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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN - BENGALURU REGION

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS 2023- 24

Class : XI Subject : PHYSICS Time: 3hr Marks: 70

General Instructions:
(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
(3) All the sections are compulsory.
(4)Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of 1
mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven
questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study based questions of four marks
each and Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
(5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in
Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in
Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(6) Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION A
1) Which of the following has the highest number of significant figures?
a) 0.007 m² b) 2.64x 104 kg c) 0.0006032 m² d) 6.3200 J
2) A duck waddles 3 m east and 4 m north. What is the magnitude of the duck's displacement
with respect to sinitial position?
(a) 3 m (b)4 m (c) 5 m (d) O m
3) If one object is dropped vertically downward and another object is thrown horizontally from 1
the same height, then the ratio of vertical distance covered by both objects at any instant t is
(a) 1 b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0.5
4) When two vectors are added, for the resultant vector to be maximum, what must be the angle
between them?
(a) 90° (b) 0º (c) 30 (d) 60
5) When a car takes a sudden left turn in the curved road, passengers are pushed towards the 1
right due to
(a) inertia of direction (b) inertia of motion (c) inertia of rest (d) absence of inertia

6) 1
Two masses mË and m are experiencing the same force where my< mT. The ratio of their
acceleration is

(a) 1 (b) less than 1 (c) greater than 1 (d) all the three cases
7) A 1.0kg ball drops vertically on to the floor with the speed of 25m/s. It rebounds with the
initial speed of 10m/s. The impulse acting on the ball during the contact will be
(a) 15 N-s (b) 25 N-s (c) 35 N-s (4)45 N-s
8) The potential energy of a system increases, if work is done 1
(a) by the system against a conservative force (b) by the system against a non-conservative
force
(c) upon the system by a conservative force (d) upon the system by a non-conservative force
9) A couple produces, 1
(a) pure rotation (b) pure translation (c) rotation and translation (d) no motion

10)|A rigid body rotates with an angular momentum L. Ifitskinetic energy is halved, the angular
momentum becomes,
(a) L (b) L2 (c) 2L
|11)|A rope is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 cm. What is the angular 1
 acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force 30 N?
(b) 25 rad s-2 (c) 5ms2 (d) 25 ms2.
(a) 0.25 rad ss-2
12)| The rotational analogue of force is_
Acceleration
(a) Moment of Inertia (b) Angular Momentum (c) Torque (d) Angular
(A) and the other
For Q,Nos 13 to 16:Two statements are given-one labelled Assertionfrom the codes (a). (b). (c)
labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions
and (d) as given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false andR is also false a uniform speed, its velocity and
13) Assertion (A): When a particle moves in a circular path with
acceleration both changes.
motion is dependent on angular velocity
Reason (R): The centripetal acceleration in circular
of the body. force in
(A): The work done in moving a body over a closed loop is zero for every
14) Assertion
force.
done depends only on magnitude of the
nature.
Reason(R): Work the body in linear motion.
Assertion (A): Mass is a measure of inertia of rest or of
15)
Greater the mass, greater is the force required to change its state of
Reason(R) :
uniform motion. Length of the 1

(A): If earth shrink (without change in mass) to half its present size.
16) Assertion
day would become 6 hours. its moment of inertia and angular speed changes.
Reason(R): As size of earth changes SECTION B

masses 20.15 2

by a grocer's balance is 2.3 kg. Two gold picces ofdifference in

measured the box (b) the
17) The mass ofa box to the box. What is (a) the total mass of
g and 20.17 g are added
corect significant figures?
the masses of the pieces to acceleration 2
mass lkg is described bys = 2t + 3t. Find the
ofa particle of
18) The displacement
of the particle at t=4s. 2

19)| Explain why empty space.

cannot pull a cart and run in catch
a) a horse
his hands backwards while holding a 50.0 g with speed 200 ms
2
b) a cricketer moves fires a bullet of mass
ballistics demonstration, a police officer bullet emerges with only 10% of its
initial
20) In a cm. The
of thickness 2.00
Ion soft plywood
is the emergent speed of the bullet?
kinetic energy. What OR an applied horizontal force
of
action of
moves under the
body of mass 2 kg initially at restkinetic friction = 0.1.
A coefficient of 10 s
7N on a table with done by the net force on the body in 2
Compute the work students. He sits on a chair
which
of his
performs a demonstration in front
frictional opposition. He holds two
21)|A Physics
teacher
axis almost without
any slowly. Now he
about a vertical student to rotate his chair
is free to rotate his outstretched hands and asks a at once increases. When he again
heavy loads in body, his angular speed teacher calls one of his students
closer to his The reasoning in a clear cut
pulls his arms hands, his angular speed decreases. Kamala explains the
outstretches his explain this observation.
her to
Kamala and asks
manner.
 Name the law involved in this demonstration? State the law.
SECTION C

22) Assuming that the mass M ofthe largest stone that can be moved by a flowing river depends 3
on: (i)the velocity of stream (v) (i) the density of water (d) and (ii) acceleration due to
gravity g, derive the mathematical expression for M using dimensional analysis in terms of v,
d and g.
OR
The time period of the simple pendulum (t) depends of (a) mass of the bob (m) (b) length of
the pendulum () and (c) acceleration due to gravity (g). Derive an expression for time period
using dimensions.
23) (a) State the following quantities are positive or negative or zero. 3
i)work done by the gravitational force on freely falling body
iü)work done by the applied force on the body moving vertically upward
ii)work done by the friction on any moving body
iv) work done by the resistive force of air on a vibrating pendulum in bringing it to rest.
(b) Calculate the work done in holding a 15 kg suitcase and walking through a distance of 5m
for 15 minutes?
24) State and prove Law of conservation of linear momentum using Newton's third law of 3
motion?

3
25) (a) Define the term torque? Write its S.l unit.
(b) Find the torque of aforce 7i +3j-Sk about the origin. The force acts on a particle whose
position vector is i -j+k, where i, j, kare unit vectors in x, y, z direction respectively.
26) State work-energy theorem.
Prove it for a constant force or varying force. 2

3
27) bodies
Define centre of mass. Write the expresion for centre of mass of two particle system. Two
of masses 1 Kg and 2 kg are located at (1, 2) and (-1, 3) respectively. Calculate the
coordinates of the centre of mass.
28) Derive all the equations of motion fora body in a uniformly accelerated mnotion using v-t 3

graph. SECTION D

29) Case Study Based Questions

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A considerable amount of information about the motion can be obtained by examining the
slope of the various motion graphs. The slope of the graph of position as a function of time is
equal to the velocity at that time, and the slope of the graph of velocity as a function of time is
equal to the acceleration.
 Horizontal point
(zero siope) implies
zero velocity
160
Negative slope
Constant slope indicates negative
means constant
Distance velocity
Ve

80
Decreasing slope
40
tes decreasing
velocity Continuin zero
Flattening curve Slone innles
10 15
implies velocity object is at rest
Increasing slope becoming less
indicates increasing Time in seconds negative.
velocity

10
Velocity Negative slope
implies negative
acceleration.
10 15 20 25 30
Positive slope Horizontal line
inplies positive (zero slope) implies
acceleration. zero acceleration.

The speed-time graph shows a 50-second car journey.

25

20

E 15

10

B D
6
A
1
10
Time (s)

(i) When the car is in (a) Uniform Motion (b) retarded motion ?

(ii) Calculate the acceleration of the car in the time interval 20s to 30s

(ii) Calculate the distance traveled by the car in the time interval 30s to S50s
OR
(i) Calculate the distance travelled by the car in the time interval 1Os to 20s
(iv) Calculate the acceleration of the car at t = 15s

30) Case Study Based Questions

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.

Motion

Pushing Force

Frletion

Abox on the grass experiences friction when pulled. The direction of the friction force is
 opposite to the direction of the pulling force applied by the man in the image. It is because of
friction that we need to put an effort to move something.

(i) When an object is at rest on the inclined rough surface,

(a) static and kinetic frictions acting on the object is zero
(b) static friction is zero but kinetic friction is not zero
(c) static friction is not zero and kinetic friction is zero
(d)static and kinetic frictions are not zero
(ii) When the object is moving at constant velocity on the rough surface,
(a) net force on the object is zero (b) no force acts on the object
(c) only external force acts on the object (d) only kinetic friction acts on the object
(ii) A vehicle is moving along the positive x direction, if sudden brake is applied, then
(a) frictional force acting on the vehicle is along negative x direction
(b) frictional force acting on the vehicle is along positive x direction
(c) no frictional force acts on the vehicle (d) frictional force acts in downward direction

(iv) If a box is lying on a floor of a train with the coefficient of friction 0.2, what is the
maximum acceleration of the train for which the box would remains stationary? (Take g=
9.81 m/s ).

(a) 1. 96 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3.92 m/s (4) 4 m/s

OR
(iv) Apassenger is travelling inside a train which is moving at 40 ms!. His suitcase is kept on
the berth. The driver of train applies breaks such that the speed of the train decreases at a
constant rate to 20 msin 4 s. What should be the minimum coefficient of friction between
the suitcase and the berth if the suitcase is not to slide during retardation of the train?
(Take g=l0 m/s')
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.2

SECTIONE
31) A foot - ball player hits the ball with speed u ms with angle ° with respect to horizontal
direction as shown in the figure.

(i) Explain the motion of the Foot Ball and prove that it follows a Parabolic Path. 3
(i) Derive Expressions for the (a) Maximum Height reached and (b) Horizontal Range 2
OR
(i) What is centripetal acceleration? 1
(ii) Derive an expression for it. 3
(ii) An insect is trapped in a circular groove of radius 12cm moves along the groove steadily
and completes 7 revolutions in 100s. Find the angular speed of the motion.
32) (a) Define an elastic collision?
(b) Derive expressions for the velocity of the bodies after the head-on elastic collision of two 2
bodies of masses mand mz in a straight line (One dimension) 2
(c) Explain the following cases (i) when m1=m2 (ii) m1<< m²
 OR
(a) A body of mass m is attached with a mass less spring in a horizontal plane and the other
end of the spring is attached to a wall. When the mass is pulled or pushed to the distance of x
from initial position, draw the diagrams to represent the direction of the spring force (i) when
the mass is pulled (ii) when the mass pushed from initial position
(b) Derive an expression for the potential energy of the system. 3
(c) Draw the variation of Potential Energy. Kinetic energy and Total energy stored in a spring
as a function of extension.
33) (a) Define banking of curved road ?
1
(b) Why circular roads are banked?
(c) Draw a diagram to show all the forces acting on a car moving in a banked road and derive
an expression for the maximum velocity with which a car can safely negotiate a curved road 3
banked at angle 0. The coefficient of friction between the road and whecls is u.
(OR)
a) Define concurrent forces? 1
b) Obtain the condition for the equilibrium of three concurrent forces with necessary 2
diagram.
c) In the Fig given below a mass of 6 kg is suspended by a rope of length 2 m from the
ceiling. A force of 50 N in the horizontal direction is applied at the midpoint P of the 2
rope, as shown. What is the angle the rope makes with the vertical in equilibrium?
(Take g = 10 ms). Neglect the mass the rope.

1m

P 5Î N
T,
1m
W
60 N