SET – A

MAHATMA MONTESSORI SCHOOL BABA CBSE

(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education)

CLASS : XI PHYSICS (042) DATE: 06.07.2023

CYCLE TEST 1 TIME: 120 Minutes

NAME: Max. Marks 50

General Instructions:

 All questions are compulsory.

 Sec A Q. Nos. 1 to 11are MCQ type questions carrying one mark each.

 Sec B Q. Nos. 12 to 17 are very short answer type questions carrying two marks

each.

 Sec C Q. Nos. 18 to 21are short answer type questions carrying three marks each.

 Sec D Q. Nos. 22 to 24 are long answer type question carrying five marks.

 There is no overall choice. However an interval choice has been provided in one

question of 2 marks and one question of 3 marks. You have to attempt only one of

the given choices in such question.

SECTION A

1. Light year is used to measure

a) Distance between stars b) distance between atoms c) stationary chare d) None of these

2. Parsec is the unit of

a) time b) distance c) frequency d) angular momentum

3. Identify the pair whose dimensions are equal

a) Torque and work b) stress and energy c) force and stress d) force and work
4. [ML2T-2] are dimensions of

a) Force b) moment of force c) momentum d) power

5. A car travels first half of the distance between two places with a speed of 30 Km/hr and

remaining half with a speed of 50 Km/hr. The average speed of the car is

a) 37.5 Km/hr b) 42 Km/hr c) 40 Km/hr d) 49 Km/hr

6. The displacement of a particle moving in a straight line is given by x = 2t 2 + t + 5 , where x

is expressed in metres and t in seconds. The acceleration at t = 2 s is

a) 4 m/s2 b) 10 m/s2 c) 8 m/s2 d) 15 m/s2

7. Given a = 2t + 5. Calculate the velocity of the body after five sec if it starts from rest

a) 50 m/s b) 25 m/s c) 100 m/s d) 75 m/s

8. Assertion: Displacement of a body may be zero when distance travelled by it is not zero.

Reason: The displacement is the longer distance between initial and final positions.

a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

c) If A is true but R is false d) If both A and R are false

9. Which one of the following is not a unit of Young’s modulus?

a) Nm-1 b) Nm-2 c) dyne cm-2 d) mega pascal

10. The work done per unit volume in deforming a body is given by

a) Stress x strain b) ½ (stress x strain) c) stress / strain d) strain / stress

11. Assertion: Lead is more elastic than rubber.

Reason: If some load is loaded on the lead and rubber wire of same cross-

sectional area, the strain of lead is very much less than that of rubber.

a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

c) If A is true but R is false d) If both A and R are false

 SECTION B

12. a) How many significant figures are there in (i) 750 (ii) 0.00320 ?

b) What are the dimensional formulae of the following: (i) Power (ii) angle

13. Differential between dimensional and non-dimensional variables.

14. a) Under what condition will the distance and displacement of moving object

have the same magnitude?

b) What is the numerical ratio of velocity to speed of an object?

15. a) Define the term acceleration. It is scalar or vector quantity. Give its units and

dimensions.

b) Define instantaneous acceleration.

16. a) Define compressibility. Give the SI unit and dimensions of compressibility.

b) State Hooke’s law.

17. a) A solid sphere of radius 10 cm is subjected to a uniform pressure 5 x 108 Nm-2.

Determine the consequent change in volume. Bulk modulus of the material of the

sphere is equal to 3.14 x 10 11 Nm-2.

b) The pressure of the medium is changed from 1.01 x 10 5 pa to 1.165 x 10 5 pa and

change in volume is 10% keeping temperature. Find the bulk modulus of the

medium.

(OR)

Two wires of same length and material but of different radii are suspended from

a rigid support. Both carry the same load. Will the stress, strain and extension

in them be same or different.

SECTION C

18. The length, breadth, and thickness of a rectangular sheet of metal are 4.234 m, 1.005m

and 2.01 cm respectively. Give the area and volume of the sheet to correct significant

figures. (Area = 2(lb + bh + hl) Volume = lbh

19. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt 2, 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 s?

What is the average velocity between t = 2 s and t = 4 s?

(OR)

A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4 th second. How much distance will it

cover in 4 seconds after the 5th second?

20. Define the term stress. Give its units and dimensions. Describe the different types of

stress.

21. Define the terms Young’s modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity. Also give

their units.

SECTION D

22. a) A gas bubble, from an explosion under water, oscillates with a period of T

proportional to pa db Ec . Where p is the static pressure, d is the density of water

and E is the total energy of the explosion. Find the values of a,b and c.

b) Check whether the following equation is dimensionally correct. ½ mv 2 = mgh

23. Deduce the following equations for uniformly acceleration motion by using integration

technique: (i) v = u + at (ii) s n = u + a/2 ( 2n-1)

24. a) Draw stress-strain curve for a loaded wire. On the graph amrk: (i) Hooke’s law

region (ii) elastic limit (iii) yield point (iv) breaking point

b) Show that the elastic potential energy stores per unit volume of a stretched

wire is equal to ½ X Stress X strain.

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 SET – B
MAHATMA MONTESSORI SCHOOL BABA CBSE
(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education)

CLASS : XI PHYSICS (042) DATE: 06.07.2023

CYCLE TEST 1 TIME: 120 Minutes

NAME: Max. Marks 50

General Instructions:

 All questions are compulsory.

 Sec A Q. Nos. 1 to 11are MCQ type questions carrying one mark each.

 Sec B Q. Nos. 12 to 17 are very short answer type questions carrying two marks

each.

 Sec C Q. Nos. 18 to 21are short answer type questions carrying three marks each.

 Sec D Q. Nos. 22 to 24 are long answer type question carrying five marks.

 There is no overall choice. However an interval choice has been provided in two

question of 2 marks and one question of 3 marks, two questions of 5 marks each.

You have to attempt only one of the given choices in such question.

SECTION A

1. Light year is the unit of

a) Time b) distance c) Velocity d) intensity of light

2. SONAR emits which of the following waves?

a) radio b) light c) ultrasound d) none of these

3. Which of the following have same dimensions ?

a) Torque and force b) torque and potential energy

c) potential energy and force d) planck’s constant and momentum

 4. Parsec is the unit of

a) time b) distance c) frequency d) angular momentum

5. A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20 Km/hr and return at a speed of 30 Km/hr.

The average speed of the car for the whole journey is

a) 5 Km/hr b) 24 Km/hr c) 25 Km/hr d) 50 Km/hr

6. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. How

much further will it penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constant

resistance in motion?

a) 1.5 cm b) 1.0 cm c) 3.0 cm d) 2.0 cm

7. A car moves along a straight line whose equation of motion is given by s = 12t + 3t2 - 2t3

Where s is in metres and t is in seconds. Then velocity of the car at the start will be

a) 7 ms-1 b) 9 ms-1 c) 12 ms-1 d) 16 ms-1

8. Assertion: The speedometer of an automobile measures the average speed of the

automobile.

Reason: Average velocity is equal to the total distance divided by total time taken

a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

c) If A is true but R is false d) If both A and R are false

9. If longitudinal strain for a wire is 0.03 and its Poisson ratio is 0.5, then its lateral strain

a) 0.003 b) 0.0075 c) 0.015 d) 0.4

10. Energy stores in stretching a string per unit volume is

a) ½ (stress x strain) b) stress X strain c) Y (strain) 2 d) ½ Y ( stress)2

11. Assertion: Stress is the internal force per unit area of a body.

Reason: Rubber is more elastic than steel

a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b )If both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

c) If A is true but R is false d) If both A and R are false

 SECTION B

12. a) State the number of significant figures in a) 0.007 m and (ii) 2.67 x 10-24 KG

b) What are the dimensional formulae of the following: (i) Pressure (ii) density

13. Distinguish between dimensional and non dimensional constants.

14. a) Define the term velocity. Give its units and dimensions.

b) Define instantaneous velocity.

15. a) What is the value of bulk modulus for an incompressible liquid?

b) What is poission’s ratio? Does it have any unit?

c) What are elastomers?

16. a) Under what condition will the distance and displacement of moving object

have the same magnitude?

b) What is the numerical ratio of velocity to speed of an object?

17. Two wires of same length and material but of different radii are suspended from

a rigid support. Both carry the same load. Will the stress, strain and extension

in them be same or different.

(OR)

a) A wire increases by 10-3 of its length when a stress of 1 x 108 Nm-2 is applied

to it. What is the Young’s modulus of the material of the wire?

b) The pressure of the medium is changed from 1.01 x 10 5 pa to 1.165 x 10 5 pa

and change in volume is 10% keeping temperature. Find the bulk modulus of

the medium.

SECTION C

18. The mass of a box measured by a grocer’s balance is 2.3 Kg , two gold pieces of masses

20.15 g and 20.17 g are added to the box. What is (a) the total mass of the box and (ii)

the difference in the masses of the pieces to correct significant figures?

19. The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as x = 4t2 – 15 t + 25 Find the

position, velocity and acceleration of the particle at t = 0. When will the velocity of the

particle become zero? Can we call the motion of the particle as one with uniform

acceleration?

(OR)

A body covers 24 m in 2nd second and 48 m in 4th second. How much distance will it

cover in 4 seconds after the 5th second?

20. Define the term strain. Why it has no units and dimensions. What are the different

types of strain?

21. a) State Hooke’s law and hence define modulus of elasticity.

b) What are elastomers?

SECTION D

22. a) A small steel ball of radius r is allowed to fall under gravity through a column

of a viscous liquid of coefficient of viscosity η . After some time the velocity of

the body attains a constant value v T. The terminal velocity depends upon (ii)

the weight of the ball mg (ii) the coefficient of viscosity η and (ii) the radius of

the ball r. By the method of dimensions, determine the relation expressing

terminal velocity.

b) Check whether the following equation is dimensionally correct. F.s = mgh

23. Deduce the following equations for uniformly acceleration motion by using integration

technique: (i) s = ut + ½ at2 (ii) v2 –u2 = 2as

24. a) Discuss stress vs strain graph explaining clearly the terms elastic limit, permanent

set, elastic hysteresis and tensile strength.

b) On the basis of stress-strain curves distinguish between ductile, brittle and malleable

materials.
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