Class: XI

Subject: Physics
Time: 3:00 hrs
M.M: 70 BURHANPUR

SAMPLE PAPER
General Instructions :
1. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E.
3. All the sections are compulsory.
4. Section A contains Sixteen MCQs of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of 2 marks each,
Section C contains seven questions of 3 marks each, Section D contains two case study based questions
of 4 marks. Section E contains three question of 5 marks each.
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question In
Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three
question in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
6. Use of calculator is not allowed.

SECTION–A 1X 16 = 16
1. Which one of the following representation of temperature is not correct?
(a) 50 K (b) 100°K (c) 225°C (d) 125°F
2. When a body is dropped from a tower, then there is an increase in its
(a) weight (b) acceleration
(c) velocity (d) gravitational potential energy
3. The angle between A  iˆ  ˆj and B  iˆ  ˆj is
(a) 45 (b)  45 (c) 90 (d) 180
2
4. A lift having mass 100 kg is rising up with an acceleration 4 m/s . The tension in the string is
(a) 1380 N (b) 1160 N (c) 2380 N (d) 580 N
5. A ball is dropped from a height of 1 m. If the coefficient of restitution between the surface and ball is
0.6, the ball rebounds to a height of
(a) 0.6 m (b) 0.36 m (c) 3.6m (d) 1m
2
6. Moment of inertia of a solid sphere about is diameter is Mr 2 . Its radius of gyration is
5
2 5 2 5
(a) r (b) r (c) r (d) r
5 2 5 2

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7. Two particles of equal mass m are moving along a circle of radius r under the action of their mutual
gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle is
Gm Gm Gm
(a) (b) (c) (d) Gmr
4r 2r r
8. The maximum load a wire can withstand without breaking, when its length is reduced to half of its
original length, will
(a) be double (b) be half (c) be four times (d) remain same
9. A particle falling through a viscous liquid reaches its terminal velocity. The acceleration then is
(a) g (b) > g (c) < g (d) 0
10. Two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures 200°C and 210°C. The rate of heat flow was
found to be 10 J/s. If the ends of the rod are maintained at 400°C and 410°C, the rate of heat flow will
be
(a) 10J/s (b) 20J/s (c) 80J/s (d) 30J/s
11. A bimetallic strip is made of aluminium and steel (AL >steel). On heating, the strip will
(a) remain straight
(b) get twisted
(c) will bend with aluminium on concave side.
(d) will bend with steel on concave side.
12. Consider P-V diagram for an ideal gas shown in figure

Out of the following diagrams, which represents the T-P diagram?

(a) (iv) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (i)

For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to there 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.
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13. Assertion (A): Impulse has a dimension of linear momentum.
Reason (R): Impulse = Force × time.
14. Assertion (A): The kinetic energy of the body of mass 2 kg and momentum of 2 Ns is 1 J.
Reason (R): The relation between kinetic energy and linear momentum of an object is given by
p
K .
2m
15. Assertion (A): A person standing on a rotating platform suddenly stretches his arms, the platform
slows down.
Reason (R): A person by stretching his arms increases the moment of inertia and decreases angular
velocity.
16. Assertion (A): Water does not wet wax.
Reason (R): Angle of contact for water-wax is obtuse.

SECTION–B 2 X 5 = 10
17. Define fundamental & Supplementary units.
18. Define zero vector and write down its properties.
19. A constant retarding force of 50 N is applied to a body of mass 20 kg moving initially with a speed of
15 m s1. How long does the body take to stop?
20. A body weighs 63 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it due to the earth
at a height equal to half the radius of the earth?
21. The stress-strain graphs for materials A and B are shown in Fig. 8.10.

The graphs are drawn to the same scale.

(a) Which of the materials has the greater Young’s modulus?
(b) Which of the two is the stronger material?
OR
The edge of an aluminium cube is 10 cm long. One face of the cube is firmly fixed to a vertical wall.
A mass of 100 kg is then attached to the opposite face of the cube. The shear modulus of aluminium
is 25 GPa. What is the vertical deflection of this face?

SECTION–C 3 X 7 = 21
22. Differentiate between one, two and three dimensional motion.
23. State and Explain Newton's second law of motion. Hence, deduce the relation F = ma, where the
symbols have their usual meanings.
24. A body of mass 0.5 kg travels in a straight line with velocity v = a x3/2 where a = 5 m–1/2 s–1.What is
the work done by the net force during its displacement from x = 0 to x = 2 m?

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25. What is meant by zero work? State the conditions under which a force does no work. Give any one
example.
26. Establish a relation between torque and moment of inertia of a rigid body.
27. What is a satellite ? Explain the principle of launching a satellite.
28. Show that an adiabatic curve is always steeper than an isothermal curve.
OR
State second law of thermodynamics.

SECTION–D 4X2=8
29. Read the following text and answer any 4 of the following questions on the basis of the same:
Using the laws of physics, it is possible to make a successful jump shot in basketball every time. The
trajectory of a basketball is always a parabola. It is projectile when it is launched up into the air, and
this is due to the affects of gravity as well as the force put on the ball by the player that properly follows
the properties of a projectile.

The velocity of the ball changes as it moves through the air, but the velocity of the first half of the path
matches with the last half of the path. It may deviate from its path if the ball collides with either the
backboard or another player interfering with its path. From the information of the height of the player,
the horizontal distance and height of the hoop, the player can easily calculate the speed to be imparted
to the ball and the angle for a sure success. If player’s height is 1.27 meters standing at a distance of 2
meters from the hoop which is at a height of 3.05 meters, he needs an angle of 55° and velocity of the
ball 7 m/s to be imparted to make his shot a success. (If he uses a smaller angle he has to shoot with a
greater velocity.) If he stands 6 meters distance from the hoop, he needs an angle 60° and a velocity
9.5 m/s to be successful. To improve chances of an accurate shot, often a player includes a backspin
on the ball as he launches it for a shot. The backspin ensures that the ball enters the hoop, especially if
the shot is a "soft shot." Soft shot is when the ball is shot at a low angle and low velocity, the player
adds a backspin because if the ball winds up hitting the rim, the spin will help it to enter the hoop. The
backspin changes the velocity direction (once it hits the rim) to the opposite direction of the rim rather
than bouncing it out.
(i) The trajectory of a basketball is always a
(a) Straight line (b) Circle
(c) Parabola (d) May be a circle, may be a parabola
(ii) When the basketball deviates from its parabolic path?
(a) If the ball collides with the backboard
(b) If the ball collide with another player interfering with its path

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 (c) If a backspin is applied to the ball
(d) Both (A) and (B)
(iii) To calculate the speed to be imparted to the ball and the angle for an accurate shot the required
information are
(a) Height of the player (b) Horizontal distance of the hoop
(c) Height of the hoop (d) All of the above
(iv) If the horizontal distance of the hoop from a player increases
(a) Velocity and angle both should increase
(b) Velocity and angle both should decrease
(c) Velocity should increase but angle should decrease
(d) Velocity should decrease but angle should increase
OR
(iv) Why backspin is applied on basketball while launching it for a shot?
(a) The backspin ensures that the ball follows parabolic path
(b) The backspin ensures that the ball enters the hoop
(c) The backspin ensures that the ball does not collide with an interfering player
(d) The backspin ensures that the ball moves faster
30. Read the following text and answer any 4 of the following questions on the basis of the same:
A gas which obeys the ideal gas equation PV = nRT at all temperature and pressure values is called an
ideal gas equation. Molecules of such a gas are free from inter molecular attraction and have negligible
volume. The gas particles are equally sized and motion of the particles follows Newton’s laws of
motion. These particles do not undergo any energy loss as they have perfect elastic collisions. Figure
PV
shows plot of versus P for 1.00 × 10–3 kg of oxygen gas at two different temperatures.
T

(i) What does the dotted line signify in the above diagram?
(a) Ideal gas behaviour (b) Real gas behaviour
(c) Oxygen gas at temperature T1 (d) Oxygen gas at temperature T2
(ii) Which is of the following is correct ?
(a) T1 < T2 (b) T1 > T2 (c) T1 = T2 (d) T1 ≤ T2
PV
(iii) The value of where curves meet on y-axis is
T
(a) 8.31 JK–1 (b) 0.26 JK–1 (c) 0.52 JK–1 (d) 4.15 JK–1
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 (iv) Relation between Boltzmann constant and universal gas constant is
[kB = Boltzmann constant, R = Universal gas constant, N = Avogadro number]
N
(a) R  kB / N (b) N  kB R (c) k B  (d) R  kB N
R
OR
PV
(iv) What will be the value of for 1.00 × 103 kg of Hydrogen gas if the oxygen gas is replaced
T
hydrogen gas? [Give: mass of Hydrogen = 2.02 u]
(a) 2 JK–1 (b) 16.8 JK–1 (c) 8.3 JK–1 (d) 4.11 2 JK–1

SECTION–E 5 X 3 = 15
31. (i) What is projectile? Give its examples. Show that the path of projectile is a parabolic path when
projected horizontally from a certain height.
(ii) The position of a particle is given by r  3.0t iˆ  2.0t 2 ˆj  4.0kˆ m
where t is in seconds and the coefficients have the proper units for r to be in metres.
(a) Find the v and a of the particle?
(b) What is the magnitude and direction of velocity of the particle at t = 2.0 s?
OR
(i) Why are the curved roads banked? Obtain an expression for angle of banking of a curved road.
(ii) 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.

32. (i) Obtain an expression for the position vector of centre of mass of a two particle system.
(ii) From a uniform disk of radius R, a circular hole of radius R/2 is cut out. The centre of the hole is at
R/2 from the centre of the original disc. Locate the centre of gravity of the resulting flat body.
OR
(i) Discuss the variation of g with height and depth.
(ii) A rocket is fired vertically with a speed of 5 km s1 from the earth’s surface. How far from the earth
does the rocket go before returning to the earth? Mass of the earth = 6.0 × 1024 kg; mean radius of the
earth = 6.4 × 106 m; G = 6.67 × 10–11 N m2 kg–2.
33. (i) Explain capillarity with illustrations and deduce ascent formula.
(ii) A 50 kg girl wearing high heel shoes balances on a single heel. The heel is circular with a diameter
1.0 cm. What is the pressure exerted by the heel on the horizontal floor?
OR
(i) Define two principal specific heats of a gas. Which is greater and why?
(ii) The coefficient of volume expansion of glycerine is 49 × 10–5 K–1. What is the fractional change in
its density for a 30 °C rise in temperature?

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