Sample Question Paper

1. Give pratical unit of power.

2. What is ultimate or tensile strength ? (Hots)

3. What is an adiabatic process ?

4. What are elastomer’s ? (Hots)

5. What is the basic condition for the motion of a particle to be S.H.M. ?

6. Derive S.I. unit of Joule (J) in terms of fundamental units.

7. “The direction in which an object moves is given by the direction of velocity of the object and not by the
direction of acceleration.” Explain with an example.

8. Find resultant of two vectors when the two vectors (a) along the same direction, (b) along opposite
direction, (c) at right angles to each other.

Or
A force of 72 dyne is inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 60°. Find the acceleration in a mass of 9 g,
which moves in a horizontal direction.

9. Why there are two propellers in the helicopter ?

10. The speed of sound waves depends on temperatre but speed of light waves does not. Why ?

11. Point out the measurable likely to create the maximum error in the following experimental measurement
:

Young’s Modulus of the material of the beam is calculated using the relation
when w = mg, 8 = depression; 1, b, d = length, breadth, thickness.12. The position-time (x-t) graphs for two
children A and B returning from their school 0 to their homes P and Q respectively are shown. Choose the

correct entries :

(a) (A/B) lives closer to the school than (B/A).

(b) (A/B) starts from the school earlier than (B/A).
(c) (A/B) walks faster than (B/A).
(d) A and B reach home at the (same/different) time. (HOTS)
(e) (A/B) overtakes (B/A) on the road (once/twice).

13. The position of a particle is given by

r = 3.0t – 2-0t23 + 4.03k m,

where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the proper units for x to be in metres. (a) Find v and a of the
particle ? (b) What is the magnitude and direction of velocity of the particle at t = 2.0 s?

14. A train rounds an unbanked circular bend of radius 30 m at a speed of 54 km h -1. The mass of the train is
106 kg. What provides the centripetal force required for this purpose ? The engine or the rails ? What is the
angle of banking to prevent wearing out of the rail ?

15. What is coefficient of restitution ? Give its values for elastic collision, inelastic collision and perfectly
inelastic collisions.

16. Show that momentum is conserved.

17. Does the escape velocity of body from the earth depend upon :
(a) the mass of the body ?
(b) the location from where it is projected ?
(c) the direction of projection ?
(d) the height of location from where the body is launched ?

18. Figure below corresponds to two circular motions. The radius of the circle, the period of revolution, the
initial position, and the sense of revolution (i.e., clockwise or anticlockwise) are indicated on each figure.
Obtain the corresponding simple harmonic motion of the x-projection of the radius vector of the revolving
particle P, in each case.

Or
What is transverse wave motion. Give examples.

19. (a) In deriving Bernoulli’s equation, we equated the work done on the fluid in the tube to its change in
the potential and kinetic energy.(a) How does the pressure change as the fluid moves along the tube if
dissipative forces are present ?
(b) Do the dissipative forces become more important as the fluid velocity increases ? Discuss qualitatively.

20. Derive equation of continuity.

21. Obtain degrees of freedom for

(a) monoatomic,
(b) diatomic and
(d) triatomic molecules.

22. Answer the following questions based on the P-T phase diagram of CO2 .
(i) At what temperature and pressure can the solid, liquid and vapour phases of CO 2co-exist in equilibrium ?
(ii) What is the effect of decrease of pressure on the fusion and boiling point of CO 2 ?
(iii) What are the critical temperature and pressure for CO 2 ? What is their significance ?
(iv) Is CO2 solid, liquid or gas at :
(a) – 70° C under 1 atm.
(b) – 60° C under 10 atm.
(c) 15°C under 56 atm.

23. A group of students went to a place on excursion. While boating on sea water, the students identified a
submerged Torpedo shaped structure. The boys debated among themselves on what they saw. A student by
name Sharath considering it as a threat informed the police. The police took necessary steps to protect the
country from the enemy submarine. Sharath was rewarded.
(a) What can you say about the qualities exhibited by Sharath ?
(b) A SONAR system fixed in a submarine operates at a frequency 40 kHz. An enemy submarine moves
towards the SONAR with a speed of 360 km/hr. What is the frequency of sound reflected by the submarine
? Take the speed of sound in water to be 1450 m/s. (V.B.Q.)

24. Derive the relations :

(i) v2 = u2 + 2as
(ii) v = u + at (iii) s = ut + 1/2 at2.
Or
(a) In a car race, car A takes a time t less than car B and finishes the finishing point with a velocity v more
than that of the car B. Assuming that the cars start from rest and travel with, show constant accelerations
a1 and a2 respectively, show that v= √(a1.a2)
(b) The displacement of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of a constant force is related to
the time t by the equation t = √x + 3, where x is inmetre and t is in second. Find the displacement of the
particle when its velocity is zero.

25. Prove the theorem of perpendicular axis.

Or Prove the theorem of parallel axis.

26. (a) Derive an expression to find specific heat with the help of calorimeter.
(b) Find the coefficient of thermal conductivity.
Or
(a) Find relation for temperature gradient.
(b) Show the expression for heat flow through the compound wall.
Sample Question Paper
1. Why Newton’s law of gravitation is said to be universal law ? (HOTS)

2. What is strain ?

3. Define buoyant force.

4. A vibrating simple pendulum of period T is placed in a lift which is accelerating upward. What will be the
effect on the time period ? (HOTS)

5. Sound waves from a point source are propagating in all directions. What will be the ratio of amplitudes at
distances of 8 m to 25 m from the source ?

6. A physical quanity p = a3.b3/c1/2.d .The % error in measurement of a, b, c and d are 1%, 3%, 4% and
2% respectively. What is the % error in p? (MSE Chandigarh 2009)

7. How does Newton’s second law of motion give the concept of inertial mass ?

Is greater than or less than ? Give

reason. (HOTS)

8. Weight of a body should be greater in day or night. Why ?

9. Find values of Cv, Cp and γ for a monoatomic and a diatomic gas considering translational motion alone.

10. Obtain an expression for time period of pistons.

11. Give a method for the measurement of large distance.

12. In which of these cases, a body can be considered as point object :

(a) a train moving without jerks between two stations.
(b) a monkey sitting on top of a man cycling smoothly on a circular track.
(c) a spinning cricket ball turns sharply on hitting the ground.
(d) a tumbling beakel slipped off the edge of a table.

13. A railway carriage moves over a straight track with acceleration a. A passenger in the carriage drops a
stone. What is the acceleration of the stone w.r.t. the carriage and the earth ?

14. Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light inextensible string that goes over a
frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the string when the masses are
released.

15. A particle has displacement equations

XA = 2f + 7
XB = 3t2 + 2f + 6
Xc = 5t3 + 4t.
Which of them has uniform acceleration ? (HOTS)

16. A particle of mass 0.1 kg has an initial speed of 4 ms-1 at a point A on a rough horizontal road. The
coefficient of friction between the object and the road is 0.15. The particle moves to a point B, at a distance
of 2 m from A. What is the speed of the particle at B ? (Take g = 10 ms -2)

17. What is the effect of internal and external forces on the velocity of centre of mass.
Or
Derive expression for torque in cartesian co-ordinates from rotation of a particle in a plane.
18. A rocket is fired from the earth towards the sun. At what distance from the earth’s centre is the
gravitational force on the rocket zero ? Mass of the sun = 2 x 10 30 kg, mass of the earth = 6 x 1024 kg. Neglect
the effect of other planets etc. (orbital radius = 1.5 x 1011 m.)

19. Explain displacement in S.H.M. Find the relation between them.

20. Use the formula v = √(γp)/ρ to explain why the speed of sound in air :
(a) is independent of pressure.
(b) increases with temperature.
(c) increases with humidity.

21. Glycerine flows steadily through a horizontal tube of length 1.5 m and radius 1.0 cm. If the amount of
glycerine collected per second at one end is 4.0 x 10 -3 kgs-1. What is the pressure difference between the two
ends of the tube ? (Density of glycerine = 1.3 x 103 kgm-3 and viscosity of glycerine = 0-83 Pas)

22. Derive an expression for molar heat capacity.

23. A monkey is sitting on a tree. Rahim seeing the Monkey brought some fruits and gave them to the
Monkey, and ran into the house immediately. On hearing the sound produced when Rahim was running the
monkey was scared and climbed the nearby tree.
(a) What values of Rahim inspired you ?
(b) A monkey of mass 40 kg climbs on a rope which can stand a maximum tension of 600 N. In which of the
following cases will be rope will break. The monkey :
(i) climbs up with an acceleration of 6 m/s2.
(ii) climbs down with an acceleration of 4 m/2.
(iii) climbs up with a uniform speed of 5 m/s.
(iv) Falls down the rope nearly under gravity.
(Take g = 10 m/s2) (ignore the mass of the rope) (V.B.Q.)

24. (a) State and derive work, energy relationship.

(b) Prove that instantaneous power is given by

(a) Give conditions for no work.

(b) Mountain roads rarely go straight up the slope, but wind up gradually. Why ? (HOTS)

25. State and prove Pascal’s law and give its experimental proof.
Or
Find the excess pressure :
(i) inside a liquid drop.
(ii) inside the liquid bubble.
(iii) inside a bubble in the liquid.

26. (a) List assumptions for kinetic theory of gases.

(b) State Boyle’s law and Charle’s law of gases from the relation P = p V-2 .
Or
(a) Calculate average K.E. for one molecule of gas at constant pressure.
(b) Define root mean square velocity of gas molecule. Give various relations for it
Sample Question Paper
1. Convert 1 kWh in joule. (HOTS)

2. Define thrust ?

3. What is the equation and work done in an adiabatic process ?

4. What is odour ?

5. Which of the following conditions is not sufficient for S.H.M. and why ?
(i) acceleration ∝ displacement.
(ii) restoring force displacement. (HOTS)

6. “A more precise measurement has to be more accurate.” Comment.

7. What can be represented by the graph given below, where h is height and v is velocity ?

8. The sum and difference of two vectors are perpendicular to each other. Prove that the vectors are equal in
magnitude.
Or
Why a horse has to apply more force to start a cart than to keep it moving ? Explain.

9. (a) What is the physical significance of M.I. ?

(b) Define M.I. of a body rotating about an axis.

10. Define undamped and damped oscillations.

11. In an experiment, on determining the density of a rectangular block, the dimensions of the block are
measured with a vernier caliper (with a least count of 0.01 cm) and its mass is measured with a beam
balance of least count 01 g. How do we report our result for the density of the block ? (HOTS)

12. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 291 ms-1.
(a) What is the direction of acceleration during the upward motion of the ball ?
(b) What is the velocity and acceleration of the ball at the highest point of its motion ?
(c) Choose the x = 0 m and t = 0 s to be the location and time of the ball at its highest point, vertically
downward direction to the positive direction of x-axis and give the signs of position, velocity and
acceleration of the ball during its upward and downward motion.
(d) To what height does the ball rise and after how long does the ball return to the player’s hand? (Take g =
9.8 ms-2 and neglect air resistance)

13. The celling of a long hall is 25 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that a ball thrown with
a speed of 40 ms-1 can go without hitting the celling of the hall ?

14. Two bodies A and B of masses 10 kg and 20 kg respectively kept on a smooth horizontal surface are tied
to the ends of a light string. A horizontal force F = 600 N is applied to (a) A, (b) B along the direction of
string. What is the tension in the string in each case ?
15. A molecule in a gas container hits a horizontal wall with speed 200 ms -1 and angle 30° with the normal
and rebounds with the same speed. Is momentum conserved in the collision ? Is the collision elastic or
inelastic ?

16. Show that centre of mass of a system of two particles lies on the straight line joining them.

17. Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be its
orbital size as compared to that of earth.

18. Figure (a) shows a spring of force constant K clamped rigidly at one end and a mass m attached to its
free end. A force applied at the free end stretches the spring.
Figure (b) shows the same spring with both ends free and attached to a mass m at either end. Each end of
the spring in figure (b) is stretched by the same force F.

(i) What is the maximum extension of the spring in the two cases?
(ii) If the mass in figure (a) and the two masses in fig. (b) are released free. What is the period of oscillations
in each case?
Or
What are nodes and antinodes ? Do they coincide with pressure nodes and antinodes ? In terms of X, what is
the separation of a node from the nearest antinode ? What is the phase difference between points separated
by X/10 in stationary waves ?

19. Define Pascal law and give its particle applications.

20. (a) Define stream line.

(b) Write any two properties of streamlines. (KVS 2008)

21. Give a brief account of Joule’s experimant ?

22. (a) State second law of thermodynamics.

(b) What is coefficient of performance of a refrigerator ?

23. The Physics Teacher of class XI has assigned the work of finding the resultant spring constant when two
springs of spring constants k1, k2 are joined in series. Two students Sabita and Shirin. Sabita made a
theoretical study as well as verified experimentally. Whereas Shirin could not complete the work. When the
teacher enquired the next day Sabita could give the answer. Whereas Shirin could not :
(a) comment upon the qualities of Sabita.
(b) Two springs are joined in series and connected to a mass m as shown in fig. If spring constants are k 1 and
k2, calculate the period of oscillation of mass m. (V.B.Q.)
24. State and prove parallelogram law of vector addition. Discuss some special cases.
Or
(a) Discuss the problem of a swimmer, who want to cross the river in the shortest time.
(b) Define null vector. What are its properties and physical significance.

25. Prove the relation between torque and momentum of inertia. (HOTS)
Or
Derive an expression for K.E. of rotation.

26. By using Stoke’s law derive an expression of terminal velocity. On what factors it depends ?
Or
Explain surface energy. Establish its relation with surface tension.
Sample Question Paper
1. Moon travellers tie heavy weight at their back before landing on the moon. Why ? (HOTS)

2. A wooden block is on the bottom of a tank when water is poured in the contact between the block and the
tank is so good that no water gets between them. Is there a buoyant force on the block ? (HOTS)

3. Why the boiling point of a liquid varies with pressure ?

4. When a body of mass 2-0 kg is suspended by a spring, the spring is stretched if the body is pulled down
slightly and released, it oscillates up and down. What force is passes through the mean position ? (g = 9-8 N
kg-1)

5. Is superposition principle applicable to electromagnetic waves ?

6. Whether equation
F.S. = 1/2mv2 – 1/2mu2
is dimensionally correct, where m is mass of the body, v is its final velocity, u is initial velocity, F
is applied force and S is distance covered.

7. Give relation between dyne and newton.

Or

Is greater than or less than ? (HOTS)

8. What is instantaneous power :

9. Figure shows the strain-stress curve for a given material. What are (a) Young’s modulus, and (b)
approximate yield strength for this material ?

10. What displacement,(i) the P.E. of a simple harmonic oscillator is maximum, (ii) the K.E. is maximum?

11.Give a method of determine the angular size of a planet.

12. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is as shown :

Calculate distance covered by object between :

(i) t = 0 to t = 5 sec.
t = 0 to t = 10 sec.

13. Does the nature of a vector change when it is multiplied by a scalar ?

14. Three blocks are connected as shown below and are on a horizontal frictionless table. They are pulled to
right with a force F = 50 N. If m1 = 5 kg, m2 = 10 kg and m3 = 15 kg. calculate tensions T1 and T2.

15. What are the important points about the uniform motion ?

16. A truck and a car moving with the same K.E. on a straight road. Their engines are simultaneously
switched off. Which one will stop at a lesser distance ?

17. Calculate the moment of inertia about the diameter if that of an axis perpendicular to the plane of a disc
and passing through its centre is given by 1/2 MR2 .
Or
Derive the expression for momentum conversation.

18. What is binding energy of a satellite ?

19. The amplitude of a simple harmonic oscillator is doubled. How does this effect : (i) the maximum
velocity, (ii) the total energy, and (iii) the period of oscillator ?

20. For the travelling harmonic wave

y (x, t) = 2.0 cos 2π [10t — 0.0080x + 0.351
where x andy are in cm and tin s. Calculate the phase difference between oscillatory motion of two points
separated by a distance of (a) 4 cm, (b) 0-5 m, (c)λ/2, (d) 3λ/4.

21. (a) The blood pressure in human is greater at the feet than at the brain. Why ?
(b) Atmospheric pressure at a height of about 6 km decreases to nearly half its value at the sea level, though
the ‘height’ of the atmosphere is more than 100 km. Why ?
(c) Hydrostatic pressure is a scalar quantity even though pressure is force finited by area, and force is a
vector. Why ?

22. Two cylinders A and B of equal capacity are connected to each other via a stopcock. A contains a gas at
standard temperature and pressure. B is completely evaaeated. The entire system is thermally insulated.
The stopcock is suddenly opened. Answer the following :
(a) What is the final pressure of the gas in A and B?
(b) What is change in the internal energy of the gas ?
(c) What is the change in the temperature of the gas ?
(d) Do the intermediate state of the system (before sitting to the final equilibrium state) lie on its P — V— T
surface ?

23. Radha found the wheel getting detached from her uncle’s car. She took it to workshop and got it
repaired. She informed her uncle, who is a mechanical engineer, about this matter.
(a) What according to you the values displayed by Radha ?
(b) A thin wheel can stay up-right on its rim for a considerable length of time when rolled with a
considerable velocity, while it falls from its upright position at the slightest disturbance, when stationary.
Explain. (V.B.Q.)
24. (a) Prove work energy theorem for a variable force.
(b) Two protons are brought towards each other. Will the potential energy of the system decrease or
increase ? If a proton and an electron be brought nearer, then ? OR
A block initially at rest breaks into two parts of masses in the ratio 2 : 3. The velocity of smaller part is (81 +
6:1) m/s. Find the velocity of bigger part.
In a nerve impulse, about a 10 neutrons are fired. If energy associated with d is charge of a single neutron is
10-10 J. Estimate the energy used.

25. Explain why :

(a) To keep a piece of paper horizontal, you should blow over, not under it.
(b) When we try to close a water tap with our fingers, fast jets of water gush through the openings between
our fingers.
(c) The size of the needle of a syringe controls flow rate better than the thumb pressure exerted by a doctor
while administering an injection.
(d) A fluid flowing out of a small hole in a vessel results in a backward thrust on the vessel.
(e) A spining cricket ball in air does not follow a parabolic trajectory.
Or
A nanometer reads the pressure of gas in an enclosure as shown in figure (a). When a pump removes some
of the gas, the manometer reads as in figure (b). The liquid used in the manometers is mercury and the
atmospheric pressure is 76 cm of mercury.

(a) Give the absolute and gauge pressure of the gas in the enclosure for cases (a) and (b) in units of cm of
mercury.
(b) How would the levels change in case (b) if 13.6 cm of water (immiscible with mercury) are poured into
the right limb of the manometer ? (Ignore the small change in volume of the gas). (HOTS)

26. (a) State and explain Charle’s law.

(b) State and derive the ideal gas equation.
Or
(a) Determine the mumerical value of R and KB.
(b) Obtain the relation between degrees of freedom of a gas and ratio of two principal specific heat of the
gas.
Sample Question Paper
1. On earth, value of G = 6.67 x 10 11 Nm2 kg-2. What is its value on moon, where `g’ is nearly one-sixth than
that of the earth ?

2. Define compressibility.

3. What is the equation and work done for isothermal process ?

4. Why is Brownian motion significant ?

5. Can a motion be oscillatory but not simple harmonic ?

6. Give conventional rules for the rounding off of uncertain digits.

7. Describe the selection of origin and sense of passage of time of a body performing one dimensional
motion.

8. Prove that
Or
Second law of motion is strictly applicable to a single point particle then how is it applied to a rigid body or
a system of particles ?

9. Why is it easier to balance a bicycle in motion ?

10. Which of the following functions of time represent (a) S.H.M., and (b) periodic but not simple harmonic
motion ? Give the period for each case :
(i) sin ωt – cos ωt
(ii) sin2 ωt.

11. Give Avogadro’s method to measure distances of the order of 10-10 m.

12. State with reasons which of these cannot possibly represent one dimensional motion of a particle.

13. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 30 ms-1. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 10 ms-1 in the
north to south direction. What is the direction in which she should hold her umbrella ?

14. A stone of mass 0-25 kg tied to the end of a string is whirled round in a circle of radius F5 m with speed
40 rev/min in a horizontal plane. What is the tension in the string ? What is the maximum speed with which
the stone can be whirled around, if the string can with stand a maximum tension of 200 N?

15. A massless string of length 1.2 m has a breaking strength of 2 kg-wt. A stone of mass 0.4 kg. tied to one
end of the string, is made to move in a vertical circle, by holding the other end in the hand. Can the particle
describe the vertical circle ? Take g = 10 ms-2.

16. Show that the area of the triangle contained between the vectors a and b is one-half of the magnitude of a
x b.

17. A comet orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. Does the comet have a constant : (a) Linear speed, (b)
Angular speed, (c) Angular momentum, (d) Kinetic energy, (e) Potential energy, (0 Total energy throughout
its orbit ?
Neglect mass loss of the comet when it comes very close to the sun ?

18. A spring having a spring constant 1200 Nm-1 is mounted on a horizontal table as shown in figure. A mass
of 3 kg is attached to the free end of the spring. The mass is then pulled sideways to a distance of 2.0 cm and
released. Determine (i) the frequency of oscillations, (ii) maximum acceleration of the mass, and (iii) the
maximum speed of the mass.

Or
What is Newton’s formula for speed of sound ? Give Laplace’s correction.

19. Calculate the % increase in the length of a wire of diameter 2.5 mm stretched by a force of 100 kgf. (Y
for the wire = 12.5 x 1011 dyne cm-2)

20. A uniform rod has a mass attached to one end to make it float upright in liquid. If 3.0 cm or one rod is
immersed when float in water and 3.5 cm when it floats in a liquid of specific gravity 0-9, what length of it
will be immersed when it floats liquid of specific gravity F2?

21. A body cools from 80°C to 50°C in 5 minutes. Calculate the time it takes to cool from 60°C to 30°C. (The
temperature of the surrounding is 20°C.)

22. Why is it impossible for a ship to use the internal of sea water to operate its engine ?

23. Adarsh a student of class XI has found the factors on which the time period of oscillation of a pendulum
depends and arrived at the expression T = constant x (l/g) 1/2 . He wants to know how the length of the
pendulum gets affected on the surface of the moon for the same pendulum and arrived at the conclusion that
it is 1/6 (a). What values does Adarsh possesses ?

24. Prove that Newton’s second law is the real law of motion.
Or
(a) State and prove impulse-momentum theorem.
(b) Define coefficient of friction and angle of friction and hence derive a relation between them.

25. Prove that coefficient of restitution of a perfectly elastic collision in one dimension is unity.
Or
Derive a relation for an inelastic collision in one dimension.

26. State and prove Bernoulli’s principle for the flow of non-viscous fluids.
Or
State Pascal’s law of transmission of fluid pressure. Explain how is Pascal’s law applied in a hydraulic lift.