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School Level Examination – 2024 November

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01 E I
Physics - I Grade 12 (2026)

Part I
1) The dimensions of a rectangular block measured with calipers having least count of 0.01cm are
5𝑚𝑚 × 10𝑚𝑚 × 5𝑚𝑚 The maximum percentage error in the measurement of the volume of the
block is,
(1) 1% (2) 5% (3) 10% (4) 15% (5) 20%
2) In a Vernier instrument its main division is scaled as meter ruler , the length 4.5 mm is divided into 5
equal divisions , if it is considered as one Vernier division then one Vernier division and the least
count of the instrument is

(1) 0.9 mm and 0.1 mm (2) 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm (3) 0.5 mm and 0.1 mm

(4) 1 mm and 0.1 mm (5) 2 mm and 0.01 mm

3) A Sphero meter contains 250 circular divisions . It moves 0.625 mm distance along the linear scale for a
complete rotation . The least count of the instrument in cm is ,

(1) 2.5 x 10-4 (2) 2.5 x 10-3 (3) 2.5 x 10-2 (4) 2.5 x 10-1 (5) 2.5 x 10

4) The displacement (s) time (t) graph of a moving particle is shown below.
The instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at the point.

(1) 𝐶 (2) 𝐷 (3) 𝐸

(4) 𝐹 (5) 𝐺

5) The displacement – time graphs of two moving particles make

angles of 30° and 45° with the x-axis the ratio of the two velocities is

(1) 1: √2 (2) 1: 1 (3) 1: 2

(4) 2: 3 (5) 1: √3

6) A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30s. The
distance travelled in the first 10s is 𝑥1 , next 10s is 𝑥2 and the last 10s is 𝑥3
then 𝑥1 : 𝑥2 : 𝑥3 is the same as
(1) 1: 2: 4 (2) 1: 2: 5 (3) 1: 3: 5 (4) 1: 3: 9 (5) 1: 2: 3

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 7) A body sliding on a smooth inclined plane requires 4 second to reach the bottom, starting from rest at
the top. How long does it take to cover first one-fourth of the total the distance ?
(1) 1𝑠 (2) 2𝑠 (3) 0.4𝑠 (4) 1.6𝑠 (5) 0.8𝑠

v
8) The figure shows the velocity (v) versus time (t) graph for a body. t
Which of the graph shown represents the corresponding
acceleration (a) versus time(t) graph.

a
a a
(1) (2) (3)

t t t

a a
(4) (5)

t
t

9) When two bodies move uniformly towards each other, the distance decreases by 6𝑚𝑠 −1 If both bodies
move in the same directions with the same speeds as above, the distance between them increases by
4𝑚𝑠 −1 . Then the speeds of the two bodies are,
(1) 3𝑚𝑠 −1 and 3𝑚𝑠 −1 (2) 4𝑚𝑠 −1 and 2𝑚𝑠 −1 (3) 5𝑚𝑠 −1 and 1𝑚𝑠 −1
(4) 7𝑚𝑠 −1 and 3𝑚𝑠 −1 (5) 3𝑚𝑠 −1 and 8𝑚𝑠 −1
s
10) The displacement – time graph of a moving object is shown below.
Which of the velocity – time graphs shown could represent the motion
of the same body?
v v
(1) (2)
t

t t

v v v
(3) (4) (5)

t t

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 11) Two bodies begin a free fall from rest, from the same height, with one second time difference . How
long after the first body begins to fall , the separation between the two bodies would be 10 m ?
(1) 2𝑠 (2) 3.5𝑠 (3) 0.5𝑠 (4) 1.5𝑠 (5) 3𝑠

12) A body travelling with uniform acceleration crosses two points A and B with velocities 20𝑚𝑠 −1 and
30𝑚𝑠 −1 respectively. The speed of the body at the mid-point of A and B is,
(1) 24𝑚𝑠 −1 (2) 25𝑚𝑠 −1 (3) 25.5𝑚𝑠 −1 (4) 22.5𝑚𝑠 −1 (5) 27𝑚𝑠 −1

13) Given below are the equations of motions of four particles A,B,C and D respectively 𝑋𝐴 = 6𝑡 − 3,
𝑋𝐵 = 4𝑡 2 − 2𝑡, 𝑋𝐶 = 3𝑡 3 − 3𝑡 2 + 𝑡 − 8, 𝑋𝐷 = 7𝐶𝑜𝑠60° − 3𝑆𝑖𝑛30° here X is displacement, t is
time. Which of these four particles move with uniform acceleration?
(1) 𝐴 (2) 𝐵 (3) 𝐶 (4) 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 (5) 𝐷

14) For the displacement – time graph shown in fig. the ratio of the S
magnitudes of the speeds during the first two second and the next
four second is,
(1) 1: 1 (2) 2: 1 (3) 1: 2 20m
(4) 3: 2 (5) 2: 3

t
0s 2s 6s

15) The position – time relation of a particle moving along the X axis is given by 𝑥 = 𝑎 − 𝑏𝑡 + 𝑐𝑡 2 Where
a,b and c are positive numbers. The velocity – time graph of the particle. v
(1) v (2) v (3)

t t t

(4) (5) v
v

t t
O
16) Three balls, having masses 𝑚1 , 𝑚2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚3 are allowed to move
down from rest on three frictionless paths OA, OB and OC
respectively. If 𝑉1 , 𝑉2 and 𝑉3 are their respective speeds at the
bottom point A,B and C, then
𝑉 𝑉 𝑉
(1) 𝑀1 = 𝑀2 = 𝑀3 (2) 𝑉1 = 𝑉2 = 𝑉3 A B C
1 2 3
(3) 𝑉2 < 𝑉1 < 𝑉3 (4) 𝑉1 < 𝑉2 < 𝑉3 (5) 𝑉2 > 𝑉1 > 𝑉3

17) 𝐴̅ and 𝐵
̅ are two non-zero vectors . If |𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅| = |𝐴̅ − 𝐵̅| then the angle between the two vectors is
1) 0 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900 5) 1800

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 18) A ball dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits the ground and bounces up vertically
𝑑
to a height 2 . Neglecting air resistance and for the subsequent motion of the ball , its velocity v varies
with the height h above the ground is,
v v v
(1) (2) (3)

d h
d h

d h

v v
(4) (5)

h
d
d h

19) A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u. Each step has height h and width b.
The ball starts its motion at the first step and strikes the upper edge of (n+1)th step. The value of n is
2ℎ𝑢2 ℎ𝑢2 ℎ𝑏 2 2ℎ𝑏 2 𝑢𝑏
(1) (2) 𝑔𝑏2 (3) 𝑔𝑢2 (4) (5)
𝑔𝑏 2 𝑔𝑢2 ℎ

20)

21) Consider the following statements regarding zero error

A. Zero error is a systematic error.
B. Zero error should be always subtracted to correct the reading.
C. Zero error would influence in the length measurement which is measured by travelling microscope
The correct statements is (are),
.
1. A only 2. A and C only 3. A and B only.
4. B only 5. A, B and C all

22) A particle is projected from a point at the same speed at two different angles. It attains equal horizontal
ranges. The maximum height it attains are Y1 and Y2. The addition of Y1 and Y2 is

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 𝟏
23) 15 vernier divisions of a spectrometer coincide with 14𝟐 main divisions of it. Its main division is
𝟏0
divided into interval . The least count of the instrument in degree is
𝟐

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟔𝟎 𝟑𝟎

24) In Ohm’s Law the most popular formula is given by V= IR. Where V is potential difference , I is
current and R is the resistance . If the given potential difference 𝑉 = (8 ± 0.5) V and current 𝐼 =
(2 ± 0.2)𝐴. The value of resistance R is (when the result involves the product of two observed
𝐴 ∆𝑍 ∆𝐴 ∆𝐵
quantities 𝑍 = 𝐴𝐵 𝑜𝑟 𝑍 = 𝐵 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 = + )
𝑍 𝐴 𝐵

(1) 4 ± 16.25% (2) 4 ± 6.25% (3) 4 ± 10% (4) 4 ± 8% (5) 4

25) The speed of an airplane in still air is 200kmh-1.The wind blows from the west at a speed of 85 kmh-1.
In which direction must the pilot steer the airplane in order to fly due north?

(1) 230 east of north (2) 230 west of north (3) 25.20 east of north
(4) 25.2 0 west of north (5) none of these

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