Mock test Physics

Half-Yearly Examinations
Full Marks – 80 Duration – 2 hours

Section – A
(Compulsory – Answer all questions-20 marks)

1. The wavelength of light of a particular colour is 5800 Å. Express it in

nanometer and meter.
2. Differentiate between fundamental units and derived units.
3. Define astronomical unit and write its value in metres.
4. Time period of a simple pendulum is 2s. What is its frequency?
5. A girl travels 4km west and then 4km north. What is the distance and
displacement of the girl?
6. Define acceleration and state its SI unit.
7. Give an example of motion in which average speed is not 0 but the average
velocity is 0.
8. State 2 similarities between contact and non-contact forces.
9. A force of 15N acts on a body of mass 2kg. Calculate the acceleration
produced.
10. Explain inertia with examples.

Section – B
(Answer any 3)
Question – A

1. Explain the meaning of a derived unit with the help of an example. (3)
2. The mass of a 4cm cube is 512gms. Find its density in both SI and CGS
units. (2)
3. What is a simple pendulum? Is the pendulum used in a pendulum clock, a
simple pendulum? Give reasons to your answer. (2)
4. A simple pendulum completes 40 oscillations in a minute. Find its
frequency and time period. (3)
5. A body moving with a constant acceleration travels distances 3m and 8m
respectively in 1s and s. calculate (i) initial velocity (ii) the acceleration of
body. (5)
 6. Draw graph to show the dependence of acceleration on force for a constant
mass. (2)
7. State Newton’s Law of gravitation. (3)

Question – B

1. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower with an initial
velocity of 19.6m/s. the ball reaches the ground at 5s. Calculate i) height of
the tower ii) the velocity of the ball on reaching the ground. Consider g =
9.8m/s2 (3)
2. Give 4 points of difference between mass and weight. (2)
3. How does the acceleration produced by a given force, depend on the mass
of the body? Draw a graph to show it. (2)
4. Following table gives the displacement of a car at different instants of time.

Displacemen 0 5 10 15 20
t (m)
Time (s) 0 1 2 3 4

(a) Draw the displacement-time sketch and find the average velocity of
car.
(b) What will be the displacement of car at (i) 2.5s and (ii) 4.5s? (3)
5. What is a lunar month? (2)
6. Write derived units of speed, momentum, force, work, pressure and
acceleration. (3)
7. Length of simple pendulum is 40cm. calculate time period. (5)

Question – C

1. Derive the following equations for a uniformly accelerated motion:

(i) v = u + at
(ii) S = ut + ½ at2
(iii) v
2 = u2 + 2As
where the symbols have their usual meanings. (10)
2. A cricket ball of mass 100gms moving with a speed of 30m/s is brought to
rest by a player in 0.03 secs. Find (i) change in momentum of ball (ii) the
average force applied by the player. (3)
 3. Why does a coin placed on a card drop into the tumbler when the card is
rapidly flicked with a finger? (2)
4. Use newton’s second or third law of motion to explain the following
instances
i) You pull your hands back while catching a fast moving cricket ball.
ii) You prefer to land on sand instead of hard floor while taking a high
jump. (5)

Question – D

1. A car is moving with a uniform velocity 30m/s. It is stopped in 2s by

applying a force of 1500N through brakes. Calculate i) change in
momentum ii) retardation produced in car iii) the mass of car. (3)
2. A ball is released from a height and reaches ground in 3s. If g=9.8m/s 2,
find the value of the i) height from which ball was released ii) velocity
with which the ball will strike the ground. (3)
3. The graph shows a particle moving in straight line. (4)

(i) State the nature of motion of particle.

(ii) Find the displacement of particle at t=6s.
(iii) Does the particle change its direction of motion?
(iv) Compare the distance travelled by the particle from 0 to 4s and from 4s
to 6s.
 (v) Find the acceleration from 0 to 4s and retardation from 4s to 6s.
4. Define SI unit of 3 fundamental quantities. (3)
5. Give one example of each type of the following motion: (4)
(a) Uniform velocity
(b) Variable velocity
(c) Variable acceleration
(d) Uniform retardation
6. A car travels first 30km with a uniform speed of 60km h-1 and then next 30km
with a uniform speed of 40 km/h. Calculate: (i) the total time of journey, (ii) the
average speed of the car. (3)