DPS MIS, DOHA- QATAR

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (201112)

CLASS: XI
Subject : Physics
Date: 22 09 11
Time allowed: 3 Hours.

Maximum Marks: 70

General instructions:
(1)

All questions are compulsory.

(2)

Marks are indicated against each question.

(3)

Please check this question paper contains 4 printed pages only.

(4)

Please check that this question paper contains 30 questions.

Q1- What do you mean by centre of mass of a rigid body?

Q2- Name the physical quantity obtained when you calculate the area under the following
graph.

Q3- Write one difference between elastic and inelastic collision.

Q4- A horse cant pull a cart and run in empty space. Why?

Q5- Name the physical quantity which has the unit N s.

Q6- Define the dot product between two vectors C and D.

Q7- Two vectors A and B have magnitudes of 3 units and 4 units, respectively. What is
the angle between the directions of A and B if the magnitude of their cross product
is zero?

Q8- What is the dimension of angular momentum?

Q9- How many significant figures are there in the numbers given below?
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(a) 50 (b) 0.0350

Q10- Write any two differences between average velocity and average speed.

Q11- The following figure shows the position time graph of a car. Draw the corresponding acceleration time graph.

Q12- In tug-of-war, two teams pull each other with same force because force exerted by
one team on other is action and force exerted by second team on first is reaction.
Since these two are equal, how is that one team wins over other?

Q13- An object of mass 2 kg is being accelerated upwards by the tension in a string. The
magnitude of the acceleration is 3 ms-2. Calculate the magnitude of the tension in
the string. Take the acceleration due to gravity as 10 ms-2.

Q14- A net force acts on a body. Is it necessary that work will be done on it? Justify with
suitable example.

Q15- Define the following terms: (a) torque (b) angular momentum.

Q16- Mention the necessary conditions required for the mechanical equilibrium of a rigid
body.

Q17- To maintain a rotor at a uniform angular speed of 100 rad/s, an engine needs to
transmit a torque of 75 Nm. What is the power required by the engine?

Q18- What do you mean by moment of inertia? Calculate the moment of inertia of a thin
circular ring of mass 20 g and radius 10 cm which is rotating about its diameter.

OR
State parallel axis theorem and perpendicular axis theorem.
Q19- Give reasons for the following.

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(a) A sailing boat cannot be propelled by air blown at the sail attached to the boat.
(b) Even though friction is independent of contact area, brakes of small contact area
are not used.
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(c) Rubber tyres are preferred over steel tyres.

Q20- (a) State law of conservation of linear momentum.
(b) A child in a boat throws a packet of mass 5 kg out horizontally with a speed of
10 m/s. Calculate the velocity of the boat immediately after, assuming initially it
was at rest. The mass of the child is 30 kg and mass of boat is 60 kg. Ignore
resistance of water.

Q21- (a) Sate Newtons first law of motion.

(b) The passengers standing in a stationary bus fall backward when the bus suddenly
accelerates from rest. Explain.

Q22- Draw the position time, velocity time and acceleration time graphs for a freely
falling body.

Q23- A person jumps off a diving board 5 m above the surface of water into a deep pool.
The persons downward motion stops 2 m below the surface of the water. Estimate
the average deceleration of the person while under the water. Take g = 10 m/s2.

OR
A sports car moving at constant speed travels 110 m in 5 s. If it then brakes and comes
to a stop in 4 s, what is its deceleration?

Q24- The time period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the pendulum and the
acceleration due to gravity. Derive an expression for the time period of the simple
pendulum using the method of dimensions.

Q25- (a) State and prove work energy theorem.

(b) A stone of mass 0.05 kg is dropped from the top of a 50 m tall building. What
will be its kinetic energy when it hits the ground?

Q26- (a) What do you mean by relative velocity?

(b) A train travels due south at 30 m/s (relative to the ground) in a rain that is blown
towards the south by the wind. The path of each raindrop makes an angle of 70O
with the vertical, as measured by an observer stationary on the ground. An
observer in the train, however, sees the drops fall perfectly vertically. Determine
the speed of raindrops relative to the ground.
Given, sin 70O = 0.94, cos 70O = 0.34.

Q27- State law of conservation of angular momentum. A man stands on a rotating turntable
with two equal masses held at arms length. If he puts the masses over his shoulders
what will happen to his rotational velocity? Explain.
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Q28- State Hookes law. Show that spring force is conservative. Derive an expression for
the potential energy stored in a compressed spring.

OR
(a) State law of conservation of mechanical energy. Show that mechanical energy is
conserved in case of a freely falling body dropped from a height h.
(b) A bullet of mass 0.01k g and horizontal speed 80 m/s strikes a block of wood of
mass 0.5 kg and instantly comes to rest with respect to the block. The block is
suspended from the ceiling by means of thin wires. Calculate the height to which
the block rises.

Q29- (a) Discuss the circular motion of a vehicle on a banked road and obtain the expression
for maximum speed of the vehicle along the banked road.
(b) A circular race track of radius 400 m is banked at an angle of 22O. What should be
the speed of a race car running along the track to avoid wear and tear on its tyres?
Given tan 22O = 0.4

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OR

(a) Differentiate between static friction and kinetic friction?

(b) A hockey puck on a frozen pond is given an initial speed of 20 m/s. If the puck
always remains on the ice and slides 100 m before coming to rest, determine the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the puck and ice. Take the acceleration due to
gravity as 10 ms-2

Q30- (a)A stone is thrown making an angle Q with ground. Discuss the motion of the stone
and show that it follows a parabolic path.
(b)A long jumper leaves the ground at an angle of 30O to the horizontal and at 9 m/s.
What is the maximum height that he jumped?

OR
(a)What is centripetal acceleration? Derive an expression for centripetal acceleration.
(b) A 150 g ball attached to the end of a string is revolved uniformly along a
horizontal circle of radius 50 cm. The ball makes 2 revolutions in a second.
Calculate its centripetal acceleration.
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DPS MIS, DOHA- QATAR

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (201314)
CLASS: XI
Subject: Physics
Time allowed: 3 hour

Date: 12.06.13
Maximum Marks: 70

General instructions:
(1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) Marks are indicated against each question.
(3) Please check this question paper contains 4 printed pages only.
(4) Please check that this question paper contains 29 questions.
(if required take g=10m/s)
Q1- State the SI unit of the following physical quantities.
(a) Solid angle
(b) Luminous intensity

(1)

Q2- Round off the given number to 4 significant figures.

(a) 2.3455 J
(b) 2.3465 m

(1)

Q3-Why an Athlete runs over a certain distance before taking a long jump?

(1)

Q4- How do the errors combine during multiplication of physical quantities?

(1)

Q5- What do you understand by non-conservative force? Give one example also.

(1)

Q6- How does rocket propulsion illustrates Newtons third law of motion.

(1)

Q7- Two straight lines drawn on the same velocity-time graph make angles 30 & 60 with
time axis respectively. Which line represents greater acceleration?
(1)
Q8-What is the relative direction of force and displacement, when the work done is negative?(1)
Q9- Give the dimensional formula of:
(a) Frictional force
(b) Work done

(2)

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Q10- For a body moving in one dimensional motion, support the given statement with proper
reason or an example.
(a) Instantaneous speed is equal to the magnitude of instantaneous velocity at any instant.
(b) With positive initial velocity and positive value of acceleration, a body always speeds up.(2)
Q11-An athlete runs on a semicircular track of radius X meter. Calculate the ratio of distance
covered to the displacement by the athlete, when he moves from one end to the other.
(2)
Q12- Parallelogram law of vector addition is equivalent to triangle method. Justify the given
statement by proper graphical representation.
(2)
Q13- Two equal vectors have a resultant equal to either vector. Find the angle between them.(2)
Q14- The length and the breadth of a rectangular sheet are 11.01m and 1.05 m respectively.
Calculate the area of the sheet, to correct significant figures.
(2)
Q15-Which of the following graph/s can possibly represent one dimensional motion of a
particle. Mention the reason also.

(2)

Q16- Check if the given equation is dimensionally consistent v2 = (h g)/ m

where v is velocity, h is height, is density ,m is mass and g is acceleration due to gravity.
OR
A moving body experiences a retarding force F given by
F=khg
where, h is height, is the density, g is acceleration due to gravity and k is a dimensionless
constant. Deduce the value of a.
(2)
Q17- We measured the thickness of a sheet by the Venire Calipers in successive measurement.
The readings turned out to be 1.2 mm, 1.4 mm, 1.5 mm, 1.8 mm and 1.6mm. Calculate the
absolute error, relative error and percentage error.
(3)
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Q18-What do you understand by static friction and kinetic friction. How do they vary with the
applied force? On what factors do they depend?
(3)
Q19- Name the physical quantity which is equivalent to change of momentum and write its
dimensional formula. If the momentum changes by 50kgm/sec in 25 sec, then calculate the
force acting on the body.
(3)
Q20- A projectile is projected at an angle to the horizontal. Prove that its path is a parabola.
(3)
Q21-a) What is centripetal acceleration?
b) For a uniform circular motion, centripetal acceleration is not a constant vector. Why.
c) The speed of an object in circular motion and the radius of the circular path are doubled.
What will happen to the centripetal acceleration acting on the object?
(3)
Q22- The position of a particle is given by
r = 2t2 + 5t +5k
Where t is in second and the coefficients have the proper units for r to be in metre.
Find the v and a of the particle?

(3)

Q23- What do you understand by momentum? Two bodies of mass M and 2M have same
kinetic energy. Calculate the ratio of their momentum.
(3)
Q24- State and prove Work-Energy theorem for a constant force.

(3)

Q25- Justify the two equations given below.

(a) . = . = k. k =1 (b) . = . k = k. =0
OR

A force of (2 +3 +2 k) unit about the origin act on a particle, resulting in a displacement

given as (3 +2 - k) unit. Calculate the followinga) Work done by the force.
b) The angle between force and displacement.
c) Projection of force on displacement.
(3)
Q26-An old man was carrying cotton bales and big metal box both of equal masses. Two boys
Wilson and Francis, on seeing this came to him, for help. Francis took cotton bales from the old
man and kept them on this head. Wilson took the box, as it was heavy for him, he started
dragging it. And the three started moving.
a) What value do Wilson and Francis display?
b) What has more weight-the bales or the box?
c) As per physics, who among the two boys is doing more work?
d) If it starts raining, as per physics, who among the two would be doing more work?
(4)
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Q27- (a)A car moves with uniform velocity of 72km/hr for 10 min and then comes to rest in
next 10 seconds. Draw velocity-time graph to show the motion of the body. Calculate the
distance covered during the journey.
(b) What do you understand by relative velocity?
(c) On a velocity-time graph represent the motion of a body with zero acceleration.
OR
(a) A man goes to office at a speed of 40km/hr. and returns back at the speed of 30km/hr.
Calculate the average speed and average velocity for the whole journey.
(b) What do you understand by instantaneous acceleration?
(c) On a position-time graph represent the motion of a body with zero velocity.
(5)
Q 28-(a) The resultant R of three vectors A=2 + 5 +5k, B=2 + 5 +k and C=2 + -5k is
related as R=A+B-C. Obtain resultant vector R analytically.
(b) A bullet fired at an angle of 15 with the horizontal hits the ground 600 m away. Calculate
its initial velocity. What is the maximum horizontal range that could be achieved with the same
initial speed?
OR
(a) Obtain the magnitude and the direction of the given vector B (5 + 4 ) along + x-axis.
(b) A ball is projected with the velocity 10m/ sec such that it makes 60 with the horizontal.
Calculate the time it takes to reach the same level. How high will it go during the motion? (5)
Q 29-(a) The banking angle of a road is and the coefficient of static friction between the
road and the tyres of a car is s , then derive the expression for the maximum possible speed
of a car moving in a circular path of radius R on this banked road.
(b)An object of mass 3 kg is being accelerated upwards by the tension in a string. The
magnitude of the acceleration is 2 m/sec2. Calculate the magnitude of the tension in the string.
OR
(a) Derive the expression for the maximum possible speed with which a car can describe a
circle of radius R on a levelled road, given the coefficient of friction between the road and
tyres is s .
(b)A force of 5N changes the velocity of a body of mass M from 10m/sec to 20m/sec in
5sec.How much force is required to bring about the same change in 2 seconds?
(5)
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DPS MIS, DOHA- QATAR

WEEKLY TEST - II (201314)
CLASS: XI
Subject: Physics
Time allowed: 50mins.

Date: 21.10.13
Maximum Marks: 25

General instructions:
(1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) Marks are indicated against each question.
(3) Please check this question paper contains 2 printed pages only.
(4) Please check that this question paper contains 11 questions.
Q1- What do you understand by partial equilibrium?

(1)

Q2- What do you understand by moment of inertia? State the factors on which it
depends.
(2)
Q3- Show that kinetic energy is not conserved in completely inelastic collision in
one dimension.
(2)
Q4-Mention the SI unit and dimensional formula of the following:
(a) Torque
(b) Angular acceleration.
Q5- Given, A = i + 2j +k and B=2i -j +2k
Compute the scalar and vector product of A and B.

(2)

(2)

Q6-A body of mass 500gm has momentum of 500kgm/sec. Calculate its kinetic
energy.
(2)
Q7- State if the given statement is true or false, with proper reason.
(2)
a) Work done by a moving body over a closed loop is zero for all forces in nature.
b) Power is product of force and velocity, thus its direction is along the plane of
force and velocity.

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Q8-What do you understand by variable force? State and prove work energy
theorem for variable force.
(3)
Q9- Spring force is an example of a variable force which is conservative .Justify
the above statement.
(3)
Q10- Define the term angular momentum State its SI unit. How do the dancers
performing on the toe of one foot display mastery on this principle.
(3)
Q11- A ring and a disc of identical radii are allowed to roll down an inclined plane
without slipping. If they start from rest, which one will have more velocity at the
bottom?
(3)
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DPS- MIS, DOHA-QATAR

WEEKLY TEST-III (2012-13)
CLASS: XI
Subject: Physics
Date: 04.11.12
Time allowed: 50 Mins.
Maximum Marks: 25
General Instructions:
(1) All questions are compulsory.
(2) Marks are indicated against each question.
(3) Please check this question paper contains 2 printed pages only.
(4) Please check that this question paper contains 10 questions.
Use the following physical constant if required:
Shear modulus for steel= 85 x 109 Pa
Bulk modulus for steel = 160 x109 Pa
Density of glycerine = 1.2 x103 kg/m 3
Acceleration due to gravity =10m/sec2
Q1. Write down the dimensions of viscosity coefficient.

Q2. Define modulus of rigidity and mention its SI unit.

Q3.What do you understand by the following:

a) Absolute pressure
b) Reynoldss Number

Q4.Give reason for the following:

a) Total energy of an orbiting satellite is negative.
b) Springs are preferably made of steel rather than copper.

Q5. State and deduce Keplers law of area.

Q6. State Pascals law. How it can be used in Hydraulic lift.

Q7. What are the factors that affect the value of acceleration due to gravity? Derive
the necessary relation for variation of g with depth.
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Q8.Establish Bernoullis equation for liquid flow, stating separately the assumption
made. What does the equation essentially represent?
3
Q9.Explain Stress Strain curve of a material when subjected under extended load.
Hence explain the terms elastic limit, yield point, tensile strength?
3
Q10. Numericala) The mean distance of sun from a planet is 4 times the distance of the sun from
the earth. Calculate the number of years that the planet will take around the sun
to complete one revolution.
b) Determine the volume contraction of a solid steel cube, 1mm on an edge when
subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 7x108 Pa.
c) Glycerine flows through a conical section of a pipe, with the cross sectional area
at its two ends as 1 m2 and 4 m2. The pressure drop across the ends of a pipe
is 10 N/m2. Calculate the velocity of at narrow end.
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DPS MIS, DOHA, QATAR.

WEEKLY TEST - II (201011)
CLASS: XI
Subject : Physics

Date: 19 06 11

Time allowed: 50 Mins.

Maximum Marks: 25

General instructions:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

All questions are compulsory.

Marks are indicated against each question.
Please check this question paper contains 2 printed pages only.
Please check that this question paper contains 11questions.

Q.1- Define momentum.

Q.2- A satellite is moving around the earth in a circular path with uniform speed. What
is the direction of acceleration of the satellite?

Q.3- An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 m/s on a frictionless

horizontal table. What is the force required to keep the object moving with the same
velocity?
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Q.4- Two ientical bullets are fired one by a light rifle and another by a heavy rifle with
the same force. Which rifle will hurt the shoulder more and why?

Q.5- A seasoned cricketer draws in his hands backward while taking a catch. Explain
why?

Q.6- In the Bohr atom model of hydrogen atom, the speed of electron is approximately
2.2 106 m/s. Find the acceleration of the electron if it revolves in a circular orbit
of radius 0.53 10-10 m.

Q.7- A football is kicked at an angle of 30O to the horizontal with a velocity of 20 m/s.
Calculate the maximum height reached by the football.

Q.8- (a) What do you mean by inertia?

(b) Rupesh and Rahul were chased by an elephant. Rahul ran in a zigzag
manner, but Rupesh ran in a straight line. Who is in advantage and why?

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Q.9- (a) State Newtons second law of motion.

(b) A system of two objects, having masses 100 kg and 200 kg are suspended over
a pulley using an inextensible cable. What will be the acceleration of the masses
when the masses are released? Neglect friction and mass of the string.
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Q.10- (a) What is impulse?
(b) Explain how rocket propulsion illustrates Newtons third law of motion.

Q.11- (a) What do you mean by a projectile?

(b) Derive an expression for the time of flight and range of a projectile which is
projected at an angle to the horizontal.

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