BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION, KARACHI

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION, 2024 ONWARDS

Time: 2 hours 40 minutes PHYSICS PAPER – I MODEL QUESTION PAPER Max. Marks: 68
(Science Groups)

FROM NEW BOOK

SECTION ‘B’
(SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS) (36 Marks)
NOTE: Answer any Nine part questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks. Draw diagrams where necessary.
2. i) Define escape velocity and derive the expression for escape velocity on earth’s surface.
ii) State and explain Pascal’s law
iii) Define potential gradient. Show that electric intensity is equal to the negative of potential gradient.
iv) How energy is stored in a Capacitor? Derive expression for the energy stored in a capacitor.
v) State and explain Kirchhoff’s first and second law.
vi) Prove that following equations are dimensionally correct:

L 1
i) T  2 ii) S  vi t  a t 2
g 2

vii) A turtle starts at the origin and moves with the uniform speed of vo  10 cm / s in the direction of 25o to the
horizontal.
a) Find the coordinates of a turtle 10 seconds later. b) How far did the turtle walk in 10 seconds?
viii) A golf club exerts an average force of 800 N on a golf ball for 0.02 seconds. If the initial velocity of the ball is
40 m/s and its final velocity is 60 m / s , what is the impulse experienced by the ball?
ix) The International Space Station orbits at an altitude of 400km above the surface of the Earth. What is the space
station's orbital velocity?
x) Calculate the viscous drag on a drop of oil of 0.1 mm radius falling through air at its terminal velocity.
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(viscosity of air = 1.8 10 Pa-s; density of oil  850kg / m ).
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xi) Three resistors 1 , 2 , and 3  are combined in series. What is the total resistance of the combination? If
the combination is connected to a battery of e.m.f 24 V and negligible internal resistance, obtain the potential
drop across each resistor.
xii) A pendulum of length 75 cm and mass 2.5 kg swings with a mechanical energy of 0.015 J . what is its
amplitude?
xiii) A source of sound and listener are moving towards each other with velocities which are 0.5 times and 0.2 times
the speed of sound respectively. If the actual frequency of sound is 2000 Hz, calculate the percentage change in
the frequency with respect to the listener.
xiv) In a Newton's ring experiment the diameter of the 16th bright ring was found to be 0.653 cm. If the radius of
curvature of the lens is 10 cm, find the wavelength of light.

SECTION ‘C’
(DETAILED-ANSWER QUESTIONS) (32 Marks)
NOTE: Answer any Two questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks. Draw diagrams where necessary.

3. a) Define ‘Position Vector’. Two vectors A1 and A2 making angle 1 and  2 with the horizontal. Describe
addition of these two vectors by rectangular component method
b) Derive Bernoulli's equation for steady, incompressible, non-viscous and irrotational flow of fluid.
4. a) What is an Electric dipole? Derive the expression for electric field intensity due to electric dipole at a point which
is at a perpendicular distance y from the centre of the dipole.
b) Describe the stationary waves produced in a stretched string. Derive the expression for frequencies when string is
vibrating in:
i) One loop ii) Two loops iii) Three loops iv) n loops
5. a) Define simple harmonic motion. A particle in its state of uniform circular motion, Prove that its projection
executes simple harmonic motion on one of the diameter of the circle.
b) Describe Young’s double slit experiment and derive the expressions for position of dark and bright fringes. Also
derive expression for fringe spacing.
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 BOARD OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION, KARACHI
INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION, 2024 ONWARDS
Time: 20 minutes PHYSICS PAPER – I MODEL QUESTION PAPER Max. Marks: 17
(Science Groups)
FROM NEW BOOK
SECTION ‘A’
(MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) – (M.C.Qs.) (Marks : 17)
NOTE: i) This section consists of 17 part questions and all are to be answered. Each question carries one mark.
ii) The correct answer bubble must be filled on OMR sheet 1) pasted in answer script.
iii) Use only blue / black ball point pen or pointer on OMR sheet.
iv) Avoid using pencil / White-o pen on OMR sheet.
1. Select the correct answer for each from the given options:
1) Unit of solid angle is:
A) second B) kilogram C) steradian D) candela
2) The velocity of a particle at an instant is 10 m/s and after 5 second the velocity of particle is 20m/s. The velocity
3 second before the initial instant is:
A) 8 m/s B) 4 m/s C) 6 m/s D) 7 m/s
3) If momentum is increased by 20% then K.E increases by:
A) 44% B) 55% C) 66% D) 77%
4) A man, with his arms at his sides, is spinning on a light frictionless turntable. When he extends his arms:
A) his angular velocity increases B) his angular velocity remains same
C) his rotational inertia decreases D) his angular momentum remains the same
5) The absolute potential energy of an object depends on:
A) The object's mass and height from earth’s surface B) The object's mass and speed
C) The object's shape and size D) The object's colour and temperature
6) One piston in a hydraulic lift has an area that is twice the area of the other. When the pressure at the smaller
piston is increased by  p the pressure at the larger piston:
A) increases by 2p B) increases by p
p
C) increases by D) increases by 4 p
2
7) A sky diver falls through the air with terminal velocity. The force of air resistance on him is:
A) half of his weight B) equal to his weight
C) twice his weight D) cannot be determined from the information given
8) The force between two charges placed in air is F , if air is replaced by a medium of relative permittivity r
then force is reduced to:
F r
A) F r B) C) D) r
r F
9) The charging of a capacitor through a resistance follows:
A) linear law B) square law C) exponential law D) inverse square law
10) A wire of uniform area of cross-section A, length L and resistance R is cut into two parts. The resistivity of each
part:
A) becomes zero B) is halved C) is doubled D) remain same
11) A heat-sensitive device whose resistivity changes with the change in temperature is called:
A) conductor B) resistor C) thermistor D) thermometer
12) A child swinging on a swing in sitting position, stands up, then the time period of the swing will:
A) Increase B) decrease
C) remains the same D) increases if the child is long and decreases if the child is short
13) A heavily damped system has a fairly flat resonance curve in:
A) An acceleration time graph B) An amplitude frequency graph
C) Velocity time graph D) Distance-time graph
14) v
If a h, v and vm are the speeds of sound in air, hydrogen gas and a metal at the same temperature, then:

A) va  vh  vm B) vm  vh  va C) vh  vm  va D) vh  vm  va
15) In Young's double slit experiment when the distance between slits and screen is doubled, while separation of slits
is halved, then fringe width will be:
1
A) 4 times B) times C) doubled D) unchanged
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16) A hill separates a television (TV) transmitter from a house. The Transmitter cannot be seen from the house but
still the TV in the house has good reception. What wave phenomena make it possible:
A) Coherence of waves B) Diffraction of waves
C) Interference of waves D) Refraction of waves
17) The process of superimposing signal frequency on carrier wave is known as:
A) Transmission B) Detection C) Reception D) Modulation

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