Half Yearly Examination 2019

Class XI (Physics)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours M.M.: 70
Questions: 1-20 (1 Mark each), 21-27 (2 marks each), 28-34 (3 marks each), 35-37 (5 marks each)

1. The number of significant figures in 0.06900 is

(a) 5, (b) 4, (c) 2, (d) 3
2. Dimensional formula of universal gravitational constant is ___________________
3. The distance travelled by a body is directly proportional to the square of the time taken. Its
acceleration
(a) Increases, (b) decreases, (c) becomes zero, (d) remains constant
⃗ ^ ^
4. Angle that the vector A = 2 i+2 j makes with Y-axis is
(a) tan-1(3/2), (b) tan-1(2/3), (c) sin-1(2/3), (d) sin-1(3/2)
5. In uniform circular motion, acceleration of object is directed towards_______________
6. The proper use of lubricants cannot reduce:
(a) Static friction, (b) inertia, (c) sliding friction, (d) rolling friction
7. For a body moving with constant speed in a horizontal circle, which of the following remains
constant?
(a) Velocity, (b) acceleration, (c) centripetal force, (d) kinetic energy
8. A body is having constant linear momentum, then force acting on the body is equal to______
9. Minimum velocity of a body at lowest point looping in a vertical circle of radius r is_______
10. How many newtons make one kg wt?
11. Which of the following is not conserved in inelastic collision?
(a) momentum, (b) kinetic energy
(c) both momentum and kinetic energy, (d) neither momentum nor kinetic energy.
12. A ball of mass M moving with a velocity v collides with an identical ball at rest. After collision,
the first ball comes to rest. The speed of the other ball is
(a) v/2, (b) 2v, (c) v, (d) zero
13. The kinetic energy of a body becomes 4 times its initial value. The new linear momentum will be
(a) same as initial value, (b) 4 times the initial value,
(c) twice the initial value, (d) eight times the initial value.
14. When work done by a force is independent of the path of motion but depends only on the initial
and final position of the body displaced. Such force is known as__________________
15. A bullet of mass a and velocity b is fired into a large block of mass c. The final velocity of the
system is
c ab (a+ b) (a+ c)
(a) . b, (b) , (c) .b, (d) .b
a+b a+c c a
16. A ring of radius R and mass M rotates about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular
to its plane with angular velocity ω. Its kinetic energy is
(a) MRω, (b) ½MRω2, (c) MR2ω2, (d) ½MR2ω2
17. A man is sitting with folded hands on a revolving table. Suddenly he stretches his arms. Angular
speed of the table would
(a) Increase, (b) decrease, (c) remain the same, (d) nothing can be said.
18. Total kinetic energy of a sphere of mass M rolling with velocity V is
7 2 5 2 7 2 10 2
(a) MV , (b) MV , (c) MV , (d) MV
10 6 5 7
19. Torque acting on a body is equal to rate of change of ________________
20. Constant torque acting on a uniform circular wheel changes its angular momentum from L to 4L
in 4 seconds. The magnitude of this torque is
 (a) 3L/4, (b) 4L, (c) L, (d) 12L
3
P2 Q 2
21. A physical quantity X is given by X = 1 , the percentage errors in P, Q, R & S are 1%, 2%,
4
R S 2

4% and 2%. Calculate the percentage error in X.

22. Two parallel rail tracks run North-South. Train A moves due North with the speed of 54 kilometre
per hour and train B moves due South with a speed of 90 kilometre per hour. What is the relative
velocity of B with respect to A in metre per second?
23. What do you know about banking of the roads? Explain it mathematically.
24. Define power. Obtain an expression for it in terms of force and velocity.
25. A force F = (10 + 0.50x) acts on a particle in X direction where F is in Newton and x is in meters.
Find the work done by this force during a displacement from x = 0 to x = 2m.
26. Obtain an expression for and then define moment of inertia of a rigid system in terms of its
angular momentum.
^ ^j−5 k^ ¿ N about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose
27. Find the torque of a force (7 i+3
^ ^j+ k^ ¿metre.
position vector is (i−
28. The time of oscillations T of a small drop of liquid under surface tension depends upon the

√
3
density D, radius r and surface tension σ. Show dimensionally that T = D r .
σ
29. Obtain an expression for the centripetal acceleration.
30. Show that there are two values of time for a projectile when it is at same height. Also show that
the sum of these two times is equal to the time of flight.
31. Define the term ‘coefficient of limiting friction’ between two surfaces. A body of mass 10 kg is
placed on an inclined surface of angle 300. If the coefficient of limiting friction is 1/3, find the
force required to just push the body up the inclined surface. The force is being applied parallel to
the inclined surface.
32. A machine gun has a mass of 20 kg. It fires 35-gram bullets at the rate of 400 bullets per second
with a speed of 400 metre per second. What force must be applied to the gun to keep it in position.
33. A body of mass 0.3 kg is taken up an inclined plane of length 10 metre and height 5 metre and
then allowed to slide down to the bottom again. The coefficient of friction between the body and
the plane is 0.15.
(a) What is the work done by the gravitational force over the round trip?
(b) Work done by the applied force on the upward journey?
(c) Work done by the frictional force over the round trip?
(d) kinetic energy of the body at the end of the trip?
34. Obtain an expression for acceleration of a ring rolling down an inclined plane without slipping.
35. Discuss how the principle of conservation of momentum is used in launching of rockets. Deduce
an expression for (i) velocity at any instant and (ii) acceleration of the rocket and force
experienced.
36. (a) Discuss elastic collision in one dimension. Obtain expressions for velocities of the two bodies
after such collisions.
(b) A railway carriage of mass 9000 kg moving with a speed of 36 km/h collides with a stationary
carriage of the same mass. After the collision, the two get coupled and move together. What is
the common speed and what type of collision is this?
37. Obtain an expression for torque in cartesian coordinate system.