St.

Paul’s School
SAMPLE PAPER
Physics (042)

Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 70

General Instructions:
(i) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D
and Section E.
(iii) All the sections are compulsory.
(iv) 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.
(v) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section C and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt only
one of the choices in such questions.
(vi) Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION A

1. The motion of a car along y-axis is given by 1

v(t)= -12t + 12
where velocity v is in m/s and time t in seconds. Find the
instantaneous position of the car as a function of time if at t = 0 it
was at 5 m. Also find its acceleration at t = 2 second.

(a) y (t)=−6t2+12t+5, a=−12 m/s2

(b) y(t)= 6t2+12t+5, a=12 m/s2
(c) y(t)=−6t2+12t+5, a=12 m/s2
(d) y(t)=−6t2+5, a=−12 m/s2

2. If both the length and radius of the wire are doubled, then how does the 1
modulus of elasticity change?
(a) doubled
(b) halved
(c) becomes one fourth
(d) remains unchanged

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3. A beaker is completely filled with water at 4°C. It will overflow 1
(a) when heated but not when cooled
(b) when cooled but not when heated
(c) neither when heated nor when cooled
(d) both when cooled or heated

4. Two vectors A and B are directed along y-axis and z-axis respectively. 1
What is the direction of the vector (B X A) ?
(a) Positive y-axis
(b) Positive z-axis
(c) Positive x-axis
(d) Negative x-axis

5. The work-energy theorem states that the net work done on an object is 1
equal to:
(a) The object's kinetic energy
(b) The object's potential energy
(c) The object's total mechanical energy
(d) The object's power

6. When a body of mass M is hung from a spring, the spring extended by 1 1

cm. If the body of mass 2M
is also hung from same spring the extension of spring will be
(a) 1 cm
(b) 2 cm
(c) 0.5 cm
(d) 4 cm

7. A particle moves along the X- axis from x=0 to x=5 m under the action 1
of the force given by F=7−2X+3X
Find the work done in the process
(a) 35 J
(b) 115 J
(c) 135 J
(d) 151 J

8. On what factors does the terminal speed of an object depend? 1

(a) Mass, gravitational acceleration, and shape of the object.

(b) Density of the fluid, mass, and surface area of the object.
(c) Viscosity of the fluid, density of the fluid, and size of the object.
(d) All of the above.

9. The numerical ratio of average velocity to average speed is 1

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 (a) always less than
(b) always equal to one
(c) always more than one
(d) equal to of less than one

10. Two gases have the same initial pressure, volume and temperature. They 1
expand to the same final volume, one adiabatically and other
isothermally.
(a) The final temperature is greater for the adiabatic process.
(b) The final pressure is less for the isothermal process.
(c) The work done by the gas is greater for the isothermal process.
(d) The work done by the gas is greater for the adiabatic process.

11. Give the number of significant figures in 5.300X103 . 1

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

12. The Phenomenon of sound propagation in air is 1

(a) Isothermal Process
(b) Adiabatic Process
(c) Isobaric Process
(d) isobaric process

For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given –one labelled

Assertion (A) and other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct
answer to these questions from the options as given below.

a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct

explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the
correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

13. Assertion: The dimensions of a/b in the equation P= a-t2/ bx, where P is 1
pressure, x is distance and t is time, are MT-2.

Reason: By Principle of homogeneity the dimensions of LHS is equal to

dimensions of RHS
14. Assertion: Water kept in an open vessel will quickly evaporate on the 1
surface of the moon.
Reason: The temperature at the surface of the moon is much higher than

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 boiling point of water.

15. Assertion: Gravitational potential is always negative. 1

Reason: The gravitational potential energy at infinity is assume to be
zero.

16. Assertion: Simple harmonic motion is a uniform motion. 1

Reason: Simple harmonic motion is not the projection of uniform
circular motion.

SECTION B

17. State the main features of kinetic theory of an ideal gas. 2

What is the degree of freedom of a monoatomic and diatomic gas?

18. A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces of 2

magnitude 8 N and 6 N. Find the magnitude and direction of the
acceleration.

19. State perpendicular axis theorem. What is the moment of inertia of 2

a ring of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5m about an axis passing through
its centre and perpendicular to its plane? Also find moment of
inertia about a parallel axis through its edge.

20. Estimate the height of the point vertically above the earth's surface, at 2
which acceleration due to gravity becomes 1% of its value at the surface
is (Radius of the earth = R)

OR

A body hanging from a spring stretches it by 2cm at the earth’s surface.

How much will the same body stretch the spring at a place 800 km above
the earth’s surface? Radius of the earth is 6400 km.

21. (a) Oil spreads over the surface of water, whereas water does not spread 2
over the surface of oil. Why?
(b) Why is needle float on clear water but sink when some detergent is
added to water?

SECTION C

22. (a) Why does a child feel more pain when she falls down on a hard 3
cement floor, than when she falls on the soft muddy ground in the

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 garden? Explain your answer with suitable scientific reasons.
(b) Two billiard balls, each of mass 0.05 kg moving in opposite
directions with speed 6ms-1 collide and rebound with the same velocity.
What is the impulse imparted to each ball due to the other?

23. (a) Momentum of a body is doubled, by what percent does its K.E 3
change?
(b) A body of mass 3 kg is under a constant force which causes a
displacement s in metres in it, given by the
relation s = 1/3 t2, where t is in seconds. What is the work done by the
force in 2 seconds?

24. (a) State Kepler's second law of planetary motion. 3

(b)Find the potential energy of a system of four identical particles
placed at the vertices of a square of side a. Also obtain the potential
at the centre of the square.

25. (a) Mention two advantages of ‘I’ shape of iron beams used in building 3
construction.
(b) The graph below shows load extension curve for two wires A and B
of the same material and of same length. Which one of them is thicker?

(c) Young modulus of aluminium, copper and steel are 70 x 109 N/m2,
110 x 109 N/m2 and 200 x109 N/m2 respectively. How much force is
required to increase the length of thin wires of aluminium, copper and
steel of 0.1 cm2 cross sectional area by 0.1%.

26. What is the change in internal energy of a gas during (i) isothermal 3
expansion and (ii) adiabatic expansion?
What is an adiabatic process? How is it different from an isothermal
process? Derive an expression to find work done during an adiabatic
process

27. Calculate the amount of heat required to convert 1.00 kg of ice at – 100 3
C into steam at 1000C at normal pressure. Specific heat of ice = 2100 J|
kg|k. Latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.36x10 5 J|kg, specific heat of water =
4200J|kg|k. Latent heat of vaporization of water = 2.25 x106 J|kg?
28. (a) State the Clausius statement of second law of thermodynamics. 3

(b) The diagram shows a P−V graph of a thermodynamic behaviour of an

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 ideal gas. Find out from this graph
(i) work done in the process A→B,B→C,C→D and D→A,
(ii) work done in the complete cycle A→B→C→D→A
(iii) Net change in Internal Energy

OR

(a) State the Zeroth law of Thermodynamics.

(b) A person of mass 60 kg wants to lose 5 kg by going up and down a
10 m high stairs. Assume he bums twice as much fat while going up than
coming down. If 1 kg of fat is burnt on expending 7000 kcal, how many
times must he go up and down to reduce his weight by 5 kg?

SECTION D

Case Study Based Questions

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow

29. Read the following passage and choose appropriate answers of questions 4
1 to 4.

Angular momentum is the rotational analogue of linear momentum.

According to the law of the
conservation of angular momentum, the angular momentum of a body in
the absence of external torque is
conserved. Angular momentum of a body about an axis of rotation is the
product of moment of inertia &
angular velocity of the body.

(a) i)The SI unit of angular momentum is

(a) Nm (b) kgm-1s-1
(c) kg m2s-1 (d) kg2m2s-1

(b) If there is no external torque acting on system of particles, which of the

following will be constant?
a) Impulse b) Force c) Linear momentum d) Angular momentum

(c) An earth satellite is moving around the earth in circular orbit. In such

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 case, which of the following is conserved?
(a) Velocity (b)angular velocity
(c) angular momentum (d)linear momentum

(d) A ballet dancer takes the advantage of

(a) law of conservation of linear momentum
(b) law of conservation of angular momentum
(c) law of conservation of energy
(d) law of inertia

30. Projectile motion is the motion of an object thrown or projected into the 4
air, subject to only the acceleration of gravity. The object itself is called a
projectile, and its path is called its trajectory. There are two types of
projectile motion I. If a football is kicked in any angle with the ground
called OBLIQUE. II. If any object is thrown horizontally from a height
called HORIZONTAL.

(a) The range of a projectile on the surface of earth is 100 m, what will be
the range if it is projected on the surface of Moon.
(a) 100 m (b) 200 m (c) 300 m (d) 600 m

(b) To cover maximum distance, the angle by which a body must be

projected ( a ) 00 ( b ) 450 ( c ) 900 ( d ) 1800

(c) (a) From the top of a building a ball is dropped while another is
projected horizontally at the same time.
(i) Which ball will strike the ground first?
(ii) Which will strike the ground with more speed? Justify your
answer in each case.

SECTION E

31. State Bernoulli’s theorem. 5

What do you understand by ‘laminar flow’ and ‘streamlined flow’?
Water is flowing with a speed of 2 m/s in a horizontal pipe with
cross sectional area 2 × 10 -2 m2 at pressure 4 × 104 Pa. What will be the
pressure at a smaller cross section where the area decreases to 0.01 m2?

Explain the Magnus effect with respect to the motion of a moving

ball. What do you understand by ‘viscosity’? Give its dimensions
and SI unit. On what factors does the coefficient of viscosity of a
liquid depend?

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 OR

Define angle of contact. For what nature of angle of contact will a

liquid wet the solid?
A liquid drop of diameter 4 mm breaks into 1000 droplets of equal
size. Calculate the resultant change in surface energy if the surface
tension of the liquid is 0.07 N/m.

32. (a) Define SHM. Under what conditions is the motion of a pendulum 5
simple harmonic?
Two identical springs of spring constant k are attached to a block of
mass m and to fixed supports as shown below

A particle executes SHM of amplitude 'A'. At what distance from the

mean position is its K.E double of its P.E ?

OR

A particle executes SHM according to the equation

x = Acos ω t.
Draw graphs to represent the displacement, velocity and acceleration of
the particle.

Two identical springs each of force constant K are connected in (a) series
(b) parallel, so that they support a mass m. Find the ratio of the time
periods of the mass in the two systems.
The Length of a simple pendulum executing SHM is increased by 2.1%.
What is the percentage increase in the time period of the pendulum of
increased length?

33. What do you understand by ‘stationary wave’? 5

Which characteristic of a wave remains constant as it moves
from one medium to another and why?
The phase difference between two points on a progressive wave
is 3pi/4. What will be the corresponding path difference?

If the length of a pendulum is made 9 times and metallic bob is replaced

by a wooden bob of 1⁄4 times the original mass but of same radius. Then
the value of time period becomes

A body is executing SHM. At what distance from its mean position, its
energy is half kinetic and half potential? Justify your answer.

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 OR

A displacement wave is represented by y = 0.25 × 10-3 Sin (500t +

0.025 Hz). where y, t and z are in cm, sec and m respectively.
Deduce (i) the direction of travel of the wave.
(ii) wave frequency
(iii) wavelength
(iv) the wave speed
(v) maximum particle velocity

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