Model Questions

Subject: Physics (Phy 101)

Grade : XI Full Marks: 75
Time: 3 hrs. Pass Marks: 27
SET - I
Attempt ALL Questions.

Group 'A'
Circle the best alternative to the following questions. [11×1=11]

1. A metre rule is used to measure the length of a piece of string in a certain

experiment. It is found to be 20 cm long to the nearest millimeter. How
should thisresult be recorded in a table of results?
a. 0.2000m b. 0.200m
c. 0.20m d. 0.2m

2. Forces are applied to a rigid body. The forces all act in the same plane. In
which diagram is the body in equilibrium?

a. b.

c. d.

3. An athlete makes a long jump and follows a

projectile motion. Air resistance isnegligible.
Which one of the following statements is true
about the athlete?
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 a. The athlete has a constant horizontal and vertical velocities.
b. The athlete has a constant horizontal velocity and constant downward
acceleration.
c. The athlete has a constant upward acceleration followed by a constant
downward acceleration.
d. The athlete has a constant upward velocity followed by a constant
downward velocity.

4. At Kulekhani-I Hydro-power
station, water flows from Indra
Sarowar into the turbines that are a
vertical distance of 550 m below
the lake, as shown in the diagram.
Generally, 780 000 kg of water
flows into the turbines every
minute. The turbines have the
efficiency of 85%. What is the
output power of the turbines?
a. 71 MW b. 60MW
c. 4.2 GW d. 3.6 GW

5. Graphs of stress-strain for four different materials are shown below. Which
graph represents the stiffest material?

6. A boy walks towards a stationary plane mirror at a speed of 1.2 ms-1. What
is the relative speed of approach of the boy and his image?
a. zero b. 1.2 ms–1
c. 2.4 ms–1 d. 1.44 ms–1

7. The critical angle between an equilateral prism and air is 45 o. What

happens to the incident ray perpendicular to the refracting surface?
a. It is reflected totally from the second surface and emerges
perpendicular from the third surface.

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 b. It gets reflected from second and third surfaces and emerges from the
first surface.
c. It keeps reflecting from all the three sides of the prism and never
emerges out.
d. After deviation, it gets refracted from the second surface.

8. In the formation of a rainbow, the light from the sun on water droplets
undergoes which of the following phenomenon phenomena?
a. dispersion only
b. only total reflection.
c. dispersion and total internal reflection
d. scattering

9. In what unit is the power of lens measured?

a. watt b. metre
c. dioptre d. Hertz

10. A piece of wire of resistance R is bent through 180 o at mid-point and the
two halves are twisted together. What is the resistance of the wire thus
formed?
a. R/4 b. R/2
c. R d. 2R

11. What are the elementary particles with half spin called?
a. quarks b. bosons
c. fermions d. hadrons

Answers
1. b 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. a 11. c

Group 'B'
Answer the following questions. (8×5=40)
1. a. State the law of conservation of momentum. [2]
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b. A jumbo jet of mass 4 x10 kg travelling at a speed of 5000 m/s lands
on the airport. It takes 2 minutes to come to rest. Calculate the
average force applied by the ground on the aeroplane. [2]
Ans: 1.67 × 107 N
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 c. After landing the aeroplane's momentum becomes zero. Explain how
the law of conservation holds here. [1]
OR
a. State Hook’s law. [2]
b. The walls of the tyres on a car are made
of a rubber compound. The variation
with stress of the strain of a specimen of
this rubber compound is shown in Fig.
1.2. As the car moves, the walls of the
tyres end and straighten continuously.
Use Fig. 1.2 to explain why the walls of
the tyres become warm. [3]

2. a. What is meant by specific latent heat of vaporization of water =

2.26MJkg−1? [1]
b. A 1.0kW kettle contains 500g of boiling water. Calculate the time
needed to evaporate all the water in the kettle. (Specific latent heat of
vaporization of water = 2.26MJkg−1). [3]
Ans: 1.13 × 103 sec.
c. Explain why the actual time needed is a little longer than the time
calculated in 2(b). [1]

3. a. State any three properties of an ideal gas as assumed by the kinetic

theory of gas. [3]
b. A student needed to use the ideal gas for a certain experiment. But,
the ideal gas does not exist. Suggest what two different things this
student could do to solve his problem. [2]
4. a. Define temperature gradient in an object. [1]
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b. An electric kitchen range has a total wall area of 1.40 m and is
insulated with a layer of fiber glass that has a temperature of 175 oC
and its outside surface is 35 oC. The fiber glass has a thermal
conductivity of 0.040 Wm-1K-1. Calculate the rate of flow of heat
through the insulation, assuming the fibre as a flat slab of area of 1.40
m2. [3]
Ans: 210 W

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 c. How might the rate of conduction be affected if the fiber absorbs
moisture? Justify your answer. [1]

5. Figure 5.1 shows a ray of light is entering and emerging through a part of a
convex lens.
i. Define ‘convex lens', and state
one daily application of it. [2]
i. Explain why this lens is also
called converging lens? [1]
ii. Calculate the refractive index of
the material of the lens shown in
the figure. [2]
OR
a. Define ‘concave mirror’ and state on daily application of it. [2]
b. A certain projector uses a
concave mirror for projecting an
object’s image on a screen. It
produces an image that is 5 times
bigger than the object and the
screen is 5m away from the
mirror as shown in Fig. 5.2.
i. Give reason why is the image larger than the object? [1]
ii. Calculate the focal length of the mirror. [2]
Ans: (ii) 0.53 m
6. a. Sketch an electric field pattern around two identical negative point
charges shown below. [2]
–Q –Q X

b. Obtain an equation, in terms of Q and r, for the field strength at point

X due to two charges shown in shown in Fig. 6.1. [3]

7. a. Define capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor and state one

application of it in electric circuit. [2]

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 b. Three capacitors each of 1000 μF are connected in an electric circuit
as shown below.

Ans: 3000 F
i. Identify the type of combination shown in Fig. 7.1, and calculate
the effective capacitance of the combination. [1+2]

8. a. What is it meant by power of a heater is 2 kW? [1]

b. Calculate the resistance of the above mentioned heater when it is
connected to 220V source. [2]
Ans: 242

c. Suggest what changes must be done to the heater so that it gives more
heat. Justify your answer. [2]

Group 'C'

Give long answer to the following questions. (3×8=24)

9. A box at rest is accelerated by a rope attached with a motor as shown in the
Fig 2.1. The velocity-time graph given below shows the pattern of its
motion for 20 s.

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 a. If the box is pulled with constant unbalanced force 10N. Show that the
initial acceleration of the box is 2.5 ms-2, and calculate its mass. [2+1]
Ans: 4 kg
b. After 2.0 second the box is being pulled by a constant force 12 N.
Determine the size of frictional forces acting on the box at this time.[2]
Ans: 2 N
c. Determine the distance of the box travels along the ground at 8.0s. [3]
Ans: 80 m
10. A boy is operating a remote-controlled toy car on a horizontal circular
track, as shown in Figure.
The track has a radius of 1·8 m and the car travels around the track with a
constant speed.

i. Explain why the car is accelerating, even though it is travelling at a

constant speed. [2]
ii. The car has a mass of 0·50 kg. The boy now increases the speed of
the car to 6·0 m s -1. The total radial friction between the car and the
track has a maximum value of 7.0 N.
Show by calculation that the car cannot continue to travel in a circular
path. [3]
iii. The car is now placed on a track, which includes a raised section.
This is shown in Figure 10.2

The raised section of the track can be

considered as the arc of a circle, which has
radius r of 0·85 m. The car will lose
contact with the raised section of track if
its speed is greater than vmax. Show that
vmaxis given by the relationship vmax. [3]

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 OR
Juno is a NASA orbiter with a mission to
survey Jupiter. It is in an elliptical orbit
around Jupiter as shown in the figure
below.

The gravitational potential at point A in the orbit of Juno is -1·70 × 109 J kg-1.
a. State what is meant by a gravitational potential at point A is -1·70 ×
109 J kg-1. [2]
b. At point B, Juno is 1·69 × 108 m from the centre of Jupiter. If the
mass if Jupiter is 1.90 1027 kg, calculate the gravitational potential at
point B. [3]
c. The mass of Juno is 1·6 × 103 kg. Determine the change in gravitational
potential energy if Juno moves from Point A to Point B. [3]
Ans: (b) 7.5 × 108 J Kg–1 (c) 1.52 × 1012 J

11. a. Explain how Rutherford’s -scattering experiment suggested that the

nucleus of an atom is very small, very dense and positively charged.
[3]
b. Considering that the -particles carry average kinetic energy of 2.00 x
1010 J, calculate the maximum size of the gold nucleus. [Atomic
number of gold is 79 and e= 1.60 x 10 -19C]. [3]
Ans: 3.6 × 10–11 m
c. Explain why the radius of the gold nucleus must be much smaller
than the value calculated in 11(b) above. [2]

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 SET - II

Attempt ALL Questions.

Group 'A'
Circle the best alternative to the following questions. [11×1=11]

1. A body is projected with velocity v1 from

the point A as shown in the figure. At the
same time, another body is projected
vertically upwards from B with velocity
v2. The point B lies vertically below the
highest point. For both the bodies to
v2
collide, should be
v1

a. 2 b. 0.5
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c. d. 1
2

2. In a charged capacitor the energy resides:

a. On the positive plate b. On both positive & negative plates
c. In the field between the plates d. Around the edge of capacitor plates

3. Which of the following is always conserved in collision?

a. Kinetic energy b. Angular momentum
c. Linear momentum d. Torque

4. If the radius of earth were to decrease by 1%, its mass remaining the same,
the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth will
a. increase by 1% b. decrease by 2%
c. decrease by 1% d. increase by 2%

5. If length of a wire is doubled keeping the diameter constant, its’ young’s

modulusof elasticity will
a. increases b. decreases
c. remain same d. depends on nature of matter

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6. A convex mirror of focal length 20cm produces an image times the size of
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the object. Then the distance in between the object and its image is
40
a. 40cm b. cm
3
160
c. cm d. None
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7. Total internal reflection occur when the light passes

a. Denser to rarer b. Rarer to denser
c. The  is same d. None

8. An object PQ is placed facing the hypotenuse of 45 0 -900 -

450 glass prism. What isthe nature of the image formed ?
a. Erect and diminished b. Erect and same size
c. Inverted and magnified d. Inverted and same size

9. The focal length of lens in air is 30 cm. Find the focal length of the lens in
water (given, w = 1.33 and g = 1.5)
a. 120 cm b. 20 cm
c. 90 cm d. 60 cm

10. The space around stationary charge has

a. Electric field only
b. Magnetic field only
c. Localised electric as well as magnetic field
d. Electric and magnetic fields that are radiated

11. When a body moves with a constant speed along a circle

a. No acceleration b. No force acts on the body
c. Velocity remains constant d. Work done is zero

Answers
1. b 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. a 10. a 11. d

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 Group 'B'

Answer the following questions. [8×5 = 40]

1. a. If two non zero vectors are acted on a body, in what condition the
resultant vector on the body will be zero? [1]
b. A stone attached to a string is whirled →
vA=v
round in a horizontal circle with a A

constant speed of 10ms–1. Calculate the

difference in the velocity when the
O B
stone is (i) at opposite ends of a
diameter (ii) in two positions A and B
where angle AOB is 90° and O is the C →
→
vC=v vB=v
centre of the circle. [2]
Ans:20m/s, 14.14m/s
c. What is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in
uniform circular motion? Ans: 90o [1]
OR
a. What sort of energy is associated with a bird flying in air ? [1]
b. Show that final kinetic energy of a body is equal to the sum of initial
kinetic energy and work done on the body. [3]
c. In a tug of war, one team is slowly giving way to other. What work is
being done and by whom? [1]
2. a. Which physical property of molecules of a gas gives a measure of
temperature? [1]
b. A steel wire 8m long and 4mm in diameter is fixed to two rigid
supports. Calculate the increase in tension when the temperature falls
by 100C. Given linear expansivity of steel,  = 12×10-6/K, Young’s
modulus for steel, Y = 2×1011 N/m2. [3] Ans: 301.6N
c. Does the coefficient of linear expansion depend onlength? Explain. [1]
3. a. A tray containing 0.20 kg of water at 20 °C is placed in a freezer.
(a) The temperature of the water drops to 0 °C in 10 minutes.
(specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg - 1 K – 1)
Calculate
(i) the energy lost by the water as it cools to 0 °C,
Ans: 1.68 x 104 J] [1.68 × 104 J]
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 (ii) the average rate at which the water is losing energy, in J s–1.
Ans: 28W [1+2]

(b) (i) Estimate the time taken for the water at 0 °C to turn completely
into ice. [1]
(specific latent heat of fusion of water = 3.3 x 1 0 5 J kg – 1)
Ans: 2.36 × 103 s
(ii) State any assumptions you make. [1]
Hint: That there is a constant rate of heat loss
That the ice remains at 0oC

4. a. State two quantities which increase when the temperature of a given

mass of gas is increased at constant volume. [1]
Hint : pressure of the gas and the (average) kinetic energy [or rms
speed]
b. A car tyre of volume 1.0 × 10–2 m3 contains air at a pressure of 300
kPa and a temperature of 290 K. The mass of one mole of air is 2.9 ×
10–2 kg. Assuming that the air behaves as an ideal gas, calculate
(i) n, the amount, in mol, of air,
(ii) the mass of the air, [2]
[1.2 mol, 10.036 kg]
c. Air contains oxygen and nitrogen molecules. State, with a reason,
whether the following are the same for oxygen and nitrogen
molecules in air at a given temperature.
(i) The average kinetic energy per molecule
(ii) The r.m.s. speed [2]

5. a. Explain, how does a convex lens producers real image from virtual
object? [2]
b. A lens forms an image of an object. The object is 16.0 cm from the
lens. The image is 12.0 cm from the lens on the same sides as the
object.
(i) What is the focal length of the lens? Is the lens converging or
diverging?

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 (ii) If the object is 8.50 mm tall, how tall is the image. Is it erect or
inverted?
(iii) Draw a ray diagram. [3]
Ans: 48.0 cm, the lens is diverging, 0.6375 cm image virtual and erect
OR
a. "A concave mirror is called converging mirror. Why? [1]
b. State one daily application of convex Mirror. [1]
c. A ray of light is incident at 60° in air on an air-glass plane surface.
Find the angle of refraction in the glass (µ for glass = 15). [3]
Ans: 35.3°
6. a. If dielectrics is inserted between the charged capacitor, what will be
effects on the energy stored in the capacitors? [2]
b. A thundercloud and earth can be regarded as a parallel plate
capacitor. Taking the area of the thundercloud to be 50 km2, its height
above the earth as 1 km and its potential as 100 kV, calculate the
energy stored in it. [3]
Ans: 2212.5J
7. a. Is it possible to have point where potential is zero but electric field is
no zero? Give on example. [2]
b. Three charges 1C, 2C and 3cCare placed respectively at the
corners A, B, C of an equilateral triangle of side 1 metre. Calculate
the potential at a point which is half way along BC. [0 = 8.85 ×10-12
Fm-1] [3]
Ans: 9.8 ×104V
8. a. What is one unit electricity? [1]
b. A 50 Ah battery can supply a current of 50A for 10 h What total
energy can be supplied by a 12V, 60 Ah battery if its internal
resistance is negligible? [2]
Ans: 2.6 × 104 J
c. Can terminal potential difference by greater than emf of a cell? [2]

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 Group C

Given long answer in the following questions. [3×8=24]

9. The graphic shows a cyclist riding along a straight, level road at a constant
speed.The graph below shows how the speed changes as the power output
of the cyclist changes

a. i. Write down the equation that links power, time and work done. [1]
ii. Calculate the work done by the cyclist when his power output is
200 W for 1800 seconds. [2] Ans: 360 kJ
b. Calculate the percentage increase in speed of the cyclist when the
power output changes from 200 W to 300 W. [2]
Ans: 16%
c. What is acceleration due to gravity? Explain how it varies with the
altitude and depth. [3]

10. a. Derive an expression for the energy stored in stretched wire. Define
the term energy density of a body under strain. [3]
b. What is the percentage increase in the length of a wire of diameter 2.5
mm stretched by a force of 100 kg? Young's modulus of elasticity of
the wire is 12.5 × 1011 dyne cm–2. [3]
Ans: 0.16%

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c. Iron is more elastic than rubber. Why? [2]
OR
a. i. State the relationship between the gravitational potential energy,
Ep, and the gravitational potential, V, for a body of mass m
placed in a gravitational field. [1]
ii. What is the effect, if any, on the values of Ep and V if the mass
m is doubled? [2]
b.

The diagram above shows two of the orbits, A and B, that could be
occupied by a satellite in circular orbit around the Earth, E.
The gravitational potential due to the Earth of each of these orbits is:
orbit A – 12.0 MJ kg–1
orbit B – 36.0 MJ kg–1
(i) Calculate the radius, from the centre of the Earth, of orbit A. [1]

Ans: 3.3 × 107 m

(ii) Show that the radius of orbit B is approximately 1.1×104 km. [1]
(iii) Calculate the centripetal acceleration of a satellite in orbit B. [1]
Ans: 3.2 ms-2
(iv) Show that the gravitational potential energy of a 330 kg satellite
decreases by about 8 GJ when it moves from orbit A to orbit B.
[2]
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11. a. Define atomic mass unit and convert it into MeV. [2]
b. The energy liberated in the fission of a single atom of uranium - 235
is 3.2 × 10-11 J. Calculate the power production corresponding to the
fission of 1gm of uranium per day.
(Assume Avogadro constant = 6.0 × 1023 mole-1). [3]
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Ans: 9.46 × 10 W
c. Distinguish between nuclear fusion and fission with examples. [3]

SET - III
Attempt ALL Questions.

Group 'A'
Circle the best alternative to the following questions. [11×1=11]

1. A ball is thrown vertically upwards which of the following graph

represents velocity time graph of ball during its time-of-flight

a. b.

c. d.

2. Which of the following have same dimension?

a. Angular momentum and linear momentum
b. Work and power
c. Work and Torque
d. Torque and pressure
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3. A small body of mass m slides
down from the top of a
hemisphere of radius r. The
surface of
block and hemisphere are frictionless. The height at which the body loses
contact with the surface of the sphere is
a. (3/2)r b. (2/3)r
c. (1/2) g t2 d. v2 /2g

4. Which set of forces acting on a body never produces zero acceleration?

a. 10N, 10N, 20N b. 6N, 8N, 20N
c. 7N, 12N, 20N d. 1N, 2N, 3N

5. If the earth is at one-fourth of its present distance from the sun, the duration
of the year will be
a. half the present year b. one-eighth the present year
c. one-fourth the present year d. one-sixth the present year

6. If sky is seen from moon's surface, it will appear

a. blue b. black
c. white d. red

7. The deviation produced by a prism doesn’t depend on

a. Angle of prism b. Material of prism
c. The angle of incidence d. Size of the prism

8. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the

refractive index of lens. Then it’s focal length will
a. Become zero b. Become infinite
c. Remain unchanged d. Become small but not zero

9. In an equilateral prism. If angle of incidence equals to angle of emergence

and theangle of incidenceis 3/4th of angle at prism. Then find the angle of
deviationproduced
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 a. 60o b. 90o
c. 120o d. 30o

10. A hollow sphere of charge does not produce an electric field at any
a. Inner point b. Outer point
c. Surface point d. None of the these

11. In the first observed nuclear reaction, 7N14 was bombarded with α-particles.
The reaction could be represented as 7N14 + 2He4 → X + 1H1. The element
X in this reaction is
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a. 8F b. 8O
17 17
c. 8N d. 8Ne

Answers
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. d 8. b 9. d 10. a 11. b

Group 'B'
Answer the following questions. [8×5=40]

1. a. A cricketer throws a ball vertically upwards so that the ball leaves his
hands at a speed of 25 ms-1. If air resistance can be neglected,
calculate
i. the maximum height reached by the ball,
ii. the time taken to reach maximum height,
iii. the speed of the ball when it is at 50% of the maximum height. [3]
Ans: 32 m, 2.5 s, 18 m s–1
b. When catching the ball, the cricketer moves his hands for a short
distance in the direction of travel of the ball as it makes contact with
his hands.Explain, why this technique results in less force being
exerted on the cricketer's hands. [2]
OR
The diagram shows the velocity-time graph for a vertically bouncing
ball, which is released above the ground at A and strikes the floor at
B. The effects of air resistance have been neglected.
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 i. What does the gradient of a velocity-time graph represent? [1]
Hint: Acceleration
ii. Explain why the gradient of the line CD is the same as line AB. [1]
Hint: They both represent the acceleration of free fall
iii. What does the area between the line AB and the time axis
represent? [1]
Hint: The height/distance ball is dropped from above the
ground [or the displacement of the ball from when it is dropped
until it hits the ground]
iv. State why the velocity at C is negative. [1]
Hint: It is moving in the opposite direction to when it was at B
v. State why the speed at C is less than the speed at B. [1]
Hint: It is an inelastic collision
2. a. What are the units and dimensions of linear expansivity and cubical
expansivity? [1]
b. A glass vessel of volume 50 cm3 is filled with mercury and is heated
from 20°C to 60°C. What volume of mercury will overflow? [Given:
Linear expansivity of glass (g) = 1.8 × 10–6 K–1 and volume
expansivity of mercury (m) = 1.8 × 10–4K–1] [3]
Ans: 0.35 cm2
c. Why gas thermometers are more sensitive than mercury
thermometers? [1]
3. a. Calculate the energy released when 1.5 kg of water at 18 °C cools to
0 °C and then freezes to form ice, also at 0 °C. specific heat capacity
of water = 4200 J kg -1 K -1 specific latent heat of fusion of ice =
3.4 × 105 J kg -1. [3]
Ans: 1.1 × 105J, 6.2 × 105 J

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 b. Explain why it is more effective to cool cans of drinks by placing
them in a bucket full of melting ice rather than in a bucket of water at
an initial temperature of 0 °C. [2]

4. a. Why do we prefer white colored clothes in summer and black colored

clothes in winter? [2]
b. A slab of stone of area 0.36m2 and thickness 10cm is exposed on the
lower surface to steam at 100C. A block of ice at 00C rests on the
upper surface of the slab. In one hour 4.8 kg of ice is melted.
Calculate the thermal conductivity of stone.
[Latent heat of fusion ice = 3.36×105J/kg] [3]
Ans: 1.244 Wm-1K-1.
5. a. Light is incident normally on the
shortest face of a 30° – 60° – 90°
prism. A drop of liquid is placed on
the hypotenuse of the prism. If the 30° 60°

index of the prism is 1.50, find the

maximum refractive index the liquid
may have if the light is to be totally
reflected. [3]
Ans: 1.3
b. What are grazing incidence and grazing emergence? [2]
OR
a. Define principal focus. Why is it called so? [2]
b. i. Define power of lens [1]
ii. The radii of curvature of double concave lens are 30 cm and 60
cm. The refractive index of its glass is 15 Calculate the focal
length of the lens. [2]
Ans: –40 cm
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6. a. Two small identical conducting spheres, each of weight 4 ×10 3N,
share an electric charge. They are suspended from the same point by
silk threads 1 m long, when they reach equilibrium their centers are
separated by 20 mm. What is the charge on each sphere? [3]
Ans: 1.3 ×10-9 C

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T   T

R
Fe P Q Fe

mg mg

b. Two electric lines of force are never intersecting with each other.
Explain. [2]

7. a. Vehicles carrying inflammable fluid drag a chain along the ground.

Why? [2]
b. Two identical metallic plates of exactly equal masses are taken. One
is given a positive charge and the other an equal negative charge. Are
their masses after charging remain equal? [1]
c. If the distance between two equal point charges is doubled and their
individual charges are also doubled what would happen to the force
between them ? [2]

8. a. A wire is stretched to double its length. What happens to its

resistance and resistivity? [2]
b. A uniform wire of resistance 36  is bent in the form of a circle. Find
the effective resistance of the points A and B. [3]

30°

Ans: 2.75 
Group C

Given long answer in the following questions. [3 × 8 = 24]

9. a. i. What do you understand by friction? Explain its cause. [1]

ii. Show that the coefficient of static friction is equal to the angle
of repose. [3]

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 b. The rear side of a truck is open and a box of mass 20kg is placed on
the truck 4m away from the open end. The coefficient of friction
between the truck and box is 0.15 and g = 10m/s2. The truck starts
from rest with an acceleration of 2m/s2 on a straight road. Calculate
the distancein which the box will fall off fromthe truck. [3]
Ans : 16m

c. Does the centre of gravity of a solid always lie within the material of
the body? If not, give a counter example. [1]

10. a. Differentiate conservation of kinetic energy and conservation of

linear momentum. [2]
b. Show that the relative velocity of approach before collision is equal
to the relative velocity of separation after collision. [3]
c. A engine of mass 2,000 kg develop if it to drive up an incline of 1 in
10 with a speed of 12m/s? The resistance due to friction is 200N.
i. Calculate the applied force [2]
ii. What HP must the on engine [1]
B
F

mg 
h
F
sin
r  mg
A C

Ans:2,200 N, 35.38 HP
OR
a. How does modulus of elasticity change with the rise of temperature? [2]
b. A wire 2 m long and cross-sectional area 10-6 m2isstretched 1 mm by
a force of 50 N in the elastic region. Calculate (i) the strain (ii) the
Young modulus (iii) the energy stored in the wire. [3]
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Ans: (i) (ii) 50 × 104 (iii) 0.025 J
200

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 c. An artificial satellite revolves round the earth in 2.5hours in a circular
orbit. Find the height of the satellite above the earth assuming earth
as a sphere of radius 6370 km. [3]
Ans: 3041 km

11. a. State Hubble's law and give its significance. [2]

b. The galaxy moving at a speed of 6480 km/s is at a distance of 430
million light years from us,
i. determine Hubble's constant
ii. age of the universe. [1+2]
c. Explain the constituents of the universe. [3]

SET - IV
Attempt ALL Questions.

Group 'A'
Circle the best alternative to the following questions. [11×1=11]

1. The Displacement and time Curve of a

Particle is as shown below. The Correct
Statement is
a. Particle is moving with constant velocity
b. Particle is moving with uniform
acceleration
c. Particle is retarded
d. Non Uniform acceleration

2. What is the force exerted by the block B on

block A if lift accelerates downward at
acceleration 2m/s2 if mass of block B is 0.5kg.
a. 1N b. 5N
c. 4N d. 6N

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3. Two masses 'm' and 4 m are moving with equal kinetic energies the ratio of
magnitude of their momentum
a. 4:1 b. 1:2
c. 2:1 d. 6:1

4. A stone tied to one end of light string 50cm long, is whirled in horizontal
circle with constant K.E. of 20J. Then, tension in the string will be,
a. 80 N b. 40 N
c. 20 N d. 10 N

5. Two forces of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. The

angle between the two forces is:
a. 45o b. 120o
c. 150o d. 180o

6. A fish sees an observer of height 24cm. The height of an object w.r.t. fish
when fish is in water of refractive index 4/3 is
a. 28cm b. 36cm
c. 32cm d. 48cm

7. An object is placed 10 cm in front of a diverging lens of focal length 20

cm. The image will be:
a. Real inverted, large b. Real, erect, diminished
c. Virtual, inverted, large d. Virtual, erect, diminished

8. An achromatic combination is to be obtainedusing a convex and a concave

lens. Thetwolenses chosen should have
a. their power equal
b. their refractive indices equal
c. their dispersive power equal
d. the product of their power and dispersive powers equal

9. Which of the following remains constant during refraction?

a. Velocity b. Wavelength
c. Amplitude d. Frequency

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10. The resultant capacitance between A and B in fig. is

a. 1 μ F b. 3 μ F
c. 2 μ F d. 1.5 μ F

11. Holes are majority charge carriers in

a. N-type semiconductors b. ionic solids
c. P-type semiconductors d. metals

Answers
1. c 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. c 7. d 8. d 9. d 10. a 11. c

Group 'B'
Answer the following questions. [8×5=40]
1. a. State parallelogram law of vector addition. [1]
b. If a vector has zero magnitude, is it meaningful to call vector? [1]
b. A river 1 km wide is flowing at 3 km/hr. A swimmer whose velocity
in still water is 4 km/hr can swim only for 15 minutes.
i. In what direction should he strike out in order to reach the other
bank? [1]
ii. What is total distance covered? [2]
Ans: 53.1°,1.25 km
OR
a. Two blocks connected by a cord passing
over a small frictionless pulley rest on
frictionless planes as shown in the diagram.
i. Which way will the system move? 15 kg
ii. What is the acceleration of the system?
iii. What is the tension in the cord? [3] 28 kg
2
Ans: 3.02 m/s and 195.35N
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 b. Why a wrench of longer arm is preferred in comparison to a wrench
of shorter arm? [2]
2. a. Use the kinetic theory of gases to explain why:
i. the pressure exerted by an ideal gas increases when it is heated
at constant volume. [1]
ii. the volume occupied by an ideal gas increases when it is heated
at constant pressure. [1]
b. The volume of air in a fully expanded pair of human lungs is
5.0 × 10–3 m3. The pressure of the air in the lungs is 1.0 × 10 5 Pa and
its temperature is 310 K.
Calculate:
i. the number of moles of air in the lungs. [1]
ii. the average kinetic energy of an air molecule in the lungs. [2]
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Ans: 0.194 moles, 6.4 × 10 J

3. a. Consider this diagram of a bridge over a river.

a. Briefly explain why you think one end is constructed on rollers. [1]
b. When would you expect the gap indicated in the diagram to be
biggest - in the wintertime or the summer time? [2]
c. What do you think would happen if the bridge had been constructed
with no gap? (Give an answer for construction in midwinter and then
one for construction in midsummer) [2]

4. a. State Newton’s law of cooling. [1]

b. A copper calorimeter weighing 53.2 g is first filled with water then
with a liquid. Time taken to cool from 40°C to 32°C in the two cases

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 is 4 mins and 3 mins respectively. The mass of water is 25 g and that
of liquid is 30 g.
i. Calculate the rate of heat lost by water and calorimeter.
ii. Calculate the rate of heat lost by liquid and calorimeter.
iii. Calculate the specific heat of the liquid. (The specific heat of
copper = 0.094 cal/g C.] [1+1+2]
Ans: 60cal/ min, 60cal/ min, 0.58 cal/g °C.

5. a. On what factors does the lateral shift depend? [1]

b. Calculate the critical angle for (i) an air g lass surface (ii) an air water
surface (iii) water glass surface. (ag = 1.5, aw = 1.33) [3]
Ans: 41.8°, 48.8°, 62.5°
c. What does a fish see when it looks towards the sky? [1]
OR
a. Does rainbow a pure spectrum? [1]
b. The sun appears red at sunset and sunrise, why? [2]
c. The deviation produced by a flint glass prism for violet and red light
rays are 3.25° and 3.10° respectively. Find the angular dispersion. [2]
Ans: 0.15°

6. a. What is meant by quantization of charge? [1]

b. Describe the effect of permittivity on force between two charges. [2]
c. "Nothing happens to a bird standing on high power line but a man
gets fatal shock by touching to it", why? [2]

7. a. The electric potential at a point is 1 volt. What do you mean by this? [1]
b. What is electron volt and write down its importance. [2]
c. A high voltage dc power line falls on a car so that the metal body of
the caris at a potential of 10,000 volts with respect to the ground.
What happens to the occupants (i) when they are sitting in the car and
(ii) when they step out of the car? [2]

8. When a filament lamp is switched on it takes 0.50 seconds for the filament
to reach its normal operating temperature. The way in which the current

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 changes during the first second after switching on is shown on the graph
below.

a. Use the graph to determine the maximum current through the lamp. [1]
Ans: 0.40 A
b. Assuming that the lamp is connected to a 12V dc supply of a
negligible internal resistance,
i. Calculate the resistance of the lamp when it has reached its
normal operating temperature, [1]
Ans: 60 Ω
ii. Calculate the power of the lamp when it has reached its normal
operating temperature. [1]
Ans: 2.4 W
c. Explain why the current through the lamp decreases between 0.05 s
and 0.50 s. [2]
Group C

Given long answer in the following questions. [3×8=24]

9. a. Why is it easier to hold down a 10 kg body in your hand at your side
than to hold it with your arm extended horizontally? [2]
b. A 550N physics student stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator.
As the elevator starts moving, the scale reads 450N.
i. Find the acceleration of the elevator (magnitude and direction). [2]
ii. What is the acceleration if the scale reads 670N? [2]
-2 -2
Ans: 1.78ms (downward) , 2.14ms (upward)
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 c. What is the difference between center of gravity and center of mass of a
system? [2]

10. a. Suppose you are in a trip to Mustang with your family in a Highway
on a car. Suddenly rain starts to fall and your small sister shows you
diagonal streaks of rain in the side windows of car. How and why,
they are formed even though the water is falling vertically? [2]
b. A loaded truck is going at a speed of 36 km/hr and a car starts at a
point 3 km behind the truck with an acceleration of 2ms –2.
i. When will the car overtake the truck?
ii. What is the distance covered by the car before it overtakes
thetrucks? [2+2]
Ans: 3600 m, 60s
b. Why an athlete runs some distance before taking a long jump? [2]
OR
a. Explain the significance of the banking of a curved road. [2]
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b. A playing record of radius 15.0 cm revolves with 33 rev/min. Two
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coins are placed at 5 cm and 10 cm away from the centre of record. If
the coefficient of friction between the coin and record is 0.15, so that
coins revolve with the record. Find the position of coins. [3]
Ans: r12cm
c. Derive an expression for the banking angle. [3]

11. a. All nuclei have nearly equal density. Why? [2]

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b. Diameter of A/ nuclei is DAl How can one expressthe diameter of
Cu64 in terms of DAl? Explain. [2]
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c. The mass of the nucleus of isotope 3Li is 7.014351 u. Find its binding
energy and binding energy per nucleon. (Given, mass of proton =
1.007275u, mass of neutron = 1.008665 u). [2+1]
Ans: 39.23 MeV ,5.6 MeV.
d. What is physical significance of binding energy per nucleon? [1]

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 SET - V
Attempt ALL Questions.

Group 'A'
Circle the best alternative to the following questions. [11×1=11]

1. The Velocity time graph of two bodies A and

B starting from rest is given in figure the
correct statement is
a. Acceleration of A and B are same
b. Acceleration of A is greater than B
c. Acceleration of A is smaller than B
d. Velocity of A is greater than B at all instant

2. A horizontal force of 10 N is necessary to

just hold a block stationary against a wall.
The coefficient of friction between the block
and the wall is 0.2. The weight of the block
is:
a. 2 N b. 20 N
c. 50 N d. 100 N

3. If the momentum of a body is increased by 100% then the percentage

increase in kinetic energy is
a. 100% b. 200%
c. 300% d. 400%

4. A body is moving along a straight line by a machine delivering constant

power. The distance covered by the body in time t is proportional to

a. t b. t3/2
c. t1/2 d. t2

5. Four wires of same material are stretched by the same load. The
dimensions are given below. Which of them will elongate the most?
a. length 1.0m & diameter 1mm b. length 3.0m & diameter 3mm
c. length 2.0m & diameter 2mm d. length 4.0m & diameter 0.5mm

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6. Two lens of power 1.75 D and -1.25 D are combined to form a single lens.
The focal length of combination will be
a. 25 cm b. 10 cm
c. 200 cm d. 50 cm

7. Angle of prism is A and its one surface

is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle
of incidence 2A on first surface return
back through the same path after
suffering reflection at second surface.
Refractive index of the material of the
prism is:
a. 2sinA b. 2cosA
c. ½ cos A d. cos A/2

8. Twolensesin contactform anachromatic doublet. Their focal lengths arein

the ratio2:3. Their dispersive power must be in theratio:
a. 2:3 b. 1:3
c. 3:1 d. 3:2

9. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification 3. Then the distance

of the object from the mirror may be, if the focal length of spherical mirror
is 24cm
a. 32cm only b. 16cm only
c. 32cm, 24cm d. 32cm, 16cm

10. Five balls numbered 1 to 5 are suspended using separate threads.Pairs (1,2),
(2,4), (4,1). Show electrostatic attraction, while pairs (2,3) and (4,5)
showrepulsion. Therefore,ball 1 must be
a. Positively charged b. Negatively charged
c. Neutral d. none

11. The quark combination of antineutron is,

a. uud b. udd
––– –––
c. uud d. udd
Answers
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. c 11. d
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 Group 'B'
Answer the following questions. [8×5=40]

1. a. Find the angle of projection at which the range the horizontal range
and maximum height of a projectile are equal. [2]
b. An object is dropped from the top the tower of height 156.8 m and
the same time another object is thrown vertically upward with the
velocity of 78.4ms–1 from the foot of the tower, when and where the
two objects meet? [3]
Ans:20m from the top after time 2 seconds.
OR
a. Explain how each of Newton’s laws affects a game of Tug of War. [3]

b. Carts with rubber tyres are easier to ply than those with iron tyres.
Why? [2]

2. a. A student claimed that thermometers are useless because a

thermometer always registers its own temperature. How would you
respond? [2]
b. The temperature of the melting point of ice and that of boiling
point of water at normal atmospheric pressure are marked 40 and 200
respectively on a certain thermometer. What is
a. the temperature in 0C when the reading on this thermometer is 80.
b. the thermometer reading when the temperature is 60°C. [3]
o
Ans: 25 C ,136

a. The length of an iron rod is measures by a brass scale. When both of

them are at 10°C, the measured length is 50cm.
i. What is the length of the rod at 40°C when measured by the
brass scale at 10°C.? [1]

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 ii. What is the length of the rod at 40°C when measured by the
brass scale at 40°C ?
( for brass = 24×10−6°C−1,  for iron = 16×10−6°C−1) [2]
Ans: 50.024cm, 49.98cm
b. Frozen water pipes often burst in winter? Will a mercury
thermometer break if the temperature drops below the freezing point
of alcohol or mercury? [2]

4. a. "Food cooked in pressure cooker is well cooked than in open pot."

Why? [2]
b. Derive the expression for latent heat of fusion of ice. [3]

5. a. Find the condition for no emergent of light from a prism. [2]

b. Derive an expression for the refractive index of the material of the
prism in terms of the refracting angle and the angle of minimum
deviation. [3]
OR
a. The diagram shows a motorist looking into her driving mirror.
i. Mark on the diagram: the letter 'I' to show the incident ray and
the letter 'r' to show the angle of reflection. [1]
ii. Name the dashed line shown in the diagram. [1]

b. The diagram shows an object located vertically on the principal axis

of a diverging lens. A student looks through the lens and can see an
image of the object.

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 Using a pencil and ruler to draw construction lines on the diagram,
show how light from the object enters the student's eye and the size
and position of the image. [3]

6. a. Why do we sometimes experience a slight shock when gettingout of a

car? [2]
b. A charged oil drop of mass 5 × 10 -15 kg remain stationary when
situated between two horizontal metal plates 5 mm apart and p.d. of
500 V is applied to plates. Find the charge on oil drop. [3]
Ans: 5×10-19C

7. a. How will you arrange 3 capacitors each having thecapacity of 2F, to

get a capacitor of capacity 3F? [2]
b. Two horizontal parallel plates, each of area 500 cm 2 are mounted 2
mm apart in a vaccum. The lower plate is earthed and the upper one
is given a positive charge of 0.05 C. Deduce values for
i. the capacitance between the two plates and
ii. electrical energy stored in the system [3]
–10 –6
Ans: 2.21 × 10 F, 5.66 × 10 J

8. a. The element of heater is very hot while the wires carrying current are cold,
why? [2]

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 b. Two lamps marked 100 W – 110 V and 100 W – 220 V are connected in
series across a 220 V line. What power is consumed in each lamp? [3]
Ans: 16 W, 64 W
Group C

Give the long answer in the following questions. [3×8=24]

9. a. Do all physical quantities have dimensions ? If no, name three

physical quantities which are dimensionless. [2]
b. A stone is projected with a velocity in a direction making an angle 
with horizontal. Derive expression for: (i) maximum height (ii) time
of flight (iii) horizontal range. [3]
c. A body is dropped from a tower of height 100m. Calculate
i. the time to reach the ground
ii. the velocity with which the body strikes the ground [g = 10ms–2]
[2+1]
Ans: 4.5 s , 44.7 ms–1
10. a. What is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in
uniform circular motion? [1]
b. Derive an expression for centripetal force. [3]
c. A stone of mass 500g is attached to a string of length 50cm which
will break if the tension in it exceeds 20N. The stone is whirled in a
vertical circle, the axis of rotation being at a height of 100 cm above
the ground. The angular speed is very slowly increased until the
string breaks.
i. In what position is this break most likely to occur, and at what
angular speed? [2]
ii. Where will the stone hit the ground? [2]

O
cm
50

u
100
cm
X
Ans: 7.75 rads–1, at lowest point , 0.5m above ground, 1.21 m

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 OR
a. (i) What is the principle of working of rocket ? [1]
(ii)If a rocket explodes in mid air, what happens to its total
momentum and kinetic energy? [2]
b. A typical car weighs about 1200 N. If the coefficient of rolling
friction is r = 0.015.
i. What horizontal force is needed to make the car move with
constant speed of 72 km/h on a level road? [2]
ii. Calculate the power developed by the engine to maintain this
speed. [1]
Ans: 18N, 360 W
c. What are conservative and non-conservative forces?Explain each
with an example. [2]

11. a. What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic

semiconductors? [2]
b. A P- type Semi conductor has a large number of holes but still it is
electrically neutral. Explain. [2]
c. What is the Higgs-Boson? [2]
d. Write down the characteristic features of gravitational waves? [2]

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