SET A

SET – A

MAHATMA MONTESSORI SCHOOL BABA CBSE

(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education)
CLASS : XI PHYSICS (042) DATE: 06.01.2024
SESSION ENDING EXAM TIME: 3 Hrs
NAME: Max. Marks 70
General Instructions:
 There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
 This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E.
 All the sections are compulsory.
 Section A contains sixteen questions(twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based)
of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C
contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study based
questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of five
marks each.
 There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section B, one question in Section C and all three questions in Section E.
You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

SECTION A
1. A body of mass 2 Kg is kept stationary by pressing to a vertical wall by a force of 1
100 N. The coefficient of friction between wall and body is 0.3 Then the frictional
force is equal to
a) 6 N b) 20 N c) 600 N d) 700 N
2. A man weighs 80 Kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving 1
upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/s2. What would be the reading on the
scale ( g = 10 m/s2).
a) 0 b) 400 N c) 800 N d) 1200 N
3. In an elastic collision, what is conserved? 1
a) Kinetic energy b) Momentum c) both a and b d) neither a nor b
4. A simple pendulum hanging freely and at rest is vertical because in that position 1
a) K.E is Zero b) P.E is zero c) K.E is minimum d) P.E is minimum
5. A thin uniform rod of length l and mass m is swinging freely about a horizontal axis 1
passing through its end. Its maximum angular speed is ω. Its centre of mass rises to
a maximum height of
a) l2ω2/3g b) lω/6g c) l2ω2/2g d) l2ω2/6g
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6. The sum of the components of the torque along any axis perpendicular to the plane of 1
the forces must be
a) Unity b) Zero c) Both a and b d) None
7. Two wires A and B are of same material. Their lengths are in the ratio 1:2 and 1
diameters are in the ratio 2:1. When stretched by forces FA and FB respectively, they
get equal increase in their lengths. Then the ratio FA/FB should be
a)1 : 2 b) 1 : 1 c) 2 : 1 d) 8 : 1
8. The work done per unit volume in deforming a body is given by 1
a) stress x strain b) ½ (stress x strain) c) stress / strain d) strain / stress
9. If a particle is oscillating on the same horizontal plane on the ground
a) It has only K.E but no P.E b) it has only P.E but no K.E
c) it has both K.E and P.E d) None of the above
10. In a simple harmonic oscillation, what fraction of total mechanical energy is in the 1
form of kinetic energy, when the particle is midway between mean and extreme
positions
a) 1/2 b) 3/4 c) 1/3 d) 1/4
11. When sound travels from air to water, which parameter does not change? 1
a) Wavelength b) frequency c) velocity d) all of these
12. A source of sound of frequency 600 Hz is placed inside water. The speed of sound in 1
water is 1500 m/s and in air it is 300 m/s. The frequency of sound recorded by an
observer, who is standing in air, is
a) 200 Hz b) 3000 Hz c) 120 Hz d) 600 Hz
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R). Marks the correct choice is
a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) If A is true but R is false
d) If A is false and R is true
e) If both A and R are false
13. Assertion: If no external force acts on a system of particles, then the centre of mass 1
will not move in any direction.
Reason: If net external force is zero, then the linear momentum of the system
remains constant.
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14. Assertion: In an elastic collision between two bodies, the energy of each body is 1
conserved.
Reason: The total energy is an isolated system is conserved.
15. Assertion: Transverse waves are not produced in liquids and gases. 1
Reason: Light waves are transverse waves.
16. Assertion: Ocean waves hitting a beach are always found to be nearly normal to the 1
shore.
Reason: Ocean waves are longitudinal waves.
SECTION B
17. A light body and a heavy body have the same K.E, which one will have the greater 2
momentum?
18. a) Define radius of gyration. 2
b) State the factors on which the moment of inertia of a body depends.
19. a) Define compressibility. 2
b) A wire increases by 10-3 of its length when a stress of 1 x 108 Nm-2 is applied to it.
What is the Young’s modulus of the material of the wire?
20. a) What is the basic condition for the motion of a particle to be SHM? 2
b) When are displacement and velocity in the same direction in S.H.M?
OR
a) What is meant by simple harmonic motion?
b) Prove that the displacement equation x(t) = a cosωt + b sin ωt represents a simple
harmonic motion. Determine its amplitude and phase constant.
21. a) Distinguish between transverse and longitudinal waves. (Any two) 2
b) The time period of a vibrating source producing sound is 0.01 s. If the velocity of
sound is 340 m/s. Calculate the wave length.
SECTION C
22. a) State Newton’s second law of motion. 3
b) A machine gun mass 10 kg fires 20 g bullets at the rate of 10 bullets per second
with a speed of 500 m/s. What force is required to hold the gun in position?
23. a) Why fruits fall down from a tree, when it branches are shaken? 3
b) If maximum and minimum values of the resultant of two forces acting at a point
are 7 N and 3 N respectively, calculate the smaller force.
24. a) Define kinetic energy. Give its units and dimensional formula. 3
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b) A stone of mass 0.4 Kg thrown vertically up with a speed of 9.8 m/s. Find the
potential and kinetic energies after half second.
OR
a) State the work-energy theorem . Prove it for a constant force.
b) A lift is designed to carry a load of 4000 kg through 10 floors of a building
averaging 6 m per floor in 10 second. Calculate the power of the lift.
25. a) Obtain an expression for the work done by a torque. Hence write the expression 3
for power.
b) A body of mass 50 g is revolving about an axis in a circular path. The distance of
the centre of mass of the body from the axis of rotation is 50 cm. Find the moment
of inertia of the body.
26. a) Define stress and strain and write their units. What is Hooke’s law? 3
b) A metallic cube whose each side is 10 cm is subjected to a shearing force of
100 kg f. The top face is displaced through 0.25 cm with respect to the bottom.
Calculate the shearing stress, strain and shear modulus.
27. a) A simple harmonic motion is represented by x = 10 sin (20t + 0.5) write down its 3
amplitude and angular frequency.
b) Will a pendulum clock lose or gain time when taken to the top of mountain? Why?
28. a) In reference to a wave motion, define the terms 3
(i) wave number (ii) propagation constant (iii) frequency
b) How far does the sound travel in air when a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz makes
64 vibrations? Velocity of sound in air is 320 m/s.
SECTION D
29. Friction: Whenever a body moves or tends to move over the surface of another body, 4

a force comes into play which acts parallel to the surface of contact and opposes the

relative motion. This opposing force is called friction. Static friction opposes the

impending relative motion while the kinetic friction opposes the actual relative

motion. Static friction is self adjusting force.

Answer the following questions:

1. Which of the following is the dimension of coefficient of friction?
a) [MLT-2] b) [M0L0T0] c) [M2LT-2] d) [M2LT]
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2. A truck and a car are moving with equal velocity. On applying brakes, both will
stop after certain distance, then
a) Truck will cover less distance before stopping
b) car will cover less distance before stopping
c) both will cover equal distance
d) None of these
3. It is easier to roll a barrel than to pull it along the road. The statement is
a) not possible b) uncertain c) false d) true
4. If the normal force is doubled, then coefficient of friction is
a) halved b) tripled c) doubled d) not changed

30. Oscillations of a simple pendulum: 4

A simple pendulum is a heavy point mass suspended by a weightless inextensible
and a perfectly flexible string from a rigid support about which it can vibrate freely.
The distance of the point of suspension and the point of oscillation is called length of
the pendulum. When the metallic bob is displaced slightly on either side and
released, it begins to oscillate about the mean position. If the thread makes an angle
θ with the vertical at any instant, then the forces acting on the bob are (i) weight mg
of the bob acting vertically downwards (ii) the tension T is the string.

Answer the following questions:

1.Time period of simple pendulum will be doubled, if we

a) decrease the length two times b) decrease the length four times
c) increase the length two times d) increase the length four times
2. If the frequency of oscillation of a pendulum in SHM is n, then frequency of
pendulum whose length becomes four times is
a) n b) n/2 c) 2n d) 4n
3. A simple pendulum is vibrating in an evacuated chamber. It will oscillate with
a) constant amplitude b) increasing amplitude
c) decreasing amplitude d) None of these
4. The time period of a simple pendulum on a satellite, orbiting around the earth is
a) infinite b) zero c) 84.6 min d) 24 hours
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SECTION E
31. a) Derive an expression for velocity of a car on a banked circular road having 5
coefficient of friction µ. Hence write the expression for optimum velocity.
b) What should be the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the road, when a
car travelling at 60 Km/h makes a level turn of radius 40 m?
OR
a) Write any two characteristics of elastic collision.
b) A body is moving along a circular path. How much work is done by centripetal
force? Why?
c) Two bodies of masses 10 kg and 6 kg moving in the same direction along the same
straight line with velocities 5 ms-1 and 3 ms-1 respectively suffer one-dimensional
elastic collision. Find their velocities after the collision.
32. a) Derive the second and third equations of rotational motion under constant angular 5
acceleration from first principles.
b) A body whose moment of inertia is 3 Kgm2, is at rest. It is rotated for 20 s with a
moment of force 6 Nm. Find the angular displacement of the body. Also calculate
the work done.
OR
a) Draw stress-strain curve for a loaded wire. On the graph mark: (i) Hooke’s law
region (ii) elastic limit (iii) yield point (iv) breaking point
b) Derive an expression for the elastic potential energy of stretched wire. Prove that
its elastic energy density is equal to ½ (stress x strain).
33. a) A particle executing linear SHM has a maximum velocity of 40 cms-1 and a 5
maximum acceleration of 50 cms-2. Find the amplitude and the period of
oscillation.
b) Show that for small oscillations the motion of a simple pendulum is simple
harmonic. Derive an expression for its time period. Does it depend on the mass of
the bob?
OR
a) What are beats? Prove that the beat frequency is equal to the difference in
frequencies of the two superposing waves.
b) Two wires of the same material are stretched with the same force. Their diameters
are 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm, while their lengths are 90 cm and 60 cm respectively. If
the frequency of vibrations of first is 256 Hz, find that of the other.
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MAHATMA MONTESSORI SCHOOL BABA CBSE SET – B

(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education)
CLASS : XI PHYSICS (042) DATE: 03.01.2024
SESSION ENDING EXAM TIME: 3 Hrs
NAME: Max. Marks 70

General Instructions:
 There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
 This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E.
 All the sections are compulsory.
 Section A contains sixteen questions(twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based)
of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C
contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study based
questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of five
marks each.
 There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section B, one question in Section C and all three questions in Section E.
You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

SECTION A
1. A block is lying static on the floor. The maximum value of static frictional force on the 1
block is 10 N. If a horizontal force of 8 N is applied to the block, what will be the
frictional force on the block?
a) 2 N b) 18 N c) 8 N d) 10 N
2. A person of mass 60 Kg is inside a lift of mass 940 Kg and presses the button on 1
control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration 1.0 m/s2.
If g = 10 m/s2, the tension in the supporting cable is
a) 8600 N b) 9680 N c) 11000 N d) 1200 N
3. In an elastic collision, what is conserved? 1
a) Kinetic energy b) Momentum c) both a and b d) neither a nor b
4. Which one of the following is not a conservative force? 1
a) Gravitational force b) Electrostatic force between two charges
c) Frictional force d) Magnetic force between two dipoles
5. A thin uniform rod of length l and mass m is swinging freely about a horizontal axis 1
passing through its end. Its maximum angular speed is ω. Its centre of mass rises to
a maximum height of
a) l2ω2/3g b) lω/6g c) l2ω2/2g d) l2ω2/6g
SET B

6. If the total external torque on a system of particles is zero then 1

a) Total linear momentum of the system is conserved
b) Total angular momentum of the system is conserved c) Both a and b d) None
7. The dimensional formula of modulus of rigidity is 1
a)[ML-2T-2] b) [ML-3T-2] c) [ML2T-2] d) [ML-1T-2]
8. The bulk modulus of a liquid is 3 x 1010 Nm-2. The pressure required to reduce the 1
volume of liquid by 2% is
a) 3 x 108 Nm-2 b) 9 x 108 Nm-2 c) 6 x 108 Nm-2 d) 12 x 108 Nm-2
9. In a simple harmonic oscillator, at the mean position 1
a) K.E is minimum, P.E is maximum b) Both K.E and P.E are maximum
c) K.E is maximum, P.E is minimum d) Both K.E and P.E are minimum
10. A body is executing SHM with frequency ‘n’, the frequency of its potential energy is 1
a) N b) 2n c) 3n d) 4n
11. A source of sound of frequency 1200 Hz is placed inside water. The speed of sound in 1
water is 1500 m/s and in air it is 300 m/s. The frequency of sound recorded by an
observer, who is standing in air, is
a) 200 Hz b) 3000 Hz c) 120 Hz d) 1200 Hz
12. When sound travels from air to water, which parameter does not change? 1
a) Wavelength b) frequency c) velocity d) all of these
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason (R). Marks the correct choice is
a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) If A is true but R is false
d) If A is false and R is true
e) If both A and R are false
13. Assertion: A rocket moves forward by pushing the surrounding air backwards. 1
Reason: External force acting on a body accelerates the body.
14. Assertion: Work done in moving a body over a closed loop is zero for every force in 1
nature.
Reason: Work done does not depend on nature of force.
15. Assertion: Compression and rarefaction involve changes in density and pressure. 1
Reason: When particles are compressed, density of medium increases and when
they are rarefied, density of medium decreases.
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16. Assertion: Two persons on the surface of moon talk to each other. 1
Reason: There is no atmosphere on moon.
SECTION B
17. Two bodies unequal masses have same linear momentum, which one has greater K.E? 2
18. a) Write the relation between M.I and torque on a rigid body. 2
b) Name the physical quantity corresponding to force in rotational motion. How it is
related to force? Give its unit and dimension.
19. a) What is poisson’s ratio? Does it have any unit? 2
b) What force is required to stretch steel wire 1 cm2 in cross section to double its
length? Given Y = 2 x 1011 Nm-2.
20. a) Show that in simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.), the acceleration is directly 2
proportional to its displacement at the given instant.
b) Prove that the displacement equation x(t) = a cosωt + b sin ωt represents a simple
harmonic motion. Determine its amplitude and phase constant.
OR
a) When are the velocity and acceleration in the same direction in S.H.M?
b) A particle executes S.H.M of amplitude A. At what position of its displacement x,
will its (i) velocity be zero and maximum (ii) acceleration be zero and maximum.
21. a) Mention the important properties which a medium must possess for the 2
propagation of mechanical waves through it.
b) The speed of the a wave in a medium is 960 m/s. If 3600 waves are passing
through a point in the medium in one minute, then calculate the wavelength.
SECTION C
22. a) State Newton’s first law of motion. 3
b) A body rolled on ice with a velocity of 8 m/s comes to rest after travelling 4 m.
Compute the coefficient of friction. G = 9.8 m/s2.
23. a) Why an athlete runs some steps before taking a jump? 3
b) If two forces are acting at a point such that the magnitude of each force is 2 N and
the magnitude of their resultant is also 2 N, then find the angle between the two
forces.
24. a) Define potential energy. Give its units and dimensional formula. 3
b) Calculate the work done in lifting a 300 N weight to a height of 10 m with an
acceleration 0.5 m/s2. Take g = 10 m/s2.
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OR
a) Prove that the work-energy theorem for a variable force.
b) A man weighing 60 kg climbs up a staircase carrying a load of 20 Kg on his head.
The stair case has 20 steps of height 0.2 m. If he takes 10 s to climb, find his
power.
25. a) Deduce the relation between torque and angular momentum. 3
b) If there is a change of angular momentum from J to 4J in 4s, Calculate the torque.
26. a) Define the terms Young’s modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity. Also 3
give their units.
b) A metal cube of side 10 cm is subjected to a shearing stress of 104 Nm-2. Calculate
the modulus of rigidity if the top of the cube is displaced by 0.05 cm with respect to
its bottom.
27. a) A simple harmonic motion is represented by x = 10 sin (20t + 0.5) write down its 3
frequency and initial phase
b) The bob of a simple pendulum is made of wood. What will be the effect on the time
period if the wooden bob is replaced by an identical bob of iron?
28. a) In reference to a wave motion, define the terms 3
(i) amplitude (ii) time period (iii) wavelength
b) The speed of a wave in a medium is 960 m/s. If 3600 waves are passing through a
point in the medium in one minute, then calculate the wavelength.
SECTION D
29. Centre of Mass: 4

Newton’s laws of motion are applicable to point objects. But the rigid body is many

particle system. To simplify the motion of a such a system, we define mathematically

a specific point, called centre of mass of the system, whose motion under the effect of

external forces can describe the motion of the entire system.

Answer the following:

1. The centre of mass of a solid cone along the lies from the centre of the base to
the vertex is at
a) 1/4th of the height b) 1/3rd of the height c) 1/5th of the height d) None
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2. Two bodies A and B initially, at rest, move towards each other under mutual
force of attraction. At the instant when the speed of A is v and that of B is 2v,
the speed of the centre of mass of the bodies is
a) 3v b) 2v c) 1.5 v d) 0
3. The reduced mass of two particles having masses m and 2m is
a) 2m b) 3m c) 2m/3 d) m/2
4. Two identical particles move towards each other with velocities 2v and v
respectively. The velocity of centre of mass is
a) v b) v/3 c) v/2 d) 0

30. Simple Harmonic Motion 4

Simple harmonic motion is the simplest form of oscillation. A particular type of

periodic motion in which a particle moves to and fro repeatedly about a mean position

under the influence of a restoring force is termed as simple harmonic motion (S.H.M).

A body is undergoing simple harmonic motion if it has an acceleration which is

directed towards a fixed point, and proportional to the displacement of the body from
that point. Acceleration a α –x ; a = - k x

Answer the following:

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of simple harmonic motion?

a) The motion is periodic.
b) The motion is along a straight line about the mean position.
c) The oscillations are responsible for the energy conversion.
d) The acceleration of the particle is directed towards the extreme position.
2. The equation of motion of a simple harmonic motion is
a) d2x / dt2 = - ω2x b) d2x/dt2 = -ω2t c) d2x/dt2 = -ωx d) d2x/dt2= -ωt
3. The time period of simple harmonic motion depends upon
a) amplitude b) energy c) phase constant d) mass
4. Which of the following motions is not simple harmonic?
a) Vertical oscillations of a spring b) Motion of a simple pendulum
c) Motion of planet around the Sun d) Oscillation of liquid in a U-tube
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SECTION E
31. a) Draw a diagram showing the motion of a car on a rough horizontal road. Show 5
various forces acting, on this car in the diagram. Hence derive an expression for
maximum speed of the car.
b) A bend in a level road has a radius of 100 m. Find the maximum speed with a car
turning this bend may have without skidding, if the coefficient of friction between
the tyres and road is 0.4 (g = 10 ms-2)
OR
a) Write any two characteristics of inelastic collision.
b) Why is the work done by centripetal force is zero?
c) A 5 kg ball and 10 kg ball approach each other with velocities 10 ms-1 and 5 ms-1
respectively. What are their velocities after collision if the collision is perfectly
elastic?
32. a) Derive the first and third equations of rotational motion under constant angular 5
acceleration from first principles.
b) A flywheel of mass 25 kg has a radius of 0.2 m. It is making 240 rpm. What is the
torque necessary to bring it to be rest in 20 s ? If the torque is due to a force
applied tangentially on the rim of the flywheel, what is the magnitude of the force?
OR
a) Discuss stress vs strain graph explaining clearly the terms elastic limit, permanent
set, elastic hysteresis and tensile strength.
b) State Hooke’s law.
33. a) A particle of mass 10 g is describing SHM along a straight line with a period of 2 s 5
and amplitude of 10 cm. What is the kinetic energy when it is (i) 2 cm and (ii) 5 cm,
from its equilibrium position? How do you account for the difference between its
two values?
b) Write down the differential equation for S.H.M. Give its solution. Hence obtain
expression for time period of S.H.M.
OR
a) What are stationary waves? Mention two important characteristics of stationary
waves.
b) A guitar string is 90 cm long and has a fundamental frequency of 124 Hz. Where
should it be pressed to produce a fundamental frequency of 186 Hz?