KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, AGRA REGION

CUMULATIVE TEST / HALF-YEARLY EXAM (2022-23)

CLASS – XI
SUBJECT – PHYSICS (THEORY)
Time: 3 Hrs. M.M.: 70

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 35 questions in all.
2. This question paper has four sections: Section A,B,C,D,E and Section F.
3. Section A contains fifteen questions of one mark each (Multiple Objective type), Section B contains three
questions of one mark each (Assertion Reasoning) ,Section C contains seven questions of two marks each
(SA-1), Section D contains five questions of three marks each (SA-2), Section E contains three questions
of five marks each (LA-1) and Section F contains two case studies of four mark each .
4. There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in one question of two marks,
two questions of three marks and three questions of five marks weightage. You have to attempt only one
of the choices in such questions.
5. 15 minutes time has been allotted to read this question paper.
6. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.
Re = 6.38 × 106 m, c=3x108 m/s, h=6.6 x 10-34Js,
e=1.6 x 10-19 C, NA = 6.023 x 1023 /mole.

SECTION A (MCQ)
1 Two objects of masses m1 and m2 fall from the heights h1 and h2 respectively. The ratio of the 1
magnitude of their momenta when they hit the ground is

2 If a particle has negative velocity and negative acceleration, its speed 1

(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains same
(d) zero
3 Force acting on the particle moving with constant speed is 1
(a) always zero
(b) need not be zero
(c) always non zero
(d) cannot be concluded

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4 When a car takes a sudden left turn in the curved road, passengers are pushed towards the right 1
due to
(a) inertia of direction
(b) inertia of motion
(c) inertia of rest
(d) absence of inertia
5 A particle of mass m sliding on the smooth double inclined plane (shown in figure) will 1
experience

(a) greater acceleration along the path AB

(b) greater acceleration along the path AC
(c) same acceleration in both the paths
(d) no acceleration in both the paths.
6 What is the minimum velocity with which a body of mass m must enter a vertical loop of radius 1
R at lowest point so that it can complete the loop?.
(a) √(2gR)
(b) √(3gR)
(c) √(5gR)
(d) √(gR)
7 The potential energy of a system increases, if work is done 1
(a) by the system against a conservative force
(b) by the system against a non-conservative force
(c) upon the system by a conservative force
(d) upon the system by a non-conservative force
8 Moment of inertia depends on 1
(a) Distribution of particles
(b) Mass
(c) Position of axis of rotation
(d) All of these
9 The center of mass of a system of particles does not depend upon, 1
(a) position of particles

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 (b) relative distance between particles
(c) masses of particles
(d) force acting on particle
10 When a mass is rotating in a plane about a fi xed point, its angular momentum is directed along, 1
(a) a line perpendicular to the plane of rotation
(b) the line making an angle of 45° to the plane of rotation
(c) the radius
(d) tangent to the path
11 All planets move in an elliptical orbits with the sun situated at one of the foci, is called as 1

a) Law of areas

b) Law of periods

c) Law of orbits

d) Law of gravitation

12 While considering motion of an object under the gravitational force of another object which of 1
the following quantities are conserved.
a) Angular momentum
b) Total mechanical energy
c) Linear momentum
d) Both a and b
13 The quantity having the same unit in all system of unit is 1
(a) mass
(b) time
(c) length
(d) temperature
14 Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have same dimension? 1
a) force and power
b) torque and energy
c) torque and power
d) force and torque
15 If the force is proportional to square of velocity, then dimension of proportionality constant is 1
a) [MLT0]
b) [MLT-1]
c) [ML-2T]
d) [ML-1T0]

SECTION B (ASSERTION AND REASONING )

Directions: Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of
these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You

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 have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
(e) Assertion and Reason both are incorrect
16 Assertion : Minimum number of non-equal vectors in a plane required to give zero resultant is 1
three.
Reason : If sum of vectors A+B+C=0 , then they must lie in one plane.
17 Assertion : The universal gravitational constant is same as acceleration due to gravity. 1
Reason: Gravitational constant and acceleration due to gravity have same dimensional formula.
18 Assertion :The work done in moving a body over a closed loop is zero for every force in nature. 1
Reason : Work done depends on nature of force.

SECTION C (SA-I )

19 The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension, under the action of a constant force is related 2
to time t by the equation t=√x+3 where x is in metre and t in second. Calculate the work done by the
force in the first 6s in Joule.

20 When white light travels through glass, the refractive index of glass µ is found to vary with 2
B
wave length as µ = A + 2 Using the principle of homogeneity of dimensions, find the SI units
λ
in which the constants A and B must be expressed.
21 State the Principle of Homoginety and give dimensional formula of 2
(i) Specific gravity
(ii) Universal gravitational constant
(iii) Charge
22 State the law of Conservation of momentum. Explain recoiling of Gun using this law. 2

23 Explain the characteristics of elastic and inelastic collision. 2

OR
A ball of mass m is dropped from a height of h1 and it rebounds to a height of h2. What is
coefficient of restitution?
24 What is the torque of the force vector F = 2i - 3i + 4k N acting at the point vector r = 3i + 2j + 2
3k m about origin?
25 A solid cylinder of mass 20kg rotate about it's axis with angular speed of 100 rad/s the radius of the 2
cylinder is 0.25 m. What is the kinetic energy associated with the rotation of the cylinder.
SECTION D (SA-II )

26 The kinetic energy K of a rotating body depends on its moment of inertia I and its angular speed 3
ω. Considering the relation to be K = kIaωb where k is dimensionless constant.
Find a and b.
Moment of Inertia of a spehere about its diameter is (2/5)Mr2.
27 Derive the expression for maximum velocity of a car on level circular road. 3

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28 Identify the types of motion represented by A,B,C,D,E and F in the following 3
Displacement-time graph

29 A ring of diameter 0.4 m and of mass 10 kg is rotating about its geometrical axis at a rate of 35 3
rotations per seconds. Find (i) Moment of inertia, (ii) angular momentum and (iii) rotational
kinetic energy of the ring.
OR
R
From a uniform disc of radius R, a circular section of radius is cut out. The centre of the hole
2
is
R
At from the centre of the original disc. Locate the centre of mass of the resulting flat body.
2

30 How does the value of acceleration due to gravity vary with depth? Explain. 3
OR
Derive the expression, showing the variation of acceleration due to gravity with altitude ‘h’
above the surface of earth if, h<<R (Radius of earth).

SECTION E ( LA-1 )

31 Derive the expression for 5

(i) orbital velocity
(ii) time of revolution
(iii) height
(iv) Kinetic , potential energy and
(v) Total energy Of a satellite.
OR
What is escape velocity? Derive an expression for the escape velocity? If mass of the body is
doubled, what will be the change in escape velocity?
.
32 Discuss the elastic collision in one dimension. Obtain expressions for velocities of the two 5
bodies after elastic collision in one dimension. What happens when both the bodies are of equal
masses?
OR
What are conservative and non-conservative forces? Mention one properties of each. Also show
that Gravitational force is a conservative force.

33 a) State parallelogram law of vector addition. Also find the resultant vectorby analytical 5
method.
(b) Two forces whose magnitude is in the ratio of 3:5 give a resultant of 35 N. If the angle of
inclination be 600, calculate the magnitude of each force.
OR
i and j are unit vectors along x and y- axis respectively. what is the magnitude and direction of
the vectors i + j and i - j ? what are the components of a vector A = 2i + 3j along the direction of
i + j and i - j ?
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 SECTION F (CASE STUDIES )
34 CASE STUDY – 1
Projectile motion is a form of motion in which an object or particle is thrown with some initial
velocity near the earth’s surface and it moves along a curved path under the action of gravity
alone. The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory, which is shown below. When a
projectile is projected obliquely, then its trajectory is as shown in the figure below.

Here velocity u is resolved into two components, we get (a) u cosθ along OX and (b) u sinθ
along OY .

1. In a projectile height and range are equal for angle of projection “θ”
(a) Tan-1(4)
(b) 900
(c) 450
(d) Tan-1 (1/4)

2. The acceleration of the object in horizontal direction is

(a) constant
(b) decreasing
(c) increasing
(d) zero
3. A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m/s in a direction 30° with the horizontal. The
time taken by the ball to return to the same level will be
(a) 2.0 s
(b) 3.0 s
(c) 4.0 s
(d) 2.9 s
4. A ball of mass 100 g, projected at an angle of 30° from the ground with an initial
velocity of 11 m/s, acceleration due to gravity is g = 10 m/s2, what is the maximum
height attained?
a) 1.5 m
b) 3.0 m
c) 1.0 m
d) 2.0 m

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35 CASE STUDY - 2
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The first law refers to the simple case when the net external force on a body is zero. The
second law of motion refers to the general situation when there is net external force acting on
the body. It relates the net external force to the acceleration of the body.

These qualitative observations lead to the second law of motion expressed by Newton as
follow:

The rate of change of momentum of a body is directly proportional to the applied force and
takes place in the direction in which the force acts. Thus, if under the action of a force F for
time interval Δt, the velocity of a body of mass m changes from v to v + Δv i.e. its initial
momentum

p = m v changes by Δp = mΔv. According to the Second Law

Where k is a constant of proportionality. Mathematically,

F = ma, the unit of force is kg-m/s2 or Newton, which has the symbol N.

1. The direction of applied force as per second law is along the direction of ,
a) Applied force
b) Acceleration
c) Change in velocity
d) All of above
2. Relation between N anf Kg-f is
a) 1N = 9.8 Kg-f
b) 1 Kg-f = 9.8 N
c) 1N = 980 Kg-f
d) 1 Kg-f = 980 N
3. On a body of 20 kg, a force of 10 N acts for 10 seconds. What is the change in its
momentum?

a. 1000 kg.m/s
b. 200 kg.m/s
c. 100 kg.m/s
d. 5 kg.m/s

4. A force of 19.6 Kg-f acts on a particle , its mass is

a) 19.6 gm
b) 19.6 Kg
c) 2.0 kg
d) ½ Kg

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