Class : XI

Second Term Examination 2014-15

Subject: Physics
Set B1
Time allowed : 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 70

General Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 26 questions in all.
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E.
3. Section A contains five questions of one mark each, Section B contains five questions of
two marks each, Section C contains twelve questions of three marks each, Section D contains
one value based question of four marks and Section E contains three questions of five marks
each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question
of two marks, one question of three marks and all the three questions of five marks
weightage. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
Section A
1.

Earth moving round the Sun in a circular orbit is acted upon by centripetal force. 1
Work done on the earth by this force is 0.Why?

2.

An incident wave is represented by y=20 sin (2x - 4t). Write the expression for
reflected wave.
(i)
from rigid boundary
(ii)
from open boundary

3.

1
A force
acceleration.

4.

N acts on a mass of 2 kg. Find the magnitude of

Give the Amplitude of S.H.M represented by sin t + cos t.?

5.

You measure two quantities as A=1.0m

corrent value of

0.2m, B= 2.0m

0.2m. Express the

with error.
Section B
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6.

Derive the relation graphically or otherwise:

7.

What are conservative forces? Show that gravitational force is a conservative force.

8.

A ball is dropped vertically from rest at a height of 12 m. After striking the ground, it
bounces to a height of 9 m. What fraction of kinetic energy does it loose on striking
the ground?

9.

Obtain an expression for escape velocity of an object projected from the surface of 2
the earth.
OR
Obtain an expression for the acceleration due to gravity at a depth d below the
surface of the earth.

10.

Show, that the thermal coefficient of volume expansion for a perfect gas at constant

pressure is given as v =

where T is the absolute temperature.

Section C

11.
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In the following diagram, a 100-kg box is sliding down a frictional surface at a
constant speed of 0.2 m/s. The incline angle is 30 . Draw the given diagram and fill
in the blanks.

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12.

On the basis of assumptions of kinetic theory of gases, derive an expression for the
pressure exerted by an ideal gas.

13.

A balloon is ascending at the rate of 14 ms-1 at a height of 98 m above the ground,

when a packet is dropped from it. After how much time and with what velocity does
it reach the ground?

14.

The angular speed of the motor wheel is increased from 1200rpm to 3120rpm in 16
seconds. (1)What is its angular acceleration, assuming the acceleration to be 3
uniform?
(2)How many revolutions does the engine make during this time?

15.

A remote sensing satellite of the earth revolves in a circular orbit at a height h 3

above the surface of the earth. Find the mathematical expressions of (i) orbital
speed and (ii) total energy of the satellite? What is the significance of negative sign
in the expression of total energy of the satellite?

16.

Define the terms stress and strain and also draw the stress versus strain graph for 3
a metallic wire, when stretched upto the breaking point.

17.

Define Cp and Cv. For an ideal gas, prove that Cp-Cv = R.

OR
State Second law of thermodynamics. How is a heat engine different from a
refrigerator?.

18.

A woman pushes a trunk on a railway platform which has a rough surface. She 3
applies a force of 100N over a distance of 10m. Thereafter she gets progressively
tired and her applied force reduces linearly with distance to 50N. The total distance
by which the trunk has been moved is 20m. Plot the force applied by the woman
and the frictional force, which is 50N. Calculate the work done by two forces over
20m.

19

Two sitar strings A and B playing the note Ga are slightly out of tune and produced 3
beats of frequency 6Hz. The tension in the string A is slightly reduced and the beat
frequency is found to reduce to 3 Hz. If the original frequency of A is 324 Hz, what
is the frequency of B?

20.

Sketch the variation of radiation energy per unit area per unit wavelength with
wavelength of the black body radiation for temperatures T 1 and T2 (T1is more than
T2). State Wien's displacement law for the black body radiation.

Three projectiles are fired at the same time but with different angles and
21.

such that they all reach the same height as shown:

A

speeds

i) Which of these A, B or C would reach the ground first?Explain.

ii) Which of these was fired with max. kinetic energy.? (Given : mass is same)
Explain.
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22.

State theorem of perpendicular axis.

What is the moment of inertia of a rod of mass M, length l about an an axis
perpendiular to it through one end?

Section D
23.

Suraj went to Big Bazaar to purchase certain goods .There he has noticed an old
lady struggling with her shopping. Immediately he showed her the lift but she was
reluctant to go by lift as she did not know how to operate it.Suraj helped her in
carrying the load up to the lift and showed her how to operate it.
That old lady was very happy.
(a)What values doesSuraj possess?
(b)An elevator can carry a maximum load of 1800 kg is moving up with a constant
speed of 2 m/s , The frictional force opposing the motion is 4000 N. Determine the
minimum power delivered by the motor to the elevator in watts .
Section E

24.

(a) Derive a relation for the maximum velocity with which a car safely negoliate
a circular trun of radius R on a road banked at an angle , give that the
coefficient of friction between the car tyres and the road is
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(b) A long playing record revolves with a speed 33 3 rev /min and has a
radius of 15 cm. Two coins are placed at 4 cm and 14 cm away from the
centre of the record. If the coefficient of friction between the coins and the
record is 0.15. Which of the two coins will revolve with the record?
OR

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(a) Derive an expression for centripetal acceleration of an object in uniform circular

motion in a plane. What will be the direction of the velocity and acceleration at any
instant?
(b) Find the scalar and vector product of two vectors
a = 3 i 4 j + 5 k and b = 2 i + j 3 k
25.

(a) Define coefficient of viscosity and write its SI unit.

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(b) Find an expression for the terminal velocity in case of a sphere falling through a
viscous liquid.
OR
(a) State and prove Bernoullis theorem by drawing a proper labelled diagram.
(b) Explain why a spinning cricket ball in air does not follow a parabolic trajectory.

26.

A progressive wave represented by

y=5 sin [100
t -0.4 x + /6 ] where y and x are in m, t in s. What is the
(i) amplitude, (ii) wavelength, (iii) frequency, (iv) wave velocity and (v) the phase
differece between oscillatory motion of two points separated by a distance of
2.5m.
OR
(a) Show that when a string fixed at its two ends vibrate in 1 loop, 2 loops,
3 loops and 4 loops, the frequencies are in the ratio 1:2:3:4.
(b) Derive an expression for the apparent frequency of the sound heard by a
listener when source of sound and the listener both move in the same
direction.