SRI SAI SIDDHARTHA & J C N R M JUNIOR COLLEGES, TADIPATRI

I Year Physics important questions for IPE 2022-2023

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I.WORK ,ENERGY AND POWER

1. Develop the notations of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work-energy
therom. ***
2. What are collisions ?Explain possible types of collisions?Develop the theory of one dimensional
elastic collision. ***
3. State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of a freely falling body. ***
4. Show that in the case of one dimensional elastic collision, the relative velocity of approach of
two colliding bodies before collision is equal to the relative velocity of separation after
collision. ***
5. Show that two equal masses undergo oblique elastic collision will move at right angles after
collision, if the second body initially at rest. **
II OSCILLATIONS

1. Define simple harmonic motion.show that motion of (point)projection of a particle performing

uniform circular motion , on any diameter , is simple harmonic? ***
2. Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation
for its time period. What is seconds pendulum?what is the length of a simple pendulum,which
ticks seconds? ***
3. Derive the equation for the kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator
and show that the total energy of a particle in simple harmonic motion is constant at any point
on its path ? ***
4. Obtain an equation for the frequency of oscillation of spring of force constant k to which a
mass m is attached. **
III THERMODYNAMICS

1. Explain reversible and irreversible processes.Describe the working of a Carnot engine. Obtain
an expression for the efficiency. ***
2. State second law of thermodynamics. How is heat engine different from refrigerator. ***
3. Define to principal specific heats of a gas which is greater and why? **
4. Derive a relation between the two specific heat capacities of gas on the basis of first law of
thermodynamics. **
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I MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

1. A man walks on straight road from home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 km h -1.
Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5 km h -1
what is the a) magnitude of average velocity and b) average speed of the man over the time
interval 0 to 50 min.
2. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of 10 kmph, and the second third at 20
kmph and the last third 60 kmph what is its mean speed over the entire distance?
3. A bullet moving with a speed of 150 m/so strikes a tree and penetrates 3.5 cm before
stopping.what is the magnitude of its retardation in the tree and the time taken for it to stop
after striking the tree?
4. A car moving along a straight high way with speed of 126 km/h is brought to a stop with in a
distance of 200m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform) and how long does it
take for the car to stop?
 5. A motorist drives north for 30 min at 85 kmph and then stops for 15 minutes. He continues
travelling north and covers 130 km in 2 hours.what is the total displacement and average
velocity?
6. A ball is dropped from the top of a building and at the same time and identical ball B is
thrown vertically upward from the ground. When two balls collide the speed of A is twice that
of B .At what fraction of the height of the building did the collision occur?
7. Drops of water fall at regular intervals from the roof of a building of height 16 m.The first drop
strikes the ground at the same moment as the fifth drop leaves the roof.Find the distance
between successive drops.
8. A hunter aims a gun at a monkey hanging from a tree some distance away.the monkey drops
from the branch at the moment he fires the gun hoping to avoid the bullet .Explain why the
monkey made a wrong move.
9. A food packet is dropped from an aero plane ,moving with a speed of 360 kmph in a
horizontal direction ,from a height of 500 m.Find i) it’s time of descent ii) the horizontal
distance between the point at which the food packet reaches the ground and the point above
which it was dropped.
10. A ball is tossed from the window of a building with an initial velocity of 8 m/so at an angle of
20o below the horizontal. It strikes the ground 3 s later. From what height was the ball
thrown? How far from the base of the building does the ball strike the ground?
11. Two balls are projected from the same point in directions 30 o and 60o with respect to the
horizontal. What is the ratio of their velocities if they a) attain the same height? b) Have the
same range?
12. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a multistorey
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25.0 m from the ground.a)
How high the ball rise? And b) How long will it be before the ball hits the ground? Take g= 10
m/s2
13. A man runs across the roof of a tall building and jumps horizontally on to the (lower) roof of
an adjacent building. If his speed is 9 m/s and horizontal distance between the roofs is 9 m,
will help able to land on the next building?(g=9.8 m/s 2)
14. A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building and simultaneously another ball is thrown
horizontally with some velocity from the same roof. Which ball lands first ?Explain ?
15. A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building and simultaneously another ball is projected
upward with some velocity describe change in relative velocities of the balls as function of
time
16. A typical rain drop is about 4 mm in diameter if a raindrop falls from a cloud which is at 1 km
above the ground estimate it’s momentum when it hits the ground.
17. Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle of 45 o is one
quarter of its range.
18. A particle moves in a straight line with uniform acceleration.its velocity at time t= 0 is V1 and
at time t=t is V2 . The average velocity of the particle in this time interval is (V 1+V2 )/2.is this
correct? Substantiate your answer.
19. Can the velocity of an object be in a direction other than the direction of acceleration of the
object ? If so give an example.
20. A parachutist flying in an aero plane jumps when it is at a height of 3 km above ground. He
opens his parachute when he is about 1 km above ground. Describe his motion.
21. A ball is dropped from a height of 300 m,simultaneously another ball is projected vertically
upwards with the speed of 100 m/s.then when and where the two balls meet?
22. Derive S= ut + 1/2 at2 in graphical method.

II MOTION IN A PLANE

1. State parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of
the resultant vector. ***
2. Show that a boat must move at angle with respect to river water in order to cross the river in
minimum time. **
 3. Define unit vector, null vector and position vector. ***
4. If |a+b|=|a-b| prove the angle between a and b is 90o. ***
5. Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal is a
parabola. ***
6. Explain the terms the average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they equal? ***
7. Show that the maximum height and range of projectile are U2Sin2 @ and
2g
2
U Sin2@respectively. ***
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8. A force 2i+j-k newton acts on a body which is initially at rest. At the end of 20 s the velocity of
the body is 4i+2j-2k m/s .what is the mass of the body? ***
9. If ○ is the angle of projection ,R the range , ‘h’ is the maximum height , T is the time of flight
then show that a) tan○=4h/R and b) gT 2/8
10. A projectile is fired at an angle of 60o to the horizontal with an initial velocity of 800 m/s i)
find the time of flight of projectile ii)find the range iii) find the time of flight to reach the
maximum height( time of ascent)
11. O is a point on the ground chosen as origin. A body first suffers a displacement of 10√2 m
North-East. Next 10 m North and finally 10√2 m North-West.How far it is from the origin?

III LAWS OF MOTION

1. Why are shock absorbers used in motor cycles and cars? ***
2. Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain law of conservation of linear
momentum. Give examples. ***
3. Explain the terms limiting friction , dynamic friction and rolling friction. ***
4. Explain advantages and disadvantages of friction. ***
5. Mention the methods used to decrease the friction. ***
6. State the laws of rolling friction. ***
7. Why is pulling the lawn roller preferred to pushing it?. ***
8. Obtain an expression for the acceleration for the acceleration of a body down to inclined
plane.
9. state Newton's second law of motion hence derive the equation of motion F= ma from it.***
10. Define angle of friction and angle of repose. Show that angle of friction is equal to angle of
repose for a rough inclined plane.

IV SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

1. Distinguish between center of mass and center of gravity ? ***

2. Show that a system of particles moving under the influence of an external force , moves as if
the force is applied at its centre of mass.
3. Explain about the Centre of mass of earth-moon system and its rotation around the sun
4. Define vector product. Explain the properties of a vector product with two examples. ***
5. Define angular velocity(w). derive V = rw. ***
6. Define angular acceleration and torque Establish the relation between angular acceleration
and torque . ***
7. Derive expressions for the final velocity and total energy of a body rolling without slipping.
8. State and prove parallel axes theorem. ***
9. State and prove perpendicular axes theorem. ***
10. State and prove the principle of conservation of angular momentum.explain with two
examples. ***

V GRAVITATION

1. Derive the relation b/w acceleration due to gravity (g) at the surface of a planet and
gravitational constant(G). ***
 2. State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. ***
3. How does the acceleration due to gravity(g) change for the same values of height(h) and
depth(d)
4. What is orbital velocity? Obtain an expression for it? ***
5. What is escape velocity ? obtain an expression for it? ***
6. What is geostationary satellite ? state its uses? ***
7. An object projected with a velocity greater than or equal to 11.2 km/sec will not return to
earth. Explain the reason.
8. State Newton’s universal law of gravitation.

VI MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

1. Define Hooke’s law of elasticity,proportionality,permanent set and breaking stress. ***

2. Define modulus of elasticity ,stress and strain and poisson’s Ratio. ***
3. Define Young’s modulus,Bulk modulus and Shear modulus. ***
4. Define stress and explain types of stresses?. ***
5. Define strain and explain the types of strain? ***
6. Define strain energy and derive the equation for the same.(or) Explain the concept of elastic
potential energy in a stretched wire and hence obtain the expression for it. ***
7. Explain why Steel is preferred to copper, brass ,aluminum in heavy duty machines and in
structural designs
8. Describe the behavior of a wire under gradually increasing load? ***
9. Two identical solid balls. One of ivory and other of wet clay are dropped from the same
height on to the floor. Which one will rise today greater height after striking the floor and
why ?
10. Define Hooke’s law of elasticity and describe an experiment to determine the Young’s
modulus of wire?

VII THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

1. Explain Celsius and Fahrenheit scales of temperature. Obtain the relation between Celsius
and Fahrenheit scales. ***
2. two identical rectangular strips one of copper and the other of Steel are riveted together to
form a compound bar. what will happen on heating?
3. Pendulum clocks generally go fast in winter and slow in summer Why ? ***
4. In what way is the anomalous behaviour of water advantageous to aquatic animals ? ***
5. Explain conduction, convection and radiation with examples. ***
6. Explain triple point of water? ***

2MARKS

1. Physical world ------------------------- (1)

2. Units and measurements. --------------- (1)
3. Motion in a plane. ------------------------ (1)
4. Laws of motion. ---------------------------- (1)
5. Mechanical properties of fluids --------(2)
6. Thermal properties of matter -----------(2)
7. Kinetic theory ------------------------------(2)

Prepared by
VARALAKSHMI.RAMIREDDY GARI , JL IN PHYSICS
Sri Sai Siddhartha & JCNRM junior college, Tadipatri