SAMPLE PAPER FOR MODEL EXAMINATION-JANUARY 2023-2024

SUBJECT -PHYSICS
Name: Max. Marks:
Class: XI Duration: 3 hrs.
Sec: Date: 08.12.2023

General instructions:
• There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
• This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D,
and Section E.
• All the sections are compulsory.
• Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning
based of one mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each,
Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case-
study based questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long answer
questions of five marks each.
• There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in
Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the
choices in such questions.
• Use of calculators are not allowed.
• You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.

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 SECTION-A
1. If energy E, velocity V and time T are chosen as fundamental quantities, the dimensions of 1
surface tension will be
a) E V–2 T–1
b) E V–1 T–2
c) E V–2 T–2
d) E2 V–1 T–3
2. Find the angle between vectors î+ĵ and î-ĵ, where î and ĵ are unit vectors 1
a) 450
b) 900
c) 1800
d) 00
3. A body of mass M hits normally a rigid wall with velocity v and bounces back with the same velocity. 1
The impulse experienced by the body is
a) Zero
b) Mv
c) 1.5Mv
d) 2Mv
4. The two spheres, one of which is hollow and other solid, have identical masses and moment of inertia 1
about their respective diameters. The ratio of their radii is given by
a) 5 : 7
b) 3 : 5
c) √3 ∶ √5
d) 3 : 7
5. The value of Young’s modulus for a perfectly rigid body is 1
a) 1
b) Less than 1
c) Zero
d) Infinite
6. The bodies of mass m and 4m are placed at a distance of 6 m apart. P is the point on the line 1
joining two bodies where gravitational field is zero. The gravitational potential at this point is
3
a) 𝐺𝑚
2
5
b) – 2 𝐺𝑚
7
c) – 2 𝐺𝑚

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d) – 2 𝐺𝑚
7. Moment of inertia of a body is 1Kg m2. If the body makes 2 revolutions per second, its angular 1
momentum is
a) 2π Js
b) 4π Js
c) π Js
d) π/2 Js
8. The maximum load a wire can withstand without breaking, when its length is reduced to half 1
of its original length, will:
a) be double
b) be four times
c) be half
d) be same
9. A soldier is firing 20 bullets per second from his gun having a muzzle speed of 150m/s. The 1
mass of each bullet is 50g. If they strike the wall and rebound with the same speed, then the
force on the wall is
a) 75N
b) 150N
c) 300N
d) 600N
10. A body is projected with a speed of 30 ms−1 at an angle of 300 with the vertical. Find the maximum 1
height of the motion. (Take g = 10 m/s2 )
a) 45/4
b) 45
c) 135/4
d) 135
11. On which factor does the average kinetic energy of gas molecules depend? 1
a) Nature of the gas
b) Temperature
c) Volume
d) Mass

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12. The acceleration ‘a’ (in ms−2) of a body, starting from rest varies with time t (in s) following 1
the equation a =3t+4. The velocity of the body at time t=2s will be
a) 10m/s
b) 18m/s
c) 14m/s
d) 26m/s
13. For Question numbers 13 to 16, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and 1
the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes
(a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
a) If Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
b) Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of
Assertion.
c) Assertion is true but Reason is false
d) Assertion is false and Reason is also false
Assertion(A): In projectile motion, the angle between the instantaneous velocity and
acceleration at the highest point is 1800
Reason(R): At the highest point velocity of projectile will be in vertical direction only.
14. Assertion(A): Air quickly leaking out of a balloon becomes cooler. 1
Reason(R): The leaking air undergoes adiabatic expansion.
15. Assertion (A): The specific heat capacity of a given solid can be determined by using the 1
principle of calorimetry
Reason(R): Heat gained is equal to the heat lost.
16. Assertion(A): The stretching of a coil is determined by its shear modulus. 1
Reason (R): Shear modulus change only shape of a body keeping its dimensions unchanged.
SECTION-B

17. a) State Wien’s displacement law. 2

b) Define absorptive power of a substance.
c) What is the absorptive power of a perfectly black body.
18. Derive an expression for the work done by an ideal gas when it expands adiabatically from 2
initial volume V1 to final volume V2.
19. Show that work done by a stretching force to produce certain extension in the wire is given by 2

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W= stretching force x extension.
2

20. A cyclist travels from center O of a circular park of radius 1 km and reaches point P. After 2
cycling along 1/4th of the circumference along PQ, he returns to the center of the park along
QO. If the total time taken is 10 minutes, what will be the average velocity and average speed
of the cyclist?

21. a) Show that impulse of a force is equal to change in linear momentum produced by the 2
force.
b) Why does a child feel more pain, when she falls down on a hard cement floor than
when she falls on the soft muddy ground in the garden?
OR
a) Two boys standing at the ends A and B of ground, where AB=a. The boy at B starts
running in a direction perpendicular to AB with velocity v1. The boy at A starts running
simultaneously with velocity v and catches the other boy in a time t, find the expression
for t?

SECTION C
22. Assuming that mass (M) of the largest stone that can be moved by a flowing river depends 3
upon the velocity (v) the density of water (ρ), and acceleration due to gravity (g). Using
dimensional analysis show that M varies with the sixth power of the velocity of flow.

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23. An object is moving with uniform acceleration ‘a’ and initial velocity ‘u’, derive velocity-time 3
and displacement time relation for its motion using graphical method.
24. a) State the parallelogram law of vector addition. Derive an expression for magnitude and 3
direction of resultant of the two vectors.
b) Two forces whose magnitudes are in the ratio 3:5 give a resultant of 35N. If the angle of
their inclination is 600, find the magnitude of each force.
OR
a) Derive an expression for the acceleration of a particle having uniform circular motion.
b) A cyclist moving with a velocity of 7.5 ms-1 approaches a U-turn of radius 80 m. He applies
brakes to slow down his speed at a rate of 0.5 m s -2. Calculate the acceleration of the
cyclist on the turn.
25. What are the basic assumptions of kinetic theory of gases. On their basis, derive an 3
expression for the pressure exerted by an ideal gas.
OR
a) State law of equipartition of energy.
𝐶𝑝
b) Find expression for ϒ = 𝐶 for
𝑣

i. Monoatomic gas molecule

ii. Diatomic gas molecule
iii. Triatomic gas molecule

26. Derive an expression for the center of mass of two particle system. What will be the location 3
of center of mass if the two particles have equal masses?
27. Explain the two specific heats of gas? Show that the difference between two specific heats is 3
equal to the Universal gas constant i.e., CP – CV = R.
28. If the earth has a mass 9 times and radius twice of the planet Mars, calculate the minimum 3
speed required by a rocket to pull out of the gravitational force of Mars. Escape velocity on
the surface of the earth is 11.2km/s.

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 SECTION – D
Case Study Based Questions
29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions. 4

If a stone is thrown by hand, we see it falls back to the earth. Of course, using machines, we
can shoot an object with much greater speeds and with greater and greater initial speed, the
object scales higher and higher heights. A natural query that arises in our mind is the
following: can we throw an object with such high initial speeds that it does not fall back to
the earth? Thus, minimum speed required to throw object to infinity away from earth’s
gravitational field is called escape velocity.

Ve = √(2gr)

Where g is acceleration due to gravity and r is radius of earth and after solving ve 11.2 km/s.
This is called the escape speed, sometimes loosely called the escape velocity. This applies
equally well to an object thrown from the surface of the moon with g replaced by the
acceleration due to Moon’s gravity on its surface and r replaced by the radius of the moon.
Both are smaller than their values on earth and the escape speed for the moon turns out to be
2.3 km/s, about five times smaller. This is the reason that moon has no atmosphere. Gas
molecules if formed on the surface of the moon having velocities larger than this will escape
the gravitational pull of the moon.

Earth satellites are objects which revolve around the earth. Their motion is very similar to
the motion of planets around the Sun and hence Kepler’s laws of planetary motion are
equally applicable to them. In particular, their orbits around the earth are circular or elliptic.
Moon is the only natural satellite of the earth with a near circular orbit with a time period of
approximately 27.3 days which is also roughly equal to the rotational period of the moon
about its own axis.

i.
The value of g at a particular point is 9.8 m/s2 suppose the earth suddenly shrink
uniformly to half its present size without losing any mass. The value of g at the same
point (assuming that the distance of the point from the centre of the earth does not
shrink) will become (a) 9.8 m/s2 (b) 4.9 m/s2 (c) 19.6 m/s2 (d) 2.45 m/s2

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ii. A satellite S is move in an elliptical orbit around the earth. The mass of the satellite is
very small compared to the mass of the earth.

a) The acceleration of S is always directed towards the centre of the earth

b) The angular momentum of S about the centre of the earth changes in

direction, but its magnitude remains constant

c) The total mechanical energy of S varies periodically with time

d) The linear momentum of S remains constant in magnitude.

iii. Force of gravitational attraction is least

a) at the equator

b) at the poles

c) at a point in between equator and any pole

d) None of these

iv. At what height from the ground will the value of g be the same as that in 10 km deep
mine below the surface of earth?

a) 5 km

b) 15 km

c) 10 km

d) 20 km

OR

Consider Earth to be a homogeneous sphere. Scientist A goes deep down in a

mine and scientist B goes high up in a balloon. The gravitational field measured by

a) each decrease at different rates

b) each decrease at the same rate

c) B goes on decreasing and that by A goes on increasing

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 d) A goes on decreasing and that by B goes on increasing

30. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions. 4

Friction: Let us return to the example of a body of mass m at rest on a horizontal table. The
force of gravity (mg) is cancelled by the normal reaction force (N) of the table. Now suppose
a force F is applied horizontally to the body. We know from experience that a small applied
force may not be enough to move the body. But if the applied force F were the only external
force on the body, it must move with acceleration F/m, however small. Clearly, the body
remains at rest because some other force comes into play in the horizontal direction and
opposes the applied force F, resulting in zero net force on the body. This force fs parallel to
the surface of the body in contact with the table is known as frictional force, or simply
friction. When there is no applied force, there is no static friction. It comes into play the
moment there is an applied force. As the applied force F increases, fs also increases,
remaining equal and opposite to the applied force (up to a certain limit), keeping the body at
rest. Hence, it is called static friction. Static friction opposes impending motion. The term
impending motion means motion that would take place (but does not actually take place)
under the applied force, if friction were absent. It is found experimentally that the limiting
value of static friction (fs ) max is independent of the area of contact and varies with the
normal force(N) approximately as (fs )max = μs N, where μs is a constant of proportionality
depending only on the nature of the surfaces in contact. The constant μs is called the
coefficient of static friction. The law of static friction may thus be written as fs ≤ μs N.

Frictional force that opposes relative motion between surfaces in contact is called kinetic or
sliding friction and is denoted by fk. Kinetic friction, like static friction, is found to be

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independent of the area of contact. Further, it is nearly independent of the velocity. It
satisfies a law similar to that for static friction: fk= μkN.

i. The maximum value of static friction when the body is at the verge of starting motion
is known as _____
a) Static friction
b) Limiting friction
c) Impending motion
d) Angle of repose
ii. If a box is lying on the floor of a wagon with a coefficient of friction 0.2, what is the
maximum acceleration of the wagon for which the box would remain stationary? (Let
g = 9.81 m/s2)
a) 1.96 m/s2
b) 2 m/s2
c) 3.92 m/s2
d) 4 m/s2
iii. Limiting friction of a body depends on _____
a) Area of contact of surfaces
b) The volume of the smaller body on larger surface
c) Nature of surfaces
d) The periphery of the contact surfaces
iv. For a body of mass “m” on a rough inclined plane with a constant but arbitrary
coefficient of friction as shown in the figure, what is the angle of repose if the net
downward force is donated as “F”. Let “g” be the acceleration due to gravity and “µ”
be the coefficient of friction
a) sin θ
b) cos θ
c) tan θ
d) cot θ
OR

For a body of mass “m” on a rough inclined plane with a constant but arbitrary coefficient of
friction as shown in the figure, what is the acceleration on the inclined plane if the net

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 downward force is donated as “F”. Let “g” be the acceleration due to gravity and “u” be the
coefficient of friction.

a) g x sin θ
b) g x cos θ
c) g (sin θ – µcos θ)
d) g (cos θ – µ sin θ)

31. a) A wire is cut to half its original length. What effect would it have on the maximum 5
load that can be supported by the wire now?
b) Steel ropes used in suspension bridges, cranes and lifts, etc., are made of a number
of thin wires braided together. Why?
c) An old spring balance does not give correct reading of weight. Why?
OR
a) Explain Modulus of Rigidity and write its mathematical expression.
b) Copper wire and a Steel wire of the same diameter and length 1 m and 2 m respectively,
are connected end to end and a force is applied which stretches their combined length
by 1 cm. Find how much each wire is elongated.
Given Young's modulus of Copper = 1.2 × 1010 N/m2 and
Young's modulus of Steel = 2.0 × 1010 N/ m2.

32. a) Define escape velocity. What is the value of escape velocity on the surface of earth? 5

b) Two bodies of different masses are projected so that they go out of the gravitational
pull of the earth. Do we need different velocities to achieve so?

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 c) Two satellites, A and B have masses m respectively. A is in a circular orbit of radius
R and B is in a circular orbit of radius 2R around the earth. What is the ratio of their
kinetic energies?

OR

a) Derive an expression for acceleration due to gravity at a height 'h' from earth's
surface. Does it increase or decrease?

b) What would be the weight of a person, if he goes to a height equals to radius of earth
from its surface?

c) A remote-sensing satellite of earth revolves in a circular orbit at a height of

2.5 × 105 m above the surface of earth. Find the orbital speed and the period of
revolution at satellite. Given Earth's radius Re = 6.40 × 106 m and g = 9.8 m/s2.

33. a) State and prove work-energy theorem for a constant force. 5

b) Prove that in an elastic collision between two bodies, the relative velocity of separation
after collision is equal to the relative velocity of approach before collision.
OR
a) State and prove the law of conservation of energy by taking the case of a freely falling
body.
b) Derive an expression for elastic potential energy of a spring.
c) Plot a graph showing the variation of elastic potential energy of a spring with extension
or compression of a spring.

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