Wheat Fields Public School

Ghudda, Bathinda
S.A 1, XI PHYSICS
Time: Three Hours
Maximum Marks:70
General Instructions
a) All questions are compulsory.
b) There are 30 questions in total. Questions 1 to 8 carry one mark each, questions 9
to 18 carry two marks each, questions 19 to 27 carry three marks each and
questions 28 to 30 carry five marks each.
c) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question of two marks, one question of three marks and all three questions of five
marks each. You have to attempt only one of the given choices in such questions.
d) Use of calculator is not permitted.
e) You may use the following physical constants wherever necessary.
Q1.Will the momentum remain constant if some external force acts on the system?
Q2.Suppose a cyclist is negotiating a curve of radius r with speed v. Write the conditions under which skidding
will occur.
Q3.Why does a cricket player lower his hands while catching a ball?
Q4.Give an example to show that the direction of velocity of a body can change even when its acceleration is
constant.
Q5.The dimension ML-1 T-2 corresponds to .?
Q6.Give the number of significant figures in 5.300 x 103
Q7.Can a physical quantity have units but still be dimensionless?
Q8.If the force shown on the block is action, what is its reaction?
Q9.Differentiate between systematic errors and random errors.
Q10. What is the maximum height reached by an oblique projectile if its time of flight is T?
Q11. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt 2 where a = 8.5 m, b = 2.5 m s-2 and t
is measured in seconds. What is its velocity at t = 0 s and t = 2.0 s. What is the average velocity between t =
2.0 s and t = 4.0 s?
Q12. The position of a particle is given by
r3.0t i 2.0t 2j 5.0k

where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the proper units for r to be in metres. (a) Find v(t) and a(t) of
the particle. (b) Find the magnitude and direction of v(t) at t = 1.0 s.
Q13. Explain third law of motion with example.
Q14. A body is initially at rest. It undergoes one-dimensional motion with constant acceleration. The power
delivered to it at time t is proportional to?
Q15. Find the centre of mass of three particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The masses of the
particles are 100g, 150g, and 200g respectively. Each side of the equilateral triangle is 0.5m long.
Q16. State three laws of Kepler.
Q17. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg moving initially with a speed of 15
m s-1. How long does the body take to stop?
Q18. One mole of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure occupies 22.4 L (molar volume). What is
the ratio of molar volume to the atomic volume of a mole of hydrogen ? (Take the size of hydrogen
molecule to be about 1 A)
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Q19. A long playing record revolves with a speed of 33 3 rev/min, and has a radius of 15 cm. Two coins are
placed at 4 cm and 14 cm away from the centre of the record. If the coefficient of friction between the coins
and the record is 0.15. Which of the two coins will revolve with the record?
Q20. A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m s -1 in a direction 30 above the horizontal. Calculate (a) the
maximum height, (b) the time taken by the ball to return to the same level, and (c) the distance from the
thrower to the point where the ball returns to the same level.
Q21. Two bodies A and B of masses 5 kg and 10 kg in contact with each other rest on a table against a rigid
wall (Fig.). The coefficient of friction between the bodies and the table is 0.15. A force of 200 N is applied

horizontally to A. What are (a) the reaction of the partition (b) the action reaction
forces between A and B ? What happens when the wall is removed? Does the
answer to (b) change, when the bodies are in motion? Ignore the difference
between s and k
Q22. A body of mass 0.5 kg travels in a straight line with velocity v =a x 3/2 where a =
5 m-1/2 s-1.What is the work done by the net force during its displacement from x =
0 to x = 2 m?
Q23. The angular speed of a motor wheel is increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 rpm in 16 seconds. What is its
angular acceleration, assuming the acceleration to be uniform?
Q24. While approaching a planet circling a distant star, a space traveller determines the planets radius to be
half that of the Earth. After landing on the surface he finds the acceleration due to gravity to be twice that on
the surface of the Earth. Find the ratio of the mass of the planet to that of the Earth.
Q25. Discuss Motion of a car on a banked road with the help of diagram.
Q26. A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h. As he approaches a circular turn on the road of radius 80 m,
he applies brakes and reduces his speed at the constant rate of 0.50 m/s every second. What is the magnitude
and direction of the net acceleration of the cyclist on the circular turn?
Or
A three-wheeler starts from rest, accelerates uniformly with 1 m s-2 on a straight road for 10 s, and then
moves with uniform velocity. Plot the distance covered by the vehicle during the nth second (n = 1,2,3.)
versus n. What do you expect this plot to be during accelerated motion : a straight line or a parabola ?
Q27. A stone of mass 0.25 kg tied to the end of a string is whirled round in a circle of radius 1.5 m with a speed
of 40 rev./min in a horizontal plane. What is the tension in the string ? What is the maximum speed with
which the stone can be whirled around if the string can withstand a maximum
tension of 200 N ?
Or
The motion of a car along y-axis is given by v(t)= -12t + 12 where velocity v
is
in m/s and time t in seconds. Find the instantaneous position of the car as a
function of time if at t = 0 it was at 5 m. Also find its acceleration at t = 2
second.
Q28. A cord of negligible mass is wound round the rim of a fly wheel of mass
20
kg and radius 20 cm. A steady pull of 25 N is applied on the cord as shown in
Fig. The flywheel is mounted on a horizontal axle with frictionless bearings.
(a) Compute the angular acceleration of the wheel. (b) Find the work done by
the pull, when 2m of the cord is unwound. (c) Find also the kinetic energy of
the wheel at this point. Assume that the wheel starts from rest. (d) Compare
answers to parts (b) and (c).
Q29. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of time elapsed. What is the nature of
the acceleration of the body? Justify your answer.
Q30.
A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of for some time; after which it decelerates at constant rate
of to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is T second.
a. Draw a velocity time graph for the motion.
b. Calculate maximum velocity attained in terms of , and T.
OR
a. From the top of a building a ball is dropped while another is projected horizontally at the same
time. (i) Which ball will strike the ground first? (ii) Which will strike the ground with more speed?
Justify your answer in each case.
b. A body is projected with speed u at an angle to the horizontal to have maximum range. What is
the velocity at the highest point?
c. What is the angle of projection of a projectile motion whose range R is n times the maximum
height.