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 Series ARSP/02 Set ~ 2
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/2/2
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.

 Please check that this question paper contains 06 printed pages.

 Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
 Please check that this question paper contains 33 questions.
 Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
 15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.

PHYSICS

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

1. There are 33 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 sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of 1 mark each, Section B

contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D

contains two case study-based questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of

five 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 damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The units of the constant of [1]
proportionality are

a) kgms-1 b) kgms-2

c) kgs-1 d) kgs

2. Which waves are used in sonography? [1]

a) Sound waves b) Ultrasonic waves

c) Microwaves d) Infra-red waves

3. A particle is orbiting in a vertical plane. Its linear momentum will be directed: [1]

a) Vertically b) Tangential to the orbit

c) At 45 to the vertical
∘
d) Horizontally
4. In old age arteries carrying blood in the human body become narrow resulting in an increase in the blood [1]
pressure. This follows from

a) Pascal’s law b) Bernoulli’s principle

c) Stoke’s law d) Archimedes principle

5. A particle of mass M is situated at the centre of a spherical shell of same mass and radius a. The gravitational [1]
potential at a point situated at distance from the centre, will be:
a

2
 a) − b)
GM 3GM
−
a a

c) − d)
2GM 4GM
−
a a

6. An organ pipe open at one end is vibrating in the first overtone and is in resonance with another pipe open at [1]
both ends and vibrating in the third harmonic. The ratio of the length of two pipes is:

a) 4 : 1 b) 3 : 8

c) 8 : 3 d) 1 : 2
7. A particle moves along the x-axis. The position x of the particle with respect to time t from the origin is given by [1]
x = b0 + b1t + b2t2. The acceleration of the particle is:

a) b0 b) 2b2

c) b2 d) b1

8. Change in temperature of the medium changes [1]

a) frequency of sound waves b) wavelength of sound waves

c) amplitude of sound waves d) loudness of sound waves.

9. The surface tension of liquid decreases with a rise in [1]

a) temperature of the liquid b) viscosity of the liquid

c) thickness of container d) diameter of container

10. If M is the mass of the earth and R its radius, the ratio of the gravitational acceleration and the gravitational [1]
constant is:

a) MR2 b)
M

2
R

c) d)
M R

R M

11. A solid sphere is in rolling motion. In rolling motion a body possesses translational kinetic energy (Kt) as well as [1]

rotational kinetic energy (Kr) simultaneously. The ratio Kt: (Kt + Kt) for the sphere is

a) 7 : 10 b) 10 : 7

c) 5 : 7 d) 2 : 5

12. A non-conducting body floats in a liquid at 20o C with

2
of its volume immersed in the liquid. When liquid [1]
3

temperature is increased to 100o C, of body's volume is immersed in the liquid. Then the coefficient of real
3

expansion of the liquid (neglecting the expansion of container of the liquid) is

a) 156 × 10−4 oC−1 b) 1.56 × 10−4 oC−1

c) 0.156 × 10−4 oC−1 d) 15.6 × 10−4 oC−1

13. Assertion (A): The power of a pump which raises 100 kg of water in 10 sec to a height of 100 m is 10 kW. [1]
Reason (R): The practical unit of power is horsepower.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

14. Asseertion: Thermodynamics processes in nature are irreversible. [1]
 Reason: Dissipative effects cannot be eliminated.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
15. Assertion: Comets move around the sun in elliptical orbits. The gravitational force on tie comet due to sun is [1]
not normal to the comet’s velocity, but the work done by the gravitational force o\|er every complete orbit of the
comet is zero.
Reason: Gravitational force is A conservative force and the work done by a conservative force over a closed
path is always zero.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
→ → → → → →
16. Assertion (A): If | P + Q| = | P − Q| , then P must be perpendicular to Q . [1]
→
Reason (R): The above relation will hold even when Q is a null vector.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
17. If two waves of the same frequency but of different amplitudes travelling in opposite directions through a [2]
medium superpose upon each other, will they form stationary wave? Is energy transferred? Are there any nodes?
18. The rotational kinetic energy of a body is given by E = 1

2
Iω
2
, where ω is the angular velocity of the body. Use [2]
the equation to obtain a dimensional formula for moment of inertia I. Also write its SI unit.

19. Subtract 2.5 × 104 from 3.9 × 105 with due regard to significant figures. [2]
20. What do you mean by equilibrium of concurrent forces? Prove that under the action of three concurrent forces [2]
⃗ ⃗
F 1, F 2 and F ⃗ a body will be in equilibrium, when F ⃗
3 1
⃗ ⃗
+ F2 + F3 = 0 .
21. What is the difference between inertial mass and gravitational mass of a body? [2]
OR

At a point above the surface of the earth, the gravitational potential is -5.12 × 107 J/kg and the acceleration due to

gravity is 6.4 m/s2. Assuming the mean radius of the earth to be 6400 km, calculate the height of the point above the
earth's surface.
Section C
gf
22. Calculate the total energy possessed by one kg of water at a point where the pressure is 20 2
, velocity is 0.1 [3]
mm

ms-1 and the height is 50 cm above the ground level.

23. How does the coefficient of cubical expansion of a substance vary with temperature? Draw γ versus T curve for [3]
copper.
24. Look at the graphs (a) to (d) (figure) carefully and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent [3]
one-dimensional motion of a particle.

a.

b.

c.

d.

25. Two blocks of masses 50 kg and 30 kg connected by a massless string pass over a light frictionless pulley and [3]
rest on two smooth planes inclined; at angles 30° and 60° respectively with the horizontal. Determine the
acceleration of the two blocks and the tension in the string. Take g = 10 ms-2.
26. For air, specific heat at constant pressure is 0.237 cal g-1°C-1 and specific heat at constant volume is 0.169 cal g- [3]
1°C-1, density of air = 0.001293 g cm-3 at S.T.P. Calculate the value of J.
27. A mass of 4 kg rests on a horizontal plane. The plane is gradually inclined until at an angle θ = 15° with the [3]
horizontal, the mass just begins to slide. What is the coefficient of static friction between the block and the
surface?
28. Figures (a) and (b) refer to the steady flow of a (non-viscous) liquid. Which of the two figures is incorrect? [3]
Why?

OR
Explain why?
a. The blood pressure in humans is greater at the feet than the brain.
b. Atmospheric pressure at a height of about 6 km decreases to nearly half its value at the sea level through the
height of the atmosphere is more than 100 km.
c. Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though the pressure is force divided by area.
Section D
29. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Certain collisions are referred to as elastic collisions. Elastic collisions are collisions in which both momentum
and kinetic energy are conserved. The total system kinetic energy before the collision equals the total system
kinetic energy after the collision. If total kinetic energy is not conserved, then the collision is referred to as an
inelastic collision.
The coefficient of restitution, denoted by (e), is the measure of degree elasticity of collision. It is defined as the
ratio of the final to inital relative speed between two objects after they collide. It normally ranges from 0 to 1
where 1 would be a perfectly elastic collision. A perfectly inelastic collision has a coefficient of 0. In real life
most of the collisions are neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly inealstic and 0 < e < 1.
(a) The following are the data of a collision between a truck and a car.
Mass of the car = 1000 kg
Mass of the truck = 3000 kg
Mass of the truck Before collision:
Speed of the car = 20 m/s
Momentum of the car = 20000 kg m/s
Speed of the truck = 20 m/s
Momentum of the truck = 60000 kg m/s
After collision:
Speed of the car = 40 m/s in the opposite direction
Momentum of the car = 40000 kg m/s in the opposite direction
Speed of the truck = 0
Momentum of the truck = 0
The collision is

a) Both elastic since kinetic energy and b) Elastic since momentum is conserved
momentum is conserved

c) Inelastic since kinetic energy is d) Elastic since kinetic energy is

conserved conserved
(b) The coefficient of restitution is the measure of
 a) Malleability of a substance b) Conductivity of a substance

c) degree of elasticity of collision d) Elasticity of a substance

(c) Coefficient of restitution is defined as
Relative velocity before collision
a) Relative velocity after collision
b) Relative velocity after collision ×
relative velocity before collision
Relative velocity after collision
c) Relative velocity after collision + d) Relative velocity before collision

relative velocity before collision

OR
In real life most of the collisions are

a) Range of coefficient of restitution is 0 b) both neither perfectly nor perfectly

<e<1 inelastic and range of coefficient of
restitution is 0 < e < 1.

c) neither perfectly elastic nor perfectly d) perfectly inelastic

inelastic
(d) For perfectly elastic and perfectly inelastic collision, the value of coefficient of restitution are respectively

a) +1, -1 b) 0, 1

c) 0, -1 d) 1, 0
30. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
The number of independent ways by which a dynamic system can move, without violating any constraint
imposed on it, is called the number of degrees of freedom. According to the law of equipartition of energy, for
any dynamic system in thermal equilibrium, the total energy for the system is equally divided among the degree
of freedom.

(a) If gas has n degree of freedom, the ratio of specific heat is:

a) -2n b) 2n

c) 1 + 2/n d) 1 - 2/n
(b) The kinetic energy, due to translational motion, of most of the molecules of an ideal gas at absolute
temperature T, is:
 a) kT3 b) kT2

c) kT d) k/T
(c) The mean free path is the:

a) length of the container that contains the b) mean of the square of the average
gas distance between two successive
collisions

c) the average distance covered by a d) height of the container that contains the
molecule between two successive gas
collisions
(d) The law of equipartition of energy is applicable to the system whose constituents are:

a) in non random motion b) in random motion

c) in orderly motion d) in rest

OR
Thermochemical calorie is equal to

a) 41.48 joule b) 4.148 joule

c) 4148 joule d) 414.8 joule

Section E
31. A person normally weighing 60 kg stands on a platform which oscillates up and down harmonically at a [5]
frequency of 2.0 s-1 and an amplitude 5.0 cm. If a machine on the platform gives the person's weight against

time, deduce the maximum and minimum readings it will show. Take g = 10 ms-2.
OR
Draw the graphical representation of simple harmonic motion showing the
i. displacement-time curve
ii. velocity-time curve and
iii. acceleration-time curve
32. Define centripetal acceleration. Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a body moving with [5]
uniform speed v along a circular path of radius r. Explain how it acts along the radius towards the centre of the
circular path.
OR
−
−→ −
−→ −
−→
The figure shows three vectors OA , OB and OC which are equal in magnitude (say, F). Determine the direction of
−
−→ −
−→ −
−→
OA + OB − OC .

33. Torques of equal magnitude is applied to a hollow cylinder and a solid sphere, both having the same mass and [5]
radius. The cylinder is free to rotate about its standard axis of symmetry, and the sphere is free to rotate about an
axis passing through its centre. Which of the two will acquire a greater angular speed after a given time?
 OR
A small sphere of radius R is held against the inner surface of a larger sphere of radius 6R (Fig.). The masses of large
and small spheres are 4M and M, respectively. This arrangement is placed on a horizontal table. There is no friction
between any surfaces of contact. The small sphere is now released. Find the co-ordinates of the centre of the larger
sphere when the smaller sphere reaches the other extreme position.