Model blue print FOR mid-term examination

FIRST YEAR
LA
Max. MCQ FIB VSA SA LA (Theory)
Topics Hours (Problems)
marks 1 mark 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 5 marks
5 marks
Units &
3 6 √ √ √
measurements
Motion in a
7 9 √ √ √ √
straight line
Motion in a √ √
13 21 √ √ √ √
plane √ √
Laws of motion √ √
13 21 √ √ √ √
√ √
Work, energy √ √
12 20 √ √ √ √
& power √ √
System of
√
particles and
11 16 √ √ √ √ √
rotational
motion √
√
√
Gravitation 10 15 √ √ √
√
√
Mechanical
properties of 4 7 √ √ √
solids
Time: 3 Hrs Max Marks: 70

General Instructions:
(i) All parts are compulsory.
(ii) For Part – A questions, first written – answer will be considered for awarding marks.
(iii) Answers without relevant diagram/figure/circuit wherever necessary will not carry any marks.
Direct answers to Numerical problems without detailed solutions will not carry any marks.

PART A

I. Pick the correct option among the four options for ALL of the following
questions: 15 X 1 = 15

1. Which of the following number has significant figure 5?

A) 50000 B) 8.1520 C) 0.0120 D) 4.8x105

2. The rate of change of velocity is called

A) force B) momentum
C) acceleration D) uniform velocity

3. Rectangular components in the following diagram are 𝑌

A) 𝑅𝑥 = 𝑅 cos 𝜃 & 𝑅𝑦 = 𝑅 sin 𝜃
B) 𝑅𝑥 = 𝑅 sin 𝜃 & 𝑅𝑦 = 𝑅 cos 𝜃
C) 𝑅𝑥 = 𝑅 & 𝑅𝑦 = 𝑅 sin 𝜃
D) 𝑅𝑥 = 𝑅 cos 𝜃 & 𝑅𝑦 = 𝑅 𝑅𝑦

𝜃
𝑅𝑥 𝑋

4. Velocity of the object at highest position when it is thrown vertically up is

A) maximum B) positive C) negative D) zero

5. Unit of momentum is
A) kgms-1 B) Ns C) kgm2s2 D) kgms-2

6. Two forces acting at a point keeps it in equilibrium, if

A) ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹1 + ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹2 = 0 B) ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹1 + 𝐹 ⃗⃗⃗2 ≠ 0
C) |𝐹⃗⃗⃗1 + 𝐹
⃗⃗⃗2 | > |𝐹
⃗⃗⃗1 − 𝐹
⃗⃗⃗2 | D) |𝐹⃗⃗⃗1 + 𝐹⃗⃗⃗2 | < |𝐹
⃗⃗⃗1 − ⃗⃗⃗
𝐹2 |

7. Work done by the force is always zero for the following force
A) viscous force B) spring force
C) centripetal force D) gravitational force

8. The loss of kinetic energy in completely inelastic collision is

1 𝑚 𝑚 1 𝑚 +𝑚
A) ∆𝐾 = 2 (𝑚 1+𝑚2 ) 𝑣1𝑖 2 B) ∆𝐾 = 2 ( 𝑚1 𝑚 2 ) 𝑣1𝑖 2
1 2 1 2
1 𝑚1 1 𝑚2
C) ∆𝐾 = 2 (𝑚 ) 𝑣1𝑖 2
D) ∆𝐾 = 2 (𝑚 ) 𝑣1𝑖 2
1 +𝑚2 1 +𝑚2
9. Example for variable axis of rotational motion
A) Ceiling fan B) Gaint wheel C) Potter wheel D) Spinning top

10. The center of mass of a rectangular lamina lies at the point

A) of intersection of the diagonal B) anywhere over the rectangle
C) anywhere along its length D) anywhere along its breadth

11. The angular momentum of a rigid body remains constant, if

A) external torque is zero B) external torque is not zero
C) external force is zero D) external force is not zero

12. The value of universal gravitational constant is

A) 9.8 ms-2 B) 6.67x10-11 Nm2kg2
C) 6.67x10-11 Jm2kg-2 D) 6.67x10-11 Nm2kg-2

13. The speed required to put a satellite into its orbit around the earth is called
A) escape speed B) average speed
C) orbital speed D) minimum speed

14. Gravitational potential energy is maximum

A) at infinity B) on the surface of earth
C) at the center of earth
D) at the height equal to ½ of the radius of earth.

15. Tissue of Aorta is example for

A) plastic body B) rigid body C) elastomers D) charged body

II. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate answer give in the brackets for
ALL the following questions: 5X1=5
(direction, particle, inertia, moment of force, force)

16. An isolated point mass having no size is a .

17. The vector sum of the two vectors maximum if they act along the same .
18. is a scalar quantity.
19. Work done by the represented by area under force – displacement
graph.
20. ___________ is the rotational effect produced by the force on a rigid body.

PART B
III. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: 5 X 2 = 10

21. Mention any two applications of dimensional analysis.

22. Define the terms uniform speed and variable speed.
23. State and explain triangle law of vector addition.
24. Show that impulse of force is equal to the change in linear momentum.
25. What is kinetic energy? Give the expression for it.
26. Distinguish between elastic and inelastic collision.
27. Write the expression for time period of revolution of satellite revolving round the
earth. Explain the terms.
28. Define escape speed. What is its value on the surface of moon?
29. Which is more elastic – steel or rubber? Why?

PART C

IV. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: 5 X 3 = 15

𝑙
30. Derive 𝑇 = 2𝜋√𝑔, using dimensional analysis.

31. Define centripetal acceleration. Write the expression for it and explain the terms.
32. Obtain the expression for magnitude of resultant of two vectors acting at a point.
33. Mention any three advantages of friction.
34. Derive the expression for maximum permissible speed of a vehicle on a curved
road.
35. What are conservative and non – conservatives forces? For which force work done
around the closed path is zero?
36. Write the equations for rotational motion relating angular velocity, angular
acceleration, angular displacement & time taken.
37. State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
38. Draw stress – strain curve, indicating yield point and fracture point.

PART D
V. Answer any THREE of the following questions: 3 X 5 = 15

39. Define v – t graph. Derive 𝑣 2 = 𝑣0 2 + 2𝑎𝑥, using v – t graph.

40. Show that path of the projectile is parabola.
41. State Newton’s second law of motion. Using it derive the relation between force
and acceleration.
42. Give an illustration for the conservation of energy in the case of a ball dropped
from a cliff of height H.
43. Define torque and angular momentum. Arrive at an equation for torque of
rotating body.
44. Discuss variation acceleration due to gravity with depth with necessary
derivation.

VI. Answer any TWO of the following questions: 2 X 5 = 10

45. The ceiling of long hall is 250 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance
that a ball thrown with a speed 40 ms-1 can go without hitting the ceiling of the
hall?
46. The driver of a car moving with a speed 72 kmh-1 sees a child standing in the
middle of the road & brings car to rest in 5 s, just in time to save the child. What
is the average acceleration and retarding force on the vehicle? Given mass of the
car is 500 kg and the mass of the driver is 70 kg.

47. A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of
volume 30 m3 in 20 minutes. If the tank is 30 m high above the ground and the
efficiency of the pump is 40%, how much electric power is consumed by the
pump?

48. A car weighs 1800 kg. The distance between its front and back axle is 1.8 m. Its
center of gravity is 1.05 m behind the front axle. Determine the force exerted by
the level ground on each front and each back wheel.