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11TH-PHYSICS C,2 CWS-2023

Class 11 - Physics
Time Allowed: 5 hours Maximum Marks: 100

Understanding and Remembering

1. In Kinematics we study ways to [1]

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a) find jerk without going into the causes of b) find acceleration without going into the

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motion. causes of motion.

c) find velocity without going into the causes d) describe motion without going into the

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of motion. causes of motion.
2. For motion in 3 dimensions we need [1]

a Cartesian system having three mutually ⊥

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a) frame of reference consisting of a clock and b) No frame of reference is required a single
point will do.
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axes, (X,Y, and Z)

c) No frame of reference is required ; a set of 3 d) frame of reference consisting of a clock and

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points will do. a Cartesian system having two mutually ⊥

axes (X and Y)
3. The coordinates of object with respect to a frame of reference at t = 0 are (-1, 0, 3). If t = 5 s, its coordinates are [1]
(-1, 0, 4), then the object is in
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a) motion along x-axis b) motion along z-axis

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c) rest position between t = 0 s and t = 5 s d) motion along y-axis

4. A particle is constrained to move on a straight-line path. It returns to the starting point after 10 s. The total [1]
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distance covered by the particle during this time is 30 m. Which of the following statements about the motion of
the particle is false?
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a) average speed of the particle is 3 m/s b) displacement of the particle is zero

c) displacement of the particle is 30 mboth d) displacement of the particle is 30 m

displacement of the particle is zero and
average speed of the particle is 3 m/s
5. State in the following cases, whether the motion is one, two or three dimensional: [2]
i. a kite flying on a windy day,
ii. a speeding car on a long straight high way,
iii. a carrom coin rebounding from the side of the board,
iv. an insect crawling on a globe, and
v. a planet revolving around its star?
6. How does the velocity-time graph for uniform motion gives a geometrical way of calculating the displacement [2]

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7. Give an example of a motion where x > 0, v < 0 and a > 0 at a particular instant. Hint: Generate an equation in [3]
x(t) (displacement) such that its value is positive, the first diffrential is negative and third is again positive
t
de t
= e
dt

8. The speed-time graph for a car is shown in figure below. [2]

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i. Find how far the car travels in the first 4 s? Shade the area on the graph that represents the distance travelled

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by the car during the period.
ii. Which part of the graph represent uniform motion of the car?

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iii. Comment over acceleration and the rate of change of acceleration
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9. A body sliding down on a smooth inclined plane slides down 1
th distance in 2s. It will slide down the complete [1]

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plane in:

a) 3 s b) 5 s
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c) 2 s d) 4s
10. A drag racer starts her car from rest and accelerates at 10.0 m/s for the entire distance of 400 m . What is the
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speed of the race car in m/s at the end of the run?

a) 89.4 b) 87.2

c) 86.0 d) 90.3
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11. Jules Verne in 1865 proposed sending people to the Moon by firing a space capsule from 220-m-long cannon [1]
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with a final velocity of 10.97 km/s. What would have been the unrealistically large acceleration experienced by
the space travelers during launch?

a) 2.74 × 106 m/s2 b) 2.74 × 105 m/s2

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c) 3.74 × 105 m/s2 d) 2.74 × 103 m/s2

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12. From the given example, find if the motion is one or two or three-dimensional. [2]
i. A kite flying in the sky
ii. A cricket ball hit by a player
iii. Moon revolving around the earth and
iv. The motion of a stone in a circle
13. The instantaneous speed is always equal to the magnitude of instantaneous velocity. Why? [2]
14. State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for each of these. [3]
i. An object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity.
ii. An object moving in a certain direction with acceleration in the perpendicular direction.
15. A police jeep on a patrol duty on national highway was moving with a speed of 54km/hr. It finds a thief rushing [3]
up in a car at a rate of 126km/hr in the same direction. Police sub-inspector fired at the car of the thief with his

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16. Prove Galileo's Law of Odd Numbers. [5]
17. Find the instantaneous velocity at t = 3.5 s from the graph given below. [5]

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18. A bird is tossing (flying to and fro) between two cars moving towards each other on a straight road. One car has [2]
a speed of 18 km/hr while the other has the speed of 27Km/hr. The bird starts moving from the first car towards

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the order and is moving with the speed of 36Km/hr and when the two cars were separated by 36Km. What is the
total distance covered by the bird?

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Main concept used: Bird will fly to and fro till both the cars meet together. So the total distance covered by the
bird during the time = speed of bird × time to meet the cars together.
19. A racecar accelerates on a straight road from rest to a speed of 180 kmh-1 in 25 s. Assuming uniform [2]
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acceleration of the car throughout, find the distance covered in this time
20. A tennis ball is dropped on to the floor from a height of 4 m. It rebounds to a height of 3 m. If the ball was in [3]
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contact with the floor for 0.01 s, what was its average acceleration during contact?
21. A man is standing on the top of building 100 m high. He throws two balls vertically, One at t=0 and other after a [5]
time interval (less than 2 seconds). The later ball is thrown at a velocity of half the first. The vertical gap
between first and second ball is + 15 m at t = 2s. The gap is found to remain constant. Calculate the velocity with
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which balls were thrown and the exact time interval between their throw.
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22. Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the edge of a cliff 200 m high with initial speeds of 15 m/s and [5]
30 m/s. Verify that the graph shown in figure correctly represents the time variation of the relative position of the
second stone with respect to the first. Neglect air resistance and assume that the stones do not rebound after
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hitting the ground. Take g = 10 m/s2. Give the equations for the linear and curved parts of the plot.
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Section C
23. A particle moves along the x-axis. The position x of the particle with respect to time t from the origin is given by [1]
x = b0 + b1t + b2t2. The acceleration of the particle is:

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c) b2 d) b1

24. A car moves along a straight line, whose equation of motion is given by s = 12t + 3t2 - 2t2 where s is in metres [1]

and t in seconds. The velocity of the car at the start will be:

a) 7 ms-1 b) 9 ms-1

c) 16 ms-1 d) 12 ms-1

25. What will be ratio of speed in first two seconds to the speed in next 4 seconds? [1]

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a) √2 : 1 b) 3 : 1

c) 2 : 1 d) 1 : 2

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26. Two trains, which are moving along different tracks in opposite direction are put on the same track by mistake. [1]
On noticing the mistake, when the trains are 300 m apart the drivers start slowing down the trains. The graphs
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given below show decrease in their velocities as function of time. The separation between the trains when both
have stopped is
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a) 120 m b) 60 m
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c) 20 m d) 280 m
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27. A stone falls freely such that the distance covered by it in the last second of its motion is equal to the distance [1]
covered by it in the first 5 seconds. It remained in air for:

a) 13 sec b) 26 sec
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c) 25 sec d) 12 sec
28. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of constant force is related to the [2]
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time by the equation t = √x -3 where x is in meters and t is in seconds. Find the velocity of the particle at
i. t = 3s
ii. t = 6s
29. Draw displacement time graph for uniformly accelerated motion. What is its shape? [2]
30. With the help of below velocity-time graph, find the [2]

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ii. acceleration for the above graph.
31. State the equations of motion for a particle just dropped from the top of a tower. [2]
32. Obtain equation of motion for constant acceleration using the method of calculus. [3]

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33. Establish the kinematic equation v2 - u2 = 2as from velocity-time graph for a uniformly accelerated motion. [3]

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34. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of constant force is related to the [2]
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time by the equation t = √x − 3 where x is in meters and t is in seconds. Find the velocity of the particle at
1. t = 3s

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2. t = 6s.
35. From the figure given, find the average acceleration between points A and B. [2]

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36. The speed of a motor launch with respect to still water = 7 ms-1 and the speed of the stream is u = 3 ms-1. When [2]
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the launch began travelling upstream, a float was dropped from it. The launch travelled 4.2 km upstream, turned
about and caught up with the float. How long is it before the launch reaches the float?
37. A particle is moving along a straight line and its position is given by the relation x = (t3 - 6t2 - 15t + 40)m [3]
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Find
i. The time at which velocity is zero.
ii. Position & Displacement at this point.
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iii. Acceleration for the particle at the point.

38. At t = 0, a particle is at rest at origin. Its acceleration is 2 m/s2 for the first 3 s and -2 m /s2 for next 3s. Plot the [3]

acceleration versus time and velocity versus time graph.

39. Figure shows the distance-time graphs of two trains, which start moving simultaneously in the same direction. [5]
From the graphs, find:

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 i. How much ahead of A is B when the motion starts?
ii. What is the speed of B?
iii. When and where will A catch B?
iv. What is the difference between the speeds of A and B?
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40. Assertion (A): The speed and corresponding velocity of a vehicle are calculated 5 km/h and 4 km/h. [1]
Reason (R): Speed is always greater than or equal to the velocity.

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.

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41. Assertion: An object can have constant speed but variable velocity. [1]
Reason: Speed is a scalar but velocity is a vector physical quantity.

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

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assertion. assertion.

c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
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Assertion: The average and instantaneous velocities have the same value in a uniform motion.
Reason: In uniform motion, the velocity of an object increases uniformly.
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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.
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c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
43. Assertion: In free fall, the initial velocity of a body may not be zero. [1]
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Reason: Free fall means the acceleration of the body is equal to the acceleration due to gravity ( g ) .
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a) If both assertion and reason are true and the b) If both assertion and reason are true but the
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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.
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44. Assertion (A): A particle thrown upward has zero velocity at its uppermost point. [1]
Reason (R): The zero-velocity of a particle at any instant implies that the acceleration of the particle is also zero
at that instant.

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.

45. Assertion: A positive acceleration can be associated with a slowing down of the body. [1]
Reason: The origin and the positive direction of motion are a matter of choice.

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

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c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
46. Assertion (A): The position-time graph of a uniform motion in one dimension of a body can have negative [1]
slope.
Reason (R): When the speed of body decreases with time, the position-time graph of the moving body has
negative slope.

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.

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47. Assertion (A): A negative acceleration of a body is associated with a slowing down of a body. [1]
Reason (R): Acceleration is vector quantity.

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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.

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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
48. Assertion: An object may have varying speed without having varying velocity. [1]

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Reason: For an object, if velocity is zero at an instant, acceleration should also be zero at that instant.

a) If both assertion and reason are true and the b) If both assertion and reason are true but the
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reason is the correct explanation of reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion. assertion.
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c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false. d) If both assertion and reason are false.
49. Assertion: A body, whatever its motion, is always at rest in a frame of reference which is fixed to the body [1]
itself.
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Reason: The relative velocity of a body with respect to itself 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.
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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

50. Assertion (A): A negative acceleration of a body can be associated with a speeding up of the body. [1]
Reason (R): The increase in speed of a moving body is independent of its direction of motion.
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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.

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