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 Series ARSP/15 Set ~ 15
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/15/15
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. Dimensional analysis can be used to [1]

a) check the validity of an equation. b) deducing relations among the physical

quantities.

c) to check integration of the equation. d) check the order of an equation.

2. A block rests on a horizontal table which is executing SHM in the horizontal plane with an amplitude a. If the [1]
coefficient of friction is μ , then the block just starts to slip when the frequency of oscillation is
−− −−
a) b)
1 a μg
1
√ μg
√
2π 2π a

−− −−
c) √ d)
a a
2π√
μg μg

3. The reduced mass of two particles having masses m and 2m is [1]

a) 2m b) 3m

c) d)
m 2m

2 3

4. A solid sphere of radius R made of material of bulk modulus κ is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical [1]
container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of the liquid. When a mass m is placed on the piston
to compress the liquid, fractional change in the radius of the sphere is
ΔR

mg mg
a) 3AR
b) Aκ

mg mg
c) 3Aκ
d) A
 5. As observed from earth, the sun appears to move in an approximate circular orbit. For the motion of another [1]
planet like mercury as observed from earth, this would

a) not be true because the major gravitational b) not be true because mercury is influenced
force on mercury is due to sun by forces other than gravitational forces

c) be similarly true d) not be true because the force between earth

and mercury is not inverse square law
6. A 5.5 metre length of string has a mass of 0.035 kg. If the tension in the string in 77 N, the speed of a wave on [1]
the string is

a) 77 ms-1 b) 110 ms-1

c) 165 ms-1 d) 102 ms-1

7. If the kinetic energy of a body is increased by 300%, then the percentage change in momentum will be [1]

a) 265% b) 73.2%

c) 150% d) 100%

8. The particle executing simple harmonic motion has a kinetic energy K0 cos2ωt. The maximum values of the [1]

potential energy and the total energy are respectively:

K0
a) 2
and K0 b) K0 and K0

c) 0 and 2K0 d) K0 and 2K0

9. How many joules of energy does a 100-watt light bulb use per hour? How fast would a 70-kg person have to run [1]
to have that amount of kinetic energy?

a) 360000 J, 101 m/s b) 320000 J, 130 m/s

c) 380000 J, 120 m/s d) 340000 J, 140 m/s

10. The acceleration due to gravity at the North Pole of Neptune is approximately 10.7 m/s2. Neptune has a mass 1.0 [1]
× 10
26
kg and radius 2.5 × 4
10 km and rotates once around its axis in about 16 h. What is the gravitational
force on a 5.0-kg object at the north pole of Neptune?

a) 53.5 N b) 55.8 N

c) 54.5 N d) 56 N
11. The centre of mass of a solid cone along the line from the centre of the base to the vertex is at [1]

a) one-fifth of the height b) one-fourth of the height

c) one-eight of the height d) one-third of the height

12. Temperature of a black body increases from 327°C to 927°C the initial energy possessed is 2 kJ. What is its final [1]
energy?

a) 1200 kJ b) 120 kJ

c) 320 kJ d) 32 kJ
13. Assertion (A): The instantaneous power of an agent is measured as the dot product of instantaneous velocity [1]
and the force acting on it at that instant.
Reason (R): The unit of instantaneous power is watt.
 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.

14. Assertion: When a body dropped from a height explodes in mid-air, its centre of mass keeps moving in a [1]
vertically downward direction.
Reason: Explosion occurs under internal forces only. The external force 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.
15. Assertion (A): A force act upon the earth revolving in a circular orbit about the sun. Hence work should be done [1]
on the earth.
Reason (R): The necessary centripetal force for the circular motion of the earth, comes from the gravitational
force between earth and the sun.

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.

16. Assertion (A): A cyclist always bends inwards while negotiating a curve. [1]
Reason (R): By bending, cyclist lowers his centre of gravity.

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. A test tube weighing 10 g and external diameter of 2 cm is floated vertically in the water by placing 10 g of [2]
mercury at its bottom. The tube is depressed in the water a little and then released. Find the time of oscillation.

Take g = 10 ms-2.
18. Calculate the dimensions of force and impulse taking velocity, density and frequency as basic quantities. [2]
19. Distinguish between dimensional and non-dimensional constants. [2]
20. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg moving initially with a speed of 15 ms-1. [2]
How long does the body take to stop?
21. How much below the surface of the earth does the acceleration due to gravity [2]
i. reduces to 36%
ii. reduces by 36% of its value on the surface of the earth? Radius of the earth = 6400 km.
OR
A mass of 1 g is separated from another mass of 1 g by a distance of 1 cm. How many g-1wt of force exists between
them?
Section C
22. In a given Figure (a) shows a thin liquid film supporting a small weight = 4.5 × 10
−2
N. What is the weight [3]
 supported by a film of the same liquid at the same temperature in Fig. (b) and (c)? Explain your answer
physically.

23. What do you mean by coefficients of apparent and real expansion of a liquid? How are they related? [3]
24. A solid cylinder of mass 20 kg rotates about its axis with angular speed 100 rad s-1. The radius of the cylinder is [3]
0.25 m. What is the kinetic energy associated with the rotation of the cylinder? What is the magnitude of angular
momentum of the cylinder about its axis?
25. At what point of projectile motion (i) potential energy maximum (ii) Kinetic energy maximum (iii) total [3]
mechanical energy is maximum?
26. Consider the collision depicted in figure to be between two billiard balls with equal masses m1 =m2. The first [3]
ball is called the cue while the second ball is called the target. The billiard player wants to sink the target ball in
a corner pocket, which is at an angle θ 2 = 370. Assume that the collision is elastic and that friction and rotational
motion are not important. Obtain θ 1.

27. A ball is thrown at an angle θ and another ball is thrown at an angle (90° - θ ) with the horizontal direction from [3]

the same point with velocity 39.2 ms-1. The second ball reaches 50 m higher than the first ball. Find their

individual heights. Take g = 9.8 ms-1

28. A 50 kg girl wearing high heel shoes balances on a single heel. The heel is circular with a diameter 1.0 cm. What [3]
is the pressure exerted by the heel on the horizontal floor?
OR

Air is streaming past a horizontal airplane wing such that its speed is 120 ms-1 over the upper surface and 90 ms-1 at
the lower surface. If the density of air is 1.3 kgm-3, find the difference in pressure between the top and bottom of the
wing. If wing is 10 m long and has an average width of 2 m, calculate the gross lift of the wing.
Section D
29. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Newton's Cradle: The device consists of a row of five metal balls positioned to just barely touch one another
suspended from a frame by thin wires.
a small cradles, the balls are hung from the crossbars by light wire, with the balls at the point of an inverted
triangle. This ensures that the balls can only swing in one plane, parallel to the crossbars. If the ball could move
on any other plane, it would impart less energy to the other balls in the impact or miss them altogether, and
device wouldn't work as well, if at all.
All the balls are, ideally, exactly of the same size, weight, mass and density. As long as the balls are all the same
size and density, they can be as big or as small as you like. The balls must be perfectly aligned at the centre to
make the cradle to make the cradle work the best.

When a ball on one end of the cradle is pulled away from the others and then released, it strikes the next ball in
the cradle, which remains motionless. But the last ball on the opposite end of the row is thrown into the air, then
swings back to strike the other balls, starting the chain reaction again in reverse.
This device illustrates the three main principles of Physics - conservation of energy, conservation of momentum
and friction.
Everything that moves has momentum equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity. Like energy, momentum is
also conserved. Momentum is a vector quantity, when 1st ball hits 2nd ball, it's travelling in a specific direction,
let's say east to west. This means that its momentum is also moving east to west. Any change in direction of the
motion brings a change in the momentum, which cannot happen without the influence of an outside force.
That is why 1st ball doesn't simply bounce off 2nd ball, the momentum carries the energy through all the balls in
a westward direction.
It is to remember that the law of conservation only works in a closed system, which is free from any external
force. The Newton's cradle is not a closed system. When5th ball swings out away from the rest of the balls, it is
affected by the force of gravity, which brings the ball down.
But, the horizontal line of balls at rest, functions as a closed system, free from any influence of any force other
than gravity. It's here, during the small time between the first ball's impact and the 5th ball swinging out, that
momentum is conserved.
(a) Newton's cradle illustrates the three main principles of Physics:

a) Both Law of conservation of energy and b) Law of conservation of energy.

Law of conservation of momentum and
friction

c) Law of conservation of momentum and d) Law of conservation of mass

friction
(b) In Newton's cradle, the balls are hung from the crossbars by light wire, with the balls at the point of an
inverted triangle. This ensures

a) that the balls can only swing in one b) that the balls execute simple harmonic
plane, parallel to the crossbars motion

c) that the balls can only swing in one d) that the balls do not fall down
 plane, perpendicular to the crossbars
(c) When the 1st ball at one end of the cradle is pulled away and then released, then

a) the 1st ball strikes the 2nd ball in the b) the 1st ball executes a simple harmonic
cradle and no other movement is motion. Other balls remain at rest
observed

c) the 1st ball strikes the 2nd ball in the d) the 1st ball strikes the 2nd ball in the
cradle, which remains motionless. But cradle, which goes into motion. The
the last ball on the opposite end of the 2nd ball strikes the 3rd ball which goes
row is thrown into the air, then swings into motion and so on
back to strike the other balls, starting
the chain reaction again in reverse
OR
When the momentum is conserved in Newton's cradle?

a) During the small time between the b) At the time when the 5th ball swing's
first ball's impact and the 5th ball out
swinging out, that momentum is
conserved.

c) At the time when the 1st ball strikes d) Throughout the operation
the 2nd ball
(d) What is a closed system?

a) System which is at rest b) System which is free from any external

force

c) System which is free from any friction d) System which has zero energy
30. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
In a small but crowded room, we start to feel very warm and will start sweating. The heat from our body is
transferred to sweat. As the sweat absorbs more and more heat, it evaporates from your body, becoming more
disordered and transferring heat to the air, which heats up the air temperature of the room. Many sweating
people in a crowded room, that acts as a 'closed system' will quickly start heating things up.

(a) By the first law of thermodynamics:

a) Q = -△E - W b) Q = △E + W

c) Q = △E - W d) Q = -△E - ΔW
(b) Which of the following can be considered as the definition of energy?

a) second law of thermodynamics b) both Q = △E + W and first law of

 thermodynamics

c) Q = △E + W d) first law of thermodynamics

(c) Internal energy is defined by:

a) Zeroth law of thermodynamics b) the second law of thermodynamics

c) the first law of thermodynamics d) the third law of thermodynamics

(d) When a system is in equilibrium, any change in entropy would be:

a) negative b) positive

c) zero d) maximum
OR
The second law of thermodynamics defines:

a) heat b) enthalpy

c) work d) energy
Section E
31. Using the correspondence of S.H.M. and uniform circular motion, find displacement, velocity, amplitude, time [5]
period and frequency of a particle executing S.H.M?
OR
The motion of a particle executing simple harmonic motion is described by the displacement function, x(t) = Acos(ωt
+ ϕ ) If the initial (t = 0) position of the particle is 1 cm and its initial velocity is ω cm /s, then what are its amplitude
and initial phase angle? The angular frequency of the particle is π s-1. If instead of the cosine function, we choose the
sine function to describe the SHM, x = Bsin(ωt + ϕ ), then what are the amplitude and initial phase of the particle
with the above initial conditions?
32. If a body moving with uniform acceleration in a straight line describes successive equal distances in time [5]
intervals t1, t2, and t3 then show that .
1 1 1 3
− + =
t1 t2 t3 t1 + t2 + t3

OR
i. With the help of a simple case of an object moving with a constant velocity, show that the area under velocity-
time curve represents the displacement over a given time interval.
ii. Establish the relation : x = v0t + 1

2
at2 graphically.

iii. A car moving with a speed of 126 km h-1 is brought to a stop within a distance of 200 m. Calculate the retardation
of the car and the time required to stop it.
33. Show that the angular momentum of a particle is the product of its linear momentum and moment arm. Also, [5]
show that the angular momentum is produced only by the angular component of linear momentum. What is the
physical meaning of angular momentum?
OR
Two cylindrical hollow drums of radii R and 2R, and of a common height h, are rotating with angular velocities ω 1

(anti-clockwise) and ω (clockwise), respectively. Their axes, fixed are parallel and in a horizontal plane separated
2

by (3R + δ) . They are now brought in contact (δ → 0) .

i. Show the frictional forces just after contact.
ii. Identify forces and torques external to the system just after contact.
iii. What would be the ratio of final angular velocities when friction ceases?