ECU Ex Short Questions

1. Does a dimensional analysis give any information on constant of proportionality that may appear in an
algebraic expression? Explain?
2. The wave length λ of wave depends on the speed V of the wave and its frequency f knowing that [ λ] = [L]
V
[V] = [LT-1] [f] = [T-1] decide which is correct f =Vλ or f =
λ
3. Write the dimensions of (i) Pressure (ii) Density?
4. Three students measured the length of a needle with a scale on which minimum division is 1mm and recorded
as
a. 0.2145m (ii) 0.21m (iii) 0.214m which record is correct and why?
5. Define the terms (i) unit vector (ii) Position vector and (iii) Components of a vector?
6. The vector sum of three vectors gives a zero resultant. What can be the orientation of the vectors?
7. Is it possible to add a vector quantity to a scalar quantity? Explain.
8. Can you add zero to a null vector?
9. Suppose the sides of close polygon represent vector arrange head to tail what is the sum of these vector.
10. Show that the sum and difference of two perpendicular vectors of equal lengths are also perpendicular and
of the same length?
11. How the two vectors of the same magnitude would have to be oriented, were to be combined to give a

12.If all the components of the vectors 𝐴1 × 𝐴2 and were reversed, how would this alter𝐴1 × 𝐴2?
resultant equal to a vector of the same magnitude?

13.What is the unit vector in the direction of the vector𝐴⃗ = 4𝑖̂ + 3𝑗.̂
14. Define impulse and show that how it is related to linear momentum.
15. State law of conservation of linear momentum pointing the importance f isolated system explain why under
certain condition the law is useful even though the system is not completely.
16. At what point or points in its path does a projectile have its minimum speed, its maximum speed? Find the
angle of projection of a projectile for which its maximum height and horizontal range are equal.
17. What is elastic collision and inelastic collision?
18. Calculate the work done in kilo joules in lifting a mass of 10 kg (at a steady velocity) through a vertical
height of 10 m.
19. In which case is more work done? When a 50 kg bag of books is lifted through50 cm, or when a 50 kg
crate is pushed through 2 m across the floor with a force of 50 N?
20. An object has 1 J of potential energy. Explain what it means?
21. When a rocket re-enters the atmosphere, its nose cone becomes very hot. Where does this heat energy come
from?
22. A girl drops a cup from a certain height, which breaks into pieces. What energy changes are involved?
23. Explain the difference between tangential velocity and the angular velocity.
24. Explain what is meant by centripetal force and why it must be furnished to an object if the object is to
follow a circular path.
25. What is meant by angular moment explain law of conservation of angular momentum.

27. Show that orbital angular momentum𝐿𝑜 = 𝑚𝑣𝑟.

28. State the direction of the following vectors in simple situations; angular momentum and angular velocity.
29. When mud flies off the tyre of a moving bicycle, in what direction does it fly? Explain.
30. A disc and a hoop start moving down from the top of an inclined plane at the same time. Which one
will be moving faster on reaching the bottom?
31. Why does a diver change his body positions before diving in the pool?
32. Explain what do you understand by the term viscosity?
33. What is meant by drag force? What are the factors upon which drag force acting upon a small
sphere of radius r, moving down through liquid, depend?
34. Why fog droplets appear to be suspended in air?
35. Two row boats moving parallel in the same direction are pulled towards each other. Explain.
36. Explain how the swing is produced in a fast moving cricket ball.
37. Explain the working of a carburetor of a motor car using Bernoulli’s principle.
38. What is difference between laminar and turbulent flow?
39. What is total distance travelled by an object moving with SHM in a time equal to its period, if its amplitude is
A?
40. What happens to period of simple pendulum if its length is doubled? What happens if the suspended mass is
doubled?
41. Does the acceleration of simple harmonic oscillator remains constant during its motion? Is the acceleration
ever zero? Explain
42. What is meant by phase angle? Does it define angle between maximum displacement and the driving force?
43. Under what condition does the addition of two simple harmonic motions produce a resultant, which is also
simple harmonic?
44. Explain the relation between the total energy, Potential energy and kinetic energy for a body oscillating with
SHM
45. Describe some common phenomenon in which resonance plays an important role.
46. In a mass spring system is hung vertically and set into oscillations, why does the motion eventually stop?
47. It is possible for two identical waves travelling in same direction along a string to give rise to a stationary
wave?
48. Why sound travel faster in solid than in gases?
49. How are beats useful in tuning musical instruments?
50. Explain why sound travel faster in warm air than in cold air?
51. Under what conditions, the two sources of light behave as coherent sources?
52. How is the distance between interference fringes effected by the separation between the slits of young's
double slit experiment. Can firings disappear?
53. Can visible light produce interference fringes? Explain.
54. In young's experiment one of the slit is covered with blue filter and other with red filter. What would be
pattern of light intensity on the screen?
55. Explain weather young's experiment is an experiment for studying interference or diffraction effect of light.
56. Could you obtain Newton's rings with transmitted light? If yes, would the pattern be different from that
obtained with reflected light?
57. How would you manage to get more orders of spectra using a grating?
58. What do you understand by linear magnification and angular magnification? Explain how convex lens is used
as magnifier.
59. Explain the difference between angular magnification and resolving power of an optical instrument? What
limits the magnification of an optical instrument.
60. Why would it be advantageous to use blue light with compound microscope?
61. One can buy a cheap microscope for use by children. The images seen in such a microscope have colored
edges, why is this so?
62. If a person were looking through a telescope at full moon, how would the appearance of the moon be changed
by covering half of objective lens.
63. Why the average velocity of the molecules in a gas container is zero but the average of square velocity is not
zero?
64. Why does the pressure of gas in a car tyre increase when it is driven through some distance?
65. Specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is greater than specific heat at constant volume. Why?
66. Give an example of a process in which no heat is transferred to or from the system but temperature of the
system changes?
67. Is it possible to convert internal energy to mechanical work? Explain with an example.
68. It is possible to construct heat engine that will not expel heat into the atmosphere?
69. Can mechanical energy be converted completely into heat energy? if so give an example.