First Term Exam Physics Q
First Term Exam Physics Q
Q.9 A telephone wire 125 m long and 1 mm in radius is stretched to a length 125.25 m when a force of
800 N is applied. What is the value of Young’s modulus for material of wire?
Q.10 A gas at 900 ˚C is cooled unit both its pressure and volume are halved. Calculate its final
temperature.
Q.11 State the expression for acceleration of the centre of mass of the system of n particles and for
continuous mass distribution.
Q.12 A resistance thermometer has resistance 95.2 Ω at the ice point and 138.6 Ω at the steam point. What
resistance would be obtained if the actual temperature is 27 ˚C?
Q.13 What is rolling friction? How does it arise?
Q.14 Define: (i) Sublimation (ii) Triple point
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Q.15 A letter ‘E’ prepared from a uniform cardboard with shape and dimensions as shown in the figure.
Locate its centre of mass.
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Q.17 The length, breadth and thickness of rectangular sheet of metal are 4.234 m, 1.005m, and 2.01 cm
respectively. Give the area and volume of the sheet to correct significant figures.
Q.18 Prove that vector addition is associative.
Q.19 A metal sphere cools from 80 ˚C to 60 ˚C in 6 min. How much time with it take to cool from 60 ˚C
to 40 ˚C if the room temperature is 30 ˚C?
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Q.20 State the law conservation of linear momentum. It is a consequence of which law? Given an example
from our daily life for conservation of momentum. Does it hold good during burst of a cracker?
Q.21 What is bulk modulus? Derive an expression for bulk modulus.
Q.22 The position vectors of three particles are given by
Q.29 (i) Define: (a) absolute error (b) mean absolute error
(ii) Nuclear radius R has a dependence on the mass number (A) as R = 1.3 x 10¯¹⁶ A¹/³ m. For a
nucleus of mass number A = 125, obtain the order of magnitude of R expressed in meter.
Q.30 (i) Define: (i) elasticity (ii) Strain
(ii) A metal cube of side 1 m is subjected to a force. The force acts normally on the whole surface of
cube and its volume changes by 1.5 x 10ˉ⁵ m³. The bulk modulus of metal is 6.6 x 10¹⁰ N/m².
Calculate the change is pressure.
Q.31 (i) Justify the statement, "Work and energy are the two sides of a coin".
(ii) 40000 litre of oil of density 0.9 g/cc is pumped from an oil tanker ship into a storage tank at 10 m
higher level than the ship in half an hour. What should be the power of the pump?
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