SANSKAR PUBLIC SCHOOL
Annual Examination 2024-25
Class XI
Physics (Code-042)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours SET-A Maximum Marks: 70
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General Instructions:
[Link] are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
[Link] question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
[Link] the sections are compulsory.
[Link] A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of 1 mark each,
Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each,
Section D contains two case study-based questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long
answer questions of five marks each.
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section B, one
question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have
to attempt only one of the choices in such questions
6. Use of calculators is not allowed.
7. You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary
• c = 3 × 108 m/s
• me = 9.1 × 10-31 kg
• µ0 = 4π × 10-7 TmA-1
• ε0 = 8.854 × 10-12 × C2 N-1 m-2
• Avogadro’s number = 6.023 × 1023 per gram mole
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Section A
Multiple choice question-
1. Moment of inertia depend upon
(a) angular velocity (b) mass
(c.) distribution of mass (d) on excess of rotation and mass distribution
2. If a body is projected at an angle of 50°, then its escape velocity will be
(a). 11.6 km / hr (b) 11.2 km / hr (c) 12.8 km / hr. (d) 16.2 km / hr
3. A wire of radius r and length L on which a mass M is suspended so that it's increase in length is.
Young modulus will be
(a). MgL/πr²l. (b) Mgl/πr²L (c) πr²L/Mgl. (d) πr²l/MgL
4. Bernoulli's equation is based on which law:
(a) Conservation of momentum (b) Conservation of energy
(c) Conservation of mass (d) No law.
5. Magnitude of absolute zero in Fahrenheit scale is:
(a) 273 ⁰ F. (b) 459° F (c) 182⁰ F. (d) 0 ⁰ F.
6. 300 calories heat is given to a system such that it performs work of 600 joule. Increase in its internal
energy will be
(a). 654 J. (b) 156.5 J. (c). -300J (d) 528.2J
7. There are N molecules in a vessel, if the number of molecules are double then the pressure of the gas
will be
(a) Double (b) remain same (c) become four times (d) become one fourth
8. Time period and amplitude of a particle executing simple harmonic motion is T and A .The
minimum time taken to reach distance a/√2 will be
(a). T. (b) T/4. (c) T/8. (d) T/16.
9. Velocity of sound in air is 350 m / s, frequency in open organ pipe of 50 cm length is
(a). 175 Hz. (b) 350 Hz (c) 700 Hz (d) 50 Hz.
10. Ratio of kinetic energy of two bodies is 4:1 they are moving with same momentum. The ratio of their
masses will be
(a). 1: 2. (b) 2: 1. (c) 4: 1. (d) 1: 4
11. A body of 1 kilogram falls freely on the surface of the ground, on touching ground the force applied
by it is :
(a) 1 kilogram. (b) 1 kilogram-weight (c) 2 kilogram. (d) None of these.
12. An object dropped from peak of a tower takes 2 second to cross half its height. The height of the
tower will be: (g = 9.8m / s²)
(a) 9.8m. (b) 19.6m. (c) 20m. (d) 39-2m.
Assertion Reason Based Questions.
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
13. Assertion-A body is momentarily at rest at the instant, if it rivers the direction.
Reason-A body cannot have acceleration if its velocity is zero at a given instant of time.
14. Assertion-Newton's third law of motion is applicable only when bodies are in motion.
Reason-Newton's third law does not apply to all types of forces e.g gravitational, electric or magnetic
force etc.
15. Assertion-the motion of the centre of mass described the translation part of the motion.
Reason-translation motion always means straight line motion.
16. Assertion A-is satellite moves around the earth in a circular orbit under the action of gravity. A
person in the satellite experience Zero gravity field in the satellite.
Reason R-the contact force by the surface on the person is not zero.
Section B
17. E, m, L and G denote energy, mass, angular momentum, and gravitational constant respectively.
Determine the dimensions of EL2/m5G2.
18. A car is moving along a straight highway with speed 126 km h-1 is brought to a stop within a distance
of 200 m. Calculate the retardation of the car (assumed uniform).
OR
Derive second equation of motion using v- t graph for uniformly accelerated motion.
19. Write the expressions for the ‘g’ at height ‘h’ and depth‘d’ from the surface of earth. Explain, why is
the value of ‘g’ decreases with height and depth from the surface of the earth?
20. Define the term bulk modulus of elasticity, Give its SI unit. Write the relation between bulk
modulus and compressibility.
21. Write the Newton’s formula for the speed of sound in ideal gas. Explain the Laplace correction and
write the modified formula for the speed of sound.
Section C
22. (a) Give two examples of conservative forces.
(b) State and prove work energy theorem.
23. State Parallelogram law of vectors addition and find the magnitude of the resultant of two vectors A
and B in terms of their magnitudes and angle between them.
OR
A football player kicks the football with a velocity of 20 m/ sec making an angle of 30⁰ from the
horizontal find out (a)time of flight (b) maximum height attained by the football (c.)horizontal
range.(given g= 10 m/s²)
24. A car of mass 1000 kg travelling at 32 m/s dashes into the rear of a truck of mass 8000 kg moving in
the same direction with a velocity of 4 m/s. After the collision, the car bounces backwards with a
velocity of 8 m/s. What is the velocity of the truck after the impact?
25. (a) Define Centre of mass.
(b) Three point masses of 1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg lie in X-Y plane at (1,2), (0,-1) and (2,-3) respectively.
Calculate the co-ordinates (Xcm, Ycm) of the centre of mass of the system.
26. (a) State Stephen's law of black body radiation.
(b) Explain the anomalous expansion of water from 0 0C to 4 0C and its importance for aquatic life.
27. (a) State the law of equipartition of energy
(b) Calculate the ratio of specific heats (𝛾) for a (a) Diatomic gas and (b) Poly atomic gas for rigid
molecules.
28. Calculate the length of a simple pendulum, which ticks seconds.
(b) Show the variation of kinetic energy, potential energy and total energy as a function of displacement
of a particle in simple harmonic motion.
Section D
29. We know that the motion of a rigid body, in general, is a combination of rotation and translation. If
the body is fixed at a point or along a line, it has only rotational motion. let us take the example of
opening or closing a door.
A door is a rigid body which can rotate about a fixed vertical axis passing through the hinges. What
makes the door rotate? It is clear that unless a force is applied the door does not rotate. But any force
does not do the job. A force applied to the hinge line cannot produce any rotation at all, whereas a
force of given magnitude applied at right angles to the door at its outer edge is most effective in
producing rotation. It is not the force alone, but how and where the force is applied is important in
rotational motion.
Answer the following questions:
(i) The rotational analogue of ‘force’ in rotational motion is
(a) Moment of force (b) Mass
(c) Gravitational force (d) Moment of inertia
(ii) Torque is
(a) 2(r x F) (b) r.F (c) r x F (d) 2(r.F)
(iii) Why is the handle of a door fixed far away from the hinges?
(iv) 120 N of force is required to open a nut using a spanner of length 10 cm. If another
spanner of length 6 cm is used to open the same nut, amount of force to be applied is
(a) 100N (b) 200N (c) 300N (d) 60N
OR
If applied torque on a system is zero, then for that system
(a) Moment of inertia is zero (b) Angular momentum remains conserved
(c) angular acceleration is constant (d) None of the above
30. When an object moves along a straight line with uniform acceleration, it is possible to relate its
velocity, acceleration during motion and the displacement covered by it in a certain time interval by a
set of equations known as the equations of motion. For convenience, a set of three such equations are
given below: v = u + at. s = ut + ½ at2, 2as = v2 – u2 Where u is the initial velocity of the object which
moves with uniform acceleration a for-time t, v is the final velocity and s is the distance travelled by
the object in time t.
(i) Equation of motions are applicable to motion with
(a) constant velocity (b) none of these
(c) non uniform acceleration (d) uniform acceleration
(ii) The displacement travelled by a body is directly proportional to the square of time taken,
its acceleration
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) becomes zero (d) remains constant
(iii) The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 10 m/s2 in the opposite direction to
the motion. If the car takes 1 s to stop after the application of brakes, calculate the distance
travelled during this time by car.
(iv) An object is dropped from a tower falls with a constant acceleration of 10 m/s2. Find its speed
10 s after it was dropped.
OR
A bullet hits a target with a velocity of 10 m/s and penetrates it up to a distance of 5 cm. Find
the deceleration of the bullet in the target
Section E
31. (i) Find the expression for the recoil velocity of a gun.
(ii) A person of mass 70 kg stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving
(a) upward with uniform acceleration of 5 m s-2,
(b) downward with uniform speed 2 m s-1
(c) downward with uniform acceleration of 10 m s-2
Calculate the reading on the scale in each case? (take g = 10 m s-2)
OR
What is meant by banking of roads? Explain the need for it. Obtain an expression for the
maximum speed with which a vehicle can safely negotiate a curved road banked at angle θ.
The coefficient of friction between road and wheels is μ.
32. (i) State Pascal’s law and explain the working of hydraulic lift.
(ii) Calculate the pressure on a swimmer 10 m below the surface of a lake.
OR
State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem. Explain why to keep a piece of paper horizontal, we
should blow over, not under it.
33. (a) Explain the meaning of the terms (i) Nodes and (ii) Anti nodes in respect of standing
waves.
(b) Explain the formation of harmonics in a stretched string with the help of suitable diagrams
and show that in case of a stretched string the first three harmonics are in the ratio [Link].
OR
(a) Show the formation of standing waves:
(i) in a closed organ pipe and,
(ii) In an open organ pipe
(Draw only first three harmonics in each case)
(b) A pipe, 30.0 cm long, is open at both ends. Which harmonic mode of the pipe resonates a 1.1
kHz source? Take the speed of sound in air as 330 m s-1
