DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL INDIRA NAGAR LUCKNOW

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HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION
CLASS XI PHYSICS SESSION (2023-24)

MM: 70 TIME - 3 Hours

General Instructions:
● All questions are Compulsory. However internal choice is provided in some questions.
In such questions, students have to attempt any one option.
● There are 33 questions in total.

● Section A contains 12 MCQ and 4 Assertion / Reason questions of 1 mark each.

● Section B contains 5 questions of 2 marks each.

● Section C contains 7 questions of 3 marks each.

● Section D contains 2 case-study based questions of 4 marks each.

● Section E contains 3 questions of 5 marks each.

[SECTION – A]
1) If force [F], velocity [V] and time [T] are chosen as fundamental quantities, the dimensional
formula of mass will be:
(a) FVT–1 (b) FVT–3 (c) FV–1T–1 (d) FV–1T
2) If P, Q, R are physical quantities, having different dimensions, which of the following
combinations can never be a meaningful quantity?
(a) (P + Q)/R (b) PQ – R (c) PQ / R (d) (PR – Q2) / R
3) The speed-time graph of a particle is shown in figure. The distance travelled by the particle
from t = 0 to t = 3s is:
(a) 9/2 m (b) 9/4 m (c) 9/3 m (d) 9/5 m

4) (i - 2j – k) is perpendicular to (3i + j + m k), then the value of m is

a) 2 b) 5 c) 7 d) 1
5) The length of a rectangular block is 2.5 m, breadth is 1.75 m. The
area of surface of block taking into account the significant figures is
 (a) 4.38 m2 (b) 4.3 m2 (c) 4.4 m2 (d) 4.375 m2
6) A stone is dropped from the window of a train when the train is accelerating at 20 ms-2.
What can be said about the acceleration ‘a’ of the stone while it is in the air?
a) a = g b) a < g c) a > g d) None of the above

7) Two identical masses initially at rest moves towards each other due to mutual gravitational
attraction, the velocity of their combined centre of mass is:
(a) V (b) V/3 (c) V/2 (d) Zero
8) The dimensions of a in the relation, where E is energy, x is distance and tis time.
E = (b – x2) / at
(a) [ MT–1] (b) [MT–3] (c) [ M–1T–1 ] (d) [M–1T]

9) The dimensional formula for ω in the relation y = A Sin ωt is

(a) [M° L° T] (b) [M° L° T–1] (c) [ML° T°] (d) [M° L–1 T–1]
10) What is maximum safe speed of car negotiating a circular turn of radius r on a frictionless
banked track with angle of banking θ?
(a) (r tan θ)1/2 (b) (rg sin θ)1/2 (c) (g tan θ)1/2 (d) (rg tan θ)1/2
11) If the tension in the cable supporting an elevator is equal to the weight of elevator, the
elevator my be
(a) going up with increasing speed (b) going down with increasing speed
(c) going up with uniform speed (d) elevator falls freely under gravity
12) A graph is drawn with a force along y-axis and time along x-axis. The area
under the graph represent–
(a) Impulse of the force (b) Couple
(c) Moment of the force (d) Momentum

ASSERTION - REASON BASED QUESTIONS:

For each questions, 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) & (d) are given below.
(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 and R is also true.

13) Assertion (A) :It is difficult to move a cycle along the road with brakes on.
Reason (R) : Sliding friction is greater than rolling friction.
14) Assertion (A) : A table cloth can be pulled from a table without dislodging the dishes.
Reason (R) : To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
15) Assertion (A) : Friction is a non-conservative force.
Reason (R) : This is because work done against friction in moving a body
over a curved path is never zero.
16) Assertion (A) : Torque is a vector whose direction is along the applied force.
Reason (R) : Torque is the cross product of Position vector and Force vector.
 [SECTION – B]

17) Find the dimensions of α and β from the formula:

α = Ft + (β) / F Here F is force.
18)A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s from the top of a multistorey
building of height 40 m from the ground. How long will it take before the ball hits the ground?
Take g = 10 m s–2.
19) Derive the expression of centripetal acceleration for an object of mass m, moving on a circle
of radius r with speed v.
OR
Find the observed weight of the person of mass 50 kg as recorded by the balance when the
elevator cabin is in an accelerated motion in vertical downward direction, with an acceleration
of g/4 (Take g = 10ms–2)

20) (a) The distance travelled by a moving body is directly proportional to time. Is any external
force acting on it ?
(b) A passenger sitting in a car at rest, pushes the car from within. The car doesn’t move,
Why ?
21)For increasing the angular velocity of a rigid body by 10%, by what percentage its kinetic
energy has to be increased?
[SECTION – C]

22) A large fluid star oscillates in shape under the influence of its own gravitational field. The
time period of oscillation (T) depends upon the radius (R) of the star, the mean density (d) of
the star and the universal gravitation constant (G). Derive a possible formula for the time
period of the star by the method of dimensions.
OR
Find using dimensional analysis the formula for natural frequency ‘f’ produced by a closed
pipe. It is known that frequency depends upon the length ‘l’, density of air ‘d’ and air
pressure ‘P’
23) Find the area of a triangle whose adjacent sides are along:
A = i – 3j + 2k and B = - 2i – j + 5k.
24) A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 s with a velocity of 10 j m/s and moves in the x-y
plane with a constant acceleration of (8i + 2j ) m/s2.
(a) At what time is the x- coordinate of the particle 16 m?
(b) What is the y-coordinate of the particle at that time?

25)Three blocks of masses m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 20 kg and m3 = 30 kg are connected by

strings on a smooth horizontal surface and pulled by a force of 60 N. Find the
acceleration of the system and tension in the string.
26) Smooth block is released at rest on a 45° incline and then slides a distance d. If the time
taken to slide on a rough incline is n times as large as that to slide than on a smooth incline.
Show that coefficient of friction µ = (1 - 1/n2)

27) (a) A truck and a car moving with the same K.E. on a straight road. Their engines are
simultaneously switched off which one will stop at a lesser distance ?
(b) A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of
volume 30 m3 in 15 min. If the tank is 40 m above the ground, how much electric
power is consumed by the pump. The efficiency of the pump is 30%.
28) Two springs A and B are identical except that A is harder than B i.e., KA> KB. In which
spring is more work expanded if they are stretched by same amount. What will be your
answer if the force causing the expansion is same?

[SECTION – D]
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

29) A ball is projected from the ground level in vertically upward direction with an initial velocity
u. The ball goes up to a maximum height H and then starts moving downward. Finally the
ball falls back on the ground. It is given that motion of the ball under the action of gravity
alone and the effect of air resistance, if any, is negligible.
(i) Is it possible to have zero velocity but non zero acceleration. (1)
(ii) If a stone A is dropped from a height and simultaneously stone B having different
mass is thrown horizontally from the same height then which one reaches the
ground first ? (1)
(iii) What is the value of maximum height H up to which the ball thrown up with speed u
goes also find the time it takes to reach back on the ground ? (2)
OR
(iii) A ball is thrown downward from a height of 100 m with a speed of 10 m/s. find the
time taken by the ball to reach a point 25 meter above the ground on the same
vertical line. (2)

30) If a body is pivoted at a point and the force is applied on the body at a suitable point, it
rotates the body about the axis passing through the pivoted point. This is the turning effect of
the force and the motion of the body is called the Rotational motion.

In rotational motion, the particles of the rigid body follow a circular path around the rotational
axis, the rotational axis could be fixed or it could be unfixed. The example for fixed axis
rotational motion is the rotation of a fan, in which each particle on the blade is following a
circular path around the axle of the motor of the fan.
(i) If no external torque acts on a body, will its angular velocity be constant ? (1)
 (ii) State the principle of moments of rotational equilibrium. (1)
(iii) A body of moment of inertia 3 kg m² is rotating with an angular velocity 2 rad/s.
Find the linear velocity of a 12 kg mass which has the same kinetic energy as the
rotating object. (2)
OR
(iii) A particle performing uniform circular motion has angular momentum L. If its angular
frequency is doubled and its kinetic energy halved, then find its new angular
momentum ? (2)
[SECTION – E]

31) A projectile is fired at an angle θ with a velocity u. Show that its trajectory
is a parabola. Also obtain expression for
(i) time of flight
(ii) horizontal range [2+1.5+1.5=5]
OR
(i) At what angle do the two forces (P + Q) and (P – Q) act so that their resultant is
(3P² + Q²)½?
(ii) Prove that the maximum horizontal range is four times the maximum height attained by
the projectile, when fired at an inclination so as to have maximum range. [2+3 =5]
32)Two particles of mass m1 and m2 having velocities U1and U2respectively make a head-on
perfectly elastic collision. Prove that their relative velocity of approach is equal to their
relative velocity of separation.

Also prove that their velocities are exchanged after collisionif their masses are equal.

OR

a) Write a difference between conservative and non-conservative forces?

b) If linear momenta of a heavy and a light object are same, then which one of the two will
have greater kinetic energy?
c) Define spring constant. Derive the relation for the potential energy stored when it is
elongated by X. Draw the graphs to show the variation of P.E. with elongation. [1+1+3]

33)a) Establish the relation between torque and angular acceleration. Hence define moment of
inertia.
b) Find the torque of a force 7i – 3j– 5k about the origin which acts on a particle whose
position vector is i + j– k [3+2 = 5]
OR

a) Write a relation between moment of force and the moment of inertia.

b) A person standing on a rotating disc stretches out his hands, the angular speed of
rotation of the disc will increase or decrease? Justify your answer.
c) Three mass point m1, m2, m3are located at the vertices of equilateral triangle of side ‘a’.
Find the moment of inertia of system about an axis along the altitude of triangle passing
through m1. [1+2+2]