Sivananda Rajaram Senior Secondary S.

A man walks 30 m towards north, then

20 m towards east and in the last 30 2 m towards south – west. The displacement
from origin is : chool CBSE

Subject : Physics Class : 11 Subject code : Duration : 90 minutes No. of

Questions : 55 Date : 10 – 11 - 2021

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- General Instructions :

1. The question paper contains three sections.

2. Section A has 25 questions. Attempt any 20 questions. 3. Section B has 24

questions. Attempt any 20 questions. 4. Section C has 6 questions. Attempt any 5
questions. 5. All questions carry equal marks.

6. There is no negative marking.

SECTION A

This section consists of 25 multiple choice questions with overall choice to attempt
many 20 questions. In case more than desirable number of questions are attempted,
ONLY first 20 will be considered for evaluation.

1. Square of the resultant of two forces of equal magnitude is equal to three times
the product of their magnitude. The angle between them is : (1) 0° (2) 45° (3) 60°
(4) 90°

2. The sum of magnitudes of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If the resultant

force is 8 N and its direction is perpendicular to smaller force, then the forces are :
(1) 6 N and 10 N (2) 8 N and 8 N (3) 4 N and 12 N (4) 2 N and 14 N

3. The moon’s distance from the earth is 360000 km and its diameter subtends an
angle of 42’ at the eye of the observer. The diameter of the moon is

(1) 4400 km (2) 1000 km (3) 3600 km (4) 8800 km

4. If the magnitude of sum of two vectors is equal to the magnitude of difference

of the two vectors, the angle between these vectors is :-

(1) 0° (2) 90° (3) 45° (4) 180°

5. A student measured the diameter of a wire using a screw gauge with least count
0.001 cm and listed the measurements. The correct measurement is :-
 (1) 5.3 cm (2) 5.32 cm (3) 5.320 cm (4) 5.3200 cm
6. Two physical quantities of which one is a vector and the other is a scalar having
the same dimensional formula are :

(1) Work and Energy (2) Torque and Work

(3) Impulse and Momentum (4) Power and Pressure

7. The SI unit of entropy is

(1) joule/kelvin (2) newton – metre

(3) calorie/second (4) joule/calorie

8. A wire has a mass (0.3 ± 0.003) g, radius (0.5 ± 0.005) mm and length (6 ±
0.06) cm. The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density is :-

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

9. If force (F), velocity (V) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units, then the
dimensions of mass are :-

(1) FVT-1 (2) FVT-2 (3) FV-1T-1 (4) FV-1T

10. Zero error of an instrument introduces :-

(1) Systematic errors (2) Random errors (3) Both (4) None of these

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(1) 10 m towards west (2) 10 m towards east

(3) 60 2 m towards north-west (4) 60 2 m towards east-north

12. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 20 seconds.

What will be his displacement at the end of 2 minutes 20 seconds ?

(1) Zero (2) 2R (3) 2πR (4) 7πR

13. A car runs at constant speed on a circular track of radius 10 m taking 6.28 s on
each lap (i.e. round). The average speed and average velocity for each complete
lap is :

(1) Velocity 10 m/s, Speed 10 m/s (2) Velocity zero, Speed 10 m/s (3) Velocity
zero, Speed zero (4) Velocity 10 m/s , Speed zero
14. A train covers the first half of the distance between two stations with a speed
of 40 km/h and the other half with 60 km/h. Then its average speed is :-

(1) 50 km/h (2) 48 km/h (3) 52 km/h (4) 100 km/h

15. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with 40 m/s, its velocity after two
seconds will be :

(1) 10 m/s (2) 20 m/s (3) 30 m/s (4) 40 m/s

16. Velocity-time curve for a body projected vertically upwards is a/an :-

(1) Parabola (2) Ellipse (3) Hyperbola (4) Straight Line

17. If R is the maximum horizontal range of a particle, then the greatest height
attained by it is :-

(1) R (2) 2R (3) R/2 (4) R/4

18. A projectile is projected with initial velocity (6�� + 8�� ) m/s. If g = 10 ms-2,
then horizontal range is :

(1) 4.8 metre (2) 9.6 metre (3) 19.2 metre (4) 14.0 metre

19. Two trains each 50 m long, are travelling in opposite directions with
respective velocities 10 m/s and 15 m/s. The time of crossing is :-

(1) 2 s (2) 4 s (3) 2 3 s (4) 4 3 s

20. When a constant force is applied to a body, it moves with uniform :-

(1) Acceleration (2) Velocity (3) Speed (4) Momentum

21. A man is at rest in the middle of a pond on perfectly smooth ice. He can get
himself to the shore by making use of Newton’s :-

(1) First law (2) Second law (3) Third law (4) Law of gravitation

22. Two bodies of masses 4 kg and 5 kg are acted upon by the same force. If the
acceleration of lighter body is 2 m/s2, then the acceleration of the heavier body is :-

(1) 4.2 m/s2 (2) 3.6 m/s2 (3) 2.4 m/s2 (4) 1.6 m/s2

23. Newton’s II law of motion connects :

(1) Momentum and Acceleration (2) Change of Momentum and Velocity (3)
Rate of change of momentum and external force

(4) Rate of change of force and momentum

24. A player catches a ball of 200 g moving with a speed of 20 m/s. If the time
taken to complete the catch is 0.5 s, the force exerted on the player’s hand is :-

(1) 8 N (2) 4 N (3) 2 N (4) 0 N

25. For a body of 50 kg mass, the velocity-time graph is shown in figure. The
force acting on the body is :-

(1) 25 N (2) 50 N (3) 12.5 N (4) 100 N

SECTION B

This section consists of 24 multiple choice questions with overall choice to

attempt any 20 questions. In case more than desirable number of questions
are attempted, ONLY first 20 will be considered for evaluation.

26. If force F = 500 – 100t, then impulse as a function of time will be :-

(1) 500t – 50t2 (2) 50t – 10 (3) 50 – t2 (4) 100t2

27. A boy of mass 40 kg is hanging from a horizontal branch of a tree. The

tension in his arms is minimum when the angle between the arms is :-

(1) 0° (2) 90° (3) 120° (4) 180°

28. Two blocks of masses 5 kg and 10 kg are connected to a pulley as shown.

What will be their acceleration if the pulley is set free ? (g = acceleration due to
gravity)

(1) g (2) g/2 (3) g/3 (4) g/4

29. The mechanical advantage of a wheel axle is 5. What will be the force
required to lift a 200 kg wt ?

(1) 10 kg wt (2) 2 kg wt (3) 20 kg wt (4) 40 kg wt

30. The frictional force of the air on a body of mass 0.25 kg, falling with an
acceleration of 9.2 m/s2, will be

(1) 1.0 N (2) 0.55 N (3) 0.25 N (4) 0.15 N

31. The force required to just move a body up an inclined plane is double the force
required to just prevent the body from sliding down the plane. The coefficient of
friction is µ. The inclination θ of the plane is :-

(1) tan-1(µ) (2) tan-1(µ/2) (3) tan-1(2µ) (4) tan-1(3µ)

32. A block of mass 0.1 kg is pressed against a wall with a horizontal force of 5N
as shown in the figure. If the coefficient of friction between the wall and the block
is 0.5 then the frictional force acting on the block will be (g = 9.8 m/s2):-

(1) 9.8 N (2) 2.5 N (3) 0.98 N (4) 0.49 N

33. A block of mass m is lying on an inclined plane. The coefficient of friction

between the plane and the block is µ. The force (F1) required to move the block up
the inclined plane will be:-

(1) mg sinθ + µmg cosθ (2) mg cosθ - µmg sinθ

(3) mg sinθ - µmg cosθ (4) mg cosθ + µmg sinθ

34. A particle moves in a circle of radius 25 cm at two revolutions per second.

The acceleration of the particle in m/sec2 is :-

(1) π2 (2) 8π2 (3) 4π2 (4) 2π2

35. A uniform metal disc of radius R is taken and out of it a disc of diameter
��
2is cut off from the end . The centre of mass of the remaining part will be :-
(1) ��10from the centre (2) ��15 from the centre (3) ��5from the centre (4)
��
20from the centre
36. The centre of mass of a body :-
(1) Lies always outside the body (2) May lie within , outside of the surface of the
body (3) Lies always inside the body

(4) Lies always on the surface of the body

37. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into two pieces of 3 kg and 6 kg. The
velocity of 3 kg piece is 16 m/s. The kinetic energy of 6 kg piece is :-

(1) 768 J (2) 786 J (3) 192 J (4) 687 J

38. A bomb of 50 kg is fired from a cannon with a velocity 600 m/s. If the mass
of the cannon is 103kg, then its velocity will be :-

(1) 30 m/s (2) -30 m/s (3) 0.30 m/s (4) -0.30 m/s

39. A bullet of mass m is fired into a large block of wood of mass M with velocity

v. The final velocity of the system is :-

(1) ��
��−�� v (2) ��+ ��
�� v (3) ��−��
�� v (4) ��
��+�� v

40. A sphere of mass m moving with a constant velocity collides with another
stationary sphere of same mass. The ratio of velocities of two spheres after
collision will be, if the co-efficient of restitution is e :-

(1) 1 −��
��−1
1+�� (2)
1+ ��
�� +1 (3)
��+ 1
1−�� (4)

��−1

41. Two bodies of same mass are moving with same speed V in mutually opposite
directions. They collide and stick together . The resultant velocity of system will
be :-

(1) Zero (2) V/2 (3) V (4) From 0 to ∞

42. A mass of 20 kg moving with a speed of 10 m/s collides with another

stationary mass of 5 kg. As a result of the collision, the two masses stick together.
The kinetic energy of the composite mass will be :-
(1) 600 J (2) 800 J (3) 1000 J (4) 1200 J

43. If two masses m1 and m2 collide, the ratio of the changes in their respective
velocities is proportional to :-

(1) ��1
��
��2 (2) 1
��
��2 (3) 2
��
��1 (4) 2

��1
44. Gravitational force between two masses at a distance ‘d’ apart is 6 N. If these
masses are taken to moon and kept at same separation, then the force between them
will become :-

(1) 1 N (2) 1/6 N (3) 36 N (4) 6 N

Directions for Assertion and Reason quesestions

These questions consists of two statements each, printed as Assertion and

Reason. While answering these Questions you are required to choose any one
of the following four responses.

(A) If both Assertion and Reason are True and the Reason is a correct explanation
of the Assertion.

(B) If both Assertion and Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation
of the Assertion.

(C) If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.

(D) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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45. Assertion : If the earth stops rotating about its axis, the value of the weight of
the body at equator will decrease.

Reason : The centripetal force does not act on the body at the equator.

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

46. Assertion : Kepler’s law of areas is equivalent to the law of conservation of

angular momentum . Reason : For planetary motion ����
��
����= 2��= constant
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

47. Assertion : The time period of revolution of a satellite close to surface of earth
is smaller than that revolving far from surface of earth .

Reason : The square of time period of revolution of a satellite is directly

proportional to cube of its orbital radius.

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

48. Assertion : During a turn, the value of centripetal force should be less than
the limiting frictional force . Reason : The centripetal force is provided by the
frictional force between the tyres and the road .

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

49. Assertion : Work done by the centripetal force in moving a body along a
circle is always zero. Reason : In circular motion the displacement of the body is
along the force.

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

SECTION C

This section consists of 6 multiple choice questions with an overall choice to

attempt any 5. In case more than desirable number of questions are attempted,
ONLY first 5 will be considered for evaluation.

50. If the force applied is F and the velocity gained is v, then the average power
developed is :-

(1) ���� (2) ����(3) ����2 (4) ����2

51. A stone is projected vertically up to reach maximum height ‘h’. The ratio of
its kinetic energy to potential energy, at a height 4ℎ5will be :-
(1) 5 : 4 (2) 4 : 5 (3) 1 : 4 (4) 4 : 1

52. If the kinetic energy is increased by 300%, the momentum will increase by :-

(1) 100% (2) 200% (3) 150% (4) 300%

53. A force of 10 N displaces an object by 10m. If work done is 50J then direction
of force make an angle with direction of displacement :-

(1) 120° (2) 90° (3) 60° (4) None of these

54. The centre of mass of a system of particles does not depend on : (1)

masses of the particles (2) Internal forces on the particles (3) positionof

the particles (4) relative distance between the particles

55. At the uppermost point of a projectile its velocity and acceleration are at an
angle of :-

(1) 180° (2) 90° (3) 60° (4) 45°