PHYSICS – I

SL.NO CHAPTER VSAQ SAQ LAQ TOTAL

(2M) (4M) (8M) MARKS
1 Physical World 1 - - 2
2 Units and Measurements 1 - - 2
3 Motion in a Straight Line - 1 - 4
4 Motion in a Plane - 1 - 4
5 Laws of Motion 1 1 - 6
6 Work, Energy and Power - - 1 8
7 System of Particles - 2 - 8
8 Oscillations - - 1 8
9 Gravitation - 1 - 4
10 Mechanical Properties of Solids - 1 - 4
11 Mechanical Properties of Fluids 2 - - 4
12 Thermal Properties of matter 2 - - 4
13 Thermodynamics 1 1 - 6
14 Kinetic Theory (2) (1) - 4

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 Physical World
VSAQ
1. What is the discovery of C V Raman?
2. What is the contribution of S Chandra Sekhar to Physics?
3. What is physics?
4. What are the fundamental forces in nature?
5. Which of the following has symmetry?
I. Acceleration due to gravity
II. Law of gravitation

Units and Measurements

VSAQ
1. Distinguish between accuracy and precision.
2. How can systematic errors be minimized or eliminated?
3. What are the significant figures and what do they represent when reporting the result of a
measurement?
4. Distinguish between fundamental units and derived units.
5. Express unified atomic mass and unit in kg.
6. Why do we have different units for the same physical quantity?
7. What are the deferent types of errors that can occur in a measurement?

Motion in a Straight Line

VSAQ
1. The states of motion and rest are relative. Explain.
2. How is average velocity different from instantaneous velocity?
3. Explain as example where the velocity of an object is zero but its acceleration is not zero.
4. A vehicle travels half of the distance L with a speed V1 and the other half with speed V2. What is
the average speed?

SAQ
1. Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle of 45 degree is one
quarter of its range.
2. A ball is dropped from a building and simultaneously another ball is projected upward with same
velocity. Describe the change in relative velocity of the balls as a function of time.
3. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 kmh-1.
Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5 kmh-1.
What is the (a) magnitude of average velocity and (b) average speed of the man over the time
interval 0 to 50 min.
4. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of 10 kmph, the second third at 20 kmph and
the last third at 60 kmph. What is its mean speed over the entire distance?

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 Motion in a Plane
VSAQ
1. What is the acceleration of a projectile at the top of its trajectory?
2. When two perpendicular vectors of magnitude 8 units and 21 units combine, what is the magnitude
of the resultant?
3. If A = i + j, then what is the angle between the vector and X – axis?
4. Give an example of a case, where the velocity of an object is zero, but its acceleration is not zero.
(Practice all the problems)
SAQ

1. State parallelogram of vectors, derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of the resultant
vector.
2. ***Show that trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal is a parabola.
3. ***Derive formulae for maximum height and range of a projectile.
4. **Define null vector, unit vector and position vector.
5. Explain average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they equal?

Laws of Motion
VSAQ
1. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun gives a kick in the backward direction. Explain.
2. A bomb is exploded into two pieces; the pieces must travel in opposite directions. Explain.
3. What is inertia? What gives the measure of inertia?
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SAQ

1. **State the law of rolling friction.

2. ***Mention the methods used in decrease the friction.
3. ***Why are shock absorbers used in motor cycles and cars?
4. *Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of linear
momentum.

Work, Energy and Power

LAQ
1. State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of freely falling body.
2. What are collisions? Explain the possible types of collisions? Develop the theory of one-
dimensional elastic collision.
3. State work, kinetic energy, and write their units, State and prove work energy theorem.

System of Particles
VSAQ
1. Is it necessary that a mass should be present at the centre of mass of any system?
2. Why are spokes provided in a bicycle wheel?
3. Why can we not open or close a door by applying force at the hinges?
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 4. Why should a helicopter necessarily have two propellers?
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SAQ
1. ***Distinguish between centre of mass and centre of gravity.
2. Explain about the centre of mass of earth moon system and its rotation around the sun.
3. **Define vector product. Explain different properties of vector product with examples.
4. ***Define angular velocity and derive its equation.
5. **Define angular acceleration and torque. Establish the relation between them.

Oscillations
VSAQ
1. Give two examples of periodic motion which are not oscillatory.
2. Can simple pendulum be used in an artificial satellite?
(Practice all textual problems)

LAQ

1. Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the motion of projection of a particle performing
uniform circular motion, on any diameter is simple harmonic
2. Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation for its
time period. Define second pendulum. (Practice all problems related to this chapter, because many
times one problem also added to this question.)

Gravitation
SAQ
1. **State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
2. **Derive a relation between acceleration due to gravity on a planet and universal gravitational
constant.
3. ***What is orbital velocity? Obtain an expression for it.
4. ***What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for it.
5. ***What is geostationary satellite? State its uses.
6. How does acceleration due to gravity change for the same values of height (h) and depth (d).

Mechanical Properties of Solids

VSAQ
1. State Hooke’s law of elasticity.
2. Give two examples of nearly perfect elastic and plastic bodies.
3. State the units and dimensions of stress.
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SAQ

1. Define Hooke’s law of elasticity, proportionality, permanent set and breaking stress.
2. Define modulus of elasticity, stress and Poisson’s ration.
3. Define Young’s modulus, Bulk modulus and Shear modulus.
4. ****Describe the behavior of a wire under gradually increasing load.
5. **Define Stress and mention the types of Stress.
6. **Define Strain and mention the types of Strain

Mechanical Properties of Fluids

VSAQ

1. Define viscosity and write its units and dimensions.

2. What is the principle behind the carburetor of an automobile?
3. Why are drops and bubbles spherical?
4. What are water proofing agents and water wetting agents?
5. When water flows through a pipe, which of the layer moves fastest and slowest?
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SAQ

1. State Pascal law and verify it with the help of an experiment.

2. Explain dynamic lift with an example.
3. Explain surface tension and surface energy.
4. What is Torricelli’s law? Explain how the speed of efflux is determined with an experiment.
5. What is Venturi-meter? Explain how it is used.
6. Explain hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes.
7. State Bernoulli’s principle from conservation of energy in a fluid flow through a tube. Derive the
equation and give an example for Bernoulli’s theorem.

Thermal Properties of matter

VSAQ
1. Why gaps are left between rails in a railway track?
2. What is latent heat of vaporization?
3. State Wein’s displacement law.
4. What is specific gas constant?
5. State Newton’s laws of cooling.
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SAQ

1. In what way is the anomalous behavior of water advantageous to aquatic animals?

2. Pendulum clocks generally go fast in winter and slow in summer. Why?

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 Thermodynamics
VSAQ
1. Define Thermal equilibrium.
2. Define moral specific heat capacity.
3. Why does the brake drum of an automobile get heated up while moving down at constant speed?
4. In summer, when the valve of a bicycle tube is opened, the escaping air appears cold. Why?
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SAQ
1. State and explain the first law of Thermodynamics.
2. Derive a relation between two specific heat capacities of gas on the basis of first law of
thermodynamics.
3. Write the difference between isothermal and adiabatic process.
4. Explain briefly about the working of a heat engine.
5. Explain Quassi-static process.

LAQS

1. ****Explain the reversible and irreversible process. Describe the working of Carnot engine.
2. **State second law of Thermodynamics, how is the heat engine different from a refrigerator?

Kinetic Theory
VSAQ
1. Define mean free path.
2. State Boyle’s law and Charles law.
3. State Daltan’s law
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