CBSE Class 11 Physics

Sample Paper 05 (2019-20)

Maximum Marks: 70
Time Allowed: 3 hours

General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory. There are 37 questions in all.

2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
3. Section A contains twenty questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, and Section D
contains three questions of five marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in two
questions of one mark each, two questions of two marks, one question of three marks and
three questions of five marks weightage. You have to attempt only one of the choices in
such questions.

Section A
1. Law of conservation of mass has been changed by Einstein to
a. law of conservation of angular momentum
b. law of conservation of momentum
c. law of conservation of mass and energy together i.e. mass + energy is conserved
d. law of conservation of charge
2. In a harbor, wind is blowing at the speed of 72 km/h and the flag on the mast of a boat
anchored in the harbor flutters along the N-E direction. If the boat starts moving at a
speed of 51 km/h to the north, what is the direction of the flag on the mast of the boat?

a. approximately north
b. approximately south
c. approximately east

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 d. approximately north-east
3. The driver of a three-wheeler moving with a speed of 36 km/h sees a child standing in
the middle of the road and brings his vehicle to rest in 4.0 s just in time to save the
child. The mass of the three-wheeler is 400 kg and the mass of the driver is 65 kg.Find
out the deceleration produced and the retarding force on a vehicle.
a. – 2.2 m , 900 N
b. – 2.5 m , 1162.5 N
c. – 2.3 m , 1000 N
d. – 2.4 m , 1100 N

4. A body is projected with a velocity of 20ms-1 at 50° to the horizontal. Find Time of
flight.
a. 4.2 s
b. 3.5 s
c. 5.1 s
d. 3.1 s
5. In which of the following cases is the work done positive?
a. Work done by gravitational force while a man in lifts a bucket out of a well by
means of a rope tied to the bucket
b. Work done by friction on a body sliding down an inclined plane
c. Work done by the resistive force of air on a vibrating pendulum in bringing it to
rest.
d. work done by an applied force on a body moving on a rough horizontal plane with
uniform velocity
6. The importance of the elastic behavior of materials is
a. that it gives methods for understanding materials
b. that it is useful in building slingshots
c. that it is useful in making springs
d. that it enables a safe and sound design of bridges, buildings, machinery parts.
7. In an insulated vessel, 250 g of ice at 0 C is added to 600 g of water at 18.0 C. How
much ice remains when the system reaches equilibrium?
given that latent heat of fusion of ice = 79.5 cal/gm, specific heat of water =

a. 94 g

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 b. 87 g
c. 134 g
d. 114 g
8. A Carnot engine has a power output of 150 kW. The engine operates between two
reservoirs at 20.0 C and 500 C. How much energy is lost per hour in its exhaust?
a. 330 MJ
b. 351 MJ
c. 320 MJ
d. 320 MJ
9. Figure shows plot of versus P for 1.00 kg of oxygen gas at two different
temperatures. What is the value of where the curves meet on the y-axis?

a. 0.28 JK-1 ​

b. 0.22 JK-1 ​

c. 0.24 JK-1​
d. 0.26 J
10. A tuning fork produces 4 beats/sec. with 50 cm and 40 cm of a stretched wire, of a
sonometer. The frequency of fork is
a. 90 Hz
b. 36 Hz
c. 110 Hz
d. 50 Hz
11. Fill in the blanks:

________ describes the motion of objects without looking at the cause of the motion.

OR

Fill in the blanks:

Acceleration is 9.8 ms-2 (downwards) and velocity is _______ at the highest point if a

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 ball was thrown up with velocity v.

12. Fill in the blanks:

The set of laws that we generally deduce for macroscopic object are not always
applicable to atoms, molecules, nuclei an elementary particle is known as ________.

13. Fill in the blanks:

The minimum number of forces which are numerically equal whose vector sum can
be zero is ________.

14. Fill in the blanks:

The _________ is defined as the loss in the strength of a material caused due to repeated
alternating strains to which the material is subjected.

15. Fill in the blanks:

A special type of thermometer named ________ thermometer shows the various

reading for the temperature other than the fixed points because of different
expansion properties of liquids.

16. What is the angle between A and B, if A and B denote the adjacent sides of a
parallelogram drawn from a point and the area of the parallelogram is 1/2AB?

17. A body is moved along a closed loop. Is the work done in moving the body necessarily
zero? If not, state the condition under which work done over a closed path is always
zero.

18. What makes raincoats waterproof?

19. Why is it hotter at the same distance over the top of the fire than in front of it?

20. What physical change occurs when a source of sound is stationary and the listener
moves?

OR

Define non-dispersive medium.

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21. A driver takes 0.20 second to apply the breaks (reaction time). If he is driving car at a

speed of 54 kmh-1 and the breaks cause a deceleration of 6.0 ms-2 , find the distance
travelled by car after he sees the need to put the breaks.

22. What will be the effect on horizontal range of a projectile when its initial velocity Is
doubled keeping angle of projection same?

23. What are the characteristics of rotational motion?

24. At what height from the surface of the earth will the value of 'g' be reduced by 36% of
its value at the surface of earth.

25. Two strips of metal are riveted together at their ends by four rivets, each of diameter
6.0 mm. What is the maximum tension that can be exerted by the riveted strip if the
shearing stress on the rivet is not to exceed Pa? Assume that each rivet is to
carry one-quarter of the load.

26. Briefly explain the concept of thermal equilibrium and temperature.

OR

Calculate the heat of combustion of coil when 10 g of coal on burning raises the

temperature of 2 litres of water from 20o C to 55o C.

27. If a certain mass of gas is heated first in a small vessel of volume V1 and then in a

large vessel of volume V2. Draw the P - T graph for two cases?

OR

The molecules of a given mass of a gas have root mean square speeds of 100 m s-
1 at 27°C and 1.00 atmospheric pressure. What will be the root mean square speeds of
the molecules of the gas at 127°C and 2.0 atmospheric pressure?

28. A body of mass m hung at one end of the spring executes SHM. Prove that the relation
T = 2 m/k is incorrect where k is the force constant of the spring. Also, derive the
correct relation.

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29. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed of 126km h-1 is brought to a stop
within a distance of 200m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform), and
how long does it take for the car to stop?

30. A bob of mass m suspended by a light string of length L is whirled into a vertical circle
as shown in figure. What will be the trajectory of the particle if the string is cut at

i. Point B?
ii. Point C?
iii. Point X?

31. Two stationary particles of masses M1 and M2 are a distance d part. A third particle

lying on the line joining the particles experiences no resultant gravitational force.
What is the distance of this particle from M1?

32. What is the excess pressure inside a bubble of soap solution of radius 5.00 mm, given
that the surface tension of soap solution at the temperature (20 °C) is
? If an air bubble of the same dimension were formed at depth of
40.0 cm inside a container containing the soap solution (of relative density 1.20), what
would be the pressure inside the bubble? (1 atmospheric pressure is ).

OR

A metallic sphere of radius 1 × 10-3 m and density 1 × 104 kg | m3 enters a tank of

water after a free fall through a high ‘h’ in earth’s gravitational field. If its velocity
remains unchanged after entering the water, determine the value of h.

Given :- Co-efficient of viscosity of water = 1 × 10-3 Ns | m2; g = 10 m | s2; density of

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 water = 1 × 103 kg | m3?

33. A layer of ice 10 cm thick is formed on a pond. The temperature of air is - 100 C.
Calculate how long it will take for the thickness of ice to increase by 1mm. Density of

ice = 1g|cm3; Thermal conductivity of ice = 0.005 Cal|s|cm|0C; Latent heat of ice =
80Cal|g

34. What do you mean by the terms overtones and harmonics? Briefly explain.

35. a. State Newton’s second law of motion. Express it mathematically and hence obtain
a relation between force and acceleration.

b. A body of mass 400 gm moving initially with a constant speed of 36 km h-1 towards
the north is subjected to a constant force of 8.0 N directed towards the south for
half of a minute. Beyond that time the body continues its motion with uniform
velocity. No other forces are acting on the body throughout its motion. Take the
instant the force is applied to be at t = 0 s, the position of the body at that time to
be x = 0 m. Find out its position at t = -5 s, 25 s and 100 s respectively applying
Newton's equations of motion.

OR

Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a light, inextensible string
that goes over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses, and the

tension in the string when the masses are released. (Take g = 10 m/s2)

36. Two particles each of mass m and speed v travel in opposite direction along parallel
lines, separated by a distance d. Show that vector angular momentum of the two
particles system is same whatever be the point about which angular momentum is
taken.

OR

Find the components along the x, y, z axes of the angular momentum l of a particle,
whose position vector is r with components x, y, z and momentum is p with
components px, py and pz. Show that if the particle moves only in the x-y plane the

angular momentum has only a z-component.

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37. You are riding in an automobile of mass 3000 kg. Assuming that you are examining
the oscillation characteristics of its suspension system. The suspension sags 15 cm
when the entire automobile is placed on it. Also, the amplitude of oscillation
decreases by 50% during one complete oscillation. Estimate the values of (a) the
spring constant k and (b) the damping constant b for the spring and shock absorber
system of one wheel, assuming that each wheel supports 750 kg.

OR

Cylindrical piece of cork of density of base area A and height h floats in a liquid of
density . The cork is depressed slightly and then released. Show that the cork

oscillates up and down simple harmonically with a period Where is

the density of cork. (Ignore damping due to viscosity of the liquid).

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 CBSE Class 11 Physics
Sample Paper 05 (2019-20)

Solution
Section A

1. (c) law of conservation of mass and energy together i.e. mass + energy is conserved

Explanation: E = mc​2, equation in German-born physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of special

relativity that expresses the fact that mass and energy are the same physical entity and can be

changed into each other.

In the equation, the increased relativistic mass (m) of a body times the speed of light

squared (c​2) is equal to the kinetic energy (E) of that body.

2. (c) approximately east
Explanation: The flag is fluttering in the north-east direction. It shows that the wind
is blowing toward the north-east direction. When the ship begins sailing toward the
north, the flag will move along the direction of the relative velocity (vwb) of the wind

with respect to the boat.

The angle between vw and (–vb) = 90° + 45°

tan =

Substituting and solving we get,

tan =

= tan-1(1.0038) = 45.110
Angle with respect to the east direction = 45.11° – 45° = 0.11°

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 Hence, the flag will flutter approximately due east.

3. (b) – 2.5 m , 1162.5 N

Explanation:

V= final velocity = 0

V0 = initial velocity = 36 km/h = 10 m/s

F= ma = -465 x 2.5 = -1162.5N (negative sign indicates the retarding force)

4. (d) 3.1 s

Explanation: Initial Velocity vo = 20 ms-1

Time of flight =

= 3.1 s

5. (d) work done by an applied force on a body moving on a rough horizontal plane with
uniform velocity
Explanation: When a body is moving on a rough horizontal surface then their will be
2 forces acting on the body

i. Applied force ( in the direction of motion)

ii. friction ( opposite to direction of motion)

As applied force is in same direction as displacement so work done will be positive.

6. (d) that it enables a safe and sound design of bridges, buildings, machinery parts.
Explanation: More the elastic a material is , more it has the property to regain its
original position which is required in construction works.
7. (d) 114 g

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 Explanation:

maximum heat given by water is

Heat required to melt the complete ice = Q2 = mice L

Heat given by water is not sufficient to melt complete ice. Hence temperature of
mixture will be with some ice remains unmelt.

amount of ice melt =

L = latent heat of fusion of ice = 80 cal/gm
Amount of ice which remains unmelt at equilibrium = 250 - 136 =114 gm

8. (a) 330 MJ
Explanation:

Power = Energy output per second = 150KJ

Efficiency = Energy Output / Energy Absorbed

Energy absorbed per second = Energy output / Efficiency

Energy loss per hour =

Energy loss per hour =

9. (d) 0.26 J
Explanation:

PV = nRT

= nR = 8.314 = 0.26 JK-1

Hence the value of where the curves meet on the y-axis is 0.26 J

10. (b) 36 Hz Explanation:

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 beat frequency is given by
fbeat = f1 - f2

4 = f1 - f2 ...(1)
also frequency

...(2)

On solving equation 1 and 2

11. Kinematics

OR

zero

12. Classical physics

13. Two

14. Elastic fatigue

15. Liquid-in-glass

16. We know that area of parallelogram is given by the cross product of vectors forming
the two adjacent side of a parallelogram,

Therefore, | A B| = AB sin = AB as given in the question.

or

17. Work done by a body moving along closed loop can be zero if only conservative force
acting on the body during motion.

Work done by a body moving along a loop is not zero if any non-conservative force,
i.e., frictional, electrostatic, magnetic force are acting on body.

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18. In this case, cohesive force acting between water molecules is much more greater
than the adhesive force acting between the material of raincoat and water. That's why
the angle of contact between water and the material of the raincoat is obtuse. So the
rainwater does not wet the raincoat.

19. At a point in front of fire, heat is received due to the process of radiation only, while
at a point above the fire, heat reaches both due to radiation and convection.

20. The number of sound waves received by the listener changes.

OR

A medium in which speed of wave motion is independent of frequency of wave is

called non-dispersive medium. For sound, air is non-dispersive medium.

21. The car is moving at speed of 54 km/hr =15 m/sec i.e, initial speed after applying
brakes is (u) = 15 m/secs
Say at point A, he sees the need to put brakes and at point B, he puts brakes and then
the car starts deceleration and at point C, the car finally comes to rest.
From A to B it moves with speed of 15m/sec in 0.2 sec.
So distance covered is S1 = v x t= 15 x 0.2 = 3 m and from B to C it moves with constant

deceleration of -6 m/sec2and initial speed of 15m/sec.

Here, final velocity is zero as car comes to rest finally. Using relation v2 - u2 = 2(-a)s,
we have

S2 = = = 18.75 m

Hence, the distance traveled by car after he sees need to put brakes = S1+ S2 = 3 +

18.75 = 21.75 m

22.

Range become four times.

23. Main characteristics of rotational motion are as given below :

i. Rotational motion occurs when a force is applied to a rigid body capable of

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 rotation about an axis.
ii. In rotational motion, the constituent particles of the body generate concentric
circles with points on the axis of rotation as their centres.
iii. In a given time, all the constituent particles undergo same angular displacements.
It means that all the particles have the same angular velocity but different linear
speeds.
iv. When a torque is applied on the rotating body, its motion is accelerated. Angular
acceleration of all the particles is the same but linear acceleration differs from
particle to particle.

24. Given:

g be reduced by 36% of its value at the surface of earth.

accleration due to gravity due to height is

25. Diameter of the metal strip, d = 6.0 mm = m

Radius,
Maximum shearing stress
Maximum stress
Maximum force = Maximum stress Area

= 1949.94 N
Each rivet carries one quarter of the load.
Maximum tension on each rivet = 4 1949.94 = 7799.76 N

26. Two systems are in a state of thermal equilibrium if all parts of the two systems are at
the same temperature. Thus, the temperature is a property which determines
whether the two given systems will be in thermal equilibrium or not.

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 OR

As per question mass m of 2 litres of water = 2 kg and we know that specific heat of
water

The heat energy required to raise the temperature of water from 20o C to 55o C

As this much heat is produced by combustion of of coal, hence heat of

combustion of
coal =

27. From Perfect gas equation;

For a given temperature, therefore when the gas is heated in a small vessel
(Volume V1), the pressure will increases more rapidly than when heated in a large

vessel (Volume V2). As a result, the slope of P - T graph will be more in case of small

vessel than that of large vessel.

OR

M = Molar mass of gas for a gas M is constant

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 =

28. It is given that T =

LHS, T = [T]

RHS,

Hence, the relation is incorrect.

To derive the correct relation, suppose T = m ak b, is the proportionality constant,

then

[T]1 = [M]a[MT-2]b = Ma+bT-2b so, equating dimension on both sides,

a + b = 0 ..(i)
-2b = 1..(ii)
On solving the equations. (i) and (ii), we get

T= m1/2k-1/2
Hence, T =

29. For Car

Initial velocity (u) = 126km/h = 35m/s

Final velocity (v) = 0

Retardation of car = a m/s2

Distance covered by the car before come to rest = 200m

Using 3rd Equation of motion,

v2 - u2 = 2as

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 Using 1st Equation of motion,

Let time taken t sec before come to rest

v = u + at

30. In mechanics, circular motion is a movement of an object along the circumference of

a circle or rotation along a circular path. It can be uniform, with constant angular rate
of rotation and constant speed, or non-uniform with a changing rate of rotation as
shown in the figure.
When the bob is whirled into circular path the required centripetal force is provided
by string (towards the centre of circular path) due to tension and it balances by
centrifugal force provided by tangential velocity of particle.
Hence, when string is cut off, the centripetal force become zero and bob moves with
tangential velocity under gravity.

i. When string is cut off at B, it’s tangential velocity will be vertically downward, so
bob will move along vertical path under gravity.
ii. When string is cut off at C. bob has horizontal velocity, so bob will move in half
parabolic path as shown in figure.
iii. When string is cut off at X then the velocity of bob is makes some angle with
horizontal so it moves parabolic path reaches at higher height then again
parabolic.

31. The force on m towards M1 is

The force on m towards M2 is

Equating two forces,

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 distance of an particle from m,

32. The pressure inside the air bubble

Soap bubble is of radius,
Surface tension of the soap solution,
The relative density of the soap solution

Density of the soap solution, kg/m3

Air bubble formed at a depth,
Radius of the air bubble,
1 atmospheric pressure
Acceleration due to gravity,
The excess pressure inside the soap bubble is given by the relation:

The excess pressure inside the air bubble is given by the relation:

At a depth of 0.4 m, the total pressure inside the air bubble

= Atmospheric pressure +

= 1.057 105Pa

= 1.06 105Pa

Therefore, the pressure inside the air bubble is = 1.06 105Pa.

OR

The velocity acquired by the sphere in falling freely through a height h is

As per the conditions of the problem, this is the terminal velocity of sphere in water
i.e.

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 Terminal Velocity of sphere in water is :-

By Stoke’s Law, the terminal velocity VT of sphere in water is given by :-

r = Radius of sphere

P = Density of sphere

= Density of liquid

g = Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2

= Co-efficient of viscosity

VT = 20m/s

From equation 1)

33. Let t be time required to increase the thickness of ice by 1 mm (=0.1 cm)
Mass of ice required to be formed is :-
M = Volume Density (1)
Let A be the Area of upper surface
we know that , Volume = Area Thickness
=A 0.1 (2)

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 Substitute equation (2) in equation (1)
M = (A 0.1) 1
M = 0.1 A gram (3)
Now, heat always flow from lower surface to the upper surface of ice and into
atmosphere.

Let
be heat that flows into atmosphere.
be Latent heat of ice
M be Mass of ice
K = co-efficient of thermal conductivity
A = Cross-sectional Area
t be time required to increase the thickness
x be Distance between hot and cold surface
= temperature of hot surface
= temperature of cold surface
;
(Using equation 3)
= 8 A Cal (4)

But (5)
substitute equation (3) in equation (5)

(6)

Now,thickness of ice layer is given as x = 10 cm,

K = 0.005 cal|cm|∆|0C

= 0 - (-10) = 100C

substitute above values in equation (6), we will get,

Hence it will take 1600 sec to increase the thickness of ice 1mm

34. When we consider a timing fork of frequency and gently strike its prong with a
rubber pad, it starts vibrating and produces a pure note of frequency only.

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 However, in the case of musical instruments like sitar, violin, flute, etc., besides the
fundamental note of frequency , other notes of higher frequencies, which are
integer multiples of the fundamental frequency, are also formed. These notes of
higher frequencies are called harmonics/overtones. Their number and amplitude
depend upon the construction of musical instruments and the method of setting
vibrations in it. These are defined as follows:
Overtones of a given note are the notes of lesser intensities but higher frequencies
than the fundamental note and are superimposed on the fundamental note.
Frequencies of different overtones are integer multiples of the frequency of the
fundamental note.
Harmonics of a given note are the waves superimposed on a fundamental wave
having a frequency which is a whole multiple of the fundamental frequency. The
fundamental note itself is called the first harmonic. The second harmonic has a
frequency twice that of the fundamental note, the third harmonic has a frequency
thrice the frequency of fundamental note and so on.

35. a. The second law states that the rate of change of momentum of a body is directly
proportional to the force applied, and this change in momentum takes place in the
direction of the applied force.
i.e. F rate of change of momentum

where, k represent the proportionality constant.

(In S.I. unit K = 1)

Therefore,

b. Mass of the body, m = 400 gm = 0.40 kg

Initial speed of the body, u = 36 km/h = (36×5/18) = 10 m/s, due north
Force acting on the body, F = -8.0 N due north
Acceleration produced in the body,
(i) At t = -5 s

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Acceleration, a' = 0 and initial velocity, u = 10 m/s. Both are acting in the same
direction i.e. due north. Applying Newton's second equation of motion,

(ii) At t = 25s,

Acceleration, a'' = -20 m/s2 and initial velocity, u = 10 m/s. Here also both are acting
towards north. Applying Newton's second equation of motion,

= 250 - 6250 = -6000m

At t = 100 s,
For :
During this time interval the body will continue its motion under the mentioned

force i.e. Acceleration, a= -20 m/s2

Initial velocity, u = 10 m/s. Both of them are acting due north. Now here also
applying Newton's second equation of motion,

= 300 - 9000
= -8700 M
For :
During this time interval the action of the force will no longer present. So in this
part of time there will only be the uniform velocity. The velocity gained by the
body after 30 s will act here as the uniform or constant velocity. As per the
Newton's first equation of motion, for t = half of a minute = 30 s, final velocity is
given as:
v = u + at
= 10 + (-20) 30 = -590 m/s, due north
Velocity of the body after 30 s = -590 m/s, acceleration = 0
For motion between 30 s to 100 s, the body will continue its journey with uniform
velocity, i.e., in 70 s:

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 Total distance, s" = s1 + s2 = - 8700 - 41300 = - 50000 m

OR

The given system of two masses 8 kg, 12 kg and a pulley can be represented as shown
in the following figure. In this case weights of the two masses act downwards and
tension T in the two cases act upwards:

Smaller mass, m1 = 8 kg

Larger mass, m2 = 12 kg

Tension in the string = T

When released, mass m2, owing to its weight, moves downward with acceleration a,

and mass m1 moves upward with the same acceleration (as they constitute a single

system).
Applying Newton's second law of motion to the system of masses:
For mass m1:

The equation of motion can be written as:

T - m1g = ma ...(i) (as the tension T exceeding the weight m1g causes the motion of

mass m1)

For mass m2:

The equation of motion can be written as:

m2g - T = m2a ...(ii)(here weight m2g exceeding the tension T causes motion of mass

m 2)

Adding equations (i) and (ii), we get:

(m2 - m1)g = (m1 + m2)a

...(iii)​

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 Therefore, the acceleration of both the masses is 2 m/s2.
Substituting the value of 'a' in equation (ii), we get:

Therefore, the tension in the string is 96 N.

36. Suppose, O be the origin chosen.

Then, angular momentum of particle at A is

and angular momentum of particle at B is

so, total angular momentum of the system of particles is

{As, position vector of A - position vector of B}

Above expression is independent of choice of origin.

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This is true even when particles are not in a straight line.

Which is the same as a previous result. So, the angular momentum of the system is
independent of the choice of origin.

OR

lx = ypz - zpy

ly = zpx - xpz

lz = xpy - ypx

The linear momentum of the particle in cartesian coordinate,

Position vector of the particle in cartesian coordiantes ,
As we know the angular momentum of a moving particle about a point is given as,
where p and r are linear momentum and position vector respectively,

=
Comparing the coefficients of we get the components of angular
momentum as :
lx = ypz - zpy

ly = xpz - zpx …..(i)

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 lz = xpy - ypx

b) If the particle moves in the x-y plane only. Hence, the z-component of the position
vector and z component of linear momentum vector become zero, i.e.,
z = pz = 0

Thus, equation (i) reduces to:

lx = 0

ly = 0

lz = xpy - ypx

Therefore, when the particle is confined to move in the x-y plane, the x and y
components of linear momentum are zero and hence the direction of angular
momentum is along the z-direction.

37. Mass of the automobile, m = 3000 kg

Displacement in the suspension system, x = 15 cm = 0.15 m
There are 4 springs in parallel to the support of the mass of the automobile.
The equation for the restoring force for the system:
F = -4kx = mg
Where, k is the spring constant of the suspension system
Time period,

And
Spring constant,

a. Each wheel supports a mass, M = = 750 kg

For damping factor b, the equation for displacement is written as:

The amplitude of oscillation decreases by 50%.

Where,
Time period, = 0.7691 s

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 = 1351.58 kg/s
Therefore, the damping constant of the spring is 1351.58 kg/s.

OR

This numerical can be solved using concept of Simple Harmonic Motion of floating
object in which an object is dipped into the liquid and released by pushing it
down,due to increased buoyant force it will move upward due to which excess force
will push it downward.This repeated up and down movement of the object is
governed by the laws of Simple Harmonic Motion assuming viscous forces are absent.

so area of the cork = A

Height of the cork = h
Density of the liquid =

Density of the cork =

In equilibrium:
Weight of the cork = Weight of the liquid displaced by the floating cork
Let the cork be depressed slightly by x. As a result, some extra water of a certain
volume is displaced. Hence, an extra up-thrust acts upward and provides the
restoring force to the cork.
Up-thrust = Restoring force, F = Weight of the extra water displaced
F = –(Volume Density g)
Volume = Area Distance through which the cork is depressed
Volume = Ax

According to the force law:

F = kx

Where, k is a constant

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 ...(ii)
The time period of the oscillations of the cork:
....(iii)

Where,
m = Mass of the cork
= Volume of the cork Density
= Base area of the cork Height of the cork Density of the cork
= Ah

Hence, the expression for the time period will be -

From the above expression it is proved that time period of the fork does not depend
on the mass of the object rather depends on specific gravity of the cork and height of
the cork and acceleration due to gravity.

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