MGN PUBLIC SCHOOL, ADARSH NAGAR, JALANDHAR.

TIME: 1½ HRS.
M.M. 35 PERIODIC ASSESSMENT -1 (MAY 17TH 2024)
CLASS – XI SUBJECT – PHYSICS (042)
ROLL NO. ADM. NO. SECTION NAME
General Instructions:
This question paper contains 19 Questions.
All questions are Compulsory only internal choice have been given in some questions.
Q1 -Q12 is of 1 mark each.
Q13 - Q15 is of 2 marks each.
Q16 is of 3 marks .
Q17 is of 4 marks .
Q18 and Q19 is of 5 marks each.
SECTION A (1X12=12)

1) If force F, acceleration A and time T are the fundamental units, then dimensions of work is
A) FAT B) FA2 T C) FAT2 D) F2AT
2) The number of significant figures in 0.006900 x10 23 is
A) 4 B) 26 C) 24 D) 27
3) The physical quantity whose dimensional formula is same as that of velocity gradient is
A) Frequency B) velocity C) acceleration D) force
5 ½
4) A quantity is given by f =( hc / G) where c is speed of light, G universal gravitational constant and h is
the Planck's constant. Dimension of ‘ f ’ is that of
A) Energy B) area C) momentum D) none
5)Physical quantity, which has a unit and is a constant
A) Velocity of light B) Angle
C) Reynolds Number D) Gravitational field intensity
6) If the unit of force is 100N, unit of length is 10m and unit of time is 100s, what is the unit of mass
in this system of units?
A) 105 kg B) 103 kg C) 108 kg D) none
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7) The position, coordinate of a moving particle is given by X=6+18t+9t what is it velocity at t=2 s.
A) 54 m/s B) 24 m/s C) 20 m/s. D) 175 m/s
8) Which of the following statement is true?
A) Any two vectors can be added
B) Any two vectors can be subtracted
C) Vector addition is commutative
D) Null vector has no direction
9) Which of the following statement is false?
A) Magnitude of vector is always a scalar
B) Each component of vector is always a scalar
C) Three vectors not lying in place can never add up to give a null vector
D) Any vector can be multiplied by any scalar.
10) How many minimum numbers of coplanar vectors having different magnitudes can be added to give zero
resultant?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 4 D) 3
11) Can the scalar product of two vectors be negative
A) Yes,when angle between two vectors lies between 90 0 and 2700
B) Yes, when angle between two vectors lies between 0 0 and 900
C) Yes,when angle between two vectors lies between 0 0 and 450
D) Not possible
12)For the resultant of two vectors to be maximum, the angle between them should be
A) 00 B) 45 0 C) 900 D) 1800

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SECTION B (3×2=6)
13) The volume of a liquid flowing out per second of a pipe of length l and radius r is written by a student
as V= πp r4 / 8ηl. where p is the pressure difference between the two ends of the pipe and η is coefficient
of viscosity of the liquid .Check whether the equation is dimensionally correct. (2)
14) Prove that the slope of velocity time graph in an accelerated motion gives acceleration. (2)
15) A calorie is a unit of heat or energy and it equals about 4.2 J where 1 J=1 kgm2s−2.Suppose we employ a
system of units in which the units of mass equals α kg, the units of length equals β m, the unit of time is
γ s. Show that a calorie has a magnitude 4.2 α−1 β−2 γ2 in terms of the new units. (2)

SECTION C (3 Marks)
16) Give three rules for rounding off and three rules for finding the significant figures. (3)

SECTION D (1X4=4)
17) Read the passage below and answer the following questions
When an object moves with a constant acceleration in a straight line, the object is said to be in
uniformly accelerated linear motion. A boy is standing on the top of a building of height 20 cm. He
throws a ball up in the air. The ball reaches to a maximum height in 2s, and then falls down to
building due to effect of gravity
1) What is the maximum height covered by the ball from the ground?
A) 20 B) 40 m C) 80 m D) 120 m.
2) Draw acceleration time graph for a freely falling object
3) Draw speed time graph when a body is thrown up and then comes down
4) Look at the graphs (a) to (d) carefully and tell which of these cannot possibly
represent one-dimensional motion of a particle.

A) a
B) b
C) a, b, c
D) All of above graphs

SECTION E
18)A)What is meant by resolution of vectors. Prove that pulling of lawn roller is easier than pushing. (3)
B) Prove vector addition is associative in nature. (2)
OR
18) A) Derive fourth equation of motion using graphical method (3)
B) A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff and is found to travel 44.1m during the last second before it
reaches the ground. What is the height of the cliff? g=9.8m/s2. (2)
19) A) Find the value of 3600 J /hr on a system that has 100 g, 100 cm and 1 min as the base units using
Dimensional analysis (3)
B) Give four limitations of dimensional analysis. (2)
OR
19) A) The period of vibration of a tuning fork depends on the length L of its prong, density D and
Young’s modulus of its material. Deduce an expression for the period of vibration on the basis of
dimensional analysis. (3)
B) Give four characteristics of the standard unit. (2)

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