
d. T max= + mg minimum position 2 marks Derivation of efficiency 1 marks
r
7. a. Definition of minimum deviation 1 marks
e. No 0.5 marks
Derivation of expression 3 marks
Suitable example with explanation 1.5 marks
b. Ray diagram 2.5 marks
f. because rubber has a relatively high shear modulus compared to
other materials. When a rubber material is shear stressed, i.e.
Derivation of magnification 1.5 marks
stressed parallel to its cross-section, rubber can be stressed more 8. a. Definition 1 marks
before it becomes permanently deformed 2 marks Derivation 3 marks
g. because liquids with low surface tension can spread easily. b. Definition 1 marks
Antiseptic with low surface tension can spread over cuts and Derivation 3 marks
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wounds easily and help to recover faster. 2 marks 9. a. dm/dt = 0.5 kgs , v = 50 ms , mass of rocket mr = 10 kg
2. a. because glass expands first before the mercury. Liquid expand more dp vdm
F r=F gas = = =50 ×0.5 2 marks
than that of solid for the same rise in temperature 2 marks dt dt
b. Definition of Triple point 1 marks mr × ar = 50 × 0.5 1 marks
 ar = 2.5 ms-2 0.5 marks calculation 0.5 marks Unit
0
b. t=2 π lcos θ =2 π × 0.5× cos 30 =1.3 Sec
√ g
T Cosθ = mg
√10
2 marks

T Sinθ = mv2/r
Solving T = 2.31 N 2 marks
1 1 1 1
c. Energy=GMm [ −
R 2r ] [
= gm R 2 −
R 2r ]
=7.12×10 10 J
4 marks
d. Y= Fl/Ae
e = 3.98×10-7 m 2 marks
Energy = ½ Fe = 9.95×10-6 J 2 marks
10. a. dQ= (msdT)Ice+mLI+(msdT )water+mLv
= 7.25×106 cal 4 marks
b. Rate of energy radiated= power=eσAT 4=149.7 W 4 marks
c. dW=nRTln(V2/V1) = -1919.02 J
dQ=80×4.2=336 J
dU=dQ-dW=2255.02 J 4 marks
11. For converging lens, u= 24 cm, f=6 cm v=?
1/f = 1/u+1/v
v=8 cm 2 marks
d= distance between lenses
For divering lens,
u= -(8-d) cm v = (10-d) cm f = -12 cm
1/f = 1/u+1/v
d= 14 cm or 4 cm
d cannot be 14 cm. Ans is 4 cm. 2 marks

q
12. E=
4 π ϵ0 r2
On the sphere E = 10×10-6/4×3.14×8.854×10-12×(12×10-2)2
= 6.246×106 N/C 1 marks
Inside Sphere E=0 1 marks
-6 -12 -2 2
Outside Sphere E =10×10 /4×3.14×8.854×10 ×(15×10 )
= 3.996×106 N/C 1 marks