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9. What is centripetal force?

LESSON - 1 10. Define impulse or impulsive force.
1. Write a note on SI system? 11. Jumping on a concrete cemented floor is
2. Define one radian . more dangerous than jumping on the sand.
3. Define ampere. Why?
4. Write a note on parallax method. LESSON - 4
5. One Light Year. 1. Define work. Give its unit and dimension.
6. Define one astronomical unit (AU). 2. Define Energy.
7. Define accuracy and precision with numerical 3. Define kinetic energy (KE).
example. 4. Define potential energy (U).
8. Write a note on absolute errors. 5. Define work - energy theorem.
9. Define relative error. 6. Define power. Give its unit.
10. Explain the principle of homogeneity of 7. Define one watt (1 W)
dimensions 8. Define kilo watt hour.
11. Define dimensional variables. 9. Define elastic collision.
12. Define dimensionless variables 10. Define perfectly inelastic collision.
13. Define dimensional constants. 11. Define coefficient of restitution.
14. Define dimensionless constants. LESSON - 5
LESSON - 2 1. Define centre of mass.
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1. Define scalar and vector. 2. Define moment of a force (or) torque.
2. Define scalar or dot product of two vectors. Give its unit.
3. Define vector or cross product of two vectors. 3. Define angular momentum.
4. How will you prove that two vector are 4. State law of conservation of angular
orthogonal? momentum.
5. State triangle law of vectors. 5. Find the relation between torque and angular
6. Define acceleration momentum.
7. Define projectile. Give examples. 6. Define couple. Give examples.
8. Give the angle of projection for which the 7. Define moment of a couple or torque.
range become maximum. 8. Define centre of gravity.
9. Define angular displacement, angular velocity 9. Define moment of inertia.
and angular acceleration. 10. Define radius of gyration.
10. Define uniform circular motion. 11. Obtain the relation between rotational
11. Define centripetal acceleration. Give the kinetic energy and angular momentum.
expression for it. LESSON - 6
12. Define non - uniform circular motion. 1. State geocentric model of Solar system.
13. Define speed and velocity. 2. State heliocentric model of Solar system.
14. What is the relative velocity? 3. State Newton’s universal law of gravitation.
15 Define one radian. 4. Define gravitational field (gravitational field
16. What is position vector? intensity).
LESSON - 3 5. Distinguish between gravitational field and
1. State Newton’s first law of motion. gravitational potential.
2. State Newton’s second law of motion. 6. Define acceleration due to gravity.
3. Define one newton (1N). 7. Define escape speed.
4. State Newton’s third law of motion. 8. Define orbital velocity of a satellite.
5. What is concurrent forces and coplanar 9. Why is the energy of a satellite
forces? 10. What are geostationary satellites?
6. What is meant by static friction? 11. What are polar satellites?
7. Under what condition will a car skid on a level
road?
8. State the law of conservation of total linear
momentum.
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1. Define stress. 1. Differentiate periodic and non - periodic
2. Define strain. motion.
3. Define elastic limit. 2. Define oscillatory motion.
4. State Hooke’s law. 3. All the oscillatory motions are periodic,
5. Define Poisson’s ratio. whereas all periodic motions need not be
6. Which one is more elastic? Rubber or Steel? oscillatory. Explain.
7. Define coefficient of viscosity. 4. Define simple harmonic motion (SHM).
8. Define streamline flow. 5. Define force constant.
9. Define turbulent flow. 6. Define time period.
10. Define surface tension. 7. Define frequency.
11. Define angle of contact. 8. Define angular frequency. Give its unit.
12. Define capillarity 9. Define phase. Give its unit.
13. Two streamlines cannot cross each other. 10. What is epoch?
Why?
LESSON - 8 LESSON - 11
1. State Prevost theory of heat exchange. 1. What is transverse wave?
2. State Stefan Boltzmann law . 2. What is longitudinal wave?
3. Define emissivity of surface. 3. Define wavelength.
4. State Wien’s displacement law. 4. Define wave number.
5. Define equation of state. Give example. 5. Give the relation between velocity (𝒗),
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6. State zeroth law of thermodynamics. angular velocity (𝝎) and wave number (k)
Give its application. 6. Define amplitude of the wave.
7. Define one calorie (1 cal) 7. What is progressive wave (or) travelling wave?
8. State first law of thermodynamics. 8. Define principle of superposition.
9. What is called PV diagram? 9. Define interference.
10. Define cyclic process. 10. Give the relation between phase difference
11. What is called reversible process? and path difference.
12. What is called irreversible process? 11. What are called beats?
13. State Clausius form of second law of 12. What are called stationary waves?
thermodynamics. 13. Define intensity of sound.
14. State Kelvin - Plank statement of second law 14. Define inverse square law of sound intensity.
of thermodynamics. 15. Define loudness of sound.
15. Define entropy. 16. State Weber-Fechner’s law.
16. Define second law of thermodynamics on the
basis of entropy.
LESSON - 9
1. What is degrees of freedom?
2. Give the degrees of freedom for mono atomic
molecule.
3. State law of equipartition of energy.
4. What is mean free path?
5. What are the factors affecting the mean free
path?
6. Why odour from an open perfume bottle takes
some time to reach us even if we are closer to
the room?
7. Why the smell of hot sizzling food reaches
several meter away than smell of cold food?
8. Why the Moon has no atmosphere?
9. Define average speed.
10. Define most probable speed of a gas
molecule.
11. Define root mean square speed.