CHAPTER 2 (UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS)

1. What do you understand by the fundamental and derived physical quantities?

2. What is dimensional formula? Write the dimensional formula of the following quantities: (i)
Pressure (ii) kinetic energy (iii) Coefficient of friction μ (iv) Gravitational constant G (use
formula F = Gm1 m2/r2)
3. Find the dimensions of a, b, c in the relations (i) x = a + bt + ct2 & (ii) E = (b-x2)/at, where E is
energy, x is distance and t is time.
4. Write down the number of significant figures in the following: (i) 328 N (ii) 7.205 kg
(iii ) 64.000 m (iv) 0.04192 Nm-1
5. Check the dimensional consistency of following equations:
(i) v =√(GM/R) (ii) T = 2π√(l/g) (iii) K.E = ½ mv2 (iv) Centripetal force F = mv2/r

CHAPTER 3 (MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE)

1. What is instantaneous velocity. How it is mathematically represented?

2. By seeing the relation between distance x and time t, identify the type of motion (i) x = 6t +
4 (ii) x = 3t2 + 4t + 5. What do the numbers 4 and 5 in these equations represent?
3. A body started from rest, accelerated uniformly for some time and attained some velocity.
It maintained this velocity for some time and retarded uniformly till came to rest. Draw (i)
distance-time graph and (ii) velocity -time graph, for the whole journey.
4. What information we get from the following: (i) slope of distance-time graph (ii) slope of
velocity-time graph (iii) area under velocity-time graph.
5. Differentiate between negative acceleration and retardation.
6. Deduce the equations of motion(i) v=u+at, (ii) x= ut + (1/2)at 2, (iii) v2=u2 +2ax, by using v-t
graph.

CHAPTER 4 (MOTION IN A PLANE)

1. Define the following: (i) scalar and vector quantities. (ii) Equal vectors (iii) unit and null
vectors (iv) orthogonal unit vectors.
2. State Tringle law of vectors. Three vectors a, b and c are represented by the three sides of a
triangle in cyclic order, then by using triangle law of vectors, show that a + b + c = 0
3. State parallelogram law of vector addition. By using this law, obtain expressions for
magnitude and direction of the resultant of two vectors.
4. Show that vector addition follows (i) commutative law, a + b = b + a and (ii) associative law,
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
5. If magnitude of vectors a + b and a – b is same, then find the angle between vectors a and
b.
6. What is projectile? Show that the path of a projectile is parabolic.
7. What is resolution of vector? How we can represent a vector in terms of component vectors?
8. Define Dot and Cross product of vectors. Give examples for them. If |A x B| = A . B, then
what is the angle between A & B.
9. Obtain expressions for (i) Time of Flight, (ii) Maximum Height, (iii) Horizontal Range, for a
body projected from ground obliquely.
10. At what angle a body is projected to get a maximum range. Show that this maximum range
is four times the maximum height.
11. Show that 4Hmax = RtanӨ.
12. What is uniform circular motion? How it is an accelerated motion? What is centripetal
acceleration? Write its expression, in terms of the linear speed v and in terms of angular
speed ω.

CHAPTER 5 (LAWS OF MOTION)

1. What do you understand by the term inertia? Which quantity gives the measure of inertia?
2. State Newton’s three laws of motion? By using Newton’s 2 nd law, explain conservation of
momentum.
3. Explain with reason: (i) while firing gun recoils. (ii) A cricket player lowers his hands while
catching a cricket ball. (iii) We experience a forward jerk when brake is applied. (iii) It is
dangerous to jump from a running bus or train. (iv) It is dangerous to jump on a hard surface.
4. What is friction? Describe atomic view of the existence of force of friction. Write three types
of friction.
5. Why is friction considered to be necessary evil? How do we reduce friction?
6. Why is pull easier than push? Describe by using diagram.
7. State laws of friction. Write expression of force of friction, when a body of mass m is intending
to slide down an incline surface of inclination Ө. Coefficient of friction is μ.
8. What is angle of repose? Show that tanӨ = μs, where μs is the coefficient of maximum static
friction.
9. What is banking of track? On flat circular track, who provides necessary centripetal force?
Derive an expression for the maximum velocity, with which a body can take turn safely on a
banked track, taking friction also into consideration.
10. A cyclist bends inward (an aeroplane also), while taking a turn, explain why?
11. A ball hit a wall perpendicularly and returned back on the same line with the same speed.
Another ball hit the wall obliquely and deflected through an angle Ө, without change in its
speed. Write expressions for the change in momentum of the ball (or Impulse imparted on
the ball) in these two situations.

CHAPTER 6 (WORK, ENERGY AND POWER)

1. Define work. What is its SI unit. When is work positive, zero and negative? Give one example
for each.
2. Define potential and kinetic energies. Obtain expressions for the
(i) potential energy stored in a body of mass m kept at height h.
(ii) potential energy stored in a stretched spring.
(iii) Kinetic energy stored in a body of mass m moving with speed v
3. State and prove work-energy theorem, by taking constant force into consideration.
4. Define conservative & non conservative forces with example.
5. Define power. Show that, P = F . v. What are its SI and commercial units?
6. What is collision. Write two points of difference between elastic and inelastic collision.
7. Write expressions for the final velocities of the two bodies of mass m1 and m2 moving along
same line with speed u1 and u2 (u1 ˃ u2), after suffering from elastic collision and remain on
the same line (one dimensional collision). Discuss these velocities under the following
situations, when (i) m1 = m2 (ii) u2 = 0 and m1 = m2 (iii) u2 = 0 and m1 ˃˃ m2
(iv) u2 = 0 and m2 ˃˃ m1