Indraprastha Modern School

Half yearly examination

Class 11 - Physics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

1. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory. Time Allowed: 3 hours

2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
3. All the sections are compulsory.

4. 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.
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section B, one
question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have to
attempt only one of the choices in such questions.

6. Use of calculators is not allowed.

Section A
1. SI unit of capacitance is [1]

a) ohm-second b) Wb

c) d)
A-m2 coulomb (volt)-1

2. The result of rounding off 34.216 to 3 digits is [1]

a) 3.42 b) 34.2

c) 34.22 d) 342
3. The number of significant digits in 3.967 is [1]

a) 3 b) 5

c) 1 d) 4

[1]
4. A particle moves a distance x in time t according to equation: x = (t + 5)-1. The acceleration of the particle is
proportional to:
a) b)
(velocity) (distance)2

c) d)
(distance)-2 (velocity)

5. A ball is dropped from the top of a building 100 m high. At the same instant another ball is thrown upwards with
[1] a velocity of 40 m/s from the bottom of the building. The two balls will meet after:
a) 5 s b) 2 s
 c) 2.5 s d) 3 s

6. A jet plane lands with a speed of 100 m/s and can accelerate at a maximum rate of -5.00 m/s2 as it comes to [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
7. A and B are two inclined vectors. R is their sum. Choose the correct figure for the given
description. [1]

a)b)

c)d)

8. The square of resultant of two equal forces is three times their product. The angle between the forces is [1]

a) b) π

c) d)

9. What is the maximum number of rectangular components into which a vector can be split in space? [1]

a) 4 b) 2

c) 3 d) Infinite
10. A body of mass 0.25 kg is projected with muzzle velocity 100 m/s from a tank of mass 100 kg. What is the [1]
recoil velocity of the tank?

a) 0.25 m/s b) 0.5 m/s

c) 5 m/s d) 25 m/s
11. A ball strikes a bat with velocity v. The ball has mass m and after striking it retraces its path. What is the impulse [1]
imparted by the bat?

a) 3 mv b) zero

c) mv d) 2 mv
12. According to Newton's second law of motion: [1]

a) The momentum of a body is directly b) The integration of the momentum of a body

proportional to the applied force and takes is directly proportional to the applied force place in
the direction in which the force acts and takes place in the direction in which the
Force acts

c) The momentum of a body is directly d) the rate of change of momentum of a body

 proportional to the applied force and takes is directly proportional to the applied force
place in the direction opposite to the force and takes place in the direction in which the
force acts

13. Assertion (A): Force cannot be added with power. [1]

Reason (R): The dimensions of force and pressure are different.

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 (A): Velocity-time graph for an object in uniform motion along a straight path is a straight line [1]
parallel to the time axis.
Reason (R): In a uniform motion of an object velocity increases as the square of the time elapsed.

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.

→ → → →
15. Assertion (A):A × B is perpendicular to 3A − 4B. [1]
→ → → →
Reason (R): The direction of A × B is perpendicular to the plane containing A and B.

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.

16. Assertion: The apparent weight of a body in an elevator moving with some downward acceleration is less than [1]
the actual weight of body.
Reason: Some part of the weight is spent in producing downward acceleration, when body is in elevator.

a) If both assertion and reason are true and b) If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is the correct explanation of reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
assertion.

c) If assertion is true but reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
Section B
17. Distinguish between dimensional and non-dimensional constants. [2]

18. A new system of units is proposed in which unit of mass is α kg, unit of length β m and unit of time γ s. How
[2] much will 5 j measure in this new system?
19. What are axial vectors? Give examples. [2]
20. A rope is hanging from a tree, as shown in figure. Bananas are fastened to the higher end of the rope, and a [2]
monkey is hanging along the rope near its lower end. The monkey climbs along the rope, will it be able to eat
the bananas?
21. In the Atwood's machine (figure), the system starts from rest. What is the speed and distance moved by each [2]
mass at t = 3s?

Section C
22. A book with many printing errors contains four different formulas for the displacement y of a particle [3]
undergoing a certain periodic motion:

i. y = asin( 2Tπt )
ii. y = ( Ta )sin at
√–
iii. y = (a 2)(sin 2Tπt + cos2Tπt )

(a = maximum displacement of the particle, v = speed of the particle. T = time-period of motion). Rule out the
wrong formulas on dimensional grounds.

23. The critical angular velocity ωc of a cylinder inside another cylinder containing a liquid at which its turbulence [3]

occurs depends on viscosity η, density ρ and the distance d between the walls of the cylinder. Find an expression
for ωc.
24. Velocity time graph of a moving particle is shown. Find the displacement [3] i. 0 - 4 s ii. 0 - 8 s
iii. 0 - 12 s from the graph. Also, write the differences between distance and displacement.

25. In a car race, car A takes time t less than car B and passes the finishing point with a velocity v more than the [3]
velocity with which car B passes the point. Assuming that the cars start from rest and travel with constant
− −− −
accelerations a1 and a2, show that v = t√ a 1 a 2.

[3]
26. A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m s-1 in a direction 30 above the horizontal. Calculate i. the
maximum height
ii. the time taken by the ball to return to the same level and iii. the distance from
the thrower to the point where the ball returns to the same level.
27. Find the angle between the vectors [3]
 ⃗ ^ ^ ^ ⃗ ^ ^ ^
A = i - 2 j - k and B = - i + j - 2k

28. Two blocks of masses 50 kg and 30 kg connected by a massless string pass over a light frictionless pulley and [3]
rest on two smooth planes inclined; at angles 30° and 60° respectively with the horizontal. Determine the
acceleration of the two blocks and the tension in the string. Take g = 10 ms-2.

Section D
29. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Free fall is a kind of motion that everybody can observe in daily life. We drop something accidentally or
purposely and see its motion. At the beginning its speed is zero and until the end it gains speed and before it
reaches ground its maximum speed. It gains speed approximately 10 m/s in a second while falling because of
the gravitation.
During the fall, the air resistance is neglected and the acceleration remains constant (equal to g). The object is
said to be in free fall. If the height through which the object falls is small compared to the earth's radius, g can
be taken to be constant and equal to 10 m/s2 approximately.

f the object is dropped from the top of a tall building, and it takes t seconds to reach the ground hen the velocity

when it reaches ground is gt. The height of the building is 1 gt2.

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(a If an object dropped from the top of a tall building takes 2 seconds to reach ground, find the height of the
building?
(b Which assumptions are considered when object falls freely from height?
(c Draw velocity time graph of an object during free fall.
(d Draw acceleration-time graph during free fall.
30. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
When bodies are in contact, there are mutual contact forces satisfying the third law of motion. The component
of contact force normal to the surfaces in contact is called normal reaction. The component parallel to the
surfaces in contact is called friction.
In the figure, 8 kg and 6kg are hanging stationary from a rough pulley and are about to move. They are
stationary due to the roughness of the pulley.

(a Which force is acting between the pulley and rope?

(b On which side the tension is more?
(c What is the Coefficient of friction of the pulley?
(d What is the force of friction acting on the rope?
Section E

31. A hundred metre sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 ms-2upto three quarters of the
[5]
 total run and covers the last quater with uniform speed. How much time does she take to cover the first half and
the second half of the run?
[5]
32. A bird is at a point P whose coordinates are (4m ,-1m, 5m). The bird observes two points P1 and P2 having

Coordinates (-1 m, 2 m, 0 m) and (1 m, 1 m, 4 m) respectively. At time t = 0, it starts flying in a plane of three

positions, with a constant speed of 5ms-1 in a direction perpendicular to the straight line P1P2 till it sees P1 and

P2 collinear at time t. Calculate t.

33. Discuss the motion of a body in a vertical circle. Find the expressions for the minimum velocity at the lowest [5]
and the highest points while looping the loop.