INDEX

S.NO B.I.E SECTIONS CHAPTERS NO.OF

Q.NO QUESTIONS
1 1 VSAQ Physical World 5
2 2 VSAQ Units and measurements 8
3 3 VSAQ Motion in a plane 10
4 4 VSAQ Laws of motion 10
5 5 VSAQ Mechanical prop.of fluids 17
6 6 VSAQ
7 7 VSAQ Thermal prop.of matter 21
8 8 VSAQ
9 9 VSAQ Kinetic theory of gases 8
10 10 VSAQ
11 Excess VSAQ Motion in a st.line 2
System of particles 5
12 11 SAQ Motion in a straight line 10
13 12 SAQ Motion in a plane 7
14 13 SAQ Laws of motion 5
15 14 SAQ System of particles & 11
16 15 SAQ Rotational motion
17 16 SAQ Gravitation 4
18 17 SAQ Mechanical prop.of solids 4
19 18 SAQ Thermal prop.of matter 6
20 Excess SAQ Mechanical prop.of fluids 1
Kinetic theory of gases 2
21 19 LAQ Work Energy Power 3
22 20 LAQ Oscillations 2
23 21 LAQ Thermodynamics 3
 VSAQ-1
PHYSICAL WORLD
1. What is the discovery of C.V. Raman?
(Ap Mar 19, Ts Mar 18, Ts May 17, Ap May 19, Ap May 18 , Ap Mar 16, Ap May – 16, Ap May –
17, Mar – 2014, May-2014, Ap Mar-20, Ap May-22)
2. What is the contribution of S. Chandra Sekhar to Physics?
(Ts Mar 19, Mar 13, Ap May 15, Ap Mar 17, Ts Mar – 17, May-15, Ts Mar – 15, Ap May – 15, Ap
Sep-21, Ap Aug-22)
3. What are the fundamental forces in nature? (TS MAY 18)
4. What is Physics? - TS MAR – 16

5. What is beta decay? Which force is a function of it? MAY-2016

VSAQ-2
UNITS & MEASUREMENTS
1. Why do we have different units for the same physical quantity? MAY-15, MAY-2016
2. How can systematic errors be minimised or eliminated?
TS MAY 17, AP MAY 19, AP MAR 17, TS MAR – 17, AP MAY – 17, MAR – 2014, AP MAY-22
3. Distinguish between Accuracy and Precision.
MAR 13,AP MAY 15, TS MAY 18, AP MAR 16, AP MAY – 16, AP MAY – 15, TS MAR – 15, AP
SEP-21, AP AUG-22
4. Distinguish between fundamental units and derived units. - TS MAR – 16, MAY-2014
5. The error in measurement of radius of a sphere is 1%. What is the error in the measurement?
Of volume? AP MAR 19
6. What are the significant numbers? TS MAR 18
7. Express unified atomic mass unit in kg. TS MAR 19
8. The percentage error in the mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. What is the maximum error in
kinetic energy calculated using these quantities? AP MAY 18, AP MAR-20

VSAQ-3
MOTION IN A PLANE
1. . What is the angle between the vector and x-axis.
TS MAY 17, MAR 13, TS MAR – 17, MAR – 2014, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-22
2. When two right angled vectors of magnitude 7 units and 24 units combine, what is the magnitude of
their resultant?
MAY-2014,AP MAY 19, AP MAY 18, AP MAR 16, AP SEP-21, AP AUG-22
3. Two forces of magnitudes 3 units and 5 units act at with each other. What is the magnitude of their
Resultant?

AP MAR 17 , AP MAY – 16 , AP MAY – 15, AP MAY – 17,

4. The vertical component of a vector is equal to its horizontal component. What is the angle made by the
vector with x-axis?
AP MAR 19, TS MAY 18

5. If what is the angle between and ? TS MAR 18

6. What is the accelertion of a projectile at the top of its trajectory? TS MAR 19
7. Define Unit vector and Null vector. AP MAY 15
8. If P=2i+4j+14k and Q=4i+4j+10k find the magnitude of P+Q. TS MAR – 15,TS MAR – 16

9. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of . A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of in cast to

West direction. What is the direction in which she should hold her umbrella? MAY-15

10. Write the equation for the horizontal range concerned by a projectile and specify when it will be
maximum. MAY-2016

VSAQ-4
LAWS OF MOTION
1. What is inertia? What gives the measure of inertia?
AP MAR 19, TS MAY 17, TS MAR – 17, MAR – 2014,
2. According to Newtown’s third law, every force is accompanied by an equal and opposite force. How a
movement can even takes place? AP MAY 18, AP MAY 15, AP MAY – 17
3. If a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces. The pieces must travel in opposite directions. Explain.
TS MAR – 16, TS MAR – 15, MAY-15, TS MAY 18
4. A horse has to pull harder during the start of the motion than later. Explain.
AP MAY – 16,AP MAY 19 , MAR 13, AP MAY-22
5. What happens to the coefficient of friction, if the weight of the body is doubled?
TS MAR 19, AP MAR 16, MAY-2014, AP AUG-22, AP SEP-21
6. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun gives a kick in the backward direction. Explain.
AP MAY – 15
7. Can the coefficient of friction be greater than one? TS MAR 18
8. A batsman hits back a ball straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of
, If the mass of the ball is 0.15kg. determine the impulse imparted to the ball (Assume linear
motion of the bally. AP MAR 17
9. Calculate the time needed for a net force for a net force of 5N to change the velocity of a 10 kg mass by
2m/s. MAY-2016
10. Why does the car with flattened tyre stopes sooner than the one with the un-flattened tyres AP MAR-20
 VSAQ-5 & 6
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
1. Why is the shape of a liquid drop spherical? MAY-2016, AP MAY 19, AP MAR 17, AP MAY 18, TS
MAY 18, AP MAR 16, MAR – 2014, MAY-2014, AP MAY – 17, AP MAY – 16, AP SEP-21, AP
MAY-22, AP AUG-22
2. What is the principle behind the carburettor of an automobile?
AP MAR 19, TS MAR 18, TS MAY 17, AP MAY 15, TS MAR – 17, AP MAY – 15
3. What is Magnus effect? TS MAR 19, AP MAY 18, TS MAR – 16 , AP MAY – 15, AP MAY – 17
4. Define Viscosity. What are it’s units and dimensions? Ts May 18, Ap May – 16, May-15
5. What is angle of contact? AP MAR 16, MAY-2014

6. When water flows through a pipe, which of the layers moves fastest and slowest? MAY-15
7. Why water droplets wet the glass surface and does not wet lotus leaf ? TS MAR – 15
8. If the diameter of a soap bubbles 10mm and its surface tension is 0.04 N/m. Find the excess pressure inside

the bubble. MAR – 2014, TS MAR 18, AP MAY 15

9. Give the expression for the excess pressure in an air bubble inside the liquid. AP MAR 19, AP SEP-21
10 Mention any two applications of Bernoulli’s theorem. AP MAY 19 , TS MAR – 15
11. What is hydrostatic paradox? TS MAR 19
12. Give the expression for the excess pressure in a liquid drop. TS MAY 17
13. Define average pressure Mention it’s unit. AP MAR 17, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-22

14. Give the expression for the excess pressure in a soap bubble. - TS MAR – 16
15. Find the excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 5mm. (Surface tension is 0.04 N/m) TS.MAY-16
16. What are the water proofing agents and water wetting agents AP MAR-20
17. What is the pressure on swimmer 10 m below the surface of a lake AP AUG-22

VSAQ-7 & 8
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
1. Is there any substance available in nature that contracts on heating? If so give example. MAY-2016, TS
MAY 18, AP MAY 19, AP MAY – 17
2. State Newton’s law of cooling? State the conditions under which newton’s law of cooling’s applicable
TS MAR 18 , AP MAY 19, AP MAY 18, AP MAY 15, AP MAR 16, AP MAY – 17, MAY-15, AP
MAR-20
3. Why gaps are left between rails on a railway track?
AP MAY 15, AP MAR 16, AP MAR 17, AP MAR 19, AP MAY – 16, AP MAY-22
4. The roof of buildings are often painted white during summer. Why? TS MAY 17, TS MAR – 17, TS
MAR – 15, AP MAY – 16
5. What are the lower and upper fixing points in Celsius and Fahrenheit scales?
AP MAR 19 , TS MAR – 16, MAY-2014, AP AUG-22
6. If the maximum intensity of radiation for a black body is found at 1.45 m.What is the tempertaure of a
radiating body( Wiens constant = TS MAR 19
7. What is triple point of water? MAY-15

8. Distinguish between heat and temperature. TS MAR – 15

9. What are the units and dimensions of specific gas constant? MAR – 2014

10. What is greenhouse effect? Explain global warming? AP MAY – 15, MAY-2016, MAR 13, AP AUG-
22
11. Why utensils are coated black? Why the bottom of the utensils are made of copper?
AP MAY 18, TS MAR 18
12. Why do liquids have no linear and areal expansions? TS MAR 19
13. Why is it easier to perfume the skating on the snow ? TS MAY 17, TS MAR – 17
14. State different modes of transmission of heat. Which of these modes require medium? TS MAY 18
15. State Wien's displacement Law? AP MAR 17, AP SEP-21

16. What is thermal expansion? - TS MAR – 16

17. Ventilators are provided in rooms just below the roof. Why? MAR – 2014, AP MAR-20

18. Find the increase in temperature of aluminium rod if its length is to be increased by 1%.

[ for aluminium is ]. AP MAY – 15, AP MAY-22

19. What is latent heat of vapourisation? MAR 13
20. Define absorptive power of a body. What is the absorptive power of a perfect black body? MAY-2014
21. Can a substance contract on heating? Give an example AP SEP-21

VSAQ-9 & 10
KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
1. Define mean free path. AP MAR 19 , TS MAY 17, AP MAY 18, AP MAR 17, TS MAR – 17, TS
MAR – 15, AP MAY – 15, AP MAY 19 , TS MAY 18, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-22
2. When does a real gas behave like an ideal gas?
TS MAR 19, TS MAY 18, TS MAR – 16, MAY-15, MAY-2016, MAR – 2014, AP MAR 19, AP
SEP-21, AP MAY-22, AP AUG-22
3. State Dalton’s law of partial pressures. TS MAR 18, AP MAR 16, TS MAY 17, TS MAR – 17,
MAR – 2014,
4. State Boyle’s Law and Charles Law. AP MAY 19, AP MAY 15, MAY-2016,TS MA –15, AP MAR-21
5. What is the expression between pressure and kinetic energy of a gas molecule?

AP MAR 16, AP MAR 17, AP MAY – 15, AP SEP-21

6. What is the law of equipartition of energy? TS MAR 18, TS MAR – 16,
7. The absolute temperature of a gas is increased 3 times. What will be the increase in rms velocity of the gas
molecule? MAY-15, TS MAR 19, AP AUG-22

8. Pressure of an ideal gas in container is independent of shape of the container explain ?

 AP MAY 18 , AP MAY 15

EXCESS VSAQ FROM MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE & SYSTEM OF

PARTICLES & ROTATIONAL MOTION
1. Give an example, where, the velocity of an object is zero but its acceleration is not zero. MAR 13, AP
MAY - 17
2. How is average velocity different from instantaneous velocity? AP MAY – 17, MAR 13,

3. It is necessary that a mass should be present at the centre of mass of any system? MAY-2014,
AP MAY – 16
4. By spinning eggs on a table top, how will you distinguish a hard boiled egg from a raw egg?
MAR – 13
5. We cannot open or close the door by applying force at the doors. Why? AP MAY – 16
6. Why are spokes are provided in a bicycle wheel? MAY-2014

7. Find torque of a force about the origin,The force acts on a paricle whose position vector is
. MAR 13

SAQ-11
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1. A man walks an straight road from his home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed 5km .Finding the

market is closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5km .What is the
a)magnitude of average velocity and b)average speed of the man over the time interval 0 to 50 minutes
AP MAR – 19 , AP MAY – 18,

2. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of , the second third at and the last
third at . What is its mean speed over the entire distance? TS MAY – 18 , MAR – 16, MAY-
2014,AP MAY 2019, AP SEP-21, AP MAY-22, AP AUG-22
3. A parachutist flying in an aeroplane 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. TS MAY – 17 , TS MAR – 17,

4. Derive the equation using graphical method where the terms have usual meaning
TS MAR – 19, MAY-2016
5. Define average Velocity and average Speed. When does the magnitude of average velocity become
equal to the average speed? AP MAY – 15
6. 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 your answer. MAY-15

7. When a ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 from the top of a multistorey
building. the height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25.0m from the ground.
(a) How high will the ball rise? And (b) How long will it be before the ball hits the ground?
 TS MAR – 15, AP MAR – 15
8. A stone is dropped from a height 300m and at the same time another stone is projected vertically upwards with a

velocity of 100 m/sec. Find when and where the two stones meet. AP MAR – 16

9. Explain the terms the average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they equal? AP MAR – 19
10. A car moving along a straight high way with speed 120 km/hr is brought to a stop within a distance of
200m. what is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform) and how long does it take for the car to stop
AP MAR-20

SAQ-12
MOTION IN A PLANE
1. Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile bunched at an angle is one quarter of the range. AP
MAY – 16, MAR – 2014

2. Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal is a parabola.
(AP MAY 2019 ), AP MAR – 16, AP MAY – 17, MAY-2014, TS MAR – 18, MAY-2016, MAY-15,
AP MAR – 15, TS MAR - 15 ,AP MAR – 17, AP MAY - 15 AP MAY – 18, AP AUG-22

3. Two balls are projected from the same point in directions and with respect to the horizontal. What is the
ratio of their initial velocities if they a) Attain the same height? b) have the same range? AP MAR – 17

4. State parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of the resultant
vector. MAR – 2014, TS MAY – 17 , MAR –13 , TS MAR –17, MAR – 16, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-
22

5. O is the point on the ground chosen as origin. A body first suffer a displacement of m north-east,
next 10m north and finally m north – west . How far is it from the origin? TS MAR – 19

6. If prove that the angle between and is 900. TS MAY – 18, AP SEP-21
7. 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 the horizontal distance between the building is 10m and the height
difference between the roofs is 9m, will he be able to land on the next building (Take g=10 m/s 2)
TS MAR – 18

SAQ-13
LAWS OF MOTION
1. State Newton’s second law of motion. Hence derive the equation of motion F=ma from it
AP MAR – 16,AP MAR – 19 , TS MAR - 18 , AP MAR – 17, MAR – 13, AP MAY – 16, AP MAY – 17
2. Mention the methods used to decrease friction
TS MAR – 19 , (AP MAY 2019 ), AP MAY – 18, MAR – 16, MAR – 2014, MAY-2014, AP SEP-21,
AP MAY-22
3. Explain advantages and disadvantages of friction.
TS MAY – 17 , TS MAR – 17, TS MAR – 15, AP MAR – 15, MAY-2016
4. Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of linear
momentum. Give examples. TS MAY – 18 , MAY-15, AP MAR – 15, AP MAR-20
5. Why are shock absorbers used in motor-cycles and cars? AP MAY – 15

SAQ-14 & 15
SYSTEM OF PARTICLES & ROTATIONAL MOTION
1. State the principle of conservation of angular momentum? Give two examples. AP MAR – 16

2. Define angular velocity( ). Derive .

AP MAR – 19, TS MAY – 17, TS MAR – 17, MAR – 16, MAY-2014, AP MAY – 16

3. Distinguish between centre of mass and centre of gravity

(AP MAY 2019 ) , AP MAY – 15, TS MAY – 18, AP MAR – 17, MAR – 16, TS MAR – 15, MAR – 13 , AP
MAY – 17, AP MAR – 16, MAR – 2014, AP MAR – 15, AP SEP-21, AP MAY-22

4. Define vector product. Explain the properties of a vector product with two examples.
MAY-2016, AP MAY – 17, AP MAR – 15, TS MAR – 19, TS MAY – 17, AP MAY – 18, TS MAY – 18, AP
MAR – 17, TS MAR – 17, TS MAR – 15, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-22

5. Find the center of mass of three particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The masses of the
particles are 100 gram, 150 gram and 200 gram respectively. Each side of the equilateral triangle is 0.5m
long. TS MAR – 18, MAY-15, AP MAY 2019
6. What is the moment of inertia of a rod of mass M. Length about an axis perpendicular to it
through one end? TS MAR – 19
7. Show that a system of partials moving under the influence of an external force, moves has if the force is
applied at its center of mass AP MAY – 18

8. Find the torque of a force about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose position
vector is . MAR – 2014, AP AUG-22

9. Define angular acceleration and torque. Establish the relation between angular acceleration and torque.
AP MAR – 19 , TS MAR - 18 AP, MAY – 15, MAY-15, AP SEP-21

10. When 100J of work is done on a fly wheel, its angular velocity is increased from 60rpm to 180 rpm.
What is the moment of inertia of the wheel? MAY-2016
11. The moment of inertia of a fly wheel making 200 revolutions per minute is 0.3 kg m-2. Find the torque
required to bring to rest in 20 sec AP MAR-21

SAQ-16
GRAVITATION
1. What is a geostationary satellite? State its uses.
TS MAR – 18, AP MAY – 15, TS MAY – 18, MAY-2016, TS MAR – 15, AP MAR – 16, MAY-15, AP MAR-
20, AP MAY-22, AP AUG-22
2. What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for it.
AP MAR – 19, TS MAR – 19, (AP MAY 2019 ), MAR – 16, AP MAR – 15, MAR – 13, AP MAY – 17, AP
MAY – 16, AP SEP-21

3. What is orbital velocity? Obtain an expression for it.

AP MAY – 18, AP MAR – 17, MAR – 2014, MAY-2014

4. State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.TS MAY – 17, TS MAR – 17

SAQ-17
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
1. Describe the behavior of a wire under gradually increasing load. TS MAR – 17, AP MAY – 16, MAY-15,
TS MAR – 18, TS MAY – 17, (AP MAY 2019 ), AP MAR – 17, MAY-2016, TS MAR – 15, AP MAR – 15,
AP MAR – 16, MAR – 13, AP SEP-21, AP MAR-20, AP AUG-22
2. Explain the concept of Elastic potential energy in a streched wire and hence obtain the expression for it.
AP MAY – 17, MAY-2014, TS MAR – 19, (AP MAY 2018), AP MAY – 15, TS MAY – 18,

3. Define stress and explain the types of stress. AP MAR – 19, MAR – 16,, MAR – 2014
4. Define strain. Explain the types of strain AP MAY-22

SAQ-18
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
1. In what way is the anomalous behaviour of water and advantageous to aquatic animals? MAY-2014, AP
MAY 2019, AP MAY – 18, TS MAY – 18, AP MAR – 17, MAR – 2014, AP SEP-21, AP MAY-22, AP AUG-
22

2. Write a short note on triple point of water. MAR – 13, AP MAR – 16

3. Explain conduction, convection and radiation with examples.

AP MAR – 19 , TS MAR – 18, AP MAR – 15, MAY-15, MAR – 16, TS MAR – 15, AP MAY – 16, AP
MAR-20

4. Pendulum clocks generally go fast in winter and slow in summer. Why ?

TS MAR – 19, TS MAY – 17, TS MAR – 17

5. Find the increase in temperature of aluminium rod if its length is increased by 1%. ( for aluminium=
25x10-6/0C ) AP MAY – 15
6. State and explain Newton’s law of cooling. Specify the conditions under which it is applicable.
MAY-2016

EXCESS SAQ FROM MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS &

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
1. What is the ratio of r.m.s speed of Oxygen and Hydrogen molecules at the same temperature?
MAY-2014
2. How specific heat capacity of Mono atomic, diatomic and Poly atomic gases can be explained on the
basis of law of equipartition of energy? MAR – 13, AP MAY – 16, AP MAY – 17,
3. Explain Surface Tension and Surface energy. MAR – 13,

LAQ-19
WORK ENERGY POWER
1. a) State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of freely falling body.

b) A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute and each bullet travels with a velocity of 600 ms -1. If the
mass of each bullet is 5gm. Find the power of the machine gun.
(AP MAY 2019),MAR – 13, TS MAY – 18, AP MAY – 15, AP MAR – 16, AP MAY – 16, MAR – 2014, TS
MAY – 17, TS MAR – 17, AP AUG-22

(OR)

b) A pump is required to lift 600kg of water per minute from a well 25m deep and to eject it with a speed
of 50m/s .Calculate the power required to perform the above task ?TS MAR – 19, AP MAY – 18,
MAR – 16, MAR – 2015

(OR)

b) In a ballistics demonstration, a police officer fires a bullet of mass 50g with speed on soft
plywood of thickness 2cm.The bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the
emergent Speed of the bullet? MAY-15
(OR)
b)Find the total energy of a body of 5kg mass, which is at a height of 10m from the earth and falling
downwards straightly with a velocity of 20 m/s. (acceleration due to gravity as 10m/s2) MAY-2016

2. What are collisions? Explain the possible types of collisions? Develop the theory of one dimensional
elastic collision,The relative velocity of appraoch of two colliding bodies before collision is equal to the
relative velocity of separation after collision. A body freely falling from a certain height ‘h’ after striking
a smooth floor rebounds to a height h/2. What is coefficient of restitution between the floor and the
body? TS MAR - 18 , AP MAR – 19, MAY-2014, AP MAR-20, AP MAY-22
3. a) Develop the notions of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work energy theorem. State
the conditions under which a force does no work. TS MAR – 15, AP MAR – 17
b) Consider a drop of mass 1.00 g falling from a height of 1.00 km. What is the work done by the gravitational
force? ( ).AP MAY – 17, AP SEP-21

LAQ-20
OSCILLATIONS
1. a) Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the motion of (point) projection of a particle performing
uniform circular motion, on any diameter, is simple harmonic, AP MAY – 16
b) On an average a human heart is found to beat 75 times in a minute. Calculate its frequency and period.
AP MAR – 19
(or)
 b) A mass of 2kg is a attached to spring of force contant 200 .Find its time period TS MAR – 19
(or)
b) Find the length of a simple pendulum which ticks seconds.
(AP MAY 2019) , TS MAR – 15, TS MAY – 18, MAR – 2015, MAY-2014, AP MAR – 17
(or)
b) Can a simple pendulum be used in an artificial satellite? Give the reason. - MAR – 16
(or)
b) A particle executes simple harmonic motion such that the maximum velocity during the oscillation is
numerically equal to half the maximum acceleration. What is the time period? MAY-15
2. a) Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation for its
time period. TS MAR – 18, AP SEP-21, AP MAR-21, AP AUG-22, AP MAY-22
b) Calculate the change in the length of a simple pendulum of length 1m, when its period of oscillation
changes from 2sec to 1.5 sec TS MAR – 18,
(or)
b) What is seconds pendulum? Calculate the length of the seconds pendulum
TS MAY – 17, AP MAY – 18, MAR – 13, MAR – 2014, AP MAY – 17, AP MAY – 15, AP MAR – 16, TS
MAR – 17, AP AUG-22, AP AMY-22

(or)
b) What happens to the time period of a simple pendulum if its length is increased up to four times?
MAY-2016

OR
b) Mass and radius of planet are double that of the earth if the time period of a simple pendulum on the
earth. Find the time period of a planet AP MAR-20

LAQ-21
THERMODYNAMICS
1. State second law of thermodynamics. How is heat engine different from a refrigerator.
AP MAR – 19, TS MAR – 18, MAR – 13, AP MAY – 15, TS MAY – 18, AP MAR – 15,

MAY-2014, MAR – 16 , TS MAY-2016

2. Explain reversible and irreversible processes. Describe the working of Carnot engine. Obtain an
expression for the efficiency.
TS MAR – 19, TS MAY – 17, (AP MAY 2019), AP MAY – 18, AP MAR – 17, TS MAR – 17,
AP MAY – 16, TS MAR – 15, AP MAY – 17, MAR – 2014, AP MAR – 16, AP AUG-22, AP SEP-21, AP
MAY-22

b) A refrigerator is to maintain eatables kept inside at 00 C of room temperature is 360 C. Calculate the
coefficients of performance. AP MAR-20
3. Define two principal specific heats of gas. Which is greater and why? Derive a relation between the
Two specific heat capacities of gas on the basis of first law of thermodynamics. TS MAY-15