VIDYA MANDIR PUBLIC SCHOOL SEC-15/A FBD.

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS – XI

SUBJECT – PHYSICS

CHAPTER 1: UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

QUESTIONS (ONE MARK)

1. What do you understand by ‘Least count error’?
2. State the number of significant figures in 0.007090.
3. The temperature of two bodies measured by a thermometer are 𝑻𝟏 = 𝟐𝟎°𝑪 ±
𝟎. 𝟓°𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝟐 = 𝟓𝟎°𝑪 ± 𝟎. 𝟓°𝑪. Calculate the temperature difference and the error.
4. If the error involved in the measurements of a side and mass of a cube are 3% and 4%,
respectively, what is the maximum permissible error in the density of the material ?
5. How many ergs are in one kilo watt hour?
6. What is the value of ∏ up to correct significant figures?
7. There are two boxes of masses 30.17 g. and 3.20 kg. respectively. Give the total mass
of these two boxes to the correct significant figures.
8. What is the difference between nm, m N, Nm?
9. Pressure is defined as momentum per unit volume. Is it true?
10. How many astronomical units make one parsec?

(TWO MARKS)

11. Which of the formulae given below can be rule out on the basic of dimensional
𝟏
arguments. (i) 𝒌 = 𝒎𝟐 𝒗𝟑 (ii) 𝒌 = 𝟐 𝒎𝒗𝟐 + 𝒎𝒂
12. If the unit of force is 100 N, unit of length is 10 m and unit of time is 100 s, what is the
unit of mass in this system?
13. Construct a new physical quantity having dimension of Length in terms of universal
constant G, speed of light in air c and Planck’s constant h. What is it called? What is the
order of its value?
14. A new unit of length is chosen such that the speed of light in vacuum is unity. What is
the distance between the Sun and the Earth in terms of the new unit if light takes 8 min
and 20 s to cover this distance?
15. Give an example of (a) physical quantity which has a unit but no dimension (b) a
physical quantity which has neither unit and nor dimension (c) a constant which has a
unit (d) a constant which has no unit.
16. The resistance R=V/I, where V= (100±4) V and I= (100±3) A. Find the percentage error
in R.
(THREE MARKS)
c
17. The velocity of the particle at time t is given by v = a + bt + . Write the dimensions
d+t
of a, b, c and d.
18. Calculate the length of the arc of a circle of radius 31 cm which subtends an angle of
∏/6 rad at the center.
19. Two resistances R1= 4±0.5 ohm and R2= 16±0.5 ohm are connected in series and in
parallel. Find the equivalent resistance in each case with limits of percentage error .
20. In the equation y=A Sin (w t– k x),obtain the dimensional formula for w and k. Given x
is the distance and t are the time.
21. The frequency (f) of an oscillating drop may depend upon radius, r of the drop, density,
d of the liquid and surface tension, S of the liquid. Establish an expression for f
dimensionally.
22. A new system of units is proposed in which unit of mass is α kg, unit of length is β m
and unit of time is γ sec. How much will 5 J measure in this new system?
b − x2
23. Write the dimensions of ‘a’ and ‘b’ in the relation P = where P is power, x is
at
distance and t is time.

MCQ Questions:

24. The pair of quantities having the same dimensions is

(a) displacement, velocity (b) time, frequency
(c) wavelength, focal length (d) force, acceleration

25. Average distance of the Sun from the Earth

(a) light year (b) astronomical unit (c) fermi (d) parsec

26. If x = a + bt + ct², where x is in metre and t in second, then what is the unit of ‘c’?
(a)m/s (b) m/s² (c) kgm/s (d) m²/s

27. Dimensional analysis can be applied to

(a) to check the correctness of a physical equation
(b) to derive the relationship between different physical quantities.
(c) to convert a physical quantity from one system of units to other
(d) All of the above

28. Which of the following is dimensionless

(a) force/acceleration (b) velocity/acceleration
(c) volume/area (d) energy/work

29. Which of the following physical quantity has the dimensional formula [M 1L2T-3]?
(a) Work (b) Power (c) Impulse (d) Surface tension
30. Two quantities A and B having different dimensions . Which mathematical operation
may be physically meaningful?
(a) A/B (b) A + B (c) A – B (d) A = B

31. Each side of cube is measured to be 4.101 m. What is the volume of the cube to
appropriate significant figures?
(a) 68.971442 m³ (b) 68.9714 m³ (c) 68.971 m³ (d) 68.97 m³

32. The angle subtended by a coin of radius 1 cm held at a distance of 80 cm from your eyes
is (a) 1.43° (b) 0.72° (c) 0.0125° (d) 0.025°

33. Which of the following is a dimensional constant?

(a) Relative density (b) Refractive index (c) Gravitational constant (d) Poisson ratio

ASSERTION REASONING MCQ:

Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R).
Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given
below.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

34. Assertion: Light year and Wavelength both measure distance.

Reason: Both have dimensions of time.

35. Assertion: Light year and year, both measure time.

Reason: Because light year is the time that light takes to reach the earth from the sun.

36. Assertion: Force cannot be added to pressure.

Reason: Because their dimensions are different.

37. Assertion: Linear mass density has the dimensions of [ML 3T].
Reason: Because density is always mass per unit volume.

38. Assertion: Rate of flow of a liquid represents velocity of flow.

Reason: The dimensions of rate of flow are [ML 3].

39. Assertion: Parallax method cannot be used for measuring distances of stars more than
100 light years away.
Reason: Because parallax angle reduces so much that it cannot be measured
accurately.
 40. Assertion: Number of significant figures in 0.005 is one and that in 0.500 is three.
Reason: This is because zeros are not significant.

(Case study)
All engineering phenomena deal with definite and measured quantities and so depend on
the making of the measurement. We must be clear and precise in making these
measurements. To make a measurement, magnitude of the physical quantity (unknown) is
compared.
The record of a measurement consists of three parts, i.e. the dimension of the quantity, the
unit which represents a standard quantity and a number which is the ratio of the measured
quantity to the standard quantity.
1. The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which of the following measurements
is most accurate?(a) 4.9 cm(b) 4.805 cm(c) 5.25 cm(d) 5.4 cm and why?
2. If the length of rectangle l = 10.5 cm, breadth b = 2.1 cm and minimum
possible measurement by scale = 0.1 cm, then the area is ______.
3. State the no. of significant figures in the following
(a) 0.009 m²
(b) 5.049 N m²
(c) 0.1890 g
(d) 1.90× 10 ¹¹ Kg
(e) 0.0280080 m
4. Round off the following:
(a) 15.654 upto 3 digits
(b) 0.7995 upto 1 digit
(c) 142667 upto 5 digits
(d) 15.654 upto 4 digits

CHAPTER 2: MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

QUESTIONS (ONE MARK)

1. What is the nature of velocity time graph for uniform motion?

2. If the displacement time graph for a particle is parallel to time axis, how much is the
velocity of the particle
3. A ball hits a wall with a velocity of 30 m/s and re-bounces with the small velocity. What
is the change in the velocity.
4. If the instantaneous velocity of a particle is zero, will its instantaneous acceleration be
necessarily zero?
5. Under what condition will the distance and displacement of moving object have same
magnitude
6. A particle is moving along a circular track of radius r. What is the distance traversed by
a particle in half revolution? What is its displacement?
7. What does the speedometer of a car measure- average speed or instantaneous speed?
8. Plot the graph for following case
a. Position time graph for uniform motion.
b. Velocity time graph for uniform motion.
c. Position time graph for projected body in upward direction.
d. Position time graph for freely fall body

(TWO MARKS)
9. Derive the equation (i) 𝒗 = 𝒖 + 𝒂𝒕 (ii) 𝒔 = 𝒖𝒕 + 𝟏/𝟐𝒂𝒕𝟐 graphically.
10. A particle experiences a constant acceleration for 20 sec after starting from rest. If
it travels a distance s1 in the first 10 sec. Find the distance travelled in next 10 sec.
11. Object having a velocity 4.0m/s is accelerated at the rate of 1.2 m/s2 for 5.0 s. Find
the distance travelled during the period of acceleration. (Ans: 35 m)
12. A body is moving with uniform acceleration describe 40 m in the first 5 sec and 65 m
in next 5 sec. Find its initial velocity.
13. A person travelling at 43.2 km/h applies the brake giving a deceleration of 6.0 m/s 2
to his scooter. How far will it travel before stopping? (Ans: 12 m)
14. A bullet travelling with a velocity of 16 m/s penetrates a tree trunk and comes to
rest in 0.4 m. Find the time taken during the retardation. (Ans:0.05 s)
15. A particle travels 10 m in first 5 sec and 10 m in next 3 sec. Assuming constant
acceleration what is the distance travelled in 2 sec. (Ans:8.3 m)
16. A ball is thrown up at a speed of 4 m/s. Find the maximum height reached by the
ball. (Ans:0.80 m)
17. A man drops a ball downward from the roof of a tower of height 400 meters. At
the same time another ball is thrown upside with a velocity 50m/s from the
surface of the tower. Where will they meet from the surface of tower? (Ans:80 m)
18. A stone is dropped from a balloon going up with a uniform velocity of 5.0 m/s. If
the balloon was 50 m high when the stone was dropped, find its height when the
stone hit the ground. (Ans:3.7 s and 68.5)
19. Which of the following statement is possible, justify.
a)Adding any 2 scalars
b)Adding a scalar to a vector having same dimensions
20. The resultant of two equal vectors acting perpendicular to each other Is 1414 N,
what is the magnitude of each force?
21. What is the minimum number of coplanar vectors required to produce a zero
resultant?
22. Prove that the resultant three coplanar vector acting along the sides of a triangle
taken in same order is zero.
23. What is the dot product of two perpendicular vectors?
24. State and prove triangle law of vector addition.

CASE STUDY
 The velocity of an object, in general, changes during its course of motion. How to
describe this change? Should it be described as the rate of change in velocity with
distance or with time ? This was a problem even in Galileo’s time. It was first thought
that this change could be described by the rate of change of velocity with distance.
But, through his studies of motion of freely falling objects and motion of objects on an
inclined plane, Galileo concluded that the rate of change of velocity with time is a
constant of motion for all objects in free fall. On the other hand, the change in velocity
with distance is not constant – it decreases with the increasing distance of fall This led
to the concept of acceleration as the rate of change of velocity with time.
1. A ball is thrown up at a speed of 4 m/s. Find the maximum height reached by the
ball.
2. A ball is projected vertically upward with a speed of 50 m/s. Find the maximum
height and time taken by it to reach there. Find the speed at half of maximum
height.
3. A body freely falling from the rest has a velocity v after it falls through a height h.
The height at which velocity of ball becomes double.
4. A man drops a ball downward from the roof of a tower of height 400 meters. At
the same time another ball is thrown upside with a velocity 50m/s from the
surface of the tower. Where will the they meet from the surface of tower.

MCQ:
1. In uniform motion the slope of velocity time graph is
a) positive b) negative c) zero d) first positive then negative
2. Which quantity is given by area under velocity time graph
a) acceleration b) distance c) displacement d) both b and c
3. A car is running at 20m/s if on applying brakes how much time it will take to stop if
retardation produced is 5m/s2
a) 2sec b)4sec c)5sec d)10sec
4. a person travelled along a semicircular loop of radius r, the magnitude of its distance
and displacement is
a) 2Лr and 2r b) zero c) Лr and 2r d) both 2r
5. Which quantity is represented by slope of position time graph
a) average velocity b) acceleration c) instantaneous velocity d) speed
6. an object is moving along a circular path with uniform speed
a) its speed is constant but velocity is variable
b) its velocity is constant but speed is variable
c) both its speed and velocity are variable
d) both its speed and velocity are variable
7. the position of a particle is given by X=6t 3-3t2+7 , its velocity at t=2 sec is
a) 20m/s b)40m/s c)60m/s d) 10m/s

ASSERTION REASON QUESTIONS

 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.

1. Assertion: A body may be accelerated even when it is moving uniformly.

Reason: When direction of motion of the body is changing, the body must have
acceleration.
2. Assertion: Displacement of a body may be zero when distance travelled by it is not
zero.
Reason: The displacement is the longest distance between initial and final position.
3. Assertion: For one dimensional motion the angle between acceleration and velocity
must be zero.
Reason: One dimensional motion is always on a straight line.
4. Assertion: Displacement of a body is vector sum of the area under velocity– time
graph.
Reason: Displacement is a vector quantity.
5. Assertion: The position-time graph of a uniform motion, in one dimension of a body
cannot have negative slope.
Reason: In one – dimensional motion the position does not reverse, so it cannot have
a negative slope.

Dear students,
Scientific exploration is a great summertime activity. For
children of all ages, the benefits are enormous. Doing
projects helps develop a child’s resourcefulness,
particularly their skills at planning, and problem-solving.
It also nurtures intellectual curiosity, helping children
acquire new ways of asking questions and
understanding theworld.
 You are to meet the following challenges in any safe way you can. Safe means no one and
nothing gets hurt in the process. Here are your challenges:

A. Start a ball rolling on the floor or on a table. Once it’s rolling, cause the ball
to change speed but not direction.
B. Start a ball rolling on the floor or on a table. Once it’s rolling, cause the ball
to change direction but not speed.
C. Start a ball rolling on the floor or on a table. Once it’s rolling, cause the ball
to change both speed and direction. Do this with one action. That means you
haven’t met the challenge if you change the ball’s speed and then start the
ball rolling again and this time change its direction.

1. List two ways you changed the speed of the ball without changing its
direction
2. List two ways you changed the direction the ball was moving without
changing its speed.
3. List two ways you changed both the speed and the direction of the
ball.
4. State whether or not each of the following is accelerating. Explain your
answers.
a. A dog chasing its tail
b. An airplane moving at a constant speed of 500 miles per hour in
a straight line.
c. A race car rounding a corner at a constant speed of 200 miles per
hour