Supplementary Examination 2023-24

Class: XI SUBJECT: PHYSICS

Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3
hours.
General Instructions:
(1) There are 35 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 MCQ 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 4 marks each and
section E contains three long 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.
Q Marks
No.
Section A
1 A body starts from rest. If it travels in a straight line with an acceleration of 1
2 m/s², its displacement at the end of 3 seconds is
(a)9 m (b) 12 m (c) 16 m (d) 10 m
2 A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all of same material and same 1
mass are initially heated to same high temperature.
(a) Plate will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(b) Sphere will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(c) Plate will cool fastest and sphere the slowest
(d) Cube will cool fastest and plate the slowest.
3 Wien’s displacement law is- 1
(a) m = T/b (b) m /T = b
(c) m b = T (d) m T = b

4 A system consists of 3 particles each of mass m and located at (1, 1) 1

(2, 2) (3, 3). The co-ordinate of the centre of mass are
(a) (6, 6) (b) (3, 3) (c) (2, 2) (d) (1, 1)
5 A cyclist of mass m is taking a circular turn of radius r on a frictional level 1
road with a velocity v. In order that the cyclist does not skid,
(a) (mv2/2) > µmg (b) (mv2/r) > µmg
 (c) (v/r) = µg (d) (mv2/r) < µmg
6 When a force acts on a body of mass 100 g, the change in its velocity is 1
20 cm/s in a second. The Magnitude of this force is
(A) 0.2N (B) 0.02N (C) 0.002N (D) 2.0N

7 The position of a particle is given by x = (t – 2)2 where x is in metres and t 1

in seconds. The distance covered by the particle in first 4 seconds is
(a) 4 m (b) 8 m (c) 12 m (d) 16 m
8 Along a streamline 1
(a) the velocity of a fluid particle remains constant.
(b) the velocity of all fluid particles crossing a given position is constant.
(c) the velocity of all fluid particles at a given instant is constant.
(d) the speed of a fluid particle remains constant.
9 One end of a towel dips into a bucket full of water and other end hangs 1
over the bucket. It is found that after some time the towel becomes fully
wet. It happens, because of
(A) high viscosity (B) capillary action of cotton threads
(C) gravitational force (D) evaporation of water.
10 Which of the following pairs of physical quantities does not have same 1
dimensional formula?
(a) Work and torque. (b) Angular momentum and Planck’s constant.
(c) Tension and surface tension. (d) Impulse and linear momentum.
11 If a system goes from initial to final state without changing internal energy, 1
then the heat supplied to system
(a) is fully utilised for doing work
(b) is partially utilised for doing work by the system
(c) is partially utilised for doing work on the system
(d) is not used for doing work
12 The equation of plane progressive wave is, y= 10 sin 2π(t-0.005x) where 1
x and y are in cm and t in second. The frequency of wave is
(a) 0.8Hz (b) 1.0Hz (c) 2Hz (d) 0.5Hz

Question no 13 to 16 are Assertion Reason based questions

Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other
labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions 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 and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
13 Assertion: Horizontal range is same for angle of projection θ and 1
(90 – θ).
Reason: Horizontal range is independent of angle of projection.
14 Assertion: When distance between two bodies is doubled and mass of 1
each body is also doubled, gravitational force between them remains the
same.
Reason: According to Newton’s law of gravitation, force is directly
proportional to the product of mass of two bodies and inversely
proportional to the square of distance between their centres.
15 Assertion: The water has a maximum density at 4 °C. 1
Reason: Water contracts on heating between 0 °C and 4 °C.
16 Assertion: The velocity of sound increases with increase in humidity. 1
Reason: Velocity of sound does not depend upon the medium.

Section B
17 The length, breadth and thickness of a rectangular sheet of metal are 2
4.234 m, 1.005 m, and 2.01 cm respectively. Give the area and volume of
the sheet to correct significant figures.
18 The position of a particle varies with time as x=4t2-3t+7. Find out velocity 2
and acceleration of the particle at t=3 sec.
19 Find out acceleration of the block and trolley system shown in given 2
Figure, if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the trolley and the
surface is 0.04. What is the tension in the string? (Neglect the mass of the
string.)

20 Linear momentum of a particle is increased by 30% keeping mass 2

unchanged, find out percentage change in its kinetic energy.
OR
A body of mass 0.5 kg travels in a straight line with velocity v =a x 3/2
where a = 5 m–1/2 s–1. What is the work done by the net force during its
displacement from x = 0 to x = 2m?

21 The angular speed of a motor wheel is increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 2
 rpm in 16 seconds. (i) What is its angular acceleration, assuming the
acceleration to be uniform? (ii) How many revolutions does the engine
make during this time?

Section C
22 Show that for a freely falling body the sum of its kinetic energy and 3
potential energy remains constant at all points during its fall?
OR
Two bodies of masses M and m moving with velocities u1 and u2 suffer
one dimensional elastic collision. Find out final velocities of two bodies
after collision.
Given figure shows the position-time graph of a particle of mass 4 kg. 3
23

What is the (a) Force on the particle for t < 0, t > 4 s, 0 < t < 4 s?
(b) Impulse at t = 0 and t = 4 s? (Consider one-dimensional motion only).
24 If the frequency of a stretched string depends upon length of string (l), 3
tension in the string (T) and mass per unit length (μ) of the string. Find
expression for frequency of vibration of string using method of dimensions
25 Find out an expression for coordinates of centre of mass of two particle 3
system. Hence locate centre of mass of a system consisting of three
particles of mass 1kg, 2kg and 3 kg placed at (0,1), (2,3) and (2,4)
respectively.
26 Discuss the formation of standing waves in an open organ pipe and show 3
that all harmonics are present in open organ pipe .
27 Derive an expression for terminal velocity of a body while falling in a 3
viscous medium. Hence explain why air bubbles rises up in water.

28 State first law of thermodynamics. By using this law, derive relationship 3

between specific heat at constant pressure (Cp) and specific heat at
constant volume (Cv).

Section D
29 According to Hooke’s law, for small deformations within elastic limit the 4
stress and strain are proportional to each other. The ratio of stress and
strain is known as modulus of elasticity. In the region from A to B, stress
 and strain are not proportional. Nevertheless, the body still returns to its
original dimension when the load is removed. The point B in the curve is
known as yield point or elastic limit and the corresponding stress is known
as yield strength of the material. If the ultimate strength and fracture points
D and E are close, the material is said to be brittle. If they are far apart, the
material is said to be ductile.

(I) Stress is directly proportional to strain, is valid

(a) Above elastic limit (b) Within elastic limit
(c) Above plastic limit (d) None of these
(II) SI unit of modulus of rigidity or shear modulus is
(a) N/m (b) Newton (c) No unit (d) N/m2
(III) The only elastic modulus that applies to fluids is
(a)Young's modulus (b) Shear modulus (c)Modulus of rigidity (d)Bulk
modulus
(IV) Out of following materials, more elastic material is
(a) Aluminium (b) Steel (c) Wood (d)
Glass

30 Kinetic theory of gases state that, all gas molecules are in the state of 4
continuous and random motion. The speed of gas molecules or average
kinetic energy of a molecule is proportional to the absolute temperature of
the gas and it is independent of pressure, volume or the nature of the ideal
gas. This is a fundamental result relating temperature, a macroscopic
measurable parameter of a gas to a molecular quantity, namely the
average kinetic energy of a molecule. Total internal energy of a mole of an
ideal gas having f degree of freedom is given by
U = (f/2) RT
(I)Oxygen and hydrogen are at the same temperature. The ratio of kinetic
energies of their molecules is
 (a) 8: (b) 16:1 (c) 1:1 (d) 1:2
(II) If, temperature of a gas becomes four times of its initial value,
percentage change in root mean square velocity of gas molecules is
(a) No change (b) 50% (c) 200% (d) 100%
(III) The total internal energy of one mole of rigid diatomic gas is
(a) (3/2) RT (b) (5/2) RT (c) (1/2) RT (d) (7/2) RT
(IV) Absolute zero temperature is that temperature at which, rms velocity
of gas molecules
(a)becomes double ( b)becomes half (c)becomes zero (d)remains
constant
Section E
31 (a)A projectile is fired with velocity u making an angle θ with the horizontal 5
direction. Prove that its trajectory is a parabola. Derive the expression for
horizontal range.
(b) A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28m/s in a direction π/6 rad with
the horizontal direction. Calculate the maximum height attained by the ball.
OR
(a) State triangle law of vector addition. Two vectors A and B are inclined
to each other at an angle θ. Using triangle law of vector addition find the
magnitude and direction of resultant vector.
(b) A particle starts from the origin at t =0 with a velocity of 10.0 𝑗̂ m/s and
moves in the x-y plane with a constant acceleration of 8.0 𝑖̂ + 2.0𝑗̂ m/s2.
(i) At what time is the x – coordinate of the particle 16 m?
(ii) What is the y – coordinate of the particle at that time?
32 (a) Find out expression for kinetic energy and potential energy of a particle 5
executing simple harmonic motion and hence show that total energy of a
simple harmonic oscillator remains conserved.
(b) If the period of oscillation of a mass m suspended from spring is
2 second then what will be the period if mass 9 m is suspended with the
same spring?
OR
(a)Find out an expression for time period of simple pendulum for small
displacement from mean position. How time period of simple pendulum
changes, if(i)Pendulum is taken to the surface of moon
(ii)Pendulum is taken to the centre of the earth
(b) What is a second’s pendulum?
(c)Plot a graph between square of time period(T2 ) and length (l) for a
simple pendulum.

33 (a)Derive an expression for variation of acceleration due to gravity with 5

depth. Hence find value of acceleration due to gravity at the centre of the
earth.
(b) A body weighs 63 N on the surface of the earth. Find out percentage
change in its mass and weight at a height equal to half the radius of the
earth.
OR
(a)Define gravitational potential energy of a body? Obtain an expression
for gravitational potential energy of a body of mass m at distance r from
the centre of the earth.
(b) The time period of revolution of a planet around the sun is 27 times that
of earth. Find the ratio of radius of planet’s orbit to the radius of earth’s
orbit.