KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, MASJID MOTH

PERIODIC ASSESSMENT TEST 1

CLASS 11
TIME: 1 ½ hours PHYSICS M.M. 40
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Section A (1x 8)
1. The number of significant figures in 0.06900 is
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
I. Change of units does not change the number of significant digits
II. All the non– zero digits are significant
III. All the zero between two non-zero digits are significant
(a) I only (b) II only (c) II and III (d) I, II and III
3. In C.G.S. system the magnitude of the force is 100 dynes. In another system where
the fundamental physical quantities are in kilogram, metre and minute, the magnitude
of the force is
(a) 0.036 (b) 0.36 (c) 3.6 (d) 36
4. For the one-dimensional motion, described by x = t–sint
(a) x (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(b) v (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(c) a (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(d) v (t) lies between 0 and 2.
Directions: Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason.
Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the
correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for
assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

5. Assertion: Dimensional constants are the quantities whose values are constant.
Reason: Dimensional constants are dimensionless.
6. If Position of a particle is given by x = (4t2 – 8t), then which of the following is true?
(a) Acceleration is zero at t = 0 (b) Velocity is zero at t = 0
(c) Velocity is zero at t = 1s (d) Velocity and acceleration will never be zero
7. If unit of length and force are increased 4 times. The unit of energy

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(a) is increased by 4 times (b) is increased by 16 times
(c) is increased by 8 times (d) remains unchanged
8. A ball is travelling with uniform translatory motion. This means that
(a) it is at rest.
(b) the path can be a straight line or circular and the ball travels with uniform speed.
(c) all parts of the ball have the same velocity (magnitude and direction) and the velocity
is constant.
(d) the centre of the ball moves with constant velocity and the ball spins about its centre
uniformly.
Section B (2x4)
9. A calorie is a unit of heat or energy and it equals 4.2 J where 1J = 1 kg m2s–2.
Suppose we employ a system of units in which unit of mass is α kg, unit of length is β
m, unit of time γs. What will be magnitude of calorie in terms of this new system.
10.Convert
(i) 3 ms-2 to kmh-2
(ii) G = 6.67 × 10-11 Nm2kg-2 to cm3 g-1 s-2
11. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt2 where a = 8.5 m,
b = 2.5 ms-2 and t is measured in seconds. What is its velocity at t = 0 s and t = 2.0 s.
What is the average velocity between t = 2.0 s and t = 4.0 s ?
12. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 km h-1 is brought to a
stop within a distance of 200 m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed
uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop?
Section C (3x2)
13. Derive an expression dimensionally for the centripetal force F acting on a particle of
mass m moving with velocity v in a circle of radius r.
14. Draw the Position-time graph for motion with (a) positive acceleration; (b) negative
acceleration, and (c) zero acceleration.

Section D (5x2)
15. Derive the following equations of motion for an object moving with constant
acceleration along a straight line using graphical method
(i) velocity time relation (v = vo + at)
(ii) Position time relation (x - xo = vot + 1/2at2)
(iii) velocity-displacement relation (v2 – vo2= 2a(x - xo)) where symbols have usual
meanings.

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16. The frequency of vibration of a string depends of on, (i) tension in the string (ii) mass
per unit length of string, (iii) vibrating length of the string. Establish dimensionally the
relation for frequency.

Section E (5x1,3x1)
17. Average Speed and Average Velocity
When an object is in motion, its position changes with time. So, the quantity that
describes how fast is the position changing w.r.t. time and in what direction is given by
average velocity. It is defined as the change in position or displacement (Δx) divided by
the time interval (Δt ) in which that displacement occur. However, the quantity used to
describe the rate of motion over the actual path, is average speed. It defined as the total
distance travelled by the object divided by the total time taken.
(i) A 250 m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken by
the train to cross a bridge of length 750 m is
(a) 56 s (b) 68 s (c) 80 s (d) 92 s
(ii) A truck requires 3 hr to complete a journey of 150 km. What is average speed?
(a) 50 km/h (b) 25 km/h (c) 15 km/h (d) 10 km/h
(iii) A cyclist is moving on a circular track of radius 40 m completes half a revolution in
40 s. Its average velocity (in m/s) is
(a) zero (b) 2 (c) 4π (d) 8π
18. Measurement of Physical Quantity
All engineering phenomena deal with definite and measured quantities and so depend on
the making of the measurement. We must be clear and precise in making these
measurements. To make a measurement, magnitude of the physical quantity (unknown)
is compared.
The record of a measurement consists of three parts, i.e. the dimension of the quantity,
the unit which represents a standard quantity and a number which is the ratio of the
measured quantity to the standard quantity.
(i) A device which is used for measurement of length to an accuracy of about 10-5m, is
(a) screw gauge (b) spherometer (c) vernier calipers (d) Either (a) or (b)
(ii) Which of the technique is not used for measuring time intervals?
(a) Electrical oscillator (b) Atomic clock (c) Spring oscillator (d) Decay of
elementary particles
(iii) The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which of the following measurements is most
accurate?
(a) 4.9 cm (b) 4.805 cm (c) 5.25 cm (d) 5.4 cm

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(iv) If the length of rectangle l = 10.5 cm, breadth b = 2.1 cm and minimum possible
measurement by scale = 0.1 cm, then the area is
(a) 22.0 cm2 (b) 21.0 cm2 (c) 22.5 cm2 (d) 21.5 cm2
(v) Age of the universe is about 1010 yr, whereas the mankind has existed for 106 yr. For
how many seconds would the man have existed, if age of universe were 1 day?
(a) 9.2 s (b) 10.2 s (c) 8.6 s (d) 10.5 s
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