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 each.
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.

Section A
1. The unit of Planck’s constant h is the same as that of:
a) Linear momentum b) Angular momentum
c) Work d) Energy
2. What energy does a stretched bow possess?
a) Potential energy b) Kinetic energy
c) Gravitational energy d) Elastic potential energy
3. A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v making an
angle of 45° with the horizontal. The magnitude of the angular
momentum of the projectile about the point of projection when
the particle is at its maximum height h is
a) Zero b) m√gh3 c) mv3/(√2 g) d) mv3/(4√2g)
4. Two wires of equal lengths are made of the same material. Wire
A has a diameter that is twice as that of wire B. If identical
weights are suspended from the ends of these wires, the
increase in length is:
a) one-fourth for wire A as for wire B
b) four times for wire A as for wire B
c) twice for wire A as for wire B
d) half for wire A as for wire B
5. What is the formula to find linear velocity?
a) Linear velocity = 2(Mass + Velocity)
 b) Linear velocity = Mass / Velocity
c) Linear velocity = Mass * Velocity
d) Linear velocity = Mass – Velocity
6. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h
with its wings banked at 15°. What is the radius of the loop?
a)15 km b) 23.567 m c) 12.781 m d) 14 km
7. Which is the type of collision in which both the linear momentum
and the kinetic energy of the system remain conserved?
a) Inelastic Collision b) Elastic Collision
c) Destructive collision d) None of the options
8. Which is the vector that gives the position of a point with reference
to a point other than the origin of the coordinate system?
a) Coplanar Vectors b) Equal vector
c) Unit Vector d) Displacement vector
9. When an external force is not applied to the system, its total
momentum _____________
a) Becomes zero b) Remains constant
c) Increases gradually d) Decreases gradually
10. What is the unit of solid angle?
a) second b) Steradian c) kilogram d) candela
11. The smallest value which is measured using an instrument is
known as ________
a) Absolute count b) Least count
c) Round off value d) Minimum count
12. Two trains of 40 m length are travelling in opposite directions with
a velocity of 10 m/s and 15 m/s. What is the time of crossing?
a)1s b) 2.4 s c) 3.2 s d) 4.4 s
13. When the distance travelled by a body is proportional to the time
taken. What happens to its speed?
a) Becomes zero b) Remains the same
c) Increases d) Decreases
14. Microscopic phenomenon are explained in
a) Faraday’s theory of electromagnetism b) Quantum theory
c) Newton’s laws of motion d) Fermi paradox
 15. An electric heater of rating 1000 W is used for 5 hrs per day for 20
days. What is the electrical energy utilized?
a) 100 kWh b) 200 kWh c) 120 kWh d) 500 kWh
16. Assertion (A): The perpendicular vector of (i^+j^+k^) is (i^−2j^+k^).
Reason (R): Two vectors are perpendicular if their dot product is equal
to zero.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of
A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
17. Assertion (A): A rocket works on the principle of conservation of
linear momentum.
Reason (R ): Whenever there is change in momentum of one body, the
same change occurs in the momentum of the second body of the same
system but in the opposite direction.
a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and
reason is correct explanation for assertion.
b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but
reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong
statement.
d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct
statement.
18. Assertion (A): If the net external force on the body is zero, then its
acceleration is zero.
Reason (R): Acceleration does not depend on force.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Section B
19. In the case of Venus, the angle of maximum elongation is
found to be approximately 47o. Determine the distance between
Venus and the Sun rvs and the distance between Venus and the
Earth.
20. A girl riding a bicycle along a straight road at a speed of 5
m s  throws a stone of mass 0.5 kg which has a speed of 15 ms –
–1

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 with respect to the ground along with her direction of motion.
The mass of the girl and bicycle is 50 kg. Does the speed of the
 bicycle change after the stone is thrown? What is the change in
speed, if so?
21. A car moving on a straight highway with speed of 126km/hr.
is brought to stop within a distance of 200m. What is the
retardation of the car (assumed uniform) and how long does it
take for the car to stop?
OR
Force of 16N and 12N are acting on a mass of 200kg in mutually
perpendicular directions. Find the magnitude of the acceleration
produced?
22. Prove that for elevations which exceed or fall short of
o
45  by equal amounts the ranges are equal?
23. At what range will a radar set show a fighter plane flying at
3 km above its centre and at distance of 4 km from it?
OR
An object of mass 0.4kg moving with a velocity of 4m/s collides with
another object of mass 0.6kg moving in same direction with a velocity
of 2m/s. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, what is the loss of K.E.
due to impact?
24. A stone is thrown vertically upwards and then it returns to
the thrower. Is it a projectile? Explain?
25. Block A of weight 100 N rests on a frictionless inclined
plane of slope angle 30° (Fig.). A flexible cord attached to A
passes over a frictionless pulley and is connected to block B of
weight W. Find the weight W for which the system is in
equilibrium.

Section C
26. Find the dimensions of latent heat and specific heat?
 27. A batsman deflects a ball by an angle of 45° without
changing its initial speed which is equal to 54 km/h. What is the
impulse imparted to the ball? (Mass of the ball is 0.15 kg.)
28. A train runs along an unbanked circular bend of radius 30m
at a speed of 54km/hr. The mass of the train is 106kg. What
provides the necessary centripetal force required for this
purpose? The engine or the rails? What is the angle of banking
required to prevent wearing out of the rail?
OR
At what point of projectile motion (i) potential energy maximum (ii)
Kinetic energy maximum (iii) total mechanical energy is maximum
29. Develop a relation between the co-efficient of linear
expansion, co-efficient superficial expansion and coefficient of
cubical expansion of a solid?
OR
30. The sign of work done by a force on a body is important to
understand. State carefully if the following quantities are
positive or negative:
(a) Work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of a well by means
of a rope tied to the bucket.
(b) Work done by gravitational force in the above case,
(c) Work done by friction on a body sliding down an inclined
plane,
 A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius 1 km,
reaches the edge P of the park, then cycles along the circumference,
and returns to the centre along QO as shown in Fig. If the round trip
takes 10 min, what is the (a) net displacement, (b) average velocity,
and (c) average speed of the cyclist?

Section D
31. On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to
his left by an angle of 60° after every 500 m. Starting from a
given turn, specify the displacement of the motorist at the third,
 sixth and eighth turn. Compare the magnitude of the
displacement with the total path length covered by the motorist
in each case.
OR
A rain drop of radius 2 mm falls from a height of 500 m above the
ground. It falls with decreasing acceleration (due to viscous
resistance of the air) until at half its original height, it attains its
maximum (terminal) speed, and moves with uniform speed
thereafter. What is the work done by the gravitational force on
the drop in the first and second half of its journey? What is the
work done by the resistive force in the entire journey if its speed
on reaching the ground is ?
32. Two identical ball bearings in contact with each other and
resting on a frictionless table are hit head-on by another ball
bearing of the same mass moving initially with a speed V. If the
collision is elastic, which of the following figure is a possible
result after collision?
OR
Establish the following vector inequalities:
i. |a→+b→|≤|a→|+|b→|
ii. |a→−b→|≤|a→|+|b→|

When does the equality sign apply?

33. A bullet of mass 0.012 kg and horizontal speed 
strikes a block of wood of mass 0.4 kg and instantly comes to
rest with respect to the block. The block is suspended from the
ceiling by means of thin wires. Calculate the height to which the
block rises. Also, estimate the amount of heat produced in the
block.
OR
A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h. As he approaches a
circular turn on the road of radius 80 m, he applies brakes and
reduces his speed at the constant rate of 0.50 m/s every second.
What is the magnitude and direction of the net acceleration of
the cyclist on the circular turn?
Section E
 34. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Potential energy is the energy stored within an object, due to the
object's position, arrangement or state. Potential energy is one
of the two main forms of energy, along with kinetic energy.
Potential energy depends on the force acting on the two objects.

i. A body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in

vacuum. Which of the following quantities remain constant during
the fall?
a. kinetic energy
b. potential energy
c. mechanical energy
d. none of these
ii. Work done by a conservative force is positive, if
a. potential energy decreases
b. potential energy increases
c. kinetic energy decreases
d. kinetic energy increases
iii. When does the potential energy of a spring increases?
a. only when spring is stretched
b. only when spring is compressed 
c. both a and b
d. none of these
iv. Dimension of k/m is, here k is force constant
a. T2
b. T-2
 c. T1
d. T-1
35.Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Projectile motion is a form of motion in which an object or particle is
thrown with some initial velocity near the earth’s surface and it moves
along a curved path under the action of gravity alone. The path
followed by a projectile is called its trajectory, which is shown below.
When a projectile is projected obliquely, then its trajectory is as shown
in the figure below.

Here velocity u is resolved into two components, we get (a) u cosθ

along OX and (b) u sinθ along OY .
(i) The example of such type of motion is
(a) motion of car on a banked road
(b) motion of boat in sea
(c) a javelin thrown by an athlete
(d) motion of ball thrown vertically upward
(ii) The acceleration of the object in horizontal direction is
(a) constant
(b) decreasing
(c) increasing
(d) zero
(iii) The vertical component of velocity at point H is
(a) maximum
(b) zero
(c) double to that at O
(d) equal to horizontal component
(iv) A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m/s in a direction 30° with
the horizontal. The time taken by the ball to return to the same level
will be
(a) 2.0 s
(b) 3.0 s
(c) 4.0 s
(d) 2.9 s