Mahaveer Pratisthan’s

MAHAVEER SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

ANNUAL EXAMINATION – 2022 – 23

Subject: Physics Class: XIth

Date: Stream: Science
Time : 3 Hrs. Total Marks: 70

General Instructions:
1. There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
All the sections are compulsory.
3. Section A contains eighteen MCQ of one mark each.
Section B contains seven questions of two marks each.
Section C contains five questions of three marks each.
Section D contains three long questions of five marks each.
Section E contains two case study based questions of four marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D and E.
You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. For each MCQ, correct answer must be written along with its alphabet. e.g.(a)…/ (b)…/ (c)…/
(d)…No Marks shall be given, if ONLY the correct answer or the alphabet of the correct answer is
written.
Only the first attempt will be considered for evaluation.
6. Use of log tables is permitted, if necessary, but use of calculator is not permitted.
7. Physical Constants:
(i) h = 6.63 x 10-34 Js (iv) e = 1.6 × 10 –19C
(ii) c = 3 x 108 m/s (v) ∈0 = 8.85 x 10-12 c2/Nm2
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(iii) = 9 × 109 N m2 C–2 (vi) 𝜇0 = 4𝜋 x 10-7 Wb/A-m
4𝜋𝜖0

Mass of electron (me) = 9.1 × 10 –31 kg

Mass of neutron = 1.675 × 10 –27 kg
Mass of proton = 1.673 × 10 –27 kg
Avogadro’s number = 6.023 × 10 23 per gram mole
Boltzmann Constant = 1.38 × 10 –23 kg

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 SECTION – A

1. The unit of Planck’s constant h is the same as that of:

(a) Linear momentum (b) Angular momentum
(c) Work (d) Energy

2. What energy does a stretched bow possess?

(a) Potential energy (b) Kinetic energy
(c) Gravitational energy (d) Elastic potential energy

3. A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity v making an angle of 45° with the horizontal.
The magnitude of the angular momentum of the projectile about the point of projection when the
particle is at its maximum height h is
(a) Zero (b) 𝑚√2𝑔ℎ3
𝑚𝑣 3 𝑚𝑣 3
(c) (d)
√2 𝑔 4√2 𝑔

4. Two wires of equal lengths are made of the same material. Wire A has a diameter that is twice as
that of wire B. If identical weights are suspended from the ends of these wires, the increase in
length is:
(a) one-fourth for wire A as for wire B (b) four times for wire A as for wire B
(c) twice for wire A as for wire B (d) half for wire A as for wire B

5. The radius and mass of earth are increased by 0.5%. Which of the following statements are true
at the surface of the earth?
(a) g will increase (b) g will decrease
(c) Potential energy will remain unchanged (d) Escape velocity will remain unchanged

6. For Boyle’s law to hold good, the gas should be

(a) perfect and of constant mass and temperature
(b) real and of constant mass and temperature
(c) real and at constant temperature but variable mass
(d) perfect and at a constant temperature but variable mass

7. Which of the following statements is correct for any thermodynamic system?

(a) The work done in an adiabatic process is always zero
(b) The change in entropy can never be zero
(c) The internal energy changes in all processes
(d) Internal energy and entropy are state functions

8. Radar waves are sent towards a moving aeroplane and the reflected waves are received. When
the aeroplane is moving towards the radar, the wavelength of the wave:
(a) increases (b) sometimes increases or decreases
(c) decreases (d) remains the same

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9. In the figure shown, a liquid is flowing through a tube at the rate of 0.1 m3/sec. The tube is
𝐴 2𝐴
branched into two semicircular tubes of cross-sectional area and . The velocity of liquid at
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Q is: (The cross-section of the main tube A = 10–2 m2 and vp = 20 m/sec)

(a) 30 m/sec (b) 35 m/sec (c) 5 m/sec (d) None of these

10. In order to find time, the astronaut orbiting in an Earth satellite should use
(a) a pendulum clock
(b) a watch having main spring to keep it going
(c) either a pendulum clock or a watch
(d) neither a pendulum clock nor a watch

11. A man standing on a turn – table is rotating at a certain angular frequency with his arms
outstretched. He suddenly folds his arms. If his moment of inertia with folded arms is 75% of
that with outstretched arms, his rotational kinetic energy will
(a) decrease by 33.3% (b) decrease by 25%
(c) increase by 33.3% (d) increase by 25%

𝐶𝑝
12. The ratio of the specific heats = 𝛾 in terms of degree of freedom (n) is given by
𝐶𝑣

𝑛 1 2 𝑛
(a) (1 + ) (b) (1 + ) (c) (1 + ) (d) (1 + )
3 𝑛 𝑛 2

13. A tuning fork of frequency 580 Hz is employed to produce transverse waves on a long rope.
The distance between the nearest crests is found to be 20 cm. The velocity of the wave is
(a) 58 ms–1 (b) 20 ms–1 (c) 580 ms–1 (d) 116 ms–1

14. An ideal heat engine exhausting heat at 77oC is to have a 30% efficiency. It must take heat at:
(a) 673oC (b) 227oC (c) 327oC (d) 127oC

15. A space ship moves from the earth to the moon and back. The greatest energy required for the
space ship is to overcome the difficulty in:
(a) entering the moon’s lunar surface
(b) take – off from lunar surface
(c) entering the earth’s gravitational field
(d) take – off from the earth’s field

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16. Assertion (A): The perpendicular vector of 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ is 𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂
Reason (R): Two vectors are perpendicular if their dot product is equal to zero.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

17. Assertion (A): If the volume of a body remains unchanged, when subjected to tensile strain, the
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value of Poisson’s ratio is −
2
Reason (R): Phosphor bronze has low Young’s modulus and higher rigidity modulus.

(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for
assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation
for assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

18. Assertion (A): Pressure can be subtracted from pressure gradient.

Reason (R): Only like quantities can be added or subtracted from each other.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

SECTION – B

19. In the case of Venus, the angle of maximum elongation is found to be approximately 47 o.
Determine the distance between Venus and the Sun rvs and the distance between Venus and the
Earth.

20. A girl riding a bicycle along a straight road at a speed of 5 m/s throws a stone of mass 0.5 kg
which has a speed of 15 m/s with respect to the ground along with her direction of motion. The
mass of the girl and bicycle is 50 kg. Does the speed of the bicycle change after the stone is
thrown? What is the change in speed, if so?

21. Draw graphs showing the variation of acceleration due to gravity with
i. height above the earth’s surface
ii. depth below the earth’s surface.

OR
Determine the speed with which the earth would have to rotate on its axis so that a Person on
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the equator would weight th as much as at present. Take the equatorial radius as 6400 km.
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22. Two rods of different materials but of equal cross-sections and lengths (1.0 m each) are joined
to make a rod of length 2.0 m. The metal of one rod has a coefficient of linear thermal
expansion 10 –5 C –1 and Young’s modulus 3 × 1010 Nm –2. The other metal has the values
2 × 10–5 C–1 and 1010 Nm–2 respectively. How much pressure must be applied to the ends of the
composite rod to prevent its expansion when the temperature is raised by 100oC?

23. Calculate the number of degrees of freedom of molecules of hydrogen in 1cc of hydrogen gas at
NTP.
OR

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One mole of ideal monoatomic gas (𝛾 = ) is mixed with one mole of diatomic gas (𝛾 = ).
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What is 𝛾 for the mixtures? Here 𝛾 denotes the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to that
at constant volume.

24. A jet airplane travelling at the speed of 500 km/h ejects its products of combustion at the speed
of 1500 km/h relative to the jet plane. What is the speed of the latter with respect to an observer
on ground?

25. Block A of weight 100 N rests on a frictionless inclined plane of slope angle 30° (Fig.). A
flexible cord attached to A passes over a frictionless pulley and is connected to block B of
weight W. Find the weight W for which the system is in equilibrium.

SECTION – C

26. Two rods A and B are of equal length. Each rod has its ends at temperatures T1 and T2. What is
the condition that will ensure equal rates of flow of heat through the rods A and B?

27. A batsman deflects a ball by an angle of 45° without changing its initial speed which is equal to
54 km/h. What is the impulse imparted to the ball? (Mass of the ball is 0.15 kg.)

28. The flow rate of water from a tap of diameter 1.25 cm is 0.48 L /min. The coefficient of
viscosity of water is 10–3 Pa s. After some time, the flow rate is increased to 3 L/min.
Characterise the flow for both the flow rates.

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What is the pressure inside the drop of mercury of radius 3.00 mm at room temperature?
Surface tension of mercury at that temperature (20°C) is 4.65 × 10–1 Nm–1. The atmospheric
pressure is 1.01 × 105 Pa. Also give the excess pressure inside the drop.

29. The pattern of standing waves formed on a stretched string at two instants of time is shown in
Figure. The velocity of two waves super-imposing to form stationary waves is 360 ms–1and
their frequencies are 256 Hz.

a. Calculate the time at which the second curve is plotted.

b. Mark nodes and antinodes on the curve.
c. Calculate the distance between A′ and C ′.

OR
A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operates at a frequency 40.0 kHz. An enemy submarine
moves towards the SONAR with a speed of 360 km/h. What is the frequency of sound reflected
by the submarine? Take the speed of sound in water to be 1450 m/s.

30. A 20 cm thick layer of ice has been formed on the surface of a freshwater lake during extreme
winter. The temperature of the air is –10oC. Find how long will it take for another 1mm layer of
water to freeze? Thermal conductivity of ice = 2.1 W m–1 K–1, latent heat of fusion of water =
3.36 ×× 105 J kg–1 and density of ice = 103 kg m–3.

SECTION – D

31. Fig. (a) shows a spring of force constant k clamped rigidly at one end and a mass m attached to
its free end. A force F applied at the free end stretches the spring. Fig. (b) shows the same
spring with both ends free and attached to a mass m at either end. Each end of the spring in Fig.
(b) is stretched by the same force F
i. What is the maximum extension of the spring in the two cases?
ii. If the mass in Fig. (a) and the two masses in Fig. (b) are released, then what is the period
of oscillation in each case?

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One end of a V-tube containing mercury is connected to a suction pump and the other end to
atmosphere. The two arms of the tube are inclined to horizontal at an angle of 45° each. A small
pressure difference is created between two columns when the suction pump is removed. Will
the column of mercury in V-tube execute simple harmonic motion? Neglect capillary and
viscous forces. Find the time period of oscillation.

32. A gun can fire shells with maximum speed 𝑣0 and the maximum horizontal range that can be
𝑣02
achieved is 𝑅 = . If a target farther away by distance ∆𝑥 (beyond R) has to be hit with the
𝑔
same gun as shown in the figure here, show that it could be achieved by raising the gun to a
∆𝑥
height at least ℎ = ∆𝑥 [1 + ] .
𝑅

OR

Establish the following vector inequalities:

⃗⃗⃗ | ≤ |𝑎
⃗⃗⃗ + 𝑏
i. |𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ |
⃗⃗⃗ | + |𝑏

⃗⃗⃗ − ⃗⃗⃗
ii. |𝑎 𝑏 | ≤ |𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ |
⃗⃗⃗ | + |𝑏
When does the equality sign apply

33. A car weighs 1800 kg. The distance between its front and back axles is 1.8 m. Its centre of
gravity is 1.05 m behind the front axle. Determine the force exerted by the level ground on each
front wheel and each back wheel.
OR

The two sides of a step ladder BA and CA are 1.6 m long and hinged at A. A rope DE, 0.5 m
is tied half way up. A weight 40 kg is suspended from a point F, 1.2 m from B along the
ladder BA. Assuming the floor to be frictionless and neglecting the weight of the ladder, find
the tension in the rope and forces exerted by the floor on the ladder. (Take g = 9.8 m/s 2)

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34. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

If the position of an object is continuously changing w.r.t. its surrounding, then it is said to be
in the state of motion. Thus, motion can be defined as a change in position of an object with
time. It is common to everything in the universe.
In the given figure, let P, Q and R represent the position of a car at different instants of time.

i. With reference to the given figure, what are the position coordinates of points P and R?
ii. Give any two differences between distance and displacement.
iii. From the given figure, find the displacement of a car in moving from O to P and then to
Q?

35. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

There are many types of spring. Important among these are helical and spiral springs as shown
in the figure.

Usually, we assume that the springs are massless. Therefore, work done is stored in the spring
in the form of the elastic potential energy of the spring. Thus, the potential energy of a spring is
the energy associated with the state of compression or expansion of an elastic spring.

i. When the potential energy of a spring may be considered as zero?

ii. The ratio of spring constants of two springs is 2:3. What is the ratio of their potential
energy, if they are stretched by the same force?
iii. The potential energy of a spring increases by 15 J when stretched by 3 cm. If it is stretched
by 4 cm, what will be the increase in potential energy?

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