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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL - BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

CLASS: XI TIME: 3 Hours

SUBJECT: PHYSICS M.M.: 70
SUBJECT CODE : 042

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 eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two marks
each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three long questions of
five marks each and Section E contains two case study based questions of 4 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.
(5) Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A

1. The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003
and 2.1×10-3 are
(a) 5, 1, 2
(b) 5, 1, 5
(c ) 5, 5, 2
(d) 4, 4, 2
2. Convert 109 g-cm2 s-2 to SI units. The result is
(a) 10 kg-m2s-2
(b) 102 kg-m2s-2
(c) 104 kg-m2s-2
(d) 103 kg-m2s-2
3. When a body is dropped from a tower, then there is an increase in its
(a) mass
(b) Kinetic Energy
(c) acceleration
(d) potential energy
4. A body starts from rest and travels with uniform acceleration of 2 m/s². If its velocity is v after making
a displacement of 4 m, then v is
(a) 8 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 4 m/s
5. If the cross product of two non-zero vectors is zero, the angle between them is
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) 0°

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6. In an elastic Collision which two Physics Quantities are conserved
(a)PE & KE (b) KE & Linear Momentum (c) Linear Momentum & PE (d) None of these
7. The length of a smooth inclined plane of 300 inclination is 5m. The work done in moving a 10 kg mass
from the bottom of the inclined plane to the top is _____ Joules. (Assume g = 10m/s2)
a) 250
b) 1000
c) 1250
d) 500
8. When a body falls freely towards the earth, then its total Mechanical energy
(a) Decreases (b) Increases
(c) First increases and then decreases (d) Remains constant

9. The time period of a satellite depends on _____

a) the mass of the satellite
b) radius of its orbit
c) both mass of satellite and radius of the orbit
d) neither mass of satellite nor radius of the orbit
10. The graph between the applied force and the change in length of a wire within elastic limit is a
(a) straight line with zero slope
(b) straight line with positive slope
(c) straight line with negative slope
(d) all of the above
11. When the angle of contact between a solid and a liquid is acute, then
a) Cohesive force > Adhesive force
b) Cohesive force < Adhesive force
c) Cohesive force = Adhesive force
d) Cohesive force >> Adhesive force
12. A metallic ball has a spherical cavity at its centre. If the ball is heated, what happens to the cavity?
a) its volume decreases
b) its volume increases
c) its volume remains unchanged
d) its volume may increase or decrease depending upon the nature of the material
13. Internal energy of a perfect gas is
(a) wholly potential energy
(b) wholly kinetic energy
(c) partially K.E. and partially P.E. of the molecules
(d) difference of K.E. and P.E. of the molecule.

14. What is the degree of freedom for rigid di-atomic gases?

(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2

15. A particle is initially at the centre and going towards the left. Let T be the time period of the SHM it is
undergoing. What will be its position and velocity at time T/2, if it starts from +A at t=0?

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a) At right extreme, zero velocity
b) At centre, maximum speed towards left
c) At centre, maximum speed towards right
d) Mid-way between centre and -A

Question No 16 to 18 are assertion reasoning questions. Choose any one of the following options:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true
e) A is false and R is also false.

16. Assertion : The addition of two vector quantities is meaningful only if they both represent the same
physical quantity.
Reason : Addition of any two vector quantities is possible by parallelogram law of vector addition

17. Assertion : If no external force acts on a system of particles, then the centre of mass will not move in
any direction.
Reason : If net external force is zero, then the linear momentum of the system changes.

18. Assertion : Simple harmonic motion is a uniform circular motion

Reason : Simple harmonic motion is not the projection of uniform circular

SECTION B

19. Deduce the dimensional formula for the following quantities (i) Impulse (ii) Surface Energy

20. When brakes are applied to a moving vehicle, the distance it travels before stopping is called stopping
distance. It is an important factor for road safety and depends on the initial velocity (v0) and the
braking capacity, or deceleration, –a that is caused by the braking. Derive an expression for stopping
distance of a vehicle in terms of v0 and a.

21. A body weighs 63 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it due to the earth at
a height equal to half the radius of the Earth?
Justify your answer.
22. A structural steel rod has a radius of 10 mm and a length of 1.0 m. A 100 kN force stretches it along its
length. Calculate (a) stress, (b) elongation. Young’s modulus, of structural steel is 2.0x1011 N m-2.
OR
Draw a labeled Stress Vs Strain Curve and explain clearly the terms (i) Ultimate Tensile strength (ii)
Permanent Set
23. Using the law of equipartition of energy, Predict the specific heat capacity at constant volume (Cv) and
constant pressure (Cp) of diatomic gas.

24. What is an isothermal process? Give two important conditions for isothermal process to take place.
Draw a PV diagram for an isothermal process.
25. A pipe 20 cm long is closed at one end. Which harmonic mode of the pipe is resonantly excited by a
430 Hz source? Will the same source be in resonance with the pipe if both ends are open? (Speed of
sound in air is 340 m s–1).
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SECTION C

26. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4 m s–1.(ms-1) (a) What are the velocity and
acceleration of the ball at the highest point of its motion?
(b) To what height does the ball rise and after how long does the ball return to the player’s hands?
(Take g = 9.8 m s–2 and neglect air resistance).
27. (a) Prove work energy theorem for a constant force. (b) If the linear momentum of a body increases by
50%. What will be the increase in the kinetic energy of the body
28. (a) Define Torque about some axis of rotation? Write its relation with angular momentum? (b) A
person is standing on a rotating table with metal spheres in his hands. If he withdraws his hands to his
chest, what will be the effect on his angular speed? Justify your answer.
OR
Find the scalar and vector product of vector and

29. Show that for small oscillations the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic. Derive an
expression for its time period. Does it depend on the mass of the bob?
OR
Find the total energy of the particle executing SHM and show graphically the variation of Potential
Energy, Kinetic Energy and Total Energy with respect to displacement.
30. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is described by
y(x, t) = 3.0 sin (36 t + 0.018 x + / )
where x and y are in cm and t in s. The positive direction of x is from left to right.
(a) Is this a travelling wave or a stationary wave? If it is travelling, what
are the speed and direction of its propagation?
(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?
OR
(b) Write any three differences between a plane progressive harmonic wave and a standing wave
giving one equation of each.
SECTION D
31. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity ‘u’. Show that its trajectory is a parabola. Also obtain
expression for its (i) time of flight (ii)horizontal range and (iii) maximum height.
(b) What is the angle of projection for a projectile motion whose range R is ‘n’ times the maximum
height H ?
OR
(a) Define centripetal acceleration. Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a particle
moving with uniform speed v along a circular path of radius r. Explain how it acts along the radius
towards the Centre of the circular path.
(b) If both the speed and the radius of the circular path of a body are doubled, how will the magnitude
of centripetal acceleration change?
32. Write the expression of Moment of Inertia for (i) Solid Cylinder about its geometrical axis, (ii) Disc
about its diameter?
(b) A metal bar 70 cm long and 4.00 kg in mass supported on two knife edges placed 10 cm from each
end. A 6.00 kg load is suspended at 30 cm from one end. Find the reactions at the knife-edges.(Assume
the bar to be of uniform cross section.

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OR
(a) Write three Kinematical equations for rotational Motion.
(b) The angular speed of a motor wheel is increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 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

33. (a) What is meant by terminal velocity? Derive an expression for the terminal velocity for a spherical
body falling through a fluid.
(b) Two soap bubbles have radii in the ratio 2:3. Compare the excess of pressure inside these bubbles.
Also compare the work done in blowing these bubbles.
OR
(a) State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem.
(b) Water flows through a horizontal pipe whose internal diameter is 2.0 cm, at a speed of 1.0 m/s.
What should be the diameter of the nozzle if the water to emerge at a speed of 4.0 m/s?
SECTION E

1. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions :
Conservation of Momentum

This principle is a consequence of Newton’s second and third laws of motion. In an isolated system
(i.e., a system having no external force), mutual forces (called internal forces) between pairs of
particles in the system causes momentum change in individual particles but the momentum of system
is constant as no external forces are acting on the system.

Let a bomb be at rest, then its momentum will be zero. If the bomb explodes into two equal parts, then
the parts fly off in exactly opposite directions with same speed, so that the total momentum is still zero.
Here, no external force is applied on the system of particles (bomb). Even if bomb explodes into
different parts, the vector sum of momentum will remain zero.

1. A bus weighing 900 kg is at rest on the bus stand. What is the linear momentum of the bus?
2. A bomb explodes in mid air into two equal fragments. What is the direction of motion of the two
fragments? Justify.
3. A shell of mass 10 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 ms-1 when it blasts and forms two parts of
mass 5 kg and 2 kg respectively. If the first mass is stationary, Find the velocity of the second.
OR
Calculate the recoil velocity of a gun having mass equal to 5 kg, if a bullet of 25 g acquires the
velocity of 500 m/s after firing from the gun.

2. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
HEAT CONDUCTION
Heat conduction may be described quantitatively as the time rate of heat flow in a material for a given
temperature difference.

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Consider a metallic bar of length L and uniform cross-section A with its two ends maintained at
different temperatures. This can be done, for example, by putting the ends in thermal contact with large
reservoirs at temperatures, say, TC and TD, respectively. Let us assume the ideal condition that the
sides of the bar are fully insulated so that no heat is exchanged between the sides and the surroundings.
After sometime, a steady state is reached. It is found experimentally that in this steady state, the rate of
flow of heat (or heat current) H is proportional to the temperature difference (TC – TD) and the area of
cross-section A and is inversely proportional to the length L:

The constant of proportionality K is called the thermal conductivity of the material

1 Define the coefficient of thermal conductivity, Give its SI Unit.

2.Temperature of end A is 100 ᵒF. The value of temperature in Kelvin scale is
a) 310.9
b) 37.8
c) 100
d) 122.4
3. An iron bar of length L, area of cross section A and coefficient of thermal conductivity K 1 is
soldered end to end with a brass bar of same length L, same area of cross section A but coefficient of
thermal conductivity K2. The free ends of the iron bar and brass bar are maintained at T1 K and T2
K respectively (T1 > T2). Obtain expressions for the temperature of the junction of the two bars.
OR

What is the temperature of the steel-copper junction in the steady state of the system shown in Fig.

Length of the steel rod = 15.0 cm, length of the copper rod = 10.0 cm, temperature of the furnace =
300°C, temperature of the other end = 0 °C. The area of cross section of the steel rod is twice that of
the copper rod. (Thermal conductivity of steel = 50.2 J s–1 m–1 K–1; and of copper = 385 J s–1m–1 K–1)

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