CBSE MIXED TEST PAPER-01

(First Unit Test)

CLASS - XI PHYSICS
[Time : 1.50 hrs.] [M. M.: 40]

Instructions:(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Attempt all questions. Q. No. 1 to 4 carries ONE mark each, answer them in word or one sentence. Q. No. 5 to 12 carries TWO marks each, answer to them should not exceed 40 words. Q. No. 13 to 17 carries THREE marks each, answer to them should not exceed 80 words. Q. No. 18 carries FIVE marks, answer them in 150 words. Use log table if necessary. There is no overall choice however internal options, one for 2

marks, 3 marks and 5 marks questions each is provide.

1. Define atomic mass unit (a.m.u). 2. Arrange the basic forces in nature in ascending order of their strength. 3. Name any two physical quantities which have dimensional formula ML-1T-2. 1-mark 1-mark

1-mark 1-mark 1-mark 2-marks

4. Express 0.000003 m as a power of 10. 5. Write the steps of learning in science. 6. Round off to 3 significant figures:

(a)20.96 m, and (b) 0,0003125 Kg

7. State the number of significant figures in the following:2-marks

(a)0.0007 m2, (b) 2.64 x 1024 kg, (c) 6.320 J and (d) 0.2370 g cm-3.

8 The fate of society depends upon Physics. How? Explain principle of homogeneity.

Or

2-marks

9. (i)Can a quantity have units but still be dimensionless?

2-marks

(ii) Can a quantity have dimensions but still have no units? justify your answer.
10. Why is SI of units preferred to others systems of unit? 11. List any four characteristics of a standard unit. 12. Write any four limitations of dimensional analysis. 13. Check the correctness of the relation 2-marks 2-marks 2-marks 3-marks

by dimensional method Where, T is torque, I is moment of inertia and

14. Write the dimension of a/b in the relation

Is a angular accelerator
3-marks

Where F is force X is distance, and t is time

15. Explain the parallax method to measure distance of an astronomical object. 16. Convert 10, 1 and 1 into radian. 17. A body has uniform acceleration of 5 km h-2. Find its value in cgs system by 3-marks 3-marks 3-marks

dimensional method. OR A new unit of length is chosen, such that the speed of light in vacuum is unity. Find the distance between sun and earth in terms of new unit, if light takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to cover the distance.
18. The time period T of an oscillating drop depend upon its radius r, density p 5-marks

and surface tension S. Establish a relation among them by dimensional method. Or

If the velocity of light C gravitational constant G and Planks constant h be chosen as fundamental units, find the dimension of : (i)mass, (ii) length, and (iii) time in new system

Sample Question Paper for Half Yearly Exam

Subject : Physics Time : 3 hrs.
Note :
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) All questions are compulsory. Q1 Q8 each carry one mark. Q9 Q18 each carry two mark. Q19 Q27 each carry three mark. Q28 Q30 each carry five mark. There is internal choice in between the questions.

M.M : 70 (Theory)

Q1.What is difference between Nm & mN ? Q2.Why wheels are made circular? Explain. Q3.Why do different planets have different escape speed? Q4.Which is more elastic: water or air ,why? Q5.Find dimensions of moment of inertia. Is moment of inertia a vector or scalar? Q6.The length of a second hand of a clock is 10 cm. find the speed of the tip of the hand? Q7.An impulsive force of 100 N acts on a body for 1 second. What is the change in linear momentum? Q8. Is (i+ j) a unit vector? Explain. Q9. IF the unit of force were Kilonewton, that of time millisecond and that of power kilowatt. What would be the units of mass and length.? Q10. Show that average velocity of the object over an interval of time is either smaller or equal to average speed of object over the same interval. Q11. A force of 5 N changes the velocity of a body 10m/s in 5 sec. How much force is required to bring about the same change in 2 sec? Q12. A wagon of mass 2000 Kg. is separated form a train traveling at 9 Km/h and then the wagon comes to rest in 2 min. Find resistance between the wheels of the wagon and the track. Q13. The driver of a truck traveling with a velocity (v) of suddenly notices a brick wall in front of him at a distanced . Is it better for him to apply breaks or to make a circular turn without applying breaks in order to just avoid crashing into the wall? Explain with reason. Q14. If momentum to body is decreased by 50% then what will be the percentage change in K.E of the body? Find out. Q15. The distance of two planets from the sun are 1011 and 1010 meter respectively what is the ratio of velocities of these two planets? Find. Q16 Assuming that the earth is a sphere of radius R and mass M. Find at what altitude from earth surface the acceleration due to gravity will become 1/4th of its value that on the surface of earth.

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Q17. Three particles each of mass m are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side a what are the gravitational field and gravitional potiental at the centroid of the triangle.. Q18. Describe stress strain relationship for a loaded steel wire and hence explain the terms elastic limit, permanent set, breaking point. Or The ratio of radii of two wires of same material is 2:1. If these wires are stretched by equal force. Find the ratio of stresses produced in them. Q19. The frequency of an oscillating drop may depend upon the radius (r) of the drop, density () and surface tension (s) of the liquid. Deduce the formula for frequency dimensionally. Q20. A weight mg is suspended from the middle of a rope whose ends are at the same level, the rope is no longer horizontal. Find the minimum tension required to completely straighten the rope. Q21. Explain with suitable diagram why it is easier to pull a lawn roller to push it. Q22. Find the force required to move a train of 2000 quintals up an incline of 1 in 50, with an acceleration of 2m/s2 , the force of friction being 0.5N per quintal. Q23.A block of mass 10 Kg is sliding on a surface inclined at an angle of 30 with the horizontal. Find acceleration of the block. ( = 0.5). Q24.A light body and a heavy body have same momentum. Which one has greater linear Kinetic energy? Q25. Four sphere each of diameter 2 a and mass M are placed with their centers on the four corners of a square of side b . Calculate moment of inertia of the system about one side of the square taken as axis. Q26.Obtain expression for orbital velocity and time period of a satellite revolving around a planet. Q27. For identical hollow cylindrical column of steel support a big structure of mass 50,000 kg. The inner and outer radii of each column are 30 cm. and 60 cm respectively. Assume the load distribution to be uniform, calculate the compression strain of each column. The young modules of steel is 2 x 1011 N/m2 .
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-Page 3Q28. a) Derive expression for 1) time of flight 2) Range of the object when a body is given projection at an angle from horizontal under gravity. b) A particle is projected with a velocity u so that its horizontal range is thrice the greatest height attained. What is its horizontal range? OR a) Derive position time relation for uniformly accelerated motion with the help of graph. b) A body travels a distance of 10 m in 3rd second and 5 meter in 4th second. Find the distance it travels in 3 seconds after 5th second. Q29. Derive expression for torque in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates. When a body is rotating about an axis. Or a) Explain concept of angular momentum and obtain expression for angular momentum in Cartesian co-ordinates. b) A car of 900 kg is traveling around a circular path of radius 300 m with a constant speed of 72 km/hour. Find its angular momentum. Q30 a) Show that for a perfectly elastic collision in one dimensions the coefficient of restitution is equal to unity. b) Two ball bearing of mass m each moving in opposite directions with equal speed v collide head on with each other. Predict the outcome of collision, assuming it to be perfectly elastic. Or a) Justify energy conservation in case of the vibration of a simple pendulum. b) Two screens have force constant K1 and K2 (K1 > K2 ). On which spring is more work done when they are stretched by the same force?

Sample Question Paper for Half Yearly Exam

Subject : Physics Time : 3 hrs. Note :
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) All questions are compulsory. Q1 Q8 each carry one mark. Q9 Q18 each carry two mark. Q19 Q27 each carry three mark. Q28 Q30 each carry five mark. There is internal choice in between the questions.

Q1.

The radius of a sphere is measured to be (2.1 0.5) cm. Calculate its surface area with error limits. Draw a position time graph for stationary object . Find the mass of a body weighing 100 dyne. Take g = 10 m/s2 . What is the apparent weight of the body of mass m at (a) the highest and (b) lowest point, if it is just looking the loop in a vertical circle. What is the angle between A and B, if A and B denote the adjacent sides of a parallelogram drawn from a point and the area of the parallelogram is AB. If the ice on the polar caps of the earth melts, how will it affect the duration of the day? Explain. A satellite revolving around earth loses height. How will its time period be changed? Why is mercury preferred as a barometric substance over water? When the planet Jupiter is at a distance of 824.7 million Kilometers from the Earth, its angular diameter is measured to be 35.72 of arc. Calculate the diameter of Jupiter?

Q2. Q3. Q4.

Q5.

Q6.

Q7. Q8. Q9.

Q10. What is the ratio of the distance travelled by a body falling freely from rest in the first, second, and third second of its fall. Q11. With what acceleration (a) should a box descend so that a block of mass M placed in it exerts a force Mg/4 on the floor of the box? Q12. Explain how first and third law of motion is contained in 2nd law? Q13. Find acceleration of a body down a rough inclined plane.

Q14. A molecule in a gas container hits the wall with speed 200 m/s at an angle 300 with the normal, and rebounds with the same speed. Is momentum conserved in the collision? Is the collision elastic or inelastic? Q15. Draw graph showing the variation of acceleration due to gravity with (a) height above the surface of earth (b) depth below the surface of earth. Q16. Two identical copper spheres of radius R are incontact with each other. If the gravitational attraction between them is F, find the relation between F and R. Q17. Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the Earth. What would be its orbital size as compared to that of the Earth? Q18. Why are the bridges declared unsafe after long years? OR Show that angular momentum of a particle about a given axis is twice the product of mass of particle and Arial velocity of position vector of the particle. Q19. The time period of oscillation of simple pendulum is given by t = 2 (L/g)1/2 . What is the accuracy in the determination of g if 10 cm length is known to 1 mm accuracy and 0.5 s time period is measured from time of 100 oscillations with a watch of 1 sec. resolution? Q20. A person standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at 600 with the vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella and starts running at 20 ms1 . He finds that rain drops are hitting his head vertically. Find the speed of the rain drops with respect to (a) the road (b) the moving person. Q21. Define relative velocity of an object w.r.t another. Draw position-time graphs of two objects moving along a straight line, when their relative velocity is (i) zero and (ii) non-zero. Q22. Define angle of friction and angle of repose and find the relation between them. Q23. Obtain an expression for minimum, velocity of projection of a body at the lowest point for looping a vertical loop. Q24. A car weighing 1120 Kg is going up an incline of 1 in 56 at the rate of 20 m in 2s. Find the power of the engine if frictional force is 64 N. Q25. Three spheres each of radius R, mass m are kept at the three corners of an equilateral triangle of side a. Find moment of inertia of all the three sphere along any one side of the triangle.

Q26. Define Keplers law of period and hence deduce Newtons law of Gravitation using it. Q27. (a) (b) (c) What is Pascals law for transmittion of pressure in a liquid? Explain why the blood pressure in human being is greater at the feet than at the brain. Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force divided by area and force is a vector. OR What you mean by Gravitational potential drive expression for the gravitational potential on the surface of earth and find a point where gravitational potential is 0. Q28. (a) What is centripetal acceleration? Find its magnitude and direction in case of uniform circular motion of an object. (b) The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of radius r depends upon the distance covered (s) as, K=a s2 . What is the force acting on the particle? OR (a) Show that the path followed by a projectile fired horizontally is parabolic. Show that for two complementary angles of projection of a projectile thrown with the same velocity. The horizontal ranges are equal. For what angle of projection of a projectile the horizontal range is maximum.

(b)

(c)

Q29. (a) What do you mean by inelastic collision in one dimension? Show that there is loss of kinectic energy in inelastic collision. (b) A shot traveling at the rate of 100 ms1 is just able to pierce a plank 4 cm thick. What velocity is required to just pierce a plank 9 cm thick? OR (c) What do you mean by conservative and non-conservative forces? Show that gravitation force is conservative force.

(d)

An elevator weighing 500 Kg is to be lifted up at a constant velocity of 0.4 m/s. What should be the minimum horse power of the motor to be used?

Q30. (a) Obtain an expression for the position vector of centre of mass of two particle system. (b) Given that A x B = B x C = 0. If A, B and C are not null vectors, find the Value of C x A. OR What do you mean by moment of force? Drive an expression for Torque in polar co-ordinates. ^ ^ ^ Find the unit vector perpendicular to each of the vectors 3 i + j + 2 k and ^ ^ ^ 2 i 2 j + 4 k.

(a)

(b)

CBSE TEST PAPER-04 Class XI Physics

Time :-1.5 Hrs. M.M. 40

Q1.

An impulsive force of 100N acts on a body for 1s. What is the change in its

[1]

linear momentum.
Q2. A stone tide to one end of a string is whirled in a circle. If the string breaks, [1]

the stone flies off tangentially. Why?

Q3. Q4. Give an example of negative work done. Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting an a stone of mass 0. [1] [1]

1kg just after it is dropped from the window of a train running at a constant velocity of 36km/hr. (g = 10m/s2)
Q5. Why does the direction of motion of a projectile become horizontal at the [1]

highest point of its trajectory?

Q6. A stone tide to the end of a string 80cm long is whirled in a horizontal circle [2]

with constant speed. If the stone makes 14 revolution is 25 seconds, What is the magnitude and direction of acceleration of the stone.
Q7. Two masses 8kg and 12kg are connected at the two ends of a light in [2]

entensible string that passes over a frictional less pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses and tension in the string, when the masses are released.
Q8. Explain why : [2]

(a) It is easier to pull a lown mower than to push it. (b) A cricketer moves his hands backwards while holding a catch.
Q9. State laws of limiting friction. [2] [2]

Q10. A shell of mass 0.02kg is fired by a gun of mass 100kg. If the muzzle speed of

the shell is 80ms-1, what is the recoil speed of the gun.

Q11. A man of mass 70kg. stand on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving : [3]

(a) upwards with a uniform speed of 10m/s. (b) downwards with a uniform acceleration of 5m/s2. (c) Upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5m/s2. What would be the

readings on the scale in each case?

Q12. State and prove work energy theorem for a variable force. Q13. Show that projection angle for a projectile launched from the origin is [3] [3]

given by

= tsn 1

4H R

Where H Maximum height R Horizontal Range of the Projectile OR Show that for a projectile the angle between the velocity and the x-axis as a function of time is given by.

Vy gt Q(t ) = tan 1 Vx

Q14. Deduce the expression for work done in moving a body up a Rough inclined

[3]

plane.
Q15. What is the need for banking a road? Obtain an expression for the maximum [3]

speed with which a vehicle can safely negotiate a curved road banked at an angle Q.
Q16. Derive an expression for : [5]

(a) Maximum height (H) (b) Horizontal Ranged (R) (c) Time of flight of a oblique projectile. Also mention, what should be the angles of to obtain (1) Maximum Range, (2) Maximum height, (3) Maximum time of flight?

Q17.

)is perpendicular to (a) Find the value of n so that vector ( 2 i - 3 j +k ) the vector ( 3 i + 4 j + nk

[5]

(b) Find the magnitude and direction of ( i + j ) and ( i - j ), where i and j are unit vector along X-axis and Y-axis respectively. OR
and B = 2 (a) Prove that A = i + 2 j + 3k i - j are perpendicular to

each other. (b) Find the component of A = 3 i + 2 j along the direction of ( i + j) and ( i - j ).