BAL BHAVAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Sec – 12, Dwarka, New Delhi – 75

Periodic Assessment – II (2021-22)
“Education makes a man self- confident and selfless”

Name & Section: _____________________ Roll No.: _____________

Class: XI Time: 90minutes
Subject: PHYSICS M.M: 35
General Instructions:
• The Question Paper contains three sections.
• Section A has 25 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
• Section B has 24 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
• Section C has 6 questions. Attempt any 5 questions.
• All questions carry equal marks.
• There is no negative marking.

SECTION A
1) When two quantities are divided, the relative error in the result is given by
(a) the product of the relative error in the individual quantities
(b) the quotient of the relative error in the individual quantities
(c) the difference of the relative error in the individual quantities
(d) the sum of the relative error in the individual quantities
2) The dimensions of speed and velocity are
(a) [L2T], [LT –1]
(b) [LT–1], [LT –2]
(c) [LT], [LT]
(d) [LT–1], [LT –1]
3) Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
I. Change of units does not change the number of significant digits
II. All the non– zero digits are significant
 III. All the zero between two non-zero digits are significant
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III
4) The dimensional formula of angular velocity is
(a) [MLT–1]
(b) [M0L0T]
(c) [ML0T –2]
(d) [M0L0T–1]
5) The unit of percentage error is
(a) same as that of physical quantity
(b) different from that of physical quantity
(c) percentage error is unitless
(d) errors have got their own units which are different from that of
physical quantity measured
6)
7) A particle moves along a straight line OX. At a time t (in second) the distance x
(in metre) of the particle from O is given by x = 40 + 12t – t3 . How long
would the particle travel before coming to rest?
(a) 24 m
(b) 40 m
(c) 56 m
(d) 16 m
8) A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin. If the coin falls behind him, the
train must be moving with
(a) an acceleration
(b) a deceleration
(c) a uniform speed
(d) any of the above
9) The acceleration of a moving body can be found from
(a) area under velocity - time graph
(b) area under distance -time graph
(c) slope of the velocity- time graph
(d) slope of distance-time graph
10) A body is thrown upwards and reaches its maximum height. At that position
(a) its acceleration is minimum
(b) its velocity is zero and its acceleration is also zero
(c) its velocity is zero but its acceleration is maximum
(d) its velocity is zero and its acceleration is the acceleration due to
gravity
11) If tm is the time taken by a projectile to achieve the maximum height, then the
total time of flight Tf related to tm as
(a) tm = 2 Tf
(b) Tf = tm
 (c) Tf = 2tm
(d) None of these
12) At the highest point on the trajectory of a projectile, its
(a) potential energy is minimum
(b) kinetic energy is maximum
(c) total energy is maximum
(d) kinetic energy is minimum.
13) For an object thrown at 45° to horizontal, the maximum height (H) and
horizontal range (R) are related as
(a) R = 16 H
(b) R = 8 H
(c) R = 4 H
(d) R = 2H
14) Choose the correct statement(s) from the following.
I. If speed of a body in a curved path is constant it has zero acceleration
II. When a body moves on a curved path with a constant speed, it has
acceleration perpendicular to the direction of motion
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I and II
(d) None of these
15) A swimmer wants to cross a river straight. He swims at 5 km/hr in still water.
A river 1 km wide flows at the rate of 3 km/hr. Which of the following figure
shows the correct direction for the swimmer along which he should strike?
(Vs=velocity of swimmer, Vr= velocity of river, Vo= resultant velocity)
16) We can derive Newton’s
(a) second and third laws from the first law
(b) first and second laws from the third law
(c) third and first laws from the second law
(d) All the three laws are independent of each other
17) Rocket engines lift a rocket from the earth surface, because hot gases with
high velocity
(a) push against the air
(b) push against the earth
(c) react against the rocket and push it up
(d) heat up the air which lifts the rocket.
18) If the resultant of all the external forces acting on a system of particles is zero,
then from an inertial frame, one can surely say that
(a) linear momentum of the system does not change in time
(b) kinetic energy of the system does not change in time
 (c) angular momentum of the system does not change in time
(d) potential energy of the system does not change in time
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20) Select the incorrect statement(s) about static friction.

I. Static friction exists on its own
II. In the absence of applied force static friction is maximum
III. Static friction is equal and opposite to the applied force upto a certain
limit
(a) I only
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) I and II
21) Work done by a conservative force is positive if
(a) P.E. of the body increases
(b) P.E. of the body decreases
(c) K.E. of the body increases
d) K.E. of the body decreases
22) If a force F is applied on a body and it moves with a velocity V, the power will
be
(a) F×v
(b) F/v
 (c) F/v2
(d) F×v2
23) In elastic collision, 100% energy transfer takes place when
(a) m1 = m2
(b) m1 > m2
(c) m1 < m2
(d) m1 = 2m2
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 SECTION B
26) A wire has a mass 0.3 ± 0.003 g, radius 0.5 ± 0.005 mm and length 6 ± 0.06
cm. The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
27) A force is given by F = at + bt2 , where t is time, the dimensions of a and b are
(a) [M L T–4] and [M L T–1]
(b) [M L T–1] and [M L T0 ]
(c) [M L T–3] and [M L T–4]
(d) [M L T–3] and [M L T0 ]
28) If force (F), velocity (V) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units, then the
dimensions of mass are
(a) [F V T– 1]
(b) [F V T– 2]
(c) [F V– 1 T– 1]
(d) [F V– 1 T]
29) A body starts from rest and travels ‘s’ m in 2nd second, then acceleration is
(a) 2s m/s2
(b) 3s m/s2
(c) 23 s m/s2
(d) 32 s m/s2
30) The relative velocity VAB or VBA of two bodies A and B may be
I. greater than velocity of body A
II. greater than velocity of body B
 III. less than the velocity of body A
IV. less than the velocity of body B
(a) I and II only
(b) III and IV only
(c) I, II and III only
(d) I, II, III and IV
31) Select the incorrect statements from the following.
I. Average velocity is path length divided by time interval
II. In general, speed is greater than the magnitude of the velocity.
III. A particle moving in a given direction with a nonzero velocity can have
zero speed.
IV. The magnitude of average velocity is equal to the average speed
(a) II and III
(b) I and IV
(c) I, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
32) Two bullets are fired horizontally with different velocities from the same
height. Which will reach the ground first?
(a) Slower one
(b) Faster one
(c) Both will reach simultaneously
(d) It cannot be predicted
33) Two projectiles A and B thrown with speeds in the ratio 1 : 2 acquired the
same heights. If A is thrown at an angle of 45° with the horizontal, the angle
of projection of B will be
(a) 0°
(b) 60°
 (c) 30°
(d) 45°
34) Which of the following is an essential condition for horizontal component of
projectile to remain constant?
(a) Acceleration due to gravity should be exactly constant
(b) Angle of projection should be 45°
(c) There should be no air-resistance
(d) All of these
35) Consider the quantities pressure, power, energy, impulse, gravitational
potential, electric charge, temperature and area. Out of these, the vector
quantities are
(a) impulse, pressure and area
(b) impulse and area
(c) area and gravitational potential
(d) impulse and pressure
36)The coefficient of static friction µs , between block A of mass 2 kg and the table
as shown in the figure is 0.2. What would be the maximum mass value of
block B so that the two blocks do not move? The string and the pulley are
assumed to be smooth and massless. (g = 10 m/s2 )

(a) 0.4 kg
(b) 2.0 kg
(c) 4.0 kg
(d) 0.2 kg

37) A train is moving with a speed of 36 km/hour on a curved path of radius 200m.
If the distance between the rails is 1.5 m, the height of the outer rail over the
inner rail is
(a) 1 m
(b) 0.5 m
 (c) 0.75 m
(d) 0.075m

38) A person of mass 60 kg is inside a lift of mass 940 kg and presses the button
on control panel. The lift starts moving upwards with an acceleration 1.0
m/s2 If g = 10 ms–2, the tension in the supporting cable is
(a) 8600 N
(b) 9680 N
(c) 11000 N
(d) 1200 N

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40) Two bodies of masses 4 kg and 5 kg are moving with equal momentum. Then
the ratio of their respective kinetic energies is
(a) 4 : 5
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 3
(d) 5 : 4
41)
42) If the extension in a spring is increased to 4 times then the potential energy
(a) remains the same
(b) becomes 4 times
(c) becomes one fourth
(d) becomes 16 times
43)

Directions : Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason.
Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the
correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given
below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for
assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation
for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
44) Assertion : Two balls of different masses are thrown vertically upward with
same speed. They will pass through their point of projection in the
downward direction with the same speed.
Reason : The maximum height and downward velocity attained at the point
of projection are independent of the mass of the ball.
45) Assertion : K.E. of a moving body given by as2 where s is the distance
travelled in a circular path a refers to variable acceleration.
Reason : Acceleration varies with direction only in this case of circular
motion.
46) Assertion: There is a stage when frictional force is not needed at all to provide
the necessary centripetal force on a banked road.
Reason: On a banked road, due to its inclination the vehicle tends to remain
inwards without any chances of skidding.
47) Assertion : The two bodies of masses M and m (M > m) are allowed to
fall from the same height if the air resistance for each be the same then
both the bodies will reach the earth simultaneously.
Reason : For same air resistance, acceleration of both the bodies will be
same.
48) Assertion : Graph between potential energy of a spring versus the
extension or compression of the spring is a straight line.
Reason : Potential energy of a stretched or compressed spring, proportional
to square of extension or compression.
49) Assertion: Linear momentum is conserved in both elastic and inelastic
collisions but total energy is not conserved in inelastic collision.
Reason: Law of conservation of momentum states that momentum has to be
conserved in an isolated system.

SECTION C
50) Two bodies of different masses are moving with same kinetic energy. Then
the ratio of their momenta is equal to the ratio of their
(a) masses
(b) square of masses
(c) square root of masses
(d) cube root of masses
51)

CASE STUDY QUESTION

Potential energy of abody is the energy possessed by the body by virtue of its
position .P.E.=m g h where the symbols have their usual meaning. Kinetic energy
of a body is the energy possessed by the body by virtue of its velocity
K.E. = 1/2mv2
Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed. However energy can be changed
from one form to the other, such that energy appearing in one form is equal to the
energy disappearing in other form.With the help of above comprehension, choose
the most appropriate alternative for each of the following questions:
52) A body of mass 1kg is allowed to fall freely under gravity. The momentum of
the body 5 second after it starts falling is
(a) 100kgms-1
(b) 50kgms-1
(c) 150kgms-1
 (d) 200kgms-1

53) Kinetic energy of the body at the same time is

(a) 1250J
(b) 2500J
(c) 625J
(d) 2500J

54) The body will attain this K.E. when it fall freely from a height of
(a) 125m
(b) 250m
(c) 1250m
(d) 2500m
55) Velocity of the body on striking the ground will be
(a) 25m/s
(b) 12.5m/s
(c) 50m/s
(d) 100m/s