SALWAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, MAYUR VIHAR

Term-1, ACADEMIC SESSION 2024-2025

CLASS XI SUBJECT: PHYSICS (042)
Time: 3 hrs.
No. of Questions: 33
No. of Printed Pages: M.M:
70
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General Instructions:
(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E. All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains sixteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of two
marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, each and Section D
contains two case study-based questions of 4 marks each. section E contains three long
questions of five marks
(4) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C
and E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(5). Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION -A
Q-1A body weighed 250N on the surface. Assuming the earth to be a sphere of uniform mass
density, how much would it weigh half way down to the centre of earth
(a) 240 N (b) 210 N (c) 195 N (d) 125
N
Q-2. If the radius of two planets be R1 & R2 and their densities be ρ1 & ρ2, then ratio of
acceleration due to gravity on the planets will be
• R1 ρ 1 : R2 ρ 2 (b) R1 ρ 2 : R2 ρ 1 (c) 1 : 1
(d) R2 ρ 1 : R1 ρ 1
Q-3.A car travels 300 m in 10s. It covers 48 m in the 10th second. The acceleration of the car
is
(a) 2 ms-2 (b) 4 ms-2 (c) 5 ms-2 (
d) 3 ms-2
Q-4In the game of see-saw, what should be the displacement of boy B from right edge to
keep the see-saw in equilibrium? (Given, M1 = 40 kg and M2 = 60 kg)

(a) 4/3 m (b) 1m (c) 2/3 m (d) Zero

Q-5 When a spring is stretched by 2 cm, it stores 100 J of energy. If it is stretched further by 2 cm,
the stored energy will be increased by
(a)100 J (b)200 (c) 300 (d) 400 J
Q-6 The potential energy of a body is increases in which of the following cases?
(a) If work is done by conservative force

(b) If work is done against conservative force

(c) If work is done by non-conservative force

(d) If work is done against non- conservative force.

Q-7.A uniform chain of length 2m is kept on a table such that a length of 60cm hangs freely from the
edge of the table. The total mass of the chain is 4kg. What is the work done in pulling the entire chain
on the table

• 7.2J (b) 3.6J (c)120J

(d )1200J

Q-8. In an elevator moving vertically up with an acceleration g , the force exerted on the floor
by the passenger of mass m is

(a) mg (b) mg/2 (c) zero (d)

2mg

Q-9. A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m and
M vertically. If the acceleration of the system is g/8, then the ratio of masses is

(a) 8/1 (b) 9/7 (c) 4/3 (d) 5/3

Q-10. Given Force= What are dimensions of and

(a)ML–2 T –2 , ML–1/3 (b) M 2 L 4 T –2 , M1/3 L –1 (c) M2 L–2 T–2, M1/3 L–1 (d) M 2 L –2 T –2 , M L–3
Q-11 Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) A scalar quantity is the one that is conserved in a process.
(b) A scalar quantity is the one that can never take negative values.
(c) A scalar quantity is the one that does not vary from one point to another in space.
(d) A scalar quantity has the same value for observers with different orientations of the axes.
Q-12Angle between velocity and acceleration vectors in the following cases are given below.
Match the correct pairs.
List I List II
a) Vertically projected body e) 900
b) For freely dropped body f) changes from point to point
c) For projectile g) zero
d) In uniform circular motion h) 1800
Choose correct option from below:
(a) a → h, b → g, c → f, d → e. (b) a → f, b → g, c → h, d → e.
(c) a → e, b → f, c → h, d → g. (d) a → g, b → h, c → e, d →f

Questions number 13 to 16 are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) type questions.
Two statements are given — one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as
given below.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of the Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is also false.
Q-13Assertion : When we change the unit of measurement of a quantity, its numerical value
changes.
Reason : Smaller the unit of measurement smaller is its numerical value.
Q-14 Assertion: Minimum number of non-equal vectors in a plane required to give zero
resultant is three.
Reason: If + + = then they must lie in one plane.
Q-15.Assertion (A) : Two bodies of different masses dropped simultaneously from the top of
tower hit the ground simultaneously.
Reason (R) : Time taken by a body to fall through certain height is independent of mass of
body.
Q-16.Assertion (A) : Torque is due to the transverse component of force only. The radial
component has no role to play.
Reason (R) : This is because transverse component is not perpendicular to radial component
SECTION B
Q-17. A circular track of radius 300m is banked at an angle of 15o . If the co-efficient of
friction between the wheels and the track is 0.2, calculate the maximum speed with which the
car can negotiate the turn without skidding. (tan150= 0.27)
Q-18. Answer carefully, with reasons:
• In an elastic collision of two billiard balls, is the total kinetic energy
conserved during the short time of collision of the balls (i.e. when they are in
contact) ?
• Is the total linear momentum conserved during the short time of an
elastic collision of two balls ?
OR
Q-18.A ball is dropped from a height of 1 m. If the coefficient of restitution between the
surface and ball is 0.6, To what height the ball rebounds ?
Q-19. The motor of an engine is rotating about its axis an angular velocity of 100 rpm. It comes to
rest in 15s after being switched off. Assuming constant angular deceleration, calculate the number of
revolutions made by it before coming to rest.

Q-20.The displacement (in metre) of a particle moving along x-axis is given by x = 18t + 5t2?

Calculate (i) The instantaneous velocity at t=4 sec (ii) Average velocity between t=4 sec and t=5sec.

Q-21. Express linear momentum in terms of velocity v , density ρ and frequency f as

fundamental units using dimensional analysis.
SECTION C
Q-22(a) The masses of 3, 4 and 5 Kg are located at the corners of the equilateral triangle of
side 1 m. Locate the center of mass of the system.
(b) Is it possible that Centre of mass lie where there is no mass? Give one example.
Q-23(a) Obtain relation to show how the value of ‘g’ changes with height from the surface of
earth.
(b) If the earth is one-fourth of its present distance from the sun, then calculate by what factor the
duration of the year will change.
Q-24(a)Three blocks of masses m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 20 kg are connected by strings on smooth
horizontal surface and pulled by a force of 60 N. Find the acceleration of the system and
tensions in the string

(b) The force ‘F’ acting on a particle of mass ‘m’ is indicated by the force-time graph shown
below. Calculate the change in momentum of the particle over the time interval from zero to
8s.

Q-25(a)The radius of a hydrogen atom is 2.5×10-13m. What is the total atomic volume in m3
of a mole of such hydrogen atoms .
(b)If the unit of length and force be increased four times, then by what factor unit of energy
is changed?
Q-26. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 100 m/s.
(a)After how much time will it return?
(b)Draw velocity-time graph for the ball and hence from the graph find (i) the maximum height
attained by the ball (ii) the height of the ball after 15 seconds. (Take g = 10 m/s2).
Q-27(a) Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a body moving with uniform
speed v along a circular path of radius r.
(b)An insect trapped in a circular groove of radius 12 cm moves along the groove steadily
and completes 7 revolutions in 100 s. (a) What is the angular speed, and the linear speed of
the motion? (b) Is the acceleration vector a constant vector? What is its magnitude?
Q-28(a) Derive work -energy theorem for a variable force.
(b)A raindrop of mass 1g falling from a cliff of height 1km hits the ground with a speed of
50m/s. What is the work done by the unknown resistive force?
OR
Q-28. The blades of a windmill sweep out a circle of area A. Given that A = 30 m2 , velocity
of air = 36 km/h and the density of air is 1.2 kg m–3
(a) If the wind flows at a velocity v perpendicular to the circle, what is the mass of the air
passing through it in time t?
(b) What is the kinetic energy of the air?
(c) Assume that the windmill converts 25% of the wind’s energy into electrical energy, What
is the electrical power produced?
Section D(CASE BASED QUESTIONS)
Q-29.According to the principle of linear momentum, in an isolated system, the vector sum
of linear momenta of all the bodies of the system is conserved and is not affected due to their
mutual action and reaction. P = constant. Based on this principle, we are able to explain the
recoiling of a gun when a bullet is fired, flights of jet planes and rocket, Explosion on bomb
etc. in all these cases if one part of system is moving one direction then the other part move
in such a direction that total linear momentum may remain constant.
(i) A stream of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15 m/s gushes out of a tube of
cross section area 0.01 m2 , hits at a vertical wall and rebounds with same speed. What is
force on the wall (density of water = 1000 kg / m3)
(a) 5400 N (b) 4000 N (c) 2250 N (d)
5000 N
(ii) A proton and an alpha particle are held at rest. Mass of alpha particle is four times the
mass of proton and charge on it is twice the charge on proton. When they are released to
move freely, alpha particle moves with velocity v then, then velocity of proton will be
(a) 2v (b) -2v (c) 4v (d) -4v
(iii) A bomb of mass 30 kg at rest explodes into two pieces of masses 18 kg and 12 kg. The velocity
of 18 kg mass is 6 ms−1. The KE of the other mass is :
(a)324 J (b)486 J (c)256 J (d)524 J

(iv) A player caught a cricket ball of masses 150 g moving at the rate of 20 m/s. if the
catching process is completed in 0.1 s, the force of the blow exerted by the ball on the hands
of the player is
(a) 0.3 N (b) 30 N (c) 300 N (d) 3000N
Q-30. Collision :-. The laws of momentum & energy conservation are successfully applied to
a commonly encountered phenomenon; namely – collisions. Several Work, Energy And
Power 153 games such as billiards, marble or carom involve collisions. In all types of
collisions; the linear momentum is conserved; on the other hand the total kinetic energy of the
system is not necessarily conserved. The impact & deformation during collision may generate
heat & sound. The degree of elasticity of a collision is determined by a quantity called
coefficient of restitution (e).

Choose the correct option :

(i) In an elastic collision

(a) both momentum & kinetic energy are conserved

(b) both momentum & kinetic energy are non-conserved

(c) only energy is conserved

(d) Only momentum is conserved.

(ii) A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a frictionless surface. In this
process which one of the following is correct?

(a) only momentum is conserved (b) only KE is conserved

(c) Neither momentum nor KE is conserved (d) Both momentum & KE are
conserved.

(iii) Two identical balls A & B collide head on elastically of velocities of A & B, before the
collision are +0.5 m/s and –0.3 m/s respectively, then their velocities after the collision are
respectively –

(a) +0.5 m/s, +0.3 m/s (b) –0.5 m/s, +0.3 m/s

(c) +0.3 m/s, –0.5 m/s (d) –0.3 m/s, +0.5 m/s

(iv)Two bodies of mass 0.25 kg each moving towards each other with velocities 3 m/s &

1 m/s respectively. After collision, they stick together. The velocity of the combination will
(a) 0.1 cm/s (b) 1 cm/s (c) 1 m/s (d) cannot be predicted

Q-31 (a)On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 600
after every 500 m. Starting from a given turn, specify the displacement of the motorist at the
third, sixth and eighth turn. Compare the magnitude of the displacement with the total path
length covered by the motorist in each case.
(b) A bomb is dropped from an aeroplane when it is directly above a target at a height of 1000 m.The
aeroplane is moving horizontally with a speed of 500kmh−1. By the how much distance will the
bomb miss the target?
OR

Q-31(a) A motorboat is racing towards north at 25 km/h and the water current in that region is
10 km/h in the direction of 60° east of south. Find the resultant velocity of the boat.
(b) A boy stands at 39.2 m from a building and throws a ball which just passes through a window
19.6 m above the ground. Calculate the velocity of projection of the ball.

Q-32(a)Why circular roads are banked ? Derive an expression for maximum speed of a
vehicle in a circular banked of radius r .Consider that coefficient of friction between the tyre
and road is µ.
(b)As shown in the figure a block of mass 10 kg lying on a horizontal surface is pulled by a
force F acting at an angle 30°, with horizontal. For µs = 0.25, For what value of F ,the block
will just start to move: [Given g = 10 ms–2]

OR
Q-32(a)Obtain an expression for velocity and tension in the string of a body looping a
vertical circle when the body is at (i)highest (ii) lowest point.
(b)A block of mass, M = 10 kg, is placed at rest on an inclined plane and is being pulled
upward with a force F parallel to the incline as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction
between the block and the incline is µS = 0.3. Find the magnitude and direction of the friction
force acting on the block if(a) F = 40 N

Q-33(a) Deduce the expression for work done by torque in rotating the body and hence deduce the
expression for torque.
(b)A cord of negligible mass is wound round the rim of a fly wheel of mass 20kg and radius 20cm. A
steady pull of 25N is applied on the cord as shown in Fig. The flywheel is mounted on a horizontal
axle with frictionless bearings.
(i) Compute the angular acceleration of the wheel.
(ii) Find the work done by the pull, when 2m of the cord is unwound.
(iii) Find also the kinetic energy of the wheel at this point. Assume that the wheel starts from rest.

OR
Q-33(a) A metal bar of 70 cm long and 4 kg in mass supported on two knife edges placed 20 cm
from each end. A 6 kg load is suspended at 30 cm from on end. Find the normal reaction at the knife-
edge. (assume it to be of uniform cross section and homogeneous).
(b)Establish the relation between torque and angular acceleration. Hence define moment of
inertia.