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Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 2
Date: 31/07/24 UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS
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1. The viscous force 'F' acting on a body of radius 'r' moving with a velocity 'v' in a medium of coefficient
of viscosity 'η' is given by F = 6лηrv. Check the correctness of the formula.
2. A large fluid star oscillates in space under the influence of its own gravitational field. Using
dimensional analysis find the expression for its period (T) of oscillation in terms of radius of star (R)
mean density of fluid (ρ) and universal gravitational constant (G)
3. The force experienced by a mass moving with a uniform speed v in a circular path of radius r
mv2
experiences a force which depends on its mass, speed and radius. Prove that the relation is f =
r

4. If the velocity of light (c), the constant of gravitation (G) and Planck's constant (h) be chosen as the
fundamental units, find the dimensions of mass, length and time in the new system
5. Given that the amplitude of the scattered light is (i) directly proportional to that of incident light, (ii)
directly proportional to the volume of the scattering dust particle (iii) inversely proportional to its
distance from the scattering particle, and (iv) dependent upon the wavelength of the light. Show that
1
the intensity of scattered light varies as
λ4

6. It is known that the period T of a magnet of magnetic moment M vibrating in a uniform magnetic
field of intensity H depends upon M, H and I where I is the moment of inertia of the magnet about its
axis of oscillations.
7. A planet moves around the sun in a circular orbit. The time period of revolution T of the planet
depends on (i) Radius of the orbit (R) (ii) Mass of the sun M (iii) Gravitational constant G, Show
dimensionally that T 2 α R3 .
rhρg
8. By using the method of dimension, check the accuracy of the following formula: T= where T
2 cos θ

is the surface tension, h is the height of the liquid in a capillary tube, ρ is the density of the liquid, g
is the acceleration due to gravity, θ is the angle of contact, and r is the radius of the capillary tube.
9. Assuming that the mass (m) of the largest stone that can be moved by a flowing river depends only
upon the velocity v, the density p of water and the acceleration due to gravity g. Show that m varies,
with the sixth power of the velocity of the flow

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10. The time of oscillation (t) of a small drop of liquid under surface tension depends upon the density p,
ρr3
radius r and surface tension (σ). Prove dimensionally that t α √
σ

11. Liquid is flowing steadily through a pipe. Assume that the volume of the liquid flowing out per second
depends on (a) the coefficient of viscosity of the liquid (η) (b) the radius of the pipe (r) and (c) the
pressure gradient along the pipe (pressure gradient is potential per unit length]. Deduce the
dimensions for the volume of the liquid flowing out per second.
12. The frequency 'f" of vibration of a stretched string depends upon: (i) its length 'l' (ii) the mass per unit
length 'm' (iii) the Tension 'T' in the string. Obtain dimensionally an expression for frequency.
13. Magnitude of force F experienced by a certain object moving with speed v is given by F = Kv² where
K is a constant. Find the dimensions of K
14. If x= at + b𝑡 2 , where x is in metre and t in hour, what will be the unit of 'a' and 'b'?
15. The unit of force in CGS system is dyne and unit of force in MKS system is newton. Use the method
of dimensions to show that 1 newton = 105 dyne
16. The ceiling of a long hall is 25m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that a ball thrown
with a speed of 40m/s can go without hitting the ceiling of the hall?
17. If Length, Time and Energy are fundamental units, find the dimension of mass.
18. When white light travels through glass the refractive index μ is found to vary with wavelength as
B
μ = A + 2 where A and B are constants. Using the principle of homogeneity of dimensions, determine
λ

the SI unit in which A and B must be expressed

19. If x = a + b t + ct², where x is in metres what is the dimensional formula of c.
20. If momentum (P), area (A) and time (T) are taken to be fundamental quantities, then what is the
dimensional formula for energy.
21. The value of acceleration due to gravity (g) is 9.8 m/s². If we take the unit of length to be kilometer
and unit of time to be minute, then the numerical value of g.
22. A calorie is a unit of heat (energy in transit) and it equals about 4.2 J, where 1 J = 1 kg m² s². Suppose
we employ a system of units in which the unit of mass equals α kg, the unit of length equals β m and
the unit of time is γ s. Show that a calorie has a magnitude 4.2 α−1 β−2 γ2 in terms of new units.
23. A new unit of length is chosen such that the speed of light in vacuum is unity. What is the distance
between the Sun and the Earth in terms of the new unit if light takes 8 min and 20 s to cover this
distance?

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24. Progressive wave is represented by y = A sin (ωt - kx) where x is distance and is time. What are the
dimensions of ω and k?
25. In CGS system, the density of water is 1 g/cm³. Use method of dimensions to find its value in MKS
system, i.e., in kg/m³
26. It is observed that the value of acceleration due to gravity 'g' at a place is 980 cm/s². Obtain its value
in a system in which metre is the unit of length and minute is the unit of time
27. In the expansion P = E𝑙2 m−5 G−2 , E, m, l, and denote energy, mass, angular momentum and
gravitational constant, respectively. Show that P is a dimensionless quantity.
28. If the unit of mass, length and time be each doubled, then (a) how the unit of power will change? (b)
how the numerical value is affected?
29. If the value of G, the gravitational constant in CGS system is 6.70 x 10−8 , then what is its value in
SI unit?
30. The speed of sound (v) in a material medium depends on the modulus of elasticity E and density of
medium. Use method of dimensions to find an expression for speed of sound in the medium
31. The volume of a liquid flowing out per second from a pipe of length 𝑙 and radius 𝑟 is written by a
𝜋𝑃𝑟 4
student as 𝑉= where 𝑃 is the pressure difference between two ends of pipe and 𝜂 is coefficient
8𝜂𝑙

of viscosity of the liquid. Check whether the equation is dimensionally correct or not.
1
𝐴𝑥 2
32. The PE of a particle varies with distance 𝑥 as U = where A and B are constants. Find the
𝑥 2 +𝐵

dimensional formula of A × B.
a 𝜃
33. An equation is given here (P + )=b where P is pressure, V is Volume and θ is Absolute
V2 V

temperature. If a and b are constants, what is the dimension of a.

𝐴
34. Force F is given in terms of time t and distance x, by 𝐹 = 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐶𝑡 + 𝐵𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐷𝑥. The dimension of
𝐵
𝐶
and are.
𝐷

35. A physical quantity x depends on quantities y and z as follows: x = Ay + B tan Cz, where A, B and
C are constants. Which of the following do not have the same dimensions?
a) x and B b) C and z-1 c) y and B/A d) x and A
36. In the relation y = r sin (ωt – Kx), Find the dimensions of 𝜔⁄𝑘.
hc
37. If h is the plank’s constant, c is the of light and G gravitational Constant, then what is the unit of
G

38. The velocity v (in 𝑐𝑚𝑠 −𝐴 ) of a particle is given in terms of time t (in seconds) by the relation,

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 b
v = at + . Find the dimensions of a, b and c.
t+c

39. If ‘c’ is the velocity of light, ‘g’ acceleration due to gravity and ‘P’ atmospheric pressure are the
fundamental quantities in MKS system, then the dimensions of length will be same as that of
a) c/g b) c/p c) Pcg d) 𝑐 2 ∕ 𝑔
40. The displacement of a particle moving along x-axis with respect to time t is X = at + bt2 – ct3.Find
the dimensions of c.
41. If unit of length and force are increased by 4 times. How much does the unit of energy change?
42. If E, M, J and G respectively denote energy, mass, angular momentum and gravitational Constant,
E J2
then what is the dimensions of
M5 G2

43. The velocity of a freely falling body changes as g p hq where g is acceleration due to gravity and h is
the height. What are the values of p and q?
44. The unit of Mass is α kg. The unit of length is β metre and the unit of time is γ second. What is the
magnitude of calorie in the new system?
45. Turpentine oil is flowing throw a tube of length l and radius ‘r’. The pressure difference between the
P(x²−r²)
two ends of the tube is P, the viscosity of the oil is given as ŋ = , where v is the velocity
4v𝑙

of the oil at a distance x from the axis of the tube. From this relation, find the dimensions of viscosity.
46. The Van der Waal's equation of state for some gases can be expressed as:
𝑎
(𝑃 + ) (𝑉 − 𝑏) = 𝑅𝑇
𝑉2

where P is the pressure, V is the molar volume, and T is the absolute temperature of the given
sample of gas and a, b and R are constants. What are the dimensions of a and b

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 2
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 3
Date: 21/08/24 MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1. A body starts from rest and travels with an acceleration of 2m/s2. After t seconds its velocity
is 10m/s. Then t is
A) 10 s B) 5s C) 20s D) 6s
2. A particle moves with uniform velocity. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Its speed is zero B) Its acceleration is zero
C) Its speed is variable D) Its acceleration is opposite to velocity
3. The velocity of a body moving with a uniform acceleration of 2m/s2 is 10m/sec. Its velocity
after an internal of 4 sec is
A) 12m/sec B) 14m/sec C) 16m/sec D) 18m/sec
4. A train travels with a constant velocity of 80 m/s. Find the time taken by the train to cross a
bridge of length 160 m if the length of train is 240 m
A) 5 s B) 10 s C) 2 s D) 3 s
5. A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. It changes its velocity from
10m/s to 20m/S while passing through a distance 135m in t second. The value of t is
A) 10 B) 18 C) 12 D) 9
6. The position-time (x − t) graphs for two children A and B returning from their school O to
their homes P and Q respectively are shown in figure. Choose the correct entries in the bracket
below:
a) (A⁄B) lives closer to the school than (B⁄A)
b) (A⁄B) starts from the school earlier than (B⁄A)
c) (A⁄B) walks faster than (B⁄A)
d) A and B reach home at the (same⁄different) time
e) (A⁄B) overtakes (B⁄A) on the road (once⁄twice).

7. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4 m/s

(a) What is the direction of acceleration during the upward motion of the ball?
(b) What are the velocity and acceleration of the ball at the highest point of its motion?
(c) Choose the x = 0 m and t = 0 s to be the location and time of the ball at its highest point,
vertically downward direction to be the positive direction of x-axis, and give the signs of
position, velocity and acceleration of the ball during its upward, and downward motion.
(d) To what height does the ball rise and after how long does the ball return to the player’s
hands? (Take g=9.8m/s and neglect air resistance).

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8. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5km away with a speed of 5km/h.
Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5km/h.
What is the
(a) Magnitude of average velocity and
(b) The average speed of the man over the interval of time (i) 0 to 30 min (ii) 0 to 50 min
(iii) 0 to 40 min?
9. A car travels the first half distance at 40 km/h and the second half distance at 60 km/h along
a straight road. What is the average speed of car in km/h.
10. A body starts from rest. What is the ratio of the distance travelled by the body during 4𝑡ℎ and
3𝑟𝑑 second?
11. The displacement of a particle is given by х = (t – 2)² where x is in meters and t in seconds.
What is the distance covered by the particle in 4 seconds?
12. A particle moves along a straight-line OX. At time t (in seconds) the distance x in metres
of the particle from 0 is given by x = 40+ 12 t – t 3 . How long would the particle travel before
coming to rest?
13. The distance 𝑥 travelled by a body in a straight line is directly proportional to 𝑡 2 . Decide on
the type of motion associated. If 𝑥 ∝ 𝑡 3 what will you observe?
14. The distance traversed by a body is found to be directly proportional to the square of time. Is
the body moving with uniform velocity or with uniform acceleration? Give reason.
15. The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as x = ae−αt + beβt . Where a, b, α, β are
positive constants. What is the condition that the velocity of body is zero at time t = 0?
16. A car moving with a speed of 50 kmh¹ can be stopped by brakes after at least 6 m. What will
be the minimum stopping distance, if the same car is moving at a speed of 100 kmh¹?
17. A body accelerates from rest uniformly along a straight highway at the rate of 10 ms-2 for 5
s, it moves with uniform velocity for 25 s, and then retards uniformly and comes to rest in 10
s. Draw velocity – time graph of the body and find the total distance travelled by the body.
18. A particle is moving according to relation between position x and time t as t = Ax 2 + Bx. Where
A and B are appropriate positive constants. Is the motion of the body accelerated or retarded?
Give reason.
19. A body is moving with a uniform acceleration. Its velocity after 5 seconds is 25m/s and after
8 seconds is 34 m/s. Calculate the distance it will cover in 10th second.
20. Two bodies of different masses 𝑚1 and 𝑚2 are dropped from different heights ‘𝑎’ and ‘𝑏’.
What is the ratio of time taken by the two to drop through these distances?

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 3
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 4
Date: 21/08/24 MOTION IN A PLANE
1. A particle has a displacement of 12m towards east, then 5m towards north and then 6m
vertically upwards what is the magnitude of the sum of these displacements?
A) 10.28m B) 14.32m C) 22.42m D) 30.82m
2. Two bodies are projected with the same velocity. If one is projected at an angle of 30 o and
the other at an angle of 60o to the horizontal, the ratio of the maximum heights reached is
A) 3 : 1 B) 1 : 3 C) 1 : 2 D) 2 : 1
3. When air resistance considered while dealing with the motion of the projectile. Of the
following properties of the projectile, the one which shows an increase is:
A) range
B) maximum height
C) speed at which it strikes the ground
D) the angle at which the projectile strikes the ground
4. A missile is fired for maximum range with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. If g = 10 m/s2, the
range of the missile is:
A) 40 m B) 50 m C) 60 m D) 20 m
5. The range of a projectile fired at an angle of 15o is 50m. If it is fired with the same speed at
an angle of 45o, its range will be:
A) 25m B) 37m C) 50m D) 100m
6. Two projectiles of same mass and with same velocity are thrown at an angle 60o and 30o
with the horizontal, then which quantity will remain same
A) time of flight B) range of projectile
C) max height acquired D) all of them
7. The ceiling of a long hall is 25m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that a ball
thrown with a speed of 40m/s can go without hitting the ceiling of the hall?
8. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much high
above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball.
9. A projectile has a range of 50 m and reaches a maximum height of 10 m. Calculate the angle
at which the projectile is fired.
10. A particle has initial velocity (3𝑖̂ + 4𝐽̂) and acceleration (0.4𝑖̂ + 0.3𝑗̂). What is its speed
after 10 s?
11. A 7kg object is subjected to two forces (in newton) ⃗F1 = 20𝑖̂ + 30𝑗̂ and ⃗F2 = 8𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂
The magnitude of the resulting acceleration in 𝑚𝑠 −1 will be?
12. At what angle should the two forces 2𝑃 and √2𝑃 act so that the resultant force is equal to
𝑃√10?
13. Figure shows (Vx, t) and (Vy, t) diagrams for a body of unit mass. Find the force as a function
of time.

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 3 3
2 2
VX(m/s) Vy(m/s)
1 1
0 0
0 1 2 3 0 2 4
t t

14. Two equal forces act at a point. The square of their resultant is 3 times of their product
vectors. What is the angle between them?
15. There are four forces acting at a point produced by the strings as shown in figure which is
at rest. Find the forces F1 and F2.

16. If the magnitude of two vectors be 3 and 4 and the value of their scalar product is 6, find the
angle between vectors.
17. ⃗ = 2 ̂-
Show that the vectors 𝐴 = 𝑖̂-5 𝑗̂ and 𝐵 𝑖 10 𝑗̂are parallel to each other.
18. A 100 kg gun fires a shell of 1 kg horizontally from a cliff of height 500 m. It falls on the
ground at a distance 400 m from the bottom of the cliff. Find the recoil velocity of the gun.
[Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/𝒔𝟐 ]
19. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity of 𝑥𝑖 + 𝑦𝑗. The range of the projectile is twice
𝑦
the maximum height of the projectile. Calculate .
𝑥
20. A projectile has a range of 50 m and reaches a maximum height of 10m.What is the elevation
of the projectile?
21. The horizontal range of a projectile fired at an angle 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with the same
speed at an angle of 45°, what is its range?

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 4
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 5
Date: 21/08/24 FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION
1. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
A) Frictional force opposes the relative motion
B) Limiting value of static friction is directly proportional to normal reaction
C) Rolling friction is smaller than sliding friction.
D) Coefficient of sliding friction has dimensions of length
2. Which motion does not require force to maintain it?
A) Uniform circular motion B) Elliptical motion
C) Uniform straight-line motion D) Projectile motion
3. A block of mass 10 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface whose coefficient of friction is
0.5. If a horizontal force of 100 N is applied on it, then acceleration of the block will be
A) 10 m/s2 B) 5 m/s2 C) 15 m/s2 D) 0.5 m/s2
4. If net force acting on a body is zero, the body
A) must be at rest. B) may be at rest C) may be accelerating D) none of these
5. The area under F-t graph gives
A) displacement of body
B) change in linear momentum of the body.
C) impulse acting on the body
D) both (B) and (C)
6. The driver of a three-wheeler moving with a speed of 36 km/h sees a child standing in the middle
of the road and brings his vehicle to rest in 4.0 s just in time to save the child. What is the
average retarding force on the vehicle? The mass of the three-wheeler is 400 kg and the mass
of the driver is 65 kg.
7. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20,000 kg is blasted upwards with an initial acceleration of 5.0
m/s². Calculate the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
8. Figure shows the position-time graph of a particle of mass 4 kg. What is the (a) force on the
particle for t < 0, t > 4 s, 0 < t < 4 s? (b) impulse at t = 0s and t = 4s? (Consider one-dimensional
motion only)
x(m)

3
A

0 4 t(s)

9. A man of mass 70 kg stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving

(a) upwards with a uniform speed of 10 𝑚𝑠 −1 ,
(b) downwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 𝑚𝑠 −2 .

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 (c) upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 𝑚𝑠 −2
What would be the readings on the scale in each case?
(d) What would be the reading if the lift mechanism failed and it hurtled down freely under
gravity?
10. Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string that goes
over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses, and the tension in the string when
the masses are released.
11. Two masses 𝑚1 and 𝑚2 are connected to the ends of a string passing over a pulley. Find the
tension and acceleration associated.
12. Show that impulse of a variable force is equal to the area enclosed by the force-time curve.
Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string that
passes over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses and tension in the string,
when the masses and tension in the string, when the masses are released.
13. A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h as he approaches a circular turn (on the road) of
radius 80m, he applies brakes and reduces his speed at the constant rate 0.50 𝒎/𝒔𝟐 . Find the
magnitude and direction of the net acceleration of the cyclist on circular turn?
14. Discuss graphical method for the measurement of impulse in the following case:
i) When a constant force acts on a body.
ii) When a variable force acts on a body.
15. A block is gently placed at the top of an inclined plane 6.4m long. Find the time taken by the
block to slide down to the bottom of the plane. The plane makes an angle of 30° with the
horizontal. Coefficient of the friction between the block and the plane is 0.2. (Take g=10m/s²)
16. A bomb at rest explodes into three parts of the same mass. The momenta of the two parts is -pi
and pj. What will be the momentum of the third part?
17. For three moving objects the distances are found to be directly proportional to the times t, 𝑡 2
and 𝑡 3 . What is the nature of the net force on each object?
18. A truck of mass 1000 kg is pulling a trailer of mass 2000 kg as shown. The retarding (frictional)
force on the truck is 500 N and that on the trailer is 1000 N. The truck engine exerts a force of
6000 N. Calculate
(i) the acceleration of the truck and the trailer, and
(ii) the tension in the connecting rope.

19. A curved road of diameter 1.8km is banked, so that no friction is required at a speed of 30 ms −1 .
What is the banking angle?
20. A truck starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at 2.0 m/s². At t = 10 s, a stone is dropped by
a person standing on the top of the truck (6 m high from ground). What are the (a) velocity, and
(b) acceleration of the stone at t = 11 s? (Neglect air resistance).
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21. A motor car is traveling at 30 m/s on a circular road of radius 500 m. It is increasing its speed
at the rate of 2 m/s? What is the acceleration?

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 5
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 6
Date: 29/10/24 WORK ENERGY AND POWER

1. A body of mass 2 kg initially at rest moves under the action of an applied horizontal force of 7 N
on a table with coefficient of friction 0.1. Compute the
a) Work done by the applied force in 10 s
b) Work done by friction in 10 s
c) Work done by the net force in 10 s
d) Change in kinetic energy of the body
2. Figures show examples of some potential energy functions in one dimension. The total energy of
the particle is indicated by across on the Coordinates axis. In each case, specify the regions, if any,
in which the particle cannot be found for the given energy. Also, indicate the minimum total energy
the particle must have in each case.

a) b)

c) d)
3. a) A body is initially at rest. It undergoes one dimensional motion with constant acceleration.
The power delivered to it at time t is proportional to: (i) 𝑡1/2 (ii) 𝑡 (iii) 𝑡3/2 (iv) 𝑡2
b) A body is moving unidirectionally under the influence of a source of constant power. Its
displacement in time t is proportional to: (i) 𝑡1/2 (ii) t (iii) 𝑡3/2 (iv) 𝑡2
4. An electron and proton are detected in a cosmic ray experiment, the first with kinetic energy 10keV
and second with 100keV. Which is faster, the electron or the proton? Obtain the ratio of their speeds.

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5. A rain drop of radius 2 mm falls from a height of 500 m above the ground. It falls with decreasing
acceleration (due to viscous resistance of air) until at half its original height, it attains its maximum
speed, and moves with uniform speed thereafter. What is the work done by the gravitational force on
the drop in the first and second half of its journey? What is the work done by the resistive force in
the entire journey if its speed on reaching the ground is 10 ms−1?
6. A molecule in a gas container hits a horizontal wall with speed 200 𝑚𝑠−1 and angle 30° with the
normal, and rebounds with the same speed. Is momentum conserved in the collision? Is the collision
elastic or inelastic?
7. A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of volume 30 m3 in 15
min. If the tank is 40 m above the ground, and the efficiency of the pump is 30%, how much electric
power is consumed by the pump?
8. The bob of a pendulum is released from the horizontal position. If the length of the pendulum is 1.5m,
what is the speed with which bob arrives at the lowermost point, given that it dissipated 5% of the
initial energy against air resistance?
9. a) A trolley of mass 300 kg carrying a sandbag of 25 kg is moving uniformly with a speed of 27
km/h on a frictionless track. After a while sand starts leaking out of a hole on the trolley’s floor
at a rate of 0.05 kg s-1. What is the speed of the trolley after the entire sand bag is empty?
b) A body of mass 0.5 kg travels in a straight line with a velocity 𝑣 = 𝑎𝑥3/2 where 𝑎 = 5 𝑚−1/2 s-1.
What is the work done by the net force during its displacement from 𝑥 = 0 to 𝑥 = 2𝑚?
10. The blades of a windmill sweep out of a circle of area 𝐴.
a) If the wind flows at a velocity 𝑣 perpendicular to the circle, what is the mass of the air passing
through it in time?
b) What is the kinetic energy of air?
c) Assume that the windmill converts 25% of the wind’s energy into electrical energy, and that 𝐴 =
30 𝑚2, 𝑣 = 36 𝑘𝑚/ℎ and density of air is 1.2 𝑘𝑔 𝑚−3. What is the electrical power produced?
11. A person trying to lose weight lifts a 10 kg mass, one thousand times, to a height of 0.5 m each time.
Assume that the potential energy lost each time she lowers the mass is dissipated (a) How much work
does she do against the gravitational forces? (b) Fat supplies 3.8 × 107 J of energy per kilogram
which is conserved into mechanical energy with a 20% efficiency rate. How much fat will the dieter
use up?
12. A family used 8 kW of power. (a) Direct solar energy is incident on the horizontal surface at average
rate of 200 W per square metre. If 20% of this energy can be converted to useful electrical energy,
how large an area is needed to supply 8 kW? (b) Compare this area to that of the roof of a typical
house.

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 6
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 7
Date: 09/10/24 ROTATIONAL MOTION

1. A car weighs 1800 kg. The distance between its front and back axles is 1.8m. Its centre of gravity is
1.05 m behind the front axle. Determine the force exerted by the level ground on each front wheel
and each back wheel.
2. Torques of equal magnitudes are applied to a solid cylinder and a solid sphere, both having the same
mass and 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?
3. A solid cylinder of mass 20 kg rotates about its axis with an angular speed of 100 rad/s. The radius of the
cylinder is 0.25 m. What is the kinetic energy associated with the rotation of the cylinder? What is the
magnitude of angular momentum of the cylinder about its axis
4. i. A child stands at the centre of a turn table with his two arms outstretched. The turntable is set rotating
with an angular speed of 40 rev/min. How much is the angular speed of the child if he folds his hands
back and thereby reduces his moment of inertia to 2/5 times the initial value? Assume that the turntable
rotates without friction.
ii. Show that the child’s new kinetic energy of rotation is more than the initial kinetic energy of rotation.
How do you account for this increase in kinetic energy?
5. A rope of negligible mass is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the
angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force of 30 N? What is the linear
acceleration of the rope? Assume that there is no slipping
6. Cylinder
I = MR2 = 3 × (0.40)2 = 0.48 kg m2
τ = FR = 30 × 0.40 = 12 Nm
τ 12 Nm
α= = = 25 rad s −2
I 0.48 kg m2
Rope
a = R α = 0.40 × 25 = 10 ms −2
𝑅 𝑅
7. From a uniform disc of radius R, a circular hole of radius is cut out. The centre of the hole is at from
2 2
the centre of the original disc. Locate the centre of gravity of the resulting flat body.
8. To maintain a rotor at a uniform angular speed of 200 rad/s, an engine needs to transmit a torque of 180
N m. What is the power required by the engine? Assume that the engine is 100% efficient.
9. A metre stick is balanced on a knife edge at its centre. When two coins, each of mass 5 g are put one on
top of the other at the 12.0 cm mark, the stick is found to be balanced at 45.0 cm. What is the mass of the
metre stick in gram?
10. he oxygen molecule has a mass of 5.30×10-26 kg and a moment of inertia of 1.94×10-46 kg m2 about an
axis through its centre perpendicular to the lines joining the two atoms. Suppose the mean speed of such

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 a molecule in a gas is 500 m/s and that its kinetic energy of rotation is two thirds of its kinetic energy of
translation. Find the average angular velocity of the molecule.

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 7
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 8
Date: 09/10/24 GRAVITATION

1. A rocket is fired from the earth towards the sun. At what distance from the earth's centre is
gravitational force on the rocket zero? Mass of the sun =2×1030 kg, mass of the earth =6×1024 kg.
Neglect the effect of other planets etc. (orbital radius=1.5×1011 m).
2. Two identical heavy spheres are separated by a distance 10 times their radius. Will an object placed
at the mid-point of the line joining their centres be in stable equilibrium or unstable equilibrium?
Give reason for your answer
3. A satellite is revolving around the earth in a circular orbit of radius “r”. If its orbit radius is increased
to 4r, how will its period of revolution change? What will be its orbital speed?
4. If the radius of the earth were to be decreased by 1%, keeping its mass same, how will the
acceleration due to gravity change
5. Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass density, how much would a body weigh halfway
down to the centre of the earth if it weighed 250 N on the surface?
6. A satellite is moving round the earth with velocity vo what should be the minimum percentage
increase in its velocity so that the satellite escapes?
7. The escape velocity of a projectile on earth’s surface is 11.2 km/s. A body is projected from earth’s
surface with thrice this speed. What is the speed of the body far away from the earth? (Ignore the
presence of sun and other planets)
8. Two heavy spheres each of mass 100 kg and radius 0.10 m are placed 1.0 m apart on a horizontal
table. What is the gravitational force and potential at the mid-point of the line joining the centres of
the spheres? Is an object placed at that point in equilibrium? If so, is the equilibrium stable or
unstable?
𝑅
9. A body of mass 𝑚 rises to a height ℎ = from the surface of earth, (𝑅 = radius of earth). If g is
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acceleration due to gravity at earth's surface, the increase in potential energy is
10. Draw graphs showing the variation of acceleration due to gravity with: (𝑖) height above earth’s
surface and (𝑖𝑖) depth below the earth's surface.
11. The escape velocity for the Earth is about 11 km/s. The escape velocity from a planet having half
the radius and the same mean density as the Earth is
12. The density of a newly discovered planet is twice that of Earth. The acceleration due to gravity at
the surface of the planet is equal to that at the surface of the Earth. If the radius of the Earth is R, the
radius of the planet would be
13. Two satellites 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 are orbiting around a planet of radius 𝑅. 𝑆1 moves just above the surface of
the planet and 𝑆2 in an orbit of radius 4𝑅. The ratio of orbital speeds of 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 is
14. A planet 𝑃 has a mass 225 times and radius 9 times that of Earth. The escape velocity for earth is
11.2 𝑘𝑚 𝑠 −1 . The escape velocity for planet 𝑃 is

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15. What is the additional kinetic energy to be provided to a satellite of mass ′m′ revolving around a
planet of mass ′M′, to transfer it from a circular orbit of radius R1 to another orbit of radius R 2
(R 2 > R 1 )?
16. In a planetary motion, the areal velocity of the position vector of a planet depends on angular
𝑑𝐴
velocity ( 𝜔) and distance (r) of the planet from the sun. Find the relation for areal velocity( ).
𝑑𝑡
17. What is the energy required for a satellite of mass m to shift it from an orbit of radius 2R to 3R?
(M = mass of earth)
18. A system of binary stars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in a circular orbit of radii rA and rB
respectively. If TA and TB are their respective time periods, then how TA and TB are related?
19. A planet in a distant solar system is 10 times more massive than the earth and its radius is 10 times
smaller. Given that the escape velocity from the earth is 11 km s¹, the escape velocity from the
surface of the planet would be
20. The figure shows the elliptical orbit of a planet m about the sun S. The shaded area of SCD is twice
the shaded area SAB. If 𝑡1 is the time for the planet to move from D to C and 𝑡2 is time to move from
A to B, what is the relation between 𝑡1 and 𝑡2 ?

21. The gravitational force acting on a rocket at height h from earth’s surface is one-third of the force
acting on it at sea level. What is the relation between h and 𝑅𝑒 (radius of earth)?
22. The mass of moon is 𝑀 (where M is mass of earth). Find the distance of the point where the
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gravitational field due to earth and moon cancel each other. Given distance of moon from earth is
60 R, where R is radius of earth.

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 8
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 9
Date: 09/10/24 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

1. A steel rod having Young's modulus Y = 2.0 x 1011 N𝑚−2 and thermal expansion coefficient α =
10−5 ℃−1) of length 1 m and area of cross-section 1𝑐𝑚2 is heated from 0°C to 200°C, without being
allowed to extend or bend. What is the tension produced in the rod?
2. To what depth must a rubber ball be taken in deep sea so that its volume is decreased by 0.1%. (The
bulk modulus of rubber is 9.8×108𝑁/𝑚2; and the density of sea water is 103𝑘𝑔/𝑚3).
3. A truck is pulling a car out of a ditch by means of a steel cable that is 9.1 m long and has a radius of
5 mm. When the car just begins to move, the tension in the cable is 800 N. How much has the cable
stretched? (Young's modulus for steel is 2 × 1011 𝑁𝑚−2)
4. Explain why the beams used in the construction of bridge have large depth and small breadth.
5. A wire stretches by a certain amount under a load. If the load and radius both are increased to four
times, find the stretch caused in the wire.
6. i. What is Young’s modulus for a perfect rigid body?
ii. What is the Bulk modulus for a perfect rigid body?
7. Two wires, A and B of length L, radius 𝑅 and length 2𝐿, radius 2𝑅 having same
Young’s modulus 𝑌 are hung with a weight 𝑚𝑔 as shown in the figure. What is the
net elongation of the two wires?

8. Explain why steel is more elastic than rubber.

9. Explain why should the beams used in the construction of bridges have large depth.
OR
Explain why are girders given I shape.
10. When a weight 𝑊 is hung from one end of a wire of length 𝐿 (other end being fixed), length of the
wire increases by 𝑙 (Fig. 𝑎). If the wire is passed over a pulley and weights W each are hung at two
ends (Fig. 𝑏), what will be the total elongation in the wire?

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 (a) (b)
11. A bar of cross-section A is subjected to equal and opposite tensile forces (F,F) at its ends. Consider a
plane through the bar making an angle 𝜃 with a plane at right angles to the bar (fig.)

i. What is the tensile stress in this plane in terms of F, A and θ ? For what value of θ is it maximum?
ii. What is the shearing stress at this plane in terms of F, A and θ? For what value of θ is it maximum?

12. Two wires of diameter 0.25 cm, one made of steel and the other made of brass are loaded as shown
in the Fig. The unloaded length of the steel wire is 1.5 m and that of the brass wire is 1.0 m. Young’s
modulus of steel is 2 x 1011 Pa and for brass is 0.91 x 1011 Pa. Compute elongations of steel and brass
wires. (1 Pa = 1 𝑁𝑚2)

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 9
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 10
Date: 05/01/25 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
1. What is the excess pressure inside a bubble of soap solution of radius 5.00 mm, given that the surface
tension of soap solution at the temperature (20° 𝐶) is 2.50× 10−2 N𝑚−1 ? If an air bubble of the same
dimension were formed at depth of 40.0 cm inside a container containing the soap solution (of relative
density 1.20), what would be the pressure inside the bubble ? (1 atmospheric pressure is 1.01×105 Pa)
2. A tank with a square base of area 1.0 𝑚2 is divided by a vertical partition in the middle. The
bottom of the partition has a small-hinged door of area 20 𝑐𝑚2 . The tank is filled with water in
one compartment, and an acid (of relative density 1.7) in the other, both to a height of 4.0 𝑚.
Compute the force necessary to keep the door close.
3. During blood transfusion the needle is inserted in a vein where the gauge pressure is 2000 Pa. At
what height must the blood container be placed so that blood may just enter the vein?
[Use the density of whole blood as 1.06 × 103 kg 𝑚−3 ].
4. (a) What is the largest average velocity of blood flow in an artery of radius 2 𝑥 10−3 m if the
flow must remain laminar?
(b)What is the corresponding flow rate?
(Take viscosity of blood to be 2.084 𝑥 10−3 Pa s)
5. A plane is in level flight at a constant speed and each of its two wings has an area of 25𝑚2 .If the
speed of the air is 180 km/h over the lower wing and 234 km/h over the upper wing surface,
determine the plane’s mass.(take air density to be 1 kg/𝑚2 )
6. In Millikan's oil drop experiment, what is the terminal speed of an uncharged drop of radius
2.0 × 10−5 𝑚 and density 1.2 × 103 𝑘𝑔 𝑚−3 ? Take the viscosity of air at the temperature of the
experiment to be 1.8 × 10−5 𝑃𝑎 𝑠. How much is the viscous force on the drop at that speed?
Neglect buoyancy of the drop due to air.
7. Mercury has an angle of contact equal to 140° with soda lime glass. A narrow tube of radius
1.00 𝑚𝑚 made of this glass is dipped in a trough containing mercury. By what amount does the
mercury dip down in the tube relative to the liquid surface outside? Surface tension of mercury at
the temperature of the experiment is 0.465 𝑁𝑚−1 . Density of mercury = 13.6 × 103 𝑘𝑔 𝑚−3 .
8. Two narrow bores of diameter 3mm and 6 mm are joined together to form a U -tube contains
water, what is the difference in its levels in the two limbs of the tube? Surface tension of water at
the temperature of the experiment is 7.3 × 10−2 N𝑚−1 . Take the angle of contact to be zero and
the density of water to be 1 × 103 kg𝑚−3 (g = 9.8 m𝑠 −2 ).
9. The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is thrice the excess pressure inside a moving soap
bubble. What is the ratio between the volume of the first and second bubble?
10. A car is lifted by a hydraulic jack that consist of two pistons. The large piston is 1 m in diameter
and small piston is 10 cm in diameter. If W is the weight of the car, how much smaller a force is
needed on the small piston to lift the car?
11. Water flows through a horizontal pipe of radius 1 𝑐𝑚 at a speed of 2 𝑚𝑠 −1 , what should be the
diameter of its nozzle if the water is to come out at a speed of 10 𝑚𝑠 −1 ?
12. A liquid drop of diameter 4 𝑚𝑚 breaks into 1000 droplets of equal size. Calculate the resultant
change in surface energy. The surface tension of the liquid is 0.07 𝑁𝑚−1 .

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13. Two capillaries of same length and radius in the ratio of 1:2 are connected in series and a liquid
flows through this system under streamline conditions. If the pressure across the two extreme ends
of combination is 1m of water, what is the pressure difference across the (i)first capillary, and
(ii)second capillary?
14. An air bubble of volume is 1.0 cm3 rises from the bottom of a lake 40 m deep at a temperature of
120 C. To what volume does it grow when it reaches the surface which is at a temperature of 350 C?
15. Two exactly similar rain drops falling with terminal velocity of (2) 1/3 ms −1 coalesce to form a
bigger drop. Find the terminal velocity of the bigger drop.
16. A boat is floating in a small pond and it carries a large number of big sized stones. If stones are
unloaded into water in the pond, will there be any observable change in level of water in the pond?

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 INDIAN SCHOOL MULADHA
Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Work Sheet: 9
Class: XI PHYSICS Chapter: 10
Date: 05/01/25 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
1. Two metal cubes A and B of same size are arranged as shown in Figure. The extreme ends of the combination
are maintained at the indicated temperatures. The arrangement is thermally insulated. The coefficients of
thermal conductivity of A and B are 300 W/m℃ and 200 W/m℃, respectively. After steady state is reached,
what will be the temperature T of the interface?

2. How much faster does a cup of coffee cool off from 100°C than from 30°C ? assume the coffee to act as a
blackbody and temperature of surrounding is 20°C.
3. The spectral energy distribution of the sun has a maximum at 4753 𝐴°. If temperature of sun is 6050 K, what
is the temperature of a star for which this maximum wavelength is at 9506 𝐴°?
4. The wavelength corresponding to Emax for moon is 14 microns. Estimate the temperature of moon.
5. In a room, where the temperature is 300 C, a body cools from 610 C to 590 C in 4 minutes. What time will
the body take to cool from 510 C, to 490 C in the same room?
6. How much energy is radiated per minute from the filament of incandescent lamp at 3000K if the surface area
is 10−4 m2 and its emissivity is 0.4? Stefan’s constant σ = 5.67 × 10−8 Wmm−2 K −4 .
7. The surface tension of a hot body is 1400 K. Find the wavelength of maximum energy radiated if Wien’s
constant is 2.892 x 10−3 mK.
8. Assume that the thermal conductivity of copper is four times that of brass. Two rods of copper and brass of
the same length, and cross-section are joined end to end. The free end of the copper rod is kept at 0C and
the free end of the brass rod at 100C. calculate the temperature at the junction of the two rods at equilibrium.
(Ignore radiation losses.)
9. A body cools from 60C to 30C in 10 minutes. Find its temperature at the end of the next 10 minutes if the
room temperature is 25C. Assume Newton’s law of cooling.
10. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper is nine times that of steel. In the composite cylindrical bar,
what will be the temperature at the junction of copper and steel ?
11. Two rods of same area of cross section and lengths, and conductivities K1 and K2 are joined in series. Show that the
l +l
combination is equivalent of a material of conductivity K = l11 l22
+
K1 K2
12. What is a black body? Draw the curves showing the energy distribution among black body radiations at
different temperature. Hence, define Wein’s displacement law. Give one application of Wein’s displacement
law.
13. Define Coefficient of thermal conductivity and derive its SI unit.
14. Two bodies A and B at temperatures 3270 C and 1270 C respectively are placed in an evacuated enclosure
maintained at a temperature of 270 C. Compare their rates of cooling.
15. Find the difference in temperature across the surface of an iron plate 5cm thick, through 100sq.m of which
heat flows at the rate of 9.6 × 105 J/s.
16. What is the temperature of the steel copper junction in the steady state of the system shown in the figure.
The area of cross section of steel rod is twice that of the copper rod.
K steel = 50.2 Js −1 m−1 k −1

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 K Cu = 385 Js−1 m−1 K −1

Insulating material
furnace Ice box
300° C Steel 0° C

15 cm 10 cm

17. Two rods A and B are of equal length. Each rod has its ends at temperature T1 and T2 . What are the conditions
that will ensure equal rates of flow of heat through the rods A and B?

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