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QUESTION BANK FOR FINAL EXAMINAITON March - April : 2023

SUBJECT : PHYSICS

1. UNIT AND MEASUREMENTS

1. Dimensions of kinetic energy are same as that of

(a) Force (b) Acceleration
(c) Work (d) Pressure
2. Light year is a unit of
(a) Time (b) Mass (c) Distance (d) Luminosity
3. The order of magnitude of charge on electron e = 1.6 × 10 ‒19 C is
(a) 19 (b) ‒19 (c) 10‒19 (d) 1.6
4. Obtain the dimension of the following quantities:
i. Density ii. Momentum iii. Electric potential
iv. Electrical resistance
5. State conventions for the use of SI. Units.
6. In ohm’s experiment the values of the unknown resistances were found to be 6.12 Ω,
6.09 Ω, 6.22 Ω, 6.15Ω. Calculate the absolute error, relative error, and percentage
error in these measurements.
7. Determine the conversion factor between S.I. unit of work (joule) and CGS unit of
work (erg).
8. Check whether the equation is dimensionally correct : v2 = u2 + 2 as2.
22.2. MATHEMATICAL METHODS

9. The scalar product of two vector A and B is

(a) A . B = AB cosθ (b) A . B = AB sinθ

(c) A . B = ABcos‒1θ (d) A and B = ABsin‒1θ

10. The resultant of two forces 10 N and 15 N acting along +ve x-axis and –x-axis 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
11. Define : i. Null vector ii. Resultant vector iii. Position vector
12. State the law of parallelogram of vectors. Obtain the expression for the magnitude and
direction of the resultant vector.

13. Two forces F1 and F2 , each of magnitude 5N and inclined to each other at 60 on a body.

Find the resultant force acting on the body.

14. Given V1  3 î  4 ĵ  k̂ and V2  î  ĵ  k̂ determine the magnitude of V1  V2 .

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15. Define : i. Negative vectors ii. Equal vectors

16. State and explain triangle law of vector addition.
17. Define scalar product of two vectors.
18. State the characteristics of scalar product.

19. Find magnitude of P  6 ˆi  3ˆj  2kˆ

20. Define vector product of two vectors. State the characteristics of cross product.

21. Given v1  5ˆi  2ˆj and v 2  a ˆi  6ˆj are perpendicular to each other, determine the value of a.

22. Determine vector product of V1  2 ˆi  3ˆj  kˆ and V2  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ .

33. MOTION IN A PLANE

23. The actual distance travelled by the particle during its motion is called as –
(a) Speed (b) Displacement (c) Position (d) Path length
24. For a particle having uniform circular motion, which of the following is constant.
(a) speed (b) Acceleration (c) velocity (d) displacement
25. Define : i. Radius vector ii. Angular velocity iii. Centripetal force
iv. Centripetal acceleration
26. Show that the path of projectile is parabola.
L cos θ
27. What is conical pendulum? Show that its time period T  2π , where L is the
g
length of string, θ is the angle that the string makes with the vertical and ‘g’ is the
acceleration due to gravity.
28. Define – (i) Average velocity (ii) Instantaneous velocity (iii) Speed (iv) Path length
29. A car is moving along a straight road with a speed 120 km/hr is brought to rest by applying
breaks. The car covers a distance of 100 m before it stops.
Calculate – (i) the average retardation of car (ii) time taken by the car to come to rest.
30. A person walks form point ‘P’ to point ‘Q’ along a straight road in 10 minutes then turn back
and returns to point ‘R’ which is midway between ‘P’ and ‘Q’ after 4 minutes. If ‘PQ’ is 1km,
find the average speed of a person in going ‘P’ to ‘R’.
4. LAWS OF MOTION
31. The range of nuclear force is nearly _____

(a) 1014 m (b) 10 8 m (c) 10 8 m (d) 10 14 m

32. A frame of reference which moves with constant velocity with reference to stationery
frame of reference is called
(a) inertial frame of reference (b) non-inertial frame of reference
(c) rotating frame of reference (d) absolute frame of reference
33. State Newtons Laws of motion. Also state the importance of Newtons first, second and third
law of motion.
34. Explain – (i) Gravitational force (ii) Electromagnetic force.

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35. Distinguish between – (i) Real force and Pseudo force (ii) Contact forces and Non contact
forces.
36. Over a given region a force varies as F  3x 2  2x  1. In this region an object is displaced
from x1  20 cm and x 2  40 cm by a given force. Calculate the amount of workdone.
37. As I was standing on a weighing machine inside a lift it recorded 50 kg.wt. Suddenly for few
seconds, it is recorded 45 kg.wt. What must have happened during this time? Explain with
complete numerical analysis.
38. A constant force of 800 N produces an acceleration of 5 m / s 2 in a body, what is its mass?
If the body starts from rest, how much distance is travelled in 10 s?
5. GRAVITATION
39. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant are

(a) [L1 M0 T 0 ] (b) [L2 M1 T 0 ] (c) [L1 M1 T 2 ] (d) [L3 M1 T 2 ]

40. The range of the gravitational force is

(a) 10 14 m (b) 1014 m (c) Infinity (d) 14 10 m

41. State kepler’s law of equal areas.
42. State kepler’s law of period.
43. Derive an expression for the acceleration due to gravity at an altitude ‘h’ above the earth.
44. Find the gravitational force between the Sun and the earth.
Given – (i) Mass of Sun  1 99  10 30 kg

(ii) Mass of the earth  5  98  10 24 kg

(iii) Average distance between the Sun and Earth  1 5  1011 m.

(iv) G = 6.67 ×10‒11 Nm2/kg2.
45. The mass of Saturn is 95.22 times that of the Earth and its radius is 947 times that of the
Earth. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Earth is 98 m / s 2 . Find the
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Saturn.
46. Two bodies of masses 5 kg and 6 10 24 kg are placed with their centers 6  10 6 m apart.
Calculate the force of attraction between two bodies.
47. The radius of Saturn’s orbit around the sun is 9582 times that of Earth. Calculate the period
of revolution of Saturn in the Earth years.
48. State Newtons’s law of gravitation.
6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
49. If a body regains its original shape and size completely and instantaneously upon removal of
deforming forces then it is said to be
(a) Perfectly rigid body (b) Perfectly plastic body
(c) Perfectly elastic body (d) Perfectly black body
50. Change in dimension is known as
(a) Deformation (b) Formation (c) Contraction (d) Strain
51. State and explain Hooke’s law in elasticity.
52. Define (i) Deformation (ii) Plasticity (iii) Elasticity

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53. Define stress and strain. State its S.I. unit and dimensions.
54. Define – (i) Tensile stress, (ii) Deforming force
7. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
55. On Celsius scale the steam point is marked as –
(a) 0 (b) 100 (c) 273 (d) 37
56. The temperature at which pure water freezes at one standard atmospheric pressure is
called _____
(a) Ice point (b) Steam point (c) Boiling point (d) Triple point
57. What is the difference between temperature and heat?
58. Define temperature. Explain thermal equilibrium with suitable example.
59. Explain the Celsius scale and Fahrenheit scale of temperature. What is the relation between
them?
60. Derive an ideal gas equation.
61. Average room temperature on a normal day in 27C. What is the room temperature in F?
8. SOUND
62. When sound wave travels from air to water which of these remains constant?
(a) Velocity (b) Frequency (c) Wavelength (d) All of above
63. A tunning fork of frequency 170 Hz produces sound waves of wavelength 2m, speed of
sound is
(a) 340 m/s (b) 85 m/s (c) 170 m/s (d) 510 m/s
64. Define Longitudional wave. State the characteristics of longitudional wave.
65. Write a note on Double periodicity of sound wave.
66. Define – (i) Amplitude (ii) Frequency (iii) Period of wave.
67. Explain the relation between velocity, frequency and wavelength of sound wave.
68. Speed of sound in air is 320 m/s. If the frequency of vibration of tunning fork, is 256 Hz. Find
the wavelength of vibration.
69. The speed of sound in air is 330 m/s and that in glass is 4500 m/s. What is the ratio of
wavelengths of sound of a given frequency in two media.
70. A certain sound wave in air has a speed 340 m/s and wavelength 17 m. For this wave
Calculate – (i) the frequency, (ii) time period.
9. OPTICS
71. As per recent understanding light consist of
(a) Rays (b) Waves
(c) Corpuscles (d) Photons obeying rules of wave

72. Speed of light in air is 3  10 8 m/s. What will be the speed of light in a glass of refractive
index 1.5 ?

(a) 2  10 8 m / s (b) 4  5  10 8 m / s (c) 1 5  10 8 m / s (d) 6  10 8 m / s

73. Write a short note on Refraction of light

74. Define – (i) Absolute refractive index (ii) Relative refractive index.
75. Define – Total internal reflection.

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76. Under what conditions is total internal reflection is possible?

77. Derive the lens maker’s equation
78. With the help of neat ray diagram obtain an expression for the refractive index of material of
prism.
79. A convex surface seperates two media of refractive indices 13 and 15. If the radius of
curvature is 20 cm and object is placed 260 cm from the refracting surface. Calculate the
distance of image from the surface.
80. A small object is kept on angle bisector of two plane mirrors inclined at 120. Determine the
number of images formed.
81. A ray of light is incident on a glass slab at an angle of 60. It is refracted through an angle
30. Find refractive index of material of prism.
10. ELECTROSTATICS
82. Which of the following produces uniform electric field
(a) Point charge
(b) Linear charge
(c) Two parallel plates (connected to battery)
(d) Charge distributed on circular arc.

83. The electric field due to the charge  8.0  10 8 C at a distance of 5.0 cm from it is

(a) 1.44  10 3 N / C (b) 2.88  105 N/C (c)  2.88  105 N/C (d)  1.44  10 4 N / C
84. Obtain the expression for electric field intensity due to a point charge.
85. Define – Unit charge.
86. What is relative permittivity?
87. State SI unit and dimensions of electric field intensity.
88. State the properties of electric lines of force.
89. What is the magnitude of point charge such that the electric field 50 cm away from it has
magnitude 20 N/C?
90. A potential differences of 5000 V is applied between two parallel places 5 cm apart a small
oil drop having a charge of 9.6  10 19 C falls between the plates. Find – (a) electric field
intensity between the plate (b) the force on the oil drop.
11. ELECTRIC CURRENT THROUGH CONDUCTORS
91. Which of the following is an ohmic conductor
(a) Transistor (b) Vacuum tube (c) Electrolyte (d) Nichrome wire
92. State and explain ohm’s law and draw I V curve for conductor.
93. Explain the colour code system of resistors.
94. Derive an expression for the equivalent resistance of parallel combination of two resistors.
95. Derive the expressions for the equivalent resistances and series combination of two
resistors.
96. An electric heater takes 6A current from a 230V supply line. Calculate the power of heater.
97. Calculate the resistance per meter, at room temperature of a constantan (alloy) wire of
diameter 125 mm. The resistivity of constantan at room temperature is 5.0  10 7  m .
98. Find the values of resistances for the following colour codes –

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(i) Red, Red orange Gold

(ii) Yellow, violet, Brown, Silver
12. MAGNETISM
99. S.I. unit of magnetic pole strength is –

(a) A  m 2 (b) A  m 1 (c) A  m (d) A  m 2

100. State SI unit of magnetic field.
101. State and explain Gauss’s law for magnetic field.
102. Explain the term magnetic dipole.
103. Derive an expression for magnetic field due to a bar magnet at an arbitrary point

104. A short magnetic dipole has magnetic moment 05 Am 2 . Calculate the magnetic field at a
 μ0 
distance of 20 cm from the centre of magnetic dipole on the axis.   10 7 SIunit 
 4π 
13. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
105. The direction of electromagnetic wave is given by
     
(a) E  B (b) E  B (c) E (d) B
106. What are electromagnetic waves?
107. Give the characteristics of electromagnetic waves.
108. State any two properties and any two uses of X-rays.
109. What is ground wave propagation?
110. Write any two properties of ultraviolet rays.
111. What is space wave propagation?
14. SEMICONDUCTORS
112. Electric conduction through a semiconductor is due to:
(a) Electrons (b) Holes
(c) Both holes and electrons (d) None of these
113. Name any two intrinsic semiconductor.
114. Show graphically variation of electrical conductivity of (i) metal (ii) semiconductor.
115. What are the factors on which the electrical conductivity depends?
116. What is intrinsic semiconductor?
117. What is – (i) an extrinsic semiconductor (ii) doping?
118. What is n-type semiconductor?

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