KCPU COLLEGE, MYSORE
MONTHLY TEST – SEPTEMBER 2024
I PUC
Date: 28/09/24 Max marks: 35
. Answer the following questions. 7×1 = 7
1) The type of energy stored in the spring of watch is_______
a) potential energy.
b) kinetic energy.
c) gravitational potential energy.
d) spring energy.
2) The time period of rotation of only natural satellite of earth about its own axis approximately
is____________
a) 27.3 days
b) 30 days
c) 24 hours
d) 365 days
3) 1 KWh is equal to____
a) 4.186 J
b) 1.6 × 10-19 J
c) 3.6 ×106 J
d) 3.6 ×105 J
4) The cause of motion of a body which is initially in the state of rest is ______
a) Force
b) Speed
c) Velocity
d) Momentum
5) A rigid body will be in equilibrium
a) If net force on it is zero
b) Net torque on it is zero
c) Both a and b
d) It never attains equilibrium
6) In case of the motion of a car on a banked road the required centripetal force is provided by
a) the static friction between the road and the car tyres only.
b) the normal reaction exerted by the road on the car only.
c) the horizontal components of the normal reaction and the frictional force.
d) the vertical component of the normal force and the frictional force.
7) If both mass and velocity of a body in motion are doubled,then its momentum
a) increases two times
b) increases four times
c) decreases four times
d) remains the same
2. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate answer given in the brackets for all the
following questions . 3×1=3
(Negative, couple, conservative force)
1) The work done by a force depends only on initial and final position is a ______.
2) Total energy of an circularly orbiting satellite is_______.
3) A pair of equal and opposite forces acting on a body is constitute _____.
3. Answer any two of the following. 2×2=4
1) State and explain Newton's universal law of gravitation.
2) Define power and write its dimensional formula.
3) Derive the relation between angular momentum and torque.
4) Name any two factors on which moment of inertia of a rigid body depends.
4. Answer any two of the following. 3×2= 6
1) State Newton's second law of motion and derive f = ma.
2) Prove work energy theorem for a constant force.
3) State Kepler's I, II and III law of planetary motion.
4) Write the conditions for equilibrium of a rigid body.
5. Answer any two of the following. 5×2=10
1) What is centre of mass of a system of particles? Obtain expression for velocity,
acceleration and net force acting on the centre of mass of a system of a particle.
2) State and prove the law of conservation of linear momentum in case of two bodies
undergoing collision.
3) What is escape speed? Derive the expression for it.
4) Derive an expression for potential energy of a spring.
6. Answer any one of the following. 5×1=5
1) A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of volume 3 m³
in 20 minutes. If the tank is 20 m above the ground and efficiency of the pump is 25%
how much electric power is consumer by the pump. (g= 9.8m/s 2 , density of water
1000kg/m³
2) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity at a point 96 km above and 24 km below the
surface of the earth.( given radius of the earth is equal to 6400 km and g=9.8m/s 2
