SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR VIDYA MANDIR – BANGALORE EAST

SUB: PHYSICS GRADE: XI

WORKSHEET 01
1. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically into air.
The balls falls
(a) exactly in the hand of the thrower (b) outside the car
(c) in the car ahead of the person (d) in the car behind the person
2. If two forces of 5 N each are acting along x – and Y – axes, then the magnitude and direction
of the resultant is
(a)5√2, 𝜋(3 (b) 5√2, 𝜋(4 (c) - 5√2, 𝜋(3 (d) - 5√2, 𝜋(4
3. If two forces are acting at a point such that the magnitude of each force is 2 N and the
magnitude of their resultant is also 2 N, then the angle between the two forces is
(a) 120o (b) 60o (c) 90o (d) 0o
4. An object is thrown vertically upwards. At its maximum height, which of the following
quantity becomes zero?
(a) Momentum (b) Potential energy (c) Acceleration (d) Force
5. The force acting on a body of mass 10 kg is +2𝚤̂ + 𝚥̂ − 𝑘2 3 𝑁. If the body is initially at rest,
then velocity at the end of 20 sec will be
(a) 2√6 (b) 3√2 (c) 6√2 (d) 2√3
6. A ball of mass 25 g, moving with a speed of 2 m/s is stopped within 5 cm. The average
resistance oQered to the ball is
(a) 1N (b) 2 N (c) 5 N (d) 10 N
7. A boy while catching a ball, experiences an impulse of 6 Ns. If the mass of a ball is 200 g,
what was the speed of a ball before it was caught?
(a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 30 m/s (d) 40 m/s
8. A man is standing on the weighing machine placed in a lift. When stationary, his weight is
recorded as 40 kg. If the lift is accelerated upward with an acceleration of 2 m/s2, then the
weight recorded in the machine will be
(a) 48 kg wt (b) 32 kg wt (c) 42 kg wt (d) 40 kg wt
9. A bomb of mass 9 kg explodes into 2 pieces of mass 3 kg and 6 kg. The velocity of mass 3
kg 1.6 m/s, the KE of mass 6 kg is
(a) 3.84 J (b) 9.6 J (c) 1.92 J (d) 2.92 J
10. Three forces start acting simultaneously on a particle moving with velocity 𝑣⃗. These forces
are represented in magnitude and direction by the three sides of a triangle ABC as shown.
The particle will now move with the velocity

(a) greater than 𝑣⃗ (b) |𝑣⃗| 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝐵𝐶
(c) 𝑣⃗ remaining unchanged (d) less than 𝑣⃗
11. If the coeQicient of static friction between the tyres and road is 0.5, what is the shortest
distance in which an automobile can be stopped when travelling at 72 km/hr?
(a) 50 m (b) 60 m (c) 40.8 m (d) 80.16 m
12. Two racing cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r1 and r2 respectively.
Their speeds are such that each car makes a complete circle in same time t. The ratio of
the angular speed of the first to the second car is
(a) 1 : 1 (b) r1 : r2 (c) m1 : m2 (d) m1m2 : r1r2
Questions 13, 14 and 15 are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) type questions. Two statements
are given one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled Reason (R). Select the correct
answer from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
the Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of the Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is also false.
13. Assertion A: Centripetal force is always required for motion in a curved path.
Reason R: On a banked curved track, vertical component of normal reaction provides the
necessary centripetal force.
14. Assertion A: Impulsive force is large and acts for a short time.
Reason R: Finite change in momentum should be produced by the force.
15. Assertion A: Frictional forces are conservative forces.
Reason R: Potential energy can be associated with frictional forces.
 WORKSHEET 02
16. The distance travelled by a body is directly proportional to time. Is any external force acting
on it?
17. Chinaware are wrapped in straw paper before packing. Why?
18. A child revolves a stone of mass 0.5 kg tied to the end of a string of length 40 cm in a vertical
circle. The speed of the stone at the lowest point of the circle is 3 ms-1. Calculate the tension
in the string at this point.
19. A body of mass 0.25 kg moving with velocity 12 m/s is stopped by applying a force of 0.6 N.
Calculate the time taken to stop the body. Also calculate the impulse of this force.
20. The initial speed of a body of mass 2.0 kg is 5 m/s. A force acts for 4 s in the direction of
motion of the body. The force-time graph is shown. Calculate the impulse of the force and
the final speed of the body.

21. Why does a cyclist lean inward when moving along a curved path? Determine the angle
through which a cyclist bends from the vertical while negotiating a curve?

WORKSHEET 03
22. A light string passing over a smooth pulley connects two blocks of masses m1 and m2
(vertically). If the acceleration of the system is g/8, find the ratio of the two masses.
23. A 30 kg shell is flying at 48 ms-1. When it explodes, its one part of 18 kg stops, while the
remaining part flies on. Find the velocity of the later.
24. Two blocks of masses 50 kg and 30 kg connected by a massless string pass over a light
frictionless pulley and rest on two smooth planes inclined at angles 30o and 60o respectively
with the horizontal. Determine the acceleration of the two blocks and the tension in the
string.
25. A wooden block of mass 100 kg rests on a flat wooden floor, the coeQicient of friction
between the two being 0.4. The block is pulled by a rope making an angle 30o with the
horizontal. What is the minimum tension along the rope that just makes the block sliding?