KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, CHENNAI REGION

SESSION ENDING EXAMINATION 2024-25

CLASS-XI SUBJECT: PHYSICS (042)
TIME: 03 HOURS MAX. MARKS: 70
General Instructions
1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E.
3) All the sections are compulsory.
4) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion,
Reasoning based of one mark each.
Section B contains five questions of two marks each,
Section C contains seven questions of three marks each,
Section D contains two case study-based questions of four marks each and
Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in
Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the
choices in such questions.
6) Use of calculator is not allowed.

SECTION-A
Directions (Q1-Q12) Select the most appropriate option from those given below each
question
[Link]. QUESTION MARKS

Which of the following is not the unit of time

1 A) second B) minute C) month D) light year
1

What is the ratio of the magnitude of average acceleration during the time intervals OA
and AB in the velocity-time graph as shown below?

2 1

½ B) ⅓ C) 1 D) 3

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 A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40g with a velocity 1200 ms-1 The man holding it
can exert a maximum force of 144 N on the gun. How many bullets can he fire per
3 second at the most?
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A)1 B) 0 C) 5 D) 3

4 The dot product of the two given vectors a and b is 1

A) 1 unit B) 0 C) -8 unit D) -3 unit

The mono atomic molecules have only three degrees of freedom because they can
possess
5 (A) only translatory motion (B) only rotatory motion 1
(C) both translatory and rotatory motion D) translatory, rotatory and vibratory motion

A body is under the action of two equal and oppositely directed forces and the body is
rotating with constant acceleration. Which of the following cannot be the separation
6 between the lines of action of the forces?
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(A) zero (B) 0.25m (C) 0.4m (D) 1.0m
If two forces in the ratio 1 : 7 act on two pistons of areas in the ratio 3 : 2, then the
pressure exerted by the forces is in ratio
7 A) 2 : 21 B) 3 : 14 C) 6 : 7 D) 4 : 21
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Observe the following figures and answer the question.

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Which figure showing gravitational force vs distance graph is correct?

A) option A. B) option B. C) option C. D) option D

The length of an iron wire is L and area of cross-section is A. The increase in length is l
on applying the force F on its two ends. Which of the statement is correct?
(A) Increase in length is inversely proportional to its length
9 (B) Increase in length is proportional to area of cross-section 1
(C) Increase in length is inversely proportional to area of cross-section
(D) Increase in length is proportional to Young's modulus

A simple pendulum performs S.H.M. about x = 0 with an amplitude A and time period
T. What is the speed of the pendulum at x = A/2?
10 √5 √3 √3 √5 1
𝐴) 𝐴⍵ B) 𝐴⍵ C) 𝐴⍵ D) 𝐴⍵
2 2 4 4

Water has the maximum density at

11 (A) 40C B) 1000C C) 00C D) 100C 1
The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on
12 A) Pressure B) Volume C) Temperature D) Size of the molecules 1

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 Directions (Q13 –Q16)
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 and 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
Assertion: If momentum of a body increases by 50% its kinetic energy will increase by
13 125%. 1
Reason: Kinetic energy is proportional to square of velocity.
Assertion : As wind flows right to left and a ball is spun as shown, there will be a lift of
the ball.

14 1

Reason : Increased velocity of air below the ball, increases the pressure more than that
above the ball.

Assertion (A) : Specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is greater than its specific
15 heat at constant volume. 1
Reason (R): The specific heat value of water is higher than the specific heat of air.

Assertion : The velocity of sound increases with increase in humidity

Reason : Velocity of sound does not depend upon the medium.
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SECTION - B
Check, by the method of dimensions, whether the following equations are correct:
17 (a) E = mc2 (b) T = 2π √l/g 2
Where c - speed of light, l - length of pendulum g - acceleration due to gravity
T - time period of pendulum & E - energy
A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 km h–1 is brought to a
stop within a distance of 200 m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed
uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop ?
18 (OR) 2
Two bodies of masses 10 Kg and 5 kg are connected at the two ends of an inextensible
string. The string passes over a smooth frictionless pulley. Calculate the acceleration of
the masses and the tension in the string.
Two cylinders A and B of equal capacity are connected to each other via a stopcock.
A contains a gas at standard temperature and pressure. B is completely evacuated.
The entire system is thermally insulated. The stopcock is suddenly opened. Answer
the following :
19 (a) What is the final pressure of the gas in A and B ?
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(b) What is the change in internal energy of the gas ?
(c) What is the change in the temperature of the gas ?

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 Draw stress-strain curve for a metal wire and label the following points on it
(i) Proportional limit
20 (ii) Permanent set
2

Discuss Newton’s formula for velocity of sound in air. What correction was made
21 to it by Laplace and why? 2

SECTION – C

Using velocity-time graph, derive the velocity-position relation 𝑣 2 = 𝑣0 2 + 2𝑎𝑥 for

22 uniformly accelerated motion. 3
a) Express Newton’s law of gravitation in vector form. Find the
expression to find the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth.
b) The acceleration due to gravity at the Moon’s surface is 1.67 ms-2. If the
radius of the Moon is 1.74 x 106 m. Calculate the mass of the Moon.
23 OR 3
Define escape velocity.
Derive the expression for finding the escape velocity of the body from the surface of
Earth.

Give reasons for the following:

(a) A load on a thief’s back does not apply any force on him when
he jumps from the upper story of a house.
24 (b) A gun recoils on being fired. 3
(c) A man falling from a height receives more injury when he falls
on cemented floor rather than when he falls on a heap of sand.

Obtain the expression for total energy of a particle executing Simple harmonic motion
(SHM). Show graphically the variation of potential energy (P.E.) and kinetic energy
25 (K.E.) with displacement in SHM. 3

(i) State and prove Work- Energy theorem for a constant Force acting on a
body.
(ii) A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity of 54
26 km/h in 5 second. Find (i) accelation (ii) gain in KE, (iii) average power if
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the engine.

How does a perfectly inelastic collision differ from a perfectly elastic collision? Two
objects of mass m1 and m2 having velocities U1 and 0 respectively make an elastic
27 collision in one dimension. Write the relation for their final velocities. Discuss the
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following special cases. (i) m1 = m2 (ii) m1 << m2
A transverse harmonic wave on a string is described by
Y(x, t) = 3.0 sin (36 t + 0.018 x + π/4)
Where x and y are in cm and t in s. The positive direction of x is from left to right.

28 (a) Is this a travelling wave or a stationary wave? If it is travelling, what are the speed 3
and direction of its propagation?
(b) Calculate its amplitude and frequency?
(c) Calculate the initial phase at the origin? (e) What is the least distance between two
successive crests in the wave?
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 SECTION – D
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION:
BANKING OF ROADS

The maximum permissible velocity with which a vehicle can go round a level curved
road without skidding depends on µ, the coefficient of friction between the tyres and the
road. The value of µ decreases when road is smooth or tyres of the vehicle are worn out or
the road is wet and so on. Thus force of friction is not a reliable source for providing the
required centripetal force to the vehicle. A safer course of action would be to do the ‘banking’
of such roads.

(i) The phenomenon of raising …………..of the curved road above the inner
edge is called banking of roads
(A) Inner edge B) Centre (C) Outer edge (D) None of these

(ii) Normal reaction R of the banked road acts

(A) Along the surface of contact (B)Opposite to the weight w
29 (C) Perpendicular to the surface of contact (D)Any arbitrary direction
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(iii) Centripetal force in case of a car moving on a banked circular road is

provided by the following components of various forces
(A) R sinθ, f cosθ (B) R cosθ, f sinθ (C) R, f (D) R, weight

(iv) A circular race track of radius 300 m is banked at an angle of 15degrees. If

the co-efficient of friction between wheels and the road is 0.2, what is the
optimum speed of the race car to avoid wear and tear on its tyres

(A) 10√(30 tan15) m/s (B)10√(30 / tan15) m/s

(C) 300m/s (D)15m/s

(OR)

A circular race track of radius 300m is not banked. If the co-efficient of friction
between wheels and the road is 0.2, what is the optimum speed of the race car to avoid
skidding?

A) 10√6 m/s B) 10 √(30 /Sin 15) m/s

C) 300m/s D) 15m/s

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 CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION:

Suppose an amount of heat ΔQ supplied to a substance changes its temperature from T

to T + ΔT.
𝛥𝑄
We define heat capacity of a substance to be 𝐶 = 𝛥𝑇
We expect ΔQ and, therefore, heat capacity C to be proportional to the mass of the
substance. Further, it could also depend on the temperature, i.e., a different amount of
heat may be needed for a unit rise in temperature at different temperatures. To define a
constant characteristic of the substance and independent of its amount, we divide C by
the mass of the substance m in kg s is known as the specific heat capacity of the
substance.
𝐶 𝛥𝑄
𝑠= =
𝑚 𝑚 𝛥𝑇

It depends on the nature of the substance and its temperature.

(i) specific heat capacity depends on
(A) nature of a substance
(B) its temperature
(C) geometry of object
(D) both the options (a) and (b) above

(ii) SI unit of specific heat capacity is

(A) J K–1 (B) J kg–1 K–1 (C) cal g–1 0C–1 (D) cal 0C–1

30 (OR) 4
SI unit of heat capacity is

(A) J kg–1 K–1 (B) J K–1 (C) cal g–1 0C–1 (D) cal 0C–1

(iii) Heat capacity of a substance is infinite. It means

(A) quantity of heat remains the same at all conditions

(B) temperature remain same at all conditions
(C) there is a change in temperature whether heat is taken in or given out.
(D) all of these

(iv) Water is used as a coolant because

(A) it has lower density.

(B) it has low specific heat.

(C) it has high specific heat.

(D) it is easily available.

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 SECTION - E

(i) State Kepler's laws of planetary motion

(ii) Obtain on expression showing variation of acceleration due to gravity of Earth with height?
(OR)
(iii) State law of conservation of angular momentum give one of its application
(iv) Find the centre of mass of a uniform L shaped lamina ( a thin flat plate)`with
dimensions as shown in the figure. The mass of the lamina is 3 kg.

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(i) What do you mean by projectile motion? Obtain following expression for its- (a)
maximum height (b) time of flight (c) horizontal range.

(ii) A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How
much high above the ground can the cricketer throw the same ball ?
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(iii) Define centripetal acceleration.

(iv) Derive an expression for the centripetal acceleration of a particle moving with
uniform speed v along the circular path of radius r. Discuss the direction of this
acceleration.
(i) State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem.

(ii) In a test experiment on a model aero plane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on
the upper and lower surfaces of the wing are 70 m s–1and 63 m s-1 respectively. What is
the lift on the wing if its area is 2.5 m2 ? Take the density of air to be 1.3 kg m–3
33 (OR)
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(iii) State zeroth law of thermodynamics.

(iv) Derive the equation for the Pressure exerted by a gas using kinetic theory of
gases and write its assumptions.
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