Plus One Physics Previous Question Paper

+1 Physics Previous (2009-2016) Questions Chapter Wise
Chapter 1 - Physical World b) Weak Nuclear Force
1. Which one of the following fundamental c) Gravitational Force

forces in nature binds Protons and neutrons d) Electromagnetic Force [Imp-2013]
in a nucleus?
a) Gravitational force
b) Electromagnetic force Chapter 2
c) Strong nuclear force
d) Weak nuclear force Units and Measurements
(1) [SEPT-2016]
1. a) Length of a sheet is 17.3 0.3cm and
2. Which one of the following is present breadth is 3.12 0.08cm. Calculate the
between all object in universe? percentage error in the area. (2)
a) Electromagnetic force b) Using the principle of homogeneity of

b) Magnetic Force equations, check whether the equation is
c) Gravitational force g
d) Strong nuclear force correct. T 2
l
(1) [March 2016]
T time, g acceleration
3. Choose the WRONG statement from the
following statements.
l length (2) [SEPT-2016]
a) Electromagnetic force is the force
between charged particles. 2. a) The error in the measurement of
radius of a circle is 0.6%. Find the
b) Electrostatic force can be attractive or percentage error in the calculation of the area
repulsive. of the circle. (2) [March 2016]
c) Nuclear force binds protons and b) Name the principle used to check
neutrons in a nucleus. the correctness of an equation. (1)
d) Gravitational force is one of the c) What is the number of significant

strongest forces among fundamental forces in figures in 0.00820 J? (1)
nature. (1) [Imp 2015]
3. The correctness of equations can be
4. Choose the correct answer from the checked using the principle of homogeneity.
brackets: [March 2015]
a) State the principle of homogeneity. (1)
a) Weakest force in nature is...... (1)
b) Using this principle, check whether the
(Strong nuclear force, following equation is dimensionally correct.
Electromagnetic force, 1 2
mv mgh
2
Gravitational force, Weak nuclear force)
Where m is the mass of the body, v is its
b) 980 F = .............K (1)
velocity, g is the acceleration due to gravity
(36.7, 40, 309.7, 371)
and h is the height. (2)
5. The weakest force found in nature (1)
c) If percentage errors of measurement in
a) Strong Nuclear Force velocity and mass are 2% and 4%
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respectively, what is the percentage error in 9. Velocity of sound depends on density (p)
kinetic energy? (1) [Imp 2015] and modulus of elasticity (E). (the
dimensional formula of E is ML-1T-2).
4. a) Suggest a method to measure the
diameter of the Moon. (1) a) State the principle of homogeneity
b) Length, breadth and thickness of a b) Using the above principle, arrive at an

block is measured using Vernier callipers. The expression for the velocity of sound. (Take
percentage errors in the measurements are K=1). [March-2013]
2%, 1% and 3% respectively. Estimate the
percentage error in its volume. (1) 10. a) Which measurement is most precise?
c) A physical quantity is given by i. Vernier Calipers having 5 divisions

on sliding scale.
Fv 2
h . F is the force, v is the velocity ii. Vernier Calipers having 10 divisions
L on sliding scale.
and L is the angular momentum. Find the iii. Vernier Calipers having 20 divisions
dimensions of h . (2) [March 2015] on sliding scale.
5. Dimensional method helps in converting b) What happened to the accuracy when

the units from one system to another. (1 + 2) the least count is decreased? [Imp-2012]
a) Name the principle used for the above 11. a) A boy recalls the relativistic mass
purpose. m0
b) Using dimensions, prove wrongly as m . Using dimensional
1V 2
1 Newton=105 dyne. [Imp-2014] method put the missing C at the proper
place.
6. The correctness of an equation is checked
using the principle of homogeneity. b) Name and state the principle used in
solving the above problem. [Imp-2012]
For an equation x a bt ct 2,
12. Select the correct answer:
where x is in metre and t in second. What will
be the dimension of b? (1) [Imp-2013] a) Light year is the unit of...........
7. Significant figures determine the accuracy i) time ii) length

of the measurement of a physical quantity.
iii) year iv) velocity
a) The radius of a sphere is given by
b) kilowatt-hour is the unit of .........
R=1.03m. How many significant figures are
there in it? (1) i) energy ii) power
b) If the percentage error in calculating the iii) time iv) mass [March 2012]
radius of the sphere is 2% what will be the
percentage error in calculating the volume? 13. All physical quantities can be expressed in
terms of dimension.
(1) [Imp-2013]
a) Write the physical quantities of the
8. Pick out the fundamental unit from the following dimensions:
following:
i) [ M 1 L 1 T -1
] ii) [ M 1 L 2 T -2
]
Second, m/s, Newton, Joule [March-2013]
b) Check whether the equation
m b) A dimensionless physical quantity

T 2 is dimensionally correct. but having unit in SI system.
g
c) Two physical quantities which have
T Time period of a simple
the same dimensions. [ Imp 2010]
Pendulum.
m mass of the bob. 19. A company manufacturing PVC pipes
g acceleration due to gravity.
claims in an advertisement that the volume of
[March 2012] water flowing out through the pipe in a given
14. To measure distance we use different time is as per the equation V = KA2ut where
units. Which of the following is the largest A is the area of cross section of the pipe, u is
unit of the length? the speed of flow, t is the time and K is a
dimensionless constant.
a) Kilometre
b) Astronomical unit a) Name the principle that can be used to
c) Light year check the dimensional correctness of
d) Parsec [Imp-2011] this equation.
b) Check the equation and state whether
15. Which of the following measurement is the claim can be correct.
more accurate? Why? [ Imp 2010]
i. 500.00kg. 20. Mechanical power is represented by

ii. 0.0005kg. P Fv Av3 where, F is the force, v is the
iii. 6.00kg. [Imp-2011]
velocity, A is the area and is the density.
16. a) Pick out the odd one in the given pairs.
a) The dimensional formula of power
i. Angular velocity and frequency. is............
ii. Work and energy. b) Check the dimensional validity of the
iii. Angle and strain. above equation.
iv. Impulse and momentum. c) Which of the following equations
cant be obtained by the dimensional
b) 1 light year = ......... m method?
[March 2011] i. T K l lg
ii. E kmv 2
17. a) A student was asked to write the
equation for displacement at any instant in a
iii. P h g
simple harmonic motion of amplitude a. He iv. N N 0 e t
2 v
wrote the equation as y a sin t. Where [March 2010]
k
v is the velocity at instants. For the 21. Match the following:
equation to be dimensionally correct, what
should be the dimensions of k? Coefficient ML-1 T-2
a of viscosity Force / area
b) What is the area of a square of side 1.4 number
cm in proper significant figures? Gravitational Force / area M-1L3 T-2
b constant velocitygradient
[ March 2011]
Modulus of Force (dis tan ce)
18. Give examples for the following: c elasticity (mass) 2 M L-1 T-1
a) A dimensionless, unit less physical

quantity. [ Imp 2009]
22. Fill in the blanks:

2. Velocity time graph of an object is
a) I micron =.................m. given below. [March 2016]
b) Hertz is the unit of .............
[MARCH-2009]
23. a) A student writes the equations for the

relativistic variation of mass with velocity as
m0
m=
x2
1
c2 a) What type of motion is indicated by
the above graph? (1)
Where mo is the rest mass and c is the
b) Derive a relation connecting the
speed of light. What is the dimensional displacement and time for this type
formula for x?
of motion. (2)
b) If the percentage error in the c) The ratio of velocity to speed of an
measurement of radius R of a sphere is 2%, object is....................
then what is the percentage error in its i. One ii. Greater than one
volume?
iii. Less than one iv. Either less than
[MARCH-2009] one or equal to one. (1)
3. Figure 1 shows displacement-time graph of

runner A. Figure 2 shows velocity-time graph
Chapter-3
of runner B.
Motion in a Straight Line a) Identify the type of motion the runner A
has.
1. Velocity time graph of a body is given
below. i) Uniform motion ii) Non-uniform motion
iii) Accelerated motion
iv) Jerking motion (1)
b) Derive a mathematical relation that

connects displacement, velocity and time for
runner A. (2)
a) Which portion of the graph c) Analysing the above two graphs, find
represents uniform retardation? which runner will win the race. Why?
(i) OA (ii)AB (iii) BC (iv) OC (1)
b) Find the displacement in time 2s to

7s. (1)
c) A stone is dropped from a height h.

Arrive at an expression for the time
taken to reach the ground. (2)
[SEPT-2016]
(Here 1> 2). (1) [Imp 2015]
4. Position time graph of a body is given. 7. Acceleration time graph of a body is

shown below:
a) Drawn the corresponding velocity-time

graph.
b) What does the area under the velocity
time graph represent?
c) Arrive at a relation connecting velocity
(v) and time (t) for a uniformly
accelerated body. (1+1+2) [Imp-2013]
8. Figure given below shows the motion of a

a) Estimate the velocity during the time school bus starting from the point O and
interval t = 2s to t = 3s. (1) travels along a straight line.
b) Displacement of an object is
proportional to t3. Show that its
acceleration is increasing with time.
(2) [March 2015]
5. Velocity is defined as the rate of change of

displacement. a) Complete the following table
a) Distinguish between average velocity Time taken Displacement Velocity

and instantaneous velocity. from 0
b) When does the average velocity 2s 10-0=10m ..............
becomes equal to the instantaneous 10s ................ 5m/s
velocity?
b) Is the motion of the bus uniform or
c) A car travels from A to B at 60 km/hr non-uniform? Justify your answer.
and returns to A at 90 km/hr. What is its c) Draw the position time graph of the
average velocity and Average speed? above motion.
d) A student in the school bus notices the
(2+1+2) [Imp-2014] speedometer of the bus. Which type of
6. Acceleration is defined as the rate of speed is shown by the speedometer?
change of velocity. [March-2013]
a) Is it possible for a body to have 9. a) State in the following cases whether the
acceleration without velocity? motion is one, two or three dimensions.
Explain. i. A butterfly flying around a flower.
b) Draw the velocity time graph of a ii. A bus moving along a long and
body moving with uniform straight road.
acceleration a and initial velocity
Vo. b) Derive the equations of motion for non-
c) Using the above graph, obtain the uniform motion in one dimension.
equation for displacement in time t.
(1+ 1+ 2) [March 2014] c) Look at the graph in fig. (a) and fig.(b)
carefully and state which of these cant
possible represent one-dimensional motion whether it can represent one-dimensional

with reasons. [Imp-2012] motion. [Imp-2011]
10. A car is moving along the circumference

of a circle of radius r.
14. a) The figure shown the position time
a) What is the distance travelled in one graph of a body moving along a straight line.
revolution?
b) What is the displacement in one
revolution?
c) What is the speedometer of the car
measure?
d) Can a body have acceleration
without velocity. Explain.
i. Draw the velocity-time graph of the
[Imp-2012] body.
ii. From the graph, find the displacement
11. Acceleration time graph of a body starts in 20 seconds.
from rest as shown below:
b) From the velocity-time graph of a body
moving with uniform acceleration, deduce the
velocity-time relation and the velocity-
displacement relation. [ March 2011]
15. When breaks are applied on a moving

vehicle, it stops after travelling a distance.
This distance is called stopping distance.
a) Write an expression for stopping

a) What is the use of the acceleration-time distance in terms of initial velocity (u)
graph? and retardation (a).
b) If the initial speed is doubled keeping
b) Draw the velocity time graph using the
the retardation same, by how much
above graph.
will the stopping distance change?
c) Find the displacement in the given [March 2011]
interval of time from 0 to 3 seconds.
16. If v is the velocity and a is the acceleration,
[March-2012] give an example of a physical situation for
each of the following cases.
12. Acceleration is the time rate of change of
velocity. Give an example of a body a) V 0, a = 0
possessing zero velocity and still accelerating. b) V = 0, a 0
c) V > 0, a < 0
[Imp-2011] d) V < 0, a > 0 [ Imp 2010]
13. Graph representing the motion of two 17. A ball is thrown horizontally from the top
bodies are shown below. State with reason of a tower with a velocity of 40 ms-1. Take g
= 10 ms-2.
a) Find the horizontal and vertical 21. In situations demanding our immediate
displacement after 1,2,3,4,5 seconds, action, normally it takes sometime before we
then the path of the motion of ball. really respond. This time is known as reaction
b) If the ball reaches the ground in 4 time. A truck is moving forward at a constant
seconds, find the height of the tower. speed of 20 m/s. The driver sees a car in front
[March 2010] of him at a distance of 110 meters stopping
suddenly. After a reaction time he applies the
18. a) Acceleration is the time rate at which brakes which give the truck an acceleration of
velocity of a body changes. Show that for a -3 m/s2. What will be the maximum allowable
car, moving with constant acceleration for a reaction time to avoid a collision and what
period of time, the distance travelled in the distance the truck would have moved before
second half is three times of that in the first the brakes take hold? [ Imp 2009]
half.
22. Motion is common to everything in the
b) The acceleration caused by the earths Universe. It is the change of position of an
attraction towards its centre is known as object with time.
acceleration due to gravity. It is always
directed towards the centre of earth. Show that (a) The slope of position time graph of a
in the absence of air resistance, for a ball particle gives:
thrown upwards, the time of ascent is equal to
the time of descent. A. Acceleration B. Displacement
c) Shown that when air resistance is also C. Velocity D. Momentum

taken into account, the time of descent is
(b) Give an example of a body possessing
greater than the time of ascent.
zero velocity and that is still accelerating.
[ Imp 2009] (c) A car starts accelerating from rest for
19. a ) A ball thrown vertically upwards from some time, moves with a uniform velocity for
the top of a tower with a velocity V. Another some time and comes to rest with a uniform
ball is thrown vertically downwards with the retardation. Draw the velocity time graph of
same velocity V. Which ball will hit the the car.
ground with greater velocity?
(d) A car covers the first half of the
b) A boy drops a ball through the window distance between two places at a speed of
of a train, which is moving with the uniform 40kmph and the second half at 60kmph.
velocity. What will be the path of the ball as Calculate the average speed of the car.
observed by
[MARCH-2009]
1. The same boy sitting in the train?
2. Another boy standing on the platform?
and Chapter 4
3. A third boy sitting in a train moving in
the opposite direction on a parallel Motion in a Plane
track? [ Imp 2009]
1. a) Identify the scalar quantity from the
20. a) To describe the motion of a body we following alternatives.
require a frame of reference. What are the
inertial and non-inertial frames of references? (i) Momentum (ii) Work
b) Can a frame of reference fixed at a point (iii)Torque (iv) Acceleration (1)

on the surface of earth be truly inertial? Why?
[ Imp 2009]
b) A man throws a stone up into air at an 4. A body is projected into air at an angle
angle ' ' with the horizontal. Draw the path with the horizontal.
of the projectile and mark directions of
a) What is the trajectory followed by this
velocity and acceleration at the highest
projectile?
position. (2)
i) Ellipse ii) Parabola
c) Derive an expression for the maximum
height reached by the stone. iii) Straight line iv) Circle (1)
(2) [SEPT-2016] b) Give a mathematical proof for your
answer. (2)
2. Observe the following diagram.
c) Trajectory of a body in a projectile
x2
motion is given by y x . x and y are in
80
meters. Find maximum height of this
projectile. (2) [Imp 2015]
5. A stone is
thrown with the
help of a sling
with initial
velocity v0 at an
a) The forces F1 , F2 , F3 are together
angle from
called .............
the horizontal.
(1)
a) Working of sling is based on...........
b) Calculate the mass of the stone using law of vector addition. (1)
the parallelogram law of vector b) With the help of a vector diagram,
addition. (2) [SEPT-2016] state this law. (1)
c) Derive the expression for the
maximum height reached by the
3. When a body is projected into air with
certain initial velocity making an angle with stone. (1)
the horizontal, it will travel in a parabolic [March 2015]
path. [March 2016] 6. Projectile is a particle which is projected
into the air with an initial velocity against the
a) What are the vertical and horizontal
components of velocity? (1) gravity. (1+1+2)
b) With a diagram, derive an expression a) What is the angle of projection for
for : maximum horizontal range?
i. Maximum height b) Draw the trajectory of a projectile.
ii. Time of flight. (4)
c) A ball is dropped through the c) Obtain the expression for time of flight.
window of a train travelling with
high velocity, to a man standing near [Imp-2014]
the track. The ball............. 7. Uniform circular motion is a special case
i.Falls down vertically
of two dimensional motion having
ii.Moves straight horizontally centripetal acceleration. (1+ 1+ 1)
iii.Follows an elliptical path
iv.Follows a parabolic path (1) a) Define centripetal acceleration.
b) Can a body have acceleration with b) A particle is projected with a velocity

constant speed? Explain. u in the direction making an angle
with the horizontal. Find.
c) Express angular velocity in terms of
1) Time of flight
angular displacement. [Imp-2014]
2) Maximum height
8. The centripetal force on a body in circular c) A man can jump on moon six times as high
as on earth. Why? [Imp-2013]
mv 2
motion is given by F . (1+ 1+ 1)
r 11. An athlete jumps at an angle of 300 with a
maxim um speed of 9.4m/s.
a) Write the dimension of force.
b) Using the above formula, write an a) What is the shape of the path followed by
equation to find % error in centripetal the athlete in the jump?
force.
c) What is the number of significant b) Obtain an expression to calculate the
figures in 0.050 N? [March 2014] horizontal range covered by the athlete.
9. A and B are two objects moving with c) Find the range covered by him in the above
jump. Suggest the angle by which the athlete
velocities VA and VB .
can attain the maximum range. [March 2013]
a) What is the velocity of A relative to 12A. a) Find whether the given vectors
B? (1)
2i 3 j 4k and 4i 6 j 8k are parallel
b) Rain is falling vertically with a speed
or not.
of 35 m/s. A woman rides a bicycle
with a speed of 12 m/s in the east to b) What are orthogonal unit vectors?
west direction. What is the direction
in which she should hold her c) What is zero vector? Give its
umbrella? (3) significance in Physics with an example.
c) Assertion: the range of a projectile
remains the same for the angle of OR
projection 300 and 600. (1) 12B. a) Obtain expression for Time of flight
Reason: the range does not depend on for a projectile motion.
the angle of projection. b) What is the angle of projection for
Choose the correct answer: maximum horizontal range?
A: Both assertion and reasons are c) The ceiling of a long hall is 25m
correct. high. What is the maximum horizontal
distance that the ball thrown with a speed of
B: Both assertion and reason are 40 m/s can go without hitting the ceiling of the
wrong. hall? [Imp-2012]
C: Assertion is correct, but reasons 13. A parallelogram law helps to find the
are wrong. magnitude and direction of the resultant of
two forces:
D: Assertion is wrong, but reason is
correct. [March 2014] a) State the law.
10. A stone is thrown upward from a moving b) If the magnitude of two vectors and
train. (1+3+1) their resultant are the same, what is the angle
between the two vectors?
a) Name the path followed by the stone.
c) Determine the value of

A B A B . [March 2012] attained by the ball above the point of
projection? (Take g = ms-2).
c) In the figure, the point P on a wheel
14. A boy throws a cricket ball with a velocity
of radius R is in contact with the
u at an angle with the horizontal.
ground. What is the displacement of
a) Name the path followed by the ball. the point, when the wheel rolls a half
b) At the highest point, what are the revolution?
vertical and horizontal components of
velocity?
c) Derive an expression for the
maximum height reached by the ball.
(d) If 1 = 300, what is the value of 2? [March 2011]

18. A stone is thrown up with the velocity u
which makes an angle with the horizontal.
a) What are the magnitudes of the

vertical and horizontal components of
velocity?
[March 2012] b) How do these components change
with time?
15. A food packet is dropped from a plane c) After t seconds what will be the
flying horizontally. magnitude and direction of the
resultant velocity?
a) Sketch the path of the falling food
[ Imp 2010]
packet.
b) If the time taken by the packet to 19. Ramesh observes the motion of an insect
reach the earths surface is 6 in a circle. He finds that it travels 6 revolutions
seconds, calculate the height from in an anticlockwise direction for a time of
which the packet is dropped. 31.4sec.
(Take g = 10m/s2) [Imp-2011]
a) Find the angular velocity of the
16. A physical quantity having both insect.
magnitude and direction is a vector and if has b) If the insect travels
only magnitude it is a scalar. Categories the 4 revolutions in the clockwise
following physical quantities into scalars and direction for a time of 8.6sec, what
vectors. will be the angular speed averaged
over the total time?
a) Force
c) Obtain the expression for centripetal
b) Angular momentum
acceleration (ac) in terms of angular
c) Time
speed ( ). [March 2010]
d) Work [Imp-2011]
17. Motion along a plane is called two- 20. Imagine yourself in a rain steadily falling
dimensional motion. A body moving in two vertically with a speed of 2ms-1.
dimensions is found to have acceleration in a) If you start moving with 1ms-1 due
one dimension. east, in which direction should you
a) Identify the motion. hold the umbrella to protect yourself
b) A ball thrown by a player reaches from the rain?
another player reaches another player b) On a sunny day at 12 noon, you hold
in 2s. What is the maximum height the umbrella vertically. If you run at
certain speed, do you need to incline Chapter -5

the umbrella? Justify your answer.
[March 2010] Laws of Motion
21. a) A body, moving along a circle has 1. A person drives a car along a circular
uniform speed but the velocity is varying. This track on a level ground.
is because of the centripetal acceleration of
the body. From the relationship between a) Derive an expression for the
linear and angular velocities, find the maximum safe speed of the car.
relationship between linear and angular (2)
accelerations. b) Why do we give banking to curved
roads? (1)
b) Find the angular velocities of the
minute and second hands of a clock. [SEPT-2016]
c) A ball trapped in a circular path of 2. When a horse suddenly starts moving, the
radius 10 cm moves steadily and completes rider fails backward. [March 2016]
10 revolutions in 100 seconds. What is the
a) Name and state the law used to
angular velocity and what is the linear
explain the above situation. (2)
velocity of its motion? Is the acceleration
b) State the law of conservation of
vector is a constant vector? [ Imp 2009]
linear momentum and prove it on the
22A. a boy throws a cricket ball with a basis of second law of motion. (2)
velocity u at an angle 0 with the horizontal. c) State true or false.
An iron ball and a wooden ball of the
a) What is the path followed by the ball? same radius are released from a height
b) At the highest point, what are the in vacuum; the iron ball will reach the
vertical and horizontal components ground first. (1)
of velocity?
c) Derive the expressions for time of 3. A circular track of radius 400m is kept
flight and horizontal range of the with outer edge raised to make 5 degrees with
ball. the horizontal. (1+3+2)
OR
a) What do you call this type of construction
of tracks?
22B. A and B are two non-zero vectors.
b) Obtain an expression for the maximum
a) If A B = A . B , what is the angle permissible speed considering the
force of friction.
between A and B ?
c) Calculate the permissible speed of the car

b) Find the value of A . A B . if the coefficient of friction is 0.2.
c) The parallelogram law is used to find [Imp-2013]
the resultant of two vectors. Find the
4. The given graph ABCD shows variation
magnitude of the resultant of these
of force with time for a body placed on a
two vectors in terms of their
smooth horizontal surface.
magnitudes and the angle between
them. [MARCH-2009]
a) Using the given graph, state whether the c) Obtain an expression for maximum
following statements are true or false. speed on a banked road without considering
i) The force acting on a body along friction. [Imp-2014]
AB is constant.
ii) The force acting on a body along 8. We are familiar with Newtons laws of
CD is zero. (2) motion.
b) i) State the law of conservation of a) State Newtons second law of motion.
linear momentum.
(1)
iii) Find the region on the graph at b) Using the above law, explain:
which the body moves with
i. Impulse momentum
constant momentum. (2)
principle
iv) Draw a momentum time graph ii. Law of conservation of linear
for the given graph. (1)
momentum (1)
[Imp 2015] c) A circular racetrack of radius 300 m
is banked at an angle of 150 . The
5. a) State the following statements are True coefficient of friction between the
or False. Correct the statements if false. wheels of a race car and the road is
(2) 0.2. Find:
i. The optimum speed of the race car to
i. A spring balance gives the mass of a avoid wear and tear on its tyres. (1)
body while a common balance gives ii. Maximum permissible speed to avoid
its weight. slipping. (2) [March 2014]
ii. If the same force is applied on two
bodies of different masses for the
same time, then the change in 9. Match the following.
momentum of two bodies is the same.
Sl A B
b) State Newtons second law and arrive No
at the equation of force. (2) Newtons first Change in
1 law momentum
c) A motorcycle and a bus are moving Conservation of Action
with same momentum. Which of them has 2 linear reaction
greater kinetic energy? Justify. (1) momentum
Newtons third Law of inertia
[March 2015] 3 law
Impulse Momentum
6. Newton formulated the famous laws of 4 before collision=
motion. Momentum after
collision
a) Give the significance of Newtons [March-2013]
first law.
10A) According to Newtons law of motion,
b) Action and reaction are equal and the force depends on the rate of change of
opposite, yet they do not cancel each other. momentum.
Why? [Imp-2014] (1 + 1)
a) Name the law that helps to measure
7. Friction is defined as the force which force.
opposes the relative motion between two
b) Using the above law, deduce an
surfaces in contact. (2+ 1+ 3)
expression for force.
a) Friction is a necessary evil. Explain.
b) What is meant by banking of roads?
c) A man jumping out of a moving bus 14. When a short is fired from a gun, the dun
falls with his head forward. What should he is moved in the backward direction. (1+ 2)
do in order to land safely.
a) State the principle behind it.
10B) The outer side of a circular track of b) Prove the principle using Newtons
radius 200 m is raised to make an angle of 150 second law of motion.
with the horizontal. [Imp-2011]
a) Which force provides the necessary 15. Friction is a force acting between two
centric petal force for a car taking the circular surfaces in contact; when there is a relative
track? motion between them. Consider a car moving
over a horizontal road. What will be the
b) Name the process by which the outer direction of frictional force acting between the
side of a curved track is raised a little above road and tyre? (1) [Imp-2011]
the inner side.
16. A stone breaks the window glass into
c) Using the data provided in this case, pieces while a bullet almost pierces through
determine the maximum permissible speed to the same. Give reason. (1) [Imp-2011]
avoid skidding (given s = 0.25 ).
17. Banking of road helps to increase the
[March-2013] centripetal force and there by increases the
limit of maximum speed of a vehicle w2ith it
11. Write the reason for the following:
can take the curve. (1+ 1)
a) Action and reaction are equal and a) Sketch the schematic diagram of a
opposite. Yet they do not cancel each
vehicle on a banked road and mark
other. the various forces acting on it.
b) A cricketer moves his hands
b) Give the expression for the maximum
backwards while holding a catch. allowed speed of a vehicle on a
[Imp-2012] banked road with friction.
12. According to Newtons law of motion, the [Imp-2011]

force depends on the rate of change of
18. A block of mass M is suspended by a
momentum. light cord C from the ceiling and another
a) State whether the force is external or strong cord D is
internal? Justify your answer. attached to the bottom
b) What happens to the linear of the block as shown.
momentum when the force is absent?
c) The motion of a particle of mass m is
1 2
described y ut gt . find the
2
force acting on the particle.
d) Why is it more difficult to rotate a The cord D is pulled by a force F. Which
stone by tying it to a longer string than of these cords will break, if
a shorter string? [March 2012]
a) The force is increased steadily?
13. A thief jumps from the top of a house with b) The force is increased suddenly?
a box of weight 25kg.wt. on his head. What [March 2011]
will be the weight of the box experienced by
the thief during his downward fall? Justify 19. Raising the outer edge of a curved road a
your answer. [Imp-2011] little above the inner edge is called banking of
curves.
a) Derive an expression for the safe a) What will happen to the weight of the
speed with which a car can negotiate a banked child if?
road by taking into account the friction i. The lift moves up with a
between the tyres and the road. constant speed?
b) A machine gun fires bullets of mass ii. The lift moves up with a
40 g each with a speed of 1200 ms-1. The constant acceleration?
person can hold the gun with a maximum
force of 144 N. What is the maximum number b) Write down expressions for the
of bullets that can be fired per second from the apparent weight felt by the child when the
gun? [March 2011] lift is:
20. A man is standing at the centre of a large i. ascending.

flat slab of ice. He can get himself to the edge ii. Descending with a uniform
of the slab by spitting or blowing air in the acceleration.
forward direction (assuming the ice to be c)If the child weighs 20kg and if the lift is
frictionless)
moving down with a uniform acceleration
a) Name the principle/law involved in of 5ms -2, what will be the apparent weight
this. of the child?
b) A horse cannot pull a cart and run in (g = 10ms-2). [MARCH-2009]
empty space. Why?
c) With the help of a free body diagram
represent the various forces acting on
a vehicle moving on a banked road. Chapter -6
Neglecting frictional force obtain the
expression for the maximum safe Work, Energy and Power
speed of the vehicle on the banked
road. [ Imp 2010] 1. a) State the work energy theorem. (1)
21. A passenger of mass 30 kg is standing in b) Show that the potential energy of a

a lift which is moving vertically downwards body is completely converted into kinetic
with an acceleration of 1.8 m/s2 energy during its free fall under the gravity.
(2)
a) Will the passenger experience
decease or an increase in his weight/ c) A man carefully brings down a glass
Explain? sheet from a height 2 m to the ground. The
b) What will be the effect if the cable is work done by him is .................
cut and the lift falls freely? (i) negative (ii) zero
[March 2010]
(iii) positive (iv) unpredictable (1)
22. There are different types of forces in
nature. We learnt their effects and [SEPT-2016]
applications. Give the exact reasons for the
following. 2. Force is required to lift a body from the
ground to a height h and work is measured
a) Why cant a horse pull a cart in empty as the product of force and magnitude of
space? displacement.
b) Why are passengers thrown forward
when a speeding bus stops suddenly? a) Name the energy possessed by the
[March 2010] body at maximum height. Write an
equation for it. (2)
23. A child is sitting inside a lift in a multi- b) A man of mass 60 kg carries a
storeyed building. stone of mass 20 kg to the top of a
multi-storeyed building of height a) When two object collide, after

50m. Calculate the total energy collision they could move together,
spent by him? (9.8m/s2 ) (2) the collision is........ (1)
[March 2016] (elastic, completely elastic, inelastic,
completely inelastic)
3. The figure shows a body of mass m placed b) Show that in a perfectly elastic
at a height h. A, B and C are the three points collision in one dimension, relative
on the trajectory of this body. velocity after collision is equal to
relative velocity before collision. (2)
c) A ball at rest is dropped from a height
of 12 m. It loses 25% of its kinetic
energy on striking the ground. Find
the height at which it bounces. (2)
[March 2015]
5. Below figure represents two point masses,

m1 and m2 approaching each other with speeds
a) Which is the type of energy possessed by u1 and u2. Let them undergo one-dimensional
this body at a height h? (1) collision and retrieve each other with
velocities v1 and v2.
b) Prove that total mechanical energy is
conserved at B and C. (2)
c) A body of mass 5kg is thrown vertically

up with a kinetic energy of 490 J. Find the
Show that (u1 - u2 ) = - (v1 v2).
height at which the kinetic energy of the body
becomes half of the original value. i.e. before and after collision, their relative
(2) [Imp 2015] velocities are equal. (3) [Imp-2014]
4A. The scalar product of force and 6. From the table given below:
displacement gives work. It can be negative,
zero or positive. Force(N) 2 4 6 8 10
a) The work done in sliding a load is Displacement(M) 1 2 3 4 5

......... with respect to frictional force.
(zero, positive, negative, infinity)
a) Draw the force displacement graph.
(1)
b) How can you find the work done from
b) State and prove the work energy
the above graph?
theorem for constant force. (2)
c) Suggest any two situations in which
c) A pump on the ground floor of a
the work done by a force is zero.
building can pump water to fill a tank
d) A ball is pushed with a force of 3N for
of volume 30 m3 in 15 minutes. If the
2s along a frictionless track. The
tank is 40 m above the ground and the
graph shows the force on the body
efficiency of the pump is 30%, how
against time.
munch electric power is consumed by
the pump? (2)
OR
4B. Several such as billiards, marbles, or

caroms involve collisions.
How much work is done by the force? [Imp-2012]
(1+ 1+ 1+ 2) [March 2014] 11. Fill in the blanks:
7. A car is moving with a constant speed on

straight line a) water Potential ............
stored in a energy
a) What is the network done by the external dam
force on the car? b) ........ Kinetic 1
energy E mv 2
2
b) State work energy theorem. c)Mass=10k Accelera Force=10N
g tion
c) A bullet of mass 10g and velocity 800 m/s
d)Lift falls a=g R=..........
is passed through a mud wall of thickness 1 m. freely
Its velocity reduces to 100m/s. Find the [March 2012]
average resistance offered by the mud wall.
12. Work is required to lift a body through a
(1+2+3) [Imp-2013] height from the ground.
8. Fill in the blanks. a) Calculate the work done in lifting a
body of mass 10 kg to a height of 10
a) ........... Scalar
m above the ground.
F.S quantity
b) Mass, m Momentum, KE=....... b) State and prove the law of
m conservation of energy of a freely
c) ............. Momentum Energy falling body.
collision conserved conserved c) Draw the variation of KE and PE with
d) Unit of ............ 746watt the height of the body.
power
e) Body of At a height, PE=.. [March 2012]
mass, m h
f) Power, p P=........ Scalar 13. A force is required to do work. The work
product done by a force is the product of displacement
[March2013] and the component of force in the direction of
displacement. Prove this statement.
9. a) State and explain the work done in the
following situations: [Imp-2011]
i) A person carrying a heavy load walks 14. Consider a body falling freely through the
on a level road. atmosphere. Neglecting the air resistance
prove that the total mechanical energy of the
ii) A man spending his energy by
body remains constant throughout the fall.
pushing on a concrete wall.
[Imp-2011]
b) A constant force of 200 N displaces a
body through 5m in the direction of the force. 15. Ramesh lifts a body of mass m to a
Find the work done on the body. height h near the surface of the earth in a
time t.
[March-2013]
a) Draw the force-displacement graph.
10. a) State and prove that the law of
b) If A is the area of the graph, what
conservation of energy for a freely falling
body. A
quantity does indicate?
t
b) Draw graphically the variation of [March 2011]
kinetic energy and potential energy with the
height of the body in the above case.
16. According to the work-energy theorem, a) A man tries to pull a rigid wall for a
work done by a force on a body is equal to long time but fails to displace it. What
change in its kinetic energy. is the external work done by him?
b) Suggest two conditions for the work
a) A lorry and a car moving with a same done by a force to be zero.
kinetic energy are stopped by c) A body of mass 1 kg travels in a
applying breaks which provides the 3
same retardation. Which of them will straight line with a velocity v kx 2
come to a rest in a shorter distance? where k = 5 SI units. Calculate the
Explain. work done by the net force to displace
b) If the kinetic energy of a body is from x =0 to x = 2 m.
doubled, what is the percentage [March 2010]
change in its linear momentum?
20. a) State work-energy theorem.
[March 2011]
b) Prove work-energy principle for a
17. A ball moves along a circle under the
particle moving with a constant acceleration
influence of centripetal force.
along a straight line.
a) What is the work done by the
c) A bullet of mass 20g pierces through a
centripetal force on the ball?
plate of mass 1 kilogram and then comes to
b) An arrow shot from a bow has kinetic
rest inside a second plate of mass 2.98
energy. How does it get this kinetic
kilograms as in figure. It is found that the two
energy?
plates,
c) Show that the total mechanical
energy of a freely falling body is
conserved.
[ Imp 2010]
18. Collision between two particles need not

be the physical contact of two particles as in
the case of scattering of the -particle by a Initially at rest, now move with equal velocity.
nucleus Find the percentage loss of the initial velocity
of the bullet when it is between the plates.
a) What is the quantity that remains
conserved in all types of collisions? [ Imp 2009]
b) Suppose an electron and a proton are
projected with equal kinetic energy, 21. Work is required to be done to lift a body
what will be the ratio of their linear from the ground. Let the body be dropped
momentums if the proton is 1830 from the height h.
times heavier than an electron? a) State the work-energy theorem.
c) The bob of a pendulum released from b) Draw graphically, the variation of
300 to the vertical hits on another bob K.E and P.E. with the height of the
of equal mass at rest. How high does body. Where do you find:
the first bob rise after the collision?
(Assume that the collision is elastic i ) The maximum P.E. ?
and the sizes of the bobs are
negligible.) [March 2010] ii) The maximum K.E.?
19. Work is related to force and displacement c) State and prove the law of
over which it acts. conservation of energy in this case.
[MARCH-2009]
Chapter -7 you just begin to climb. Explain

why. (1) [March 2016]
System of particles and
3A. a) State perpendicular axis theorem. Use
Rotational Motion this theorem to find the moment of inertia of a
ring about its diameter. (4)
1A. a) Classical dancers bring their hands
closer to their body to rotate faster. Name b) Two identical concentric rings each of
the principle employed by them. mass M and radius R are placed perpendicular
(1) to each other. What is the moment of inertia
about an axis passing through the centre of
b) A wheel rolls along a straight line.
mass of this system?
Derive an expression for its total kinetic
energy. (3) 3
i) MR 2 ii) 2MR 2
c) The rotational analogue of force is 2
.................... (1)
1
iii) 3MR 2 iv) MR 2 (1)
OR 4
1B. Moment of inertia about a diameter of OR
MR 2
a ring is I 0 . 3B. a) Derive the mathematical relation
2
between angular momentum and torque. State
a) Name the theorem that helps to find the law of conservation of angular
the moment of inertia about a tangent momentum. (4)
parallel to the diameter.
b) A solid sphere is rotating about a
(1)
diameter at an angular velocity . If it cools
b) Draw a diagram and find the moment 1
so that the radius reduces to of its original
of inertia about a tangent, parallel to n
the diameter of the ring. (3) value, its angular velocity becomes (1)
c) The rotational analogue of mass is
[Imp 2015]
................. (1)

i) ii) iii) n iv) n 2
[SEPT-2016] n n2
2. The rotational analogue of force is 4. Moment of inertia is the rotational

moment of force, also called torque. analogue of mass in linear dynamics. Write
the equation of the moment of inertia of a disc
a) The turning effect of force is about an axis passing through its centre and
maximum when the angle between perpendicular to its plane. (1)

r and F is............. (1)
a) State the parallel axis theorem of
b) A wheel starting from rest acquires
moment of inertia. (1)
an angular velocity of 10 rad/s in
b) A coin is rolling on a plane surface.
two seconds. The moment of inertia
What fraction of its total kinetic
of the wheel is 0.4 kg m2. Calculate
energy is rotational? (2)
the torque acting on it. (3)
[March 2015]
c) The possibility of falling backward
with the ladder is more when you 5. Moments of inertia of a ring about an axis
are high up on the ladder than when passing through the centre is MR2. The
moment of inertia about a diameter can be 8. In an experiment with

found using the perpendicular axis theorem. a bicycle rim, keeping the
ring in the vertical position
a) State the perpendicular axis theorem. with both the strings in
one hand, put the wheel in
b) Obtain the expression for the moment
fast rotation (see fig).
of inertia of a ring about its diameter. (1+ 2)
When string B is released,
the rim keeps rotating in a
vertical plane and the
[Imp-2014] plane of rotation turns
around the string A.
a) Mention the law that explains the above

result.
6. Moment of inertia is the analogue of mass
b) Explain the practical example (shown in the
in rotational motion. But unlike mass; it is not
fig) based on the law mentioned in (a)
a fixed quantity. (1+2+2)
a) Moment of inertia can be regarded as

a measure of rotational inertia. Why?
b) Write any two factors on which the

moment of inertia of a rigid body
depends.
c) The moments of inertia of two rotating

bodies A and B are IA and IB (IA > IB) and
their angular momentum are equal. Which
one has a greater kinetic energy? Explain.
[March 2014]
7. A thin circular ring is rotating about an

axis. (1+2+2)
c) How will you distinguish a hard-boiled egg
a) State the theorem which will help and a raw egg by spinning each on a table top?
you to find the moment of inertia
about its diameter. d) A solid cylinder of mass 20kg rotates about
b) Using this theorem, find the its axis with an angular speed of 100 rad s-1.
moment of inertia of the ring about The radius of the cylinder is 0.25m. What is
its diameter. the magnitude of angular momentum of the
c) A rolls down the inclined plane cylinder about its axis? [March 2013]
without slipping. Find the velocity
of the ring when it reaches the 9. A solid sphere of mass m and radius r
ground. [Imp-2013] starts from rest and rolls down along an
inclined plane as shown.
a) Write an expression for the moment 12. a) A body rolls over a horizontal, smooth
of inertia of the sphere about its axis surface without slipping with a translational
passing through the centre. kinetic energy E. Show that the kinetic energy
b) Why moment of inertia is also called K2
as rotational inertia? of the body is E 1 , where K is the
R2
c) Find the velocity when it reaches the
ground. [Imp-2012] radius of gyration and R is the radius of the
body. Using the above relation, find the total
10. Rotational inertia is the tendency of a kinetic energy of a circular disc.
rotating body to resist any change in its state
of rotational motion. b) A wheel of mass 1000 kg and radius 1 m
is rotating at the rate of 420 r.p.m. What is the
a) What you mean by the radius of constant torque required to stop the wheel in
gyration of a rolling body? 14 rotations, assuming the mass to be
concentrated at the rim of the wheel?
b) Show that the disc has the moment of
MR 2 [March 2011]
inertia I about an axis perpendicular
2 13. The moment of inertia of a uniform thin
to the disc at its centre. circular disc about a diametric axis of the disc
c) The figure shows two different MR 2
is where M is the mass and R is the
spinning poses of a ballet dancer. 4
radius of the disc.
a) There is a theorem which helps to find

the moment of inertia of the disc
about another axis parallel to this
axis. Give the statement of this
theorem.
b) Using the theorem find the moment of
inertia of the disc about a tangential
In which spinning pose does the ballet axis in the plane of the disc.
dancer have less angular velocity? Justify c) A circular disc of mass 0.15kg and
your answer. [March 2012] radius0.1 m makes 120 revolutions in
one minute about its own axis.
11. Moment of inertia plays the same roll in Calculate its angular momentum.
rotational motion as mass in linear motion.
The moment of inertia of a body changes [ Imp 2010]
when the axis of rotation changes.
14A. In a hammer throw event, a solid sphere
a) State the parallel axes theorem on of mass 16 kg is tied to a light 50 cm long
moment of inertia. chain. A sportsman gives to it a constant
b) Write the relation between moment of moment of 30 N-m for 10 seconds and then
inertia and angular momentum. throws the sphere. Consider the sphere as a
c) If the moment of inertia of a disc point mass.
about an axis passing through its
a) Find the moment of inertia about the
centre and perpendicular to its plane
axis of rotation.
MR 2 b) If L is the angular momentum and
is (M is the mass of the disc
2 dL
and R is radius). Determine its T is the torque, show that T .
dt
moment of inertia about a diameter
and about a tangent. [Imp-2011]
c) Write an example for the motion in g sin

which an angular momentum remains 2
,find the acceleration of a
1 K / R
2
constant.
sphere of mass M and radius R.K is the radius
OR gyration.
14B. Remya stands at the centre of a turn- c) Using the above equation find the
table with her two arms outstretched. The acceleration of a disc of radius R and mass M.
table with an angular speed of 40 revolutions If a student allows the sphere and disc to roll
/ minute. down simultaneously, which will reach down
first? Give the reason. [ Imp 2009]
a) What will happen to the moment of
inertia if she folds her hands back? 16. A solid sphere, a ring and a circular disc
b) If the angular speed is increased to of identical radii are rolling down an inclined
100 revolutions / minute, what will be plane without slipping from the same height,
the new moment of inertia? starting from rest.
c) Write the expression for the
a) i) Which will reach the bottom first?
rotational kinetic energy of the
b) ii) The moment of inertia of a disc
system and explain the terms
about an axis passing through its
involved in it.
centre and perpendicular to its plane
[March 2010]
MR 2
is . Find its moment of inertia
15A. a) Moment of inertia of a particle is a 2
measure of its rotational inertia. The moment about an axis passing through its edge
of inertia of a system will be the sum of the and parallel to its diameter.
moment of inertia of the components c) A ring of radius 2 m weighs 100 kg.
translated to the particular axis mentioned. It rolls along a horizontal floor so that
Find the moment of inertia of a thin meter its centre of mass has a speed of 20
scale about a perpendicular axis through the cms-1. What is its total kinetic energy?
centre. Take M as the mass of the scale. [MARCH-2009]
b) Find the moment of inertia of a thin
circular disc of mass m and radius R about one
of its diameters. Chapter -8
c) If a Gravitation
student fixes
two such discs 1. a) State Keplers second law of planetary
at the ends of motion. (Law of areas).
the meter scale
and rotates the system about an axis b) Derive an equation for the orbital
perpendicular to the length of the scale as in velocity of a satellite. (2)
figure. What will be the Moment of inertia of
c) Escape the velocity of a planet is 20
the system?
Km/s. Find the orbital velocity of the
OR smallest possible orbit. (2)
15B. a) Explain the term radius of gyration of [SEPT-2016]

a body.
2A. The acceleration due to gravity may
b) If the acceleration of a rolling body vary with altitude and depth.
through an inclined plane is given by a =
a) Arrive at an expression for 5. Match the following ( 6 x = 3)

acceleration due to gravity at a
height h. (h<< RE) (2) a) Keplers laws i) Scalar
b) Why does satellite need no fuel to b) Gravitational ii) Planetary motion
go around a planet in its fixed orbit? constant
c) Acceleration due to gravity is c) Velocity iii) Inertia
independent of ................ (mass of d) Newtons first iv) 9.8 ms-2
earth / mass of body) (2 +1) law of motion
[March 2016] e) Acceleration due v) [LT-1]
OR to gravity
f) Distance vi) 6.67 10-11
2B. For a particle to overcome the Nm2kg-2
gravitational pull of earth, it is projected with
[Imp-2014]
a minimum velocity.
6. The velocity of a satellite in its orbit is
a) Name the minimum velocity. (1)
called orbital velocity.
b) Obtain an expression for the above
minimum velocity. (2) a) Find the relation between orbital
c) A ball bounces more on the surface velocity and escape velocity.
of the moon than on the earth. b) What is a geostationary satellite?
Explain why. (2) [March 2016] c) Moon has no atmosphere. Why?
3. For a body to leave from earths (2+ 1+ 1) [Imp-2014]

gravitational field, it should be projected with
a minimum velocity. [Imp 2015] 7. Choose the correct alternative. (1+1)
a) i) Name the velocity (1) a) Escape velocity is independent of the

ii) Derive an expression for this mass of the earth / the mass of the
velocity (2) body.
b) The moon does not have an b) Gravitational force / weak nuclear
atmosphere around it. Give reason. force is the weakest fundamental
(2) force. [March 2014]
4. Out earth has several artificial satellites. 8A. Earth satellites are objects which revolve
But the moon is the only natural satellite. around the earth. Consider a satellite at a
height h from the surface of the earth
a) If acceleration due to gravity at the
surface of earth is g, arrive at the a) Give an equation for its orbital
expression for acceleration due to velocity. (1)
gravity at a depth d. (2) b) Obtain an equation for the period of
b) Distance to the moon from the earth the above satellite. (2)
is 3.84 x 108 m and the time period of c) Distinguish between geo stationary
the moons revolution is 27.3 days. satellites and polar satellites. (1)
Obtain the mass of the earth. OR
(Gravitational constant
g=6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2.) (2) 8B. The value of acceleration due to gravity is
c) How do you explain weightlessness maximum on the surface of the earth.
in an artificial satellite? (1)
a) Write the relation between
[March 2015] acceleration due to gravity and
gravitational constant.
b) Obtain an equation for the variation of
g with height
c) Draw a graph showing the variation 10B. The acceleration due to gravity (g) on the
of g with depth and height from the surface of the earth is 9.8m/s2.
surface of the earth. Assume that the
density of earth is constant. a) Define the acceleration due to gravity (g).
(1+ 2+ 1) [March 2014] b) Derive an expression for the variation of g
9A. For a particle to leave from the earths at a depth d below the surface of earth.
field, it should be projected with a minimum
c) At what height h will the value of g be
velocity. (1+2+2+1) half of that on the surface of the earth?
a) Name the velocity.
[March 2013]
b) Obtain the expression for the
11. Match the following:
above velocity.
Fundamental force Planetary motion
c) An elephant and an ant are to be Newtons first law Centripetal force
projected from earth into space. Whether the Strong force Recoil of the gun
velocities required for doing so are the same Keplers law Nuclear force
or different? Justify your answer. Circular motion Inertia
Newtons third law Gravitational force
d) Find the period of a simple pendulum, if [Imp-2012]
this experiment is performed inside a satellite?
12. Nowadays we are familiar with satellites.
OR
a) Name any two satellites.
9B. The acceleration due to gravity (g) on the b) Differentiate escape velocity from
surface of the earth is 9.8m/s2 orbital velocity.
c) For an earth satellite show that,
a) Define acceleration due to gravity (g).
Escape Velocity = 2 Orbital
b) Derive an expression for the variation Velocity. [Imp-2012]
of (g) with height (h) above the surface of the
earth. 13. a) The value of acceleration due to gravity
is maximum at the.................
c) At what height h the value of g will
be half of that on the surface of the earth? i. Poles ii. Equator
(1+3+2) [Imp-2013] iii. Center of the earth
10A. The escape speed for an object from the b) Find the height at which g is reduced
earth is 11.2km/s. to g/2.
a) What is mean by escape speed? c) A rat and a horse are to be projected

from earth into space. State whether the
b) Arrive at an expression for the escape speed velocity is the same or different in projecting
from the earth. each animal. Justify. [March 2012]
c) Explain whether the escape speed depends 14. Imagine a point mass m maintained at
on the mass of the object or not. the centre of a shell of uniform density having
mass M. If the radius of the shell is R, what
d) The earth contains an atmosphere while the
will be the gravitational force exerted by the
moon does not. Give the reason.
shell on the point mass? Explain.
[March 2013]
[Imp-2011]
15. The acceleration of a body due to the force 19. There are different types of forces in
exerted by earth on it is known as acceleration nature. We learnt their effects and
due to gravity. (1+ 2) applications. Give the exact reasons for the
following.
a) Why does earth impart same
acceleration on all bodies? a) Why does a satellite revolve around
b) Show graphically the variation of the earth in a circular path?
strength with distance from the centre b) Why is it easy to lift a heavy stone in
of the earth outwards. [Imp-2011] water? [March 2010]
16. A person in an artificial satellite of the 20A. a) The minimum velocity with which
earth experiences weightlessness The moon is a body is to be projected so that it never
a natural satellite of the earth. returns to earth is called the escape velocity.
Arrive at an expression for escape velocity of
a) Can a person on the moon experience earth.
weight? Why?
b) A satellite is revolving very close to b) Explain whether escape velocity
earth. What is the percentage increase depends on mass of the body or not.
in velocity needed to make it escape
from the gravitational field of the c) Show how escape velocity and orbital
earth? velocity are related.
c) Acceleration due to gravity g
OR
depends on the distance r from the
center of the earth. Draw a graph 20B a) What will happen to acceleration
showing the variation of g with r. due to gravity
[March 2011] i. If the earth stops rotating
17. The earth revolves around the sun in an ii. If the rotational speed is increased?
elliptical orbit. The closet approach of the
earth with the sun is called perihelion. When b) Keeping the mass of earth the same if
the approaches the perihelion, its speed the diameter is shrinked by 1%, what will
increases. Explain this principle. be the percentage change in acceleration
due to gravity on the surface.
[March 2011]
c) If the radius of earth suddenly
18. weight of a body is the force of reduces to half its value, what will be its
gravitational attraction experienced by it. It is effect on the duration of the day?
equal to the product of mass of the body and
acceleration due to gravity. [ Imp 2009]
a) Obtain an expression for the 21. When we throw a stone into the air, it
acceleration due to gravity of a body comes back to the earth. But when we increase
in terms of the mass of the earth. the speed of the stone, it may escape from the
b) If you imagine the motion of a body gravitational attraction of the earth.
from the centre of the earth to the
a) Explain the term escape velocity.
surface of the moon, what change will
What is its value on the surface of the
you observe in the weight of the body
earth?
during that motion? (Neglect the
b) The radius of the earth is reduced by
effect of all other objects).
4 % of its initial value. The mass of
[ Imp 2010] the earth remains unchanged. What
will be the percentage of change in
the escape velocity?
c) Assuming that planets move in 4. A rubber band can be pulled to several

circular orbits, derive Keplers third items its original length.
law on planetary motion.
[March-2009] a) Draw the stress-strain graph of a
rubber band. (1)
b) Rop e of cranes is made of a

Chapter -9 number of thin wires braided together.
Why? (1) [March 2015]
Mechanical Properties of Solids 5. A rigid is a body with a perfectly
1. a) The ratio of shear stress to shear strain unchanging shape under the influence of an
is ............... external force.
(i) Poissons ratio a) What you mean by the centre of mass

of a rigid body? (1)
(ii) Youngs modulus
(iii) Bulk modulus
(iv) Rigidity modulus (1)
b) State Hookes law. (1)

b) A rigid beam of length L, breadth b
[SEPT-2016]
and depth d is supported near its ends
2. The stress-strain graph for wires of two as shown in the figure. A load W is
materials A and B are given below. suspended at its centre of mass. Write
the expression for the amount of
sagging. (1) [March 2015]
6. When a force is applied to a spring, it gets

extended by an amount x as shown.
a) Which material is more ductile? (1)

b) When a spring balances are
continuously used for long time,
they show wrong reading. Explain
why. (2) [March 2016]
3. Youngs moduli of three materials are

given in the below table. [Imp 2015]
a) What do you mean by Youngs (a) Name the law relating stress and strain.
modulus? Write a mathematical
expression for it. (2) (b) Calculate the stress developed in a metal
b) Select the material from the table, wire when it is strained by 30%. Given
which shows more elasticity. (1) youngs modulus of material is 200 GPa.
(c) Which is more elastic, steel or rubber?

Substance Youngs Modulus(N/m2)
X 70 x 109 Why? (1+2+2) [Imp-2014]
Y 120 x 109
Z 200 x 109
7. The graph below shows how the force b) Discuss the behaviour of wire at
applied to a metal wire is related to the extent various stages.
ion of the wire. c) State Hookes law. For which part of
the above graph is this applicable.
d) Which is more elastic; steel or
rubber? Why? [Imp-2012]
11. When a mass is suspended on a metallic

wire, the length of the wire increases
slightly.
a) Write the letter that corresponds to: a) Name and the state law that relates to the
restring force developed in the wire and its
i) Elastic limit deformation.
ii) Fracture point (2 x =1) b) Draw the stress strain graph of a

loading wire.
b) The wire has an unstretched length of
2.40 m and an area of cross section of Mark the following points:
3.90 10 7 m2. Determine the
Youngs modulus Y of the material. i. Elastic limit ii. Fracture point
(2) [March 2014]
iii. Plastic region iv. Elastic region
8. Stress Strain graph of two materials is
c) If the youngs moduli of iron and glass
show below:
are 190 109 Nm-2 and 65 109 Nm-2
respectively. Which is more elastic? Justify
your answer. [March 2012]
12. Elasticity is the property of a body by

which it regains its original state on the
removal of the deforming force. (1+ 2)
a) State the law which relates stress with
strain. a) Why Steel is more elastic than
Rubber?
b) Which materials is more ductile (A or B)? b) The figure given below shows the
c) Which material is preferred for making stress-strain curve for a given
springs (A or B)? Why? (1+1+1) [Imp-2013] material. What are the Youngs
modulus and approximate yield
9. Hookes law states that stress strain. strength for this material?
a) What is the necessary condition for the

above law to be valid?
b) Explain with the help of a graph, the

relation between stress and strain for a given
solid material under increasing tensile stress.
[March-2013]
10. When a wire is stretched with a very large

force it breaks.
[Imp-2011]
a) Represent the variation of extension
with load on a graph
13. When the pressure on a sphere is increased Chapter -10

by 80 atmospheres, its volume decreases by
0.01%. Find the bulk modulus of elasticity of Fluids
the material of the sphere. (2)
1A. Consider the flow of a liquid through a
[Imp-2011] pipe of varying cross section.
14. Elasticity is an internal property of matter. a) Write the equation of continuity of
Fluids possess volume elasticity. Which is flow. (1)
more elastic, air or water? Why?
b) Draw a figure and drive Bernoullis
[March 2011] equation. (4)
15. Modulus of elasticity of a material is the c) A tank of 5 m height is filled with
ratio of stress and strain. water. Calculate the velocity of efflux
through a hole, 3 m below the surface of
a) Youngs modulus for a perfectly rigid
water. (2)
body is ---------
b) One end of a rope of a length 4.5 m OR
and diameter 6 mm is fixed to the
branch of a tree. A monkey weighing 1B. Surface tension is a property of liquids
100 N jumps to catch the free end and and it causes capillary rise in small tubes.
stays there. Find the elongation of the
rope. (Youngs modulus = 4.8 1011 a) What do you mean by surface
tension? (1)
N/ m2). [ Imp 2010]
b) Draw a figure and derive an equation
for capillary rise in a tube of radius
r. (4)
16. Elasticity is the property of matter that is c) Excess pressure inside a liquid drop
characterized by atomic packing. For an is 60 N/m2. What will be the excess
elastic solid, stress applied is directly pressure inside a liquid bubble of the
proportional to the strain produced in it. The same radius formed by the same
stress versus strain graph for three materials liquid?
A, B and C is shown below.
(2) [SEPT-2016]
2A. In case of fluids law of conservation of

a) Which is energy can be explained with Bernoullis
more elastic A, B or principle. [March 2016]
C? Justify your
answer. a) State and prove Bernoullis
b) If the bulk principle. (4)
modulus of water is 2 x 109 Nm-2, find b) While travelling in aeroplane, it is
its compressibility. advisable to remove ink from
c) Why are girders for supporting roofs fountain pen. why? (2)
formed in the shape of I? OR
[March 2010] 2B. Viscosity is the frictional force in
fluids.
a) When a small metal ball is falling

through a viscus medium, what are
the various forces acting on it? Using
this arrive at an expression for and explain the principles of working

terminal velocity. (4) of a hydraulic lift. (3)
b) Raindrops falling under gravity do not c) The above arrangement is placed in
acquire very high velocity. Why? (2) an elevator which is accelerating
[March 2016] upwards. What happens to the
possible height of the liquid column
3A. a) State and prove Bernoullis theorem. in the tube? Justify. (2)
(4) [Imp 2015] OR
4B. The antiseptic used for cuts and wounds

in human flesh have low surface tension. Due
to low surface tension, they spread over the
wounds easily.
a) In the following figure, the angle of

contact is......... (1)
b) Surface tension causes capillarity.

Define capillarity and arrive at the
b) A steady flow of nonviscous liquids are expression for capillary rise in terms
shown in ffigures 1 and 2. Which one of the of surface tension. (3)
figures is INCORRECT? Why? (2) c) In a capillary tube, water rises to a
height. If the capillary tube is inclined
OR at an angle 600 with the vertical, what
3B. a) What is the SI unit of pressure? Derive will be the length of the water column
a mathematical expression for excess pressure in the tube. (2) [March 2015]
inside a liquid drop. (4) 5A. Law of conservation of energy is a
b) What will happen to two soap bubbles universal law for all states of matter. (1+ 3)
of radii, which are in contact with each other? a) Which theorem gives the law of
Why? (2) conservation of energy for a flowing
4A. The pressure of the atmosphere at any liquid?
point is the weight of the air column of a unit b) State and prove the above theorem.
cross sectional area.
OR
Its unit is bar.
5B. A liquid surface behaves like a stretched
a) Identify the elastic membrane.
given diagram
a) Name the liquid property for the
and write its
use. (1) above behaviour.
b) Define angle of contact. What is its
value for pure water with glass?
b) State Pascals
law for transmission of fluid pressure
c) Derive an expression for the rise of

liquid in a capillary tube of radius r, having
density and surface tension S.
[Imp-2014]
6. Fill in the blanks. (1)
Venturimeter: Bernoullis theorem iii. No change occurs in their

Hydraulic lift: .................... [March 2014] sizes
iv. Their sizes become equal
7A. The viscous force exists when there is a [March 2014]
relative motion between the layers of the fluid.
(1+ 3+ 1) 8. Pick the odd one out from the following
a) State true or false: The viscosity of a) Atomiser b) Hydraulic Lift

gases decreases with an increase in
temperature. c) Venturimeter d) Aerofoil (1)
b) Obtain the expression for the terminal
[Imp-2013]
velocity attained by an object falling
through a viscous medium. 9A. (a) When air is blown in between the
c) The speed time graph of a falling two balls, will they
sky diver is shown below. During the attract or repel?
fall he opens his parachute. (1)
Which part of the graph shows the sky diver (b) State the principle
falling with terminal velocity? that explains your
observation. (1)
OR
(c) Using this principle, derive Torricellis
7B. There is always an excess of pressure equation [Speed of Efflux] (3)
inside drops and bubbles. (1+ 3+ 1)
9B. When a thin tube is
a) State true or false: A drop of liquid dipped in water, water
under no external forces is always rises in the tube through a
spherical in shape. height h
b) Obtain an expression for excess of
pressure inside a drop of radius r and a) Name the
surface tension S. phenomenon.
c) Two soap bubbles A and B are blown b) Arrive at an expression for the
at the ends of a tube, as shown below. height of the water rise (h) in the
tube.
c) Will water overflow, if the tube is
cut at level A? Justify your answer.
(1+3+1) [Imp-2013]
Choose the correct answer:
When the block C is removed... 10. A small water drop placed on a lotus leaf
i. The size of A increases and is spherical in shape.
that of B decreases
ii. The size of B increases and a) Define surface tension.
that of A decreases
b) Why does the small water drop acquire a b) What is the value of the angle of
spherical shape? [March-2013] contact for pure water?
c) Calculate the work done in breaking a
11. A. Three vessels of different shapes are water drop of radius 1mm to 1000
filled with water to the same height h and droplets. Surface tension of
their bottom parts are connected to water = 72 x 10 -3N/m.
[Imp-2012]
manometers measuring the pressure. The OR
water levels in all the vessels remaining the
same. 13B. a) Is pressure in a liquid, scalar or vector.
b) State the law associated with liquid

pressure.
c) Briefly explain the working of

hydraulic lift. [Imp-2012]
14. Match the following: [March 2012]
a) Identity the above phenomenon. A B

a) Reynolds Equation of
b) Predict the pressure level shown by number continuity
the manometers. b) Magnus effect Surface tension
c) Blood pressure in humans is greater at c) Action of Archimedes

detergent principle
the feet than at the brain. Explain why.
d) a 1 v 1 a 2 v 2 Viscosity
d) Pick the odd one out. Bernoullis
principle
Dentist chair, hydraulic brake, hydraulic
Pressure
press, venture meter. [March 2013]
15. Raindrops falling due to gravity do not
12. The flow of an ideal fluid in a pipe of acquire high velocity.
varying cross section is shown.
a) Define the velocity of the raindrop
when unbalanced force on it is zero.
b) Why do bubbles of air rise up through
water?
c) The terminal velocity of copper ball
of radius 2.0 mm falling through a
tank of oil at 200 C is 6.5cm s-1.
Compute the viscosity of the oil at
200C. Density of oil is 1.5 103kgm-3
a) Differentiate between streamline flow and density of copper is 8.9
turbulent flow. 103kg m-3.
d) Viscosity of gases........with
b) State and prove Bernoullis principle. temperature, whereas viscosity of
liquids .........with temperature
[March 2013]
(increases/decreases). [March 2012]
13A. Surface tension changes with
16A. The rise or fall of a liquid against
temperature.
gravitational force through fine tubes is
a) Hot soup is tastier than cold one. known as capillarity.
Why?
a) Give an example for capillarity from c) Derive an expression for the capillary
practical life. (1) height of a liquid in a narrow tube.
b) Derive an expression for the capillary
rise through a capillary tube. (2) OR
OR
16B. When we below between two light balls

suspended nearby they approach each other.
Why?
a) State the principle that can explain

your observation. (1) 19B. If air is blown through the space
b) Use this principle to arrive at between two discs BC and DE shown in the
Torricellis equation. (Velocity of figure, the lower disc DE instead of being
Efflux) (2) [Imp-2011] blown off from BC, will move towards BC.
a) State the principle which is used to

17. A solid sphere falling through a viscous
explain this phenomenon.
medium attains a constant velocity called
b) A garden hose having an internal
terminal velocity after some time of its
diameter of 2 cm is connected to a
fall. What are the different forces acting
lawn sprinkler that consists of an
on the sphere? Derive an expression for
enclosure with 12 holes, each 0.2 cm
terminal velocity in terms of the
in diameter. If the water in the hose
coefficient of viscosity of the medium.
has a speed does it leave the sprinkler
[March 2011]
holes?
18. a) Hydraulic lift is a device used to lift c) Show that the speed of liquid flowing
heavy loads. State the principle behind the out of a small hole in a tank filled with
working of this device. liquid will be 2gh where h is the
b) The velocity of outflow of a liquid from height of liquid above the hole and g
an open tank is identical to that of a freely is the acceleration due to gravity.
falling body. [ Imp 2010]
i. Name this law and the principle 20. Match the following
behind this law.
Equation of
ii. Derive this law based on this continuity. F ma Hydraulic lift.
principle.
1 1 A2U 2
Pascals law AU Rocket
[March 2011] propulsion.
Newtons
19A. Water does not wet the feathers of ducks. 1 1 PV
PV 2 2
law of Quill tube
A physical quantity called angle of contact motion
determines whether a liquid will spread on the Boyles law F1 F2
surface of a solid or it will form droplets on it.
Venturimeter.
A1 A2
a) Define angle of contact. [March 2010]
b) A wire ring of internal radius 3 cm is 21. Washing with water doesnt remove
rested on the surface of a liquid and is grease stains from clothes but addition of
then raised. An extra pulling force detergent removes the molecules of greasy
equivalent to the weight of 3.03 g is substances.
required before the film breaks than it
is after. Calculate the surface tension a) Which property of a liquid causes the
of the liquid. above effect?
b) A single drop of liquid is split into 8 drops were to combine to from one
identical drops. What will be the large spherical drop?
excess pressure in each drop? [March-2009]
c) How can the coefficient of viscosity
of a highly viscous liquid the
determined by Stokes method? Chapter -11
[March 2010]
Thermal Properties of Matter
22. a) Explain the terms surface tension and
surface energy. 1. a) Triple point of water is 0.010C.
Express this temperature in Kelvin scale. (1)
b) Show that surface tension is
numerically equal to surface energy. b) How does sea breeze occur? Explain.
(2) [SEPT-2016]
c) Calculate the amount of energy
evolved when eight drops of mercury of 2. A hole is drilled in a copper sheet. The
radius 1mm each, combine to form one diameter of the hole is 4.24 cm at 270C.
drop, (surface tension of mercury is 0.55 What is the change in diameter of the hole
N/m). [ Imp 2009] when the is heated to 2270 C? (2)
23. Mercury barometer is a device used to (Coefficient of linear expansion of copper =

measure the atmospheric pressure. 1.7 10-5/0C). [March 2016]
a) If a student places the barometer in a lift, 3. The below graph represents temperature
falling freely under gravity, how the versus heat for water at 1 atm. pressure. [Imp
barometer reading will change. 2015]
b) If the same barometer is placed in a lift
that is ascending with an acceleration f,
how the barometer reading will change.
c) Find an expression for pressure P
at a depth h below the surface of
a liquid of density in a container
moving vertically upwards with
an acceleration f ? What happens
(a) Match the following using the above
to pressure for a free fall of the
graph. (2)
container? [ Imp 2009]
Graph Process State
24. Rain drops are being accelerated while
i) BC a) Melting p) Water
falling through the atmosphere. But they reach
ii) DE b) Sublimation q) Ice
at the surface of the earth with a uniform c) Regelation r)Partially Solid
velocity. and liquid
d) Vapourisation s) Partially liquid
a) What is this velocity called? and vapour
b) Obtain an expression for the excess b) The slopes of AB and CD are different.
pressure inside a rain drop. Why? (1)
c) Draw a neat diagram of an atomiser
(spray gun) and explain the principle 4. A steel beam of length 5m is kept at a
involved in its working. temperature of 200C. On a hot day, the
d) Eight spherical rain drops of equal in temperature rises to 400C. What is the change
size are falling vertically through air in its length due to thermal expansion? (2)
with a uniform speed of 1 ms-1. What
(Coefficient to linear expansion of steel is
would be the uniform speed if these
1.2 x 10-5/0C). [March 2015]
5. Complete the table. (4 x =2) a) Temperature of a normal human body

is 98.60F. What is the corresponding
temperature shown in the Celsius
Temperature Kelvin Celsius Fahrenh-
scale?
scale scale eit scale
b) Specific heat capacity of water is
Steam point 373.15 ........ 212.000F 4186J/kg/K. What do you understand
K by the term, specific heat?
c) A brass tumbler feels much colder
Ice point .......... 0.000C ......... than a wooden tray on a chilly day.
459.690F Why?
Absolute zero 0.00K ........ d) A brass boiler has a base area of
0.15m2 and thickness 1.0 cm. It boils
6. The coefficient of thermal expansion in water at the rate of 6.0 kg/minute
solids are mainly i) Coefficient of Linear when placed on a gas stove. Estimate
Expansion ( ) ii) Coefficient of Area the temperature of the part of the
Expansion ( ) iii) Coefficient of Volume flame in contact with the boiler.
Thermal conductivity of brass = 109
Expansion ( ).
Js-1m-1K-1. Heat of vaporization of
water = 2256 103J kg-1.
a) What is the ratio of , and ? (1)
[March 2012]
b) Invar is used for making pendulum of
clocks. Why? (1) [Imp-2013] 10. Sitha prepared tea for her brother. After
preparing tea the temperature of the tea was
7. There are three distinct modes of heat
800 C. She kept it for 5 minutes and gave to
transfer.
her brother when the temperature reached 500
a) The main mode of transmission of heat C. If the surrounding temperature is 200 C.
by which the sun heats the surface of the earth Calculate the time it takes to cool from 600 C
is: to 300 C. (2)
i) Conduction ii) Convection 11. Water kept in earthern pots gets cooled.
Why? [March 2011]
iii) Radiation iv) None of these
12. The increase in dimensions of a body due
b) Explain briefly, the occurrence of a sea to increase in temperature is called thermal
breeze based on heat transfer. [March-2013] expansion.
8. Heat from the sun reaches earth through a) The ratio among the coefficients of
vacuum. linear expansion, area expansion and
volume expansion is -------
a) Name the mode of heat transfer in the c) Railway lines are laid with gaps to
above case. allow for expansion. If the gap
b) Name the different modes of heat between steel rails 66m long is 3.63
transfer in metals and in liquids? cm 100 C, then at what temperature
c) Aquatic animals are protected in cold will the lines just touch? Coefficient
countries as ice is formed on the of linear expansion for steel is 11
surface of river. How? [Imp-2012] 10-6/0C. [ Imp 2010]
9. Temperature is the degree of hotness of 13. a) Which among the following

the body. possess the highest specific heat capacity?
i. Water ii. Silver
iii. Copper iv. Steel kg -1.K-1, specific latent heat of fusion of ice is
336 103 J kg-1. Latent heat of steam is 2250
b) You are in restaurant waiting for 103 J kg-1 specific heat capacity of water is
your friend and ordered coffee. It has 4200 J kg -1 K-1. [ Imp 2009]
arrived. Do you add sugar in your
friends coffee and then wait for him
or do you add sugar after the arrives?
Explain with respect to the concept Chapter -12
of cooling.
c) Read the statement given in a book Thermodynamics
All thermal conductors also. Do
1. a) What is the difference between
you agree with this statement? If
isothermal and adiabatic processes? (1)
your answer is No, clarify it.
[March 2010] b) Explain Carnots cycle. (2)
14. a) At atmospheric pressure melting of ice c) Write the expression for the efficiency
is 00 C. If the melting point of ice increases by of a Carnot engine. (1) [SEPT-2016]
0.00730C for fall in every one atmosphere
pressure, what will be the melting point of ice 2. a) Heat engine is a device used to
in vacuum. Also mention briefly why water convert........ energy into .......energy. (1)
under ice in polar region of earth is not
freezing. b) Name the four processes taking place
in Carnot cycle. Draw indicator diagram of
b) When you are about to make tea from Carnot cycle. (4) [March 2016]
hot tea and cold milk, your phone is ringing.
Which of the following can be done to keep 3. P-V diagram of a gas is shown in the
the cup of tea hotter when you return after figure. In this figure AB represents isobaric
attending the phone call? process and AD represents isothermal
process. [Imp 2015]
1) Pour hot tea and cold milk in your
cup and leave it to attend phone
call.
2) Mix the two after attending the
call.
Also indicate which among the curves

below represents a cooling curve.
a) Explain isobaric process and isothermal

process. (2)
b) Using the above graph, find the process in

which the work done is maximum. Give the
reason. (2)
4. Mention two conditions under which real

c) Explain the difference between heat and gases obey the ideal gas equation. (2)
temperature. Find out the work done to
[Imp 2015]
convert 10 gram of ice at -50C to steam at
1000C. Specific heat capacity of ice is 2100 J
5. The variables which determine the (b) During which of the four processes, is
thermodynamic behaviour of a system are work done by the gas?
called thermodynamic variables.
(c) How can you find the total work done
a) Pick out the one which is NOT a during a cycle from the graph?
thermodynamic variable. (1)
(temperature, pressure, work, (d) Calculate the efficiency of the cycle.
volume)
(1+ 1+ 1+ 1) [March 2014]
b) What happens to the internal energy
of a gas during 8. A refrigerator takes a quantity of heat Q
from the cold body, with work done W on it,
i) isothermal expansion? transfers heat to the hot body. (1+2+1)
ii) adiabatic expansion? (2) a) What does the ratio Q/W represent?
c) Gases have two specific heat b) The value of Q/W cannot be infinity.
capacities, Cp and Cv .Why? (1) State the law of thermodynamics that explains
d) Laplace pointed out that when sound this statement.
is propagating through a gaseous
medium, the change is adiabatic. c) It is possible to cool a room by leaving
Show that adiabatic bulk modulus is the door of the electric refrigerator open.
P. (2) [March 2015] Comment on this statement. [Imp-2013]
9. Figure given below depicts the schematic

6. A thermodynamic process characterized
representation of an engine.
by pressure, volume and temperature.
a) What is meant by an isothermal

process? Give the equation.
b) Name the four processes in a Carnots
cycle.
c) Draw the P - V diagram for a Carnots a) Which type of engine is this, a heat
cycle. (1+1+1) [Imp-2014] engine or a refrigerator?
7. The figure shows the pressure volume b) Write the four steps of operation in the
relationship of an ideal gas that undergoes a Carnot cycle.
Carnot cycle. The process B to C takes place
at a constant temperature of 1000K and the c) A Carnot engine is working between
process from D to A at a constant temperature temperatures of 270C and 3270C . Find it
of 500K. efficiency ( ). [March-2013]
10. Three moles of an ideal gas kept at a

constant temperature of 300 K are compressed
from the volume of 10 litre to 5 litre.
a) Which thermodynamic process is

involved in this process?
b) Calculate the work done required to
compress this gas.
1
(a) Name the process occurring between c) At constant temperature, P
V
i) A and B ii) B and C .Explain it briefly on the basis of
Kinetic theory of Gases.
[Imp-2012] supplied to the engine from the source

per cycle? [ Imp 2010]
11. A heat engine is a device which converts
heat energy into work. 15A. Thermodynamics deals with the concept
of heat and the exchange of heat energy.
a) What is the working substance in an
ideal heat engine? a) Which law of thermodynamics is
b) Draw the Carnot cycle and explain its used to explain the working of heat
working. engine?
c) Calculate the efficiency of an engine b) What are the sink, source and
working between steam point and ice working substances of a domestic
point. Can you design an engine of refrigerator?
100 % efficiency? c) Explain briefly, the operations of a
Carnots engine draw the Carnots
12. A heat engine is a device that converts cycle and deduce the expression for
heat energy into mechanical energy. its efficiency.
a) Briefly explain the working of a heat OR
engine taking Carnot engine as an
ideal engine. (3) 15B. a) Which thermodynamics process is
b) A refrigerator is a reverse heat engine. also called an isoentropic process?
Can we decrease the temperature of a
room by keeping the door of a b) The efficiency of a Carnot engine is
refrigerator opened? Explain. (2) 1
.If one reducing the temperature of the
[Imp-2011] 6
13. a) Isothermal, Isobaric, isochoric and 1
sink by 650C, its efficiency becomes
adiabatic processes are some special 3
thermodynamic processes. In which of these ,find the temperature of the sink and the
processes, the work done is maximum, when source.
a gas expands from V1 to V2?
c) Obtain the expression for the work
b) Which law of thermodynamics implies done during an adiabatic process.
that no heat engine can be 100% efficient?
[March 2010]
c) One mole of an ideal gas expands from
16. Match the following:
volume V1 to volume V2 at a constant
temperature T. Derive an expression for the A B
work done. [March 2011] a) Mayers relation TV 1 = Constant
14. A heat engine is a device which converts b) Isothermal process Cp Cv = R
c) Adiabatic process Lord Kelvin
heat energy into mechanical energy. Carnot
d) Absolute scale of PV = Constant
designed an ideal heat engine which uses an temperature
ideal gas as working substance. V = Constant
a) Draw a graph showing the variation
Cp

of pressure and volume of the Cv
working substance during the [March-2009]
operations of this engine in one cycle.
b) A Carnot engine working between 17A. A thermodynamic process is one in
5270C and 1270 C has a work output of which the thermodynamic variables (P, V, T
800 J per cycle. How much heat is etc.) Change.
a) Name the thermodynamic process in a) State the law of equipartition of

which PV = constant. energy.
b) State and explain first law of b) What do you mean by mean free
thermodynamics. path? Give an equation for the mean
c) Derive an expression for the work free path. (1+ 2) [March 2014]
done in an adiabatic process
6. A gas is made up of hydrogen and oxygen
involving an ideal gas in terms of
molecules. (1+2)
pressure and volume.
a) Which molecules moves faster?
OR
b) Find the ratio of the velocities of
17B. A heat engine is a device which converts hydrogen and oxygen molecules. [Imp-2013]
heat energy into work.
7. Kinetic theory of gases is based on the
a) What is the working substance in an molecular picture of matter.
ideal heat engine?
b) Draw the indicator diagram for the a) Write any two postulates of kinetic
Carnot cycle. Mention the process theory of gases.
involved in the cycle. b) Write short note on:
c) Derive an expression for the
i) Equipartition of energy.
efficiency of a Carnot engine in terms
of source and sink temperatures. ii) Mean free path [March-2013]
[March-2009]
8. The volume temperature graph of a certain
amount of perfect gas at two pressures P1 and
P2 are shown. Which pressure is larger P1 or
P2 ? Give Reason. (2)
Chapter -13
Kinetic Theory of Gases

1. What do you understand by the term,
mean free path of molecules? Name the
OR
factors on which it depends. (2)
[SEPT-2016] Absolute zero is the minimum temperature
that can be reached by a system. Explain why
2. Write four postulates of kinetic theory of
temperature below absolute zero is not
gases. (2) [March 2016]
possible. (2) [Imp-2011]
3. No real gas is truly ideal.
9. a) According to the kinetic theory of gases,
a) When does a real gas approach ideal the molecules of a gas are identical and in
gas behaviour? (1) random motion. The collisions made by these
b) Define the law of equipartition of molecules on the walls of the container exert
energy. (1) [March 2015] pressure on the walls.
4. a) Write the ideal gas equation. Deduce an expression for the pressure of an
ideal gas and also find at what temperature the
b) Write any four postulates of the kinetic r.m.s. speed of hydrogen is double its value at
theory of gases. (1 + 2) [Imp-2014] STP.
5. According to the kinetic theory of gases,

gas molecules are always in random motion.
3 c) Graphically show the variation of

b) For a gas r = and R is the universal
2 Kinetic energy of a simple pendulum is SHM
gas constant, find the values of CP and CV. with its position. (1) [SEPT-2016]
[March 2011] 2. Motion of a simple pendulum is an

example for simple harmonic motion.
10. Two vessels of the same size are at the
same temperature. One of them contains 1 kg a) What do you mean by simple
0f hydrogen (molecular weight 2) and the harmonic motion? (2 +2)
other contains 1 kg of nitrogen (molecular b) The acceleration due to gravity on
weight 28). the surface of the moon is 1.7 m/s2
What is the time period of a simple
a) Which of the vessels contains more pendulum on the moon, if its time
molecules? period on the earth is 3.5 second?
b) In which vessel is the average [March 2016]
molecular speed greater? How many
times greater? 3. a) Write the mathematical expression for
c) Which of the vessels is at higher the time period of simple pendulum. Derive
pressure? Why? [ Imp 2010] it. (3)
11. a) State the law of equipartition of b) The time period of a simple pendulum
energy. of length L as measured in a lift descending
with the acceleration g/3 m/s2 is .
b) A sudden expansion or compression is
considered as an adiabatic process as there
will be no time sufficient for exchanging the
heat generated to the surroundings. Now if a
gas is comprised to half its volume first
rapidly and then slowly, in which case the [Imp 2015]
work done will be greater.
4. a) A particle executing SHM is an example
c) The root mean square velocity of of .................. (1)
molecules of a gads depends on temperature
only. Find the temperature at which r.m.s. i) acceleration of constant magnitude
velocity of a gas at 00C will get doubled. and direction.
[ Imp 2009] ii) acceleration of changing

magnitude and direction.
iii) acceleration of changing

Chapter -14 magnitude but constant direction.
iv) acceleration of constant

Oscillations
magnitude but changing direction.
1. a) Define Simple Harmonic motion
b) List any two conditions for a motion of
(SHM). (1)
a body to be simple harmonic. (2)
b) For a SHM, time period T=2s. If
c) An SHM is given by
displacement from the mean position is 10
cm, calculate the instantaneous acceleration. x 8sin 10 t / 4 m .At which position
(2) will its kinetic energy become equal to its
potential energy? (2) [March 2015]
5A. While performing the resonance column .............energy increases. As it moves

apparatus experiment in a laboratory at a from Y to X, some of this energy is
certain height, you can hear maximum sound converted to ............energy.
Throughout the swing from Y to Z
a) Name the physical concept behind it. and back to Y, the total energy is
b) Explain with diagrams, the normal ........... (4 x =2)
modes of vibration in the case of air
in an open tube. b) What is the acceleration of the bob
c) Open pipes are preferred to closed when it is at X? (1)
ones in musical instruments. Why? c) What are damped oscillations? (1)
(1+3+1) [March 2014]
OR
7. Simple pendulum is an example for a
5B. Time period of a particle in simple harmonic oscillator. (1+1+1)
harmonic motion (SHM) depends on the force
constant K and mass m of the particle. a) Define Simple Harmonic Motion.
a) A simple pendulum executes SHM b) What is the expression for the period of
approximately. Why them is the time oscillation of a simple pendulum?
period of a simple pendulum c) A girl is swinging on a swing in the sitting
independent of the mass of the
position. How will the period of swing be
pendulum?
affected if she stands up? [Imp-2013]
b) A man with wristwatch on his hand
falls from the top of a tower. Does the 8. The motion represent by the equation
watch give the correct time during the y t ACos(t ) is called simple
free fall? Why?
harmonic motion (SHM).
c) What is the frequency of a simple
pendulum mounted in a cabin that is a) Which one of the following examples
freely falling under gravity? closely represents SHM? Substantiate your
answer.
(2+ 1+ 2) [Imp-2014]
i) The rotation of the earth about it axis.
6. A simple pendulum starts with its bob at
position X, shown in the figure. The bob is ii) Oscillations of a swing.
pulled aside to Y and then released. It swings
from Y to Z and back to Y. b) A vibrating simple pendulum of period T
is placed in a lift which is accelerating
downwards. What is the effect of this on the
time period of the pendulum?
c) The displacement of y (in cm) of an

oscillating particle varies with time t (in sec)
according to the equation.
y 2Cos(0.5 t / 3)
a) Take suitable words from the bracket Find the amplitude and period of the particle.
and fill in the gaps.
[March-2013]
(Potential, constant, kinetic, different,
work, resonance) 9A. Represent Simple Harmonic Motion
graphically.
To move the bob from X to Y,
.........has to be done on it and its
a) Write the differential equation 11. Fill in the blanks:

representing Simple Harmonic
Motion.
R=8.3 Jmol- CP 7 CV = .....
b) Name two examples for simple 1 -1 r
K CV 5
harmonic motion.
c) A spring with spring constant 1200
N/m is mounted on a horizontal table F(t)=20Sin(16t Frequency f= =0.3
+0.3)
as
Energy=[ML2 Frequency= Planks
T-2] [T-1 ] Constant
=
shown. A mass of 3 kg is attached to Natural Damped Forced

the free end of the spring. The mass is Oscillation Oscillation Oscillation
then pulled sideways to a distance of =................. k b2 = d

2 cm and released. m 4m 2
[Imp-2011]
Determine:
12A. The amplitude of oscillation of a simple
i. Frequency of Oscillations. pendulum oscillating in air decreases
ii. Maximum acceleration of the continuously. This is because of damping. If
mass. [Imp-2012] the damping force is proportional to the
OR velocity of the oscillator, derive an expression
for its frequency. ( 3)
9B. a) What is a seconds pendulum?
OR
b) Time period of a particle in SHM is
m 12B. Two spring of force constant K1 and
T 2 . A simple pendulum
K2 are connected to a mass m placed on a
k
executes SHM approximately. Why then horizontal frictionless surface as shown in the
the period of pendulum is independent of figure. Derive an expression for the time
mass? period of the horizontal oscillation of the
system. (3)
c) What is the frequency of oscillation of
a simple pendulum mounted in a cabin that is
freely falling under gravity? [Imp-2012]
10. Oscillation of a loaded spring are simple

harmonic motion. [Imp-2011]
a) What do you mean by simple 13. Say true or false:

harmonic motion?
a) The total energy of a body is equal to
b) Derive an expression for period of
oscillation of a loaded spring. the work it can do in being brought to
rest.
c) A body oscillate with
b) A block of wood is floating in water

S.H.M.is given by x 5Cos 2 t its apparent weight is zero.
4 c) Greater the mass of the pendulum bob
calculate the displacement at time, shorter is its frequency of oscillation.
t=1.5s [March 2012] d) The location of centre of mass of a
system is independent of the frame of
reference used to locate it
[Imp-2011] i. At what distance from the mean

position is its kinetic energy
14. a) A simple pendulum is an object equal to its potential energy?
suspended by a weightless and inextensible ii. At what points is its speed half the
string fixed rigidly to a support. maximum speed?
i. Under what conditions for the [March 2010]
amplitude, are the oscillations of the 17. a) A particle of mass m (bob), suspended
pendulum simple harmonic? from one end of and in extensible string on
ii. The period of oscillation of pendulum negligible mass from a rigid support, form a
is T. What will be the period if the simple pendulum. If T is period of oscillation
pendulum is suspended in a lift of a simple pendulum show that the time taken
moving down with acceleration equal by the bob to go directly from its mean
to g/3. position to half the amplitude is T/12.
b) A particle executing SHM possess both b) Arrive at an expression for the period of
potential energy and kinetic energy. During oscillations of a simple pendulum. Using the
the oscillation, the total energy remains result explaining whether three students,
constant. If A is the amplitude of oscillation finding the period of oscillations of simple
of the particle, pendulums of same length but with bobs of
different masses will get the same value for
i. Show graphically, the variation of
period of oscillations or not.
potential energy and kinetic energy
with displacement. c) Explain what happens to the period of
ii. At what displacement are these oscillation, if the point of suspension of the
energies equal? simple pendulum.
[March 2011]
i. Moves vertically upwards with an
15. The amplitude of a simple harmonic acceleration f.
oscillation is doubled. What change will you ii. Moves downwards vertically with
observe in the following physical quantities of acceleration less than the acceleration
the oscillator? due to gravity.
a) Period iii. Falls freely under gravity.
b) Maximum velocity iv. Moves horizontally with an
acceleration f.
c) Maximum acceleration
d) Total energy. [ Imp 2010] v. Is taken to a high equal to the radius
of earth (experiment to find the period
16. The motions that repeat themselves are of oscillations is done at height equal
called periodic motions but for a simple to the radius of earth).
harmonic motion, the force must be [ Imp 2009]
proportional to the displacement and it is
directed towards the centre of motion. 18. Ramu tied a spherical pot with a string
and suspended on a clamp. He then filled it
a) Write an example for a periodic with water. Length of the string is 90 cm and
motion that is not a simple harmonic. radius of the pot is 10 cm. He then slightly
b) Write the expression for a period of displaced the pot to one side and made it to
oscillation of : oscillate.
i. A loaded spring
ii. A simple pendulum a) Name the system to which the above
system is identical.
c) A particle executes a SHM of
amplitude a. b) Calculate the period of oscillation of
pot.
c) Ramu made a small hole at the ii) Standing wave

bottom of the pot, so that there is a
steady leakage of water and found iii) Newtons law of cooling
that the period of oscillation iv) Resonance (1)
increases. But, when the water is
completely drained out, the period b) Obtain a general expression for the
suddenly decreased to the original apparent frequency of the siren as heard by the
value. Give reasons for the above boy. (3)
variations. [March -2009]
4. Fill in the blanks. (3)
Chapter -15 i . i = 1 i . i = 1 i i =......
Waves 1 2 Angular
Frequency v ....= frequency
T
1. A woman is travelling in a 2

T
car at a speed of 25 m/s. She is moving
away from a source producing a sound of Two strings A and Fixed Number of
512Hz. B are vibrating frequency beats
together. of string B increasing
a) Calculate the frequency of sound Frequency of = ........Hz from 6 per
heard by her. (speed of sound in air = string A second.
340 m/s) decreasing from
(1) 324Hz
b) Name the phenomenon that explains
this variation in frequency. [March 2015]
(1) 5. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is
c) Draw the second harmonic of an
described by
open pipe (both end open). Mark
node and an antinode in the figure.
y x, t 3.0sin 36t 0.018 / 4
(2) [SEPT-2016] Where x and y are in centimetres and t in
seconds. The positive direction of x is from
2. In resonance column experiment, we can left to right. (1+1+2)
hear maximum sound at a certain height.
This is due to the phenomenon of a) Is this a travelling wave or a
resonance. (2+2) stationary wave?
b) If it is travelling, what is the speed
a) Show that for a pipe closed at one and direction of its propagation/
end, the frequencies are in the ratio c) What is its amplitude and frequency?
v1 : v2 : v3 1: 3: 5.
d) What is the initial phase at the origin?
b) Open pipes are preferred to closed
pipes in musical instruments. Why? [Imp-2014]
[March 2016]
6. The equation for a wave is given below.
3. The pitch of the siren of a fire engine y A Sin( kx t ) . (1+ 1+ 2)
increases as it approaches a boy standing at
bus stop. [Imp 2015] a) It is a travelling or stationary wave?
b) Draw the stationary waves in a
a) The phenomenon behind it, is due
stretched string in the second
to..
harmonic.
i) Doppler effect
c) Show that the fundamental frequency three harmonics are in the ratio of
of an open pipe is twice the v 1 : v 2 : v 3 =1 : 3: 5.
fundamental frequency of a closed of c) Open pipes are preferred to
the same length. closed ones in musical instruments.
[March 2014] why? [March 2012]
7. A sound travelling along a string is 11. In a Laboratory Raju uses a tuning fork in
described by y = 0.005 sin (80.0 x -3.0 t). resonance column experiment.
a) Calculate: a) Why type of wave is produced by the

tuning fork in this case?
i) Amplitude (1) ii) Wavelength (1) b) Mention any four characteristics of
b) Where will a man hear a louder sound in these waves. [Imp-2011]
the case of stationary wave (node or 12. a) Wave motion is a propagation of energy
antinode)? Why? (1) [Imp-2013] through a material medium due to repeated
8. A student plucks at the centre of a stretched periodic motion.
string and observes the wave pattern i. Transverse waves cannot be
produced. propagated through gases. Why?
a) What type of wave is produced in the ii. What was the condition assumed by
string? Laplace in correcting Newtons
equation for the velocity of sound in
b) Plot the above wave pattern pictorially. a gas? Write the Newtons-Laplace
Label the nodes and antinodes on the pattern. equation.
[March-2013] b) A source of sound of frequency 256 Hz

is in between a listener and a wall. If the
9. A transverse harmonic wave on a string is source is moving towards the wall with a
described by velocity of 5 ms-1, how many beats per second
will be heard if the sound travels with a speed

Y ( x, t ) 3.0 sin(36t 0.018 x ) , where of 330ms-1? [March 2011]
4
x and y are3 in centimetres and t in seconds. 13. A flute is an example of an open pipe.
The positive direction of x is from left to right.
a) Sketch the pattern of wave forms of
a) Is it is travelling or stationary wave? the first two harmonics formed in an
b) What are its amplitude and open pipe.
frequency? b) Show that in an open pipe the
c) What is the initial phase at the origin? frequencies of the first three
d) If it is a travelling wave, what are the harmonics are in the ration 1:2:3
speed and direction of its
propagation? [Imp-2012] [ Imp 2010]
10. While conducting a resonance column 14. a) Depending on the direction of the
experiment in the laboratory, you can hear the displacement caused in the medium and that
maximum sound at a certain height. of direction of propagation, we can have
transverse and longitudinal waves in solids.
a) Explain the phenomenon of But we can have only longitudinal waves in
sound. fluids. Why?
b) Show that in a closed pipe at one
end, the frequencies of the first b) For a passenger standing in a railway
station, the frequencies of the whistle of the
train differ as it approaches and moves away
from him. This apparent change in frequency

due to the relative motion of the source or
observer is called Doppler effect. Find a
general expression for the apparent frequency.
Using this expression explain the variation of
frequency.
i. When the source of sound is moving

and listener is stationary.
ii. When listener is moving and the
source is stationary.
c) If the apparent frequency of the whistle

of an engine changes in the ratio 5:4 as the
engine passes a man at rest in the railway
station, find the velocity of the train. (The
velocity of sound is 340 m/second.)
15. A train is approaching the station blowing

its siren. A man standing on the platform
observes a change in frequency of the sound
produced.
a) What is this phenomenon called?

b) Write down the expression for the
apparent frequency heard by a
stationary observer when the source
is approaching him with a velocity
u.
c) Write the general expression for a
plane progressive wave.
d) Distinguish between transverse and
longitudinal waves. Give one
example for each.
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