DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, HYDEERABAD

WORK SHEETS

SUBJECT : PHYSICS

CLASS : XI

Academic Session

2024-2025
2023-2024
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Units and Measurements

1. What is the SI unit of surface tension?

 (a) Nm (b) Nm-2 (c) Nm-1 (d) N.

2. The moon is observed from two diametrically opposite points A and B on the earth. The angle
θ subtended at the moon by the two directions of observation is 1° 54′ . The distance of the
moon from the earth is [Given diameter of earth = ´ 1.276 x 107 m]

(a) 3.84 x 108m (b)1.5 x 103m (c) 2.81 x 104m (d) 3.2 x 105m.

3. The volumes of two bodies are measured to be V1 = (10.2 ± 0.02) cm3 and V2 = (6.4 ± 0.01) cm3.
The sum and difference in volumes with error limits is

(a) ( 16.6 ± 0.03) cm3 and (3.8 ± 0.03) cm3 (b) ( 16.6 ± 0.01) cm3 and (3.8 ± 0.01) cm3

(c) ( 16.2 ± 0.03) cm3 and (3.6 ± 0.03) cm3 (d) ( 16.2 ± 0.01) cm3 and (3.6 ± 0.01) cm3

4. Object distance, u = (50.1 ± 0.5) cm and image distance v = (20.1 ± 0.2) cm, then focal length is

(a) (12.4 ± 0.4) cm (b) (12.4 ± 0.1) cm (c) (14.3 ± 0.4) cm (d) (14.3 ± 0.1) cm.

5. Calculate percentage error in determination a time period of a pendulum T=2π √(l/g) , where,
l and g are measured with ± 2% and ± 3% errors.

(a) 2.9% (b) ± 2.5% (c) 1.5% (d) ± 1.9%.

6. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is measured, in successive measurement the

readings turn out to be 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s and 2.80 s. Then, the relative error or
percentage error is

(a) 2% (b) 4% (c) 6% (d) 8%.

7. Two resistors of resistances R1 = 100 ± 3 Ω and R2 = 200 ± 4 Ω are connected in parallel, then
the equivalent resistance in parallel is (in ohm)[use 1/R′ = 1/R1 + 1/R2]

(a) 66.7 ± 1.8 Ω (b) 300 ± 7 Ω

(c) 150.8 ± 2 Ω (d) 92.3 ± 3 Ω.

8. If L = 2.5 x 104 and B = 3.9 x 105 , then L - B is

(a) 1.4 x 104 (b) 1.4 x 105 (c) 3.6 x 104 (d) 3.6 x 105

9. The area enclosed by a circle of diameter 1.06 m to correct number of significant figures is
 (a) 0.88 m2 (b) 0.088 m2 (c) 0.882 m2 (d) 0.530 m2.

10. The time period T of simple pendulum depends upon length l of the pendulum and
gravitational acceleration. The formula for time period of simple pendulum is given by

(a) T = 2π√(L/g) (b)T = 2π√(g/L) (c) T = 1/2π √(Lg) (d)T=2πl/g.

11. The SI unit of energy is J = kg m2 s-2 , that of speed v is ms-1 and of acceleration a is ms-2 which
one of the formula for kinetic energy given below is correct on the basis of dimensional
arguments. [Given m stands for the mass of body]

(a) K = m2 v2 (b) K = ma

(c) K = ½ mv2+ ma (d) K=1/2 mv2

12. If force F, length L and time T be considered fundamental units of mass will be

(a) [ FLT-2] (b) [ FL-2T-1 ] (c) [ FL-1 T2 ] (d) [ F2 L T-2]

13. The physical quantity denoted by ( mass x pressure )/ density is

(a) force (b) work

(c) momentum (d)angularmomentum.

14. Taking frequency f, velocity v and density r to be the fundamental quantities, then the
dimensional formula for momentum will be

(a) [ρv4f-3] (b) [ρv3 f-1 ] (c) [ρvf2 ] (d) [ρ2v2f2 ].

15. The physical quantity which has the dimensional formula [M1T -3 ] is

(a) surface tension (b) density (c) solar constant (d) compressibility

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Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig

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Motion in a Straight Line

1. A car travels a distance A to B at a speed of 40 kmh–1 and returns to A at a speed of 30 kmh–1.

What is the average speed for the whole journey?

(a) Zero (b) 34.3 kmh–1 (c) 68.6 kmh–1 (d) 120 kmh–1
2. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 3 km away with a speed of 6 kmh–1
finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back with a speed of 9 kmh–1. What is
the magnitude of average velocity and average speed of the man, over the interval of time 0 to
40 min ?

(a) 2.25 kmh–1, 6.75 kmh–1 (b) 6.75 kmh–1, 2.25 kmh–1

(c) zero, 2.25 kmh–1 (d) zero, 6.75 kmh–1

3. A particle travels half the distance with velocity u. The remaining part of the distance is
covered with velocity v1 for the first half time and v2 for the remaining half time. The average
velocity of the particle during the complete motion is

(a)2u+v1+v2/2u(v1+v2) (b)2u(v1+v2)/2u+v1+v2

(c)(v1+v2)/(v1-v2) (d)(v1-v2)/(v1+v2)

4. A particle travels according to the equation a = A - Bv where a is acceleration, A and B are

constants, v is velocity of the particle. It’s velocity as a function of time is

(a)B/A(1-e-At) (b)B/A(1-e-Bt) (c)A/B(1-e-Bt) (d)A/B(1-e-At).

5. Between two stations a train starting from rest first accelerates uniformly, then moves with
constant velocity and finally retards uniformly to come to rest. If the ratio of the time taken be
1 : 8 : 1 and the maximum speed attained be 60 km/h, then the average speed over the whole
journey is

(a) 35 km/h (b) 54 km/h (c) 40 km/h (d) 15 km/h.

6. A particle moving according to the equation x = 5t2-20t+4, what is the average velocity between
time interval t1 = 0s to t2 = 4s ? (where x = displacement, t = time)

(a)10ms-1 (b)4ms-1 (c)0ms-1 (d)20ms-1

7. A body moves along a straight line with an acceleration 3 ms–2 for 2 s and then with an
acceleration 4 ms–2 for 3 s. What is his average acceleration?

(a) 3.4 ms–2 (b) 3.5 ms–2 (c) 3.6 ms–2 (d) 3.7 ms–2
8. A ball is dropped from a high tower such that distance covered by it in last second of its
motion is same as the distance covered by it during first three seconds. Find the time taken by
ball to reach ground and height of tower. (Take g = 10 ms-2 ).

(a)100m (b)125m (c)150m (d)200m.

9. A particle is projected vertically upwards with velocity 40 ms–1. Find the displacement and
distance travelled by the particle in 6 s. [ Take g =10 ms–2]

(a) 60 m,100 m (b) 60 m,120 m

(c) 40 m,100 m (d) 40 m,80 m.

10. A ball is thrown upwards from the ground with an initial speed u. The ball is at a height of 80
m at two times, the time interval being 6s. Then u is (Take g = 10 ms–2)

(a) 20 ms–1 (b) 30 ms–1 (c) 40 ms–1 (d) 50 ms–1

11. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 ms–1 from the top of a multistorey
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25 m from the ground. How
long will it be before the ball hits the ground (Take g ms = - 10 2 )?

(a) 1 s (b) 3 s (c) 5 s (d) 7 s.

12. A particle is moving with a velocity of v = (3+6t+9t2)cm-1.The displacement of the particle in the
interval t = 5 s to t = 8 s is

(a) 1352 cm (b) 1287 cm (c) 1182 cm (b) 11000 cm.

13. The motion of a particle along a straight line is described by the function x= (2t-3)2, where x is
in metres and t is in seconds. The acceleration at t s = 2 is

(a) 5 ms–2 (b) 6 ms–2 (c) 7 ms–2 (d) 8 ms–2

14. The graph below represents motion of a car. The displacement of the car in 20 s is
 (a) 60 m (b) 20 m (c) 90 m (d) 10 m.

15. From the figure find the ratio of speed in first two seconds to the speed in the next four second.

(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3 : 1 (d)1 : 3.

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Class 11 NCERT Physics Text Books Volume 1 and 2,Concepts of Physics by HC

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Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig

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 Motion in a Plane

1. If A = B + C and the magnitude of A B, and C are 5, 4 and 3 units respectively, then angle
between A and C is

(a) cos–1 (4/5) (b) cos–1 (3/5) (c) tan–1 (3/4) (d) sin–1(3/5).

2. Three vectors each of magnitude A are acting at a point such that angle between any two
vectors is 60º. The magnitude of their resultant is

(a) zero (b) √2 A (c) √3 A (d) √6 A.

3. A force of 8N makes an angle 30º with x-axis. Find the x and y components of the force.

(a) Fx = 4√3N ,Fy = 4N (b) Fx = 4N ,Fy = 4√3N

(c) Fx = 2N ,Fy = 2√3N (d) Fx = 2√3N ,Fy = 2N.

4. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 5 î m/s and moves is x-y plane under action
of a force which produces a constant acceleration of (3î +2ĵ) m/s2 . At the instant its xcoordinate
is 84 m, the speed of the particle at this instant is.

(a) 16 ms-1 (b) 26 ms-1 (c) 20 ms-1 (d) 6 ms-1.

5. If A =î +2ƙ and B = ĵ - ƙ , then, A x B is equal to

(a) 2î - ĵ - ƙ (b) -2î + ĵ + ƙ (c) î + ĵ - ƙ (d) 2î + ĵ - ƙ.

6. A very broad elevator is going up vertically with a constant acceleration of 2 ms-2 . At the
instant, when its velocity is 4 ms-1 a ball is projected from the floor of the lift with a speed of
4ms-1relative to the floor at an elevation of 30º. If g =10 ms -1, then what is the time taken by the
ball to return to the floor?

(a) 1/2 s (b) 1/4 s (c) 1/3 s (d)1s

7. A biker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m above the ground and throws a stone horizontally
with an initial speed of 15 ms-1 . Neglecting air resistance, the speed with which the stone hits
the ground is

(a) 10 ms-1 (b) 99 ms-1 (c) 15 ms-1 (d) 30 ms-1

8. When the angle of projection is 75°, a ball falls 10 m shorter of the target. When the angle of
projection is 45°, it falls 10 m ahead of the target. Both are projected from the same point with
the same speed in the same direction, the distance of the target from the point of projection is

(a) 15 m (b) 30 m (c) 45 m (d) 10 m.

9. A body is projected at an angle of 30° to the horizontal with kinetic energy E. The kinetic
energy at the top most point is

(a) 3E/4 (b) E/4 (c) 0 (d) E/2.

10. A projectile is fired at an angle of 30° to the horizontal such that the vertical component of its
initial velocity is 80ms-1 . Its time of flight is T. Its velocity at t = T/4 has a magnitude of nearly

(a) 200 ms-1 (b) 300 ms-1 (c) 140 ms-1 (d) 100 ms-1

11. Two projectiles A and B thrown with speeds in the ratio 1 : √2 acquired the same heights. If A
is thrown at an angle of 45° with the horizontal, the angle of projection of B will be

(a) 0° (b) 60° (c) 30° (d) 45°

12. The speed of projection of a projectile is increased by 10%, without changing the angle of
projection. The percentage increase in the range will be

(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 15% (d) 5%

13. A body is projected with speed v ms-1 at angle θ. The kinetic energy at the highest point is half
of the initial kinetic energy. The value of θ is

(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°

14. Two projectiles thrown from the same point at angles 60° and 30° with the horizontal attain the
same height. The ratio of their initial velocities is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c)√ 3 (d) 1/√3

15. A projectile can have same range from two angles of projection with same initial speed. If h1
and h2 be the maximum heights, then

(a) R = √(h1h2) (b) R = √(2 h1h2)

(c) R = 2 √(h1h2) (d) R = 4 √(h1h2)

Disclaimer!!

All the questions in the following Worksheets are based on

Class 11 NCERT Physics Text Books Volume 1 and 2,Concepts of Physics by HC

Varma Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday-Resnick-Walker, Move Fast with

Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig

media- book for Physics class 11 .

 Laws Of Motion

1. A round table with four symmetrical pointed legs is lying over a horizontal surface. If mass of
the table is M, then normal reaction of the surface on each leg is equal to

(a) 2 Mg (b) Mg/4 (c) 3 Mg (d) 1/2 Mg.

2. A block of mass 4 kg lies over a horizontal surface (g = 10 ms–2) if another block of mass 2 kg
is placed over the first block, the normal reaction between the first block and the ground
surface is

(a) 40 N (b) 60 N (c) 20 N (d) 10 N

3. A block of metal weighing 2kg is resting on a frictionless plane. It is struck by a jet releasing
water at the rate of 1 kgs–1 and with a speed of 5 ms–1. The initial acceleration of the block is

(a) 2 ms–2 (b) 2.5 ms–2 (c) 3 ms–2 (d) 3.5 ms–2

4. A bullet of mass 0.04 kg moving with a speed of 90 ms-1 enters a wooden block and is stopped
after a distance of 60 cm. The average resistive force exerted by the block on the bullet is

(a) 100 N (b) 298 N (c) 50 N (d) 270 N.

5. Two masses M and M/2 are joined together by means of light inextensible string passes over a
frictionless pulley as shown in figure. When bigger mass is released, the small are will ascend
with an acceleration of

(a) g (b) g /2 (c) g /3 (d) 2 g.

6. As shown in figure A, B and C are 1 kg, 3 kg and 2 kg respectively. The acceleration of the

system is

(a) 5 ms–2 (b) 4.11 ms–2 (c) 4 ms–2 (d) 5.11 ms–2
7. A particle of mass 1 kg rests on rough contact with a plane inclined at 30° to the horizontal and
is just about to slip. Then the coefficient of friction between the plane and the particle will be.

(a) 1/2 (b) 1/3 (c) 1 /√3 (d) √3 /2.

8. A 1200mg automobile of annels a level of curve of radius 200 m, on an unbanked road with a
velocity of 72 kmh-1 . What is the minimum coefficient of friction between tyres & road in order
that the automobile may not skid? (g = 10 ms-2 ).

(a) 0.2 (b) 0.4 (c) 0.34 (d) 0.41

9. A box of mass 8 kg is placed on a rough inclined plane of inclination 30°. Its downward
motion can be prevented by applying a horizontal force F then value of F for which friction
between the block and the incline surface is minimum, is

(a) 80/√3 (b) 40√3 (c) 40/√3 (d) 80√3.

10. Two blocks are in contact on a frictionless table. One has mass m and other 2m. A force F is
applied on 2m as shown in figure. Next the same force F is applied from the right on m. In the
two cases respectively, the force of contact between the two blocks will be

(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 1.

11. A man wants to slide down a rope. The breaking load for the rope 2/3 rd of the weight of the
man. With what minimum acceleration should fireman slide down?

(a) g/ 4 (b) g/ 3 (c) 2g/ 3 (d) g/6.

12. A body weighs 8 g when placed in one pan and 18 g when placed on the other pan of a false
balance. If the beam is horizontal when both the pans are empty, the true weight of the body is

(a) 13 g (b) 12 g (c) 15.5 g (d) 15 g.

13. An open carriage in a goods train is moving with a uniform velocity of 10 ms–1. If the rain adds
water with zero velocity at the rate of 5 kgs–1, then the additional force applied by engine to
maintain the same velocity of the train is

(a) 0.5 N (b) 2.0 N (c) 50 N (d) 25 N.

 14. If a force of 250 N act on body the momentum acquired is 125 kg-m/s. What is the period for
which force acts on the body?

(a) 0.5 s (b) 0.2 s (c) 0.4 s (d) 0.25 s.

15. In a rocket of mass 1000 kg fuel is consumed at a rate of 40 kg/s. The velocity of the gases
ejected from the rocket is 5 104 ´ m/s. The thrust on the rocket is

(a) 2 x 103 N (b) 5 x 104 N (c) 2 x 106 N (d) 2 x 109 N.

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All the questions in the following Worksheets are based on

Class 11 NCERT Physics Text Books Volume 1 and 2,Concepts of Physics by HC

Varma Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday-Resnick-Walker, Move Fast with

Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig

media- book for Physics class 11 .

Work, Energy and Power

1. A uniform rope of linear density d and length l is hanging from the edge of a table. The work
done in pulling the rope on the table is

(a) dgl/2 (b)dgl2/2 (c) dgl2 (d) d2gl

2. A force of (10î -3ĵ +6ƙ)N acts on a body of 5 kg and displaces it from A ( 6î -5ĵ +3ƙ )m to B (10î -
 2ĵ +7ƙ)m . The work done is

(a) zero (b) 55 J (c) 100 J (d) 221 J.

3. A ball of mass 5 kg experiences a force F = 2x2 + 2 . Work done in displacing the ball by 2m is

(a) 22/3 J (b) 44/3 J (c) 32/3 J (d) 16/3 J.

4. 4. A uniform force of 4 N acts on a body of mass 40 kg for a distance of 2.0 m. The kinetic
energy acquired by the body is
(a) 4 x 2 J (b) 4 x 4 x 2 J
(c) 4 x 4 x 2 x 108erg (d) 4 x 2 x 2 erg.
5. A spring is kept compressed by a small cart of mass 150 g. On releasing the cart, it moves with
a speed of 0.2 ms-1 . The potential energy of the spring is

(a) 1 x 10-4 J (b) 6 x 10-3 J (c) 4 x 10-4 J (d) 3 x 10-3 J.

6. The potential energy of a certain spring when stretched through a distance s is 10 J. The
amount of work (in J ) That must be done on this spring to stretch it through an additional
distance s will be

(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) 20.

7. An object of mass 5 kg falls from rest through a vertical distance of 20 m and attains a velocity
of 10 ms-1 . How much work is done by the resistance of the air on the object?
( g = - 10 ms2 )

(a) 750 J (b) -750 J (c) 850 J (d) -650 J.

8. When a belt moves horizontally at a constant speed of 1.5 ms-1 , gravel is falling on it at 5 kgs-1 .
Then, the extra power needed to drive the belt is

(a) 5.75 W (b) 37.5 W (c) 11.25 W (d) 0.75 W.

9. A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute, with a velocity of 600 ms-1 . If the power of the gun
is 5.4 kW. Mass of each bullet is

(a) 5 kg (b) 0.5 kg (c) 0.5 g (d) 5 g.

10. A 5 kg stone of relative density 3 is resting at the bed of a lake. It is lifted through a height of 5
m in the lake. If acceleration due to gravity ( g = 10ms–2 ), then the work done is
 (a) 500/3 J (b) 350/3 J (c) 750/3 J (d) zero.

11. A force acts on a 30 g particle in such a way that the position of the particle as function of time
is given by x = 3t-4t2 +t3 , where x is in metre and t is in second. The work done during the first
4 seconds is

(a) 5.28 J (b) 450 mJ (c) 490 mJ (d) 530 mJ.

12. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table and one third of its length
is hanging vertically down over the edge of the table. If g is acceleration due to gravity, the
work required to pull the hanging part on the table is

(a) MgL (b) MgL/3 (c) MgL/9 (d) MgL/18.

13. When a man increases his speed by 2 ms–1, he finds that his kinetic energy is doubled, original
speed of man is
(a) 2(√2 – 1) ms-1 (b) 2(√2 + 1) ms-1
(c) 4.5 ms–1 (d) None of these.
14. A ball is projected vertically upwards with a certain initial speed. Another ball of the same
mass is projected at an angle of 60° with the vertical with the same initial speed. At highest
point of their journey, the ratio of their potential energies will be

(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 1.

15. Two springs have force constants k1 and k2 . These are extended through the same distance x.
If their elastic energies are E1 and E2 , then E1/E2 is equal to

(a) k1: k2 (b) k2 : k1 (c)√k1 :√k2 (d) k12 : k22.

Disclaimer!!

All the questions in the following Worksheets are based on

Class 11 NCERT Physics Text Books Volume 1 and 2,Concepts of Physics by HC

Varma Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday-Resnick-Walker, Move Fast with

Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig

media- book for Physics class 11 .

System Of Particles & Rotational Motion

1. Particles of mass 2 kg, 2 kg, 1 kg and 1 kg are placed at the corners A, B, C and D of a square of
 side L as shown in figure. Find the centre of mass of the system.

(a) L/3 (b) L/2

(c) L (d) None of these.

2. Find the centre of mass of a uniform semicircular ring of radius R and mass M.

(a) 0 ,πR (b) 0 , 2R/π (c) 0 , 3R/π (d) 0, 2πR.

3. A uniform metal disc of radius R is taken out of it a disc of diameter is cut-off from the end.
The centre of mass (CM) of the remaining part will be

(a) R/3 from the centre (b) R/4 from the centre

(c) R/6 from the centre (d) R/5 from the centre

4. A thin uniform circular disc of mass M has a radius R. From it a circular hole of radius R/2 is
cut-off as shown in figure. Then centre of mass of the remaining part will be

(a) R/2 (b) R/4 (c) R/6 (d) R/8.

5. A dog of mass 10 kg is standing on a flat boat so that it is 20 m from the shore. It walks 8 m on
the boat towards the shore and then stops. The mass of the boat is 40 kg and friction between
the boat and the water surface is negligible. How far is the dog from the shore now?

(a) 13 m (b) 13.6 m (c) 14 m (d) 14.6 m.

6. The centre of mass of a uniform L-shaped lamina (a thin flat plate) with dimensions as shown
is (g mass of lamina is 3 kg).
 (a) (6/5 ,5/6) (b) (5/6 , 5/6) (c) (5/6 , 6/5) (d) (7/5 , 6/5).

7. A wheel is rotating at the rate of 50 rev min–1 in an anti-clockwise direction. What should be
the magnitude and direction of the angular acceleration of the wheel so that it stops it in 8s?

(a) 5π /24 rads-2 , Clockwise (b) 7π /24 rads–2 , Clockwise

(c) 5π /24 rads-2 ,Anti-clockwise (d) 7π /24 rads-2,Anti-clockwise

8. A flywheel of radius 30 cm starts from rest and accelerates with constant acceleration of 0.5
rad s–2 . The tangential acceleration of a point on its circumference is

(a) 1 ms–2 (b) 0.15 ms–2 (c) 2 ms–2 (d) 0.25 ms–2.

9. Three mass points m1 ,m2 ,m3 are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of length a.
What is the moment of inertia of the system about an axis along the altitude of the triangle
passing through m1 ?

(a) a2/2 (m3+m2) (b) a2/2 (m3+m1)

(c) a2/4 (m3+m2) (d) a2/4 (m1+m2).

10. Four spheres, each of diameter 2a and mass M are placed with their centres on the four
corners of a square of side b. Then moment of inertia of the system about one side of the
square taken as the axis is

(a) 2M/5 (4a2+5b2) (b) 2M/3 (4a2+5b2) (c) M/3

(2a2+5b2) (d) M/4 (2a2+5b2).

11. The moment of inertia of a rod of mass M, length l about an axis perpendicular to it through
one end is

(a) Ml2 /12 (b) 2/3 Ml2 (c) 3/2 Ml2 (d) Ml2/3.

12. The force 7î + 3ĵ - 5ƙ acts on a particle whose position vector is î –ĵ +ƙ, then the torque of the
force is

(a) 12î + 2ĵ + 7ƙ (b) 2î + 12ĵ + 10ƙ

(c) 13î + 3ĵ + 4ƙ (d) 10î + ĵ + 5ƙ.

 13. A grind stone in the form of a solid cylinder, has a radius of 0.5 m and a mass 50 kg. What
torque will bring it from rest to an angular velocity of 300 rev min–1 in 10 s.

(a) 18.6 Nm (b) 15.6 Nm (c) 19.6 Nm (d) 20.6 Nm.

14. A man of mass 100 kg stands at the rim of a turn table of radius 2 m and moment of inertia
4000 kg m2 mounted on a vertical frictionless shaft at its centre. The whole system is initially at
rest. The man now walks along the outer edge of the turn table (anti-clockwise) with a velocity
of 1 m/s relative to the earth. With what angular velocity and in what direction does the turn
table rotate?

(a) The table rotates anti-clockwise (in the direction of man motion) with angular velocity 0.05
rad/s

(b) The table rotates clockwise (opposite to man) with angular velocity 0.1 rad/s

(c) The table rotates clockwise (opposite to man) with angular velocity 0.05 rad/s

(d) The table rotates anti-clockwise (in the direction of the man motion) with angular velocity
0.1 rad/s.

15. A particle of mass m is projected with velocity v at an angle θ with the horizontal. Find its
angular momentum about the point of projection when it is at the highest point of its
trajectory.

(a) mv2sin θ sin 2θ/4g (b) mv3sin θ sin 2θ /2g

(c) mv3 sin θ cos θ /4g (d) None of these.

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 Gravitation
1. Two point masses each equal to 1 kg attract one another with a force of 10–9 kg-wt. The
distance between the two point masses is approximately (G = ´ 6.6 x 10–11 MKS unit).
(a) 8.2 cm (b) 0.8 cm (c) 80 cm (d) 0.08 cm.
2. The acceleration due to gravity becomes g /2 (g = acceleration due to gravity on the surface of
the earth) at a height equal to

(a) R/2 (b) R/4 (c) R/3 (d) R/5.

3. At what depth below the surface of the earth, the value of g is the same as that at a height of 5
km?
(a) 5 km (b) 2.5 km (c) 10 km (d) 6 km.
4. The effect of rotation of the earth on the value acceleration due to gravity is
(a) g is maximum at the equator and minimum at the pole
(b) g is minimum at the equator and maximum at the pole
(c) g is equal at the equator and pole both (d) g is maximum at the both poles.
5. Three particles, each of mass m are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side a.
What is the gravitational field at the centroid of the triangle?
(a) Zero (b) -3√3 Gm/a2 (c) 3 Gm/a2 (d) 2 Gm/a2.
6. A thin uniform annular disc of mass M has outer radius 4Rand inner radius3R. The work
required to take a unit mass from point P on its axis to infinity is
(a) 2 GM/7R (4√2 - 5) (b) -2 GM/7R (4√2 - 5) (c) GM/4R (d) 2 GM/5R
(√2 - 1).
7. Infinite number of masses each 1 kg, are placed along the x-axis at x = ±1 m, ± 2 m, ± 4m, ± 8 m,
±16 m, …. .The magnitude of the resultant gravitational potential in terms of gravitational
constant G at the origin (x = 0) is
(a) G / 2 (b) G (c) 2G (d) 4G.

8. If g is acceleration due to gravity on earth’s surface, the gain of the potential energy of an
object of mass in raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius R of the
earth is
(a) 2mgR (b) mgR
(c) 1/2 mgR (d) 1/4 mgR.
9. A satellite is orbiting round the earth at a height h above the surface of the earth. If this
distance h is increased, the time period of satellite will
(a) decrease (b) increase
 (c) remain unaffected (d) becomes zero
10. Escape velocity on the earth is 11.2 kms–1. What would be the escape velocity on a planet
whose mass is 1000 times and radius is 10 times that of earth?
(a) 112 kms–1 (b) 11.2 kms–1 (c) 1.12 kms–1 (d) 3.7 kms–1.
11. A 400 kg satellite is in a circular orbit of radius 2 RE about the earth. Amount of energy
required to transfer it to a circular orbit of radius 4RE is
(a) 3.13 x 109J (b) 5.29 x 102J
(c) 3.13 x 103J (d) 5.29 x 109 J.
12. The planet Neptune travels around the sun with a period of 165 yr. What is the radius of orbit
approximately, if the orbit is considered as circular?
(a) 20 R1 (b) 30 R1 (c) 25R1 (d) 35R1
13. The maximum and minimum distances of a comet from the sun are 8 x 1012 m and 1.6 x 1012 m.
If its velocity when nearest to the sun is 60 ms-1 . What will be its velocity in ms-1 when it is
farthest?
(a) 12 (b) 60 (c) 112 (d) 6
14. The time period of moon’s revolution is 27.3 days and radius of the earth is 6.37 x 106 m,
distance to the moon is 3.84 x 108 m, then the mass of the earth is (approximately).
(a) 1030 kg (b)1024 kg (c)1016 kg (d)105 kg
15. A geostationary satellite is orbiting the earth at a height 6R above the earth surface, where R is
radius of earth. The time period of another satellite at a height 2.5R from earth’s surface would
be
(a) 24 h (b) 6√2 h (c) 2.5/6 h (d) 2√2 h.

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 Mechanical Properties of Solids
1. A structural steel rod has a radius of 10 mm and a length of 1m. A 100 kN force stretches it
along its length Young’s modulus of structural steel is2 x 1011 Nm2 . The strain on the rod is

(a) 1% (b) 0.04% (c) 0.08% (d) 0.16%.

2. A steel wire of length 4 m and diameter 5 mm is stretched by 5 kg-wt. The increase in its
length, if the Young’s modulus of steel wire is 2.4 x 1012 dyne cm–2 is
(a) 0.003 cm (b) 0.0041 cm
(c) 0.00041 cm (d) 0.005 cm.
3. A body of mass 3.14 kg is suspended from one end of a wire of length 10 m. The radius of the
wire is changed uniformly from 9.8 x 10–4 m at one end to 5 x 10-4 m at the other end. The
change in length of the wire is [ Given Y = 2 x 1011 Nm-2
(a) 10-2m (b)10-1m (c)10-3 m (d)10-5 m.
4. A tension of 20 N is applied to a wire of cross-sectional area 0.01 cm2 . The decrease in
crosssectional area is [Young’s modulus of Cu = 1.1 x 1011 Nm2, Poisson’s ratio = 0.32]
(a) 1.81 x 10–4 cm2 (b)1.16 x 10–6 cm2
(c) 2.81 x 10–8 cm2 (d) 5.23 x 10–3c
5. The ratio of radii of two wires of same material is 2 : 1. If these wires are stretched by equal
force, what is the ratio of stress produced in them?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 5.
6. The increase in pressure required to decrease the 200 L volume of a liquid by 0.004 % in kPa is
(bulk modulus of the liquid = 2100 kPa)
(a) 8.4 (b) 84 (c) 92.4 (d) 168.
7. One litre of ideal gas is compressed isothermally at 0.72 mm of Hg column so that its volume
becomes 0.9 L. Its stress, if the density of mercury is 13.6 x 103kgm3 is
(a) 1.07 x 104 Nm-2 (b)1.18 x 104Nm-2
(c) 2 x 104 Nm-2 (d) 5 x 104Nm-2

8. A 5 cm cube has its upper face displaced by 0.2 cm by a tangential force of 8 N. The modulus
of rigidity of the material of cube is
(a) 5 x 104 Nm-2 (b) 6 x 104 Nm-2
 (c) 7 x 104 Nm-2 (d) 8 x 104 Nm-2
9. A solid ball 3 cm in diameter, is submerged in lake to a depth where the pressure is 103 kgfm-2 .
What is the change in volume of the ball, if bulk modulus of the material of the ball is 107 dyne
cm-2 ?
(a) 0.15 cm-3 (b) 1.5 cm3 (c) 1.386 cm3 (d) 0.1386 c
10. Wires A and B are made from the same material. A has twice the diameter and three times the
length of B. If the elastic limits are not reached, when each is stretched by the same tension, the
ratio of energy stored in A to that of B is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 6 : 1.
11. Find the ratio of Young's modulus of wire A to wire B
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2

(c) 1 : 3 (d) 1 : 4
12. The strain-stress curves of three wires of different materials are shown in the figure. P, Q and

R are the elastic limits of the wires, The figure shows that
(a) elasticity of wire P is maximum (b) elasticity of wire Q is maximum (c)
tensile strength of R is maximum (d) None of the above.
13. Four identical hollow cylindrical columns of steel support a big structure of mass 50,000 kg.
The inner and outer radii of each column are 30 cm and 40 cm respectively. Assuming the load
distribution to be uniform, what will be the compressional strain of each column? The Young's
modulus of steel is 2 x 1011Pa.

(a) 2.7 x 10-6 (b) 2.7 x 10-4 (c) 8.3 x 10-6 (d) 8.3 x 10-4

14. Equal torsional torques act on two rods x and y having equal length. The diameter of rod y is
twice the diameter of rod x. If θx and θy are the angles of twist, then (θx / θy) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 16.
 15. Two cylinders of same material and of same length are joined to end as shown in figure. The
upper end of A is rigidly fixed. Their radii are in ratio of 1 : 2. If the lower end of Bis twisted by
an angle θ, the angle of twist of cylinder A is
(a) (15/16)θ (b) (16/15)θ

(c) (16/17)θ (d) (17/16)θ

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 Mechanical Properties of Liquids
1. 1.When equal volumes of two metals are mixed together, the specific gravity of alloys is 4.
When equal masses of the same two metals are mixed together, the specific gravity of alloy is
3. What is the specific gravity of each metal?
(a) 3 and 6 (b) 5 and 4 (c) 2 and 6 (d) 4 and 4
2. The pressure on a swimmer 10 m below the surface of a lake is

(a) 10 atm (b) 5 atm (c) 15 atm (d) 2 atm.

3. At a depth of 1000 m in an ocean the force acting on the window of area 20 cm ´ 20 cm of a

submarine at this depth, the interior of which is maintained at sea-level atmospheric pressure
is [Given, density of seawater is 1.03 x 103 ´ kgm3, g = 10 2 ms-2 ]

(a) 3.2 x 108 N (b) 4.12 x 105 N

(c) 8.3 x 102 N (d) 3.1 x 10–5 N.

4. An ice-berg is floating partly immersed in seawater of density 1.03 gcm–3. The density of ice is
0.92 gcm–3. The fraction of the total volume of the ice-berg above the level of seawater is

(a) 8.1 % (b) 11 % (c) 34 % (d) 0.8 %.

5. In a car, lift compressed air exent a force F1 on a small piston having a radius of 5 cm. This
pressure is transmitted to a second piston of radius 15 cm. If the mass of the car be lifted is
1350 kg, the pressure necessary to accomplish this task is

(a)1.9 x 105Pa (b) 3 x 106Pa

(c) 6.5 x 103Pa (d) 0.23 x 103 Pa.

6. At what speed, the velocity head of water is equal to pressure head of 40 cm of Hg?

(a) 10.3 ms-1 (b) 2.8 ms-1 (c) 5.5 ms-1 (d) 8.4 ms-1
7. A manometer connected to a closed tap reads 3.5 x 105 Nm-2 . When the value is opened, the
reading of manometer falls to3 x 105 Nm-2 , then the velocity of flow of water is

(a) 100 ms-1 (b)10 ms-1 (c) 10 √10 ms-1 (d)1 ms-1

8. A cylinder of height 20 m is completely filled with water. The velocity of efflux of water (in ms-
1 ) through a hole on the side wall of the cylinder near its bottom in (ms-1 )

(a) 10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 40.

9. Water is flowing with a speed of 2 ms-1in a horizontal pipe with cross-sectional area decreasing
from 2 x 10-2 m2 to 0.01 m2 at pressure 4 x 104 Pa. What will be the pressure at smaller
crosssection?

(a) 2 x 104 Pa (b) 3.4 x 104Pa

(c) 2.4 x 104 Pa (d) 4 x 104Pa.

10. The diameter of a pipe at two points, where a venturimeter is connected as 8 cm and 5 cm and
the difference of levels in it is 4 cm. The volume of water flowing through the pipe per second
is

(a) 1889 ccs–1 (b) 1520 ccs–1 (c) 1321 ccs–1 (d) 1125 ccs–1

11. A rectangular plate of dimensions 6 cm´x 4 cm and thickness 2 mm is placed with its largest
face flat on the surface of water. What will be the downward force on the plate due to surface
tension? (Surface tension of water is 7.0 x 10–2 Nm-1 )

(a) 1.8 x 10–2 N (b)1.4 x 10–2N

(c) 2 x 10-2N (d) 2.5 x 10–2 N.

12. Surface tension of a detergent solution is 2.8 × 10–2 Nm-1 What is the work done in blowing a
bubble of 2 cm diameter?

(a) 4 x 10-6 J (b) 70.3 x 10 –6 J

(c) 50.8 x 10–6 J (d) 60.8 x 10–6 J.

 13. There is an air bubble of radius 1.0 mm in a liquid of surface tension 0.075 Nm–1 and density
103 kgm–3. The bubble is at a depth of 10.0 cm below the free surface. By what amount is the
pressure inside the bubble greater than the atmospheric pressure?

(a) 1030 Nm–1 (b) 1230 Nm–1

(c) 1130 Nm–1 (d) None of the above.

14. The lower end of a capillary tube is dipped into water and it is seen that water rises through
7.5 cm in the capillary. Given surface tension of water is 7.5 x 10–2 Nm-1 & angle of contact
between water and glass capillary tube is zero. What is the diameter of the capillary tube?
(Given, g = 10 ms -2 .)

(a) 0.2 mm (b) 0.3 mm (c) 0.4 mm (d) 0.5 mm.

15. Water is flowing through a horizontal tube 8 cm in diameter and 4 km in length at the rate of
20 litre/s. Assuming only viscous resistance. The pressure required to maintain the flow in
terms of mercury column. (Coefficient of viscosity of water is 0.001 Pa-s) is

(a) 69.68 cm (b) 59.68 cm (c) 49.68 cm (d) 39.68 cm.

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 Thermal Properties of Matter

1. The resistance of a platinum-resistance thermometer is found to be 11.00 Ω ,when dipped in a

triple point cell. When it is dipped in a bath the resistance is found to be 28.887 Ω ? Find the
temperature of bath in °C on platinum scale.

(a) 444.17 °C (b) 333.17 °C (c) 450.17 °C (d) 350.17 °C.

2. At what temperature, if any, do the following readings give the same reading on Fahrenheit
and Kelvin scales?

(a) 474.6° (b) – 574.6° (c) 574.6° (d) – 474.6°.

3. 3.A faulty thermometer has its fixed points marked as 5° and 95°. The temperature of a body
as measured by the faulty thermometer is 59°. Find the correct temperature of the body on
Celsius scale.

(a) 30°C (b) 45°C (c) 60°C (d) 75°C.

4. A surveyor’s 30 m steel tape is correct at a temperature of 20°C. The distance between two
points, as measured by this tape on a day when the temperature is 35°C, is 26 m. What is the
true distance between the points? ( αsteel = 1.2 x 10–5/◦C )

(a) 26.00476 m (b) 27.00468 m

(c) 25.6658 m (d) None of these.

5. A steel ring of 3.000 inch inside diameter at 20°C to be heated & slipped over brass shaft
measuring 3.002 inch in diameter at 20°C. To what temperature should the ring be heated?(α
= 1.1 10-5 °C-1 )
steel

(a) 70.6°C (b) 75.6°C (c) 80.6°C (d) 78.6°C.

6. A pendulum clock loses 12 s a day, if the temperature is 40°C and goes fast by 4 s a day if the
temperature is 20°C. Find the temperature at which the clock will show correct time and the
coefficient of linear expansion of the metal of the pendulum clock.

(a) 120°C, 1.85 x 10–5 ºC–1 (b) 28°C, 1.85 x 10–6 ºC–1

(c) 25 °C, 1.85 x 10–5 ºC–1 (d) 27°C, 1.85 x 10–6 º C–1

7. Calculate the heat of fusion of ice from the following data for ice at 0ºC added to water. Mass
of calorimeter = 60 g, mass of calorimeter + water = 460 g, mass of calorimeter + water + ice =
618 g, initial temperature of water =38 °C, temperature of the mixture = 5 °C. The specific heat
of calorimeter = 0.10 calg-1°C-1.

(a) 73.85 calg-1 (b) 78.35 calg-1 (c) 88.7 calg-1 (d) 84.3 calg-1

8. What will be the temperature, when 150 g of ice at 0°C is mixed with 300 g of water at 50°C?
Specific heat of water = 1 calg-1C-1 . Latent heat of fusion of ice = 80 calg-1 .

(a) 6.0°C (b) 5.6°C (c) 6.7°C (d) 17.6°C.

9. How much heat is required to convert 8.0 g of ice at –15°C to steam at 100°C?
(Given Cice = 0.53 cal/g-°C, Lf = 80 cal/ g and Lv = 539 cal/g, and Cwater = 1cal/g-°C)

(a) 63.6 cal (b) 5815.6 cal (c) 640 cal (d) 4312 cal

10. 10 g of water at 70°C is mixed with 5 g of water at 30°C. Find the temperature of the mixture in
equilibrium.

(a) 76.80°C (b) 54.62°C (c) 36.67°C (d) 17.69°C.

11. Water is boiled in flat bottom kettle placed on a stove. The area of the bottom is 3000 cm2 and
the thickness is 2 mm. If the amount of steam produced is 1 gmin-1 , calculate the difference of
temperature between the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom. ( K for the material of kettle is
0.5 cal°C-1s -1cm-1 )
 (a) 2.1 x 10–3 °C (b) 3.1 x 10–3°C

(c)1.2 x 10–3°C (d) 2.5 x 10–3°C.

12. A closed cubical box made of perfectly insulating material has walls of thickness 8 cm and the
only way for the heat to enter or leave the box is through the solid cylindrical metallic plugs
each of cross-sectional area 12 cm2 and length 8 cm fixed in the opposite walls of the box as
shown in figure. The outer surface A is kept at 100°C while the outer surface B of other plug is
kept at 4°C. K if the material of the plugs is 0.5 cals-1 C-1 cm-1. A source of energy generating 36
cals-1 is enclosed inside the box. Find the equilibrium of the inner surface of the box, assuming
that it is same at all points on the inner surface.

(a) 76°C (b) 86°C (c) 66°C (d) 56°C.

13. The emissivity of tungsten is approximately 0.35. A tungsten sphere 1 cm in radius is

suspended within a large evacuated enclosure whose walls are at 300 K. What power input is
required to maintain the sphere at a temperature of 3000 K, if heat conduction along the
supports is neglected?( σ = 5.67 x 10–8 SI units. )

(a) 2119.8 W (b) 2019.8 W (c) 2219.8 W (d) 1919.8 W.

14. The rate at which the radiant energy reaches the surface of the earth from the sun is about 1.4
kWm-2 . The distance from the earth to the sun is about 1.5 x 1011 m, and the radius of the sun is
about 0.7 x 109 m. What is the rate of radiation of energy per unit area from the sun’s surface?

(a) 6.43 x 107 Wm-2 (b) 6.43 x 106 Wm-2

(c) 5.43 x 107 Wm-2 (d) 6.43 x 107 Wm-2

15. A body cools down from 60°C to 55°C in 30 s. Using Newton’s law of cooling, calculate the
approximate time taken by same body to cool down from 55°C to 50°C. Assume that the
temperature of surroundings is 45°C.

(a) 41.28 s (b) 55.28 s (c) 51.28 s (d) 60.28 s.

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Thermodynamics
1. When water is boiled under a pressure of 2 atm, the heat of vaporization is 2.20 x 106 Jkg-1 and
the boiling point is 120°C. At this pressure, 1 kg of water has a volume of 10-3 m3 and 1 kg of
steam has a volume of 0 824 3 . m . What is the work done when 1 kg of steam is formed at this
temperature?

(a) 166.74 kJ (b) 266.74 kJ (c) 366.74 kJ (d) 466.74 kJ.

2. When a system goes from state A to state B, is supplied with 400 J of heat and it does 100 J of
work. For this translation what will be the change in internal energy of the system?

(a) 250 J (b) 300 J (c) 350 J (d) 150 J.

3. An automobile engine absorbs 1600 J of heat from a hot reservoir and expels 1000 J to a cold
reservoir in each cycle. What maximum work is done in each cycle?

(a) 400 J (b) 500 J (c) 600 J (d) 450 J.

4. Calculate the least amount of work that must be done to freeze one gram of water at 0°C by
means of a refrigerator. Temperature of surrounding is 27°C. How much heat is passed on the
surrounding in this process ? Latent heat of fusion L = 80 calg-1 .

(a) 87.91 cal (b) 97.91 cal (c) 88.95 cal (d) 89.95 cal.

5. One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas undergoes thermodynamic cycle 1→ 2→ 3→ 1 as shown

in the figure. Initial temperature of the gas is T 0 = 300 K . Process1 →2 : p = aV ;Process 2→ 3 :
 pV = constant Process 3→ 1: p = constant [Take ln|3|= 1.09. The net work done by the cycle is

(a) 3.27 RT0 (b) 6.83 RT0 (c) 4.53 RT0 (d) 5.81 R T0

6. A thermodynamic system is taken through the cycle abcda shown in figure. Find the work

done by the gas during the parts ab, bc, cd and da.

(a) 20 J (b) 0 J (c) - 40 J (d) -20 J.

7. Carnot’s engine takes in a thousand kilo calories of heat from a reservoir at 827°C and
exhausts it to a sink at 27°C. How much work does it perform? What is the efficiency of the
engine?

(a) 2.70 x 105 cal , 70.70% (b) 2.70 x 105 cal , 72.72%

(c) 2.70 x 105 cal , 80.70% (d) 3.70 x 105 cal , 70.70%.

8. A gasoline engine takes in 5 moles of air at 20°C and 1 atm, and compresses it adiabatically to
1/10th of the original volume. Find the final temperature and pressure. Assume air to be
diatomic. The work done and change in internal energy is

(a) 46 KJ , -46 kJ (b) 36 KJ,- 36 kJ

(c) -46 KJ,46 kJ (d) 36 46 kJ kJ

9. How much work is done by ideal gas in expanding isothermally from an initial volume of 3 L
at 20 atm to a final volume of 24 L?

(a) 1.36 x 105 J (b)1.26 x104 J

(c)1.36 x 104 J (d) 2.36 x 105 J.

10. A steam engine delivers 5 4 x 108 J of work per minute and takes 36 x 109 J of heat per minute
from the boiler. How much heat is wasted per minute?

(a) 3.1 x 109J/min (b) 2 x 109 J/min

(c) 4 x 109 J/min (d) 6 x 109 J/min.

11. The volume of system produced by 1g of water at 100°C is 1650 cm3 . What is the change in
internal energy during the change of state? Given, J = 4.2 x 107 erg cal-1 , g = - 981 cms2 . Latent
heat of steam = 50 cal/g .

(a) 2.0 x 109 erg (b) 2.0 x 1011erg

(c) 2.0 x 1010 erg (d) 2.0 x 1012erg.
12. Find the work required to compress adiabatically 1g of air initially at NTP to half its volume.
Density of air at NTP = 1.29 x 10-3 gcm-3 and γ = 1.4.

(a) 62.75 J (b) - 62.75 J (c) 82.75 J (d) - 82.75 J

13. A Carnot engine intakes steam at 200°C and after doing work, exhausts it to a sink at 100°C.
The percentage of heat which is utilised for doing work is

(a) 21% (b) 25% (c) 27% (d) 30%.

14. 5 moles of an ideal gas is carried by a quasi-static isothermal process at 500 K to twice its
volume as shown in figure. (i) How much work was done by the gas along the path AB? (ii)

Calculate the pressure ratio PB/PA Given, R = 8.31 J mol-1 K-1

 (a) 14,401.3 J, 2 (b) 34,28.9 J, 2

(c) 14,401.3 J, 1/2 (d) 3428.9 J, ½.

15. A cylinder containing one gram molecule of the gas was compressed adiabatically until its
temperature rose from 27°C to 97°C. The heat produced in the gas (γ = 1.5) is

(a) 250.6 cal (b) 276.7 cal (c) 298.5 cal (d) 320.6 cal.

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 Kinetic Theory Of Gases

1. A given sample of an ideal gas occupies a volume V at a pressure P and absolute temperature
T . The mass of each molecule of the gas is m. Which of the following gives the density of the
gas?
(a)P/(kT) (b)Pm/(kT) (c)P/(kTV) (d)mkT
2. Two vessels separately contain two ideal gases A and B at the same temperature, the pressure
of A being twice that of B. Under such conditions, the density of A is found to be 1.5 times the
density of B. The ratio of molecular weight of A and B is
(a) 2 (b)1/2 (c)2/3 (d)3/4
3. At 10°C the value of the density of a fixed mass of an ideal gas divided by its pressure is x. At
110°C this ratio is

(a)10x/110 (b)283x/383 (c)x (d)383x/283.

4. The value of critical temperature in terms of vander Waals’ constant a and b is given by
(a) TC=8a/27Rb (b) TC=27a/8Rb (c) TC=a/2Rb (d) TC=a/2Rb
5. Two container A and B are partially filled with water and closed the volume of A is twice that
of B and it contains half the amount of water in B .If both are at the same temperature the
water vapour in the containers will have pressure in the ratio of
(a) 1:2 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 4:1.
6. Increase in temperature of a gas filled in a container would lead to

(a) decrease in intermolecular distance (b) increase in its mass

(c) increase in its kinetic energy (d)decrease in its pressure.

 7. At what temperature will the RMS speed of oxygen molecules become just sufficient for
escaping from the Earth's atmosphere [Given mass of oxygen molecule(m) = 2.76 x 10-26 kg,
Boltzmann's constant KB = 1.38 x 10-23JK-1]
(a) 2.508 x 104K (b) 8.36 x 104K
(c) 5.016 x 104K (d)1.254 x 104K.
8. In a vessel the gas is it pressure P.If the mass of all the molecules is halved and their speed is
doubled then the resultant pressure will be
(a) 2P (b) P (c) P/2 (d) 4P.
9. At 0K which of the following properties of a gas will be zero
(a)vibrational energy (b)density
(c)kinetic energy (d)potential energy.
10. Relation between pressure (P) and kinetic energy per unit volume (E) of a gas is
(a) P =2/3E (b)P =1/3E (c) P=E (d) P =3E.
11. According to kinetic theory of gases at absolute zero of temperature
(a)water freezes (b)liquid Helium freezes
(c)molecular motion stops (d)liquid hydrogen freezes.
12. The number of translational degrees of freedom for a diatomic gas is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6.
13. A polyatomic gas with n degrees of freedom has a mean energy for molecule given by
(a) nKT/N (b) nKT/2N (c) nKT/2 (d) 3KT/2

14. A gas mixture consists of 2 moles of O2 and 4 moles of Ar at temperature T. Neglecting all
vibrational modes the total internal energy of the system is
(a) 15RT (b) 9RT (c) 11RT (d) 4RT.
15. The mean free path of a molecules of gas, ( radius r ) is inversely proportional to
(a) r3 (b) r2 (c) r (d)√ r

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Oscillations

1. A function of time is represented as follows sin ꙍt + cos 2ꙍt + sin 4ꙍt. The motion
represented by it is
(a) non-periodic (b) periodic
(c) both non-periodic and periodic (d) data insufficient.

2. The period of the following function of time is sin2 ꙍt.

(a) ꙍ/π (b) 2ꙍ/π (c) π/ꙍ (d) π/ 2ꙍ.
3. The periodic time of a body executing SHM is 2 s. After how much interval from t = 0, will its
displacement be half of its amplitude?
(a) 1/5 s (b) 1/6 s (c) 1/10 s (d) 1/8 s.
4. A particle in SHM is described by the displacement function x = Acos (ꙍt+ф ), ꙍ = 2π /T If the
initial ( t = 0 ) position of the particle is 1 cm and its initial velocity is π cms-1 , what is the
initial phase angle? (The angular frequency of the particle is π s -1 .)
(a) 3π/ 4 (b) 2π/ 4 (c) 5π /4 (d) 7π/4.
5. A particle executes SHM of amplitude A. At what distance from the mean position is its KE
equal to its PE?
(a) 0.71 A (b) 0.61 A (c) 0.65 A (d) 0.8 A.
6. If two SHMs are represented by equations y1=10 sin ( 3πt +π/4 ) & y2=5[sin 3πt + √3 cos 3πt ] ,
then the ratio of their amplitudes is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 3.
7. A block with a mass of 2 kg hangs without vibrating at the end of a spring of spring constant
800 Nm–1, which is attached to the ceiling of an elevator. The elevator is going upwards with an
acceleration g/3. At a certain instant, the acceleration suddenly ceases and elevator starts
moving with constant velocity. What is the angular frequency of oscillation of block when the
acceleration ceases?
(a) 12 rad s-1 (b) 20 rad s-1 (c) 21 rad s-1 (d) 19 rad
8. A body oscillates with SHM according to the equation (in SI units) x = 5 cos (2πt +π/4 ) at t =
1.5 s, the displacement is
(a) –1.53 m (b) –2.1 m (c) –3.535 m (d) – 4.23 m.
9. A man stands on a weighing machine placed on a horizontal platform. The machine reads 50
kg . By means of a suitable mechanism, the platform is made to execute harmonic vibrations
up and down with a frequency of 2 vibrations per second. What will be the maximum reading
of the weighing machine? The amplitude of vibration of platform is 5 cm. [ Take g= 10 ms-2 ]
(a) 64.5kgf (b) 74.5kgf (c) 89.5kgf (d) 95.5kgf
10. Two identical springs of spring constant k are attached to a block of mass m and to fixed
supports as shown when the mass is displaced from its equilibrium position on either side, it

executes SHM, the period of oscillation is

(a) 2π√(m/K) (b) 2π√(2m/K)

(c) 2π√(m/3K) (d)2π√(m/2K).

11. A block whose mass is 1 kg is fastened to a spring. The spring has a spring constant of 50 Nm-1
. The block is pulled to a distance x = 10 cm from its equilibrium position at x = 0 on a
frictionless surface from rest at t = 0. The total energy of the block when it is 5 cm away from
the mean position is
(a) 0.19 J (b) 0.0625 J (c) 0.09 J (d) 0.25 J.
 12. A ball is suspended by a thread of length L at the point O on the wall PQ which is inclined to
the vertical by α. The thread with the ball is displaced by a small angle β away from the
vertical and also away from the wall. If the ball is released, assuming the collision to be

perfectly elastic the period of oscillation of the pendulum for β > α is

(a) √(L/g)[π + 2cos-1(β/α)] (b) √(L/g)[π + 2sin-1(α/β)]

(c) √(g/L)[π + 2tan-1(α/β)] (d) √(g/L)[2π + 2tan-1(β/α)]

13. Length of a simple pendulum which ticks seconds is

(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 4 m.
14. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 1.7 ms–2. What is the time period
of a simple pendulum on the moon, if its time period on the earth is 3.5 s? (g on the earth 9.8
ms–2).
(a) 8.4 s (b) 8.2 s (c) 7.4 s (d) 6.4 s.
15. The amplitude of damped oscillator becomes in 2 s. Its amplitude after 6 s is 1/n times the
original. Then n is equal to
(a) 23 (b) 32 (c) 31/3 (d) 33

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 Wave Motion
1. A steel wire has a length of 12.0 m and a mass of 2.10 kg. What should be the tension in the
wire so that the speed of a transverse wave on the wire equals the speed of sound in dry air at
20°C = 343 ms–1)?
(a) 2.06 × 103 N (b) 2.06 × 104 N (c)
3.8 × 105 N (d) 3.8 × 106 N.
2. Mass of 1 mole of air is 29 x 10-3 kg. The speed of sound in air at standard temperature and
pressure is

(a)331 ms-1 (b) 3 x 108 ms-1 (c) 280 ms-1 (d) 4 x 106 ms-1

3. Determine the speed of sound waves in water, and find the wavelength of a wave having a
frequency of 242 Hz. (Take, Bwater = 2 x 109 Pa.)
(a) 5.5 m (b) 5.84 m (c) 6.84 m (d) 6.5 m.
4. The density of air at NTP is 1.29 kgm–3 . Assume air to be diatomic with γ = 1.4. The velocity of
sound at 127ºC is
(a) 382.8 ms–1 (b) 350 ms–1 (c) 350.6 ms–1 (d) 348.6 ms–1
5. A wave travelling along a string is described by y( x,t)= - 0.005 sin( 80x + 3t ) in which
numerical constants are in SI units (0.005 m, 80 rad m–1 , 3 rad s-1 ). The wavelength λ is then
given by
(a) 2.85 cm (b) 7.85 cm (c) 10.83 cm (d) 18.2 cm.
6. A stretched string is forced to transmit transverse waves by means of an oscillator coupled to
one end. The string has a diameter of 4 mm. The amplitude of the oscillation is10-4 m and the
frequency is 10 Hz. Tension in the string is 100 N and mass density of wire is 42 x 103 kgm-3.
Find the average energy flow per unit time across any section of the string
(a) 1.25 x 10–5 Js–1 (b) 4.53 x 10–5 Js–1 (c) 5.28 x 10–5 Js–1 (d) 8.63 x 10–5 Js–1.
7. Equation of a transverse wave travelling in a rope is given by y = 5 sin (4.0 t –0.02 x), where y
and x are expressed in cm and time in seconds. Calculate the amplitude, frequency and
velocity of the wave.
(a) 8 cm, 0.8673 cycle s–1, 200 cms–1 (b) 5 cm, 0.673 cycle s–1, 200 cms–1 (c) 5.8 cm,
0.673 cycle s–1, 250 cms–1 (d) None of the above.
8. Two coherent sound sources are at distances x1 = 0.2 m and x2 = 0.48 m from a point. The
intensity of the resultant wave at that point if the frequency of each wave is f = 400 Hz and
velocity of wave in the medium is v = 448 ms-1 is (The intensity of each wave is I0 = 60 Wm-2 .)
(a) 120 Wm–2 (b) 125 Wm–2 (c) 130 Wm–2 (d) 135 Wm–2
9. A pipe, 30 cm long is open at both ends, harmonic mode of the pipe which resonates at 1.1
kHz source is [Given, speed of sound in air is 330 ms-1 ]
(a) first (b) second (c) third (d) four
10. An open pipe is suddenly closed at one end with the result that the frequency of third
harmonic of the closed pipe is found to be higher by 100 Hz, than the fundamental frequency
of the open pipe. The fundamental frequency of the open pipe is
(a) 100 Hz (b) 150 Hz (c) 200 Hz (d) 250 Hz.
11. A window whose area is 2 m2 opens on a street where the street noise results in an intensity
level at the window of 60 dB. Now, if a sound absorber is fitted at the window, how much
energy from the street will it collect in a day?

(a) 0.73 J (b) 0.173 J (c) 2.73 J (d) 1.73 J.

12. The first overtone of an open pipe and the fundamental note of a pipe closed at one end, gives
5 beats s-1 ,when sounded together. If the length of the pipe, closed at one end is 25 cm, what
 are the possible lengths of the open pipe? (Neglect end corrections and take the velocity of
sound in air to be 340 ms-1 ).
(a) 90.5 and 120.5 cm (b) 98.5 and 101.5 cm
(c) 95.5 and 102.5 cm (d) 95.5 and 200 cm.
13. Two tuning forks A and B sounded together give 8 beat s-1 . With an air resonance tube closed
at one end, the two forks give resonance when the two air columns are 32 cm and 33 cm
respectively. The frequencies of forks are
(a) 260 Hz, 250 Hz (b) 264 Hz, 256 Hz (c) 274
Hz, 256 Hz (d) 279 Hz, 250 Hz.
14. A rocket is moving at a speed of 200 ms-1 towards a stationary target. While moving it emits a
wave of frequency 1000 Hz. Some of the sound reaching the target gets reflected back to the
rocket as an echo. The frequency of sound as detected by the target is
(a) 2540 Hz (b) 1500 Hz (c) 4240 Hz (d) 6200 Hz.
15. A bullet passes past a person at a speed 220 ms-1 . The fractional change in the frequency of the
whistling sound heard by the person as the bullet crosses the person is (Speed of sound =
330ms-1 )
(a) 0.67 (b) 0.8 (c) 1.2 (d) 3.0

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Physics by S L Arora. Master resource book for Physics – Arihant , MTG Learnig
media- book for Physics class 11 .