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 Series ARSP/13 Set ~ 13
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/13/13
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.

 Please check that this question paper contains 06 printed pages.

 Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
 Please check that this question paper contains 33 questions.
 Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
 15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.

PHYSICS

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

1. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E. All the sections
are compulsory.

3. 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.

4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D and E. You have to

attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

5. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section A
1. The dimensional formula of angular momentum is [1]

a) [ML-2T-1] b) [ML2T-2]

c) [MLT-1] d) [ML2T-1]

2. The length of the second’s pendulum on the surface of the earth is 1m. The length of the second’s pendulum on [1]
the surface of the moon, where g is th the value on earth is:
1

a) 36m b) 6m

c) m d) m
1 1

36 6

3. The direction of angular velocity vector is along [1]

a) the outward radius b) the axis of rotation

c) the tangent to the circular path d) the inward radius

4. A steel cable with a radius of 1.5 cm supports a chairlift at a ski area. If the maximum stress is not to exceed 108 [1]

Nm−2, what is the maximum load the cable can support?

a) 6.87× 104 N b) 7.17× 104 N

c) 7.07× 104 N d) 6.97× 104 N

5. The space shuttle releases a 470-kg communications satellite while in an orbit that is 280 km above the surface [1]
of the Earth. A rocket engine on the satellite boosts it into a geosynchronous orbit, which is an orbit in which the
 satellite stays directly over a single location on the Earth. How much energy did the engine have to provide?

a) 1.09 × 1010 J b) 1.29 × 1010 J

c) 1.39 × 1010 J d) 1.19 × 1010 J

6. Two tuning forks of frequency 250 Hz and 256Hz produce beats. If a maximum is produced just now, after how [1]
much time the minimum is produced at the same place:

a) 1

6
s b) 1

12
s

c) 1

24
s d) 0.25 s
7. A 6.0-kg block initially at rest is pulled to the right along a horizontal, surface having a coefficient of kinetic [1]
friction of 0.15, by a constant horizontal force of 12 N. Find the speed of the block after it has moved 3.0 m?

a) 2.8 m/s b) 1.8 m/s

c) 3.8 m/s d) 0.8 m/s

8. A rubber ball with water, having a small hole in its bottom is used as the bob of a simple pendulum. The time [1]
period of such a pendulum:

a) First increases and then decreases finally b) Is constant

having the same value as at the beginning

c) Increases with time d) Decreases with time

9. A body of mass 4 kg moving with velocity 12 collides with another body of mass 6 kg at rest. If the two [1]
m

bodies stick together after the collision, then the loss of kinetic energy of system is

a) zero b) 144 J

c) 288 J d) 172.8 J
10. The change in the gravitational potential energy when a body of mass m is raised to a height nR above the [1]
surface of the earth is (here R is the radius of the earth)
mgR
a) nmgR b) n

c) ( n
) mgR d) (
n
) mgR
n − 1 n + 1

11. A diver in a swimming pool bench his head before diving. It: [1]

a) increases his moment of inertia b) increases his linear velocity

c) decreases his moment of inertia d) decreases his angular velocity

o

12. A black body at a temperature of 2600 K has the wavelength corresponding to maximum emission 1200 A. [1]

Assuming the moon to be perfectly black body, the temperature of the moon, if the wavelength corresponding to
o

maximum emission is 5000 A, is

a) 3640 K b) 5240 K

c) 7800 K d) 6240 K
13. Assertion: A man carrying a load on his head and walking with uniform velocity on a street does not work [1]
against gravity.
Reason: When a body moves with uniform velocity, work done by all forces on this body is zero.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
 statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
14. Assertion (A): If there is no external torque on a body about its centre of mass, then the velocity of the centre of [1]
mass remains constant.
Reason (R): The linear momentum of an isolated system remains constant.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

15. Assertion: For the planets orbiting around the sun, angular speed, linear speed, KE changes with time, but [1]
angular momentum remains constant.
Reason: No torque is acting on the rotating planet, so its angular momentum is constant.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
16. Assertion (A): A horse has to pull a cart harder during the first few steps of his motion. [1]
Reason (R): The first few steps are always difficult.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
17. Give four examples of simple harmonic oscillations. [2]
18. Let us consider an equation 1
mv2 = mgh where m is the mass of the body, v its velocity, g is the acceleration [2]
2

due to gravity, and h is the height. Check whether this equation is dimensionally correct.
19. The value G in CGS system is 6.67 × 10-8 dyne cm2 g-2. Calculate the value in SI units. [2]

20. A body m1 of mass 10 kg is placed on a smooth horizontal table. It is connected to a string which passes over a [2]

frictionless pulley and carries at the other end, a body m2 of mass 5 kg. What acceleration will be produced in
the bodies when the nail fixed on the table is removed? What will be the tension in the string during the motion

of the bodies? What when the bodies stop? Take g = 9.8 N kg-1.
21. Show that the moon would depart forever if its speed were increased by 42%. [2]
OR
The value of g on the surface of the earth is 9.81 ms-2. Find its value on the surface of the moon. Given mass of earth

= 6.4 × 1024 kg, radius of earth = 6.4 × 106 m, mass of moon = 7.4 × 1022 kg, radius of moon = 1.76 × 106 m.
Section C
22. A rectangular tank is 10 m long, 5 m broad and 3 m high. It is filled to the rim with water of density 103 kg m-3. [3]

Calculate the thrust at the bottom and walls of the tank due to hydrostatic pressure. Take g = 9.8 ms-2.
23. Explain the following in reference to thermal conduction in a rod: [3]
i. Steady state,
ii. Isothermal surface,
iii. Temperature gradient.

24. A wheel of mass 5 kg and radius 0.40 m is rolling on a road without sliding with angular velocity 10 rad s-1. The [3]
moment of inertia of the wheel about the axis of rotation is 0.65 kgm2. What is the percentage of kinetic energy
of rotation in the total kinetic energy of the wheel?
25. State with reasons, whether the following algebraic operations with scalar and vector physical quantities are [3]
meaningful:
i. adding any two scalars,
ii. adding a scalar to a vector of the same dimensions,
iii. multiplying any vector by any scalar,
iv. multiplying any two scalars,
v. adding any two vectors,
vi. adding a component of a vector to the same vector.
26. A man carrying mass M = 125 kg makes a flying tackle at Vj = 4 m/s on a stationary quarterback of mass m = [3]
85 kg and his helmet makes solid contact with quarterback's femur.
i. What is the final speed of two athletes immediately after contact and also determine the average force
exerted on the quarterback's femur, when the last collision occur at 0.100 s?
ii. If the area of cross-section of quarterback's femur is 5 × 104 m2, then estimate the shear stress exerted on the
femur in the collision.
27. Find the angle between the vectors [3]
⃗
A = ^i - 2^j - k
^
and B⃗ = -^i + ^j - 2k
^

28. What is venturi-meter? On which principle does it work? How is the principle of venturi-meter applied in [3]
automobiles?
OR
Calculate the minimum pressure required to force the blood from the heart to the top of the head (vertical distance =

50 cm). Assume the density of blood to be 1.04 g cm-3. Friction is to be neglected.

Section D
29. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Bearings are used to convert sliding friction into rolling friction. Metal-upon-metal contact produces large
amounts of friction. The friction adds to wear and tear of the metal, producing grinding that slowly degrades the
metal. Bearings reduce friction by having the two surfaces roll over each other.
They consist of a smooth metal ball or roller that rolls against a smooth inner and outer metal surface. The
rollers or balls take the load, allowing by the device to spin.
The two basic types of rolling element distinguish the two basic types of rolling bearing:
- ball → ball bearing
- roller → roller bearing
Balls make point contact with the ring raceways. With increasing load acting on the bearing, the contact point
becomes an elliptical area. The small contact area provides low rolling friction, which enables ball bearings to
accommodate high speeds but also limits their load-carrying capacity.
Rollers make line contact with the ring raceways. With increasing load acting on the bearing. the contact line
becomes somewhat rectangular in shape. Because of the larger contact area and the consequently higher friction,
a roller bearing can accommodate heavier loads, but lower speeds, than a same-sized ball bearing.

(a) Bearing converts

a) Rolling friction to sliding friction by b) Sliding friction to rolling friction by

increasing area of contact increasing area of contact

c) Sliding friction to rolling friction by d) Rolling friction to sliding friction by

decreasing area of contact reducing area of contact
(b) In ball bearing, contacts are

a) Point contact b) Line contact

c) Wide contact d) Narrow contact

(c) In roller contacts are

a) Line contact b) Wide contact

c) Point contact d) Narrow contact

OR
Increasing load on roller bearing the contact line

a) Becomes rectangular in shape Either b) Remains a line contact

Becomes square in shape or Becomes
rectangular in shape

c) Becomes rectangular in shape d) Becomes square in shape

(d) With increasing load on ball bearing the contact point
 a) Becomes an circular area b) Becomes an elliptical area

c) Either Becomes an elliptical area or d) Remains a point contact

Becomes an circular area
30. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
A refrigerator works isothermally. A set of changes take place in the mechanism of a refrigerator but the
temperature inside remains constant. Here, the heat energy is removed and transmitted to the surrounding
environment.
while An adiabatic process is a process in which the system does not exchange heat with its surroundings.

(a) Specific heat of a gas during an isothermal process is-

a) infinite b) negative

c) zero d) positive
(b) During an adiabatic process, the square of the pressure of a gas is proportional to the fifth power of its
absolute temperature. The ratio of specific heat Cp / Cv for that gas is

a) 3/4 b) 5/3

c) 3/5 d) 4/3
(c) Work done in an adiabatic change in a gas solely depends on-

a) change in pressure b) change in energy

c) change in volume d) change in temperature

(d) Can two isothermals curve intersect each other

a) yes b) no

c) yes, during critical pressure d) May be yes

OR
The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on

a) temperature b) pressure

c) density d) specific volume

Section E
31. A tunnel is dug through the centre of the Earth. Show that a body of mass ‘m’ when dropped from rest from one [5]
end of the tunnel will execute simple harmonic motion.
OR
A body of mass m is attached to one end of a massless string which is suspended vertically from a fixed point. The
mass is held in hand so that the spring is neither stretched nor compressed. Suddenly the support of the hand is
 removed. The lowest position attained by the mass during oscillation is 4cm below the point, where it was held in
hand.
i. What is the amplitude of oscillation?
ii. Find the frequency of oscillation?
32. The speed-time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is shown in Figure. Obtain the distance [5]
traversed by the particle between (a) t = 0 s to 10 s, (b) t = 2 s to 6 s.

What is the average speed of the particle over the intervals in (a) and (b)?
OR
Prove Galileo's Law of Odd Numbers.
33. A uniform disc of radius R, is resting on a table on its rim. The coefficient of friction between disc and table is [5]
μ (Figure).

Now the disc is pulled with a force F ⃗ as shown in the figure. What is the maximum value of F for which the disc
rolls without slipping?
OR
a. A cat is able to land on its feet after a fall. Why?
b. If angular momentum moment of inertia is decreased, will its rotational K.E. be also conserved? Explain.