KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NO.
1 , ITANAGAR
HALF YEARLY EXAM
Class – XI SUBJECT-PHYSICS MARKS :70
General Instructions:
(1) All questions are compulsory. There are 33 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 ten very short answer questions and four assertion reasoning
MCQs of 1 mark each, Section B has two case based questions of 4 marks each,
Section C contains nine short answer questions of 2 marks each, Section D contains
five short answer questions of 3 marks each and Section E contains three long
answer questions of 5 marks each.
Section – A
Q1 What is the angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of 1
projectile are equal ?
Q2 Write the dimension of (i) density (ii) relative density. 1
Q3 Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically 1
upward with same initial speed. Which one will rise to the greater height?
Q4 A ball whose kinetic energy is E, projected at angle of 45 0 to the horizontal. What is 1
the K.E. of the ball at highest point of its flight?
Q5 Two cars A and B are running at velocities of 60km/h and 45km/h respectively. 1
Calculate the relative velocity of car A with respect to B if they both travelling
eastwards
Q6 If x=a+bt+ct2 where x is in metre and t is in second .Then the unit of c is ___ 1
Q7 The least count of screw gauge is …… 1
Q8 State true or false 1
Three vectors not lying in a plane can never add up to give a null vector
Q9 How many significant figures are there in (i) 5010.0 (ii) 0.002059 1
Q10 The angle between A=2i+j and B =2i-3j is … 1
For question numbers 11, 12, 13 and 14, two statements are given-one labelled
Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these
questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false
Q11 Assertion : A body is momentarily at rest when it reverses the direction. 1
Reason : A body cannot have acceleration if its velocity is zero at a given instant of
time.
Q12 Assertion- The value of dynamic friction is less than the limiting friction. 1
Reason- once the motion has started , the inertia of rest has been overcome.
Q13 Assertion:- A projectile should have two components of velocities in two 1
mutually perpendicular directions.
Reason:- The motion is said to be projectile motion only if it is in two dimensions.
Q14 Assertion:- Pulling a lawn roller is easier than pushing it. 1
Reason:- Pushing increases the apparent weight hence the force of friction.
Section – B
Q15 In a displacement time graph a straight line passing through the origin represents a 4
uniform motion similarly in velocity time graph line drawn parallel to x axis represents
a uniform motion. Slope of a velocity time graph represents acceleration and that of
displacement time graph represents velocity. Observation of an event depends upon
the frame of reference
1. The variation of quantity A with quantity B, plotted in [Link] the
motion of a particle in a straight line.
* (a) Quantity B may represent time.
* (b) Quantity A is velocity if motion is uniform.
* (c) Quantity A is velocity if motion is uniform.
* (d) Quantity A is velocity if motion is uniformly accelerated.
2.A graph of x versus t is shown in Fig Choose correct alternatives from below.
* (a) The particle was released from rest at t = 0.
* (b) At B, the acceleration a > 0.
* (c) At C, the velocity and the acceleration vanish.
* (d) Average velocity for the motion between A and D is positive.
* (e) The speed at D exceeds that at E.
[Link] does the speed-time graph below represent the object as?
Speed time graph.
a. Travelling at constant speed then decelerating
b. Accelerating then decelerating
c. Accelerating then travelling at constant speed
Q16 Dimensional analysis is very useful for converting one system of units into 4
another, Checking the correctness of the given physical relation and deriving
the relationship between various physical quantities. Length is expressed as
Gxcyhz. Where G, c and h are universal gravitational constant, speed of light
and Planck’s constant respectively. No answer the following questions based
on this paragraph.
(i)What is the dimensional formula for gravitational constant?
(ii)Find the value of x
(iii)What is the dimensional formula for Planck’s constant?
(iv)Find the value of z.
Section - C
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Q17 In Vander Wall’s gas equation (𝑃 + ) (𝑉 − 𝑏) = (𝑅 − 𝑇). Determine the 2
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dimensions of a andb.
Q18 A Force (i+5j+7k) acts on a particle and displaces it through displacement 2
(6i+9k).Calculate the work done if force is in newton and displacement in metre.
Q19 Prove that the impulse received during an impact is equal to the total change in 2
Momentum produced during the impact.
Q20 Convert 1 newton into joules. 2
Q21 Two straight lines drawn on the same displacement-time graph make angles 2
30° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 60° with the time axis respectively. Which line represents the greater
velocity? What is the ratio of the two velocities?
Q22 Find cross product A * B if A= 2i-3j-k and B =-6i+9j+3k 2
Q23 Derive s=ut +1/2 at2, by calculus method.
Q24 Define angle of friction and angle of repose and establish a relation between them. 2
Q25 State laws of static friction. 2
Section - D
Q26 A mass of 4 kg rests on a horizontal plane. The plane is gradually inclined until at an 3
angle = 30° with the horizontal, the mass just begins to slide. What is the coefficient
of static friction between the block and the surface?
Q27ThThe displacement (in metre) of a particle moving along x-axis is given by x=18t+5t2. 3
CalculCalculate (i) instantaneous velocity at t=2s. (ii) Average velocity between t=2s and
t=3st t=3s. (iii) Instantaneous acceleration.
Q28 A physical quantity Y is related to the four measurable quantities a,b,c and d as 3
follows
Y = a3 b2 c5/2 d2 The percentage error in measurement of a,b,c and d are 2%,2% ,3%
and 1% respectively. What is the percentage error in measurement of quantity Y?
Q29 There are four forces acting at a point P produced by strings as shown in Fig. which is 3
at rest. Find the forces F1 and F2 .
Q30 Consider a simple pendulum, having a bob attached to a string, 3
which oscillates under the action of the force of gravity. Suppose that the period of
oscillation of the simple pendulum depends on its length (l), mass of the bob (m) and
acceleration due to gravity (g). Derive the expression for its time period using the
method of dimensions.
Section - D
Q31 What is meant by banking of road? Derive an expression for the maximum safe 5
velocity with which a vehicle can negotiate a curved banked road.
Q32 [Link] towns A and B are connected by a regular bus service with a bus leaving in 5
either direction every T minutes. A man cycling with a speed of 20 km h–1 in the
direction A to B notices that a bus goes past him every 18 min in the direction of his
motion, and every 6 min in the opposite direction. What is the period T of the bus
service and with what speed (assumed constant) do the buses ply on the road?
b. A jet airplane travelling at the speed of 500 km h–1 ejects its products of
combustion at the speed of 1500 km h–1 relative to the jet plane. What is the speed
of the latter with respect to an observer on the ground ?
Q33 a) A projectile is fired with a velocity u making an angle ϴ with horizontal Show that 5
its trajectory is parabola.
b) Find the expression of its horizontal range .
c) Show that there are two angles Ɵ1 and Ɵ2 for the same horizontal range, such
that Ɵ1+ Ɵ2=90o
