PHYSICS Nebula

Class - XI VTR
UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS
Work Sheet

1. The number of significant figures in 0.00205 is .....................

2. 1 km = ................. m = ……………mm
3. 1Å = ................... m
4. ‘Relative density is a dimensionless quantity’. State whether this statement is
true or false.
5. Force = n × velocity, what is the dimensional formula of ‘n’
6. What is the number of significant figures in 200.0
7. Given force F = Pt’-1 + Qt, where ‘t’ is the time
(a) Find the unit of P and Q.
(b) The unit of P is some as that of ……………….
8. ‘KW is the unit of energy’ check whether this statement is true or false.
9. Match the following
A B

Astronomical unit 10-10m

Light year Average distance between moon and earth

Femi Average distance of sun from earth

Angstrom 10-15m

Distance travelled by light in one year

10. Gravitational potential energy of an object depends on the mass of the object, its
height from the surface of earth and acceleration due to gravity. Using the method
of dimensions derive the expression for the potential energy.
11. Select four pairs of physical quantity with same dimension.
12. A rectangle has length 8.43cm and breadth 1.212 cm
(a) Calculate the area of rectangle rounded to appropriate significant figures
(b) Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle rounded to appropriate significant
figure.
13. (a) What is principle of homogeneity of dimensions

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 (b) Time period of simple pendulum may depend on length of the pendulum, mass
of the bob(m) and acceleration due to gravity at the place. Find an expression
for time period of simple pendulum using dimensional analysis (take K= 2)
14. v2 = u2 +2as where v and u final and initial velocities respectively, ‘a’ acceleration
and ‘s’ displacement
(a) Write the dimensions of v2 , u2 and 2as
(b) Check the dimensional consistency of the above equation
15. The system of units which at present internationally accepted for measurement is
the SI unit.
(a) What is the full form of SI ?
(b) What is the unit of luminous intensity in the SI system
(c) Initial and final temperature of water in two contains is 15.4 o C and 40.25oC.
What is the rise in temperature?
16. The volume of water flowing out through a pipe in each time is V =kA 2ut, where A
is the area of cross-section of the pipe, u is the sped of flow and ‘t’ the time (K is a
dimensionless constant).
(a) Name the principle that can be used to check the dimensional correctness of
this equation.
(b) Check the correctness of this equation
17. All physical quantities can be expressed in terms of dimensions
(a) Write the physical quantity having the following dimensions
(i) [M1L1T-1] (ii) [M1L2T-2]

(b) Check the correctness of the equation

T =2 π
√ m
g
is dimensionally correct or
not. The terms have their usual meaning
18. Velocity of sound depends on density (ρ) and modulus of elasticity (E)
(a) State the principle of homogeneity
(b) Using the above principle arrive at the expression for velocity of sound (take k
= 1)
19. State the number of significant figures in
(i) 0.060607 m3
(ii) 6.0320 N/m2
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20. Using homogeneity principle check whether mv2 = mgh is dimensionally
correct.

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PHYSICS Nebula
Class - XI VTR
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
Work Sheet

1. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity v. Calculate the time
taken to reach maximum height.
2. (a) Give an example for a body possessing zero velocity which is accelerating
(b) Show that area under velocity-time graph gives displacement.
3. Velocity-time graph of a ball thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity is
shown in figure

(a) What is the magnitude of initial velocity of the ball?

(b)Calculate the distance travelled by the ball during 20s from the graph
(c) Calculate the acceleration of the ball from the graph.
4. (a) Draw velocity-time graph of free fall
(b) A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20m/s from the top of a
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25m from the
ground,
(i) How high will the ball rise ?
(ii) How long will it be before the ball hits the ground
5. A body falling under the effect of gravity is said to be in free fall
(a) Draw the velocity – time graph for a feely falling object
(b) Define uniform acceleration

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 (c) From the given graphs identify the figure which represents uniformly
accelerated motion

6. (a) Choose the correct alternative from the clues given at the end of the
statement.
Free fall is an example of …………. accelerated motion (uniform/non-uniformly)
(b) The incomplete table shows the velocity (v) of a freely falling object in a time
interval of 1s. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
Time (t) s Velocity (V)m/s
0 0
….
1 ….
2 30
3 40
4 50
Complete the table and draw the velocity-time graph
(d)Area under velocity-time graph gives …………..
7. Velocity-time graph of an object is given below.
(a) What type of motion is indicated by the below graph ?
(b) Derive a relation connecting the displacement and time for this type of motion.

(c) The ratio of velocity to speed of an object is ……….

(i) One
(ii) Greater than one
(iii) Less than one
(iv) Either less than one or equal to one.
8. Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity.
(a) Is it possible for a body to have acceleration without velocity? Explain.
(b) Draw the velocity-time graph of a moving object with uniform acceleration 'a'
and initial velocity, V0.
(c) Using the above graph, obtain the equation for displacement in time 't'.
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9. (a) The figure shows the position-time graph of a body moving along a
straight line.

(i) Draw the velocity-time graph of the body.

(ii) From the graph, find the displacement in 20 seconds
(b) From the velocity-time graph of a body moving with uniform acceleration,
deduce the velocity-time relation and the velocity displacement relation.
10. Figure given below shows the motion of a school bus starting from the point 0 and
travels along a straight line

(a) Complete the following table

Time taken Displacement Velocity

from 0
2s 10 – 0 = 10m ……….
10s ………. 5
m/s

(b)Is the motion of the bus uniform or non-uniform ? Justify your answer.
(c) Draw the position-time graph of above motion
(d)A student in the school bus notices the speedometer of the bus. Which type of
speed is shown by the speedometer ?

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PHYSICS Nebula
Class - XI VTR
MOTION IN A PLANE
Work Sheet

⃗P + ⃗
Q= ⃗
R
1. Given that and P + Q = R, where P, Q and R are the magnitude of vectors
⃗P , ⃗
Q and ⃗R ⃗P and ⃗Q
respectively. The angle between is …………..
2. In the motion of a rocket, physical quantity which is conserved is ……………
(a) Angular momentum (b) Linear momentum (c) Work (d) Force
⃗P + ⃗
Q= ⃗
R ⃗P and ⃗Q
3. Given that and P2 + Q2 = R2. The angle between is …………..
(a) 0 (b) /4 (c) /2 (d) 
4. The resultant of two vectors has minimum magnitude. When the angle between
them is
(a) 0o (b) 45o (c) 90o (d) 180o
⃗A and ⃗B
5. In figure two vectors are acting at an angle  as shown.

(a) Complete the diagram to show the magnitude and direction of the resultant of
the two vectors
(b)Find the magnitude of the vectors and angle  between them.
6. A cricket ball is thrown at an angle  above the horizontal. The motion of the
cricket ball is an example of projectile motion.
i. What is a projectile ?

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 ii. If the projectile is launched with an initial velocity V 0, the horizontal and
vertical components of velocity are ..........., ...........
iii. Which components of velocity remains constant through the motion?
iv. If the other components changes, what is the acceleration produced
when the projectile moves up ?
7. The figure shows three paths for a foot ball kicked from ground level with same
velocity. Ignore the effects of air resistance.

(a) Derive an equation for the maximum height of this football

(b) In which path the horizontal component of velocity is maximum ?
8. A body is projected into air at an angle θ with the horizontal.

(a) What is the trajectory followed by this projectile ?

(i) Ellipse (ii) Parabola (iii) Straight line (iv) Circle

(b) Give a mathematical proof for your answer

9. (i) Derive the relation connecting angular speed and linear speed of a particle in
uniform circular motion

(ii) A bead undergoing uniform circular motion in a circle of radius 12cm,

completes 210 revolutions in 100 s. What is the centripetal acceleration

10. (a) Derive an expression for time to reach maximum height and hence the time
of flight of a projectile

(b) A baseball leaves a bat with an initial speed of 37m/s at an angle of 53.1 o.
Find the position of the ball when t = 2s (treat baseball as a projectile and g =
9.8 m/s2)

11. With the help of a diagram derive the expression for the resultant of two vectors
in parallelogram law of vector addition (Derive the law of cosines)

12. (a) A man throws a stone up into air at an angle '0' with the horizontal. Draw the
path of the and mark directions of velocity and acceleration at the highest
position.

(b) Derive an expression for the maximum height reached by the stone.

13. The ceiling of a long hall is 25 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance
that a balance with a speed of 40 m/s can go without hitting the ceiling of the hall
?

14. A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower with a velocity of 40 m/s.
Take g=10
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 (a) Find the horizontal and vertical displacement after 1,2,3,4,5 seconds, then
plot th motion of the ball.

(b) If the ball reaches the ground in 4s, find the height of the tower.

15. A stone is thrown with help of sling with initial velocity ‘u’ at an angle ‘ ’ from the
horizontal

(a) Working of sling is based on …………. law of vector addition.

(b) Derive the expression for the maximum height reached by the stone.

16. The physical quantities having only magnitude but no direction are called as
………..

17. The physical quantities having both magnitude and direction are called as
………….

18. The vectors having zero magnitude are called as …………..

⃗A =^i + ^j and ⃗B= ^i − ^j

19. The angle between is ………….

(a) 45o (b) 60o (c) 90o (d) 180o

20. Identify the scalar quantity from the following alternatives.

(i) Momentum (ii) Work

(iii) Torque (iv) Acceleration

21. A ball is dropped through the window of a train travelling with high velocity, to a
m near the track. The ball...

i. Falls down vertically ii. Moves straight horizontally

iii. Follows an elliptical path iv. Follows a parabolic path

22. At the top of a projectile vertical velocity of the object will be...............

23. At the top of a projectile, angle between velocity and acceleration is............

(a) 0° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°.

24. From a height an object A is dropped, at the same time another object B is
thrown horizontal a velocity 20m/s from the same point. Which one will reach the
ground first ?
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25. For a body in uniform circular motion the time for one revolution is ………….

26. The reciprocal of time period is known as………………

27. An object is projected with a velocity u at an angle 20º with horizontal. To get the
same range another object projected from the same point with same velocity at
an angle of.........

28. Maximum range of a projectile is 1.6 m. Then the velocity of projection will be.....
(g=10m/s2)

29. If two vectors can be connected by the equation b= 4a. Then a and b will
be............. Vectors?

30. The physical quantity which is constant at any point in projectile motion is...........

(a) Velocity (b)Acceleration (c) Kinetic energy (d)

Linear momentum

31. The process of splitting up of a vector into desired direction is called ..................

32. The method of addition of vectors in which the two vectors and their resultant
form three sides of triangle is…………….

33. Which are the two methods of addition of vectors

34. A vector divided by its magnitude is called ..................

35. A vector is added to an equal and opposite vector of similar nature forms
a .....................

36. The angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular
motion is……………

37. Derive an equation of centripetal acceleration

38. Components of a vector which are mutually perpendicular are called……………….

| ⃗A + ⃗B|=| ⃗A − ⃗B| ⃗A and ⃗B

39. If , what is the angle between .

40. What is the horizontal component of acceleration due to gravity ?

41. The quantity which remains constant throughout uniform circular motion is

(a) velocity (b) centripetal acceleration (c) speed (d)

centripetal force

42. A ball is thrown with a velocity u at an angle θ. At the same time a boy is running
towards the ball from the point projection with a velocity u/2. Can the boy be able
to catch the ball?
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43. Why electric current is a scalar quantity?

44. A ball is projected with a velocity 30m/s. Find the maximum range?(take
g=10m/s2)

45. A ball thrown by one player is caught by another player in 5 seconds then
calculate the maximum height reached by the ball (g= 10 m/s²)

46. A food packet is released from a plane flying horizontally, reaches the surface of
the earth in 10 seconds .calculate the height from which the packet is dropped
⃗
A
47. What is the result of multiplication of a vector with a real positive number  ?
48. What happens when a vector A is multiplied by a negative number?
49. Does vector addition hold for any two vectors ?
50. State true or false
The magnitude of a vector is always a scalar
51. Ramesh observes the motion of an in- sect in a circle. He finds that it travels 6
revolutions in an anti-clockwise direction for a time of 31.4 sec.
a. Find the angular velocity of the insect.
b. If the insect travels 4 revolutions in the clockwise direction for a time of
8.6 sec, what will be the angular speed averaged over the total time?

c. Obtain the expression for centripetal acceleration (a) in terms of angular

speed (ω).

52. Motion along a plane is called two dimensional motion. A body moving in two
dimensions is found to have an acceleration in one dimension.

a. Identify the motion.

b. A ball thrown by a player reaches an- other player in 2s. What is the maximum
height attained by the ball above the point of projection? (Take g = 10 ms-²)

c. In the figure, the point P on a wheel of radius R is in contact with the ground.
What is the displacement of the point, when the wheel rolls a half revolution ?

53. A boy throws a cricket ball with velocity 'u' at an angle '' with the horizontal.

a. Name the path followed by the ball.

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 b. At the highest point what are the vertical and horizontal components of
velocity.

c. Obtain an expression for horizontal range and write condition for maximum
horizontal range.

d. What are the directions of acceleration of the body at different points?

e.

If 1 = 30°, then what is the value of .

f. Derive an expression for the maximum height reached by the ball.

54. (a) Choose the correct statement/statements related to uniform circular

motion.

i. The acceleration in uniform circular motion is tangential to the circle.

ii. The acceleration in uniform circular motion is directed radially inwards.

iii. The velocity in uniform circular mot- ion has constant magnitude.

iv. The velocity in uniform circular mo- tion is directed radially inwards.

(b) A particle is projected up into air from a point with a speed of 20 m/s at
an angle of projection 30°. What is the maximum

PHYSICS Nebula
class - XI VTR
LAWS OF MOTION
Work Sheet

1. When we kick a stone, we get hurt. Due to which one of the following properties it
happens?
a. Inertia b. velocity c. momentum d. reaction

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2. Passengers standing in a bus are thrown outwards when the bus takes a sudden
turn. This happens because of
a. Change in momentum b. Inertia c. Change in acceleration d. none
3. A body of mass 3 kg moves with an acceleration of 2 m/s². The change in
momentum in one second is ..............
4. We know that there are three Newton's laws of motion.
a. Write Newton's second law of motion.
b. Using Newton's law obtain an expression for the force acting on a body.
c. Deduce Newton's first law from second law.
5. Newton's first law of motion describes the ............
a. energy b. work c. inertia d. momentum
6. State the law of conservation of linear momentum.
7. Circular motion of a car on a banked road is shown in figure.

a. Write the name of forces A, B, C, D in the figure.

b. Write the equation which equate forces on the car along horizontal and
vertical direction.
c. State the law of static friction.
8. When a large force acting on a small interval of time, the force is said to be
impulsive force.
a. State and prove impulse-momentum principle.
b. Action and reaction are equal and opposite but they never cancel each other.
Why ?
9. According to Newton's law of motion, the force depends on the rate of change of
momentum.
a. Name the law that helps to measure force.
b. Using the above law, deduce an expression for force.
c. A man jumping out of a moving bus falls with his head forward. What should
he do in order to land safely ?
10. Raising the outer edge of a curved road above the inner edge is called banking of
curves.
a. What are the uses of banking of roads ?
b. Sketch the schematic diagram of a vehicle on a banked road with friction and
mark various forces.
c. Derive an expression for maximum safe speed of a vehicle on a banked road
with fricti11
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11, State law of conservation of momentum
Prove it on the basis of second law and third law of Newton
12. Define impulse.
Give any two applications of impulse

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