RPS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

RPS Public School, Rohtak

ROHTAK

Assignment
Class- 11
Subject-Physics
1. A wheel of radius 1m rolls forward half a revolution on a horizontal ground. The magnitude of the
displacement of the point of the wheel initially in contact with the ground is
(a) 2
(b) 2
(c) x2  4
(d) 
2. In one dimensional motion, instantaneous speed v statisfies 0  V  V0 .
(a) The displacement x in time T must always take non-negative values
(b) The displacement x in time T satisfies v0T  x  v0T
(c) The acceleration is always a non-negative number
(d) The motion has no turning point
3. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed of 3 m/s. The other half of the
distance is covered in two equal time intervals and with speeds of 4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s, respectively.
The average speed of the particle during this motion is
(a) 4 m/s
(b) 5 m/s
(c) 5.5 m/s
(d) 4.8 m/s
4. Preeti reached the metro station and found that the escalator was not working. She walked up the
stationary escalator in time t 1. On other days, if she remains stationary on the moving escalator, then the
escalator takes her up in time t 2. The time taken by her to walk up on the moving escalator will be
t t
(a) 1 2
2
tt
(b) 1 2
t 2  t1
t1 t 2
(c)
t 2  t1
(d) t1  t 2
5. A body travelling along a straight line traversed one-third of the total distance with a velocity 4 ms -1.
The remaining part of the distance was covered with a velocity 2 ms -1 for half the time and with
velocity 6 ms-1. The remaining part of the distance was covered with a velocity 2 ms-1 for half the time
and with velocity 6 ms-1 for the other half of time. The average velocity over the whole time of motion
is
(a) 5 ms-1
(b) 4 ms-1
(c) 4.5 ms-1
(d) 3.5 m/s-1
6. A body is moving with velocity 30 m/s towards East. After 10 s its velocity becomes 40 m/s towards
North. The average acceleration of body is
(a) 7 m/s2
(b) 7 m/s2
(c) 5 m/s2
(d) 1 m/s2
7. A body initially at rest is moving with uniform acceleration a m/s 2. Its velocity after n second is v. The
displacement of the body in last 2 s is
2v  n  1
(a)
n
v  n  1
(b)
n
v  n  1
(c)
n
2v  2n  1
(d)
n
8. The velocity of a particle at an instant is 10 ms -1. After 3 s its velocity will become 16 ms-1. The
velocity at 2 s before the given instant, will be
(a) 6 ms-1
(b) 4 ms-1
(c) 2 ms-1
(d) 1 ms-1
9. An object moves, starting from rest through a resistive medium such that its acceleration is related to
velocity as, a = 3 – 2v. Then,
(a) the terminal velocity is 1.5 unit
(b) the terminal velocity is 3 unit
(c) the slope of a-v graph is not constant
(d) initial acceleration is 2 unit
10. A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. It changes its velocity from 10 ms-1 to
20 ms-1, while passing through a distance 135 m in t second. The value of t ( in second) is
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 1.8
11. A particle moving in a straight line with uniform acceleration is observed to be a distance a from a
fixed point initially. It is at distance b, c, d from the same point after n, 2n, 3n seconds. The acceleration
of the particle is
c  2b  a
(a)
n2
cba
(b)
9n 2
c  2b  a
(c)
4n 2
cba
(d)
n2

Two marks questions

1. A stone is thrown vertically upwards and then it returns to the thrower. Is it
a projectile? Explain?

2. Why does the direction of motion of a projectile become horizontal at the

highest point of its trajectory?

3. A stone tied at the end of string is whirled in a circle. If the string breaks, the
stone flies away tangentially. Why?

4. What is a uniform circular motion? Explain the terms time period, frequency
and angular velocity. Establish relation between them.

5. A vector has both magnitude and direction. Does it mean that anything that
has magnitude and direction is necessarily a vector? (b) The rotation of a
body can be specified by the direction of the axis of rotation, and the angle of
rotation about the axis. Does that make any rotation a vector?

6. Can you associate vectors with (a) the length of a wire bent into a loop, (b) a
plane area, (c) a sphere? Explain.

7. For any arbitrary motion in space, which of the following relations are true:
(a) 𝑽 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 = 𝟏 𝟐 ( 𝑽 𝒕𝟏 + 𝒕𝟐 )
(b) 𝑽 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 = 𝒓 𝒕 𝒕𝟐 𝟐 - -𝒓𝒕𝟏𝒕𝟏
(c) 𝑽 𝒕 = 𝑽 𝟎 + 𝒂𝒕
(d) 𝒓 𝒕 = 𝒓 𝟎 𝒕 + 𝑽 𝟎 𝒕 + + 𝟏
𝟐
𝒂𝒕𝟐
(e) 𝒂 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 = 𝑽 𝒕 𝒕𝟐 𝟐 - -𝑽𝒕𝟏𝒕𝟏
(The „average‟ stands for average of the quantity over the time interval t1 to
t2)

8. Two equal forces have their resultant equal to either. What is the inclination
between them ?
9. vector𝒂 is turned through a small angle do without a change in its length.
What ∆𝒂 are and ∆a

10. What will be the effect on horizontal range of a projectile when its initial
velocity is doubled keeping angle of projection same?

11. The greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h. What will be the
greatest distance up to which he can throw the stone?

12. A person sitting in a train moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically
upwards. How will the ball appear to move to an observer.
i. Sitting inside the train
ii. Standing outside the train

13. What will be the effect on the horizontal range of a projectile when its initial
speed is doubled keeping its angle of projection same ?

14. A unit vector is represented by If the values of a and b are 0.6

and 0.8 respectively, find the value of c.

15. What are co-initial and collinear vectors ?

16. Which of the following quantities are independent of the choice of orientation
of the co-ordinate axes :a + b, 3ax + 2by, |a + b + c|, angle between b and c.

17. A gunman always keep his gun slightly tilted above the line of sight while
shooting.Why?
19. What is the speed of an aircraft if the pilot remains in contact with the seat,
even while looping in vertical plane ?

20. Can the acceleration of a particle in circular motion not always towards the
centre. Explain.

Competence based questions

1. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at a ground observation point
by the aircraft positions 10.0 s apart is 30°, what is the speed of the aircraft ?

2. A cyclist is riding with a speed of 27 km/h. As he approaches a circular turn on the road of radius 80 m, he applies
brakes and reduces his speed at the constant rate of 0.50 m/s2. every second. What is the magnitude and direction
of the net acceleration of the cyclist on the circular turn ?

3. Show that for a projectile the angle between the velocity and the x-axis as a function of time is given ?

4. A projectile shot at an angle of 60° above the horizontal ground strikes a vertical wall 30 m away at a point 15 m
above the ground. Find the speed with which the projectile was launched and the speed with which it strikes the
wall.6. Prove that the path of one projectile as seen from another projectile is a straight line.

5. In a harbour, wind is blowing at the speed of 72 km/h and the flag on the mast of a boat anchored in the harbour
flutters along the N-E direction. If the boat starts moving at a speed of 51 km/h to the north, what is the direction
of the flag on the mast of the boat ?

6. A man whirls a stone round his head on the end of a string 4 m long. Can the string be in a horizontal plane ? If
the stone has a mass of 0.4 kg, and the string will break if the tension in it exceed 8 N, what is the smallest angle
the string can make with the horizontal ? What is the speed of the stone ? (take g = 10 ms−2)

7. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a building of height 25 m from the

ground

(a) How high will the ball reach ?

(b) How long will it take for the ball to reach the ground ?

(c) Trace the trajectory of motion of this ball.

Long answer type

1. What is meant by resolution of a vector? Prove that a vector can be resolved along two given
directions in one and only one way?

2. State the law of parallelogram of vector addition and find the magnitude and direction of the
resultant of two vectors inclined at an angle with each other.

3. State triangle law of vector addition. Give its analytical treatment.

4. Deduce the expression for (a) time of flight (b) horizontal range (c) maximum height reached
by a projectile, in terms of initial velocity and angle of

projection.

5. (a) Show that for two complementary angles of projection of a projectile thrown with the
same velocity, the horizontal range are equal.

(b) For what angle of projection of a projectile is the range maximum?

6. Define projectile. Show that the path of a projectile is parabolic. Find the angle of projection
at which the horizontal range and maximum height of the

projectile are equal.

7. Define centripetal acceleration. Derive the expression for the centripetal acceleration of a
body moving with uniform speed v along a circular path of radius ‘r’. Explain how it acts along
the radius towards the centre of the

circular path?