TERM-II EXAMINATION

SESSION 2024-25
CLASS - XI
PHYSICS
SAMPLE PAPER
TIME: 3 Hrs Max. Marks :70
General Instructions:
(1)There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper contains: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D & 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, two questions in Section C, and in 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.
(7)You may use the following physical constants wherever necessary :
G= 6.67 × 10-11 Nm2kg-2, Re = 6400 km, Me = 6 × 1024 kg
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SECTION – A
1. The magnitude of acceleration of a particle executing SHM at the position of maximum 1
displacement is
(a) zero (b) maximum (c) minimum (d) not defined
2. How much work must be done by a force on 50 kg body in order to accelerate it from 1
rest to 20 m/s in 10 sec?
(a) 103 J b) 104 J (c) 108 J (d) 105 J
3. In determining the temperature of a distant star, one makes use of 1
(a) Kirchhoff’s law
(b) Stefan’s law
(c) Wien’s displacement law
(d) None of the above

4. A cyclist moves in such a way that he takes 600 turns after every 100 meters. What is the 1
displacement when he takes seventh turn?

(a) 100 m (b) 200 m (c) 300 (d) 400

5. The velocity of efflux of a liquid through an orifice in the bottom of the tank does not 1
depend upon
(a) Size of the orifice
(b) Height of the liquid
 (c) Acceleration due to gravity
(d) None of the above
6. 1
If force (F), work (W) and velocity (v) are taken as fundamental quantities. What is the
dimensional formula of time (T)?
(a) [W F v]
(b) [WFv-1]
(c) [W-1F -1 v]
(d) [WF-1v -1]
7. A cube is subjected to a uniform volume compression. If the side of the cube decreases 1
by 2%, the bulk strain is
a) 0.02 b) 0.03
c) 0.04 d) 0.06
(e)
8. Planetary motion in the solar system obeys 1
(a) Conservation of kinetic energy
(b) Conservation of linear momentum
(c) Conservation of angular momentum
(d) None of the above

9. If maximum and minimum values of the resultant of two forces acting at a point are 7 N 1
and 3 N respectively, the smaller force is equal to
(a) 4 N (b) 5 N (c) 3 N (d) 2 N
10. If the liquid neither rises nor falls in a capillary tube, then angle of contact is 1
(a) 00 (b) 1080
(c) 900 (d) 450
11. A particle on the trough of a wave at any instant will come to the mean position after a 1
time (T= time period)
(a) T/2 (b) T/4 (c) T (d) 2T
12. 1
Which graph represents the uniformly accelerated motion
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
13. For two statements are given one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled 1
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 but 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.
Assertion (A): Work done in moving a body over a closed loop is zero for every force
in nature.
Reason (R): Work done does not depend on nature of force.
14. For two statements are given one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled 1
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 but 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.
Assertion (A): Stress is the internal force per unit area of a body.
Reason (R): Rubber is more elastic than steel.
15. For two statements are given one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled 1
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 but 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.
Assertion (A): Value of radius of gyration of a body depends on axis of rotation.
Reason (R): Radius of gyration is root mean square distance of particles of the body
from the axis of rotation.
16 For two statements are given one labeled 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 but 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.

Assertion (A): If both the speed of a body and radius of its circular path are doubled,
then centripetal force also gets doubled.
Reason (R): Centripetal force is directly proportional to both speed of a body and radius
of circular path.
SECTION – B
17. 2
The escape velocity v of a body depends upon (i) the acceleration due to gravity of the
planet and (ii) the radius of the planet R. Establish dimensionally the relationship
between v, g and R.
OR
The length and breadth of a rectangle are 4.5 mm and 5.9 mm. Keeping the number of
significant figures in mind, find its area.
18. 2
A lift having mass 100 kg is rising up with an acceleration 4 m/s2. Calculate the tension
in the string?
19. A jet plane starts from rest with an acceleration of 3m/s2 and makes a run for 35 sec 2
before taking off. What is the minimum length of the runway and what is the velocity of
the jet at take off?
OR
Derive following equations of motion for an object moving with constant acceleration
along a straight-line using calculus method:
(i) v = u +at
(ii) v2-u2=2as
20. 2
Find a vector whose length is 10 and which is perpendicular to each of the vectors
and

21. (i) Define Moment of inertia. On what factors it depends. 2

SECTION – C
22. (i) Discuss anomalous expansion of water with the help of graph between variation of 3
density and volume of water with temperature.

(ii) What is latent heat? Write its SI unit.

23. 3
Define coefficient of limiting friction between the surfaces. A body of mass 10 kg is
placed on an inclined surface of angle 300. If the coefficient of limiting friction is 1/√3,
find the force required to just push the body up the inclined plane. The force is being
 applied parallel to the inclined plane.

24. Define orbital velocity. Establish a relation for orbital velocity of a satellite orbiting 3
very close to the surface of the earth. Find the ratio of this orbital velocity and escape
velocity.

25. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 m/s from the top of a hill 490 m 3
high. Find
(i) the time taken to reach the ground
(ii) the distance of the target from the hill
(iii) the velocity with which the projectile hits the ground.
26. (i) Define SHM. Show that the acceleration of a particle in SHM is proportional to its 3
Displacement.

(ii) Draw the graphical representation of SHM showing

(a) Velocity-time graph
(b) Acceleration-time graph

OR
(i) Discuss various modes of vibration in open ends organ pipe. Show that the ratio
of frequencies of different harmonics with first harmonic in open pipe is 1:2:3.

(ii) A wave travelling along a string is described by

y(x,t) = 0.005 sin( 80x – 3t)
Calculate wavelength and frequency of the wave.
27. Calculate the rate of loss of heat through a glass window of area 1000 cm2 and thickness
0.4 cm when temperature inside is 370C and outside is – 50C.
Coefficient of thermal conductivity of glass is 2.2 x 10 -3 calsec-1cm-1K-1
28. Define gravitational potential at a point in gravitational field. Write the relation between
gravitational potential energy and gravitational potential
SECTION – D
29
Case -1

Potential energy is the energy stored within an object, due to the object’s position,
arrangement or state. Potential energy is one of the two main forms of energy, along
with kinetic energy. Potential energy depends on the force acting on the two objects.
 1. A body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in vacuum. Which of the
following quantities remain constant during the fall?

(a) kinetic energy (b) potential energy

(c)mechanical energy (d) none of these

2. Work done by a conservative force is positive, if

(a) Potential energy decreases (b) Potential energy increases

(c) kinetic energy decreases (d)kinetic energy increases

(3) When does the potential energy of a spring increases?

(a) only when spring is stretched (b) only when spring is compressed

(c) both a and b (d) none of these

4. Dimension of k/m is, here k is force constant

(a) T2 (b) T-2 (c) T1 (d) T-1

30. Case-2

The figure shows the different modes of transfer of heat, heat transfer is defined as the
movement of heat across the border of the system due to a difference in temperature
between the system and its surroundings. The temperature difference exists between the
two systems, heat will find a way to transfer from the higher to the lower system.
 (1) The sea breeze is caused by:

(a) conduction (b) convection (c)radiation (d) none of these

(2) At what factor heat absorbed on radiation by the body depends on?

(a) distance between body (b) source of heat

(c) its color (d) all of the above

(3)When heat is transferred by molecular collision, it is referred to as heat transfer by:

(a) convection (b) conduction (c) radiation (d)convection and radiation

(4) Thermal conductivity of air with rise in temperature:

(a) increase (b) decrease (c) constant (d) none of these

SECTION – E
31.
What is meant by banking of roads? What is the need for banking of roads? Derive an
expression for velocity of a car on banked circular road having coefficient of friction µ.

OR
(i) Why is it easier to pull a lawn roller than to push it? Explain with diagrams.
(ii) Position time graph of a body of mass 1kg is shown in the figure. Calculate net
force acting on body for the time interval 0 <t < 4 sec.

(iii) A ball of mass 0.1 kg is suspended by a string 30 cm long. Keeping the string
always taut,the ball describes a horizontal circle of radius 15 cm. Calculate the
angular speed.
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32. How does a perfectly inelastic collision differ from perfectly elastic collision? Two
particles of mass m1 and m2 having velocities U1 and U2 respectively make a head on
collision. Derive the relation for their final velocities.

Discuss the following special cases. (i) m1 = m2 (ii) m1 >> m2 and U2 = 0

(iii) m1 << m2 and U2 = 0
OR
A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity u. Show that its trajectory is a parabola.
Also obtain expression for
(i) Time of flight
(ii) Horizontal range
Velocity at any instant
33. (i) State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem. Write down its limitations.

(ii) If a ball is thrown and given a spin, then the path of the ball is more curved than in a
usual spin free path. Explain with diagram.
OR
Show that there is always an excess pressure on the concave side of the meniscus of a
liquid. Obtain an expression for the excess pressure inside (i) a liquid drop (ii) soap
bubble.