LC-Physics-XI (2020-21)

PHYSICS
INDEX
Sl.No. Date Contents Pg. No.
1. Physical World & Measurement 02
2. Kinematics 07
3. Law of Motion 16
4. Work, Energy And Power 23
5. Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body 26
6. Gravitation 30
7. Mechanics of Solids And Fluids 36
8. Heat And Thermodynamics 43
9. Kinetic Theory of Gases 50
10. Oscillation & Waves 52
11. Model Paper (H.Y. Exam) 56
12. Model Paper (Annual Exam) 60
Class-XI / Physics / 1
UNIT- I : PHYSICAL WORLD & MEASUREMENT
Multiple Choice Questions : (Q.1 to Q.12)

Q.1. The idea of calculus was given by :
(a) Newton (b) Marconi (c) Einstein (d) Max Planck.
Q.2. C. V. Raman got Nobel Prize for his experiment on
(a) deflection of light (b) scattering of light
(c) reflection of light (d) dispersion of light
Q.3. Which of the following principles is being used in SONAR technology?
(a) Laws of thermodynamics (b) Reflection of electromagnetic waves
(c) Newton’s laws of motion (d) Reflection of ultrasonic waves
Q.4. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
(a) Humidity – Calorimeter (b) Barometer – Pressure
(c) Coulomb’s law – Charges (d) Lactometer – Milk
Q.5. The book titled ‘Principia’ was written by
(a) Newton (b) Galileo (c) Einstein (d) Maxwell
Q.6. An Indian scientist who won Nobel Prize for Physics is
(a) M. N. Saha (b) Sir C. V. Raman (c) H. J. Bhaba (d) J. C. Bose
Q.7. Light year is the unit of
(a) time (b) distance (c) frequency (d) angular acceleration
Q.8. 1 AU is equal to
(a) 1.5 x 1011 cm (b) 1.5 x 1011 m (c) 1.5 x 1011 km (d) 9.46 x 1015 m
Q.9. The number 0.004 has significant figures equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q.10. Out of 4.0 and 4.00, which is more accurate ?
(a) 4.0 (b) 4.00
(c) both are equally accurate (d) nothing can be said
𝑎2𝑏2
Q.11. A physical quantity X = . If % error in X is
𝑐
(a) 7% (b) 8% (c) 3% (d) 10%

Q.12. The percentage error in the measurement of the radius of a sphere is 2%. The percentage error in
the measurement of its surface area will be :
(a) 2% (b) 8% (c) 8 π% (d) 4%
Write the Answer of the following questions:
Q.1. What is the difference between A0 and A.U. ?
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Q.2. Define S.I. unit of solid angle.

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Q.3. Name physical quantities whose units are electron volt and pascal.
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Q.4. When a planet X is at a distance of 824.7 million kilometers from earth its angular diameter is
measured to be 35.7211 of arc. Calculate the diameter of ‘X’.
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Q.5. A radar signal is beamed towards a planet from the earth and its echo is received seven minutes
later. Calculate the velocity of the signal, if the distance between the planet and the earth is
6.3 x 1010m?
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Q.6. Give two methods for measuring time intervals.

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Q.7. Find the dimensions of latent heat and specific heat.

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Q.8. In Vander Waal’s equation  2  V  b   RT . Find dimensional formula for a and b.
 V 
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Q.9. E,m, I and G denote energy, mass, angular momentum and gravitational constant respectively.
Determine the dimensions of EL2 / m5 G2.
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Q.10. a) State which of the following are dimensionally correct.

i) Pressure = Energy per unit volume ii) Pressure = Momentum x volume x time
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b) The density of cylindrical rod was measured by the formula:   .
D 2 I
The percentage in m, D and I are 1%, 1.5% and 0.5%. Calculate the % error in the
calculated value of density.
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Q.11. If x = at + bt2 where x is in meters and t is in seconds. What are the units of a and b.
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Q.12. If force (F) acceleration (A) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units, then find the dimension
of energy.
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Q.13. If velocity, time and force were chosen the basic quantities, find the dimensions of mass ?
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Q.14. The velocity v of water waves may depend on their wavelength  density of water  and the
acceleration due to gravity g. Find relation between these quantities by the method of dimension.
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Q.15. The force acting on an object of mass m traveling at velocity v in a circle of radius r is giving by
mv 2
F  .
r
The measurements recorded as m = 3.5 Kg  0.1Kg.
V = 20 m/s  1m/s r = 1.2m  0.5m
Find the maximum possible (1) fractional error (2) % error in the measurement of force.
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UNIT- II : KINEMATICS
Multiple Choice Questions : (Q. 1 to Q.11)

Q.1. A boy completes a semicircle of radius 7 m in 5 second. The distance travelled by the boy is
(a) 7m (b) 10 m (c) 11 m (d) 22 m
Q.2. A particle is moving along x-axis. The position of the particle at any instant is given by
x = 5 + 6t2, where x is in metres, t in second.
The velocity of the particle at t=2 s is
(a) 5 m s–1 (b) 10 m s–1 (c) 12 m s–1 (d) 24 m s–1
Q.3. The stopping distance of a car is 40 m when moving with a speed of 80 km/h. If the car is now
moving with 40 km/h, then its stopping distance will be
(a) 40 m (b) 20 m (c) 10 m (d) 5 m
Q.4. The displacement of an object at any instant is given by x=30 + 20 t2, where x is in m and t is s.
The acceleration of the object will be
(a) 30 M s–2 (b) 40 m s–2 (c) zero (d) 50 m s–2
Q.5. A ball is dropped from height ‘h’. The velocity attained by ball just before reaching the ground
2ℎ
(a) 𝑔ℎ (b) 2𝑔ℎ (c) (d) zero
𝑔
Q.6. The position x of a particle varies with time t as x = at2 – bt3, where a and b are constant. What is
the velocity of the particle at t = 1s?
(a) (a – 3b) (b) (2a – b) (c) (2a – 3b) (d) (a – b)
Q.7. The angle between 𝐴= î + 2ĵ – k and 𝐵= î + ĵ – 2k is
(a) 30o (b) 60o (c) 90o (d) 120o
Q.8. A vector perpendicular to both the vectors 𝐴= 2î + 3ĵ – k and 𝐵= î + ĵ – 2k
(a) 3î + 2ĵ + k (b) 7î – 3ĵ – 5k (c) î + 4ĵ – k (d) 7î + 3k + k
Q.9. If 𝑎.𝑏 = 0, then
(a) 𝑎 is perpendicular to 𝑏 (b) 𝑎 is parallel to 𝑏
(c) 𝑎 is neither perpendicular nor parallel to 𝑏 (d) None of these
Q.10. If 𝑎 x 𝑏 = 0, then
(a) 𝑎 is perpendicular to 𝑏 (b) 𝑎 is parallel to 𝑏
(c) 𝑎 is neither perpendicular nor parallel to 𝑏 (d) None of these
Q.11. Acceleration of a body moving with constant speed in a circle is
(a) zero (b) r𝜔 (c) 𝜔2/r (d) r𝜔2
Q.1. A accelerates from rest at a constant rate for sometime after which it decelerates at a constant
rate  to come to rest. If the total time elapse is t second, evaluate :-
i) the maximum velocity reached ii) the total distance travelled.
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Q.2. A car moving on straight road with speed 72 Km/h stops with 100 m. What is retardation and time
taken to stop ?
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Q.3. A particle is subjected to an acceleration a =  t +  t2 where  and  are constants. The

position and velocity of the particle at t = 0 are x 0 and vo respectively. What are the expressions
for position x and velocity v of the particle at time t ?
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Q.4. A ball rolls down an inclined track 2 m long in 4 sec. find (i) acceleration (ii) speed of ball at
bottom of track.
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Q.5. A body covers a distance of 20 m in 7th sec and 24 m in 9th sec. How much shall it cover in 15
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Q.6. The velocity of an object at 5 sec. is 25 ms-1 and at 8 sec. it is 34 m sec-1. Find distance travelled
by the object in 12th sec.
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Q.7. A rocket is fired with acceleration 10 m sec-2 in vertically upwards direction. The fuel is finished
in one minute. What is max height reached?
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Q.8. A ball is dropped from a height of 90m on a floor. At each collision with the floor, the ball loses
one tenth of its speed. Plot the speed-time graph of its motion between t = 0 to 12 sec.
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Q.9. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height 100m. At the same time, stone is thrown
upwards from ground at speed 40 m sec-1 when and where they will meet.
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Q.10. The resultant of P and Q is R . On reversing Q resultant is S . Prove. R2 + S2 = 2 (P2 + Q2)
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Q.11. Four forces 30 N due E, 20 N due N, 50 N due W and 40 due S act a point. Find resultant force.
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Q.12. A ship is moving at 12 m sec-1 due E. A woman runs across deck at 5 m sec-1 due north. Find
velocity of woman with respect to sea.
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Q.13. Find unit vector along the resultants of 2i  6 j  3 k and 4i  3 j  k .
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Q.14. A velocity of 10 m s-1 has Y component equal 5 2 ms-2. Calculate x component.

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Q.15. Find angle between 2i  4 j  6 k and 3i  j  2 k .
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Q.16. Under the force of 12i  9 j  3 k Newton, a body is displaced from the position 6i  5 j  3 k to
^ ^ ^
10i  2 j  7 k . Calculate the work done.
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Q.17. At what angle should the two forces 2 P and 2 P act so that the resultant force is equal to P 10 .
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Q.18. Find a vector of magnitude 18 which is perpendicular to both vectors 4i  2 j  2 k & d – 2i  2 k .
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Q.19. Determine the area of triangle formed by the vector i  3 j  k & i  j  k .
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Q.20. A train is moving with velocity 30 Km/h due E and a car is moving with velocity 40 Km/h due N.
What is velocity of car w.r.to. train?
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Q.21. Rain is falling vertically with speed 35 m/s. A cyclist is moving with velocity 12 m/s due west.
What is the direction in which he should hold his umbrella?
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Q.22. What is the angle between two equal forces so that their resultant is one third of either force?
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Q.23. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower and strikes the ground after 2 sec. at the
angle of 45o with vertical. Find the height of tower and the initial speed of body.
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Q.24. A stone is dropped from the window of bus moving with speed 60 Km/h & the window is 1.96 m
high. Find the horizontal distance moved by stone before striking the ground.
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Q.25. A body is projected with velocity 20 m/sec at angle of 60o with horizontal. Calculate (i) its
position after .5 sec. (ii) velocity after 0.5sec.
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Q.26. A ball is thrown from the ground so as to just clear a wall 4 m high at a distance of 6 m and falls
14m behind the wall. Find the magnitude and direction of the initial velocity of the ball.
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Q.27. A circular wheel of radius 0.5m is moving with speed of 10m/s find the angular speed.
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Q.28. A particle of mass 30 Kg is moving on a circular path of radius 2m with frequency of H z . Find
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the centripetal force acting on it.
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Q.29. The time period and speed of a body moving on circular path is 3.14sec, 270 m/sec. Find the
centripetal force as acceleration of particle.
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CHAPTER- III : LAW OF MOTION
Multiple Choice Questions: ( Q.1 to Q. 6)

Q.1. Which of the followings is known as law of inertia?
(a) Newton’s first law of motion (b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Newton’s third law of motion (d) Law of conservation of mass
Q.2. Ram jumps from his school bus while it is in running state, then ram fall in
(a) forward direction (b) backward direction
(c) remain in straight direction (d) None of these
Q.3. To shake off water from wet cloth, it is common to give it a sudden jerk. In doing so, we are
taking advantage of
(a) Newton’s first law of motion (b) Newton’s second law of motion
(c) Newton’s third law of motion (d) Impulse
Q.4. A body of mass m slides down a rough inclined plane of angle 𝜃. The acceleration of the body at
any instant is
(a) g (b) g sin 𝜃
(c) g (sin 𝜃 – 𝜇 k cos 𝜃) (d) g (sin 𝜃 + 𝜇 k cos 𝜃)
Q.5. A force of 5 N acts on a body of weight 9.8 N. The acceleration of the body is
(a) 0.5 ms–2 (b) 1.0ms–2
(c) 5 ms–2 (d) 49ms–2
Q.6. Rolling friction is
(a) less than sliding friction (b) more than sliding friction
(c) equal to sliding friction (d) None of these

Q.1. An wooden block is floating in liquid, what is the net force acting on it?
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Q.2. Action and reaction are equal and opposite why don’t they balance each other?
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Q.3. While catching a ball one pulls his hand back. Why?
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Q.4. Derive the recoil velocity of a gun.

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Q.5. Prove that, friction is non conservative and gravitation is conservative.

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Q.6. Forces of 10 N & 8 3 N are acting on a particle at an angle of 300. In ten sec., its velocity
becomes 2m/sec. Find mass of the body.
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Q.7. A ball of 100 g strikes a wall with speed 30m/s and rebounds with speed 10m/s. Calculate the
impulse of force exerted by wall.
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Q.8. A car goes round a circular track of 5 m radius with speed 20m/s. Find the minimum coefficient
of friction.
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Q.9. A body of 10Kg moves with a constant speed of 10m/sec on a plane that rises 5 in 8. Calculate the
coefficient of friction.
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Q.10. A stone of 100g moving with speed 1 km/s strikes a sandbag and comes to rest in 5 sec. Find the
average retarding force.
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Q.11. A man of 60 Kg throws a stone of 1 Kg in horizontal direction while standing on smooth ice field
with/ speed 60 m/s. Find the speed of man.
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Q.12. Two bodies of masses 8 Kg & 12 Kg are connected to a light string passing over a smooth pulley.
Find the acceleration of masses and tension in string.
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Q.13. A machine gun of mass 10 Kg. fires 50 g bullets with speed 2km/sec., at the rate of 20 bullets/sec.
Find the force required to keep the gun in position.
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Q.14. If the string is light and pulley smooth 5 Kg
Find the tension in string. Smooth

Plain 5 Kg
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A 3 Kg 5 Kg
Q.15.
smooth
Find the tension in string.

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Q.16. Find the acceleration of each block
and tension of string. Assume that 10 Kg
all the surfaces are smooth and

the string is massless.
300 10 Kg
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Q.17. If the block is stationary find the

5 Kg
frictional force acting on the block s= 0.5

0
30
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Q.18.
1 Kg
0
60 = 0.732 Find acceleration of the block.
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Q.19. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 Kg moving initially with speed
15 m/s. How long does the body take to stop?
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Q.20. A rocket with lift off mass 20,000 Kg is blasted upwards with acceleration of 5 m/s2. Calculate
the thrust of blast (g = 10 m/s2).
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Q.21. A shell of mass 0.02 Kg is fired by a gun of mass 100Kg. If the muzzle speed of shell is 500 m/s
what is the recoil speed of the gun?
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Q.22. A batman deflects a ball by an angle of 450 without changing its speed which is equal to 108
Km/hr. What is the impulse imparted to the ball? (mass of ball is equal to 1.414 Kg.)
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Q.23. A nucleus is at rest. Show that if it disintegrates into two smaller nuclei the products must move in
opposite directions.
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Q.24. A shell of 0.2 Kg is fired by a gun of mass 10 Kg. If the muzzle speed of shell is 100 M/s, what is
recoil speed of joules?
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Q.25. A constant retarding force of 50N is applied to a body of mass 20 Kg moving initially with speed
of 15 m/s. How long does the particle take to stop?
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Q.26. A constant force acting on body of mass 3 Kg changes its speed from 2 m/s to 20 m/s in 25 sec.
The direction of motion of body remains unchanged. What is the magnitude and direction of
force?
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Q.27. A body of mass 5 Kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8 N and 6 N. Give the magnitude
and direction of acceleration of body.
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Q.28. A rocket with lift off mass of 20000 Kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 5 m/s.
Calculate initial thrust of blast.
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UNIT IV : WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1. to Q.5)

Q.1. 1 J is equal to
(a) 105 erg (b) 106erg (c) 107 erg (d) 108 erg
Q.2. A weight lifter is holding a weight of 80 kg on his shoulder for 10 s. Work done by the lifter is
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) large
Q.3. A man pulls a bucket out of a well by means of a rope. The work done by the gravity is
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) none of these
Q.4. If the momentum of a body increases by 0.01%, then its K.E. will increase by
(a) 0.01% (b) 0.02% (c) 0.03% (d) 0.04%
Q.5. A bus and card have the same momentum. If kinetic energy of the bus is k1 and kinetic energy of
the car is k2, then
(a) k1= k2 (b) k1< k2 (c) k1> k2 (d) k1≥ k2

Q.1. Find- (1) Work done by gravity
(2) Work done by friction
(3) Work done by 100 N force.
(4) Work done by normal reaction.
(5) Change in K.E.
(6) Change in P.E.
(7) Where the rest of energy goes?
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Q.2. When a force of 100N due E acts on a body its is displaced by 10 m 60 0N of W. What is work
done?
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Q.3. When a force of (3i-4j+5K) N acts on body it position changes from (1m, 2m, 3m) to (3m, 2m,
1m) find out work done.
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Q.4. A spring of force constant 1000 N/m is compressed by 5 cm. Find out its elastic P.E.
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Q.5. A spring (K=500 N/m) is initially compressed by 10 cm if it is further compressed by 10cm. Find
change in P.E.
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Q.6. Two particles of mass 20g & 50g are moving with velocity 20m/s due E 10m/s due west along
same straight line. If collision is perfectly elastic, find out their velocities after collision.
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Q.7. Two particles of same mass and velocities 6i+4f&i-2j undergo perfectly inelastic collision. Find
their common speed after collision.
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Q.8. A body of mass 'm' moves along straight line with zero initial velocity and constant acceleration
'g'. Find out power delivered at time 't'.
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Q.9. A body of mass 'm' starts from rest. It moves unidirectionally under the influence of constant
power P. Find its displacement in time 't'.
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Q.10. A pump on ground floor of building pumps up water to fill a tank of volume 30m3 in 15min. The
tank is 40m above ground and efficiency of pump is 50%. How much electric power is consumed
by pump.
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UNIT- V: MOTION OF SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND RIGID BODY
Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q. 5)

Q.1. In the diagram shown here, all three rods are of equal length L and equal mass M. The system is
rotated such that rod B is the axis of rotation.
What is the moment of inertia of the system.
𝑀𝐿2 𝑀𝐿2
(a) (b)
3 6
4 2 2
(c) ML (d) ML2
3 3
Q.2. Moment of inertia is the rotational analogue of
(a) torque (b) force (c) velocity (d) mass
Q.3. A body of moment of inertia 2 kg m rotating with angular velocity 4 rad s–1 slows down to 2 rad
2
s–1. What is the work done on the body?

(a) 10 J (b) -10 J (c) 12 J (d) -12 J
Q.4. For which of the following does the centre of mass lie outside the body?
(a) a pencil (b) a dice (c) a bangle (d) a shotput
 
Q.5. The torque of a force F  3î  ĵ  5k̂ acting at a point r  7î  3 ĵ  k̂ is
(a) 14î  38 ĵ  16k̂ (b) 4î  4 ĵ  6k̂ (c)  21î  4 ĵ  4k̂ (d)  14î  38 ĵ  16k̂

Q.1. A force of (3i+4j) N. acts on point (2,-3) find out torque about origin.
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Q.2. The angular speed of a wheel is 1200 rpm. If its angular retardation is 2 radian per sec2, after how
many revolution will it stop.
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Q.3. What is the torque provided by a force acting through the C.O.M. of a body.
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Q.4. Why we use ring in place of disk in cycle wheel?
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Q.5. If net external force is zero what will be the effect on angular momentum of body.
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Q.6. A ring of mass M and radius R is rotating with angular velocity W. If two point object each of
mass m is kept at it. What will be new angular velocity?
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Q.7. A car weighs 1800 kg. Distance between it front and back axle is 2m. It centre of gravity is 1.5 m
behind the front axle. Determine the force exerted by level ground on each front wheel and each
back wheel.
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Q.8. A ring of mass 2 kg and radius 50 cm is rolling without slipping with a constant speed of 10m/s.
Find kinetic energy of ring.
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Q.9. Four point particles of masses 1,2,3 & 4 kg have coordinates (0,0), (1,0), (1,1) & (0,1) find
coordinates of centre of mass.
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Q.10. Three point particles of masses 1, 2 & 3 kg have position vectors (i+j), i-j & 2k. Find position
vector of COM.
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Q.11. Find coordinate of COM of shaded portion.

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Q.12. Find coordinate of COM of given system.

If net mass is M and it is distributed uniformly.
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Q.13. A solid disc and ring both of radius 10cm are placed on a horizontal table, simultaneously, with
initial angular speed of 10 rad S-1. Which of the two will start to roll earlier? Coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.2. Both have same mass.
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Q.14. A particle of mass 50g is moving with constant speed of 20m/s on a circular path of radius 2m.
Find out its angular momentum.
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Q.15. A particle of mass 50g moves on a straight line y=2x with constant speed 20m/s. Find out its
angular momentum. x and y are in metre.
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UNIT VI : GRAVITATION
Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q.5)

Q.1. Escape speed of a body on the surface of a planet does not depend on
(a) Mass of the planet (b) Radius of the planet
(c) Mass of the body (d) Gravitational constant (G)
Q.2. The angle between the equatorial plane and the orbital plane of a polar satellite is
(a) 0o (b) 90 o
(c) 120 o (d) 180 o
Q.3. The time period of an Earth satellite in circular orbit is independent of
(a) mass of the satellite (b) radius of its orbit
(c) both the mass and radius of the orbit (d) neither mass of satellite nor the radius of its orbit.
Q.4. Escape speed of a cat of mass m is v on the surface of earth. The escape speed of a dog of mass 2
m woud be
𝑣
(a) (b) 2v
2
(c) v (d) 4v
Q.5. The escape velocity and orbital velocity are related as
(a) v0 = 2 ve (b) v0 = 2ve
(c) ve = 2 vo (d) ve = 2vo

Q.1. If apple and earth pull each other with equal force, why the earth doesn't move towards apple ?
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Q.2. The mass of two bodies are doubled and the distance is halved, how will the gravitational force
change?
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Q.3. Give the dimensional formulae of 'g' & 'G'.

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Q.4. What is the height at which the value of g is the same as at a depth of R/2 ?
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Q.5. What is the gravitational potential at infinity ?

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Q.6. A mass is dropped into a hole bored along the diameter of the earth. What is the type of motion
of the mass?
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Q.7. Does the escape velocity vary with mass of the body?
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Q.8. How escape velocity is related to orbital velocity for orbits close to earth?
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Q.9. There is a rod of mass m and length l a sphere of mass m and radius l touches it such that rod is
along radius of sphere. Find gravition pul between them.
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Q.10. If it is safe to jump from a height of 2 m on the surface of earth, what is its value on the surface of
moon?
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Q.11. Does the speed increase, decrease or remain constant when a planet comes closer to sun?
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Q.12. The value of G on the surface of earth is 6.67x10-11 Nm2 Kg-2what is its value on the surface of the
moon.
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Q.13. Two artificial satellites, one closer to the surface and other away revolving around the earth which
has larger speed?
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Q.14. Should the speed of two artificial satellite of the earth having different masses but same orbit
radius, be the same?
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Q.15. Can a pendulum oscillate in an artificial satellite.

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Q.16. Why does the earth has an atmosphere and the moon doesn't?
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Q.17. If the polar ice-capes on the earth melt, how will the length of day be affected?
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Q.18. Two identical cars travel at the same speed in opposite direction on an east-west highway which
can passes down harder on the road?
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Q.19. A planet reduced its radius by ½ with its mass remaining the same. How acceleration due to
gravity near surface of planet affected?
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Q.20 What is the angular velocity at any point on the equator so that the body feels weight lessness?
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Q.21 It is possible to place a satellite, so that it is always over new Delhi. Why?
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Q.22 The value at the moon is 1/6th of the value of g at the surface of the earth, and the diameter of the
moon is 1/4th of the diameter of the earth compare the ratio of the escape velocity.
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Q.23 The radius of earth is reduced by 4%. The mass of the earth remains unchanged. What will be the
change in escape velocity?
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Q.24 If a planet existed whose mass and radius were both half those of the earth, what would be the
value of acceleration due to gravity on its surface?
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Q.25 A high jumer can jump 1.5m on earth with the same effort, how high will he be able to jump on a
planet whose density in one third and radius one-fourth those of the earth?
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Q.26 The mass and diameter of any planet are twice those of the earth. What will be the period of
oscillation of a pendulum on this planet, if it is a second's pendulum on the earth?
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Q.27 A rocket is fired vertically with a speed of 5km/s from the earth's surface. How far from the earth
does the rocket go before returning to the earth? Mass of the earth = 6x1024 kg. Mean radius of
earth = 6.4x106m, G=6.67x10-11 Nm2Kg-2.
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Q.28 Taking moon's orbit around earth to be r and the mass of earth 81 times the mass of the moon.
Find the position of the point from the earth, where the net gravitational field is zero.
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UNIT- VII : MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDS
Multiple Choice Questions : (Q 1 to 10)

Q.1. Elastic limit is equal to
(a) Stress (b) Strain
(c) Young’s modulus (d) Modulus of rigidity
Q.2. S. I. unit of compressibility is
(a) Nm–2 (b) N2m (c) N–1 m2 (d) None of these
Q.3. Modulus of eleasticity has the dimensions same as that of
(a) Energy (b) Power (c) Pressure (d) Torque
Q.4. Young’s modulus of elasticity of a perfectly rigid body is
(a) unity (b) zero (c) infinity (d) None of these
Q.5. Force constant or spring costant is inversely proportional to the length of a spring. Let k be the
spring constant of a spring. If the spring is cut into two equal parts, then spring constant of each
part is
𝑘
(a) (b) k (c) 2k (d) 4 k
2
Q.6. The Reynold’s number for fluid flow in a pipe depends on

(a) viscosity of the fluid (b) velocity of the fluid
(c) diameter of the pipe (d) All (a), (b) and (c)
Q.7. Equation of continuity expresses the law of conservation of
(a) mass (b) momentum (c) energy (d) None of these
Q.8. Excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius r and surface tension T is
𝑇 2𝑇 𝑇 4𝑇
(a) p=𝑟 (b) p = (c) p = 4𝑟 (d) p =
𝑟 𝑟
Q.9. The surface tension of a liquid is T1 at room temperature. The surface tension of the liquid is T2
when its temperature is increased
(a) T1 = T2 (b) T1> T2 (c) T1< T2 (d) T2> T1
Q.10. A few droplets merge with each other to form a large droplet. In this process.
(a) energy is absorbed (b) energy is liberated
(c) some mass is converted into energy (d) energy is neither absorbed nor liberated.

Q.1. What is more elastic: Water or Air?
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Q.2. Why are springs made of steel and not of copper ?
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Q.3. What is the value of Young's modulus for a perfectly rigid body?
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Q.4. What is the value of Bulk modulus for an incompressible liquid?

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Q.5. What is the value of modulus of rigidity for a liquid?

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Q.6. How does young's modulus change with rise in temperature?

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Q.7. The length of a wire is cut to half. What will be the effect on the increase in its length under same
given load?
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Q.8. Two wires are made of same metal the length of the first wire is half that of the second wire, and
its diameter is double that of the second wire. If equal loads are applied on both wires, find the
ratio of increase in their length.
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Q.9. Is Pressure a scalar or a vector quantity?

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Q.10. A block of wood is floating in a lake. What is the apparent weight of the floating block?
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Q.11. Why is the dam of water reservoir thick at its depth?

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Q.12. Surface tension of all lubricating oil & paints are kept low. Why?
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Q.13. In soldering, addition of flux makes soldering easy. Why?

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Q.14. Name the material in whose capillary, water will descend instead of rising.
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Q.15. What is the acceleration of a body following through a viscous medium after terminal velocity is
reached?
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Q.16. Can two stream lines cross each other in a flowing liquid?
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Q.17. When air is blown in between two balls suspended close to each other, they are attracted towards
each other. Why?
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Q.18. What is the effect on the equilibrium of a physical balance when air is blown below one pan?
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Q.19. The diameter of ball A is twice of that of B. What will be the ratio of their terminal velocities in
water?
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Q.20. A spherical ball contracts in volume by 0.01%, when subjected to a normal uniform pressure of
100 atmospheres. Calculate the bulk modulus of the material.
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Q.21. Find the change in volume which 1 c.c. of water at the surface will undergo, when it is taken to the
bottom of the lake 100 m deep, given that volume elasticity is 22000 atmospheres.
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Q.22. A solid ball 3 cm in diameter is submerged in alake at such a depth that the pressure exerted by
water is 1 kg f/sq cm. Find the change in volume of the ball if bulk modulus of ball is 107 dyne/sq
cm.
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Q.23. A metal cube of side 10 cm is subjected to a shearing stress of 104 Nm-2. Calculate the modulus of
rigidity if the top of the cube is displaced by 0.05 cm with respect to its bottom.
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Q.24. Two wires of same radius and length are subjected to the same load. One wire is of steel and the
other is of copper. If the Young's modulus of steel is twice that of copper, find the ratio of elastic
energy stored per unit volume in steel to that of copper.
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Q.25. The volume of an air bubble becomes 8 times the original volume in rising from the bottom of a
lake to its surface. if the barometric height is 0.76 m of mercury (density of mercury is 13.6 g cm -3
and g = 9.8ms-2), what is the depth of the lake ?
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Q.26. A loaded lory has a total weight of 12000 kg. its 6 tyres are identical and show an air pressure of
50 kg wt/cm2 each. If the load is distributed equally on all 6 tyres, find the area of contact of each
tyre with the road.
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Q.27. A soap film is formed on a rectangular frame of 7 cm. dipping into a soap solution. the frame
hangs from the arm of a balance. An extra weight of 0.4 gram is to be placed in the opposite pan to
balance the pull on the frame. Calculate the surface tension of the soap solution.
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Q.28. Calculate the work done in blowing out a soap bubble of diameter 1 cm. given that the surface
tension of soap solution is 28 x 10-3 Nm-1.
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Q.29. Two equal drops of water are falling through air with a steady velocity of 10 cm/sec. If drops
combine to form a single drop, what will be new terminal velocity ?
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Q.30. A small hole is made at a height of (1/ 2 ) m from the bottom of a cylindrical water tank and at a
depth of h = 2 m from the upper level of water in the tank. Find the distance, where the water
emerging from the hole strikes the ground.
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Q.31. A large tank filled with water to a height h is said to be emptied through a small hole at the
bottom. Find ratio of time taken for the level of water to fall down from h to h/2 and h/2 to zero.
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UNIT- VIII : HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS
Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q.9)

Q.1. Coeffcient of linear expansion (α) and coefficient of volume expansion (𝛾) of a solid are related as
(a) 𝛾 = 3α (b) α = 3 𝛾 (c) 𝛾 = 2α (d) α = 𝛾
Q.2. SI unit of temperature gradient is
(a) Km (b) K m–1 (c) K–1 m (d) K–1 m–1
Q.3. Two metallic plates of thermal conductivities K1 and K2 are joined in parallel to form a composite
plate. The thermal conductivity of the composite plate is
2 𝐾1 + 𝐾2
(a) (K1 + K2) (b) (c) (d) K1 K2
𝐾1 + 𝐾2 2
Q.4. A perfect black body emits radiation at temperature T1 0K. If it is to radiate 16 times this power,
its temperature T2 will be :
(a) T2 = 2T1 (b) T2 = 4T1 (c) T2 = 8T1 (d) T2 = 16 T1
Q.5. First law of thermodynamics is the law of conservation of
(a) mass (b) linear momentum (c) energy (d) angular momentum
Q.6. Mathematical form of first law of thermodynamics is
(a) dQ = dU –PdV (b) dQ = dU + PdV (c) dU + dQ = PdV (d) dQ +PdV = dU
Q.7. Work done in isothermal process is
𝑉 𝑉 𝑃 𝑉 𝑉
(a) 𝜇RTlog𝑉1 (b) 𝜇RTlog𝑉2 (c) 𝜇RTlog𝑃1 𝑉1 (d) 𝜇R(T2–T1)log𝑉2
2 1 2 2 1
Q.8. Work done in adiabatic process is

𝑅𝑇1 𝑅𝑇2 𝑅(𝑇1 –𝑇2
(a) (b) (c) (d) R (𝛾 − 1) (T2 – T1)
𝛾–1 𝛾–1 𝛾–1
Q.8. The efficiency of heat engine working between the temperatures T1 and T2 (T1>T2) is
𝑇 𝑇 𝑇 𝑇2
(a) 1 – 𝑇1 (b) 1 – 𝑇2 (c) 1 + 𝑇2 (d)
2 1 1 𝑇1
Q.9. For adiabatic process, the relation between pressure (P) and volume (V) of an ideal gas is
𝑃
(a) PV = Constant (b) PVγ = Constant (c) = Constant (d) PV- γ= constant
𝑉

Q.1. Is it possible that there is change in temperature of a body without giving/taking heat to/from it?
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1rd
Q.2. A sample of an ideal gas in a cylinder is compressed adiabatically to of its volume. Will the
3
final pressure be more or less than 3 times the initial pressure?
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Q.3. Water of one kg mass at 373 K is converted into steam at the same temperature. On boiling, 1 c.c.
of water takes a volume of 1671 c.c.. Calculate the change in internal energy of the system, taking
the heat of vaporisation to be 540 cal. g-1.
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Q.4. At 27oC, two moles of an ideal monoatomic gas occupy a volume V. The gas expands
adiabatically to a volume 2 V. Calculate:-
(a) final temperature of the gas (b) change in its internal energy
(c) work done by the gas during the process.
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Q.5. A liquid cools from 70oC to 60oC in 5 minutes. Calculate the time taken by the liquid to cool from
60oC to 50oC, if the temp. of the surrounding is constant at 30oC.
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Q.6. The Earth constantly receives heat radiation from the sun and gets warmed up. Why doesn't the
earth get as hot as the Sun ?
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Q.7. A diatomic gas (γ =1.4) does 200 J of work when it is expanded isobarically. Find the heat given
to the gas in the process.
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Q.8. Two carnot engines A and B are operated in series. The first one A receives heat at 800 K and
rejects to a reservoir at TK. The second engine B receives the heat rejected by the first engine and
in turn rejects to a heat reservoir at 300 K. Calculate the value of T, When:
(a) outputs of the two engines are equal (b) efficiencies of the two engines are equal
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Q.9. Calculate specific heat at constant volume for the hydrogen gas, given Cp=6.85 cal. mol-1 K-
1
,density of hydrogen is 0.089 g litre-1 and J = 4.2 x 107 erg cal-1.
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Q.10. A piece of iron of mass 100 g is kept inside a furnace for a long time and then put in a calorimeter
of water equivalent 10 g containing 240 g of water at 20oC. The mixture attains an equilibrium
temp. of 60oC. Find the temp. of the furnace. Specific heat capacity of iron = 470 J/kg–oC.
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Q.11. The heat of combustion of ethane gas is 373 k cal. per mole. Assuming that 50% of heat is lost,
how many litres of ethane measured of STP must be burnt to convert. 50 Kg of water at 10oC to
steam at 100oC ? One mole of gas occupies 22.4 litres at STP take latent heat of steam = 2.25 x 106
J Kg-1.
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Q.12. A room at 20oC is heated by a heater of resistance 20 ohm connected to 200 V mains. The
temperature is uniform throughout the room and heat is transmitted through a glass window of
area 1m2 and thickness 0.2 cm. Calculate the temperature outside thermal conductivity of glass is
0.2 cal moC
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Q.13. Estimate the rate at which ice would melt in a wooden box 2.5 cm thick and of inside
measurement (100 x 60 x 40) cm, assuming that the external temperature is 32oC and coefficient
of thermal conductivity of wood is 0.168 W m-1 K-1.
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Q.14. Heat is supplied to a slab of cork, 5 cm thick and of area 2 sq. metre by a heating coil spread over
its surface. When the current in the coil is 1.18 A and pot. diff. across the ends is 20 V, the steady
temp. of faces of the slab are 12.5oC and 0oC. Assuming that the whole of the heat developed in
the coil is conducted through the slab, calculate the thermal conductivity of cork.
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Q.15. A body which has a surface area of 5.0 cm2 and a temperature of 727oC radiates 300 J of energy
each minute. What is its emissivity? Stefan's constant σ = 5.67 x10-8 W m-2 K-4.
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Q.16. There are N molecules of gas in a box. If the number of molecules is increased to 2N, what will be
the effect of the pressure on the gas? On the total energy of the gas? On the root-mean-square
speed of the molecules?
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Q.17. Can the temperature of a gas be increased keeping its pressure and volume constant ?
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Q.18. Calculate the temperature at which r.m.s. velocity of a gas molecule is the same as that of a
molecule of another gas at 27oC. Molecular weights of first and second gases are 64 and 32
respectively.
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Q.19. Calculate molecular kinetic energy of one gram mole of gas at N.T.P. Density of gas= 0.178 kg m –
3
at N.T.P. Its molecular weight = 4. Density of Mercury = 13.6x 103 kg m–3.
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Q.20. Calculate kinetic energy of a gram molecule of oxygen at 127oC. Value of Boltzmann constant =
1.381 x 10–23 JK–1. Avogadro's number = 6.022 x 1023 gm-mole.
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Q.21. If three molecules have velocities 0.5, 1 and 2 kms–1, calculate the ratio of the r.m.s. speed and
average speed.
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Q.22. Calculate the temperature at which the average K.E. of a molecule of a gas will be the same as that
of an electron accelerated through 1 volt. Boltzmann constant = 1.4 x 10–23 JK–1, charge of an
electron = 1.6 x 10–19 C.
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Q.23. On reducing the volume of the gas at constant temperature, the pressure of the gas increases.
Explain in terms of kinetic theory.
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Q.24. Though velocity of air molecules is about 0.5 kms–1, the smell of scent spreads at a much slower
rate. Why?
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Q.25. Two different gases have exactly the same temperature. Does this mean that their molecules have
the same r.m.s. speed?
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UNIT- IX : KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
Multiple Choice Questions : (Q.1 to Q.11)

Q.1. A real gas obeys Boyle’s law at
(a) high temperature and high pressure (b) high temperature and low pressure
(c) low temperature and low pressure (d) low temperature and high pressure.
Q.2. Degree of freedom of a monoatomic gas molecule is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
Cp
Q.3. If a gas has f degrees of freedom, the ratio of gas is
Cv
f 1 f 1 2
(a) 1 (b) (c) f (d) 1
2 2 2 f
Q.4. The equation of state corresponding to 8 kg of O2 is
RT RT
(a) PV  RT (b) PV  8RT (c) PV  (d) PV 
2 4
Q.5. The root mean square velocity of a perfect gas is
3RT M
(a) (b) 3RTM (c) RTM (d) 
M RT
Q.6. Degree of freedom of a monoatomic gas molecule is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
Q.7. Kinetic energy of an ideal gas is
1
(a) T (b) (c) To (d) T2
T
Q.8. The ratio of specific heats Cp/Cv for a rigid diatomic gas is
5 9 7 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 7 9 5
Cp
Q.9. If a gas has f degree of freedom, the ratio of of gas is
CV
f 1 f 1 2
(a) 1 (b) (c) f (d) 1
2 2 2 f
Q.10. A polyatomic gas with n degrees of freedom has a mean energy per molecule given by
nkT nkT nkT 3kT
(a) (b) (c) (d)
N 2N 2 2
Q.11. The equation of state corresponding to 8 kg of O2 is
RT RT
(a) PV = RT (b) PV = 8 RT (c) PV  (d) PV 
2 4
Q.1. Define degree of feedom of a system.
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Q.2. Name the factors on which the degrees of freedom of a gas depend.
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Q.3. State law of equipartition of energy.

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Q.4. State the postulates of kinetic theory of gases. Derive an expression for the pressure exerted by an
ideal gas.
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Q.5. `Define mean free path. Derive an expression for it.

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UNIT- X : OSCILLATION & WAVES
Multiple Choice Questions: ( Q.1 to Q.11)

Q.1. In equation m(d 2 y / dt 2 )  ky  0, the timer period of oscillations is given by
1 m 1 k m
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 2 k / m
2 k 2 m k
Q.2. The relation between velocity amplitude v, the displacement amplitude A and the angular
frequency of  S.H.M. is

(a) A   (b)   A (c) A  (d)    A 2

Q.3. A particle at the end of a spring exercutes S.H.M. with a period T1, while the corresponding time
for another spring is T2. If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is T, then
(a) T  T1  T2 (b) T 1  T11  T21 (c) T 2  T12  T22 (d) T 2  T12  T22
L
Q.4. Time period of pendulum of the earth is measured as T  2 . If the same pendulum is taken to
g
the surface of moon, then its time period will be
(a) =T (b) < T (c) > T (d) zero
Q.5. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a stationary lift. Its time period is measured
as T. If the lift accelerates upward, its time period will be
(a) =T (b) < T (c) > T (d) T 2  T12  T22
Q.6. Two vibrating tuning forkes produce progressive waves given by y1 = 4 sin 500  t and y2 = 2 sin
506  t Number of beats produced per minute is
(a) 3 (b) 60 (c) 180 (d) 360.
Q.7. Equation of a standing wave is given by y =2 sing (0.052  x) cos (200  t). the distance btween
consecutive node and antinode is
(a) 100 (b) 75 (c) 50 (d) 25
Q.8. Standing waves are produced in 10cm long stretched string. If the string vibrates in 5 segments
and wave velocity is 20 ms–1, the frequency is
(a) 2 Hz (b) 4 Hz (c) 5 Hz (d) 10 Hz
P
Q.9. Speed of sound in air is given by   , where P is pressure and  is density of the air. Speed

of sound
(a) increases with increase in pressure (b) increases with decrease in pressure
(c) decreases with increase in pressure (d) remains the same with increase or decrease
in pressure
Q.10. The temperature at which speed of sound in air becomes double of its value at 27oC is
(a) 54oC (b) 327oC (c) 927oC (d) 1000oC
Q.11. The distancve btween two consecutive antinodes is
(a) 2 (b) /4 (c) /2 (d) .

Q.1. A vibrating simple pendulum of period T is placed in a lift which is accelerating upwards. What
will be the effect on the time period ?
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Q.2. What determines the natural frequency of a body ?

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Q.3. Solids can support both longitudinal and transverse waves, but only longitudinal waves can
propagate in gases. Why ?
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Q.4. What are fundamental note and overtones ?

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Q.5. A simple harmonic wave has the equation  = 0.1 sin (314 t – 1.57 x + 1.57 )
Where t, x and  are in second, metre and centimeters respectively. Find the frequency and
wavelength of this wave. Another wave has the equation  = 0.1 sin (314 t – 1.57 x – 1.57 )
Deduce the phase difference and ratio of intensities for the above two waves.
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Q.6. Two wires of the same material are stretched with the same force. Their diameters are 1.2 mm and
1.6 mm, while their lengths are 90 cm and 60 respectively. If the frequency of vibrations of first is
256 Hz, find that of the other.
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Q.7. When two tuning forks are sounded together, 20 beats were produced in 10 sec. On loading one of
the forks with wax, the number of beats/sec increases. If the frequency of unloaded fork is 512
herts, calculate the frequency of the other.
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Q.8. A car passing a check post gives sound of frequency 1000 c.p.s. If they velocity of the car is 72
km/h and of sound is 350 m/s, find the change in apparent frequency as it crosses the post.
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Q.9. Speed of sound in air is 332 m/s at N.T.P. What will be the speed of sound in hydrogen at N.T.P. if
density of hydrogen at N.T.P. is (1/16) that of air ?
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Q.10. The average power transmitted through a given point on a string supporting a since wave is 0.20
w, when the amplitude of the wave is 2 mm. What power will be transmitted through this point if
the amplitude is increased to 3 mm ?
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Q.11. A body executing SHM makes 100 vibrations per minute. If its speed at mean position is 15 ms –1,
calculate its path length. What is its velocity when it is half way between its mean position and
extreme position.
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Q.12. A particle executes S.H.M. with an amplitude 4 cm. Locate the position of point where its speed is
half its maximum speed. At what displacement is potential energy equal to kinetic energy ?
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Q.13. A second's pendulum is taken from a place where g = 9.8 ms–2 to a place where g = 9.7 ms–2. How
would its length be changed in order that its time period remains unaffected ?
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Q.14. A particle of mass 10 g is placed in a potential field given by U = (50 x 2 +100) erg/gm. Calculate
the frequency of oscillation.
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Model Paper (H.Y. Exam)
PHYSICS (042)
Duration: 3 hrs. M.M. : 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
3. Section A contains twenty questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two marks each,
Section C contains seven questions of three marks each and Section D contains three questions of five marks
each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in two questions of one mark each,
two questions of two marks, one question of three marks and three questions of five marks weightage. You
have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary :
–11 2 –2 – 34 –19
G = 6.67 x 10 Nm Kg h = 6.6 x 10 J-S e = 1.6 x 10 C
Mass of neutron m0  1.6 x 10 Kg
24 6 -27
Me = 6 x 10 Kg. Re = 6.4 x 10 m
-23 -1 23
Boltzmann’s constant k = 1.38 x 10 J K Avogadro’s number NA = 6.023 x 10 per mole
Section ‘A’
Direction : (Q.1-Q.10) select the most appropriate option from those given below each question.
Q.1. When you move from the equator to the pole, the value of mass of body [1]
a) increases b) decreases
c) remain same d) firstly increases then decreases
Q.2. The moment of inertia of a solid sphere of mass 5 kg and radius 1 m about its diameter [1]
1
a) Kg m2 b) 2 Kg m2 c) 8  Kg  m2 d) 5  Kg  m 2
2
Q.3. Area under force displacement graph is equal to [1]
a) impulse b) momentum c) work done d) power
Q.4. If reaction is R, and coefficient of friction is , the work done against friction in moving a body by
distance d is [1]
Rd Rd
a) b) 2Rd c) Rd d)
4 2
Q.5. A boy can throw a stone upto a maximum height of 10m. The maximum horizontal distance that
he can throw the stone upto, is [1]
a) 20 2 m b) 10 m c) 10 2 m d) 20 m
Q.6. Out of the following pairs, which does not have identical dimensions? [1]
a) work and torque b) moment of inertia and moment of force
c) impulse and momentum d) angular momentum and Plank’s constant.
Q.7. Time period of earth satellite in circular orbit is independent of [1]
a) mass of satellite b) radius of orbit
c) both mass and radius of orbit d) mass of earth
Q.8. Kepler’s law of areas (second law) is the law of conservation of [1]
a) Linear momentum b) Energy
c) Angular momentum d) Mass
 
Q.9. The torque of force F  3i  j  5k acting at a point r  7iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ is
ˆ ˆ ˆ [1]
a) 14iˆ  38 ˆj  16kˆ b) 4iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ c)  21iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ d)  14iˆ  38 ˆj  16kˆ
Q.10. A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v making angle 30o with the horizontal. The
magnitude of angular momentum of the projectile about the point of projection when the particle is
at its maximum height h is [1]
mv3 3 mv3 3 mv3
a) b) c) d) zero
2g 16 g 2g
Q.11. State if each of the following statements is true or false: [1]
a) Work done in the motion of a body over a closed loop is zero for every force in nature.
b) Water will at the foot of the fall be at a different temperature from that at the top.
Q.12. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer. [1]
List I List II
i) Parallactic second a) Time
ii) Chandra Shekher limit b) Distance
c) Mass
Directions: (Q.13 – Q.15) Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer.
Q.13. Three different objects of masses m1, m2, and m3 are allowed to fall from rest and from the same
point O along three frictionless paths. The speeds of objects on reaching the ground will be in ratio
________. [1]
OR
The process in which momentum changes but kinetic energy does not change is ________ motion.
Q.14. The velocity time curve of a body projected vertically upwards is ___________. [1]
Q.15. A screw gauge gives the following reading when used to measure the diameter of a wire [1]
Main scale reading : 0 mm
Circular scale reading : 52 divisions
Given that 1mm on main scale corresponds to 100 divisions on the circular scale, the diameter of
the wire from the above data is ___________.
Directions: (Q.16 – Q.20) Answer the following:
Q.16. Can we use the equations of kinematics to find the height attained by a body projected upwards
with any velocity? [1]
Q.17. Why does a cyclist bend inwards while riding along a curved road? [1]
Q.18. Plot a graph showing variation of kinetic energy of a body with velocity. [1]
Q.19. How is an electron-volt related to one joule? [1]
Q.20. If both the speed and radius of the circular path of a body are doubled, how will the centripetal
acceleration change? [1]
OR
Two projectiles A and B are projected with velocities 2 v and v respectively. They have the
same range. If A is thrown at angle of 15o with the horizontal, then what is the angle of projection
of B?
Section ‘B’
Q.21. The frequency ‘v’ of vibration of a stretched string depends upon [2]
i) the length ‘l’
ii) its mass per unit length ‘m’ and
iii) the tension T in the string.
Obtain dimensionally an expression for frequency v.
Q.22. The speed-time graph of a particle moving along a
fixed direction is shown in the figure. Find [2]
i) Distance travelled by the particle between 0 to
10 sec.
ii) Average speed between 0 to 10 sec.
Q.23. Two equal forces have their resultant equal to either. What is the inclination between them? [2]
Q.24. Define angle of repose. Derive its relation with the coefficient of limiting friction. [2]
Q.25. Calculate the velocity of the bob of a simple pendulum at its mean position if it is able to rise to a
vertical height of 10 cm. Take g=9.8 ms–2. [2]
Q.26. Prove that angular momentum of a particle is equal to twice the product of its mass and areal
velocity. [2]
OR
Show that the centre of mass of two particles divides the line joining the particles in the inverse
ratio of their masses.

Q.27. The radii of two planets are R and 2R respectively and their densities are  and respectively.
2
What is the ratio of acceleration due to gravity at their surfaces? [2]
OR
Total energy of a satellite is 3.13109J. Find its potential and kinetic energy.
Section ‘C’
a 2b3 / 2
Q.28. A physical quantity p is given by p  4 1/ 2 . The percentage errors in a, b, c and d are
c d
respectively 1%, 2%, 4% and 2%. Calculate percentage error in p. [3]
Q.29. Using integration technique, prove that- [3]
ii) Snth  u  2n  1
a
i) v 2  u 2  2as
2
Q.30. A projectile has a range of 50 m and reaches a maximum height of 10 m. Calculate the angle at
which the projectile is fired. [3]
Q.31. Three identical blocks, each having a mass m are pushed by a force F on a frictionless table as
shown in figure. Find [3]
i) Acceleration of each block
ii) What force does A apply on B?
iii) What force does B apply on C?
Q.32. State Work–Energy theorem. A bullet weighing 10g is fired with a velocity of 800 ms–1. After
passing through a mud wall 1m thick, its velocity decreases to 100ms–1. Find the average
resistance offered by the mud wall. [3]
OR
Find the expressions for the minimum velocity at the lowest and the highest points in vertical
circular motion of a point mass attached with a light string.
Q.33. State the theorem of parallel and perpendicular axes in rotational motion. Find moment of inertia
of a uniform circular disc about a tangent perpendicular to its plane. [3]
Q.34. How will the value of g at equator be affected if [3]
i) the rotation of the earth stops?
ii) the rotational speed of the earth is doubled?
g
iii) the rotational speed of the earth is where R is radius of the earth?
R
Section ‘D’
Q.35. a) Derive an expression for velocity of a car on a banked circular road having coefficient
of friction  . Hence write the expression for optimum velocity. [5]
b) A car of mass 2000 kg is moving with a speed of 15 ms–1 on a circular path of radius 20m on
a level road. What will be frictional force between the car and the road so that car may not
slip?
OR
a) State Newton’s second law of motion. Hence define 1 N.
b) A block of mass m is held against a rough vertical wall by pressing it with a finger. If the
coefficient of friction between the block and the wall is  and acceleration due to gravity is
‘g’, calculate the minimum force required to be applied by finger to hold the block against
the wall.
Q.36. Prove that in an elastic one-dimensional collision between two bodies, the relative velocity of
approach before collision is equal to the relative velocity of separation after the collision. Hence
derive expressions for the velocities of the two bodies in terms of their initial velocities before
collision. [5]
OR
a) What are the conditions for inelastic collision?
b) When is a collision said to be perfectly by inelastic?
c) Show that kinetic energy is invariably lost in such collision.
Q.37. What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for the escape velocity on the earth. Why is it that
there is no atmosphere on the moon? [5]
OR
i) What are geostationary satellites?
ii) State the necessary conditions for a satellite to be geostationary satellite.
iii) Discuss the uses of geostationary satellites.
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Model Paper (Annual Exam)
PHYSICS (042)
Duration: 3 hrs. M.M. : 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 37 questions in all.
2. This question paper has four sections : Section- A, Section-B, Section- C and Section-D
3. Section –A contains 20 questions of one mark each. Section – B contains 7 questions of 2 marks each,
Section– C Contains 7 questions of 3 marks each and Section – D contains 3 questions of 5 marks each.
4. There is no overall choice, however internal choices have been provided in two questions of 1 mark, two
questions of 2 marks, 1 question of 3 marks and 3 questions of 5 marks weightage. You have to attempt only
one of the choices in such questions.
5. Use of calculators is not permitted. However, you may use log tables, if necessary.
6. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary :
–11 2 –2 – 34 –19
G = 6.67 x 10 Nm Kg h = 6.6 x 10 J-S e = 1.6 x 10 C
24
Me = 6 x 10 Kg.
Mass of neutron m0  1.6 x 10 Kg
6 -27
Re = 6.4 x 10 m
-23 -1 23
Boltzmann’s constant k = 1.38 x 10 J K Avogadro’s number NA= 6.023 x 10 per mole
Section – A
(Q. 1–10) Select the most appropriate option from those given below each question.
Q.1. The breaking stress for a given wire is called its [1]
a) Young’s modulus b) Yield point c) Elastic fatigue d) Tensile strength
Q.2. The ratio of the volumes of two drops of the same liquid is 1:8. The excess pressure inside the
drops will be in the ratio of [1]
a) 1:1 b) 2:1 c) 1:2 d) 8:1
Q.3. A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all of the same metal and same mass are heated to
same high temperature. Then the [1]
a) plate will cool fastest and cube the slowest
b) sphere will cool fastest and cube the slowest
c) plate will cool fastest and sphere the slowest
d) cube will cool fastest and plate the slowest
Q.4. In the given (V-T) diagram, what is the relation between pressures P1 and P2? [1]
V
P2
a) P2 = P1 b) P2> P1
P1
c) P2< P1 d) Can’t be predicted
T
Q.5. The length of a simple pendulum executing SHM is increased by 21%. The percentage
increase in the time period of the pendulum of increased length is: [1]
a) 50% b) 21% c) 30% d) 10%
Q.6. The magnitude of component of vector (2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ) along ( 3iˆ  4kˆ) is:
1 14
a) b) c) 3 d) 2
2 5
Q.7. A body(fig.) of mass M starts sliding down the inclined plane where vertical angle is
∠ACB=30º as shown. The coefficient of kinetic friction will be:
a) Mg / 3 b) 3Mg
c) 3 d) None of these
Q.8. Three forces acting on a body are shown in the figure. To have the resultant force only along
y-direction, the magnitude of the minimum additional force needed along OX is [1]
a) 0.5 N b) 1.5 N
c) 3 4 N d) 3
Q.9. A car of mass m starts from rest and accelerates so that the instantaneous power delivered
to the car has a constant magnitude P0. The instantaneous velocity of this car is proportional
to [1]
a) t2P0 b) t1/2 c) t-1/2 d) t/ M
Q.10. A vertical spring with force constant k is fixed on a table. A ball of mass m at a height h above
the free upper end of the spring falls vertically on the spring so that the spring is compressed
by a distance d. Work done in the process is [1]
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
a) mg (h  d )  kd b) mg (h  d )  kd c) mg (h  d )  kd d) mg (h  d )  kd
2 2 2 2
(Q. 11 – 12) Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer-
Q.11. The ability of a solid substance to allow the transfer of heat through it, is called ___________
of the solid. [1]
Q.12. Dark coloured clothes ___________ more heat from the sun and keep us warm in winter. [1]
OR
Thermal radiation belong to ___________ region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(Q. 13 – 15) State whether the given statement is true or false:
Q.13. The pressure exerted by water in the dam increases with the depth of the water in the dam. [1]
Q.14. Boiling point of a liquid decreases with increases in pressure and vice versa. [1]
Q.15. The degree of freedom of CO2 is 7. [1]
Q.16. What is the ratio of the average kinetic energy of oxygen and hydrogen molecules at the same
temperature? [1]
Q.17. A girl is swinging in the sitting position. How will the period of the swing change if she stands
up? [1]
Q.18. What should be the period of vibration of simple pendulum inside a space craft? [1]
Q.19. Why is the velocity of sound generally greater in solids than in gases? [1]
 
Q.20. For what value of the angle  between two vectors A and B , will their dot product be zero? [1]
OR
Under what condition will the resultant of three unequal forces be zero?
Section – B
Q.21. The graph shows extension (l) of a wire of
length 1 m suspended from the top of a roof at
one end with a load W connected to the other
end. If the cross sectional area of the wire is
10–6 m2, calculate the Young’s modulus of the
material of the wire. [2]
Q.22. A bottle filled with a liquid is closed tightly by a cork. A slight blow on the cork may break
the bottle. Explain why? [2]
Q.23. A small ball is allowed to fall from rest vertically down through a viscous liquid. Plot a graph
showing the variation of its velocity (v) with time (t). Justify shape of the graph. [2]
o o
Q.24. When 0.15 kg of ice at 0 C is mixed with 0.30 kg of water at 50 C in a container made of
insulating material, the resulting temperature is 6.7oC. Find latent heat of fusion of ice. [2]
–1
Given : Specific heat of water = 4186 J Kg K.
Q.25. A spring of force constant 1200 Nm–1 is
mounted horizontally on a horizontal table. A
mass of 3.0 kg is attached to the free end of the
spring, pulled side ways to a distance of 2 cm
and released. [2]
a) What is the frequency of oscillation of the mass?
b) What is the maximum acceleration?
c) What is the maximum speed of the mass?
Q.26. A wire stretched between two rigid supports vibrate in its fundamental mode with a frequency
of 45 Hz. The mass of the wire is 3.5×10-2 kg and its linear density is 4.0×10-2kg m-1. What is
(a) the speed of a transverse wave on the string and (b) the tension in the string? [2]
OR
A pipe 20 cm long is closed at one end. Which harmonic mode of the pipe is resonantly
excited by a 430 Hz source? Will the same source be in resonance with the pipe if both ends
are open? Speed of sound in air is 340 ms-1.
 
Q.27. Prove that the resultant of two vectors A and B inclined at an angle  is
    
| R | | A |2  | B |2 2 | A || B | cos  . [2]
OR
Obtain an expression for area of a triangle in terms of cross product of two vector representing
two sides of a triangle.
Section-C
Q.28. State the following laws: (i) Stefan’s law, (ii) Newton’s law of cooling and (iii) Wien’s
displacement law. [3]
Q.29. A Carnot engine works between the source temperature (T1K) and sink temperature (T2K).
Plot a graph to show variation of the efficiency () of the engine as a function of [3]
i) T1 when T2 is kept constant and
ii) T2 when T1 is kept constant.
Q.30. State the assumptions of kinetic theory of gases. Hence, derive an expression for the pressure
due to an ideal gas. [3]
Q.31. A cylindrical piece of cork of base area A and height h floats in a liquid of density 1. The
cork is slightly depressed and released. Show that the cork oscillates up and down in SHM
h
with time period T  2 where  is the density of cork. [3]
1g
P C
Q.32. Using the formula v where P is the pressure,   p and  is the density of the gas,
 Cv
show that speed of sound v (i) is independent of pressure, (ii) increase with temperature and (iii)
increases with humidity. [3]
OR
Write Newton's formula for the speed of sound in air. Why was this formula found to be
inadequate? What correction was introduced by Laplace in this formula?
Q.33. (a) Derive an expression for the velocity of recoil of a gun. [3]
(b) Obtain an expression for the centripetal force required to make a body of mass m moving
with a velocity v around a circular path of radius r.
Q.34. Define elastic collision. Discuss it for two bodies in one dimensional elastic collision.Deduce
expression for the velocities of the bodies after collision. [3]
Section- D
Q.35. State and prove Bernoulli’s principle. [5]
Explain how is this principle used in the design of the body of an aeroplane.
OR
a) An oil spreads over the surface of water but water does not spread over the surface of
that oil. Explain why?
b) It is easier to swim in sea than in the pool. Explain why?
c) A soap solution is better cleansing agent than ordinary water. Why?
d) How does ploughing of fields help in preserving moisture in the soil? Explain.
e) Why are two holes made to empty an oil canister?
Q.36. i) State zeroth law of thermodynamics. How does it lead to the concept of temperature?
Explain. [5]
ii) Obtain an expression for the work done by gas during isothermal expansion.
OR
i) What is the second law of thermodynamics? Write Kelvin planck statement of the second
law of thermodynamics.
ii) Give schematic diagram of a heat engine and hence obtain expression for its efficiency.
Under what condition will the efficiency of a heat engine be unity.
Q.37. (a) Show graphically how beats are formed? In what way, occurrence of beats helps a piano
tuner to adjust his instrument? [5]
(b) Prove analytically that the number of beats produced per second is equal to the difference
between the frequencies of the two superposing waves.
OR
(a) What is the Doppler effect in sound? Derive an expression for the apparent frequency (i)
when a source moves towards a stationary observer (ii) when the observer moves
towards the stationary source.
(b) A train standing at the outer signal of a railway station blows a whistle of frequency 420
Hz in still air.
i) Wind starts blowing in the direction towards the station with a speed of 20 m/s.
What are the frequency, wavelength and speed of the sound for an observer standing
on the station platform?
ii) Would the situation be equivalent to the case when the air is still and the observer
had run towards the outer signal at the speed of 20ms-1? [Take the speed of sound in
still air = 330 ms-1].
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PHYSICS

Sl.No. Date Contents Pg. No.

1. Physical World & Measurement 02

4. Work, Energy And Power 23

5. Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body 26

7. Mechanics of Solids And Fluids 36

8. Heat And Thermodynamics 43

9. Kinetic Theory of Gases 50

10. Oscillation & Waves 52

11. Model Paper (H.Y. Exam) 56

12. Model Paper (Annual Exam) 60

Multiple Choice Questions : (Q.1 to Q.12)

(a) 7% (b) 8% (c) 3% (d) 10%

Q.2. Define S.I. unit of solid angle.

Q.6. Give two methods for measuring time intervals.

Q.7. Find the dimensions of latent heat and specific heat.

Q.10. a) State which of the following are dimensionally correct.

Multiple Choice Questions : (Q. 1 to Q.11)

Q.3. A particle is subjected to an acceleration a =  t +  t2 where  and  are constants. The

Q.14. A velocity of 10 m s-1 has Y component equal 5 2 ms-2. Calculate x component.

Multiple Choice Questions: ( Q.1 to Q. 6)

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Q.4. Derive the recoil velocity of a gun.

Q.5. Prove that, friction is non conservative and gravitation is conservative.

Q.14. If the string is light and pulley smooth 5 Kg

Find the tension in string. Smooth

Find the tension in string.

all the surfaces are smooth and

Q.17. If the block is stationary find the

frictional force acting on the block s= 0.5

Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1. to Q.5)

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q. 5)

s–1. What is the work done on the body?

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Q.11. Find coordinate of COM of shaded portion.

Q.12. Find coordinate of COM of given system.

Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q.5)

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Q.3. Give the dimensional formulae of 'g' & 'G'.

Q.5. What is the gravitational potential at infinity ?

Q.15. Can a pendulum oscillate in an artificial satellite.

Multiple Choice Questions : (Q 1 to 10)

Q.6. The Reynold’s number for fluid flow in a pipe depends on

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Q.4. What is the value of Bulk modulus for an incompressible liquid?

Q.5. What is the value of modulus of rigidity for a liquid?

Q.6. How does young's modulus change with rise in temperature?

Q.9. Is Pressure a scalar or a vector quantity?

Q.11. Why is the dam of water reservoir thick at its depth?

Q.13. In soldering, addition of flux makes soldering easy. Why?

Multiple Choice Questions: (Q.1 to Q.9)

Q.8. Work done in adiabatic process is

Write the Answer of the following questions:

Multiple Choice Questions : (Q.1 to Q.11)

Q.3. State law of equipartition of energy.

Q.5. `Define mean free path. Derive an expression for it.

Multiple Choice Questions: ( Q.1 to Q.11)

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Q.2. What determines the natural frequency of a body ?

Q.4. What are fundamental note and overtones ?

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