Sample Question Paper

Session-2022-23
Cumulative (Half Yearly) Examination
Class-11th
Subject-Physics (Theory)
Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3 hours.
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General Instructions:
(1) There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C,
Section D and Section E. All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains
Seven questions of two marks each, Section C contains five questions
of three marks each, section D contains three long questions of five
marks each and Section E contains two case study based questions of
4 marks .
(4) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided
in section B, C, D and E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in
such questions.
(5) Use of calculators is not allowed.
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Section-A
Q.

Marks
No. Question

1 If radius of a circle is 2.14 m, then area of the circle, with due 1

regards for significant figures, will be
(a) 14.389 m2 (b) 14.39m 2 (c) 14.4 m 2 (d) 14.0 m2
2 Which of the following physical quantity has the dimensions of 1
[ML2 T -3]?
(a) Work (b) power (c) pressure (d) impulse
3 A force is given by: F  a t2  bt+c (where t is time). What are the 1
dimensions of a and b?
(a)  M L T-4 ] and [M L T-3] (b)  M L2 T-3 ] and [M L2 T-4]
(c)  M L4 T-2 ] and [M L 3T-2] (d)  M L T-2 ] and [M L2 T-2]
4 In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be 1
considered approximately a point object:
(a) A railway carriage moving without jerks between two stations.
(b) A monkey sitting on top of a man cycling smoothly on a circular
track.
(c) A spinning cricket ball that turns sharply on hitting the ground.
(d) A tumbling beaker that has slipped off the edge of a table.

5 What is the angle of friction between two surfaces in contact if the 1

coefficient of friction is ?
(a)30o (b) 60o (c) 9 (d) 0o
6 What does the speedometer of a vehicle measures? 1
(a) Average speed (b) Average velocity
(c) Instantaneous velocity (d) Instantaneous speed

7 Dimensions of Impulse are same as: 1

(a) Force (b) Angular momentum
(c) linear momentum (d) none of these

8 1 Newton = _____________ 1
(a) Newton =1 m/s2 (b) 1 Newton = 1 kg
(c) 1 Newton = 1 kg x 1 m/s (d)1 Newton = 1 kg x 1 m/s2

9 A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope, which 1

can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of
the following cases will the rope break the monkey
(Ignore the mass of the rope).
(a) Climbs up with an acceleration of 6 m s-2
(b) Climbs down with an acceleration of 4 m s-2
(c) Climbs up with a uniform speed of 5 m s-2
(d) Falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity?

10 A bullet of mass 0.04 kg moving with a speed of 90 ms–1 enters a 1

heavy wooden block and is stopped after a distance of 60 cm.
What is the average resistive force exerted by the block on the
bullet?
(a) 27N (b) 270N (c) 2.70N (d) 0.270N
11 Two bodies of unequal masses have same linear momentum, which 1
body have greater kinetic energy?
(a) Heavy body (b) light body
(c) same for both (d) none of these
12 A machine has an efficiency of 50%. If input of machine is 1.5 kW, 1
then its output is
(a) 1500 W (b) 1000 W (c) 250 W (d) 750 W

13 For what value of e is a collision perfectly elastic? 1

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) 0.5

14 The angular displacement of a particle following circular path is 1

given by (t) = 25t3 + 3t +7, then angular velocity will be at t = 2 sec
is
(a) 400 rad/sec (b) 303 rad/sec (c) 1007 rad/sec (d) zero
15 If the earth were to suddenly contract to half its present size, 1

without any change in its mass, the duration of the new day
be (Assume earth to be a perfect solid sphere of moment of inertia
=2/5MR2 )
(a) 48 h (b) 18 h
(c) 6 h (d) 96 h
Q.No. 16 To 18
Two statements are given- one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes
(a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false and R is also false.

16 Assertion (A) : A player lowers his hands while catching a cricket 1

ball.
Reason (R) : This increases the time of catch.

17 Assertion (A) : Electron Volt and Joule are the units of energy used 1
in modern physics and mechanics respectively.
Reason (R): Different types of energies require different units in SI.
18 Assertion(A): Value of radius of gyration of a body depends 1
on axis of rotation.
Reason: Radius of gyration is root mean square
distance of particle of the body from the axis
of rotation.

Section-B
19 Explain with examples the difference between the fundamental 2
and derived unit.
20 The velocity-time graph of a particle 2
moving along a straight line is
shown in the figure gives below.
Calculate the distance and
displacement of the particle
in 5 second.

OR
The distance travelled by an object moving with uniform
acceleration in 7th and 9th second are respectively 20m and 24 m.
What distance will it travel in 15th second?
21 Find the scalar and vector products of two vectors. 2
a = (3i – 4j + 5 k ) and b = (– 2i + j – 3 k )
22 A shell of mass 25g is fired by a gun of mass 15 kg. If the muzzle 2
speed of the shell is 80m/s, what is the recoil speed of the gun?
OR
Explain why it is easier to pull a lawn roller than to push it?
23 How much should a spring of indefinite length be compressed to 2
have a potential energy equivalent to a ball of mass 6 kg raised to
a height of 120 m above the ground? Let the spring have a stiffness
of k = 100 N/m and assume g = 10 m/s2.
24 Prove that the center of masses of two particles divides the line 2
joining the particles in the inverse ratio of their masses.
25 Write the moment of inertia of the following bodies about given 2
axis of rotation.
(i) Thin circular ring of radius R about its diameter.
(ii) Hollow cylinder of radius R about its axis.
Section-C
26 Consider a simple pendulum, having a bob attached to a string 3
that oscillates under the action of the force of gravity.
Suppose that the period of oscillation of the simple pendulum
depends on its length (l), mass of the bob (m) and acceleration due
to gravity (g). Derive the expression for its time period using
method of dimensions.
27 The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt2 3
where a = 8.5 m, b = 2.5 m s–2 and t is measured in seconds. What
is its velocity at t = 0 s and t = 2.0 s. What is the average velocity
between t = 2.0 s and t = 4.0 s?
OR
An insect trapped in a circular groove of radius 12 cm moves along
the groove steadily and completes 7 revolutions in 100 s.
(a) What is the angular speed, and the linear speed of the motion?
(b) Is the acceleration vector a constant vector? What is its
magnitude?
28 Define Limiting static friction. Three blocks of masses m1 = 10 kg, 3
m2 = 20 kg and m3 = 30 kg are connected by strings on smooth

(avoid force of friction) horizontal surface and pulled by a force of

60 N.Find the acceleration of the system and tensions in the string.
29 State and proof law of conservation of angular momentum. 3
OR
Define rotational torque. Establish a relation between angular
momentum and rotational torque.
30 A metal bar 70 cm long 3
and 4.00 kg in mass
supported on two knife-
edges placed 10 cm from
each end. A 6.00 kg load
is suspended at 30 cm
from one end. Find the reactions at the knife edges. (Assume the
bar to be of uniform cross section and homogeneous.)
Section-D
31 State law of parallelogram of vectors addition .Find the magnitude 5
and direction of the resultant of two vectors A and B in terms of
their magnitudes and angle θ between them.
OR
(i) Prove that the path of projectile is parabolic.
(ii) A Body is projected upwards with a velocity of 30 ms-1 at an
angle of 30° with the horizontal. Determine
(a)The range of the body
(b) The maximum height attained by the body.
32 State Newton’s laws of motion and Show that Newton’s second 5
law of motion is the real law of motion.
OR
(i)Obtain an expression for the maximum speed with which a
vehicle can safely negotiate a curved road banked at an angle
θ. The coefficient of friction between the wheels and the road is
µ.
(ii)A circular race track of radius 300m is banked at an angle of
15o. If the coefficient of friction between the wheels of a race
car and the road is 0.2, what is the
(a)Optimum speed of the race car to avoid wear and tear of the
tyres?
(b)Maximum permissible speed to avoid the slipping.
33 (i) What condition work done by is zero? Give any two examples, 5
when the work done is zero.
(ii)State and prove work energy theorem for variable force acting
on an object.
OR
What is meant by elastic collision? Show that in case of one
dimensional elastic collision of two bodies, the relative velocity of
separation after the collision is equal to the relative velocity of
approach before the collision.
Section-E
34 Case Study : The conservation of mechanical energy 4
Read the following paragraph and
answer the questions.

Mechanical energy is the sum of

kinetic energy and potential
energy in an object that is used
to do a particular work. In other
words, it describes the energy of
an object because of its motion
or position, or both.
When a body falls freely, its kinetic
energy increases while its potential
energy decreases. But the total
mechanical energy is conserved during
the free fall. The total mechanical energy of a body at a point during free
fall is equal to the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the body
at that point. At highest point A the potential energy is maximum and
kinetic energy is zero while at point O the kinetic energy is maximum
and potential energy is zero.

(i) The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is called ……

(ii) From where the falling rain drops gain kinetic energy?

(iii) Derive an expression for kinetic energy at point B.

OR
An object of 40kg allowed falling from a height of 5m above the
ground, find its kinetic energy when it is half way down.
35 Case Study : Centre of gravity 4
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
Many of you may have the
experience of balancing your
notebook on the tip of a finger.
Figure illustrates a similar
experiment that you can easily
perform. Take an irregular shaped
cardboard having mass M and a
narrow tipped object like a pencil.
You can locate by trial and error a
point G on the cardboard where it
can be balanced on the tip of the
pencil. (The cardboard remains horizontal in this position.) This
point of balance is the centre of gravity (CG) of the cardboard. The
tip of the pencil provides a vertically upward force due to which
the cardboard is in mechanical equilibrium. As shown in the Figure,
the reaction of the tip is equal and opposite to Mg and hence the
cardboard is in translational equilibrium. It is also in rotational
equilibrium; if it were not so, due to the unbalanced torque it would
tilt and fall. There are torques on the card board due to the forces
of gravity like m1g, m2g …. etc, acting on the individual particles
that make up the cardboard. The CG of the cardboard is so located
that the total torque on it due to the forces m1g, m2g …. etc. is
zero. If ri is the position vector of the ith particle of an extended
body with respect to its CG, then the torque about the CG, due to
the force of gravity on the particle is τi = ri × mig.
The total gravitational torque about the CG is zero,

(i) What do you meant by centre of gravity?

(ii) Where will be the centre of gravity of a uniform rod lies?
(iii) Where will be the center of
gravity of the following
section will lie In
Co-ordinates?

OR
Identify the factors on which centre of gravity depends.
 Sample Question Paper
Session-2022-23
Cumulative (Half Yearly) Examination
Class-11th
Subject-Physics (Theory)
Marking Scheme
Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3 hours.

Section-A
Q. No Answer /Value points Marks
1 (c) 1
2 (b) 1
3 (a) 1
4 (a) 1
5 (a) 1
6 (c) 1
7 (c) 1
8 (d) 1
9 (a) 1
10 (b) 1
11 (b) 1
12 (d) 1
13 (a) 1
14 (b) 1
15 (c) 1
16 (a) 1
17 (c) 1
18 (a) 1
Section-B
19 Correct difference /Answer 2
20 Distance 1
Displacement 1
OR
Formation of equations 1
Solution 1

21 Scalar Product 1
Vector Product 1

22 Correct formula ½
Solution 1½
OR
Diagrams 1
Proof 1

23 Calculation of potential energy of spring and 1

ball
solution 1

24 Diagram ½
Proof 1½

25 Correct formula 1+1

Section-C
26 Correct equation 1
Comparison of exponent 1
Correct formula 1
27 Angular speed 1
Linear speed 1
magnitude 1
28 Acceleration 1
Tensions 2
29 Statement 1
Proof 2
OR
Definition 1
Relation 2
30 Concept 1
Condition 1
solution 1
Section-D
31 Statement 1
Diagram 1
magnitude 2
1
Direction
OR
(i) Diagram
1
Proof 2
(ii) (a)The range of the body 1
(b) The maximum height attained by the body. 1
32 Newton’s Law 3
Proof 2
OR

(i)Expression for the maximum

3
(ii) Optimum speed 1
Maximum permissible speed 1
33 (i) Conditions 2
Statements 1
Proof
2
OR
Definition 1
Diagram 1
Proof 3
Section-E
34 (i) The sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is 1
called ……

(ii) From where the falling rain drops gain kinetic

energy?
1

(iii) Derive an expression for kinetic energy at point 2

B.
OR
An object of 40kg allowed falling from a height of 5m
2
above the ground; find its kinetic energy when it is
half way down.

35 (i) What do you meant by centre of gravity? 1

(ii) Where will be the centre of gravity of a uniform 1
rod lies?
(iii) Where will be the
center of gravity of the
2
following section will
lie In Co-ordinates?

OR
Identify the factors on which centre of gravity
depends.
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