SHRI SANGAMESHWARA IND.

P U SCIENCE COLLEGE, BAGALKOT

I PUC PHYSICS MIDTERM EXAMINATION - 2023
MODEL QUESTION PAPER BLUE PRINT
PART-A PART-B PART-C PART-D
I II III IV V VI
S.No. CHAPTER NAME Marks MCQ FIB 2M 3M 5M(T) 5M(P)
1 To 15 16-20 21-29 30-38 39-44 45-48
15X1=15M 5X1=5M 5X2=10M 5X3=15M 3X5=15M 2X5=10M

1 UNITS AND DIMENTIONS 5 1 - 2 - - -

2 MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE 10 2 1 1 - 1 -

3 MOTION IN PLANE 21 2 1 1 2 1 1

4 LAWS OF MOTION 21 2 1 1 2 1 1

5 WORK, POWER AND ENERGY 20 2 - 1 2 1 1

6 SYSTEM OF PARTICLES 19 3 1 2 2 1 -

7 GRAVITATION 19 3 1 1 1 1 1

115 15 5 9 9 6 4
 SHRI. SANGAMESHWAR IND. PU SCIENCE COLLEGE
BAGALKOTE
PU-I YEAR MODEL MIDTERM QUESTION PAPER (2023) PHYSICS
Max Marks: 70M

General Instructions:
1. All parts are compulsory.
2. Part A questions have to be answered in the first two pages of the answer-booklet. For Part - A questions, first
written-answer will be considered for awarding marks. 3. Answers without relevant diagram/figure / circuit wherever
necessary will not carry any marks.
4. Direct answers to the numerical problems without detailed solutions will not carry any marks.

PART-A
I. Pick the correct option among the four given options for ALL of the following questions. 15x1=15
1. The number of significant figures in 205000 X 10³ is
A) 2 C) 4 B) 3 D)5
2. Acceleration of particle moving with constant velocity is
A) Increases with time B) Decreases with time C) Zero for all time
D) May increase or decrees with time
3. When a body is dropped from a tower then there is an increasing in its
A) Mass B) Velocity C) Acceleration D) potential energy
4. If 𝐴 +𝐵 =𝐵 +𝐴 , this shows that addition of vectors is
A) Associative B) Commutative C) Additive D) Additive inverse
5. The path fallowed by a projectile is called its
A) territory B) Treasury C) tractor D) trajectory
6. The property of a body due to which it opposes its state of rest or uniform motion is called
A) Momentum B) Inertia C) Torque D) Weight
7. Impulse is equals to
A) Rate of change of momentum B) Change in momentum
C) Momentum multiplied by time D) Rate of change of force
8. Work done will be maximum if the angle between the force F and displacement d is.
A) 45o B) 90 o C) 180 o D) 0 o
9. If mass of a moving object is doubled, its K.E becomes:
A) 2 times B) 4 times C) 5 times D) 16 times
10. Correct relation between linear and angular velocity is
A) V = 𝜔r B) V = 𝜔/r C) V = 𝑟/𝜔 D) 𝜔 = r/v
11. Inertia is a measure of
A) Momentum B) Force C) Impulse D) Mass
12. Bomb at rest explodes, the center of mass of the fragments
A) Move along a elliptical path B) Remains at rest
C) Move along a straight line D) Move along a parabolic path
13. Kepler’s second law regarding constancy of aerial velocity of a planet is consequence of the law of
conservation of
A) Energy B) Angular momentum C) Linear momentum D) None of these
14. The dimensions of G are -
(A) ML3T–2 (B) M–1LT–2 (C) M–1L -3 T–2 (D) M–1L3T–2
15. The escape velocity is -
(A) 2gR (B) gR (C) gR (D) 2gR
II. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate answer given in the brackets for ALL the following
questions. (Null vector, Displacement, Angular displacement, Decreases, Conservation of linear
momentum, ) 3X3=3
16. Area under V-T graph is ………..
17. The vector having zero magnitude is called as ……..
 18. Recoiling of a gun is an illustration of………………..
19. The angle covered by the radius vector in given time interval is called as …….
20. As the height H above the ground increases, the acceleration due to gravity……….
PART-B
III. Answer any FIVE of the following 5x2=10
21. What are derived units? Give an example.
22. Mention any two uses of dimensional analysis.
23. Mention any two differences between Speed and Velocity.
24. What is the angle between two forces of 4N and 3N having resultant as 4N.
25. Define i) Static friction ii) Kinetic friction
26. Mention any two characteristics of inelastic collision.
27. Mention any two factors on which moment of inertia depends.
28. Write position coordinates for a system of two particles in X-Y plane.
29. Write the expression for orbital speed and explain the terms.
PART-C
IV. Answer any FIVE of the following 5x3=15
30. Obtain the expression for range of a projectile.
31. State and explain parallelogram law of vector addition.
32. Derive the relation F = ma, where symbols have their usual meaning.
33. State laws of friction.
34. Prove work –energy theorem for a constant force.
35. Derive expression for kinetic energy.
36. Find the centre of mass of three particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The masses of
the particles are 100g, 150g, and 200g respectively. Each side of the equilateral triangle is 0.5m
long.
37. The angular speed of a motar wheel is increased from 1200rpm to 3120 rpm in 16 seconds.
What is its angular acceleration, assuming the acceleration to be uniform ?
38. Derive the relation between gravitational constant and acceleration due to gravity.
PART-D
V. Answer any THREE of the following 3x5=15
39. Define acceleration. Deduce v2 = v02 + 2ax using v-t graph.
40. What is centripetal acceleration? Derive an expression for it.
41. Obtain the expression for maximum safe speed on a banked road.
42. State and prove law of conservation of mechanical energy in the case of freely falling body.
43. (i)Define torque acting on a rigid bogy.(1)
(ii) Define angular momentum of a rigid body.(1)
(iii) Derive the relation between torque and angular momentum of a particle. (3)
44. Derive the expression for gravitational potential energy of a particle at a point due to the earth.
VI. Answer any TWO of the following 2x5=10
45. A body is projected with a velocity of 40ms-1 at an angle 30° with the vertical. Calculate the
maximum height, time of flight, horizontal range of the bullet. g=10ms-2.
46. Bullet of mass 100g is moving with a speed of 50ms-1 enters a heavy wooden block and is stopped
after a distance of 50m.What is the resistive force exerted by the block on the bullet?
47. A pump on the ground floor of a building can pump up water to fill a tank of volume 30m3 in 15
min. If the tank is 40m above the ground, and the efficiency of the pump is 30%, how much electric
power is
48. A rocket is fired vertically with a speed of 5 km s-1 from the earth’s surface. How far from the earth
does the rocket go before returning to the earth? Mass of the earth= 6.0x1024 kg; mean radius of
the earth = 6.4x106 m; G = 6.67x10–11 N m2 kg–2.