PRAKASH COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & SCIENCE

Class: FYJC (Sci) SUB: Physics Time: 2 Hrs

Model Question Paper Set 1 Marks: 70

SECTION A

Q. 1 Select and write the correct answer : (Attempt all Questions) (1 mark each)

(i) The resultant of two forces 10 N and 15 N acting along + x and – x-axes respectively, is
(a) 25 N along + x-axis (b) 25 N along – x-axis
(c) 5 N along + x-axis (d) 5 N along – x-axis

(ii) 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

(iii) The magnitude of scalar product of two unit vectors perpendicular to each other is
(a) zero (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 2

(iv) The magnitude of vector product of two unit vectors making an angle of 600 with each other is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3/2 (d) 3 / 2

(v) An object thrown from a moving bus is on example of

(a) Uniform circular motion (b) Rectilinear motion
(c) Projectile motion (d) Motion in one dimension

(vi) For uniform acceleration in rectilinear motion which of the following is not correct ?
(a) Velocity-time graph is linear
(b) Acceleration is the slope of velocity time graph
(c) The area under the velocity-time graph equals displacement
(d) Velocity-time graph is nonlinear
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(vii) If three particles A, B and C are having velocities v A , v B and vC which of the following
formula gives the relative velocity of A with respect to B
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(a) vA  v B (b) vA  vC  vB (c) vA  v B (d) vC  v A

(viii) A glass bottle completely filled with water is kept in the freezer. Why does it crack ?
(a) Bottle gets contracted (b) Bottle is expanded
(c) Water expands on freezing (d) Water contracts on freezing

(ix) If ,  and  are coefficients of linear, areal and volume expansion of a solid then
(a)  :  :   1: 3 : 2 (b)  :  :   1: 2 : 3
(c)  :  :   2 : 3 :1 (d)  :  :   3 :1: 2

(x) Consider the following statements

(I) The coefficient of linear expansion has dimension K-1
(II) The coefficient of volume expansion has dimension K-1
(a) I and II are both correct (b) I is correct but II is wrong
(c) II is correct but I is wrong (d) I and II are both wrong

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Q.2 Answer the following Questions : (Attempt all Questions) (1 mark each)
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(i) Show that a  is a unit vector.
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(ii) If v1  3 i  4 j  k and v 2  i  j k , determine the magnitude of v1  v2 .

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(iii) Find the negative vector of  i  2 j  3k .

(iv) Separate the following in groups of scalar and vectors: velocity, speed, displacement, work
done, force, power, energy, acceleration, electric charge, angular velocity.

(v) Define free fall.

(vi) Find the speed of a particle thrown with a velocity of 10 m/s at an angle of 600 at the top
point of it’s path.

(vii) How a thermometer is calibrated ?

(viii) What is absolute zero ?

SECTION B
Short Answer : (Attempt any Eight) (2 Marks each)

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Q. 1 For v1  2 i  3 j and v 2  6 i  5 j, determine the magnitude and direction of v1  v 2 .

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Q. 2 Find a vector which is parallel to v  i  2 j and has a magnitude 10.

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Q. 3 Given v1  5 i  2 j and v2  a i  6 j are perpendicular to each other, determine the value of a.

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Q. 4 Find the vector that needs to be added to the sum of vectors i  2 j  3k and 4 i  2 j k to get a
resultant unit vector along the +ve x axis.

Q. 5 Define average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they same ?

Q. 6 If the motion of an object is described by x = f(t) write formulae for instantaneous velocity and
acceleration.

Q. 7 An aeroplane has a a run of 500 m to take off from the runway. It starts from rest and moves with
constant acceleration to cover the runway in 30 sec. What is the velocity of the aeroplane at the take
off ?

Q. 8 Calculate the range and time of flight for a projectile launched with a velocity of 10 2 m / s at an
angle of 450 with the horizontal.

Q. 9 Clearly state the difference between heat and temperature ?

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Q. 10 Explain the term ‘steady state’ .

Q. 11 Specific latent heat of vaporization of water is 2.26  106 J / kg. Calculate the energy needed to
change 5.0 g of water into steam at 1000 C .

Q. 12 The volume of a gas varied linearly with absolute temperature if its pressure is held constant.
Suppose the gas does not liquefy even at very low temperatures, at what temperature the volume of
the gas will be ideally zero ?

SECTION - C
Short Answer: (Attempt any Eight) (3 Marks each)

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Q. 1 Show that vectors a  2 i  5 j  6 k and b  i  j  3k are parallel.
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Q. 2 Determine a  b, given a  2 i  3 j and b  3 i  5 j.

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Q. 3 Determine the scalar product of v1  2 i  3 j  k and v2  i  2 j  3k.

Q. 4 Derive the formula for calculating the time of flight for a particle projected with velocity u at an
angle  with the horizontal.

Q. 5 Derive the first kinematic equation for a particle moving with constant acceleration.

Q. 6 A car moving along a straight road with a speed of 120 km/hr, is brought to rest by applying brakes.
The car covers a distance of 100 m before it stops. Calculate (i) the average retardation of the car (ii)
time taken by the car to come to rest.

Q. 7 A man throws a ball to maximum horizontal distance of 80 meters. Calculate the maximum height
reached.

Q. 8 A particle moves in a circle with constant speed of 15 m/s. The radius of the circle is 2m. Determine
the centripetal acceleration of the particle.

Q. 9 Which will require more energy, heating a 2.0 kg block of lead by 30 K or heating a 4.0 kg block of
copper by 5 K ? (s lead  128J kg 1K 1 , scopper  387 J kg 1K 1 )

Q. 10 Derive the relation between three coefficients of thermal expansion.

Q. 11 In olden days, while laying the rails for trains, small gaps used to be left between the rail sections to
allow for thermal expansion. Suppose the rails are laid at room temperature 270C. If maximum
temperature in the region is 450C and the length of each rail section is 10 m, what should be the gap
left given that   1.2  105 K 1 for the material of the rail section ?

Q. 12 State applications of thermal expansion.

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 SECTION - D
Long Answer : (Attempt any Three) (4 Marks each)

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Q. 1 Show that vectors a  2 i  3 j  6 k, b  3 i  6 j  2 k and c  6 i  2 j  3k are mutually perpendicular.

Q. 2 A car travels at a speed of 50 km/hr for 30 minutes, at 30 km/hr for next 15 minutes and then
70 km/hr for next 45 minutes. What is the average speed of the car ?

Q. 3 A velocity-time graph is shown in the adjoining figure .

Determine :
(i) initial speed of the car (ii) maximum speed attained by the car (iii) part of the graph showing zero
acceleration (iv) part of the graph showing constant retardation (v) distance travelled by the car in
first 6 sec.

Q. 4 A gas at 9000C is cooled until both its pressure and volume are halved. Calculate its final
temperature.

Q. 5 What is the specific heat of a metal if 50 cal of heat is needed to raise 6 kg of the metal from 200C to
620C ?