03 Oct, 2023

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, RAIPUR

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION (2023-24)
CLASS - XI
PHYSICS
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70

Section – A
Each question carries 1 mark

1. In a new system of units, unit of mass is 𝛂 kg, unit of length is 𝛃 m and unit of time is 𝛄 s. In this
system, 10 J will be represented as
(a) 10𝛂-1𝛃2𝛄2 (b) 10𝛂-2𝛃-1𝛄-2 (c) 10𝛂-1𝛃-2𝛄2 (d) 10𝛂𝛃2𝛄-2
2. A particle is moving along the path OABO with constant speed, then
(a) the acceleration of the object while moving along the path OABO is zero.
(b) the acceleration of the object along the path OA and BO is zero.
(c) there must be some acceleration along the path AB.
(d) both (b) and (c).
3. If the velocity of a particle is v = At + Bt2, where A and B are constants, then
the distance travelled by it between 1s and 2s is
(a) 3A + 7B (b) (3/2) A + (7/3) B
(c) A/2 + B/3 (d) (3/2)A + 4B
4. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m.
How high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball?
(a)100 m (b) 50 m (c) 25 m (d) None of these

5. Two projectiles A and B thrown with speeds in the ratio 1:√2 acquired
the same height. If A is thrown at an angle of 450 with the horizontal, then
angle of projection of B will be
(a) 00 (b) 600 (c) 300 (d) 450
6. A particle of mass m is moving in a straight line with momentum p. Starting at time t=0, a force
F= kt acts in the same direction on the moving particle during time interval T, so that its
momentum changes from p to 3p. Here, k is constant. The value of T is
(a) √(2p/k)
(b) 2√(p/k)
(c) √(2k/p)
(d) 2√(k/p)
7. A mass of 10 kg is suspended by a rope of length 4 m, from the ceiling. A force F is applied
horizontally at the midpoint of the rope such that the top half of the rope makes an angle of 450
with the vertical. Then, F equals (take g=10 m/s2 and the rope to be massless)
(a) 75 N (b) 70 N (c) 100 N (d) 90 N
8. Twelve one-rupee coins are put on top of each other on a table, where the mass of each coin is 20
g. The reaction of the 7th coin (counted from bottom) on the 8th coin is (take g= 10 m/s 2)
(a) 2 N (b) 1 N (c) 3 N (d) 4 N
9. A body is moving unidirectionally under the influence of a source of constant power. Its
displacement in time t is proportional to
(a) t1/2 (b) t (c) t3/2 (d) t2
10. When a conservative force does positive work on a body, the potential energy of the body
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged
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 (d) data insufficient
11. When a body moves with constant speed in a circular path, then
(a) work done will be zero.
(b) acceleration will be zero.
(c) no force acts on the body.
(d) its velocity remains constant.
12. A planet of radius R has a time period of revolution T. What will be the time period of a planet of
radius 9R?
(a) 3√3T (b) 9T (c) 27T (d) 9√3T

In questions 13 to 16 two statements are given - an Assertion and a Reason. Which of the
options given in (a) - (d) is true for them?
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct statements but reason is not the correct explanation for
assertion.
(c) Assertion is a correct statement but the reason is an incorrect statement.
(d) Assertion is an incorrect statement and reason is incorrect.
13. Assertion: The method of dimensional analysis cannot validate the exact relationship between
physical quantities in any equation having same dimensions
Reason: It does not distinguish between the physical quantities having the same dimensions.
14. Assertion: A body is momentarily at rest at the instant, if it reverses direction.
Reason: A body cannot have acceleration, if its velocity is zero at a given instant of time.
15. Assertion: Magnitude of resultant of two vectors may be less than magnitude of either vector.
Reason: Vector addition is commutative.
16. Assertion: Friction is a non-conservative force.
Reason: This is because work done against friction, in moving a body over a closed path is
zero.

Section – B
Each question carries 2 marks

17. Find the dimensions of (a⨯b) in the equation:

E= (b-x2)/at; where E is energy, x is distance and t is time.
18. A healthy youngman standing at a distance of 7 m from a 11.8 m high building sees a kid
slipping from the top floor. With what speed (assumed uniform) should he run to catch the kid at
the arm’s height (1.8 m)?
19. Explain the walking of a man on the basis of the resolution of vectors.
20. In Atwood's machine as shown in figure, the system starts from rest.
What is the speed and distance moved by each mass at t= 3s?

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Calculate the tension in the string shown in figure. The pulley and
the string are light and all surfaces are frictionless. Take g= 10
m/s2.
21. The escape velocity of a projectile on the earth’s surface is 11.2
km/s. A body is projected out with thrice this speed. What is the speed of the body far away from
the earth? Ignore the presence of the sun and other planets.

Section – C
Each question carries 3 marks

22. The frequency ‘𝛎’ of vibration of a stretched string depends upon;

(i) its length l, (ii) its mass per unit length ‘m’, (iii) the tension T in the string.
Obtain dimensionally an expression for frequency ‘𝛎’.
23. State law of parallelogram of vector addition and find the magnitude of the resultant of two
vectors inclined at some angle.
24. Define orbital velocity. Derive an expression for the orbital velocity of a satellite revolving
around a planet.
25.
(a) Find the value of ‘λ’ such that the vectors A= 2i + λj + 6k and B = 4i - 2j - 2k are
perpendicular to each other.
(b) Determine a unit vector perpendicular to both A= 2i + j+ k and B = i - j + 2k.
26. Define acceleration due to gravity. Derive an expression for the variation of ‘g’ with height from
the surface of earth.
27. Show that Newton’s second law is the real law of motion.
OR
State and prove the law of conservation of linear momentum.
28. A person of mass ‘m’ is standing in a lift. Find his apparent weight when the lift is:
(a) moving upward with a uniform acceleration a,
(b) moving downward with a uniform acceleration a,
(c) falls freely.

Section – D
Each question carries 5 marks

29. (a) A particle is fired upward at an angle 𝛉 with the horizontal with velocity u. Obtain
expressions for
(i) maximum height attained (ii) time of flight (iii) horizontal range
(b) For what value of 𝛉 is the range maximum?
OR
(a) Define centripetal acceleration.
(b) Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a body moving with uniform speed v
along a circular path of radius r.
(c) Explain how it acts along the radius towards the centre of the circular path.

30. (a) Define the terms static friction, limiting friction and kinetic friction.
(b) Draw a graph between friction and applied force on any object and show static friction,
limiting friction and kinetic friction in the graph.
(c) Using graph show that static friction is a self-adjusting force.
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(a) What do you mean by the banking of roads?
(b) What is the need for banking of the tracks?
(c) Derive an expression for velocity of a car on a banked circular road having friction. Hence
write the expression for its optimum velocity.
31. (a) Show that there is a loss of kinetic energy during one dimensional inelastic collision.How will
you account for this loss of energy?
(b) The bob of a pendulum is released from a horizontal position. If the length of the pendulum is
1.5 m, what is the speed with which the bob arrives at the lowermost point, given that it
dissipated 5% of its initial energy against air resistance.
OR
(a) Prove that bodies of identical masses exchange their velocities after head-on elastic collision.
(b) A body constrained to move along the z-axis of a coordinate system is subject to a constant
force F given by
F = -i+2j+3k N,
where i, j, k are unit vectors along x-, y- and z- axes respectively. What is the work done by
the force in moving a body a distance of 4 m along the z-axis?

Section – E
Each question carries 4 marks

32. Impulse of a force: To drive a nail into a wooden block, we

blow a hammer on the nail. When a ball hits a wall, it bounces
back. In both of these examples, a large force acts for a very
short duration producing a finite change in momentum of the
body. Here it is difficult to measure force and time that
produces a finite change of momentum is called impulse.
Impulse= Force✕time duration = Total change
in momentum.

Read the above passage carefully and answer the following questions:

(a) A particle is moving in a circle with uniform speed v. In moving from a point to another
diametrically opposite point,
I. the momentum changes by mv.
II. the momentum changes by 2mv.
III. the kinetic energy changes by ½ mv2.
IV. kinetic energy changes by mv2.
(b) In the figure given, the position-time graph of a particle of mass 0.1
kg is shown.
The impulse at t=2 s is
I. 0.2 kg m/s.
II. -0.2 kg m/s.
III. 0.1 kg m/s.

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(c) A ball strikes a bat with velocity v. The ball has the mass m
and after striking it retraces its path. What is the impulse
imparted by the bat?
I. 3mv
II. mv
III. zero
IV. 2mv
(d) A body is initially at rest on a smooth surface. A force F,
whose time variation is shown in the figure acts on it for a duration of 4 s. The momentum of
the ball at the end of 4 s (in Ns) is
I. 10
II. 20
III. 30
IV. 40
33. Potential energy of an elastic spring: According to Hooke’s law, when a spring is stretched
through distance x, the restoring force F set up in the spring due to elasticity is such that
F∝x
or, F= - kx
where k is the force constant or spring constant of the spring. It is the restoring force
set up in the spring per unit extensions. Its SI unit N/m. The work done in stretching
the spring through distance x will be
W = ∫kxdx = ½ kx2.
This work gets stored as potential energy U of the spring. Therefore,
U=½ kx2

Read the above passage carefully and give the answer to the following questions:
(a) In the equation: W= ½ kx2, the dimension of k is
I. [M1L0T-2]
II. [M0L1T-1]
III. [M1L1T-2]
IV. [M1L0T-1]
(b) A spring of force constant 800 N/m has an extension of 5 cm. The work done in extending it
from 5 cm to 15 cm is
I. 16 J
II. 8j
III. 32 J
IV. 24 J
(c) Two springs have force constants k1 and k2. They are stretched by the same force. If work
done on them are W1 and W2 respectively, then
I. W1> W2
II. W1= W2
III. W1< W2
IV. Data insufficient.

(d) If a spring extends by x on loading, then the energy stored by the spring is (if T is tension in
the spring and k is spring constant)
I. T2/2x
II. T2/2k
III. 2k/T2
IV. 2T2/k

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