AL-AMEEN PRE-UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Hosur Road, Bengaluru- 560027
Subject: PHYSICS
I PUC Model paper-3
Time: 3hrs. MAX. Marks:70
Instructions:
1. ALL PARTS are compulsory
2. For PART-A, first written answers are considered for awarding marks.
3. Answers without relevant diagram/circuit/figure, wherever necessary will not
carry any mark.
4. Direct answers to the numerical problems without detailed solutions will not
carry any marks.
PART- A
I. Pick the correct option among the four given options for all the following
questions: 15x1=15
1. The physical quantity having the same unit in all the systems of units is
a) Length b) Mass c) Time d) Charge
2. The y-intercept of a velocity-time graph represents
a) Final velocity b) Initial velocity c) Acceleration d) Displacement
3. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
a) Acceleration b) Density c) Force d) Velocity
4. Following is not a contact force
a) Frictional force c) Viscous force
b) Buoyant force d) Gravitational force
5. “The change in kinetic energy of a particle is equal to the work done on it by the net
force”. This statement is known as
a) Law of conservation of energy. c) Work done
b) Energy theorem d) Work-energy theorem
6. The centre of mass lies outside the body in case of
a) Disc b) Solid cylinder c) Solid sphere d) Ring
7. A rigid body is said to be in partial equilibrium, if it is
a) Both in translational and rotational equilibrium.
b) Neither in translational nor in rotational equilibrium.
c) Either in translational or in rotational equilibrium
d) None of these.
8. The motion of planets around the sun is in accordance with the law of conservation
of,
a) Mass b) Energy c) Linear momentum d) Angular momentum.
9. The reciprocal of Bulk modulus is called
a) Young’s modulus c) Volume modulus
b) Compressibility d) Shear modulus
10. According to Newton’s law of cooling
a) Rate of cooling increases linearly with increase in temperature difference.
b) Rate of cooling decreases linearly with increase in temperature difference.
c) Amount of heat decreases with time.
d) Both (a) and (c)
11. In a closed room, heat transfer takes place by
a) Conduction b) Convection c) Radiation d) All of these.
12. During thermodynamic process the area under P-V diagram gives
a) Work done b) Power c) Energy d) None of these.
13. Ratio of specific heat for a diatomic gas is
7 5 9 8
a) b) 3 c) 7 d)
5 6
14. Pick out the wrong statement about simple harmonic motion
a) It is periodic motion.
b) It is an oscillatory motion.
c) Restoring force is proportional to displacement.
d) Restoring force is always directed away from its mean position.
15. Identify the correct match in the following.
Column-1 Column-2
i) Progressive wave a) No flow of energy
ii) Beats b) Amplitude is constant
iii) Stationary wave c) Periodic rise and fall off
intensity of sound
a) i-q, ii-r, iii-p b) i-p, ii-q, iii-r c) i-r, ii-q, iii-p d) i-q, ii-p, iii-r
II. Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate answers given in the brackets for all
the following questions: 5x1=5
(increases, adiabatic, decreases, projectile, normal reaction, volume)
16. An object that is in flight after being thrown is called____________.\
17. Magnitude of limiting friction is directly proportional to _________.
18. Pressure inside a fluid ________ with depth.
19. The physical quantity that remains constant in an isochoric process is __________.
20. According to Laplace, the sound propagation is _______ process.
PART-B
III. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: 5x2=10
21. Write the dimensional formula for a) pressure b) Angular momentum.
22. State and explain triangle law of vector addition.
23. Write any two advantages of friction.
24. Mention an expression for potential energy of a spring and explain the terms.
25. Define moment of a couple. Mention its SI unit.
26. What is escape velocity? What is its value for the earth?
27. Convert 100℃ into Fahrenheit.
28. What is thermodynamic reversible process? Give an example.
29. Give the graphical representation of the variation of potential energy, kinetic energy,
and total energy as a function of position for aa particle executing SHM.
PART-C
IV. Answer any FIVE of the following questions: 5x3=15
30. Deduce the expression for maximum height of a projectile
31. Obtain an expression for centripetal acceleration of a particle executing uniform
circular motion.
32. A man weighing 50kg carries a bag of 3kg. He climbs to the top of a building 100m
tall in 10 minute. Calculate the work done by the man and the power he develops.
33. Distinguish between Dot product and Cross product of two vectors.
34. State Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
35. Show that the speed of efflux from an open tank is similar to that of a freely falling
body.
36. Mention the different modesof heat transfer.
37. State and explain Zeroth law of thermodynamics.
38. Bring out any three differences between longitudinal wave and transverse wave.
PART-D
V. Answer any THREE of the following questions: 3x5=15
39. Using velocity-time graph, derive v=u+at. Mention any two significance of velocity-
time graph.
40. State parallelogram law of vector addition. Find the magnitude and direction of
resultant of two vectors in terms of their magnitude and direction.
41. State the law of conservation of angular momentum. Give two examples to illustrate
the law.
42. a) Show that the area under force-displacement curve represents work
done.
b) Obtain an expression for Gravitational potential energy.
43. Derive an expression for Cp-Cv = R (Mayer’s relation).
44. What is an open pipe? Discuss the modes of vibration in an open pipe.
VI. Answer any TWO of the following questions: 2x5=10
45. A stone of mass 0.25kg tied to the end of a string is whirled round in a circle of
radius 1.5m with a speed of 40revolutions/min in a horizontal plane. What is the
tension in the string? What is the maximum speed with which the stone can be
whirled around if the string can with stand a maximum tension of 200N?
46. A rocket is fired from the earth towards the sun. At what distance from the earth’s
centre is the gravitational force on the rocket zero? Mass of sun = 2x1030 kg, mass of
the earth = 6x1024 kg. Neglect the effect of other planets. (Orbital radius = 1.5x1011
m).
47. In a test experiment on a model aeroplane in a wind tunnel, the flow speeds on the
upper and lower surfaces of the wing are 70ms-1 and 63ms-1 respectively. What is the
lift on the wing if its area is 2.5m2? Take the density of air to be 1.3kgm-3.
48. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of moon is 1.7ms-2, what is the time
period of a simple pendulum on the surface of the moon if its time period on the
surface of earth is 3.5s? Given: g=9.8ms-2.