(Physics) Question Bank

Class- XI
Theory questions
Q1. Derive a relationship between various physical quantities using dimensional analysis.
Q2. Two vectors 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ are inclined to each other at an angle θ. Using triangle law/ parallelogram
law of vector addition, find the magnitude and direction of their resultant.
Q3. Define scalar product of two vectors. Mention important properties of the scalar product.
Q4. Define vector product of two vectors. Mention important properties of the vector product.
Q5. A projectile is fired with a velocity u making an angle θ with the horizontal. Show that its
trajectory is a parabola. Derive expression for (i) time of maximum height (ii) time of flight (iii)
maximum height (iv) horizontal range.
Q6. Two masses M and m are connected at the two ends of an inextensible string. The string passes
over a smooth frictionless pulley. Calculate the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the
string. Given M > m.
Q7. Define angle of repose. Deduce its relation with coefficient of friction.
Q8. Define angle of friction. Deduce its relation with coefficient of friction.
Q9. What are conservative and non-conservative forces?
Q10. What do you mean by Banking of curved road? Determine the angle of banking so as to
minimise the wear and tear of the tyres of a car negotiating a banked curve road.
Q11. Discuss the variation of g with altitude and depth.
Q12. Define escape velocity. Obtain an expression for the escape velocity of a body from the surface
of the earth.
Q13. Derive an expression for the gravitational potential energy of a body of m located at distance r
from the centre of the earth.
Q14. Define orbital velocity of a satellite. Derive expressions for the orbital velocity of satellite.
Q15. State and explain the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
Q16. What are elastomers? Give examples.
Q17. What is meant by coefficient of viscosity? Give its dimensions and units.
Q18. State Stokes’ law. Define terminal velocity and find an expression for the terminal velocity in
case of a small spherical body falling through a viscous medium.
Q19. State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem for the flow of non-viscous fluids.
Q20. Describe the different types of temperature scales commonly used. Write the relation between
temperatures on different scales.
Q21. What is meant by thermal expansion of a body? What are the different types of thermal
expansion? Find the relation between them.
Q22. Sate the factors on which the conduction of heat through a substance depends. Obtain an
expression for the heat conducted and hence define the coefficient of thermal conductivity.
Q23. State and explain zeroth, first and second law of thermodynamics. What is its significance?
Q24. What is an isothermal process? Derive an expression for the work done during the isothermal
expansion of an ideal gas.
Q25. What is an adiabatic process? Derive an expression for the work done during the adiabatic
expansion of an ideal gas.
Q26. Show that the average K.E. of a gas molecule is directly proportional to the temperature of the
gas.
Q27. What do you mean by degree of freedom? State the law of equipartition of energy.
Q28. Derive expressions for the kinetic and potential energies of a simple harmonic oscillator. Hence
show that the total energy is conserved in SHM.
Q29. Show that for small oscillations the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic. Derive an
expression for its time period. Does it depend on the mass of the bob?
Q30. What is a progressive wave? Establish the displacement relation for harmonic wave travelling
along the positive direction of X-axis.
Q31. What do you mean by beats? Write the formula of beat frequency.
Numerical Problems of Second book
Q32. A mass of 100 gm is attached to the end of a rubber string 49 cm long and having an area of
cross section 20 mm2. The string is whirled round, horizontally at a constant speed of 40 rps in a
circle of radius 51 cm. Find Young’s modulus of rubber.
Q33. Rain drops are falling with 8 cm/s terminal velocity. If 27 small drops coalesce and form a big
drop, then find out the terminal velocity of one big drop.
Q34. A mercury drop of radius 1 cm is sprayed into 106 droplets of equal size. Calculate the energy
expended. Surface tension of mercury = 32 x 10-2 N/m.
Q35. Calculate the work done in blowing a soap bubble from a radius of 2 cm to 3 cm. The surface
tension of the soap solution is 30 dyne cm-1.
Q36. When 0.15 kg of ice of 0 0C is mixed with 0.30 kg of water at 50 0C in a container, the resulting
temperature is 6.7 0C. Calculate the heat of fusion of ice. (cwater = 4186 J kg-1 K-1)
Q37. A copper block of mass 2.5 kg is heated in a furnace to a temperature of 500 0C and then placed
on an ice block. What is the maximum amount of ice that can melt? Specific heat of copper = 0.39
Jg-1 0C-1, and heat of fusion of water = 335 Jg-1.
Q38. Three bars of equal lengths and equal area of cross-section are connected in series. Their
thermal conductivities are in ratio of 2:4:3. If the open ends of the first and the last bars are at
temperature 200 0C and 18 0C respectively in the steady state, calculate the temperatures of the
both the junctions.
Q39. Calculate the fall in temperature of helium initially at 15 0C, when it is suddenly expanded to 8
times its volume. Given γ = 5/3.
Q40. If at 50 0C and 75 cm of mercury pressure, a definite mass of a gas is compressed (i) slowly, (ii)
suddenly, then what will be the final pressure and temperature of the gas in each case if the final
volume is one – fourth of the initial volume? (γ = 1.5).
Q41. A sample of gas (γ = 1.5) is compressed adiabatically from a volume of 1600 cm3 to 400 cm3. If
the initial pressure is 150 kPa, what is the final pressure and how much work is done on the gas in
the process?
Q42. At what temperature will the average velocity of oxygen molecule be sufficient so as to escape
from the earth? Escape velocity of earth is 11 km/sec and mass of one molecule of oxygen is 5.34
x 10-26 kg. Boltzmann constant = 1.38 x 10-23 J molecule-1 K-1.
Q43. A vessel A contains hydrogen and another vessel B whose volume is twice of A contains same
mass of oxygen at the same temperature. Compare (i) average K.E. of hydrogen and oxygen
molecule (ii) root mean square speed of the molecules and (iii) pressure of gases in A and B.
Q44. Calculate the total K.E. of 1g of Nitrogen at 300 K. Molecule weight of Nitrogen = 28.
Q45. A S.H.M. is represented by: x = 10sin (20t + 0.5). Write down its amplitude, angular frequency,
frequency, time period and initial phase, if displacement is measured in meters and time in sec.
Q46. A particle executes SHM with a time period of 2 sec. and amplitude 5 cm. Find (i) displacement
(ii) velocity and (iii) acceleration, after 1/3 second, starting from the mean position.
Q47. The shortest distance travelled by a particle executing SHM from mean position in 2 sec is equal
to (√3/2) times its amplitude. Determine its time period.
Q48. In an HCl molecule, we may treat Cl to be of infinite mass and H atom alone oscillating. If the
oscillation of HCl molecule shows frequency 9 x 1013 sec-1, deduce the force constant. The
Avogadro number = 6 x 1026 per kg-mole.
Q49. Three springs are connected to a mass m as shown in fig. when mass m oscillates, what is the
effective spring constant and time period of vibration? Given k = 2 N/m and m = 80g.
Q50. The time period of a body suspended by a spring is T. What will be the new period, if the spring
is cut into two equal parts and when (i) the body is suspended from one part (ii) the body is
suspended from the parts connected in parallel.
Q51. A harmonically moving transverse wave on a string has a maximum particle velocity and
acceleration of 3 m/sec and 90 m/sec-2 respectively. Velocity of the wave is 20 m/sec. Find the
waveform.

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