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R MANGALAM WORLD SCHOOL ,VAISHALI

ANNUAL EXAMINATION 2023-24

CLASS XI

PHYSICS (042)
Time allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70
General Instructions:

(i) There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

(ii) This paper has five sections - Section A, Section B,Section C, Section D, and Section E.
(iii) Section A contains 18 question s of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of twomarks each; Section C contains 5 questions of three marks each, Section D contains 3
questions of five marks each and Section D contains two case study – based question of four
marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice, however, an internal choice has been provided in Sections
B,C,D. You have to attempt any one of the choices in such questions.
(v) You may use log tables, if necessary, but the use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A

1.Which physical quantities are represented by the following?

(a) product of moment of inertia and angular acceleration.(b) moment of linear momentum.

2. Give an example, where a body has zero velocity still has acceleration.

3Three girls skating on a circular ice ground of radius 200mstart from a point P on the edge
of the ground and reach a point Q diametrically opposite to P following different paths as
shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of the displacement vector for each? and for
which girl is this equal to the actual length of path skated?
4. From a building two balls A and B are thrown such that A is thrown upwards and B
downwards (both vertically).If Va and Vb are their respective velocities on reaching the
ground, then what is the relation between these velocities?

5. Give the magnitude and direction of the net force acting on a car moving with a constant
velocity of 30km/h on a rough road.

6. The coefficient of static friction between block A of mass 2kg and the table as shown in
the figure is 0.2.What should be the maximum mass of block B, so that the two blocks do not
move.? The string and the pulley are assumed tobe smooth and massless.

7. The force between a pair of protons is repulsive. Does the potential energy increase or
decrease as the two protons are brought closer?

8. What is the amount of work by a weight-lifter holding a weight of 100kg on his shoulders
for 40second?

9. .Torque and work are both defined as force time’s distance. How do they differ from each
other?

10. The angular velocity of revolution of the earth around the sun increases, when it comes
closer to the sun .why/

11. If suddenly the gravitational force of attraction between earth and a satellite revolving
around it becomes zero, what will happen to the satellite?

12. What makes water –proof raincoat water – proof?

13. Two flasks, one containing water and other glycerine are stirred rapidly and kept on the
table. Which liquid will come to rest earlier than the other?

14. What does sudden fall in barometric height indicate?

15. What is the change in the internal energy of a system over one complete cycle of a cyclic
process?

For questions 16 to 18, two statements are given-one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given
below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

16. ASSERTION: In a pressure cooker the water is brought to boil. The cooker is then
removed from the stove. Now on removing the lid of the pressure cooker. The water starts
boiling again.
REASON: The impurities in water bring down its boiling point.
17. ASSERTION:Air quickly leaking out of a balloon becomes cooler.
REASON: The leaking air undergoes adiabatic expansion.
18 ASSERTION: The bob of a simple pendulum is a ball full of water. If a fine hole is
made in the bottom of the ball, the time period first increases and then decreases.
REASON: As water flows out of the ball , the weight of the bob decreases.
SECTION B
19. Derive by the method of dimensional analysis, an expression for the energy (E) of a body
executing S.H.M. , assuming that this energy depends upon : the mass(m) , the frequency (υ)
and the amplitude of vibration (a).
20. A woman starts from her house at 9.00 A.M., walks with s speed of 5km/h on a straight
road up in her office 2.5 km away, stays at the office up to 5.00 P.M. and returns home by an
auto with a speed of 25km/h .Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of her motion.
21. A comet orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. Does the comet have a constant (a)
linear speed., (b) angular speed, (c) angular momentum and (d) kinetic energy?
OR
Two spheres of masses 64 kg and 289 kg are placed a distance 10m apart. Find the position
of a point on the line joining the centres of the two spheres, where the gravitational field is
zero.
22. A body weighs 90kg on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh on the surface
of the mass, whose mass is 1/9 and radius ½ of that of the earth?
23. Define terminal velocity. Derive an expression for the terminal velocity of a sphere
falling through a viscous fluid.
24. A liquid drop of diameter D breaks up into 27 tiny drops.find the resulting change in
energy. Take surface tension of the liquid as T.
25. Show that the total energy of a particle executing simple harmonic motion remains
constant.

SECTION – C
26. What is a projectile? Give any example of a projectile motion. Obtain an expression for
(i) Maximum height and (ii) time of flight.
27. What is banking of roads? Why is it necessary? Explain with the help of a neat diagram,
how banking provides the centripetal force necessary for a car to move along a circular track.
28. A raindrop of mass 1g falling from a height of 1km hits the ground with a speed of
50m/s.Calculate (a) the loss of potential energy of the drop.
(b) the gain in the kinetic energy of the drop.
(c) Is the gain in kinetic energy equal to loss of potential energy? If not , Why?.Take g =
10m/s2
OR
The bob A of a pendulum released from horizontal to the vertical hits another bob B of the
same mass at rest on a table as shown in figure.

If the length of the pendulum is 1m , calculate

(a) The height to which bob A will rise after collision.
(b) The speed with which bob B starts moving. .Assume that the collision is elastic.
29. Give reason
(a) The angular velocity of revolution of the earth around the sun increases, when it comes
closer to the sun. Why?
(b) A ladder is more apt to slip, when you are high up on it than when you just begin to
climb?
(c)A solid sphere has smaller moment of inertia than a hollow cylinder of same mass and
radius, about an axis passing through their axes of symmetry?
OR
From a uniform circular disc of radius R, a circular hole of radius R/2 is cut out. The centre
of the hole is at R/2 from the centre of the original disc. Locate the centre of gravity of the
resulting flat body.
30. A U-tube contains water and ethylated spirit separated by mercury. The mercury
columns in the two arms are in level with 10cm of water in one arm and 12.5cm of spirit in
the other. What is the specific gravity of spirit?

.SECTION D

31.(a) Define terminal velocity. Show that the terminal velocity v of a sphere of radius r,
density ᶮfalling vertically through a viscous fluid of density σ and coefficient of viscosity v is
given by v= 2(ᶮ - σ)r2g/9ƞ.

(b)Why air bubbles in a medium more in upward direction?

OR

(a) State and derive equation of continuity.

(b) Why does drop water run slow?

(c)The cylindrical tube of a spray pump has a cross- section of 8.9cm2, one end of which has
40 fine holes each of diameter 1mm.if the liquid flow inside the tube is 1.5m/min. What is the
speed of ejection of the liquid through the holes?

32. State first law of thermodynamics. Why a gas has two principal specific heat capacities?
On its basis establish the relation between two molar specific heat for a gas.

OR

State any five postulates of the kinetic theory of gases. On the basis of kinetic theory, derive
an expression for the pressure exerted by an ideal gas.

33.(a) Distinguish between transverse and longitudinal waves.

(b) If a splash is heard 4.23 seconds after a stone is dropped into a wall 78.4m deep, find the
speed of sound in air.

OR

(a) What is simple harmonic motion? State its characteristics..

(b) Explain the relation in phase between displacement, velocity and acceleration in SHM
graphically as well as theoretically.

SECTION E

CASE STUDY 1
Q34. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

In mechanics, elasticity is an attribute of a body by virtue of which an object regains its

orientation after being subjected to an external force.
Among three states of matter, a solid is a rigid object in the universe. When this object
undergoes any change in its physical orientation and structure upon external force
application. There is a change in its length, volume, or shape. So when this object retains its
original shape and size upon removal of external acting forces, we say that it is elastic.
When we stretch a slingshot, it has been deformed due to the applied force, and again its
original shape has been regained, when we stop applying the force, which is called elasticity,
that means when stress is being applied the body resists any permanent change. The body
regains its original shape, and size with the removal of applied stress. Let us say that a thin
steel rod has been taken for its bend. The application of force should be stopped when it
bends a little. The rod does not regain its original shape. Based on the elastic and plastic
nature of the materials, different types of behaviour of the material can be seen, which can be
explained using Hooke’s law.
The ability of a body to resist any permanent change to it when stress is applied is known as
Elasticity. Different materials show different elastic behaviour. It is very important to study
the elastic behaviour of a material. Most engineering design requires knowledge of the elastic
behaviour of materials in the construction of various structures like bridges, columns, pillars,
beams, etc.
Q1. Which of the following is best elastic material?
(a) glass (b) rubber (c) sponge (d) steel
Q2. The dimensional formula for modulus of rigity is ;
(a) ML-1T-2 (b) ML-1T3 (c) ML-1T-1 (d) MLT-2
Q3. A wire elongates by 1mm, when a load W is hung from it.If the wire goes over a pulley
and two weights W each are hung at the two ends, the elongation of the wire will be (in mm)

(a) zero (b) l/2 (c) l (d) 2l

Q4. The stress versus strain graphs for wires of two materials A and B are as shown in figure.

(a) which material is more elastic?

(b) Which material is more brittle?

CASE STUDY 2

Q35.What happens if a pulse or a wave meets a boundary? If the boundary is rigid, pulse
travelling along a stretched string and being reflected by the boundary. Assuming there is no
absorption of energy by the boundary, the reflected wave has the same shape as the incident
pulse i.e. crest is reflected as crest and trough as trough but it suffers a phase change of π or
1800 on reflection. This is because the boundary is rigid and the disturbance must have zero
displacement at all times at the boundary. By the principle of superposition, this is possible
only if the reflected and incident waves differ by a phase of π, so that the resultant
displacement is zero. This reasoning is based on boundary condition on a rigid wall. If on the
other hand, the boundary point is not rigid but completely free to move (such as in the case of
a string tied to a freely moving ring on a rod), the reflected pulse has the same phase and
amplitude (assuming no energy dissipation) as the incident pulse. The net maximum
displacement at the boundary is then twice the amplitude of each pulse. An example of non-
rigid boundary is the open end of an organ pipe. To summaries, a travelling wave or pulse
suffers a phase change of π on reflection at a rigid boundary and no phase change on
reflection at an open boundary. We considered above reflection at one boundary. But there
are familiar situations (a string fixed at either end or an air column in a pipe with either end
closed) in which reflection takes place at two or more boundaries. In a string, for example, a
wave travelling in one direction will get reflected at one end, which in turn will travel and get
reflected from the other end. This will go on until there is a steady wave pattern set up on the
string. Such wave patterns are called standing waves or stationary waves.
Case study 1
Q1. A travelling wave or pulse suffers a phase change of π on reflection at
a) A rigid boundary
b) Open boundary
Q2. A travelling wave or pulse suffers no phase change on reflection at
a) A rigid boundary
b) Open boundary
Q3. What are stationary waves?
Q4. Name two properties of a medium responsible for propagation of wave through it?