SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

Session 2024-25
Class: XI
Subject: Physics
Topic: Units and Dimension, Motion in straight line
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
A: All questions are compulsory.
B: Parts of same questions to be attempted together.
C: Draw well labelled neat diagrams where required. Use a sharp pencil.
D:Do the questions in physics notebook.

1. Check the correctness of the following equations (i) v2=u2+2aS (ii) K E=1/2 mv2
2. Centripetal force acting on a body moving along a circular path depends on (i) mass of body (m),
velocity of the body (v), radius of circular path (r). Using the method of dimensions derive the expression for
centripetal force.
3. Energy of a body executing SHM depends on (i) mass of the body(m) (ii) amplitude with which the
body oscillate(a) (iii)frequency of oscillation(ν) using the method of dimensions derive the expression for
centripetal force.
4. Convert one Newton into dyne using the method of dimensions.
5. Assuming that the mass M of the largest stone that can be moved by a flowing river depends upon
‘v’ the velocity, ‘ρ’ the density of water and on ‘g’ the acceleration due to gravity. Using dimensions show
that M varies with the sixth power of the velocity of flow.
6. If x = a + bt + ct2, where x is in metres, t in seconds, what is the unit of c?
7. Write the dimensional formulae of the following:
Power, pressure, mass density, momentum, resistance, acceleration.
8. Find the dimensions of a and b in the equation F= at + bt 2, where F is force and t is time.
9. If 500g be the unit of mass, 50s the unit of time and acceleration due to gravity 980cms -2 be the unit
of acceleration, find what will be the new unit of energy?

Unit-II: Kinematics
1. A car starting from rest acquires a speed of 25ms-1 in 10 seconds, after which it maintains this speed
for 10 seconds. Find (a) the acceleration (b) distance traveled during acceleration (c) total distance
traveled?
2. Show that the area under velocity-time graph gives the displacement of the body?
3. A particle moves along x-axis in such a way that its coordinate (x) varies with time t, according to
expression x=2-5t+6t.Find the initial velocity of the particle and acceleration x in meter and t in second.
4. A particle is projected at 60º to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. What is the kinetic energy at
the highest point?
5. Which of the following statements is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular
speed?
(a) the velocity vector is tangent to the circle
(b) the acceleration vector is tangent to the circle
(c) the acceleration vector points to the centre of the circle
(d) the velocity and acceleration vectors are perpendicular to each other

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6. If a body travels half of its path in the last second of its fall from rest; find the time and height of its
fall?
7. A bullet strikes a uniform plank with a speed of 400ms-1 and comes out with the half the velocity.
What would be the velocity if the plank were only half thick?
8. A train passes three points A,B ,C at 24 kmh-1,36 kmh-1,54 kmh-1 respectively with uniform
acceleration. If the distance AB=2 km, find the distance BC?
9. A stone thrown vertically up went up 98m and came down. How long it was in air?
10. A man walks on a straight road from his home to market, which is 2.5km away from his home with a
speed of 5kmh-1. Finding market closed, he returns and walks back to home with a speed of 7.5kmh-1. 31.
Find out the average speed the person? From the velocity-time graph of uniform accelerated motion
deduce the equations of motion in (i) Velocity and time (ii) distance and time (iii) distance and velocity.
11. A body moving with uniform acceleration describes 20 m in 2nd and 30 m in 4th second of its motion.
Describe the distance moved by it in 6th second.
12. A particle is thrown vertically upwards with the velocity of 19.6 m/s .Find
a. the velocity and acceleration of the particle at the highest point.
b. how high a particle will rise?
c. time taken for rising to the highest point.
d. time taken for falling from the highest point of projection.
e. its velocity, when it comes back to the point of projection.
13. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 3m. After striking the ground it rises to height of 2 m . If it
remains in contact with the ground for 0.01s, find the average acceleration during this time.
14. A particle is moving along x- axis. The position of the particle at any instant is given by X = a + bt 2.
Where, a = 6m and b = 3.5 m/s2. T is measured in seconds. Find (i) the velocity of the particle at t = 0s and
t = 3s. (ii) the average velocity between t = 3s and t = 6s.
15. The velocity of a particle is given by the equation, v = 2t2 + 5 cm/s. Find
(i) the change in velocity of the particle during the time interval between t 1 = 2s and t2 = 4s (ii) the average
acceleration during the same interval and
(iii) the instantaneous acceleration at t 2 = 4s.
16. A ball is thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 100 m/s. After how much time will it return? Draw
velocity – time graph for the ball and find from the graph (i) the maximum height attained by the ball and (ii)
height of the ball after 15 s. Take g = 10 m/s2.
17. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at the rate f through a distance s, then continues at constant
speed for some time t and then decelerates at the rate f/2 to come to rest. If the total distance is 5 s, then
prove that s = ½ ft2.
18. The position coordinate of a moving particle is given by x = 6 + 18t + 9t 2 (x in metres and t in
seconds). What is its velocity at t = 2 sec?
19. Derive kinematic equations of motion for uniformly accelerated motion by Calculus method.
20. Derive kinematic equations of motion for uniformly accelerated motion by Graphical method.

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1. Derive equations of motion using velocity –time graph
2. Derive kinematicequations of motion using method of calculus where
acceleration of body is constant.
3. A car is moving along a straight line, say OP in Fig. 3.1. It moves from O to P in
18 s and returns from P to Q in 6.0 s. What are the average velocity and average
speed of the car in going (a) from O to P? and (b) from O to P and back to Q ?
4. car covers first half of the total distance with a speed of 36 kmh-1 and the second
half with speed of 54 km h-1. Find the average speed of the car.
5. A bus at rest accelerates uniformly to a velocity of 54 kmh-1 in 20 s. How much
distance is travelled by the bus in 20 s?
6. The displacement of a particle starting from rest (at t= 0) is given by x= 6t2 –t3.
Calculate the time at which the particle will attain zero velocity again.

7. Displacement of a particle is given by the expression x = 3t2+ 7t – 9,

where x is inmeter and t is in seconds. What is acceleration?

8. A particle is moving along x- axis. The position of the particle at any instant is
given by x= a+bt2, where a = 6m and b= 3.5 ms-2, t is measured in second.
Find (i) the velocity of the particle at t =0 and t= 3 s.
(ii) the average velocity between t= 3s and t= 6 s.
9. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m s–1 from the top of a
multistorey building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is
25.0 m from the ground. (a) How high will the ball rise ?and (b) how long will it
be before the ball hits the ground? Take g = 10 m s–2.

10. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of
constant force is related to time t by the relation
𝒕 = 𝒙 + 𝟑 , where x is in meters and t in seconds.
11. Two parallel rail tracks run north-south. Train A moves north with a speed of
54 km h–1, and train B moves south with a speed of 90 km h–1. What is the
(a) velocity of B with respect to A ?,
(b) velocity of ground with respect to B ?,
(c) velocity of a monkey running on the roof of the train A against its motion (with a
velocity of 18 km h–1 with respect to the train A) as observed by a man standing on
the ground ?
12. A particle is moving along x- axis. The position of the particle at any instant is
given by x= 20+0.1t2, where x is measured in meter and time t is measured in
second.
Find (i) the average acceleration of the particle between t =2 and t= 3 s.
(ii) show that acceleration of the particle is constant.
13. A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 kmh-1 fires a bullet at a
thief's car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of192 kmh-1 . If the
muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 ms-1, with what speed does the bullet hit the
thief'scar ? (Note: Obtain that speed which is relevant for damaging the thief's
car).

14. A boy standing on a stationary lift (open from above) throws a ball upwards with
the maximum initial speed he can, equal to 49 m/s. How much time does the ball
 take to return to his hands? If the lift starts moving up with a uniform speed of 5
m/s and the boy again throws the ball up with the maximum speed he can, how
long does the ball take to return to his hands?

15. Two trains A and B of length 300 m each are moving on two parallel tracks with
a uniform speed of 54 kmh-1 in the same direction, with A ahead of B. The driver
of b decides to overtake A and accelerates by 2 ms-2. If after 25 s, the guard of B
just brushes past the driver of A, what was the original distance between them?
16. A particle is thrown upwards. It attains a height (h) after 5 seconds and comes
back in 9 s. What is the speed of the particle at a height h?

17. A body moving with uniform acceleration describes 20 m in 2nd second and 30 m
in 4th second of its motion. Calculate the distance moved by it in 6th second.
Ans.

18. A balloon is ascending at the rate of 4.9m/s. A pocket is dropped from the
balloon when situated at a height of 245m. How long does it take the packet to
reach the ground? What is its final velocity?
19. A Stone is dropped from the top of tower 50 m high. Simultaneously another
stone is thrown upwards with a speed of 20 ms-1. Calculate the time at which
both the stone cross each other.
20. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed of 126kmh-1 is brought to a
stop within a distance of 200m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed
uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop?