Physics Numericals

Q.1 A uniform metre scale is supported at the 40 cm mark balance is obtained when a 45 gram mass is
suspended at the 10 cm mark . Draw a free body diagram for the metre scale and determine its mass.
(Ans - 135gf)

Q.2 A uniform metre scale of mass 60 gm carries masses of 20 gram 30 gram and 80 gram from points
10 cm 20 cm and 90 cm marks where the knife edge should be placed to balance the scale ? (Ans : 57.9
cm,)

Q.3 A boy of mass 40 kg climbsnup the stairs and reaches the roof at a height 8 m in 5 second calculate :
(a) the force of gravity acting on the boy (b) the work done by him against the force of gravity ( c) the
power spent by the boy. Take g = 10m/ s² (Ans: 400N ,3200 J , 640 W)

Q.4 A pulley system with a velocity ratio 5 is used to lift a load of 200 kgf through a vertical height of 10
m .the effort required is 50 kgf in the downward direction .calculate (a)the distance moved by the effort
(b)the work done by the effort (c)the mechanical advantage ,(d)the efficiency of the system. (Ans :
50m ,25000J, 4 ,80% ).

Q.5 The speed of light in glass is 2 × 10⁸ m/sand in air is 3 ×10⁸metre per second an ink dot is covered by
a glass plate of 6 m thickness calculate the shift in the ink dot where it appears to be raised from the
original position. (Ans: 2cm)

Q .6 A 8 cm tall object place perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 25 cm.
the distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm find the size of the image formed. (Ans : 40cm)

Q.7 A man standing in front of a large building fires and air gun and hears the echo after 2.5 second he
then moves forward 170 m and fire again to hear the echo 1.5 second later find the velocity of sound.
(Ans : 340 m/s).

Q.8 A wire of resistance 2 ohm and length 20 cm is stretched such that the length becomes 40 cm but it
volume remain unchange calculate the new resistance. (Ans: 8 ohm)

Q.9 two resistor with resistance R¹= 5 ohm and R²=15 ohm are connected in series to a 10 volt battery
calculate the heat produced in each resistor due to the flow of current in 20 second and the power
developed across each resistor. (Ans: 25J 75J , 1.25W 3.75W )

Q10 A hot iron cube of mass 200 gram is dropped into 600 gram of water at 10°C the resulting
temperature is 30 degree Celsius calculate the temperature of hot iron cube specific heat capacity of
iron = 336 J/kgK and specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/kg K. (Ans: 780°C)

Q.11A copper vessel of mass 100 gram contain 150 gram of water at 50°C. how much ice is needed to
cool it to 5°C? specific heat capacity of copper = 0.4J/g°C specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/g°C
specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J/g (Ans: 84.45g)
Q 15 calculate the mass of ice needed to cool 150 gram of water contain in a calorimeter of mass 50
gram at 32°C such that the final temperature is 5°C.specific heat capacity of calorimeter = 0.4J/g°C
specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/g°C specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 330 J/g . (Ans: 50g)