JR PHYSICS QUESTION BANK

MOTION JUNIOR
NARAYANA JUNIOR COLLEGE
COLLEGE
ANDHRA PRADESH
JUNIOR IPE IMPORTANT QUESTION BANK
IMPORTANT QUESTINS FOR IPE

PHYSICS
QUESTION BANK ANALYSIS

LAQ SAQ
[Link] NAME OF THE CHAPTER VSAQ TOTAL
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1 Physical World - - - - - - 3 3
Measurements
2 - - - - - - 11 11
Units and Dimensions
3 Motion in Straight line - - - 1 4 1 4 10
4 Motion in a Plane - - - 7 2 1 8 18
5 Laws of Motion 1 - - 3 2 2 9 17
6 Work Energy and Power 2 1 - 2 3 1 8 17
System of Particles and
7 1 - 2 2 4 - 6 15
Rotational Motion
8 Oscillations 3 - - 1 2 - 9 15
9 Gravitation 1 1 1 4 1 1 8 17
10 Mechanical Properties of Solids - 1 - 3 4 - 6 14
11 Mechanical Properties of Fluids - 1 - 5 1 4 10 21
12 Thermal Properties of Matter 1 1 1 3 2 - 19 27
13 Thermodynamics 2 0 - 4 3 - 12 21
14 Kinetic Theory of gases - - 1 2 4 - 8 15
SUB TOTAL 11 5 5 37 31 10
121 221
TOTAL 21 79

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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (8 Marks)
LAWS OF MOTION
01.*** a) State Newton’s second law of motion. Hence derive the equation of motion F=ma from it.
b) A body is moving along a circular path such that its speed always remains constant. Should
there be a force acting on the body? (Mar - 13)

WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

02.*** a) State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of freely falling body.
(Mar-05, 06,09,11,13, May-09, June-2011)

b) A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute and each bullet travels with a velocity of
600 ms-1 . If the mass of each bullet is 5gm. Find the power of the machine gun. (Mar-14)

03.*** Develope the notions of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work-energy theorem.
(Mar-14)

04.** What are collisions? Explain the possible types of collisions? Develop the theory of one dimensional
elastic collision. (Mar-05, 06),(M ay-1 4)

SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

05.*** State and prove the principle of conservation of angular momentum. Explain the principle of
conservation of angular momentum with examples. (Mar-08)

06.* a) State and prove parallel axes theorem. (Mar-07, 10, May-08, June-2010,May-12)

b) For a thin flat circular disc. The radius of gyration about a diameter as axis is k. If the disc
is cut along a diameter AB as shown in to two equal pieces. Then find the radius of gyration
of each piece about AB.

07.* a) State and prove perpendicular axes theorem. (Mar-06, 09,11, May-08,June-11,May-12)

b) If a thin circular ring and a thin flat circular disc of same mass have same moment of interia
about their respective diameters as axes. Then find the ratio of their radii.

OSCILLATIONS
08.*** Show that the motion of a simple pendulum is simple harmonic and hence derive an equation for
its time period. What is seconds pendulum? (Mar-05, 06,13,14, May-09,11,June-10,11)
09.*** Define simple harmonic motion. Show that the motion of (point) projection of a particle performing
uniform circular motion, on any diameter, is simple harmonic. (Mar-09, 10,May-2014))
10.*** Derive the equation for the kinetic energy and potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator
and show that the total energy of a particle in simple harmonic motion is constant at any point on
its path.
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GRAVITATION
11.*** Derive an expression for the variation of acceleration due to gravity
(a) above and (b) below the surface of the Earth.
12.** Define gravitational potential energy and derive an expression for it associated with two particles
of masses m1 and m2.
13.* State Newton’s Law of Gravitation. Explain how the value of the Gravitational constant (G) can
be determined by Cavendish method.

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

14.** Define Hooke’s law of elasticity and describe an experiment to determine the Young’s modulus
of the material of a wire. (Mar-05, 06,07,11)

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

15.** State Bernoulli’s principle. From conservation of energy in a fluid flow through a tube, arrive at
Bernoulli’s equation. Give an application of Bernoulli’s theorem. (Mar - 10)

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

16.*** State and explain Newton’s law of cooling. State the conditions under which Newton’s law of
cooling is applicable. A body cools down from 600C to 500C in 5 minutes and to 400C in another
8 minutes. Find the temperature of the surroundings. (Mar-11)
17.** Explain thermal conductivity and coefficient of thermal conductivity. A copper bar of thermal
conductivity 401 W/(mK) has one end at 1040C and the other end at 240C. The length of the bar
is 0.10m and the cross sectional area is 1.0×10-6m2 . What is the rate of heat conduction, along
the bar?
18.* State Boyle’s law and Charle’s law. Hence, derive ideal gas equation. Which of the two laws is
better for the purpose of thermometry and why? (Mar-05, 06, 09,May-05, 09)

THERMODYNAMICS
19.*** Explain reversible and irreversible processes. Describe the working of Carnot engine. Obtain an
expression for the efficiency. (Mar-14)

20.*** State second law of thermodynamics. How is heat engine different from a refrigerator.
(May-08, March-13,May-2014)

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES

21.* Derive an expression for the Pressure of an ideal gas in a container from Kinetic theory and
hence give Kinetic interpretation of temperature.

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1 2
01.*** Derive the equation x  v 0 t  at using graphical mathod where the terms have usual meaning
2
(June - 2011)

02.** Explain the terms the average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they equal?
03.** A particle moves in a straight line with uniform accleration. Its velocity at time t = 0 is V1 and at
V1  V2
time t = t is V2. The average velocity of the particle in this time interval is .
2
Is this correct? Substantiate your answer.
04.** A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building and simultaneously another ball is
thrown horizontally with some velocity from the same roof. Which ball lands first?
Explain your answer.
05.** A parachutist flying in an aeroplane jumps when it is at a height of 3 km above ground. He opens
his parachute when he is about 1 km above ground. Describe his motion.
06.* Can the velocity of an object be in a direction other than the direction of acceleration of the
object ? If so, give an example
MOTION IN A PLANE
07.*** State parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of the
resultant vector. (Mar-05, 09, 10,14, May-05, 06, 09, June-2010)

08.*** Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle of 450 is one quarter
of its range. (Mar-14)

U 2 sin 2  U 2 sin 2
09.*** Show that the maximum height and range of a projectile are and respectively..
2g g
Where the terms have their regular meanings. (Mar-2012)

10.*** Define unit vector, null vector and position vector. (Mar-08, May-97, Sep-2000)

     
11.*** If a  b  a  b prove that the angle between a and b is 900.

12.*** Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal is a parabola.
(Mar-09,May-2014)
0
13.*** Show that a boat must move at an angle 90 with respect to river water in order to cross the river
in minimum time?
14.** A bird holds a fruit in its beak and flies parallel to the ground. It lets go of the fruit at some height.
Describe the trajectory of the fruit as it falls to the ground as seen by
(a) the bird (b) a person in the ground.

15.** What is relative motion. Explain it?

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16* If the trajectory of a body is parabolic in one reference frame, can it be parabolic in another
reference frame that moves at constant velocity with respect to the first reference frame? If the
trajectory can be other than parabolic, what else it can be?

LAWS OF MOTION
17.*** Mention the methods used to decrease friction. ( Mar-09,14, May-08, June-11)

18.*** Why is pulling the lawn roller preferred to pushing it? (Mar-06, 08, 10, June-10)

19.*** Explain advantages and disadvantages of friction. (Mar-06)

20.** Why are shock absorbers used in motor cycles and cars?
21.** Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of linear
momentum. Give examples.
22.* State the laws of rolling friction.
23.* Explain the terms limiting friction, dynamic friction and rolling friction.

WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

24.*** Show that in the case of one dimensional elastic collision, the relative velocity of approach of two
colliding bodies before collision is equal to the relative velocity of separation after collision.
(Mar-05, 06, May-08)

25.*** Show that two equal masses undergo elastic collision will move at right angles after collision, if
the second body initially at rest.
26.** Distinguish between conservative and non-conservative forces with one example each.
27.** What is potential energy? Derive an expression for the gravitational potential energy.
28.** A lorry and a car moving with the same momentum are brought to rest by the application of
brakes, which provide equal retarding forces. Which of them will come to rest in shortest time?
Which will come to rest in less distance?
29.* Explain the law of conservation of energy?

SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

30.*** Distinguish between centre of mass and centre of gravity. (Mar-13,14)

31.*** Define angular acceleration and torque. Establish the relation between angular acceleration and
torque.
32.** Define vector product. Explain the properties of vector product with two examples.
(Mar-11)

33.** Define angular velocity( ω ). Derive V  r  .(May-2014)

34.** Explain about the centre of mass of earth-moon system and its rotation around the sun.

35.** .Find torque of a force 7i +3j-5k about the origin,The force acts on a paricle whose position
vector is i- j+k . (Mar-2014)

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OSCILLATIONS
36.*** Obtain an equation for the frequency of oscillation of spring of force constant k to which a mass
m is attached.
37.** Define simple harmonic motion? Give two examples.
38.** Derive expressions for displacement, velocity and accelaration of a particle executing SHM.
GRAVITATION
39.*** What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for it.(Mar- 05, 07, 08, 09, 10,13, May-09)
40.*** What is orbital velocity? Obtain an expression for it. (Mar-11,14, June-10,May-14)
41.*** What is a geostationary satellite? State its uses. (Mar-12)

42.*** State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.

43.** Derive the relation between acceleration due to gravity(g) at the surface of a planet and Gravitational
constant(G). (May - 2012)

44. * How does the acceleration due to gravity(g) change for the same values of height (h) and depth(d).

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

45.*** Describe the behaviour of a wire under gradually increasing load. (Mar-05, 06, 07,11, 13, May-08, June-11)
46.*** Explain the concept of Elastic Potential Energy in a stretched wire and hence obtain the expression
for it. (Mar-14)
47.*** Define Hooke’s law of elasticity, proportionality, permanent set and breaking stress.
48.** Define modulus of elasticity, stress, strain and Poisson’s ratio.
49.** Define Young’s modulus, Bulk modulus and shear modulus.
50.** Define stress and explain the types of stress.
51.** Define strain and explain the types of strain.

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

52.*** Explain Surface Tension and Surface energy. (Mar - 13)

53.*** Explain dynamic lift with examples.

54.*** What is Torricelli’s law? Explain how the speed of efflux is determined with an experiment.
55.*** Explain how surface tension can be measured experimentally?
56.*** Explain hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes.
57.** What is Reynold’s number? What is it’s significance?
58.* What is atmospheric pressure and how is it determined using Barometer?
59.* What is gauge pressure and how is a manometer used for measuring pressure differences?
60.* What is hydrostatic paradox?
61.* What is Venturimeter? Explain how it is used?

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THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
62.*** In what way is the anomalous behaviour of water advantageous to aquatic animals?
(Mar - 09,10,14, May - 09)

63.*** Pendulum clocks generally go fast in winter and slow in summer. Why?
64.*** Write a short note on triple point of water. (Mar - 13)

65.** Explain Celsius and Fahrenheit scales of temperature. Obtain the relation between Celsius and
Fahrenheit scales of temperature.
66.** Explain conduction, convection and radiation with examples.
THERMODYNAMICS
67.*** Derive a relation between the two specific heat capacities of gas on the basis of first law of
thermodynamics. (May-05, 06, 09, June-11)

68.*** Obtain an expression for the work done by an ideal gas during isothermal change.
69.*** Obtain an expression for the work done by an ideal gas during adiabatic change and explain.
70.*** State and explain first law of thermodynamics.
71.** Define two principle specific heats of a gas. Which is greater and why?
72.** Explain qualitatively the working of a heat engine. (Mar-08)
73.** Compare isothermal and an adiabatic process.
KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
74.*** How specific heat capacity of Mono atomic, diatomic and Poly atomic gases can be explained
on the basis of law of equipartition of energy ? (Mar - 2013)

75.*** Four molecules of a gas have speeds 1, 2, 3 and 4km/s. Find rms speed of the gas molecule
76.** Explain the kinetic interpretation of temperature.
77.** Explain the concept of absolute zero of temperature on the basis of kinetic theory.
78.** What is the ratio of r.m.s. speed of Oxygen and Hydrogen molecules at the same temperature(May-
201 4) .

79.** If a gas has ‘f’ degrees of freedom, find the ratio of Cp and Cv.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)

PHYSICAL WORLD
01. What are the fundamental forces in nature?

02. What is the discovery of C.V. Raman? (Mar,May-2014)

03. What is the contribution of S. Chandra Sekhar to Physics? (Mar-2013)

UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

04. Distinguish between accuracy and precision. (Mar-2013)
05. What are the different types of errors that can occur in a measurement?

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06. Distinguish between fundamental units and derived units.(May-2014)
07. What is dimensional analysis?
08. Express unified atomic mass unit in kg.
09. How can systematic errors be minimised or eliminated? (Mar-2014)
10. The velocity of a body is given by v  At 2  Bt  C . If v and t are expressed in SI,
what are the units of A, B and C ? (M ay 2 0 0 7 )
11 State the number of significant figures in the following:
(a) 6729 (b) 0.024 (c) 0.08240 (d) 6.032 (e) 4.57  108
12 The measured mass and volume of a body are 2.42g and 4.7 cm3 respectively with possible
errors 0.01 g and 0.1 cm3 . Find the maximum error in density..
13 The error in measurement of radius of a sphere is 1%. What is the error in the
measurement of volume?
14 The percentage error in the mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. What is the maximum
error in kinetic energy calculated using these quantities?

MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

15. The states of motion and rest are relative. Explain.
16. How is average velocity different from instantaneous velocity? (Mar-2013)

17. Give an example, where, the velocity of an object is zero but its acceleration is not zero.
(Mar-2013)

18. A vehicle travels half the distance L with speed v 1 and the other half with speed v 2.
What is the average speed?
MOTION IN A PLANE
19. The vertical component of a vector is equal to its horizontal component. What is the angle made
by the vector with x-axis?
20. A vector v makes an angle e with the horizontal. The vector is rotated through an angle e. Does
this rotation change the vector v.
21. Two forces of magnitudes 3 units and 5 units act at 600 with each other. What is the magnitude of
their resultant?
22. When two right angled vectors of magnitude 7 units and 24 units combine, what is the magni
tude of their resultant? (May-2014)
 
23. A  i  j . What is the angle between the vector and x-axis. (Mar-13, 14)

24. ˆ ˆ ˆ and Q  4i+4j+10k

If P  2i+4j+14k ˆ ˆ ˆ find the magnitude of P  Q .

25. What is the accelertion of a projectile at the top of its trajectory?

26. Can a vector of magnitude zero have a nonzero components?

LAWS OF MOTION
27. What is inertia? What gives the measure of inertia? (Mar-2014)

28. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun gives a kick in the backward direction. Explain.
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29. Why does a heavy rifle not recoil as strongly as a light rifle using the same cartridges?
30. If a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces, the pieces must travel in opposite directions.
Explain.
31. Define force. What are the basic forces in nature?
32. Can the coefficient of friction be greater than one?
33. Why does the car with a flattened tyre stop sooner than the one with inflated tyres? (May-11)
34. A horse has to pull harder during the start of the motion than later. Explain.(Mar-13,May-09)
35. What happens to the coefficient of friction, if the weight of the body is doubled?(May-2014)
WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
36. State the conditions under which a force does no work.
37. Define: Work, Power and Energy. State their SI units.
38. State the relation between the kinetic energy and momentum of a body. (Mar - 2011)

39. State the sign of work done by a force in the following.

(a) work done by a man in lifting a bucket out of a well by means of rope tied to the bucket.
(b) work done by gravitational force in the above case.
40. State the sign of the work done by a force in the following.
(a) work done by friction on a body sliding down an inclined plane.
(b) work done by gravitational force in the above case.
41. State the sign of work done by a force in the following
(a) Work done by an applied force on a body moving on a rough horizontal plane with
uniform velocity.
(b) Work done by the resistive force of air on a vibrating pendulum in bringing it to rest.
42. Which physical quantity remains constant
(i) in an elastic collision (ii) in an inelastic collision?
43. A body freely falling from a certain height ‘h’, after striking a smooth floor rebounds and rises
to a height h/2. What is the coefficient of restitution between the floor and the body?

SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

44. Is it necessary that a mass should be present at the centre of mass of any system?
(Mar, June-11,May - 12,14)

45. Why are spokes provided in a bicycle wheel?(May-2014)

46. We cannot open or close the door by applying force at the hinges. Why?
47. By spinning eggs on a table top, how will you distinguish a hard boiled egg from a raw egg?
(Mar - 13)

48. If the polar ice caps of the earth were to melt, what would the effect of the length of the day be?
49. Why is it easier to balance a bicycle in motion?

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OSCILLATIONS
50. Give two examples of periodic motion which are not oscillatory.
51. The displacement in S.H.M. is given by y = asin(20t + 4). What is the displacement when it is
increased by 2 /  ?
52. A girl is swinging seated in a swing. What is the effect on the frequencey of oscillation if she
stands?
53. The bob of a simple pendulum is a hollow sphere filled with water. How will the period of
oscillation change, if the water begins to drain out of the hollow sphere?
54. Will a pendulum clock gain or lose time when taken to the top of a mountain?
55. A pendulum clock gives correct time at the equator. Will it gain or lose time, if it is taken to the
poles? If so, why ?
56. What happens to the time period of a simple pendulum kept inside a lift, When the lift
(i) Moves up with acceleration ‘a’ ? (ii) Moves down with acceleration ‘a’?
57. What are physical quantities having maximum value at the mean position in SHM?
58. What are physical quantities having maximum value at the extreme position in SHM?
GRAVITATION
59. State the units and dimensions of the universal gravitational constant (G).
60. State the vector form of Newtons law of gravitation.
61. As we go from one planet to another, how will
a) the mass and b) the weight of a body change?
62. Give the equation for the value of g at a depth ‘d’ from the surface of Earth. What is the value of
‘g’ at the centre of Earth?
63. What are the factors that make ‘g’ the least at the equator and maximum at the poles?
64. “Hydrogen is an abundance around the sun but not around earth”. Explain. (June-11)

65. What is the time period of revolution of geostationary satellite? Does it rotate from West to East
or from East to West?
66. What are polar satellites?
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
67. State Hooke’s law of elasticity. (May - 2009)

68. State the examples of nearly perfect elastic and plastic bodies.
69. A copper wire of 1 mm diameter is stretched by applying a force of 10N. Find the stress
in the wire
70. A tungsten wire of length 20 cm is stretched by 0.1 cm. Find the strain on the wire.
71. If an iron wire is stretched by 1%, what is the strain on the wire? (May 2011)

72. A steel wire of length 20 cm is stretched to increase its length by 0.2 cm . Find the lateral
strain in the wire if the Poisson’s ratio for steel is 0.19 (Mar 2009)

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS

73. Define average pressure. Mention its units and dimensional formula. Is it a scalar or a vector?
74. Define Viscosity. What are it’s units and dimensions? (Mar - 12)

75. What is the principle behind the carburetor of an automobile

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76. What is magnus effect?
77. Why are drops and bubbles spherical? (Mar - 09, 14)

78. Give the expression for the excess pressure in a liquid drop.
79. Give the expression for the excess pressure in an air bubble inside the liquid.
80. Give the expression for the soap bubble in air.
81. What are water proofing agents and water wetting agents? What do they do?
82. What is angle of contact? What are its values for pure water and mercury? (May-14)
83. If the diameter of a soap bubble is 10mm and its surface tension is 0.04N/m,find the excess
pressure inside the bubble.(Mar-2014)
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
83. Distinguish between heat and temperature.
84. Why gaps are left between rails on a railway trace?
85. What are the lower and upper fixing points in Celsius and Fahrenheit scales?(May-2014)
86. Do the values of coefficients of expansion differ, when the temperatures are measured on
Centigrade scale or on Fahrenheit scale?
87. Can a substance contract on heating? Give an example. (Mar-11,12)

88. What is latent heat of fusion?

89. What is latent heat of vapourisation? (Mar - 13)

90. What is specific gas constant? Is it same for all gases?

91. What are the units and dimensions of specific gas constant? (Mar-14)

92. Why utensils are coated black? Why the bottom of the utensils are made of copper?
93. State Weins displacement law?
94. Ventilators are provided in rooms just below the roof. Why? (Mar-14)

95. What is thermal resistance of a conductor? On what factors does it depend?

96. State the units and dimensions of coefficient of convection.
97. Define emissive power and emissivity.
98. What is greenhouse effect? Explain global warming. (Mar - 13)

99. Define absorptive power of a body. What is the absorptive power of a perfect black body.(May-
201 4)

100. State Newton’s law of cooling.

101. State the conditions under which Newton’s law of cooling is applicable.
102. The roof of buildings are often painted white during summer. Why?
THERMODYNAMICS
103. Define Thermal equilibrium. How does it lead to Zeroth law of Thermodynamics?
104. Define Calorie. What is the relation between calorie and mechanical equivalent of heat?
105. What thermodynamic variables can be defined by
a) Zeroth law b) First law ?
106. Define specific heat capacity of the substance. On factors does it depend?
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107. Define molar specific heat capacity.
108. For a solid, what is the total energy of an oscillator?
109. Why does the brake drum of an automobile get heated up while moving down at constant speed?
110. Can a room be cooled by leaving the door of an electric refrigerator open?
111. A thermos flask containing a liquid is shaken vigorously. What happens to its temperature?
112. A sound wave is sent into a gas pipe. Does its internal energy change?
113. How much will be the internal energy change in
i) isothermal process ii) adiabatic process
114. What are the values of specific heat capacity in
a) adiabatic system b) Isothermal system ( Mar - 2011, May -2011)

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES

115. Define mean free path.
116. Name two prominent phenomena which provide conclusive evidence of molecular motion.
117. When does a real gas behave like an ideal gas? (Mar-14)

118. State Boyle’s Law and Charles Law.

119. State Dalton’s law of partial pressures. (Mar-14)

120. Explain the concept of degrees of freedom for molecules of a gas.

121. What is the expression between pressure and kinetic energy of a gas molecule?
122. When pressure increases by 2%. What is the percentage decreases in the volume of a gas.
Assuming Boyle’s law is obeyed.
PROBLEMS
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20ms 1 from the top of a multistorey
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25.0m from the ground. (a)
How high will the ball rise? and (b) how long will it be before the ball hits the ground? Take
g  10ms 2 . ( actual value is 9.8ms 2 ).

2. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of 10 kmph , the second third at
20 kmph and the last third at 60 kmph . What is its mean speed over the entire distance?

3. A bullet moving with a speed of 150ms 1 strikes a tree and penetrates 3.5cm before stopping.
What is the magnitude of its retardation in the tree and the time taken for it to stop after
striking the tree?
SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION

4. Find the scalar and vector products of two vectors a  3i  4 j  5k and
 
b  2i  j  3k
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OSCILLATIONS
5. What is the length of a simple pendulum, which ticks seconds?
MACHINICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS
6. A structural steel rod has a radius of 10mm and a lenght of 1.0m.A 100KN force stretches it
along its lenght. Calculate (a) stres. (b) elongation, and (c) strain on the rod. Young’s modulus.
of structural steel is 2.0  1011 Nm 2
MACHINICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
7. The density of the atmosphere at sea level is 1.29 kg / m2 . Assume that it does not change
with altitude. Then how high would the atmosphere extend?
8. Calculate the work done in blowing a soap bubble of diameter 0.6cm against the surface
tension force. (Surface tension of soap solution  2.5  102 Nm 1 )

9. If the diameter of a soap bubbles 10mm and its surface tension is 0.04 Nm 1 , find the excess
pressure inside the bubble.
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
10. What is the temperature for which the readings on Kelvin and Fahrenhelt scales are same?
11. A body cools from 600 C to 400 C in 7 minutes. What will be its temperature after next 7
minutes if the temperature of its surroundings is 100 C ?

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