GLOBAL SCHOOL OF LEARNING, RISIA, BAHRAICH

[SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL]

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION
Session: 2023-24
CLASS : XI S DURATION : 3 Hrs 15 Minutes
SUBJECT: PHYSICS THEORY (SET-3) MAX. MARKS: 70
General Instructions:
(1) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
(2) All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of 1 mark each,
Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks
each, Section D contains two case study based questions of four marks each and Section E contains three
long answer questions of five marks each.
(4) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section B,
one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E.
You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(5) Use of calculators is not allowed.
Section - A
(1×16=16 marks)
Objective type Questions
1.i) Which among the following is the fundamental unit?
a) Work b) Displacement c) Plane Angle d) Torque
ii) Which pair is correct?
a) Weight-Newton b) Energy-tonne c) Angle-hour d) None of these
iii) Consider a body moving with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. After 1 second its velocity is 10 m/s. Find t
a) 4 s b) 20 s c) 5 s d) 8 s
iv) 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
v) Which among the following is a vector quantity?
a) Energy b) Electrical current c) Area d) Momentum
vi) A×B =
a) ABcosθ b) ABsinθ^n c) ABsecθ d) 0
vii) What is the amount of work done if force of 100 N displaces a body till 3 m.
a) 100 J b) 200 J c) 300 J d) 500 J
viii) Which one of the following is not the type of energy
a) Gravity b) Electricity c) Kinetic d) Potential
ix) When an external force is not applied to the system, it's total momentum __________
a) becomes zero b) remains constant c) increases gradually d) decreases gradually
x) Uniform circular motion is given by the formula _________
a) v=ωr b) v = ω+ r c) v = ω- r d) v = ω/r
xi) The FPS unit of Power is
a) Joule/s b) Watt c) Erg/s d) Horse Power
xii) Which one of the following is not correct?
a) Angle is a dimensionless quantity. b) Force becomes zero if there is no displacement.
c) Centre of mass is a point where entire mass lies. d) Linear momentum does not depend on mass of the object.
Assertion- Reason based Questions:
Directions: Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of these questions also has
four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) given below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
xiii) Assertion : A rocket works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum.
Reason : 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.
xiv) Assertion : Out of three measurements L = 0.7 m; L = 0.70 m and L = 0.700 m, the last one is most accurate.
Reason : In every measurement, only the last significant digit is not accurately known.
xv) Assertion : The position-time graph of a uniform motion, in one dimension of a body cannot have negative slope.
Reason : In one – dimensional motion the position does not reverse, so it cannot have a negative slope.
xvi) Assertion: The centre of mass of a body may lie where there is no mass.
Reason: Central mass of body is a point, where the whole mass of the body is supposed to be concentrated.

Section - B
(2×5=10 marks)
Attempt any 5 out of 8 questions.
2.i) Write S.I units of following:
a) Moment of inertia b) Luminous Intensity c) Impulse d) Weight
ii) Define one light year.
iii) Graphically prove the first equation
iv) Under what condition |a+b|=|a|+|b| holds good?
v) Differentiate between static and kinetic friction.
vi) State Newton's laws of motion.
vii) Obtain formula of Impulse.
viii) What do you mean by Elastic potential energy and Obtain its formula.

Section - C
(3×7=21 marks)
Attempt any 7 out of 12 questions.
3. i) Fill ups.
(a) 1 H.P = __________ Watt (b) 1 parsec = __________ meter
ii) Calculate the time taken by the light to pass through a nucleus of diameter 1.56×10 -16 m. (speed of light is
3×108 m/s)
iii) Two blocks of masses m1, m2 are connected by light spring on a smooth horizontal surface. The two masses are
pulled apart and then released. Prove that the ratio of their acceleration is inversely proportional to their masses.
iv) Force of 16N and 12N are acting on a mass of 200kg in mutually perpendicular directions. Find the magnitude of
the acceleration produced?
v) Two billiard balls each of mass 0.05kg moving in opposite directions with speed 6m/s collide and rebound with the
same speed. What is the impulse imparted to each ball due to other.
vi) Differentiate between Cohesive and Adhesive forces
vii) State and Prove the projectile path is parabolic.
Section - D
(4x2= 8 marks)
Case Study Based Questions
4. A) Measurement of Physical Quantity
All engineering phenomena deal with definite and measured quantities and so depend on the making of the
measurement. We must be clear and precise in making these measurements. To make a measurement, magnitude of the
physical quantity (unknown) is compared.
The record of a measurement consists of three parts, i.e. the dimension of the quantity, the unit which represents a
standard quantity and a number which is the ratio of the measured quantity to the standard quantity.
(i) A device which is used for measurement of length to an accuracy of about 10-5m, is
(a) screw gauge (b) spherometer (c) Vernier callipers (d) Either (a) or (b)
(ii) Which of the technique is not used for measuring time intervals?
(a) Electrical oscillator (b) Atomic clock (c) Spring oscillator (d) Decay of elementary particles
(iii) The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which of the following measurements is most accurate?
(a) 4.9 cm (b) 4.805 cm (c) 5.25 cm (d) 5.4 cm
(iv) If the length of rectangle l = 10.5 cm, breadth b = 2.1 cm and minimum possible measurement by scale = 0.1
cm, then the area is
(a) 22.0 cm2 (b) 21.0 cm2 (c) 22.5 cm2 (d) 21.5 cm2

B) Conservation of Momentum
This principle is a consequence of Newton’s second and third laws of motion.
In an isolated system (i.e., a system having no external force), mutual forces (called internal forces) between pairs of
particles in the system causes momentum change in individual particles.
Let a bomb be at rest, then its momentum will be zero. If the bomb explodes into two equal parts, then the parts fly off
in exactly opposite directions with same speed, so that the total momentum is still zero. Here, no external force is
applied on the system of particles (bomb).
(i) A shell of mass 10 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 ms-1 when it blasts and forms two parts of mass 9 kg and
1 kg respectively. If the first mass is stationary, the velocity of the second is
(a) 1 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 100 m/s (d) 1000 m/s
(ii) A bullet of mass 10 g is fired from a gun of mass 1 kg with recoil velocity of gun 5 m/s. The muzzle velocity
will be
(a) 30 km/min (b) 60 km/min (c) 30 m/s (d) 500 m/s
(iii) A bullet of mass 0.1 kg is fired with a speed of 100 m/s. The mass of gun being 50 kg, then the velocity of
recoil becomes
(a) 0.05 m/s (b) 0.5 m/s (c) 0.1 m/s (d) 0.2 m/s
(iv) Two masses of M and 4M are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of their linear momenta is
(a) 1:8 (b) 1:4 (c) 1:2 (d) 4:1

Section - E
(5x3= 15 marks)
Attempt any 3 out of 5 questions
5.i) State and prove all equations of motion.

ii) The radius of Earth is 6.37×106 m and its average density is 5.517× 103 kgm-3. Calculate the mass of the Earth to
correct significant figures.

iii) State and Prove Work-Energy theorem.

iv) A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope (Fig. 5.20) which can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of
the following cases will the rope break: the monkey
(a) Climbs up with an acceleration of
(b) Climbs down with an acceleration of
(c) Climbs up with a uniform speed of
(d) Falls down the rope nearly freely under gravity?
(Ignore the mass of the rope).

v) A bolt of mass 0.3 kg falls from the ceiling of an elevator moving down with an uniform speed of 7 ms -1. It hits the
floor of the elevator (length of the elevator = 3 m) and does not rebound. What is the heat produced by the impact?
Would your Ans. Be different if the elevator were stationary?