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Test / Exam Name: Physics Standard: 11TH SCIENCE Subject: PHYSICS

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Questions: 34 Time: 60 Mins Marks: 91

Q1. Gives a speed-time graph of a particle in motion along a constant direction. Three equal intervals of time 6 Marks
are shown. In which interval is the average acceleration greatest in magnitude? In which interval is the
average speed greatest? Choosing the positive direction as the constant direction of motion, give the signs of
v and a in the three intervals. What are the accelerations at the points A, B, C and D?

Q2. The position-time (x-t) graphs for two children A and B returning from their school O to their homes P 5 Marks
and Q respectively are shown in Choose the correct entries in the brackets below;
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.
e. (A/B) overtakes (B/A) on the road (once/twice).

Q3. A woman starts from her home at 9.00 am, walks with a speed of 5km h–1 on a straight road up to her 5 Marks

office 2.5km away, stays at the office up to 5.00 pm, and returns home by an auto with a speed of 25km h–1.
Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of her motion.

Q4. A drunkard walking in a narrow lane takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward, followed again by 5 5 Marks
steps forward and 3 steps backward, and so on. Each step is 1m long and requires 1s. Plot the x-t graph of
his motion. Determine graphically and otherwise how long the drunkard takes to fall in a pit 13m away from
the start.
Q5. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126km h–1 is brought to a stop within a distance of 4 Marks
200m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop?
Q6. Gives the x-t plot of a particle executing one-dimensional simple harmonic motion. (You will learn about 4 Marks
this motion in more detail in Chapter 14). Give the signs of position, velocity and acceleration variables of the

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particle at t = 0.3 s, 1.2 s, – 1.2 s.

Q7. Gives the x-t plot of a particle in one-dimensional motion. Three different equal intervals of time are 4 Marks
shown. In which interval is the average speed greatest, and in which is it the least? Give the sign of average
velocity for each interval.

Q8. Explain clearly, with examples, the distinction between: 3 Marks

magnitude of displacement (sometimes called distance) over an interval of time, and the total length of path
covered by a particle over the same interval;
Q9. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5km away with a speed of 5km h–1. Finding 3 Marks

the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5km h–1. What is the
Average speed of the man over the interval of time
i. 0 to 30 min,
ii. 0 to 50 min,
iii. 0 to 40 min?
[Note: You will appreciate from this exercise why it is better to define average speed as total path length
divided by time, and not as magnitude of average velocity. You would not like to tell the tired man on his
return home that his average speed was zero!]
Q10. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4m s–1. 3 Marks
Choose the x = 0m and t = 0s to be the location and time of the ball at its highest point, vertically downward
direction to be the positive direction of x-axis, and give the signs of position, velocity and acceleration of the
ball during its upward, and downward motion.

Q11. Suggest a suitable physical situation for of the 3 Marks

following graphs.

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Q12. In Exercises 2.9 and 2.10, we have carefully distinguished between average speed and magnitude of 3 Marks
average velocity. No such distinction is necessary when we consider instantaneous speed and magnitude of
velocity. The instantaneous speed is always equal to the magnitude of instantaneous velocity. Why?

Q13. A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30km h–1 fires a bullet at a thief’s car speeding 3 Marks

away in the same direction with a speed of 192km h–1. If the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150m s–1, with
what speed does the bullet hit the thief’s car?
(Note: Obtain that speed which is relevant for damaging the thief’s car).
Q14. Explain clearly, with examples, the distinction between: 3 Marks
Magnitude of average velocity over an interval of time, and the average speed over the same interval.
[Average speed of a particle over an interval of time is defined as the total path length divided by the time
interval]. Show in both (a) and (b) that the second quantity is either greater than or equal to the first. When
is the equality sign true? [For simplicity, consider one-dimensional motion only]

Q15. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4m s–1. 3 Marks
To what height does the ball rise and after how long does the ball return to the player’s hands? (Take g =
9.8ms–2 and neglect air resistance).
Q16. In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a 2 Marks
point object:
A railway carriage moving without jerks between two stations.

Q17. Suggest a suitable physical situation for of the 2 Marks

following graphs.

Q18. In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a 2 Marks
point object:
A tumbling beaker that has slipped off the edge of a table.
Q19. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4m s–1. 2 Marks
What are the velocity and acceleration of the ball at the highest point of its
motion?

Q20. Suggest a suitable physical situation for of the 2 Marks

following graphs.
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Q21. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5km away with a speed of 5km h–1. 2 Marks

Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5km h–1. What is the
Magnitude of average velocity, and.

Q22. Read statement below carefully and state with reasons and examples, if it is 2 Marks
true or false;
A particle in one-dimensional motion.
With constant speed must have zero acceleration.

Q23. Read statement below carefully and state with reasons and examples, if it is 2 Marks
true or false;
A particle in one-dimensional motion.
With zero speed at an instant may have non-zero acceleration at that instant.

Q24. In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a 2 Marks
point object:
A spinning cricket ball that turns sharply on hitting the ground.

Q25. Look at the graphs carefully and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent one- 2 Marks
dimensional motion of a particle.

Q26. In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered approximately a 2 Marks
point object:
A monkey sitting on top of a man cycling smoothly on a circular track.

Q27. Look at the graphs carefully and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent one- 2 Marks
dimensional motion of a particle.

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Q28. Read statement below carefully and state with reasons and examples, if it is 2 Marks
true or false;
A particle in one-dimensional motion.
With zero speed may have non-zero velocity.
Q29. A player throws a ball upwards with an initial speed of 29.4m s– 2 Marks
1.
What is the direction of acceleration during the upward motion of the
ball?

Q30. Look at the graphs carefully and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent one- 2 Marks
dimensional motion of a particle.

Q31. Read statement below carefully and state with reasons and examples, if it is 1 Marks
true or false;
A particle in one-dimensional motion.
With positive value of acceleration must be speeding up.

Q32. Look at the graphs carefully and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent one- 1 Marks
dimensional motion of a particle.

Q33. Shows the x-t plot of one-dimensional motion of a particle. Is it correct to say from the graph that the 1 Marks
particle moves in a straight line for t < 0 and on a parabolic path for t > 0? If not, suggest a suitable physical
context for this graph.

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Q34. A ball is dropped from a height of 90m on a floor. At each collision with the floor, the ball loses one 1 Marks
tenth of its speed. Plot the speed-time graph of its motion between t = 0 to 12s.

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