DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, INDIRA NAGAR LUCKNOW

HALF YEARLY ASSESSMENT SESSION ( 2022-23 )

CLASS XI PHYSICS
Time : 3 Hrs SAMPLE PAPER M.M. : 70

General Instructions:
a) The question paper contains five sections.
b) All questions are compulsory. There is no overall choice however internal choice
has been provided in some questions. You have to attempt one of the choices in
those questions.
c) Section A has 25 questions of 1 mark each.
d) Section B has one case study based question of 5 marks.
e) Section C has 5 questions of 2 marks each.
f) Section D has 5 questions of 3 marks each.
g) Section E has 3 questions of 5 marks each.
h) Use of calculator is not allowed however you may use log table wherever
required.
i) You may take g = 10 m /s 2 wherever required.

SECTIONA

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :

1. The decimal equivalent of 1/20 up to three significant figures is:

(a) 0.0500 (b) 0.05000 (c) 0.0050 (d) 5.0 × 10-2
2. The gravitational field intensity at a distance x from the centre of the earth is
GM/x2, where G is the universal gravitational constant and M is the mass of the
earth. Thedimensions of GM/x2 are:
(a) M –1 L T –1 (b) M 0 L1 T –2 (c) M –1 L–1 T –2 (d) M 0 L–1 T 2
3. A bullet is fired horizontally and gets embedded in a block kept on a table. If the
table is frictionless, then
(a) Only momentum is conserved. (c) both (a) and (b).
(b) only K.E. is conserved. (d) None of these
4. A body of mass 5 kg and surface area 18 cm² begins to slide down an inclined
plane when the angle of inclination is π/6. If the surface area of the same body
is made double, keeping the mass unchanged, it will begin to slide down when
the angle of inclination is
(а) π/3 (b) π/2 (c) 2π/3 (d) π/6
5. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of:
(a) energy (b) momentum (c) mass (d) All of the above
6. A ball of mass m is dropped from a height h on a platform fixed at the top of a
vertical spring and it is depressed by a distance x. What is the spring
constant?
(a)
2mg/x (b) 2mgh /x2 (c) 2mg(h+x)/h2 (d) 2mg(h+x)/ x2

7. The location of a particle has changed. What can we say about the displacement
the distance covered by the particle?
(a) Neither can be zero (c) One may be zero
(b) Both may be zero (d) One is +ve, other is –ve
8. A machine gun of mass 5 kg fires 30 bullets, each of mass 25 gm, per minute at a
speed of 400 m/s. What force must be applied to keep the machine gun in its
position ?
a) 5000 N b) 5 N c) 300 N d) 1000 N
9. A ball is projected from the top of a tower at an angle of 60° with the vertical. What
happens to the horizontal component of its velocity?
(a) increases continuously (c) decreases continuously
(b) remains unchanged (d) first decreases and then increases
10. Two bodies A and B are thrown simultaneously from the same height, one
horizontally with speed of 50 m/s and other is dropped from rest . Which body
will hit the ground first?
(a) Body A (c) Body B
(b) Both will reach simultaneously (d) Depends on the masses

FILL IN THE BLANKS :

11. The dimensional formula of potential difference is ____________ .
12. In the simplification of 5.1 x 24.78 x 0.8, the number of significant figures must
be ___.
13. If a body A of mass M is thrown with velocity ‘v’ at angle of 30° to the horizontal
and another body B of the same mass is thrown with the same speed at an angle
of 60° to the horizontal, the ratio of the horizontal ranges of A and B will be ____ .
14. The angle between the directions of velocity and acceleration at the highest point
of a projectile path is _____.
15. If │A + B │ = │A – B│then the angle between the two vectors will be ____.
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
16. State true or false (giving justification) :“ All constants are dimensionless” .
17. How does the kinetic energy of a body change if its momentum is tripled ?
18. State the condition in which a moving body transfers its whole kinetic energy to
a stationary body.
19. A child is sitting in a compartment of a train moving with a uniform speed ‘v’
from left to right. If the child gets up and runs in the compartment with speed
‘u’ from right to left, what will be the speed of the centre of mass of the system
( train + child ).
20. State two main limitations of dimensional analysis .

DIRECTIONS FOR Q No 21-25 :

These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason.
While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one of the
following four responses.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(e) If Assertion is incorrect and reason is correct.

21. Assertion : Force and pressure cannot be added.

Reason : The dimensions of force and pressure are different.
22. Assertion : If a body of mass m is projected upwards with a speed V
making an angle ɵ with the vertical, than the change in the
momentum of the body along X– axis is zero.
Reason : Mass of the body remains constant along X–axis
23. Assertion : Impulse of force and momentum are same physicalquantities.
Reason : Both quantities have same unit.
24. Assertion: The centre of mass of a body may lie where there is no mass.
Reason : Centre of mass of body is a point, where the whole mass of the
body is supposed to be concentrated.
25. Assertion : A physical quantity cannot be called as a vector if its
magnitude is zero.
Reason : A vector has both magnitude and direction.
 SECTION B

26. CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION : (1x5=5)

If a body is pivoted at a point and the force is applied on the body at asuitable point,
it rotates the body about the axis passing through the pivoted point. This is the
turning effect of the force and the motion of the body is called the Rotational motion.
In rotational motion, the particles of the rigid body follow a circular path around the
rotational axis, the rotational axis could be fixed or it could be unfixed. The example
for fixed axis rotational motion is the rotation of a fan, in which each particle on the
blade is following a circular path aroundthe axle of the motor of the fan. The
example for an unfixed axis of rotational motion is spinning top, in the spinning top,
the tip of the top is a non fixed axis around which all the particles are following a
circular path.
I. A body is under the action of two equal and oppositely directed forces and the
body is rotating with constant acceleration. Which of the following cannot be
the separation between the lines of action of the forces ?
(a) zero (b) 0.25 m (c) 0.4 m (d) 1.0m
II. A dancer on ice spins faster when she folds her arms. This is due to
a) Increases in energy and increase in angular momentum
b) Decrease in friction at the skates
c) Constant angular momentum and increase in kinetic energy
d) Increase in energy and decrease in angular momentum
III. For increasing the angular velocity of an object by 10%, the kinetic
energy has to be increased by
a) 40 % b) 5 % c) 10 % d) 21 %
IV. Two rings have their moments of inertia in the ratio 2:1 and their diameters are
in the ratio 2:1. The ratio of their masses will be :
a) 2:1 b) 1:2 c) 1:4 d) 1:1
V. 4 kg and 6 kg bodies are at rest and are separated by 20m. If they move towards
each other under mutual force of attraction, the position of the point where they
meet is
a) 12 m from 4 kg body c) 12 m from 6 kg body
b) 8 m from 4 kg body d) 10 m from 4 kg body
 SECTION C

27. Spring A and B are identical except that A is stiffer than B . Explain with
reason in which spring is more work expended if :
i) They are stretched by the same amount.
ii) They are stretched by the same force.
28. It is easier to pull a lawn roller than to push it. Explain why ?
OR
A block slides down an inclined plane of slope angle θ with constant velocity.
It is then projected up the same plane with an initial velocity u. How far up the
plane will it move before coming to rest.
29. a) Can magnitude of resultant of two vectors be smaller than the magnitude of
any of the given vectors ? Justify your answer.
b) Is it possible for a body to be accelerated without speeding up or slowing
down ? Justify your answer.
30. A man weighing 70 kg moves up a flight of stairs having 15 steps each 25 cm
high in 30 sec. Find the power used by him.
31. A car travels with uniform velocity of 20 m/s for 5 sec. The brakes are then
applied and the car comes to rest in next 8 sec. Draw a velocity time graph to
represent the motion and find the total distance travelled by the car.

SECTIOND

32. Two masses of m 1 = 20 kg and m 2 = 5 kg respectively are connected at the two

ends of a light, inextensible string passing over a light frictionless pulley in
such a way that m 1 is placed on a smooth inclined plane with θ = 30 0 and m 2
hangs vertically. Find the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the
string when the masses are released.
33. The frequency (n) of a vibrating string which depends upon the force applied (F),
length of string ( L ) and mass per unit length (m) of string.Obtain the formula
for the frequency by dimensional analysis.
34. Find an expression for the maximum permissible speed with which a vehicle can
negotiate a curved track safely in presence of friction .
OR
a) Draw a graph to show the variation of frictional force with the applied force. (1)
b) Ten one – rupee coins are put on the top of one another on a table. Each coin
has a mass of ‘m’ kg. Give the magnitude and direction of : ( counted from the
bottom )
i) The force on the 7 th coin by the 8 th coin,
ii) The reaction of the 6 th coin on the 7 th coin. (2)
35. A bomb is dropped on an enemy post by an aeroplane flying with a horizontal
velocity of 90 km/h and at a height of 500 m. How far the aeroplane must be
from the enemy post at the time of dropping the bomb, so that it may directly hit
the target ? What is the trajectory of the bomb as seen by an observer on the
earth ? What as seen by a person sitting inside the aeroplane ?
36. a) Passengers are thrown forward from their seats when a speeding bus stops
suddenly. Explain why
b) A lift is going downward with an acceleration of 5 m/s 2. What will be the
apparent weight of a 70 kg person in the lift ? (1+2=3)

SECTION E
37) a) A person sits near the edge of a circular platform revolving with a uniform
angular speed . What will be the change in the motion of the platform ? (1)
a) Two masses of 4 kg and 10 kg are placed at 30 cm and 60 cm marks
respectively on a light wooden scale. Find the moment of inertia of this
system about an axis passing through 100 cm mark and perpendicular to
the meter scale. ` (2)
b) Locate the centre of mass of a system of three particles of masses 2 kg,
5 kg and 8 kg placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side 1 m. (2)
OR
a) A car is moving at a speed of 90 km/h. The diameter of its wheel is 0.5 m. If
the wheels are stopped in 30 rotations by applying brakes, calculate the
angular retardation produced by the brakes. (2)
b) Derive the relation between : (i) angular momentum and moment of inertia
(ii) torque and moment of inertia. (3)

38. A moving body of mass ‘m1’strikes elastically head on another body of mass
‘m2’which is initially at rest. Find an expression for the fraction of the initial
kinetic energy of the moving body transferred to the struck body.
OR
A body of mass ‘m’ tied to a string is revolved in a vertical circle. Derive an
expression for its critical velocity. Also find the velocity and tension at any
point in the string in the condition of the body just passing over the highest
point.
39. a) Find the angle of projection for which the maximum height of the projectile is
double the horizontal range attained by the body.
b) A body moving with uniform acceleration travels 24 m in the 6 th second and
44 m in the 11th second. Find the acceleration and the initial velocity of the
body.
c) A ball is thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 12 m/s from the top of a
building 65 m high. Find the total time after which the ball will strike the
ground. (1+2+2=5)
OR

a) If the magnitude of two vectors are 6 and 25 and the magnitude of their scalar
product is 75, then find the angle between the vectors .
b) Derive second equation of motion.
c) Find the area of a triangle whose adjacent sides are :
A= i–2j+k and B = 3 i + 8 j – 4 k. (1+2+2=5)