Exemplar Problems–Physics

SAMPLE PAPER I
PHYSICS – XI
Time : Three Hours Max. Marks : 70
General Instructions
(a) All questions are compulsory.

(b) There are 30 questions in total. Questions 1 to 8 carry one mark each, questions 9 to 18
carry two marks each, questions 19 to 27 carry three marks each and questions 28 to
30 carry five marks each.

(c) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question
of two marks, one question of three marks and all three questions of five marks each.
You have to attempt only one of the given choices in such questions.

(d) Use of calculators is not permitted.

(e) You may use the following physical constants wherever necessary :

c = 3 × 108ms-1

h = 6.6 × 10-34Js

µo = 4π × 10–7 TmA–1

Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 × 1023 JK-1

Avogadro’s number NA = 6.023 × 1023/mole

1. If momentum (P), area (A) and time (T) are taken to be fundamental quantities, then
energy has the dimensional formula

(a) [P1 A-1 T1]

(b) [P2 A1 T1]

(c) [P1 A-1/2 T1]

(d) [P1 A1/2 T-1]

2. The average velocity of a particle is equal to its instantaneous velocity. What is the
nature of its motion?

3. A Force of F = ( 6i - 3 j ) N acts on a mass of 2kg. Find the magnitude of acceleration.

4. The work done by a body against friction always results in

(a) loss of kinetic energy
(b) loss of potential energy
(c) gain of kinetic energy
(d) gain of potential energy.

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5. Which of the following points is the likely position of the centre of

Hollow sphere
mass of the system shown in Fig. 1. Air

(a) A
R/2
A
(b) B B
C
(c) C Fig. 1 R/2

(d) D D
Sand
6. Two molecules of a gas have speeds 9 × 106 m/s and 1.0 × 106 m/s,
respectively. What is the r.m.s. speed?

7. A particle in S.H.M has displacement x given by x = 3 cos (5πt+π) where x is in metres

and t in seconds. Where is the particle at t = 0 and t = 1/2 s?

8. When the displacement of a particle in S.H.M. is one-fourth of the amplitude, what

fraction of the total energy is the kinetic energy?

9. The displacement of a progressive wave is represented by

y = A sin(ωt – kx), where x is distance and t is time.

Write the dimensional formula of (i) ω and (ii) k.

10. 100 g of water is supercooled to –10oC. At this point, due to some disturbance mechanised
or otherwise some of it suddenly freezes to ice. What will be the temperature of the
resultant mixture and how much mass would freeze?

 S w = 1cal/g/o C and Lw Fusion = 80cal/g 

OR
One day in the morning to take bath, I filled up 1/3 bucket of hot water from geyser.
Remaining 2/3 was to be filled by cold water (at room temperature) to bring the mixture
to a comfortable temperature. Suddenly I had to attend to some work which would take,
say 5-10 minutes before I can take bath. Now I had two options: (i) fill the remaining
bucket completely by cold water and then attend to the work; (ii) first attend to the work
and fill the remaining bucket just before taking bath. Which option do you think would
have kept water warmer? Explain.

11. Prove the following;

For two angles of projection ‘θ’ and (90-θ) (with horizontal) with same velocity ‘V’
(a) range is the same,
(b) heights are in the ratio: tan2 θ:1.
12. What is meant by ‘escape velocity’? Obtain an expression for escape velocity of an object
projected from the surface of the earth.

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

14. A sphere of radius R rolls without slipping on a horizontal road.

A, B, C and D are four points on the vertical line through the
point of contact ‘A’ (Fig.2). What are the translational velocities
of particles at points A, B, C, D? The velocity of the centre of
mass is Vcm. Fig. 2
15. A thermodynamic system is taken from an original state D to an intermediate state E
by the linear process shown in the Fig. 3.

Its volume is then reduced to the original value from

E to F by an isobaric process. Calculate the total work
done by the gas from D to E to F.

16. A flask contains Argon and Chlorine in the ratio 2:1

by mass. The temperature of the mixture is 37°C.
Obtain the ratio of (i) average kinetic energy per
molecule and (ii) root mean square speed Vrms of the
molecules of the two gases. Atomic mass of argon =
39.9u; molecular mass of chlorine = 70.9u.
Fig. 3
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17. Calculate the root mean square speed of smoke particles of mass 5 × 10 kg in Brownian
motion in air at NTP?

18. A ball with a speed of 9m/s strikes another identical ball at rest such that after collision
the direction of each ball makes an angle 30° with the original direction. Find the speed
of two balls after collision. Is the kinetic energy conserved in this collision process?

19. Derive a relation for the maximum velocity with which a car can safely negotiate a
circular turn of radius r on a road banked at an angle θ, given that the coefficient of
friction between the car types and the road is µ.

20. Give reasons for the following:–

(a) A circketer moves his hands backwards while holding a catch.
(b) It is easier to pull a lawn mower than to push it.
(c) A carpet is beaten with a stick to remove the dust from it.

21. A helicopter of mass 1000 kg rises with a vertical acceleration of 15 m s–2. The crew
and the passengers weight 300 kg. Give the magnitude and direction of the
(a) force on the floor by the crew and passengers,
(b) action of the rotor of the helicopter on the surrounding air,
(c) force on the helicopter due to the surrounding air.

22. A woman pushes a trunk on a railway platform which has a rough surface. She ap-
plies a force of 100 N over a distance of 10 m. Thereafter, she gets progressively tired

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and her applied force reduces linearly with distance to 50 N. The total distance through
which the trunk has been moved is 20 m. Plot the force applied by the woman and the
frictional force, which is 50 N. Calculate the work done by the two forces over 20m.

23. Derive equations of motion for a rigid body rotating with constant angular accelera-
tion ‘α’ and initial angular velocity ωo.

24. Derive an expression for the kinetic energy and potential energy of a statellite orbiting
around a planet. A satellite of mass 200kg revolves around a planet of mass 5 × 1030
kg in a circular orbit 6.6 × 106 m radius. Calculate the B.E. of the satellite.
G = 6.6 ×10-11 Nm 2 / kg2 .

25. State and prove Bernoulli’s theroem.

26. Consider a cycle tyre being filled with air by a pump. Let V be the volume of the tyre
(fixed) and at each stroke of the pump ∆V ( V ) of air is transferred to the tube
adiabatically. What is the work done when the pressure in the tube is increased from
P1 to P2?
OR
In a refrigerator one removes heat from a lower temperature and deposits to the sur-
roundings at a higher temperature. In this process, mechanical work has to be done,
which is provided by an electric motor. If the motor is of 1kW power, and heat is trans-
ferred from -3o C to 27o C , find the heat taken out of the refrigerator per second assum-
ing its efficiency is 50% of a perfect engine.

27. Show that when a string fixed at its two ends vibrates in 1 loop, 2 loops, 3 loops and 4
loops, the frequencies are in the ratio 1:2:3:4.

28. (a) Define coefficient of viscosity and write its SI unit.

(b) Define terminal velocity and find an expression for the terminal velocity in case of
a sphere falling through a viscous liquid.
OR
The stress-strain graph for a metal wire is shown in Fig. 4. The wire returns to its
original state O along the curve EFO when it is gradually unloaded. Point B corre-
sponds to the fracture of the wire.

(i) Upto what point of the curve is Hooke’s law obeyed?

Stress
(ii) Which point on the curve corresponds to the elastic
C
limit or yield point of the wire?
B
A
(iii) Indicate the elastic and plastic regions of the stress-
E
strain graph.
F
(iv) Describe what happens when the wire is loaded up
to a stress corresponding to the point A on the graph
and then unloaded gradually. In particular explain O O Strain
the dotted curve. Fig. 4

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(v) What is peculiar about the portion of the stress-strain graph from C to B? Upto
what stress can the wire be subjected without causing fracture?

29. It is a common observation that rain clouds can be at about a kilometre altitude above
the ground.

(a) If a rain drop falls from such a height freely under gravity, what will be its speed?
Also calculate in km/h. (g = 10m/s2).

(b) A typical rain drop is about 4mm diameter. Estimate its momentum if it hits you.

(c) Estimate the time required to flatten the drop i.e. time between first contact and
the last contact.

(d) Estimate how much force such a drop would exert on you.

(e) Estimate to the order of magnitude force on an umbrella. Typical lateral separation
between two rain drops is 5 cm.

(Assume that the umbrella cloth is not pierced through !!)

OR
A cricket fielder can throw the cricket ball with a speed vo. If he throws the ball while
running with speed u at an angle θ to the horizontal, find

(i) The effective angle to the horizontal at which the ball is projected in air as seen by
a spectator.

(ii) What will be time of flight?

(iii) What is the distance (horizontal range) from the point of projection at which the
ball will land?

(iv) Find θ at which he should throw the ball that would maximise the horizontal
range as found in (iii).

(v) How does θ for maximum range change if u >vo, u = vo, u < vo?

30. (a) Show that in S.H.M., acceleration is directy proportional to its displacement at a
given instant

(b) A cylindrical log of wood of height h and area of cross-section A floats in water. It is
pressed and then released. Show that the log would execute S.H.M. with a time
period,
m
T = 2π
Aρg
where m is mass of the body and ρ is density of the liquid
OR

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A progressive wave represented by

y = 5 sin (100πt-0.4πx)

where y and x are in m, t is in s. What is the

(a) amplitude
(b) wave length
(c) frequency
(d) wave velocity
(e) magnitude of particle velocity.

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