KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, AIZAWL

PERIODIC TEST – 2021-22

SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: XI MM: 50 TIME: 1:30Hours

Instruction’s regarding PT-2 Exam:-

All the questions are compulsory. There are 20 questions in all.
This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
Exam will be done through Google Classroom & Students will write the answers on their
test notebook at home.
After completion of exam 30 minutes extra time will be given to student for the completion of
answers in PDF format and upload the PDF on Google Classroom.
During the exam if students have any doubt/problem in given question paper then students can
ask to subject teacher on WhatsApp & Google Classroom.
SECTION – A (1 MARKS EACH)
1. The radii of two wires of a same material are in ratio 2 : 1. if the wires are stretched by equal forces, the
stress produced in them will be
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 2
2. Plants get water through the roots because of
(a) Capillarity (b) Viscosity (c) Gravity (d) Elasticity
3. at critical temperature, the surface tension of a liquid
(a) Is zero (b) Is infinite (c) Is the same as that at any other temperature (d) Can not be determined
4. A rain drop of radius r falls in air with a terminal velocity v. What is the terminal velocity of a rain drop
of radius 3r?
5. How does the Young’s modulus change with rise in temperature?
6. How does the boiling point of a liquid changes with temperature?
SECTION-B (2 MARKS EACH)
7. 27 identical drops of water are falling down vertically in air each with a terminal velocity of 0.15m/s. If they
combine to form a single bigger drop, what will be its terminal velocity?
OR
A hydraulic automobile lift is designed to lift cars with a maximum mass of 3000 kg. The area of cross section
of the piston carrying the load is 425cm2.What maximum pressure would the smaller piston have to bear?
8. A cylinder of height 20m is completely filled with water. Find the efflux water (in m s-1) through a small
hole on the side wall of the cylinder near its bottom. Given g = 10m/s
9. Steel is more elastic than rubber. Explain.
10. Differentiate between streamlined and turbulent flow.
11. Define coefficient of viscosity. Write its SI and CGS unit.
12. What do you understand by the perfectly elastic, plastic and rigid bodies? Discuss their limits.
 SECTION-C (3 MARKS EACH)
13. Water at a pressure of 4 X 104 Nm-2 flows at 2ms-1 through a pipe of 0.02m2 cross sectional area which
reduces to 0.01m2. What is the pressure in the smaller cross section of the pipe?
14. Derive equation of continuity for steady and irregular flow of a perfectly mobile and incompressible fluid.
What conclusion is drawn from it?
15. Derive an expression for the excess pressure inside a soap bubble.
16. Find the height to which water at 4°C will rise in a capillary tube of 10 -3 m diameter. Take g = 9.8 ms-1.
Angle of contact, θ = 0° and T = 0.072 Nm-1.
OR
A rubber rope of length 8 m is hung from the ceiling of a room. What is the increase in the length of the rope
due to its own weight? Given Young’s modulus of elasticity of rubber is 5 × 10 6 Nm-2 and density of rubber =
1.5 × 103 kg m-3. Take g = 10 ms-2.
SECTION-D (4 MARKS EACH)
17. State and explain Hooke’s law. A wire is fixed at one end and is subjected to increasing load at the other
end. Draw a curve between stress and strain. With the help of the curve, explain the term elastic limit, yield
point, breaking point and permanent set. How this curve does may be used to distinguish between ductile and
brittle substances.
18. State and prove the Bernoulli’s principle. Give two practical application of Bernoulli’s principle.
OR
Define terminal velocity. Show that the terminal velocity v of a sphere of radius r, density ς falling vertically
through a viscous fluid of density 𝛔 and coefficient of viscosity η is given by

Also show graphically the variation of velocity with time

SECTION-E (5 MARKS EACH)
19. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions from 1 to 5.
Surface Tension
The property due to which the free surface of liquid tends to have minimum surface area and behaves like a
stretched membrane is called surface tension. It is a force per unit length acting in the plane of interface
between the liquid and the bounding surface i.e., S= F/ L, where F = force acting on either side of imaginary
line on surface and L = length of imaginary line. Surface tension decreases with rise in temperature. Highly
soluble impurities increase surface tension and sparingly soluble impurities decreases surface tension.
1. The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is three times than excess pressure inside a second soap bubble,
then the ratio of their surface area is
(a) 9 : 1 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 1 : 9 (d) 3 : 1
2. Which of the following statements is not true about surface tension?
(a) A small liquid drop takes spherical shape due to surface tension.
(b) Surface tension is a vector quantity.
(c) Surface tension of liquid is a molecular phenomenon.
(d) Surface tension of liquid depends on length but not on the area
3. Which of the following statement is not true about angle of contact?
(a) The value of angle of contact for pure water and glass is zero.
(b) Angle of contact increases with increase in temperature of liquid.
(c) If the angle of contact of a liquid and a solid surface is less than 90°, then the liquid spreads on the surface of
solid. (d) Angle of contact depend upon the inclination of the solid surface to the liquid surface
4. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Viscosity is a vector quantity. (b) Surface tension is a vector quantity.
(c) Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity. (d) Angle of contact is a vector quantity
5. A liquid does not wet the solid surface if the angle of contact is
(a) 0° (b) equal to 45° (c) equal to 90° (d) greater than 90°
20. : Read the passage given below and answer the following questions from 36 to 40.
Hooke’s law
According to Hooke’s law, within the elastic limit, the stress applied to a body is directly proportional to
the corresponding strain. Stress ∝ Strain or Stress = E × Strain or Stress/Strain = E Where E is the
constant of proportionality and is known as coefficient of elasticity or modulus of elasticity. Hooke’s law
is an empirical law and is found to be valid for most materials. However, there are some materials which
do not exhibit this linear relationship.

1. According to Hooke’s law of elasticity, if stress is increased, the ratio of stress to strain
(a) Decreases (b) increases (c) becomes zero (d) remains constant
2. Within elastic limit, which of the following graphs correctly represents the variation of extension in the
length of a wire with the external load?

3. According to Hooke’s law, if stress is reduced to one-third, the ratio of stress to strain
(a) Is increased to three time (b) is decreased (c) is zero (d) remains constant.
4. Hooke’s law defines
(a) Stress (b) strain (c) modulus of elasticity (d) elastic limit.
5. Whenever a material is loaded with elastic limits, stress is ......... strain.
(a) Equal to (b) directly proportional to (c) inversely proportional to (d) None of the above give