PHYSICS TEST CLASS 11

1.An electron and a proton are moving under the influence of mutual forces. In calculating the
change in the kinetic energy of the system during motion, one ignores the magnetic force of one on
another. This is because,

(a) the two magnetic forces are equal and opposite, so they produce no net effect.

(b) the magnetic forces do no work on each particle.

(c) the magnetic forces do equal and opposite (but non-zero) work on each particle.

(d) the magenetic forces are necessarily negligible.

2 A proton is kept at rest. A positively charged particle is released from rest at a distance d in its field.
Consider two experiments; one in which the charged particle is also a proton and in another, a
positron. In the same time t, the work done on the two moving charged particles is

(a) same as the same force law is involved in the two experiments.

(b) less for the case of a positron, as the positron moves away more rapidly and the force on it
weakens.

(c) more for the case of a positron, as the positron moves away a larger distance.

(d) same as the work done by charged particle on the stationary proton.

3. A man squatting on the ground gets straight up and stand. The force of reaction of ground on the
man during the process is

(a) constant and equal to mg in magnitude.

(b) constant and greater than mg in magnitude.

(c) variable but always greater than mg.

(d) at first greater than mg, and later becomes equal to mg.

4 A bicyclist comes to a skidding stop in 10 m. During this process, the force on the bicycle due to the
road is 200N and is directly opposed to the motion. The work done by the cycle on the road is

(a) + 2000J (b) – 200J (c) zero (d) – 20,000J

5. A body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in vacuum. Which of the following
quantities remain constant during the fall?

(a) Kinetic energy. (b) Potential energy. (c) Total mechanical energy. (d) Total linear momentum.

6. A rough inclined plane is placed on a cart moving with a constant velocity u on horizontal ground.
A block of mass M rests on the incline. Is any work done by force of friction between the block and
incline? Is there then a dissipation of energy?
 7. Why is electrical power required at all when the elevator is descending? Why should there be a
limit on the number of passengers in this case?

8. A body is being raised to a height h from the surface of earth. What is the sign of work done by (a)
applied force (b) gravitational force?

9. Calculate the work done by a car against gravity in moving along a straight horizontal road. The
mass of the car is 400 kg and the distance moved is 2m.

10. A ball is travelling with uniform translatory motion. This means that

(a) it is at rest.

(b) the path can be a straight line or circular and the ball travels with uniform speed.

(c) all parts of the ball have the same velocity (magnitude and direction) and the velocity is constant.
(d) the centre of the ball moves with constant velocity and the ball spins about its centre uniformly.

11. A metre scale is moving with uniform velocity. This implies

(a) the force acting on the scale is zero, but a torque about the centre of mass can act on the scale.
(b) the force acting on the scale is zero and the torque acting about centre of mass of the scale is also
zero.

(c) the total force acting on it need not be zero but the torque on it is zero. (d) neither the force nor
the torque need to be zero.

12. A girl riding a bicycle along a straight road with a speed of 5 m s–1 throws a stone of mass 0.5 kg
which has a speed of 15 m s–1 with respect to the ground along her direction of motion. The mass of
the girl and bicycle is 50 kg. Does the speed of the bicycle change after the stone is thrown? What is
the change in speed, if so?

13. A person of mass 50 kg stands on a weighing scale on a lift. If the lift is descending with a
downward acceleration of 9 m s–2, what would be the reading of the weighing scale? (g = 10 m s–2 )

14. Why are mountain roads generally made winding upwards rather than going straight up?

15.The horizontal range of a projectile fired at an angle of 15° is 50 m. If it is fired with the same
speed at an angle of 45°, its range will be (a) 60 m (b) 71 m (c) 100 m (d) 141 m

16. Consider the quantities, pressure, power, energy, impulse, gravitational potential, electrical
charge, temperature, area. Out of these, the only vector quantities are (a) Impulse, pressure and
area (b) Impulse and area (c) Area and gravitational potential (d) Impulse and pressure

17. In a two dimensional motion, instantaneous speed v0 is a positive constant. Then which of the
following are necessarily true?

(a) The average velocity is not zero at any time.

(b) Average acceleration must always vanish.

(c) Displacements in equal time intervals are equal.

(d) Equal path lengths are traversed in equal intervals

18. In a two dimensional motion, instantaneous speed v0 is a positive constant. Then which of the
following are necessarily true?
(a) The acceleration of the particle is zero.

(b) The acceleration of the particle is bounded

. (c) The acceleration of the particle is necessarily in the plane of motion.

(d) The particle must be undergoing a uniform circular motion

19. 8 A ball is thrown from a roof top at an angle of 45° above the horizontal. It hits the ground a few
seconds later. At what point during its motion, does the ball have

(a) greatest speed. (b) smallest speed. (c) greatest acceleration?

20. A football is kicked into the air vertically upwards. What is its (a) acceleration, and (b) velocity at
the highest point?

21. A fighter plane is flying horizontally at an altitude of 1.5 km with speed 720 km/h. At what angle
of sight (w.r.t. horizontal) when the target is seen, should the pilot drop the bomb in order to attack
the target?

22. A uniformly moving cricket ball is turned back by hitting it with a bat for a very short time
interval. Show the variation of its acceleration with time. (Take acceleration in the backward direction
as positive).

23. Give examples of a one-dimensional motion where

(a) the particle moving along positive x-direction comes to rest periodically and moves forward.

(b) the particle moving along positive x-direction comes to rest periodically and moves backward.

24. Give example of a motion where x > 0, v < 0, a > 0 at a particular instant.

25. Give an example of

(a) a physical quantity which has a unit but no dimensions

. (b) a physical quantity which has neither unit nor dimensions.

(c) a constant which has a unit.

(d) a constant which has no unit.

26. A new system of units is proposed in which unit of mass is α kg, unit of length β m and unit of
time γ s. How much will 5 J measure in this new system?

27. The volume of a liquid flowing out per second of a pipe of length l and radius r is written by a
student as 4 8 Pr v l π η = where P is the pressure difference between the two ends of the pipe and η
is coefficent of viscosity of the liquid having dimensional formula ML–1 T–1. Check whether the
equation is dimensionally correct.

28. If velocity of light c, Planck’s constant h and gravitational contant G are taken as fundamental
quantities then express mass, length and time in terms of dimensions of these quantities.