KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN BHUBANESWAR REGION

SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION-2024

SUBJECT-PHYSICS
CLASS-XI
MAXIMUM MARKS-70 TIME-3 HOURS
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

(I) This question paper comprises five sections – A, B, C, D and E

(II) There are 33 questions in the question paper. All questions are compulsory.
(III) Section-A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQs and four Assertion Reasoning
based questions of 1 mark each.
(IV) Section-B contains five questions of two marks each.
(V) Section-C contains seven questions of three marks each.
(VI) Section-D contains two case study based questions of four marks each.
(VII) Section-E contains three long answer questions of five marks each
(VIII) There is no overall choice in the question paper. However an internal choice has been
provided in one question in section-B, one question in section-C, one question in each
case study based question in section-D and all three questions in section-E. You
have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(IX) Use of calculator is not permitted.
(X) You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.
Acceleration due to gravity=g=9.8 m/s2, Avogadro’s number=NA=6.023x1023 per gram
mole, Universal gravitational constant=6.67x10-11 Nm2/(kg)2

SECTION-A [16x1=16]

1. The sum of the numbers 436.32, 227.2 and 0.301 in appropriate significant figures is

(a) 663.821 (b) 664 (c) 663.8 (d) 663.82

2. A car moving with a speed of 50 km/h can be stopped by applying brakes after covering at
least a distance of 6 m. What will be the minimum stopping distance, if the same car is
moving at a speed of 100 km/h?
(a) 12 m (b) 36 m (c) 6 m (d) 24 m

3. The angle between vector A = ̂ + ̂ and vector B = ̂ - ̂ is

(a) 450 (b) 900 (c) - 450 (d) 1800

4. For a body moving with constant speed in a horizontal circle, which of the following
remains constant?
(a) velocity (b) acceleration (c) centripetal force (d) kinetic energy

5. The kinetic energy of a body decreases by 19%. What is the percentage decrease in its
linear momentum?
(a) 20% (b) 10% (c) 25% (d) 15%

6. When the net torque acting on a system is zero, which of the following will be constant?
(a) Force (b) Angular momentum (c) linear momentum (d) None of these

7. What is ratio of gravitational force of attraction between two bodies kept in air and the
same distance apart in water?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) None of above

8. The mass of water rises in a capillary tube of radius ‘r’ is ‘m’. The mass of water that rises
in tube of radius 2r is
(a) m (b) m/2 (c ) 2m (d) 4m

9. The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on

(a) Pressure (b) volume (c) temperature (d) size of the molecule

10. A particle is executing simple harmonic motion with frequency f. The frequency at which
its kinetic energy changes into potential energy is
(a) f/2 (b) f (c ) 2f (d) 4f

11. In an open organ pipe, third harmonic is of frequency 450 Hz. What is the frequency of
fifth harmonic?
(a) 150 Hz (b) 250 Hz (C) 450 Hz (d) 750 Hz

12. For a gas, R/CV = 0.67. The gas is made up of molecules which are-
(a) monoatomic (b) diatomic (c ) triatomic (d) polyatomic
For question numbers 13 to 16 a statement of assertion followed by a statement of
reason is given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is the correct
explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not the correct
explanation for assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.

13. ASSERTION: Centripetal force is always required for motion in curved path.
REASON: On a banked curved track, vertical component of the normal reaction
provides the necessary centripetal force.
14. ASSERTION: It is harder to open and shut the door if we apply force near the hinge.
REASON: At the hinges the applied force to produce the required torque is maximum.

15. ASSERTION: The mass of a body that weighs 1N at the surface of earth is same as on
the surface of moon.
REASON: The value of acceleration due to gravity g is not same on earth and moon.

16. ASSERTION: In a cyclic process the change in internal energy is zero.

REASON: The internal energy is a state function.
SECTION-B [5x2=10]

17. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt2 where a = 8.5 m,
b = 2.5 m s–2 and t is measured in seconds.
(a) What is its velocity at t = 0 s and t = 2 s.
(b) What is the average velocity between t = 2 s and t = 4 s?

18. What is meant by resolving a force into rectangular components? Resolve a force of
20 N into two components, if it acts at an angle of 300 with the horizontal.
19. Bridges are declared unsafe after long use. Explain why?

20. (a) Write an expression for the velocity of the centre of mass of a system of particles.
(b) Where does the centre of mass of a uniform triangular lamina lie?

21. Prove that the average kinetic energy of a molecule of an ideal gas is directly
proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas.
OR
Calculate the temperature at which r.m.s velocity of gas molecules become double than its
value at 27 0C, pressure of the gas remaining the same.

SECTION-C [7x3=21]

22. α/t2 = Fv + β/x2, Find the dimension formula for α and β. Here t= time, F= force,
v= velocity and x= distance.
23. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time, after which it decelerates
at a constant rate β to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t seconds, then evaluate
(a) the maximum velocity reached and (b) the total distance travelled.
24. What is centripetal acceleration? Find its magnitude and direction in case of a uniform
circular motion of an object.
OR

A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m/s in a direction 300 above the horizontal. Calculate

(a) the maximum height

(b) the time taken by the ball to return to the same level and
(c) the distance from the thrower to the point where the ball returns to the same level
[ Take g = 9.8 m/s2]

25. Two rods of the same area of cross section but of lengths l1 and l2 and conductivities K1
and K2 are joined in series. Show that the combination is equivalent to a material of
conductivity K= (l1+l2)/[(l1/K1) + (l2/K2)]
26. Define moment of inertia. Write any two factors on which it depends. When the diver
leaves the diving board, why does he bring his hand and feet closer together in order to
make a somersault?
27. Write Kepler’s laws for planetary motion.

28. Show that for small oscillations, the motion of a pendulum is simple harmonic and hence
deduce an expression for the time period of the pendulum.
SECTION-D [2X4=8]

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION (CBQ)

29. A change in pressure and volume of a gas without any change in its temperature is
called an isothermal change. In such a change, there is free exchange of heat between
the gas and its surrounding. These changes are governed by Boyle’s law i.e. PV =
constant. The change in pressure and volume of a gas when temperature also changes
is called an adiabatic change. In such a change, no heat is allowed to enter into or
escape from the gas. The equation of adiabatic changes PVγ= constant or TVγ-1=constant
or P1-γTγ=constant, where γ= CP/CV = ratio of two principal specific heats of the gas
(i) For changes to be isothermal [1]
(a) walls of container must be perfectly conducting
(b) walls of container perfectly insulating
(c) changes must be fast
(d) none of these
(ii) A given quantity of an ideal gas is at pressure P and absolute temperature T. The
isothermal bulk modulus of the gas is [1]

(a) P/3 (b) P (c) 2P/3 (d) 2P

(iii) A gas is suddenly compressed to ¼ th of its original volume. What will be rise in
temperature, when the original temperature is 300 Kelvin? (γ =1.5) [1]

(a) 300 K (b) 400 K (c) 500 K (d) 600 K

(iv) In an adiabatic change, the pressure P and temperature T of a diatomic gas at

moderate temperature are related by the relation P α TZ, where Z equals [1]
(a) 5/3 (b) 2/5 (c) 3/5 (d) 7/2

OR

What is the fall in temperature of Helium initially at 15oC, when it is suddenly expanded to 8
times its original volume? (γ = 5/3)

(a) 2610C (b) 4320C (c) 26.10C (d) 2160C

30. Work is said to be done by a force acting on a body, provided the body is displaced
actually in any direction except in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the force,
mathematically, W=Fs cosϴ, whereas energy is the capacity of a body to do work and power
is the rate at which the body does the work. Power=W/t. Both work and energy are
measured in joule while power is measured in Watt.

(i) If a box is pushed through 4 m across a floor offering 100 N resistance then the work

done by the applied force is [1]

(a) 100 J (b) 0 J (c) 400 J (d) 25 J

(ii) In the above case, the work done by the gravity is [1]

(a) 981 J (b) 0 J (c) 400 J (d) 25 J

(iii) SI unit of the power in terms of joule is [1]

(a) JS (b) J/S (c) Jm (d) J/m

(iv) A truck draws a tractor of mass 1000 kg at a steady rate of 20 m/s on a level road. The
tension in the coupling is 2000 N, and then the power spent on the tractor is [1]

(a) 400 KW (b) 40 KW (c) 2000KW (d) 1000KW

OR
From the above question, the work done on tractor for 2 minute is

(a) 2400 KJ (b) 4800 KJ (c) 2000 KJ (d) 1500 KJ

SECTION-E [3x5=15]

31. (a) Derive an expression for maximum velocity of a car on a banked circular road having
coefficient of friction µ.
(b) A 70 kg man stands in contact against the inner wall of a hollow cylindrical drum of radius
3 m rotating about its vertical axis with 200 rev/min. The coefficient of friction between the
wall and his clothing is 0.15. What is the minimum rotational speed of the cylinder to
enable the man to remain stuck to the wall without falling when the floor is suddenly
removed?

OR

(a) State law of conservation of linear momentum. Derive the law of conservation of
linear momentum from Newton’s third law of motion.

(b) A body of mass 10 kg is placed on an inclined surface of angle 300.If the coefficient of
limiting friction is 1/√3, find the force required to just push the body up the inclined
surface. The force is being applied parallel to the inclined surface.
32. (a) State Pascal’s law. Explain the working of hydraulic lift.

(b) Find out the height of atmosphere if the density of the atmosphere at sea level is
1.29 kg/m3. Assume that it does not change with altitude.
OR

State Bernoulli’s theorem. Derive an expression for it. Write two limitations of Bernoulli’s
theorem.

33. (a) Show that the ratio of frequencies of different harmonics in an open organ pipe is
1 : 2 : 3…….
(b) In an open organ pipe, the fundamental frequency is 30 Hz. If the organ pipe is
closed at one end then what will be the fundamental frequency?
OR

A transverse harmonic wave travelling on a string is described by

Y(x, t) = 3 sin [36t + 0.018x + π/4]. Where x and y are in cm and t in s. The positive direction
of x is from left to right.
(a) What are the speed and direction of propagation of the wave?

(b) What are its amplitude and frequency?

(c) What is the initial phase at the origin?

(d) What is the least distance between two successive crests in the wave?

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