Class XI Session 2023-24

Subject - Physics

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum 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. All the sections
are compulsory.

3. 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.

4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D and E. You have to

attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

5. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section A
1. Dimensions of resistance in an electrical circuit, in terms of dimension of mass M, of length L, of time T and of [1]
current I, would be

a) [ML2T-1I-1] b) [ML2T-2]

c) [ML2T-3I-1] d) [ML2T-3I-2]

2. Wave has simple harmonic motion whose period is 4 seconds while another wave which also possesses simple [1]
harmonic motion has its period 3 sec. If both are combined, then the resultant wave will have a period equal to

a) 4 sec b) 3 sec

c) 5 sec d) 12 sec
3. The radius of gyration of a rod of mass 100 gm and length 100 cm about an axis passing through its edge and [1]
perpendicular to its length is given by:

a) 100
b)
50

√3 2√3

c) d)
50 100

3√2 3√3

4. A raindrop is released from a cloud 1000 m above ground. When the drop is about to hit the ground, its speed [1]
will be

a) Cannot be predicted b) Constant terminal speed

c) Decreasing due to retardation from air drag d) Increasing due to acceleration due to gravity

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 5. What is not conserved in the case of celestial bodies revolving around sun? [1]

a) linear momentum b) kinetic energy

c) angular momentum d) mass

6. A transverse wave is represented by y = sin (ωt - kx) For what value of the wavelength is the wave velocity [1]
equal to the maximum particle velocity?

a) πA

2
b) πA

c) 2 πA d) A
7. A jet plane lands with a speed of 100 m/s and can accelerate at a maximum rate of -5.00 m/s as it comes to
2
[1]
rest. From the instant the plane touches the runway, what is the minimum time in seconds before it can come to
rest?

a) 20.0 b) 10.0

c) 25.0 d) 30.0
8. 50 tunning forks are arranged in increasing order of their frequencies such that each gives 4 beats/sec with its [1]
previous tuning fork. If the frequency of the last fork is the octave of the first, then the frequency of the first
tuning fork is

a) 196 Hz b) 200 Hz

c) 204 Hz d) none of these

9. The raindrops are in spherical shape due to [1]

a) thrust on drop b) viscosity

c) surface tension d) residual pressure

10. In what manner, does the escape velocity of a particle depend upon its mass? [1]

a) m b) m2

c) m-1 d) m0

11. Two discs of same moment of inertia are rotating about their regular axis passing through centre and [1]
perpendicular to the plane of disc with angular velocities ω and ω . They are brought into contact face to face
1 2

coinciding the axis of rotation. The expression for loss of energy during this process is

a) b)
1 2 1 2
( ω1 − ω2 ) I ( ω1 − ω2 )
8 4

c) d)
1 2 2
I ( ω1 + ω2 ) I ( ω1 − ω2 )
2

12. A piece of blue glass heated to a high temperature and a piece of red glass at room temperature, are taken inside [1]
a dimly lit room, then

a) blue shines like brighter red compared to the b) red looks brighter red and blue looks
red piece ordinary blue

c) the blue piece will look blue and red will d) both the pieces will look equally red
look as usual
13. Assertion (A): A quick collision between two bodies is more violent than a slow collision, even when the initial [1]
and the final velocities are identical.
Reason (R): The rate of change of momentum is greater in the first case.

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 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

14. Assertion: In an isolated system, the entropy increases. [1]
Reason: The processes in an isolated system are adiabatic.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
15. Assertion: The time period of revolution of a satellite close to surface of earth is smaller than that revolving [1]
away from surface of earth.
Reason: The square of time period of revolution of a satellite is directly proportional to cube of its orbital
radius.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
16. Assertion (A): The trajectory of projectile is quadratic in x and linear in y. [1]
Reason (R): y component of trajectory is independent of x-component.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
17. A stone is dropped into a well and its splash is heard at the mouth of the well after an interval of 1.45 s. Find the [2]
depth of the well. Given that velocity of sound in air at room temperature is equal to 332 ms-1.
18. State the limitations of the method of dimensional analysis. [2]
19. In the expression P = El m
2 −5 −2
G , E, l, m and G denote energy, angular momentum, mass and gravitational [2]
constant respectively. Show that P is a dimensionless quantity.
20. A batsman hits back a ball straight in the direction of the bowler without changing its initial speed of 12 ms-1. If [2]
the mass of the ball is 0.15 kg, determine the impulse imparted to the ball. (Assume linear motion of the ball)
21. The mass of moon is M

81
(where M is mass of earth). Find the distance of the point where the gravitational field [2]
due to earth and moon cancel each other. Given distance of moon from earth is 60 R, where R is radius of earth.
OR
If earth has a mass 9 times and radius twice that of a planet Mars, calculate the minimum velocity required by a
rocket to pull out of the gravitational force of Mars. Take the escape velocity on the surface of earth to be 11.2 kms-1.
Section C
22. In a given Figure (a) shows a thin liquid film supporting a small weight = 4.5 × 10
−2
N. What is the weight [3]

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 supported by a film of the same liquid at the same temperature in Fig. (b) and (c)? Explain your answer
physically.

23. Define the terms [3]

i. absorptive power,
ii. emissive power and
iii. emissivity.
Write their SI units, if any.
24. A parachutist bails out from an aeroplane and after dropping through a distance of 40 m, he opens the parachute [3]

and decelerates at 2 ms-2. If he reaches the ground with a speed of 2 ms-1, how long is he in the air? At what
height did he bailout from the plane?
25. A railway car of mass 20 tonnes moves with an initial speed of 54km/hr. On applying brakes, a constant negative [3]
acceleration of 0.3m/s2 is produced.
i. What is the breaking force acting on the car?
ii. In what time it will stop?
iii. What distance will be covered by the car before it finally stops?
26. An ideal refrigerator runs between -23°C and 27°C [3]
i. Find the heat rejected to atmosphere for every joule of work input.
ii. Also, find heat extracted from cold body.
iii. Find coefficient of performance of the refrigerator.
27. A small body tied to one end of the string is whirled in a vertical circle. Represent the forces on a diagram when [3]
the string makes an angle θ with initial position below the fixed point. Find an expression for the tension in the
string. Also, find the tension and velocity at the lowest and highest points respectively.
28. In a test experiment on a model aeroplane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on the upper and lower surfaces of [3]
the wing are 70 ms-1 and 63 ms-1 respectively. What is the lift on the wing if its area is 2.5 m2? Take the density

of air to be 1.3 kg m-3.

OR
Calculate the radius of new bubble formed when two bubbles of radius r1 and r2 coalesce?

Section D
29. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
There are many types of spring. Important among these are helical and spiral springs as shown in the figure.

Usually, we assume that the springs are massless. Therefore, work done is stored in the spring in the form of the

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 elastic potential energy of the spring. Thus, the potential energy of a spring is the energy associated with the
state of compression or expansion of an elastic spring.
(i) The potential energy of a spring increases in which of the following cases?

a) If work is done against conservative b) If work is done by non-conservative

force force

c) If work is done by conservative force d) If work is done against non-

conservative force
(ii) The potential energy, i.e. U(x) can be assumed zero when

a) gravitational force is constant b) x = 0

c) infinite distance from the gravitational d) All of these

source
(iii) The ratio of spring constants of two springs is 2 : 3. What is the ratio of their potential energy, if they are
stretched by the same force?

a) 3 : 2 b) 9 : 4

c) 2 : 3 d) 4 : 9
OR
The potential energy of a spring when stretched through a distance x is 10 J. What is the amount of work
done on the same spring to stretch it through an additional distance x?

a) 40 J b) 10 J

c) 30 J d) 20 J
(iv) The potential energy of a spring increases by 15 J when stretched by 3 cm. If it is stretched by 4 cm, the
increase in potential energy is

a) 36 J b) 30 J

c) 27 J d) 33 J
30. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
In a gas the particles are always in a state of random motion, all the particles move at different speed constantly
colliding and changing their speed and direction, as speed increases it will result in an increase in its kinetic
energy.

(i) If the temperature of the gas increases from 300 K to 600 K then the average kinetic energy becomes:

a) same b) becomes double

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 c) becomes half d) none of these
(ii) What is the average velocity of the molecules of an ideal gas?

a) Infinite b) Same

c) None of these d) Zero

(iii) Cooking gas containers are kept in a lorry moving with uniform speed. The temperature of the gas
molecules inside will ________.

a) decrease b) none of these

c) increase d) remains same

(iv) Find the ratio of average kinetic energy per molecule of Oxygen and Hydrogen:

a) 1:1 b) 4:1

c) 1:2 d) 1:4
OR
The velocities of the three molecules are 3v, 4v, and 5v. calculate their root mean square velocity?

a) 4.0 v b) 4.02 v

c) 4.08 v d) 4.04 v
Section E
31. Show that simple harmonic motion may be regarded as the projection of uniform circular motion along the [5]
diameter of the circle. Hence derive an expression for the displacement of a particle in S.H.M.
OR
Let us take the position of mass when the spring is unstretched as x = 0 and the direction from left to right as the
positive direction of x-axis. Given x as a function of time t for the oscillating mass, if at the moment we start the
stopwatch (t = 0), the mass is
i. at the mean position,
ii. at the maximum stretched position and
iii. at the maximum compressed position.
In what way do these functions for SHM differ from each other, in frequency, in amplitude or the initial phase?
→ → → →
[5]
32. a. What is the angle between A and B if A and B denote the adjacent sides of a parallelogram drawn form
a point and the area of the parallelogram is 1

2
AB ?
b. State and prove triangular law of vector addition.
OR
Given a⃗ + b ⃗ + c ⃗ + d ⃗ = 0, which of the following statements are correct:
i. a⃗ , b,⃗ c ,⃗ and d must
⃗
each be a null vector.
ii. The magnitude of (a⃗ + c )⃗ equals the magnitude of (b+
⃗
d ).
⃗

iii. The magnitude of 'a⃗ ' can never be greater than the sum of the magnitudes of b,⃗ c ,⃗ and d .⃗
iv. b ⃗ + c ⃗ must lie in the plane of a⃗ and d ⃗ if a⃗ and d ⃗ are not collinear, and in the line of a⃗ and d ,⃗ if they are
collinear?
33. A metre scale AB is held vertically with its one end A on the floor and is then allowed to fall. Find the speed of [5]
the other end B when it strikes the floor, assuming that the end on the floor does not slip.

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 OR
A tube of length L is filled completely with an incompressible liquid of mass M and closed at both the ends. The tube
is then rotated in a horizontal plane about one of its ends with a uniform angular velocity ω. Determine the force
exerted by the liquid at the other end.

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