AP & TS JR BPC DT:02-03-2023

Time: 3.00 Hrs PRE-FINAL-III Marks:60M

PHYSICS
Note: This Question paper consists of three sections A, B and C
SECTION A
I. Very Short Answer questions 10x2=20M
i) Answer All Questions
ii) Each Question carries TWO marks
1. What is physics?
2. How can systematic errors be minimized or eliminated?
3. A  i  j . What is the angle between vector and x-axis
4. A batsman hits back a ball straight in the direction of bowler without changing its initial velocity
12m/s . If the mass of the ball is 0.15kg, determine impulse imparted to the ball. (Assume linear
motion of ball)
5. What is angle of contact? What are its values for pure water and mercury?
6. What is the pressure on a swimmer 10m below the surface of a lake?
7. Can a substance contract on heating? Give an example.
8. Why is it easier to perform the skating on the snow?
9. Define mean free path?
10. State Boyle’ law and Charles law?
SECTION-B
II. Short Answer questions 6X4=24M
i) Answer any SIX Questions
ii) Each Question carries Four marks.
11. Explain the terms “Average Velocity” and “Instantaneous velocity”. When are they equal?
12. Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle of 450 is one quarter of its
range.?
13. Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of linear
momentum. Give examples.
14. Define angular velocity (  ). Derive V = r  .
15. Find the torque of a force 7i  3 ˆj  5kˆ about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose position
vector is i  ˆj  kˆ
16. State Kepler’s law of planetary motion.
17. Define stress and explain the types of stress.
18. Explain conduction, convection and radiation with examples?
SECTION-C
III. Long Answer questions 2X8=16M
i) Answer any TWO Questions
ii) Each Question carries Eight marks.
19. Develop the notions of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work -energy theorem.
A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute and each bullet travels with a velocity of 600m/s. If the
mass of the bullet is 5gm. Find the power of the machine gun.
20. a) Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation for its
time period. What is seconds pendulum?
b) The mass and radius of a planet are double that of the earth. If the time period of a simple pendulum
on the earth is T. Find the time period on the planet
21. a) State and explain 1st law of Thermodynamics?
b) Explain qualitatively the working of a heat engine.

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