CK HSS Cheppad

First Mid-Term Examination: 2022-23

Time: 1 hour PHYSICS Total marks : 30 marks

Answer any 4 questions; each carries 1 mark

1) Which fundamental force binds protons and neutrons in a nucleus?

2) Light year is the unit of …………
3) Speedometer measures …………………….. of a vehicle.
4) The ratio of velocity to speed of an object is ………………..
a) One b) Greater than one c) less than one d)Either less than one or equal to one
5) Fill in the blanks:
a) 1 micron =……….. m b) candela is the unit of ……………..
Answer any 5 questions; each carries 2 marks
6) Choose the wrong statement
a) Electromagnetic force is the force between charged particles
b) Electrostatic force can be attractive or repulsive
c) Nuclear force binds protons and neutrons in a nucleus
d) Gravitational force is the strongest force among fundamental forces in nature
7) Write the physical quantities of the following dimensions
a) [M1L1T-1] b) [M1L2T-2]
8) For an equation ¿ a+ bt + c t 2 ; where x is in metre and t in seconds. What will be the dimension of a,b and c?
9) Velocity – time graph of a body is given below(figure:1);
a) Which portion of the graph represents uniform retardation?
i) OA ii) AB iii) BC iv) OC
b) Find the displacement in time 2s to 7s
10) Look at the graph in fig;2(a) and 2(b) carefully and state which of these
cannot be possible in the case of one dimensional motion with reasons

Figure1 v-t graph

Figure 2
Answer any 4 questions; each carries 3 marks
11) Arrange the fundamental forces in the increasing order of their relative strength.
12) The length of a sheet is 17.3± 0.3 cm and breadth is 3.12± 0.08 cm. Calculate the percentage error in the area.
13) Mechanical power is represented by P=Fv + A v 3 ρ where, F is the force, v is the velocity, A is the area and ρ
is the density.
a) The dimensional formula of power is …………
b) Check the dimensional validity of the above equation
14) When breaks are applied on a moving vehicle, it stops after travelling a distance. This distance is called
stopping distance.
a) Write an expression for stopping distance in terms of initial velocity (u) and retardation (a)
b) If the initial speed is doubled keeping the retardation same, by how much will the stopping distance
change?
 c) A stone is dropped from a height h. Arrive at an expression for the time taken to reach the ground.
15) Acceleration is the time rate at which velocity of a body changes. Show that for a car, moving with constant
acceleration for a period of time, the distance travelled in the second half is three times of that in the first half.
Answer any one question. Each carries 4 marks
16) Dimensional method helps in converting the units from one system to another
a) Name and state the principle used for the above purpose
b) Using dimensions, prove 1 newton=105 dyne; where dyne is the unit of force in CGS system
17) Velocity time graph of an object is given below
(figure:3)
a) What type of motion is indicated by the above
graph?
b) Derive the relation connecting the displacement
velocity and time for this type of motion