Sri Chaitanya IIT Academy, India

PHYSICS Paper -2

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2025-26)

XI – PHYSICS
Time allowed: 3Hours M.M : 70
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.

(3) All the sections are compulsory.

(4) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of
1mark 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
i. c  3 × 108 m/s
ii. me  9.1 ×1031 kg
iii. e = 1.6 × 1019 C
iv. 0  4 × 107 TmA1
v. h = 6.63 ×1034 Js
vi. 0  8.854 ×1012 C2N1m2
vii Avogadra‟s12 number = 6.023 × 1023 per gram mole
SECTION-A
1. Which of the following is a use of dimensional analysis?
(a) To check the dimensional correctness of an equation
(b) To solve the equation dimensionally
(c) To get the number of dimensional constants
(d) To understand the dimensional equation

2. Which of the following physical quantities is dimensionless?

(a) angle (b) specific gravity
(c) strain (d) all of these
3. Light year is a unit of
(a) time (b) distance (c) sunlight intensity (d) mass

4. A body moves along a straight line and its displacement at any time t is given by
s t 3

 6t 2  3t  4 m. The velocity of body, when its acceleration is zero, is
(a) –9m/s (b) –15m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 42 m/s

5. Acceleration-time graph of a body is shown. The corresponding velocity-time graph of

the same body is

6. The numerical ratio of average velocity to average speed is

(a) always less than (b) always equal to one
(c) always more than one (d) equal to or less than one

7. Two forces whose magnitudes are in the ratio 3:5 give a resultant of 28N. if the angle of
the inclination is 60. Find the magnitude of each force.
(a) A =12N and B = 20N (b) A = 30N AND B =15N
(c) A = 20N and B =30N (d) A=12N and B =13N

8. If the dot product of two vectors is zero, then the vectors are
(a) Orthogonal (b) Co-linear (c) Parallel (d) Antiparallel

9. The tension in the string connecting the two blocks of masses m and 2m is

(a) F/3 (b) F/6 (c) F/2 (d) 2F

10. A person sitting in a open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically up in
the air, the ball falls
(a) exactly in the hand of the thrower (b) outside the car
(c) in the car ahead of the person (d) in the car behind the person.

11. The “reaction” force does not cancel the “action” force because:
(a) the action is greater than the reaction force.
(b) they act upon different bodies.
(c) they act at different instants.
(d) the reaction comes into existence when action disappears.
12. The coefficient of kinetic friction
(a) is in the direction of the frictional force
(b) is in the direction of the normal force
(c) is the ratio of force to area
(d) None of the above

13. Directions: Two statements are given-one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for
assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
Assertion (A): When we change the unit of measurement of a quantity its numerical
value changes.
Reason(R) : Smaller the unit of measurement smaller is its numerical value.
(a) (b) (c) (d)

14. Directions: Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for
assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
Assertion (A) :Displacement of a body may be zero, when distance travelled by it is not
zero.
Reason(R) : The displacement is the longest distance between initial and final positions.
(a) (b) (c) (d)

15. Directions: Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for
assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
Assertion (A): The horizontal range of an oblique projectile remains the same whether
the angle of projection is 60 or 30 .
Reason(R): The horizontal range does not depend upon the angle of projection.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16. Directions: Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and
(d) as given below
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for
assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
Assertion: A block placed on a table is at rest, because action force cancels the reaction
force on the block.
Assertion: The net force on the block is zero.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
SECTION-B
17. Give an example of
(a) physical quantity which has a unit but no dimensions.
(b) physical quantity which has neither unit nor dimensions.
(c) constant which has a unit.
(d) constant which has no unit.

18. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of
900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.
OR
Read each statement below carefully and state, if it is true or false:
A particle in one-dimensional motion
(a) with zero speed at an instant may have non-zero acceleration at that instant.
(b) with zero speed may have non-zero velocity.
(c) with constant speed must have zero acceleration,
(d) with a positive value of acceleration must be speeding up.

19. Find the angle between the vectors

A = i + 2j  k and B =  i + j  2k

20. Prove that the horizontal range is same when angle of projection is
(i) greater than 45 by certain value
(ii) less than 45 by the same value.

21. A bob of mass 0.1 kg hung from the ceiling of a room by a string 2m long is set into
oscillation. The speed of the bob at its mean position is 1 ms 1 . What is the trajectory of
the bob if the string is cut when the bob is (a) at one of its extreme positions, (b) at one
of its mean positions?
SECTION-C
22. A woman starts from her home at 9.00 am, walks with a speed of 5 km h 1 on a straight
road up to her office 2.5 km away, stays at the office until 5.00 pm, and returns home
by an auto with a speed of 2.5 5 km h 1 . Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of
her motion.
23. (a) Integrate the following with respect to x  (1/x dx
(b) Differentiate cos(3x + 5)
OR
2
(a) Differentiate y = sin x/x
(b) The position of the particle along axis x-axis varies with time as x  4t 2  6t  1
.What is the velocity at t = 0?

24. Read each statement below carefully and state with reasons, if it is true or false:
(a) each component of a vector is always a scalar,
(b) the total path length is always equal to the magnitude of the displacement vector of a
particle.
(c) the average speed of a particle (defined as total path length divided by the time taken
to cover the path) is either greater or equal to the magnitude of average velocity of the
particle over the same interval of time,

25. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much
high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball?

26. A batsman deflects a ball by an angle of 45° without changing its initial speed which is
equal to 54 km/h. What is the impulse imparted to the ball?
(Mass of the ball is 0.15 kg.)

27. Show that „To pull a body is easier than to push it if both are done at same angles‟:
explain your answer with the necessary diagram.

28. (a) State Impulse-momentum theorem?

(b) A ball of mass 0.1 kg is thrown against a wall. It strikes the wall normally with a
velocity of 30 ms−1 rebounds with a velocity of 20 ms−1. Calculate the impulse of the
force exerted by the ball on the wall.

SECTION-D
29. Case Study:
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
System of units: A system of units is a collection of units in which certain units are
chosen as fundamental and all others are derived from them. This system is also called
an absolute system of units. Some common systems in use are: c.g.s system: The unit of
length is centimeter, mass is gram, time is second. m.k.s system: The unit of length is
meter, mass is kilogram, time is second. f.p.s system: The unit of length is foot, mass is
pound, time is second. S.I. system: In 1960, 11th General Conference of Weights and
Measures introduced the SI system. It has 7 fundamental units (Unit of length is meter,
mass is kilogram, Time is second, Temperature is Kelvin, Electric current is Ampere,
Luminous intensity is Candela, Amount of substance is mol) and two supplementary
units (Unit of plane angle is radian, solid angle is steradian)

(i) Which of the following is not the name of derived physical quantity?
(a) Kilogram (b) Density (c) Impulse (d) Energy
 (ii) The weight of a body is 12g. This statement is not correct because
(a) The correct symbol for the unit of weight has not been used.
(b) The correct symbol for gram is gm.
(c) The weight should be expressed in kg.
(d) Of some reason other than those given above.

(iii) If the unit of force and length are doubled, the unit of energy will be
(a) 1/2 times (b) 2 times (c) 4 times (d) 1/4 times

(iv) The density of a liquid is 13.6 g cm 3 Its value in S.I. is

(a) 13.6 kgm3 (b) 136 kgm3 (c) 13600 kgm3 (d) 1360 kgm3
OR
All the units which are defined /expressed in terms of fundamental units are called
(a) CGS system (b) Solid units (c) Derived units (d) FPS system

30. Case Study:

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions
When an object is placed on a surface and force applied it is at rest then a self adjusting
force comes into play between body and surface is called force of static friction. When
the body just starts its movement the force is called the force of limiting friction. The
force of limiting friction is independent of surface area. When the body is in motion it is
called the force of kinetic friction.
(i) When force of 20N applied on a body of mass 2Kg it continues the state of rest. The
force of static friction is
(a) 10N (b)20N (c) 40N (d) zero

(ii) If the angle of friction is 300, then the coefficient of friction is

(a)0.5 (b) √3 (c) 1/√3 (d)√3/2

(iii) Force of 30N is sufficient to make just movement of a body of mass 5Kg. If a force
of 50N is applied then the acceleration produced is
(a) 10 m/s 2 (b)4 (c) 6 m/s 2 (d) 16 m/s 2

(iv) Force of kinetic friction depends on

(a) area of contact (b) normal reaction
(c) speed of object (d) none of above

OR

If applied force is doubled then the coefficient of friction-

(a) doubles (b) halves (c) increases 4 times (d) no change
 SECTION-E
31. A body is projected with some initial velocity making an angle θ with the horizontal.
Show that its path is a parabola. Find the maximum height attained, time for maximum
height, horizontal range, maximum horizontal range, and the time of flight.

32. What is the need for the banking of circular roads/tracks? Derive maximum safe speed
of the car with suitable diagram for
(i) The motion of the car without taking into account the force of friction between the
tires of car and the road
(ii) The motion of a car on a banked road taking into account the friction between the
tires and the road
OR
(a) State newton's second law of motion. Derive a mathematical formula to calculate
force if mass remains constant. Prove that second law contains first law.
(b) A mass of 6 kg is suspended by a rope of length 2 m from the ceiling. A force of 50
N in the horizontal direction is applied at the midpoint P of the rope, as shown. What is
the angle the rope makes with the vertical in equilibrium ? (Take g = 10 m s-2). Neglect
the mass of the rope.

33. (A) Sumit was driving his car at 45m/s. He looks ahead and observes an accident that
results in a pileup in the middle of the road. By the time Sumit applied the brakes, he
was 50m from the pileup. He slows down at a rate of 10.0 m/s2.
(a). Plot a velocity-time plot for Sumit‟s motion.
(b). Use the plot to determine the distance that Sumit would travel prior to reaching a
complete stop (if he did not collide with the pileup).
(c). Use kinematic equations to determine the distance that Sumit would travel prior to
reaching a complete stop (if he did not collide with the pileup).
(d). Will Sumit hit the cars in the pileup?