SET-I

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, BHUBANESWAR REGION

SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION 2022-23

Class: XI Max Marks:

70
Subject: Physics Time: 3 Hrs
General Instructions:
(1) There are 35 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 eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of two marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D
contains three long questions of five marks each and Section E contains two case study
based questions of 4 marks each.
(4) There is no overall choice. However, some internal choices 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. The pitch and number of divisions on the circular scale of a screw gauge are 0.5 mm and 100
respectively. The least count of the device is
a. 0.005 mm
b. 0.05 mm
c. 0.0005 mm
d. 0.5 mm
2. Which of the following pair of quantities do not possess same dimensions?
a. Work and Torque
b. Angular velocity and frequency
c. Impulse and momentum
d. Angular momentum and kinetic energy
3. A body is thrown up from ground with a velocity 20 m/s. With what velocity will it hit the ground on
return? Neglect air resistance.
a. – 20 m/s b. – 40 m/s
c. 20 m/s d. 40 m/s
4. A driver started a car on a straight race track and stopped after covering certain distance. Which of
the following position-time graph possibly describe the motion of the car for the entire journey?
a. b.
 c.

d.None of the above.

5. The acceleration of a body will be non-zero, if
a. net non-zero external torque is acting on the body
b. net non-zero internal torqueis acting on the body
c. net internal forceis acting on the body
d. net external force is acting on the body
6. Which of the following statements is not justified in relation to Newton’s third law of motion
a. Force never occurs singly in nature.
b. Force is the mutual interaction between two bodies.
c. Action and reaction forces act on different bodies, not on the same body.
d. Action and reaction have a cause -effect relation with each other.
7. Which of the following quantities are conserved in an elastic collision:
a. Linear momentum
b. Kinetic energy
c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. Neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’
8. Under which of the following condition may the work done by a body be non zero?
a. Net force is zero
b. Displacement is zero
c. Angle between force and displacement is 90degrees.
d. Angle between force and displacement is 45 degrees.
9. Which of the following statement is correct?
a. The centre of mass and centre of gravity of a body are always different.
b. The centre of mass of a rigid body may lie outside the body.
c. The centre of mass of a body must lie inside the body.
d. The centre of gravity of a rigid body must lie inside the body.
10. Which of the following statement is incorrect in respect of a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis?
a. Each particle of the body undergo equal angular displacement
b. Each particle of the body moves with equal linear speed
c. All its particles revolve in circular path
d. The angular velocity of all its particles will be same
11. Choose the incorrect statement:
In simple harmonic motion:
a. The kinetic energy is maximum at the mean position
b. The potential energy is maximum at the extreme position
c. The direction of displacement is always towards the mean position
d. The direction of acceleration is always towards the mean position
12. The restoring force per unit area developed due to the applied tangential force is known as:
a. Longitudinal stress
b. Tensile stress
c. Shearing stress
d. Compressive stress
13. The equation of continuity is a statement of:
a. Conservation of mass in the flow of incompressible fluids
b. Conservation of kinetic energy in the flow of incompressible fluids
c. Conservation of mass in the flow of compressible fluids
d. Conservation of kinetic energy in the flow of compressible fluids
14. Which of the following pair are thermo-dynamical state variables.
a. Internal energy and temperature
b. Internal energy and work
c. Work and heat
d. Heat and internal energy
15. Choose the correct statement:
a. The ratio of Cp/Cv for mono atomic molecule is 5/3
b. The ratio of Cp/Cv for a rigid di-atomic molecule is 7/5 at room temperature
c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. Neither ‘a’ nor ‘b’

From question no 16 to 18, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the
other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b),
(c) and (d) as given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

16. Assertion (A): The stationary waves are characterized by a set of natural frequencies or normal
modes of oscillation.
Reason(R):For stationary waves boundary conditions constrain the possible wavelengths or
frequencies of vibration of the system.
17. Assertion (A): The gravitational force exerted on a body is always attractive.
Reason(R): The gravitational force is a long range force.
18. Assertion (A): Nodes are the points at which the amplitude of the standing wave is maximum.
Reason(R): Antinodes are the points at which the amplitude of the standing wave is zero.

SECTION: B

19. (a) Find the number of significant figures in: (i) 2.30 kg (ii) 0.50 N
(b) Round off the given measurements up to 3 significant figures: (i) 2.315 N (ii) 2385 m
20. The magnitude of resultant of two vectors of equal magnitude is equal to the magnitude of either of
them. Find the angle between the two vectors.
OR
( ) ( )
Two sides of a triangle are represented by the vectors 2 iˆ + 3 ˆj − kˆ m and 3 iˆ − 5 ˆj m . Determine the
area of the triangle.
21. The motion of a particle of mass m is described by the position as y = a t + ½ b t2, wherea and b are
constants. Determine the force acting on the particle.
22. In the HCl molecule, the separation between the nuclei of the two atoms is about 1.27 Å (1 Å = 10-
10 m). Find the approximate location of the CM of the molecule, given that a chlorine atom is about
35.5 times as massive as a hydrogen atom and nearly all the mass of an atom is concentrated in its
nucleus.
OR
A particle of mass M initially at (0,4,0) is moving with uniform velocity parallel to the X-axis in a
certain coordinate system. Prove that the angular momentum of the mass will remain constant about
Z-axis.
23. Does the escape speed of a body from the earth depend on (a) the mass of the body, (b) the direction
of projection? Explain your answer in each case.
24. Plot stress – strain graph for a metallic wire. Define and show (a) yield point (b) ultimate tensile
strength on this graph.
25. Compare isothermal process with adiabatic processes at least with two important points. Write the
expression for these processes according to First law of thermodynamics.

SECTION-C

26. The centripetal force F acting on abody dependson mass (m) of the body, velocity (v) and is a radius (r)
of rotation. Using dimensional analysis, derive a formula for the centripetal force.
OR
In a given system of units, Force (F), acceleration (A) and velocity (V) are chosen as fundamental
quantities. What will be the dimensional formula of mass in that system?
27. A boy throws a stone from the ground with a speed ‘u’ at an angle ‘θ’ above the horizontal. With the
help of suitable diagram, determine the:
a. Maximum height attained by the stone
b. Time after which the stone falls to the ground
c. Distance from the boy where the stone hits the ground.
28. (a) State and prove work-energy theorem for a variable force.
(b) A force of 20 N acting along X-axis displaces a body by 5 m along Y-axis. Determine the work
done by the force.
29. a. Define ‘coefficient of linear expansion’ of a solid. What is its S. I. unit?
b. The length of a square metallic sheet increases by 2% when its temperature rises by 10 K.
Determine the percentage increase in its area when it is heated by 20 K.
30. Two identical springs of spring constant k are attached to a block of mass m and to fixed supports as
shown in figure below. Show that when the mass is displaced from its equilibrium position on either
side, it executes a simple harmonic motion. Find the period of oscillation.

OR
(a) Derive the expression for time period of a simple pendulum.
What will be the time period of a simple pendulum inside a satellite orbiting around earth?
SECTION-D
 31. (a) With the help of suitable graph, derive the equations of motion for one dimensional uniform
motion.
(b) The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + b t 2 where a = 8.5 m,b =2.5 m
s-2 and t is measured in seconds. What is its velocity at t = 2 s?
OR
(a) A car taking a turn with its maximum velocity ‘v’ on a curved road of angle of banking ‘θ’ , radius of
curvature ‘R’ and co-efficient of friction ‘µ’. Derive an expression for its maximum velocity ‘v’.
(b) A motor cycle goes round a circular road of diameter 320m at 144km/hr. How far from the vertical
must he lean inward to negotiate the road keeping balance?
32. (a) State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
(b)Prove that the law of areas can be understood as a consequence of conservation of angular
momentum
(c) If earth shrinks to half its radius without any change in its mass, what will be the duration of a
day?
OR
(a) State Newton’s universal law of gravitation.
(b) Show how the acceleration due to gravity varies with height above the surface of the earth.
(c) At what height above the surface of earth will the acceleration due to gravity fall by 36% of its
value at the surface? (Radius of earth = 6400 km)
33. (a) Using the postulates of kinetic theory of gases find expression foraverage pressure of a gas in
terms of r.m.s. speed of its molecules.
(c) Prove that the average kinetic energy of a molecule is proportional to the absolute temperature of
the gas.
OR
(a) State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem for an ideal fluid.
(b) In a test experiment on a model airplane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on the upper and lower
surfaces of the wing are 70 m s–1and 63 m s-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.

SECTION-E
34. CASE STUDY: Capillary Rise
Liquid rises up inside tubes of very small internal diameter. Oil rises in the wicks of a lamp due to
capillary rise. The cause of capillary rise is surface tension. The surface tension pulls the liquid up
along a capillary tube. This upward pull is balanced by the weight of the liquid risen inside the tube.
The capillary rise is found where the angle of contact is acute angle. If angle of contact is obtuse, the
level of liquid inside the capillary tube will fall. The angle of contact in turn depends upon the
cohesive force between the liquid molecules and the adhesive force between the molecules of the
liquid and the molecules of the wall of the container.
(i) In an experiment to measure the surface tension of a liquid using capillary rise method, a
student kept the capillary inclined instead of the vertical. What will be effect on the vertical
height of liquid rise in tilted capillary?
(ii) If force of cohesion is greater than that of adhesive force what will be the nature of angle of
contact?
(iii) Water rises to a height of 3 cm in capillary of radius 0.48 mm. If angle of contact is zero then
what is the surface tension of the water ?(density of water:103kg/m3)
OR
In a capillary tube, a liquid rises to a height of 8 mm. Will the liquid overflow if another
capillary tube of equal diameter is inserted into the liquid such that only 5 mm of the tube
remain above the surface of the liquid? Explain.
35. CASE STUDY: Propagation of wave
Mechanical wave need material medium for propagation. When energy is given to any
medium particle in an elastic medium, the energy is transferred to its adjacent particle and this
process continues which helps in the propagation of wave. In this process the medium particles
vibrate/oscillate about their mean position. If the direction of oscillation is along the direction of
wave propagation then the wave is called longitudinal wave. If the direction of oscillation is
perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation then the wave is called transverse wave. The
speed of the wave is determined by the properties of the medium. For example sound travels with a
speed of 333 m/s in air where as it travels with a speed of about 1480 m/s in water.
(i)Why explosions on other planets are not heard on earth?
(ii)What are the factors on which the speed of a mechanical wave depend on?
(iii) Why does the speed of sound differ for solid and liquid medium of same length?
OR
Why sound waves are often referred as pressure waves?