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QUESTION BANK PHY XI NLM

Class 11 - Physics
Time Allowed: 3 hours and 57 minutes Maximum Marks: 155

General Instructions:

Attempt all the questions.

Time is life don't kill it.

Section A
1. The rear side of a truck is open and a box of mass 20 kg is placed on the truck 4 m away from the open end. If μ [1]
is 0.15 and g is 10 ms-2 and the truck starts from rest with an acceleration of 2 ms-2 on a straight road, then the
box will fall off the truck when it is at a distance of x metre from the starting point. The value of x is

a) 8 m b) 32 m

c) 16 m d) 4 m
2. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically into air, the ball falls [1]

a) outside the car b) in the car ahead of the person

c) in the car behind the person d) exactly in the hand of thrower

3. On the centre of a frictionless table, a small hole is made, through which a weightless string of length 2l is [1]
inserted. On the two ends of the string, two balls of the same mass m are attached. The arrangement is made in
such a way that half of the string is on the table-top and half is hanging below. The ball on the table-top is made
to move in a circular path with a constant speed v. What is the centripetal acceleration of the moving ball?

a) zero b) mvl

c) 2 mvl d) g
4. If 3 forces F1, F2 and F3 act on a particle, then in equilibrium [1]

a) F21 + F2 + F3 b) F21 + F2 + F3 = 0

c) F21 + F23 + F31 d) F1 + F2 + F3 = 0

5. An astronaut accidentally gets separated out of his small spaceship accelerating in interstellar space at a constant [1]
rate of 100 ms-2. What is the acceleration of the astronaut at the instant after he is outside the spaceship?
(Assume that there are no nearby starts to exert gravitational force on him)

a) 0 b) 1

c) ∞ d) Data insufficient
6. A monkey of mass 20 kg is holding a vertical rope. The rope will not break when a mass of 25 kg is suspended [1]
from it but will break if the mass exceeds 25 kg. What is the maximum acceleration with which the monkey can
climb up along the rope? (g = 10 m/s2)

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 a) 25 m/s2 b) 5 m/s2

c) 2.5 m/s2 d) 10 m/s2

7. A ball of mass 0.25 kg attached to the end of a string of length 1.96 m is moving in a horizontal circle. The [1]
string will break if the tension is more than 25 N. What is the maximum speed with which the ball can be
moved?

a) 5 m/s b) 14 m/s

c) 3 m/s d) 3.92 m/s

8. A truck and a car are moving with equal velocity. On applying brakes, both will stop after certain distance, then [1]

a) truck will cover more distance before b) both will cover equal distance
stopping

c) car will cover less distance before stopping d) truck will cover less distance before
stopping
9. In a rocket, fuel burns at the rate of 1 kg/s. This fuel is ejected from the rocket with a velocity of 60 km/s. This [1]
exerts a force on the rocket equal to

a) 600 N b) 60000 N

c) 60 N d) 6000 N

10. A stream of water flowing horizontally with a speed of 15 ms−1 gushes out of a tube of cross-sectional area 10−2 [1]

m2 and hits a vertical wall nearby. What is the force exerted on the wall by the impact of water, assuming it does
not rebound?

a) 2.55 × 103 N b) 2.75 × 103 N

c) 2.45 × 103 N d) 2.25 × 103 N

11. The forces, which meet at one point but their liens of action do not lie in one plane, are called [1]

a) non-coplanar non-concurrent forces b) non-coplanar concurrent forces

c) coplanar concurrent forces d) coplanar non-concurrent forces

12. If a body is in equilibrium under a set of non-collinear forces, then the minimum number of forces has to be [1]

a) four b) two

c) three d) five
13. A student unable to answer a question on Newton's laws of motion attempts to pull himself up by tugging on his [1]
hair. He will not succeed

a) as the force applied is internal to the system b) as the force exerted is small

c) Newton's law of inertia is not applicable to d) the frictional force while gripping is small
living beings
14. A spring balance and a physical balance are kept in a lift. In these balances, equal masses are placed. If now the [1]
lift starts moving upwards with constant acceleration, then

a) the reading of spring balance will decrease b) the reading of spring balance will increase
and physical balance will remain in

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 equilibrium

c) the reading of spring balance will remain d) the reading of spring balance will increase
unchanged and physical balance will remain and the equilibrium position of the physical
in equilibrium balance will disturb
15. A particle is moving in a vertical circle. The tensions in the string when passing through two positions at angles [1]
30° and 60° from vertical (lowest positions) are T1 and T2 respectively. Then

a) T1 > T2 b) T2 > T1

c) tension in the string always remains the d) T1 = T2

same
16. Three different objects of masses m1, m2 and m3 are allowed to fall from the same point O along three different [1]

frictionless paths. The speeds of the three objects, on reaching the ground, will be in the ratio of:

a) m1 : 2m2 : 3m3 b) 1

m1
:
1

m2
:
1

m3

c) m1 : m2 : m3 d) 1 : 1 : 1

17. Rocket engines lift a rocket from the earth surface, because hot gases with high velocity [1]

a) heat up the air which lifts the rocket b) push against the earth

c) react against the rocket and push it up d) push against the air
18. Two iron blocks of equal masses but with different surface areas slide down an inclined plane with friction [1]
coefficient μ . If the first block with the surface area. A experiences a friction force f, then the second block with
surface area 2 A will experience a frictional force
f
a) b) 4 f
2

c) f d) 2 f
19. Assertion (A): Pseudo force is an imaginary force that is recognized only by a non-inertial observer to explain [1]
the physical situation according to Newton's laws.
Reason (R): Pseudo force has no physical origin, i.e., it is not caused by one of the basic interactions in nature.
It does not exist in the action-reaction pair.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): The centripetal forces and centrifugal forces never cancel out. [1]
Reason (R): They do not act at the same time.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A): The apparent weight of a body in an elevator moving with some downward acceleration is less [1]
than the actual weight of the body.
Reason (R): The part of the weight is spent in producing downward acceleration when the body is in an
elevator.

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 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

22. Assertion (A): No force is required by the body to remain in a state of uniform motion or at rest. [1]
Reason (R): In uniform linear motion, acceleration has a finite value.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

23. Assertion: When a man jumps from a boat to the shore, the boat slightly moves away from the shore. [1]
Reason: In absence of net force, the total momentum is conserved.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
24. Assertion (A): Aeroplanes always fly at low altitudes. [1]
Reason (R): According to Newton’s Illrd law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

25. Assertion (A): Newton's third law of motion is applicable only when bodies are in motion. [1]
Reason (R): Newton's third law applies to all types of forces, e.g., gravitational, electric or magnetic forces, etc.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

26. Assertion (A): Linear momentum of a body changes even when it is moving uniformly in a circle. [1]
Reason (R): Force required to move a body uniformly along a straight line is zero.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

27. Assertion (A): A body can have acceleration even if its velocity is zero at a given instant of time. [1]
Reason (R): A body is momentarily at rest when it reverses its direction of motion.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

28. Assertion (A): A body is moving along a circle with a variable angular speed. Work done by centripetal force [1]
will be zero.

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 Reason (R): In non-uniform circular motion, net force on the body is not in the radial direction.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

29. Assertion: A body is moving along a straight line under a variable force, area under the force-time graph on the [1]
time axis will be the ‘Impulse’.
Reason: Impulse is the total change in linear momentum.

a) If both assertion and reason are true and b) If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is the correct explanation of reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion. assertion.

c) If assertion is true but reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
30. Assertion: A bird alights on a stretched wire depressing it slightly. The increase in tension of the wire is more [1]
than the weight of the bird.
Reason: The tension must be more than the weight as its component balances the weight.

a) If both assertion and reason are true and b) If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is the correct explanation of reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion. assertion.

c) If assertion is true but reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
31. Assertion: The direction of the friction force on an object is opposite to the actual motion (kinetic friction) or [1]
the impending motion (static friction) of the object relative to the surface with which if is in contact.
Reason: Friction force always opposes the motion.

a) If both assertion and reason are true and b) If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is the correct explanation of reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion. assertion.

c) If assertion is true but reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
Section B
32. What are inertial and non-inertial frames of reference? Give an example of each. [2]
33. State Newton's second law of motion. Hence, derive the relation F ⃗ = ma⃗ , where the symbols have their usual [2]
meanings.
34. An electric bulb suspended from the roof of a railway train by a flexible wire shifts through an angle of 19°48', [2]
when the train goes horizontally round a curved path of 200 m radius. Find the speed of the train.
35. How does banking of roads reduce wear and tear of the tyres? [2]
36. The velocity of a body of mass 2 kg as a function of t is given by v(t)
⃗ ^ 2^
= 2t i + t j Find the momentum and the [2]
force acting on it, at time t = 2 s.
37. Explain why a cricketer moves his hands backward while holding a catch. [2]
38. Block A of weight 100 N rests on a frictionless inclined plane of slope angle 30° (Fig.). A flexible cord attached [2]
to A passes over a frictionless pulley and is connected to block B of weight W. Find the weight W for which the

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 system is in equilibrium.

39. A rocket motor consumes 100 kg of fuel per second, exhausting it with a speed of 6 × 103 ms-1. [2]

i. What thrust is exerted on the rocket?

ii. What will be the velocity of the rocket at the instant its mass is reduced to ( 1

40
)th of its initial mass, its initial
velocity being zero? Neglect gravity.
40. A motorcyclist just loops a vertical loop of radius 8.0 m. What is his minimum speed at the highest and the [2]
lowest points of the loop? What is the reaction force due to the loop on the motorcyclist at the lowest point?
Given that the combined mass of motorcyclist and the rider is 180 kg.
41. An aeroplane requires for take off a speed of 80 kmh-1, the run on the ground being 100 m. The mass of the [2]

aeroplane is 104 kg and the coefficient of friction between the plane and the ground is 0.2. Assume that the plane
accelerates uniformly during the take off. What is the maximum force required by the engine of the plane for
take off?
42. State Newton's first law of motion. Give an example to illustrate it. [2]
43. What is a free body diagram? What is the importance of drawing such a diagram? [2]
Section C

44. A cricket ball of mass 150 g is moving with a speed of 12 ms-1 and is hit by a bat so that the ball is turned back [3]

with a speed of 20 ms-1. The force of the blow acts for 0.01 s on the ball. Find the average force exerted by the
bat on the ball.
45. A block is gently placed at the top of an inclined plane 6.4 m long. Find the time taken by the block to slide [3]
down to the bottom of the plane. The plane makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. Coefficient of friction
between the block and the plane is 0.2.
46. Discuss the motion of a car on a curved level (unbanked) road. [3]
47. Ten one rupee coins are put on top of one another on a table. Each coin has a mass m kg. Give the magnitude [3]
and direction of

a. The force on the 7th coin (counted from the bottom) due to all coins above it.
b. The force on the 7th coin by the eighth coin (counted from the bottom) and
c. The reaction of the 6th coin on the 7th coin (counted from the bottom).
48. A body weighing 0.4 kg is whirled in a vertical circle making 2 revolutions per second. If the radius of the circle [3]
is 1.2 m, find the tension in the string, when body is
i. at the bottom of the circle,
ii. at the top of the circle.
49. A body of mass m is suspended by two strings making angles α and β with the horizontal as shown in Figure. [3]
Calculate the tensions in the two strings.

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50. A body of mass 15 kg is hung by a spring balance in a lift. What would be the reading of the balance when [3]

i. the lift is ascending with an acceleration of 2 ms-2

ii. descending with the same acceleration
iii. descending with a constant velocity of 2 ms-1?

Take g = 10 ms-2.
51. There are four forces acting at a point P produced by strings as shown in the figure, which is at rest. Find the [3]
forces F1 and F2.

52. An elevator weighs 3000kg. What is its acceleration when the in the tension supporting cable is 33000 N. Given [3]

that g = 9.8m/s2.

53. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h with its wings banked at 15°. What is the radius of [3]
the loop?
54. A moving neutron with speed 106 m /s collides with a deuteron at rest and sticks to it. Find the speed of the [3]

combination if masses of the neutron and deuteron are 1.67 × 10 −27

kg and 3.34 × 10-27 kg, respectively.
55. A stone of mass m tied to the end of a string revolves in a vertical circle of radius R. The net forces at the lowest [3]
and highest points of the circle directed vertically downwards are: [Choose the correct alternative]

Lowest Point Highest Point

(a) T - mg T + mg

(b) T + mg T - mg

(c) mg + T − (mv ) /R
2
1
mg − T + (mv ) /R
2
1

(d) mg − T − (mv ) /R
2
1
mg + T + (mv ) /R
2
1

Section D
56. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
When bodies are in contact, there are mutual contact forces satisfying the third law of motion. The component of
contact force normal to the surfaces in contact is called normal reaction. The component parallel to the surfaces
in contact is called friction.

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 In the figure, 8 kg and 6kg are hanging stationary from a rough pulley and are about to move. They are
stationary due to the roughness of the pulley.

(a) Which force is acting between the pulley and rope?

(b) On which side the tension is more?
(c) What is the Coefficient of friction of the pulley?
(d) What is the force of friction acting on the rope?
Section E
57. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [5]
Starting from rest, a body slides down a θ = 45o inclined plane of length s in twice the time it takes to slide down
the same distance in the absence of friction. The coefficient of friction between the body and the inclined plane
is μ .
(a) What is the expression for the acceleration of body?

a) a = g sin θ b) a = g(cosθ - μ sinθ )

c) a = g(sinθ - μ cosθ ) d) a = μ g cosθ

(b) Expression for time taken by body to slide down the plane is:
−−−−−−− −−−−−−−
a) √ 2s
b) √
2s

g(tan θ−μ) g(tan θ+μ)

−−−−−−−−−− −−−−−−−−−−
c) √ 2s
d) √
2s

g(sin θ−μ cos θ) g(sin θ+μ cos θ)

(c) When friction is absent, time taken to slide down the plane:
−−−−− −−−−−
a) √ 2s

g cot θ
b) √
2s

g cos θ

−−−−− −−−−
c) √ 2s
d) √
2s

g tan θ g sin θ

(d) Which of the following relation is correct?

a) 4 sin θ = 3μ cos θ b) 3 cos θ = 4μ sin θ

c) 4 cos θ = 3μ sin θ d) 3 sin θ = 4μ cos θ

(e) Coefficient of friction μ is:

a) 0.35 b) 0.75

c) 0.25 d) 0.5
58. What do you mean by ball bearings? How sliding friction is converted into rolling friction? [5]
59. a. Obtain an expression for the centripetal force required to make a body of mass m, moving with a velocity v [5]
around a circular path of radius r.
b. Find an expression for velocity of recoil of gun.
60. Prove that the velocity of a rocket at any instant when its mass is m is given by [5]
m0
v = v0 + u log e
m

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 where, v0 and m0 are the velocity and mass of the rocket at t = 0 and u is the velocity of exhaust gases relative to
the rocket.
61. What is force? What are its absolute and gravitational units? How are these related to each other? [5]
62. A thin circular loop of radius R rotates about its vertical diameter with an angular frequency ω. Show that a [5]
−−−
−
small bead on the wire loop remains at its lowermost point for ω ≤ √g/R . What is the angle made by the
−−−−
radius vector joining the centre to the bead with the vertical downward direction for ω = √2g/R ? Neglect
friction.
63. A rectangular box lies on a rough inclined surface. The coefficient of friction between the surface and the box is [5]
μ . Let the mass of the box be m.
i. At what angle of inclination θ of the plane to the horizontal will the box just start to slide down the plane?
ii. What is the force acting on the box down the plane, if the angle of inclination of the plane is increased to α >
θ ?
iii. What is the force needed to be applied upwards along the plane to make the box either remain stationary or
just move up with uniform speed?
iv. What is the force needed to be applied upwards along the plane to make the box move up the plane with
acceleration a?
64. Name a varying mass system. Derive an expression for velocity of propulsion of a rocket at any instant. [5]
65. State Newton's second law of motion. Show that it gives a measure of force. Hence define 1 N force. [5]
66. Distinguish between static friction, limiting friction and kinetic friction. How do they vary with the applied [5]
force, explain by diagram.
67. Two bodies of masses 10 kg and 20 kg respectively kept on a smooth, horizontal surface are tied to the ends of a [5]
light string. A horizontal force F = 600 N is applied to
a. A,
b. B along the direction of the string.
What is the tension in the string in each case?
68. A small body tied to one end of the string is whirled in a vertical circle. [5]
i. Represent the forces on a diagram when the string makes an angle θ with initial position.
ii. Find the tension and velocity at the highest and lowest point respectively.

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