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DEGREE COLLEGE FOR BOYS, JAND

PRE-BOARD EXAMS (PHYSICS-I)
Name:____________________ (OBJECTIVE) Roll#:________
Time: 20 Minutes Marks: 17
Q1: Encircle the right answer [cutting, erasing or overwriting will be marked zero]
1: Steradian is the units of
(a)Current (b) Plane angle (c) Solid angle (d) Charge
2: ^ . ( ^  ^ ) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) - k
3: If a body is at rest or rotating with uniform angular velocity, the torque will be
(a)Zero (b) Minimum (c) Maximum (d) None of these
4: The maximum horizontal range of projectile is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5: 6 Joule of work is done in 3 s, then power is
(a)6 watt (b) 3 watt (c) 18 watt (d) 2 watt
6: The work done will be zero when angle between force  and displacement  is
(a)450 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 1800
7: The dimensions of angular velocity are
(a) LT -1 (b) LT2 (c) T -1 (d) T -2
8: The dimensional formula of torque is
(a) [ M L-1 T-1] (b) [ M L2 T-1 ] (c) [ M L2 T2] (d) [ M L-2 T2]
9: The phase angle  =  t of a body performing SHM indicates
(a) Direction of amplitude (b) Magnitude of displacement
(c) Both magnitude & direction (d) None of these
10: The frequency of second pendulum is
(a)0.5 Hz (b) 1 Hz (c) 2 Hz (d) 4 Hz
11: Tuning of a radio is the best example of
(a) Mechanical resonance (b) Electrical resonance
(c) Damping (d) Phase modulation
12: The distance between node and next anti node is
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 2 
13: Which one of the following relation shows adiabatic process?
(a) Q = U (b) W = - U (c) W = 0 (d) W = Q
14: The ratio of moment of inertia of disc and hoop is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15: The ratio of impulse to impulsive force is
(a) Momentum (b) Time (c) Velocity (d) All of these
16: The change in entropy is
(a) S = (b) S = Q  T (c) S = (d) S =
17: The efficiency of diesel engine is
(a) 25 % to 30 % (b) 35 % to 40 % (c) 40 % to 50 % (d) 50 % to 60 %

Time: 3:10
Hours (SUBJECTIVE) Marks: 17
Q2: Write answer to any 22 out of 33 short questions. [22 x 2 =
44]
 1. Name several repetitive phenomena in nature which could be served as reasonable
time standards?
2. Give the draw backs to use the time period of pendulum as a time standard?
3. Why do we found it useful to have two units for the measurement of a substance, the
kilogram and mole?
4. The period of a simple pendulum is measured by a stop watch. What type of errors
are possible in time period.
5. Does dimensional analysis give any information about constant of proportionality
that may appear in an algebraic expression? Explain?
6. Write the dimensions of (i) pressure and (ii) density
7. Define the term unit vector, position vector and components of a vector.
8. 2.2 The vector sum of three vectors gives a zero resultant. What can be the
orientation of the vectors?
9. If one of the rectangular components of a vector is not zero, can its magnitude be
zero Explain.
10. 2.5 Can a vector have a component greater than the vector's magnitude?
11. Can the magnitude of a vector have a negative value?
12. Is it possible to add a vector quantity to a scalar quantity? Explain.
13. Can you add zero to a null vector?
14. Two vectors have unequal magnitudes. Can their sum be zero? Explain.
15. Can the velocity of an object reverse the direction when acceleration is constant? If
so give an example.
16. Define impulse and show that how it is related to linear momentum?
17. When a rocket re-enters the atmosphere, its nose cone becomes very hot. Where does
this heat energy come from?
18. A girl drops a cup from a certain height, which breaks into pieces. What energy
changes are involved?
19. What is meant by moment of inertia? Explain its significance.
20. What is meant by angular momentum? Explain the law of conservation of angular
momentum
21. Show that orbital angular momentum is 0
L = mrV
22. When mud flies off the tyre of a moving bicycle, in what direction does it fly?
Explain.
23. Why does a diver change his body positions before and after diving in the pool?
24. Name two characteristics of simple harmonic motion?
25. Does frequency depends on amplitude for harmonic oscillator?
26. Can we realize an ideal simple pendulum?
27. What is the total distance travelled by an object moving with SHM in a time equal to
its period, if its amplitude is A?
28. Describe some common phenomena in which resonance plays an important role?
29. Specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is greater than specific heat at constant
volume. Why?
30. Is it possible to convert internal energy into mechanical energy? Explain with an
example.
31. Is it possible to construct heat engine that will not expel heat into the atmosphere?
32. A thermos flask containing milk as a system is shaken rapidly. Does the temperature
of milk rise?
33. What happens to the temperature of the room, when an air conditioner is left running
on a table in the middle of the room?
Write answer to any 3 out of 5 essay type questions. [3 x 8 = 24]
Q3 (a) Find the average speed of oxygen molecule in the air at STP.
(b) What is Carnot heat engine. Describe its construction, working and calculate its
efficiency?
Q4 (a) Derive Newton formula for speed of sound? Explain how Laplace made correction.
(b) A truck weighing 2500 kg and moving with velocity of 21 m/s collides with stationery
car weighing 1000 kg . The truck and the car move together after the impact. Calculate their
common velocity.
Q5 (a) Prove law of conservation of energy in SHM.
(b) What should be the length of a simple pendulum whose period is one second at a place
2
where g=9.8 m/s . What is frequency of such a pendulum?
Q6 (a) What is centripetal force. Derive its formula
(b) A disc without slipping rolls down a hill of height 10 m . If the disc starts from rest at
the top of the hill, what is its speed at the bottom?
Q7 What is absolute potential energy, derive its formula?
(PRACTICAL)
Note:- Give answers to any Four Questions. [4 x 2 = 8 ]
Q8.(a) (i)How does the electronic timer measure time of free fall accurately.
(ii) A student measured the diameter of cylinder as 2.45 cm by a vernier calliper having least
count +0.01 cm. But later on he observes a zero error in the instrument and finds zero of the
vernier scale lies to the right of the zero of principal scale and 4 th division of vernier scale
faces any division or the principal scale. Find the correct value of diameter of cylinder.
(iii) The wire of sonometer is stretched with a load of 4kg wt including the hanger and
resonant length of wire is found to be 11cm by using a tuning fork having frequency 512 Hz.
If diameter of the wire is doubled, find the resonant frequency of this wire for the same
resonating length and same load.
(iv) Find clockwise torque from diagram.

0 10cm 50 cm 70 cm 90 cm 100cm

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(v) How does the angle of deviation vary with the angle of incidence in case of prism?
(vi) Does the critical angle of a transparent material varies with the colour of light?
(vii) What are the sources of error during the experimental determination of mechanical
equivalent of Heat by electrical method?
(viii) Design a table of observations/calculations to prove the law of length by using the
vibrations in the string of sonometer.
Q8.(b) Write down the brief procedure to show experimentally that time period of simple
pendulum is independent of amplitude . 3
OR
Write down the Brief procedure to determine experimentally the focal length of a convex lens
by displacement method.
Q8.(c) Answer the following Question on the basis of graph drawn below.
 (i) What can you conclude from the graph 1
(ii) Find the value of “g” from the graph 2
(iii) Measure the length of second’s pendulum from the graph 1
OR
Answer the following Question on the basis of graph drawn below.

(i) What is value of “P” corresponding to 1/q = os cm-1 2

(ii) Using a set of values of 1/p and 1/q from evaluate foul length. 2.