DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2022-23)

Class - XI Subject – Physics

Time – 3 Hours Maximum Marks-70

General Instructions: -

Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them.

1. There are 33 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper comprises five sections – A, B, C, D, and E.
3. Section A contains ten very short answer questions and four Assertion-Reasoning MCQ of
1 mark each.
4. Section B has two Case based questions of 4 marks each
5. Section C contains nine short answer questions of 2 marks each.
6. Section D contains five short answer questions of 3 marks each.
7. Section E contains three long answer questions of 5 marks each.
8. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, internal choice has been
provided. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

SECTION A

1. Can a quantity have units but still be dimensionless? Comment.

2. Pressure is defined as momentum per unit volume. Is it true?
OR
What is the dimension of time in power?
3. By the use of dimensions, show that energy per unit volume is equal to pressure.
4. Write down the number of significant figures in the following
(a) 4200kg (b) 0.02340
5. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upward
with same initial speed. Which one will rise to the greater height?
OR
A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Draw its velocity-time graph.
6. Write an expression for distance covered in the nth second for uniformly accelerated motion.
7. A bullet fired vertically upwards falls at the same place after some time. What is the
displacement of the bullet?
8. Under what condition will the equality = . hold good?
9. A body is projected with speed at an angle to the horizontal to have maximum range. What
is the velocity at the highest point?
10. A ball is thrown upwards and returns to the ground describing parabolic path. Which of the
quantities remain constant throughout the motion.

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 For the question 11,12, 13 and 14 two statements are given. One labelled Assertion (A) and
the other labelled Reason (R). select the correct answer to these question from the codes (a)
(b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) Both A and R are false.

11. Assertion (A): Force cannot be added to pressure

Reason (R) : Because their dimensions are different .

12. Assertion (A): An object can have constant speed but variable velocity.
Reason (R) : Speed is a scalar but velocity is a vector quantity.

13. Assertion (A): If dot product and cross product of and are zero, it implies that one of the
vector and must be null vector.
Reason (R) : A null vector is a vector of zero magnitude.
14. Assertion (A): In Javelin throw, the athlete throws the projectile at an angle slightly more than
45 .

Reason (R) : The maximum range does not depend upon angle of projection.

SECTION B

Q. No 15 and Q. No 16 are Case- Based Questions and are compulsory. Attempt any four sub-
parts from each question. Each subpart carries one mark.

15. Dimensional analysis is the study of the relation between physical quantities based on their
units and dimensions. The basic involved is that only dimensionally similar quantities can be
added or subtracted or compared.
I. Suppose that quantity y can be dimensionally represented in terms of M, L and T as
[y]= [ ] then M

a. May be represented in terms of L, T and y if a=0

b. May be represented in terms of L, T and y if a≠0
c. Can always be dimensionally represented in terms of L,T,and y
d. Can never be dimensionally represented in terms of L,T,and y
II. What are the dimensions of is the relation F=A√ + B ,
a. [ ]
b. [ ]
c. [ ]
d. [ ]

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 III. Which of the following is a dimensionless quantity?
a. Strain
b. Stress
c. Specific heat
d. Quantity of heat
IV. If force (F), length (L) and time (T) be considered as fundamental units, then units of mass
will be.
a. [ ]
b. [ ]
c. [ ]
d. [ L ]
V. In the relation y=r sin (wt+k ), the dimensional formula for k or wt is same as
a.
b.
c.
d.

16. A body released near the surface of earth is accelerated downward under the influence of force
of gravity. In the absence of air resistance, all bodies fall with the same acceleration near the
surface of the earth. This motion of a body falling towards the earth for a small height (h<< R)
is called free fall. Free fall is an example of motion with constant acceleration.
I. When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, at the maximum height.
a. The velocity is zero and therefore there is no acceleration acting on the particle.
b. The acceleration is present and therefore velocity is not zero .
c. The acceleration depends on the velocity as a is = .
d. The acceleration is independent of the velocity.
II. Velocity of body on reaching the point, from which it was projected upwards, is
a. V=0
b. V=2
c. V=0.5
d. V=
III. Three different objects of mass , , and are allowed to fall form the same point O
along three different frictionless paths. The speeds of the three objects, on reaching the ground
will be in the ratio of
a. : :
b. :2 :3
c. : :
d. 1: 1: 1
IV. A body falling from rest describes distance , and in the first , second and third seconds
of its fall, then the ratio : : is
a. 1:1:1
b. 1:3:5
c. 1:2:3

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V. The displacement of a particle moving is straight line is given by. = 2 +t+5, where is
expressed in meters and t in seconds . The acceleration at t=2 sec is
a. 4 /
b. 10 /
c. 8 /
d. 15 /

SECTION C

17. Calculate in the equation

= pressure difference x

OR

Using the principle of homogeneity of dimension , find which of the following is correct

(i) =
(ii) = where T is time period, G is universal gravitational constant, M is mass and r is
radius.
18. The body travels a distance with velocity and with velocity in the same direction.
Calculate the average velocity of the body.
19. When two bodies move uniformly towards each other, the distance between them decreases by
6m/sec. If both the bodies move in the same direction with their same speeds, the distance
between them increases by 4m/sec. What are the speeds of the two bodies.
OR
A ball thrown vertically upward with a speed of 19.6m/sec, from the top of a tower returns to
the earth in 6 seconds. Find the height of tower.
20. What is the angle made by vector =2 ̂+2 ̂ with - axis?
21. The sum and difference of two vectors are perpendicular to each other. Prove that the vectors
are equal in magnitude.
22. Two forces 10 N and 14 N are acting upon a body. what can be the maximum and minimum
resultant force on the body?
OR
Two vectors, both equal in magnitude, have their resultant equal in magnitude of the either.
Find the angle between the two vectors.
23. Points P, Q and R are in a vertical line such that PQ=QR. A ball at P is allowed to fall freely.
What is the ratio of the times of descent through PQ and QR?
24. A particle is projected at an angle from the horizontal with kinetic energy k. What is the
kinetic energy of the particle at the highest point?
25. Two projectiles A and B are projected with velocities √2 V and V respectively. They have the
same range. If A is thrown at angle of 15 with the horizontal, then what is the angle of
projection of B?

SECTION -D
26. State parallelogram law of vector addition. Find the magnitude and direction of resultant
vector when two vectors and inclined at an angle .
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27. If the velocity of light C, the constant of gravitation G and Planck’s constant h be chosen as
fundamental units, find the dimensions of mass and length in term of C, and G and h.

OR

The frequency ( ) of an oscillating drop may depend upon radius (r) of the drop, density ( ) of
liquid and the surface tension (s) of the liquid. Deduce the formula of frequency ( )
dimensionally. Given [s]=[ ]

28. The rate of flow (V) of a liquid flowing through a pipe of radius r and pressure gradient ( ) is

given by poiseuilles equation V= . Check the dimensional correctness of this relation

29. Obtain dimensional formula for.
a. Power
b. Co-efficient of viscosity
c. Resistance
30. a. The velocity- time relation of an electron starting from rest is given by v=kt, where
k=2 . Calculate the distance traversed is 3sec.
b. A body starting from rest moves along a straight line with constant acceleration. Draw a
graph showing the variation of speed V with distance S.

OR

a. A body A is thrown up vertically from the ground with a velocity and another body B is
simultaneously dropped from a height H. Find the value of if they meet at height .
b. The graph of displacement versus time is shown in figure. Draw the velocity- time graph
for it .

SECTION E

31. A projectile is fired upward at an angle with the horizontal with velocity . Show that its
trajectory is a parabola. Obtain expression for (a) maximum height attained (b) time of flight
and (c) horizontal range.
OR
a. Determine the sine of the angle between the vectors 3 ̂+ ̂+2 and 2 ̂-2 ̂ +4
b. ̂ and ̂ are unit vectors along any y axes respectively. What is the component of a vector
= 2 ̂ +3 ̂ along the direction of ̂- ̂ ?

32. a. State four advantages of SI over other systems of units

b. Find the value of 100J on a system which has 20cm, 250gm and half minute as fundamental
units of length, mass and time .
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a. Write four limitations of dimensional analysis.

b. The number of particle crossing a unit area perpendicular to - axis in unit time is given
by.
n= -D where and are number of particles per unit volume for the values of
meant to be and . Find the dimensions of the diffusion constant D

33. a. Derive the following relations for uniformly accelerated motion

(i) s=ut+
(ii) − =2 as.
b. The speed – time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is shown in figure. Find
(i) distance travelled by the particle between 0 sec to 10 sec .
(ii) average speed between this interval.
(iii) the time when the speed was minimum.
(iv) the time when the speed was maximum

OR
a. The relation between time t and distance is t = ∝ + where ∝ and are constants.
Show that retardation is 2∝ , where V is the instantaneous velocity
b. Two straight lines drawn on the same velocity time graph make angle 30 and 60 with the
time axis respectively as shown in figure. Which line represent greater acceleration? What
is the ratio of the two accelerations?

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