PHYSICS QUESTION BANK

FYJC SCIENCE

SECOND SEMESTER EXAM

SECTION A

MCQs (1 mark each)

Select and write the correct answer :

(i) The acceleration due to gravity is minimum at _____

(a) The poles of the Earth. (b) The centre of the Earth.
© The equator of Earth. (D) Some small altitude.

(ii) What should be the duration of the year, if the distance between the earth and the Sun gets
doubled ?
(A) 365 days (B) 556 days (C) 1032 days (D) 129 days

(iii) The speed of transverse wave does not depend on _____ of the wave.
(A) Wavelength (B) Tension (C) Frequency (D) Both (A) and (C)

(iv) Speed of sound is maximum in ………

(A) air (B) water (C) vacuum (D) solid

(v) To be able to hear a distinct echo, the reflecting surface should be at a minimum distance of
_____.
(A) 17.2 m (B) 34.4 m (C) 20 m (D) 25 m

(vi) Most widely used semiconductor material is……

(A) Silicon (B) gallium arsenide (C) diamond (D) sulphur

(vii) The charge carriers in semiconductor are……

(A) Only electron (B) Only hole (C)hole and electron (D)ions

(viii) The increase in the speed of sound, on increasing the temperature of the medium by 10°C,
will be……
(A) 0.61 m/s (B) 61 m/s (C) 6.1 m/s (D) 610 m/s
 (ix) Which Of the following is supplementary unit ?……

(A) kelvin (B) ampere (C) radian (D) joule

(x) The dimensional formula for impulse is the same as dimensional formula for…..

(A) acceleration (B) force (C) momentum

(D) work

(xi) For two vectors to be equal, they should have the……

(A) Same magnitude
(B) Same direction
(C) same magnitude and direction
(D) Same magnitude but opposite direction

(xii) The magnitude of vector product of two unit vectors making an angle of 60° with each other
is…..
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3/2 (D) √3/2

(xiii) An object thrown from a moving bus is an example of ……

(A) Uniform circular motion

(B) Rectilinear motion

(C) Projectile motion

(D) Motion in one dimension

(xiv) For a particle having a uniform circular motion, which of the following is constant….

(A) Speed (B) Acceleration (C) Velocity

(D) Displacement
 (xv) How many cells of emf 1.5 volt and internal resistance 0.5 ohm must be connected in series
with 20 ohm resistance to give the current of 0.6 A in circuit? …..
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 10

(xvi) Light year is a unit of ….

(A) Time (B) Mass (C) Distance (D) Luminosity

(xvii) Dimensions of kinetic energy are the same as that of……

(A)motion (B) Acceleration(C) Work (D) Pressure

(xviii) Which of the following is not a fundamental unit?.....

(A) cm (B) kg (C) centigrade (D) volt

(xix) If the pointer of the voltmeter is not exactly at the zero of the scale, then the error is
called……

(A) instrumental error

(B) personal error

(C) random error

(D) absolute error

(xx) The internal resistance of a cell of emf 2V is 0.1 ohm. It is connected to a resistance of 0.9
ohm, the voltage across the cell will be…..

(A) 0.5 V (B) 1.8V (C) 1.95 V (D) 3V

(xxi) 100 cells each of emf 5V and internal resistance 1ohm are to be arranged so as to produce
maximum current in a 25 ohm resistance. Each row contains equal number of cells. The
number of rows should be….

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 100

VSA (1 mark each)

Answer the following :

(i) State Kepler’s law of period.

(ii)Define escape velocity.

(iii) What is Doppler Effect?

(iv) What do you mean by Echo?

(v) What is Doping ?

(vi) What is periodic time of a geostationary satellite ?

(vii) What is time period of a polar satellite ?

(viii) What is meant by order of magnitude?

(ix) Write down the number of significant figures of 0.003 m.

(x) State different types of electrical cells.

(xi) Are there any situations in which we can not apply Newton’s laws of motion?

(xii) Define free fall.

(xiii) What is Null vector?

(xiv) A man throws a ball to maximum horizontal distance of 80 m. Calculate the maximum height
reached.

(xv) Define absolute error.

(xvi) Write down the number of significant figures of 0.1250 g.

(xvii) Which cell convert solar energy into electrical energy?

(xviii) State the relation between radian and degree.

(xix) State the advantages of cells in series.

SECTION B

SA 1 (2 marks each)

Answer the followings:

1. Obtain an expression for Binding energy of an orbiting satellite.

2. What will be effect of pressure on velocity of sound according to Laplace’s formula?
3. Difference between n- type and p-type semiconductors.
4. Difference between forward biased and reverse biased.
5. At what temperature will the speed of sound in air be 1.75 times its speed at N.T.P. ?
6. Find the acceleration due to gravity on a planet that is 10 times as massive as the earth and with
the radius 20 times of the radius of the earth.
7. Find the dimensions of Electric charge and Work.
8. Show that the equation of motion v = u + at is dimensionally correct.
9. Force experience by charge q moving with velocity v in a magnetic field B is given by F = qvB.
Find the dimensions of magnetic field.
10. Derive the formula for kinetic energy of a particle having mass m and velocity v using
dimensional analysis.
11. A silver wire has a resistance of 4.2 ohm at 27°C and resistance 5.4 ohm at 100°C. Determine
the temperature coefficient of resistance.
12. The diameter of a sphere is 2.14 cm. Calculate the volume of the sphere to the correct number
of significant figures.
13. What are the dimensions of the quantity L✓L/ ✓g , L being the length and g the acceleration
due to gravity?
14. Explain phenomenon of superconductivity.
15. State and explain triangle law of vector addition.
16. Two vectors of equal magnitude acting at a point, produce a resultant, also of the same
magnitude. Find the angle between them.
17. Write any four characteristics of scalar product.
18. A stone is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 30 m/s. How high will it rise?
19. A car moves in a circle at the constant speed of 50 m/s and completes 1 revolution in 40 s.
Determine the magnitude of acceleration of the car.
20. Two brass sphere of radii 5 cm and 10 cm are brought in contact with each other. Find the
centre of gravity of the combination.
21. Distinguished between inertial and non inertial frame of reference.
22. Why is the moment of a couple independent of the axis of rotation even if the axis is fixed?
23. Define horizontal range. Derive the necessary expression for it.
SECTION –C

(SA2)

(3 marks each)

Answer the following:

1. Explain Newton’s formula for velocity of sound and state its limitations.
2. A man standing between 2 parallel cliffs fires a gun. He hears 2 echoes one after 3 second and
other after 5 second. The separation between the two cliffs is 1360 m, what is the speed of
sound ?
3. Define Depletion region and explain features of the depletion region.
4. Explain the electrical conductivity of conductor, semiconductor and insulator.
5. Explain weightlessness in a satellite by considering the example of lift from an inertial frame of
reference. Explain all the cases.
6. Draw a neat labeled diagram and state the conditions for various possible orbits of satellite
depending upon the horizontal speed of projection.
7. If the earth were made of wood, the mass of wooden earth would have been 10% as much as it
is now ( without change in its diameter) , calculate the escape speed from the surface of the
earth.
8. Calculate the speed of a satellite in an orbit at a height of 1000 km from the earth’s surface.
9. What are the conventions to be followed while writing S. I. units?
10. An object is falling freely under the gravitational force. Its velocity after traveling a distance h is
v. If v depends upon gravitational acceleration g and distance h, prove with dimensional analysis
that

V = k ✓g . ✓h where k is a constant.

11. A battery after a long use has an emf 24 V and an internal resistance 380 ohm. Calculate the
maximum current drawn from the battery? Can this battery drive starting motor of car?

12. A battery of emf 12 V and internal resistance 3 ohm is connected to a resistor. If the current in
the circuit is 0.5 A, calculate resistance of resistor and terminal voltage of the battery when the
circuit is closed.
 13. In Ohm’s experiments , the values of the unknown resistances were found to be 6.12 ohm, 6.09
ohm, 6.22 ohm, 6.15 ohm. Calculate the absolute error, relative error and percentage error in
these Measurements.

14. The length, breadth and thickness of a rectangular sheet of metal are 4.234 m, 1.005 m, and
2.01 cm respectively. Give the area and volume of the sheet to correct significant figures.
15. Show that the path of projectile is a parabola.
16. Write any six characteristics of vector product.
17. Define coefficient of restitution and obtain its value for an elastic collision and a perfectly
inelastic collision.
18. Two forces having equal magnitude of 10 N, make an angle 60° with each other. Determine the
magnitude and direction of the resultant.

SECTION D

(LA) (4 marks each)

Answer the following:

1. State the expression for apparent frequency when listener is stationary and source is (a) moving
towards the listener (b) moving away from the listener.
2. What is forward biased? Explain I-V characteristics of a forward biased junction diode.
3. Derive an expression for critical velocity.
Taking the radius of the earth as 6400 km and g at the earth’s surface as 9.8 m/sq. m,
Calculate the speed of revolution of a satellite orbiting close to the earth’s surface.
4. Define internal resistance. Explain the relation between the emf of a cell and the potential
difference between it’s terminals.
5. Define
(i) Most probable value
(ii) Absolute error
(iii) Relative error
(iv) Percentage error

6. (a) State the advantages and disadvantages of cells in parallel.

(b) How many cells of 1.5 V/ 500mA rating would be required in series parallel combination to provide
1500 mA current of 3V?
7. State the law of parallelogram of vectors. Obtain expressions for magnitude and direction of the
resultant.

8. (a) Distinguished between conservative and non conservative forces.

(b) A ball is dropped on a plane horizontal surface from height 4.9 m. The ball bounces and
reaches height 3.6 m. Find the coefficient of restitution.
9. (a) Find the expression for the speed and angular speed of a particle performing uniform circular
motion.
(b) A particle moves in a circle with constant speed of 5 m/s. The radius of the circle is 1 m.
Determine the centripetal acceleration of the particle.
10. Explain cells in series and cells in parallel.