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CLASS: JR.INTER WORK SHEET SUB: PHYSICS

SECTION-A
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:-
1. PHYSICAL WORLD:-
 What is physics?
 What is the contribution of S.Chandra Sekhar to physics?
 What is the discovery of C. V. Raman?
 What are the fundamental forces in nature?
 Which of the following has symmetry? (i) Acceleration due to gravity (ii) Law of gravitation
 What are the discoveries of Albert Einstein?
 What is beta( β )decay? Which force is a function of it
2. UNITS & MEASUREMENTS:-
 Distinguish between fundamental units and derived units?
 Distinguish between Accuracy and Precision?
 How can systematic errors be minimized or eliminated?
 What are the different types of errors that can occur in a measurement?
 Why do we have different units for the same physical quantity?
1 2
 Let us consider an equation mv =mgh, where m is the mass of the body, v its velocity, g is the acceleration
2
due to gravity ad h is the height. Check whether this equation is dimensionally correct
 What are significant figures and what do they represent when reporting the result of a measurement
 State the number of significant figures in the following (a) 6729 (b) 0.024 (c) 0.08240 (d) 6.032
(e) 4.57 × 108
 The measured mass and volume of a body ARE 2.42 g and 4.7 cm3 respectively with possible errors 0.01g and
0.1 cm 3 . find the maximum error in density
 The error in measurement of radius of a sphere is 1%. What is the error in the measurement of volume
 The percentage error in the mass & speed are 2% and 3% respectively. What is the maximum error in kinetic
energy calculated using these equations
 A physical quantity X is related to four measurable quantities a, b, c and d as follows: ¿ a2 b3 c 5 /2 d−2 . The
percentage error in the measurement of a, b, c and d are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. What is the
percentage error in X
3. MOTION IN A PLANE:-
A=⃗i + ⃗jwhat is the angle between vector ⃗
 If ⃗ A with x-axis?
 Two forces of magnitudes 3units and 5 units act at 600with each other. What is the magnitude of their
resultant?
P=2 i⃗ +4 ⃗j+14 k⃗ ∧⃗
 If ⃗ Q=4 i⃗ + 4 ⃗j+ 10 ⃗k find the magnitude of⃗
P +⃗
Q.
 The vertical component of a vector is equal to its horizontal component. What is the angle made by the vector
with X-axis?
 Can two vectors of unequal magnitude add up to give the zero vectors? Can three unequal vectors?
 When two right angled vectors of magnitude 7 units and 24 units combine, what is the magnitude of their
resultant?
 What is the acceleration of a projectile at the top of its projector?
 How is average velocity different from instantaneous velocity?
 Give an example of a case, where the velocity of an object is zero, but its acceleration is not zero
 Define unit vector, null vector and position vector?
 If |a⃗ + ⃗b|=|a⃗ −⃗b| then what is the angle between a⃗ and b⃗ ?
4. LAWS OF MOTION:-
 What is inertia? What gives the measure of inertia?
 When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun gives a kick in the backward direction. Explain?
 Why does the car with a flattened tyre stop sooner than the one with inflated tyres?
 A horse has to exert a greater force during the start of the motion than later. Explain?
 What happens to the coefficient of friction if weight of the body is doubled?
 If a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces, the pieces must travel in opposite direction. Explain?
 Why does a heavy rifle or recoil as strongly as a light rifle using the same catridge?
 According to Newton’s third law, every force is accompanied by an equal and opposite force. How can a
movement ever take place?
 Can the coefficient of friction be greater than one?
 Define force. What are the basic forces in nature?
 Why are shocks absorbers used in motor cycles and cars
 a bullet of mass 0.04kg moving with a speed of 90ms−1 enters a heavy wooden block and is stopped after a
distance of 60cm. what is the average resistive force exerted the block on the bullet
 a batsman hits back a ball straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of 12 ms−1 .
if the mass of the ball is 0.15 kg, determine the impulse imparted to the ball
5. WORK , ENERGY AND POWER:-
 State the conditions under which a force does no work
 Define work, power and energy. State their SI units
 State the relation between the kinetic energy and momentum of a body
 State the sign of work done by a force in the following (a) Work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of a well
by means of a rope tied to the bucket (b) Work done by gravitational force in the above case
 State the sign of work done by a force in the following (a) Work done by friction on a body sliding down an
inclined plane (b) Work done by gravitational force in the above case
 State the sign of work done by a force in the following (a) work done by an applied force on a body moving on
a rough horizontal plane with uniform velocity (b) Work done by resistive force of air on a vibrating
pendulum in bringing it to rest
 State if each of the following statements are true (or) false. Give reasons for your answers (a) total energy of a
system is always conserved, no matter what internal and external forces on the body are present (b) The
work done by earth’s gravitational force in keeping the moon in its orbit for its one revolution is zero
 Which physical quantity remains constant (a) in an elastic collision (b) in an inelastic collision
 A body freely falling from a certain height ‘h’ after striking a smooth floor rebounds to a height h/2. What is
the coefficient of restitution between the floor and the body
 What is the total displacement of a freely falling body, after successive rebounds from the sample of ground,
before it comes to stop? Assume that ‘e’ is the coefficient of restitution between the body and the ground
6. ROTATIONAL MOTION:-
 Why are spokes provided in a bicycle?
 Is it necessary that a mass should be present at centre of mass of any system?
 By spinning eggs on a table, how will you distinguish a hardboiled egg from a raw egg?
 Why should a helicopter necessarily have two propellers?
 Why is it easier to balance a bicycle in motion?
 We cannot open or close the door by applying force at hinges?
 Find the torque of a force 7 í+ 3 ´j−5 ḱ about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose position vector
í−´j+ ḱ
 Find the scalar and vector product of two vector, á=( 3 í−4 ´j+5 ḱ ) ∧b́=(−2 í+ ´j−3 ḱ )
 The moment of inertia of a fly wheel making 300 revolutions per minute is 0.3kgm 2. Find the torque required
to bring it to rest in 20s.
  Two rigid bodies have same moment of inertia about their axes of symmetry. Of the two, which body will have
greater kinetic energy
 Why do we prefer a spanner of longer arm as compared to the spanner of shorter arm
 If the polar ice caps of the earth were to melt, what would the effect of the length of the day be
7. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS:-
 Why are drops and bubbles spherical?
 Define Viscosity. What are its units and dimensions?
 What is magnus effect?
 What is angle of contact?
 Give the expression for the excess pressure in a liquid drop?
 Give the expression for the excess pressure in the soap bubbles in air?
 When water flows through a pipe, which of the layers moves fastest and slowest?
 What is the principle behind the carburetor of an automobile?
 Terminal velocity is more if surface area of the body is more. True or false. Give reason?
 Mention any two examples that obey Bernoulli’s theorem and justify them?
 Define average pressure. Mention its unit and dimensional formula. Is it a scalar or a vector
 Give the expression for the excess pressure in an air bubble inside the liquid
 What are water proofing agents and water wetting agents? What do they do
 Why water droplets wet the glass surface and does not wet lotus leaf
 When water flows through a pipe, which of the layers moves fastest and slowest
8. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER:-
 Distinguish between heat and temperature?
 What are the lower and upper fixing points in Celsius and Fahrenheit scales?
 Can a substance contract on heating? Give an example?
 Why gaps are left between rails on a railway track?
 Why do liquids have no linear and areal expansion?
 What is latent heat of fusion?
 What is latent heat of vapourisation?
 What is green house effect? Explain global warming?
 The roofs of buildings are often painted while during summer? Why?
 Ventilators are provided in rooms just below the roof. Why?
 Why utensils are coated black? Why the bottoms of the utensils are made of copper?
 What are the units and dimensions of specific gas constant?
 What is specific gas constant? Is it same for all gases?
 Define absorptive power of a body. What is the absorptive power of a perfect black body?
 Define coefficient of thermal conductivity and temperature gradient.
 State the conditions under which Newton’s law of cooling is applicable.
 Do the values of coefficient of expansions differ when the temperatures are measured on Centigrade scale or
an Fahrenheit scale
 State Weins displacement law
 Does the body radiate heat at 0K? Does it radiate heat at 00 C
 What is thermal resistance of a conductor? On what factors does it depend?
 State the units and dimensions of coefficient of convection
 Define emissive power and emissivity
 What is green house effect? Explain global warming
 Define absorptive power of a body. What is the absorptive power of a perfect blackbody
 State Newton’s law of cooling
 The roof of building is often painted white during summer. Why?
9. THERMODYNAMICS:-
 Define molar specific heat capacity.
  Define specific heat capacity of substance. On what factors does it depend?
 In summer, when the value of a bicycle tube is opened, the escaping air appears cold?
 Can a room be cooled by leaving the door of an electric refrigerator open?
 A thermos flask containing a liquid is shaken vigorously, what happens to its temperature?
 Define thermal equilibrium. How does it lead to Zeroth law of thermodynamics?
 What thermodynamic variables can be defined by (a) Zeroth law (b) First law?
 Which of the two will increase the pressure more, an adiabatic or an isothermal pressure in reducing the
volume to 50%?
 Define calorie. What is the relation between caloric and mechanical equivalent of heat
 Define state variables and equation of state
 Why a heat engine with 100% efficiency can never be realized in practice
 Why does the brake drum of an automobile get heated up while moving down at constant speed
 A sound wave is sent into a gas pipe. Does its internal energy change
 How much will be the internal energy change in (a) Isothermal process (b) Adiabatic process
 The coolant in a chemical or a nuclear plant should have high specific heat. Why?
10. KINETIC THEORY:-
 State Boyle’s law and Charles law?
 State Dalton’s law of partial pressures?
 Define mean free path?
 When does a real gas behave like an ideal gas?
 What is the expression between pressure and kinetic energy of a gas molecule?
 What is the ratio of r.m.s speed of Oxygen and Hydrogen molecules at the same temperature?
 Four molecules of a gas have speeds 1, 2, 3 and 4 km/s. find the rms speed of the gas molecule.
 Name two prominent phenomena which provide conclusive evidence of molecular motion
 How does kinetic theory justify Avogadro’s hypothesis and show Avogadro number in different gases is same
 Pressure of an ideal gas in container is independent of shape of the container- explain
 Explain concepts of degress of freedom for molecules of a gas
 The absolute temperature of a gas is increased 3 times. What will be the increase in rms velocity of the gas
molecule?
11. OSCILLATIONS:-
 The displacement in S.H.M is given by y=asin(20+4). What is the displacement when it is increased by 2 π /ω
 A girl is swinging seated in a swing. What is the effect on the frequency of oscillation if she stands
 The bob of a simple pendulum is a hollow sphere filled with water. How will the period of oscillation change, if
the water begins to drain out of the hollow sphere
 The bob of a simple pendulum is made of wood. What will be the effect on the time period if the wooden bob is
replaced by an identical bob of aluminium
 Will a pendulum clock gain or lose time when taken to the top of mountain
 A pendulum clock gives correct time at the equator. Will it gain or lose time if it is taken to the poles? If so
why?
 What fraction of the total energy is K.E when the displacement is one half of amplitude of a particle executing
S.H.M
 What happens to the energy of a simple harmonic oscillator if its amplitude is doubled
 Can a simple pendulum be used in an artificial satellite
SECTION-B
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:-
1. MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE:-
 A bullet moving with a speed if 150 ms−1strikes a tree and penetrates 3.5cm before stopping. What is the
magnitude of its retardation in the tree and the time and the time taken for it to stop after striking the tree?
  A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 ms−1 from the top of multistory building. The height
of the point from where the ball is thrown in 25.0 m from the ground. (i) How high will the ball rise (ii) How
long will it be before the ball hits the ground. Take g=10 ms−2[ Actual value of ‘g’ is 9.8 ms−2]
 A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of 10kmph, the second third at 20 kmph and the last
third at 60 kmph. What is its mean speed over the entire distance?
 Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle 45 0is one quarter of the range.
 A food packet is dropped from an aeroplane, moving with a speed of 360 kmph in a horizontal direction, from
a height of 500m. Find (i) its time of descent (ii) The horizontal distance between the point at which the food
packet reached the ground and the point above which it was dropped.
 A ball is tossed from the window of a building with an initial velocity of 8 ms−1 at an angle of 200 below the
horizontal. It strikes the ground 3s later. From what height was the ball thrown?
 Two balls are projected from the same point in directions 300 ∧600 with respect to the horizontal. What is the
ratio of their initial velocities if they (i) attain the same height (ii) Have the same range?
 Can the velocity of an object be in a direction other than the direction of acceleration of the object? If so, give
an example
 A parachutist flying in an aeroplane jumps when it is at a height of 3km above ground. He opens his parachute
when he is about 1km above ground. Describe his motion
 A man runs across of a tall building and jumps horizontally on to the lower roof of an adjacent building. If his
speed is 9 ms−1 and the horizontal distance between the buildings is 10m and the height difference between
the roofs is 9m, will he be able to land on the next building
 A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building and simultaneously another ball is thrown horizontally with
some velocity from the same roof. Which ball lands first? Explain your answer
 A ball is dropped from a building and simultaneously another ball is projected upward with same velocity.
Describe the change in relative velocities of the balls as a function of time
 A man walks on a straight road his home to a market 2.5km away with a speed of 5 kmh−1 . finding the market
closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5kmh−1. What is the (a) magnitude of
average velocity and (b) Average speed of the man over the time interval 0 to 50 min
 A ball A is dropped from the top of a building and at the same time an identical ball B is thrown vertically
upward from the ground. When the balls collide the speed of A is twice that of B. at what fraction of the height
of the building did the collision occur
 A stone is dropped from a height 300m and at same time another stone is projected vertically upwards with a
velocity of 100m/sec. find when and where the two stones meet
2. MOTION IN A PLANE:-
 State parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of the resultant
vector?
 Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at a certain angle with the horizontal is a parabola
U 2 sin 2 θ U 2 sin 2 θ
 Show that the maximum height and range of projectile are and respectively where the
2g g
terms have their regular meanings
 A force 2 ⃗i + ⃗j−k⃗ newton acts on a body which is initially at rest. At the end of 20 seconds, the velocity of the
body is 4 ⃗i+2 ⃗j−2 ⃗k ms−1 . what is the mass of the body?
 If θ is angle of projectile, R the range, h is the maximum height, T the time of flight then show that
4h 2
( a ) tanθ= , ( b ) h= ¿
R 8
 A particle is projected from the ground with some initial velocity making an angle of 45 0with the horizontal. It
reaches a height of 7.5 m above the ground while it travels a horizontal distance of 10m from the point of
projection. Find the initial speed of projection ( g=10 m/s2 )
 Define unit vector, null vector and position vector
  Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 35ms−1. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 12ms−1 in east to
west direction. What is the direction in which she should hold her umbrella?
3. LAWS OF MOTION:-
 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of friction?
 Mention the methods used to decrease friction?
 State the laws of rolling friction?
 Why is pulling the lawn roller proffered to pushing it?
 State Newton’s II law of motion. Hence derive equation of motion F=ma.
 Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of momentum. Give
example
 A body is moving a long a circular path such that its speed always remains constant. Should there be a force
acting on the body?.
 Calculate the time needed for a net force of 5N to change the velocity of a 10 Kg mass by 2 m/s.
4. WORK, ENERGY AND POWER:-
 What is potential energy? Derive an expression for the gravitational potential energy
 Distinguish between conservative and non-conservative forces with one example
 Show in case of one dimensional elastic collision, the relative velocity of approach of two colliding bodies
before collision is equal to relative velocity of separation after collision
 Show that two equal masses undergoing oblique elastic collision will move at right angles after collision. If the
second body is initially at rest
 Derive an expression for the height attained by a freely falling body after ‘n’ number of rebounds from the
floor
5. SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION:-
 Distinguish between centre of mass and centre of gravity?
 Define vector product. Explain the properties of a vector product with 2 examples.
 Define angular velocity ( ω ) . derive v=rω.
 State and prove parallel axes theorem.
 State and prove perpendicular axes theorem
 State and prove the principle of conservation of angular momentum. Explain the principle of conservation of
angular momentum with examples.
 Define angular acceleration and torque. Establish the relation between angular acceleration and torque
6. GRAVITATION:-
 What is orbital velocity? Obtain an expression for it?
 What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for it?
 What is a geostationary satellite? State its uses?
 Derive an expression for the variation of acceleration due to gravity (i) above and (ii) Below the surface of the
earth.
 Derive the relation between acceleration due to gravity (g) at the surface of a planet and gravitational
constant (G).
 State kepler’s law of planetary motion
 How does the acceleration due to gravity(g) change for the same value of height(h) and depth(d)?
7. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS:-
 Define strain energy and derive the equation for the same.
 Describe the behavior of a wire under gradually increasing load.
 Explain the concept of elastic potential energy in a stretched wire and hence obtain the expression for it.
 Define Hooke’s law of elasticity, proportionality limit, permanent set and Breaking stress.
 Define modulus of elasticity , stress, strain and Poisson’s ratio
 Explain surface tension and surface energy.
 Explain hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes.
 Explain dynamic lift with example.
  Define stress and mention the types of stress
 Define strain and explain the types of strain
8. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER:-
 Explain conduction, convention and radiation with examples.
 In what way is the anomalous behavior of water advantageous to aquatic animals?
 Explain Celsius and Fahrenheit scales of temperature. Obtain the relation between Celsius and Fahrenheit
scales of temperature?
 State Boyle’s law and Charle’s law. Hence derive ideal gas equation. Which of the two laws is better for the
purpose of thermometry and why?
 Explain thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermal conductivity?
 Two identical rectangular strips one of copper and the other of steel are riveted together to form a compound
bar. What will happen in heating
 Pendulum clocks generally go fast in winter and slow in summer. Why?
 State and explain Newton’s law of cooling. State the conditions under which Newton’s law of cooling is
applicable
9. KINETIC THEORY, THERMODYNAMICS:-
 What is the ratio of r.m.s speed of Oxygen & Hydrogen molecules at the same temperature?
 How specific heat capacity of monoatomic, diatomic and poly atomic gases can be explained on the basis of
law of equipartition of energy?
 Write short notes on triple of water?
 Compare isothermal and an adiabatic process?
 Derive a relation between the two specific heat capacities of gas on the basis of first law of thermodynamics?
 Explain the kinetic interpretation of temperature
 Prove that the average kinetic energy of a molecule of an ideal gas is directly proportional to the absolute
temperature of the gas
 Define two principles specific heats of a gas. Which is greater and why?

SECTION-C
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:-
1. WORK , ENERGY & POWER:-
 Develop the notions of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work energy theorem?
 What are collisions? Explain the possible types of collision? Develop the theory of one dimensional elastic
collision
 State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of freely falling body
2. OSCILLATIONS:-
 Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation for its time
period. What is second pendulum?
 Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the motion of (point) Projection of a particle performing uniform
circular motion, on any diameter, is simple harmonic.
 Obtain an equation for the frequency of oscillation of spring of force constant k to which a mass m is attached.
 Derive the equation for the kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator and show that
the total energy of a particle in simple harmonic motion is constant at any point on its path
3. THERMODYNAMICS:-
 Explain reversible and irreversible processes. Describe the working of Carnot engine. Obtain an expression for
the efficiency.
 State 2nd law of thermodynamics. How is heat engine different from a refrigerator?
 i) Obtain an expression for all work done by an ideal gas during isothermal change.
ii) Obtain an expression for all work done by an ideal gas during adiabatic change and explain.
PROBLEMS:-
1. WORK , ENERGY & POWER:-
  Define kinetic energy. Deduce the expression for kinetic energy of a body. If V =3 í+ 4 ´j+5 ḱ is the
instantaneous velocity of a body of mass 1.50 kg. Calculate Kinetic energy.
 A machine gun fires 360bullets per minute and each travels with a velocity of 600m/s. if the mass of each
bullet is 5gm, find the power of the machine gun?
 A batsman hits back a ball straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of 12 ms−1.
If the mass of the ball is 0.15kg. Determine the impulse imparted to the ball.(Assume linear motion of the ball)
 Consider a drop of mass 1.00g falling from a height of 1.00km. what is the work done by the gravitational force
(g=10ms2)
 A pump is required to lift 600kg of water per minute from a well25m deep and to project it with a speed of
50 ms−1 .Calculate the power required to perform the above task
 Find the angle between force F́=( 3 í+ 4 ´j−5 ḱ ) unit and displacement d́= ( 5 í+ 4 ´j +3 ḱ )units. Also find the
projection of F́ on d́
 Find the total energy of a body of 5kg mass, which is at a height of 10m from the earth and falling downwards
straightly with a velocity of 20 m/s. (acceleration due to gravity as 10m/s 2)
 In a ballistics demonstration, a police officer fires a bullet of mass 50g with speed 200 ms−1 on soft plywood of
thickness 2cm. the bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the emergent speed of
the bullet?
 A cyclist comes to a skidding stop in 10m. During this process, the force on the cycle due to the road is 200N
and is directly opposed to the motion (a) How much work does the road do on the cycle? (b) How much work
does the cycle do on the road?
 In a ballistics demonstration a police officer fires a bullet of mass 50.0g with speed 200 ms−1 on soft plywood
of thickness 2.00cm. The bullet emerges with only 10% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the emergent
speed of the bullet
 An elevator can carry a maximum load of 1800kg is moving up with a constant speed of 2 ms−1 . the frictional
force opposing the motion is 4000N. determine the minimum power delivered by the motor to the elevator in
watts as well as in horse power
 Find the useful in pumping 3425m 3 of water per hour from a well 8m deep to the surface, supposing 40% of
the horse power during pumping is wasted. What is the horse power of the engine
 A ball falls from a height of 10m on to a hard horizontal floor and repeatedly bounces. If the coefficient of
restitution is 1/√ 2. What is the total distance travelled by the ball before it ceases to rebound
2. SYSTEM OF PARTICLES & ROTATIONAL MOTION
 Find the centre of mass of three particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The masses of the particle
are 100g, 150 g and 200g respectively. Each side of the equilateral triangle is 0.5m long, 100g mass is at origin
and150 g mass is on the X-axis.
 When 100J of work done on a fly wheel, its angular velocity is increased from 60rpm to 180rpm. What is the
moment of inertia of the wheel?
 Find the scalar and vector product of two vector, á=( 3 í−4 ´j+5 ḱ ) ∧b́=(−2 í+ ´j−3 ḱ )
 Find the torque of a force 7 í+ 3 ´j−5 ḱ about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose position vector is
í−´j+ ḱ
3. OSCILLATIONS:-
 What is the length of a simple pendulum, which ticks seconds?
 A simple harmonic oscillator has a time period of 2s. What will be the change in the phase 0.25s after leaving
the mean position?
 On an average a human heart is found to beat 75 times in a minute. Calculate its frequency and period
 A particle executes SHM such that, the maximum velocity during the oscillation numerically equal to half the
maximum acceleration. What is the time period
 A mass of 2 kg attached to a spring of force constant 260 Nm−1 makes 100 oscillations. What is the time taken
 A particle executing SHM amplitude of 4cm and its acceleration at a distance of 1cm from the mean position is
3cms−2 . what will is velocity be when it is at a distance of 2cm from its mean position
 The mass and radius of a plant are double that of the earth. If the time period of a simple pendulum on the
earth is T, find the time period on the planet
  Calculate the change in the length of a simple pendulum of length 1m, when its period of oscillation changes
from 2s to 1.5s
 A freely falling body takes 2seconds to reach the ground on a plane, when it is dropped from a height of 8m. if
the period of a simple pendulum is π seconds on the planet, calculate the length of the pendulum
4. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
 A brass of wire of a diameter 1mm and length 2m is stretched by applying a force of 20N. If the increase in
length is 0.51 mm, find (a) the stress (b) the strain and (c) The Young’s modulus of the wire.
 A copper wire of 1 mm diameter is stretched by applying a force of 10N. Find the stress in the wire?
 A tungsten wire of length 20 cm is stretches by 0.1 cm. find the strain in the wire.
 If an iron wire is stretched by 1%. What is the strain on the wire?
 A spherical ball of volume 1000 cm3is subjected to a pressure of 10 atmosphere. The change in volume is
10−2 cm3 .if the ball is made of iron, find its bulk modulus.(1 atmosphere=1 ×105 Nm−2 ¿
 Determine the pressure required to reduce the given volume of water by 2%. Bulk modulus of water is
2. .2× 109 Nm−2
 A steel wire of length 20cm is stretched to increase its length by 0.2cm. find the lateral strain in the wire if the
Poisson’s ratio for steel is 0.19
5. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
 Calculate the work done in blowing a soap bubble of diameter 0.6cm against the surface tension force.
(surface tension of soap solution =2.5×10−2 Nm−1 ¿
 If the diameter of a soap bubble is 10 mm and its surface tension is 0.04 Nm−1 , find the excess pressure inside
the bubble
 Find the excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 5mm. (surface tension is 0.04N/m)
 How high does methyl alcohol rise in a glass tube of diameter 0.06cm?
 What should be the radius of a capillary tube, if the water has rise the height of 6cm in it Surface tension of
water=7.2 ×10−2 N /m , g=10 m/sec 2
 If work done by an agent to form a bubble of radius R is W, then how much energy is required to increase its
radius to 2R
 If two soap bubbles of radii R1∧R 2 coalesce under isothermal conditions, what is the radius of the new
bubble? Take T as the surface tension of soap solution
6. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
 Find the increase in temperature of aluminium rod if its length is to be increases by 1%
(A for aluminium =25 ×10−6 /℃ ¿
 What is the temperature for which the readings on Kelvin and Fahrenheit scales are same
 If the maximum intensity of radiation for a black body is found at 2.65 μm. find the temperature of the
radiating body
7. THERMODYNAMICS
 Find the external work done by the system in kcal, when 20 kcal of heat is supplied to the system the increase
in its internal energy is 8400 J.(J=4200 J/kcal).
 Find the efficiency of a heat engine if the temperature of the source is 100℃and sink is 27℃
 A refrigerator is to maintain eatables kept inside at 9℃ . If room temperature is 36℃ , calculate the
coefficient of performance
 What amount of heat must be supplied to 2.0 ×10−2 kg of nitrogen to raise its temperature by 45℃ at
constant pressure
 An electric heater supplies heat to a system at a rate of 100W. If system performs work at a rate of 75 joules
per second. At what rate is the internal energy increasing
8. GRAVITATION
 Two spherical balls of mass 1kg are placed 1cm apart. Find the gravitational force of attraction between them?
 Two spherical balls of 1kg and 4 kg are separated by a distance of 12cm. find the distance of a point from the
1kg mass at which the gravitational force on any mass becomes zero?