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Physics Class Xl

Important questions
Units, measurement and dimensions
1. The density of gold is 19.3
gm/crw. Express this value in Sl unit using dimensional method.
2. Obtain dimensions of gravitational constant and electrostatic force constant.
3. What are the uses of dimensional analysis?
4. What are the limitations of dimensional analysis?
5. Check correctness of formula v/-using dimensional analysis, Where T=time period, length, g: acceleration due to
gravity.
6. Find out the units and dimensions of a and b in
( (where p, V and T pressure, volume and temperature.
7. Derive the dimensions of mass considering force, velocity and time as basic units.
8. What is principle of homogeneity? Explain with an example
9. A sphere of radius r moving through a fluid of density witn high velocity v experiences a retarding
force of F=ka•, where k is dimensionless constant. Find the value of x,y and z so that establish the
relation for retarding force.
Vector
1. Define vector quantity. Comment on the staternent "A quantity having magnitude and direction is not
necessarily a vector quantity."
2. Two equal velocities have a resultant equal to 3/2 times the value of either velocity. Find the angle between them.
3. State triangle law of vector addition and derive the relation for magnitude and direction of resultant of two vectors
using this law.
4. State parallelogramlaw of vector addition and derive the relation for magnitude and direction of resultant of
two vectors using this law.
Heat and temperature
1. A student claims that thermometer is useiess because a thermometer always register its own temperature. How
would you resoond?
2. State Zeroth law of thermodynamics.
3. Find the temperature at which Fahrenheitscale reading is exactly equal to the Celsius scale.
4. A faulty thermometer has its fixed points marked as 50and 950. The temperature of a body as measured by it is 53.
Find the correct temperature of the body on Celsius scale.
5. Can the temperature of body be negative on Kelvin scale? Explain.
Thermal expansion
1. A body of initial temperature oc heated to final temperature oc . Derive an expression for the final length for the
body of linear expansivity .
2. Explain the experiment to determine the linear expansivity of a metal rod.
3. Define three different expansivities of a substance. Derive re!ation between them
4. Why must power lines necessarily slag a little?
5. The brass bar and the aluminium bar each attached to an immovable wall. At 28 oc the air
gap between the rods is
1.3x10•m. At what temperature will the gap be closed?
Reflection of light
1. Define radius of curvature and focal length of a curved mirror and
derive relation between them.
2. What is mirror formula? Derive a mirror formula for a concave
mirror when image formed is real.
3. Derive mirror formula for a convex mirror and mention sign
conventions.
4. What is linear magnification? Derive a relation between magnification, object distance and image distance for a
convex mirror.
5. An object is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image formed is three times the size of the
object. Calculatetwo possible distances of the object from the mirror
6. An object 2 cm high is placed at a distance of 16 cm from a concave mirror, which produces an image 3 cm high.
What is the focal length of the mirror? Find the position of the image?
Refraction of light
1. What changes takes place on following parameters on refraction?
a. Frequency b. colour c. Phase d. Wavelength e, velocity
2. Apply Snell's law when
a. Light is incident normally on a boundary b. Refractive index of two media are equal
3. A parallel beam of light is incident on a rectangular transparent plate of thickness 8 cm and emerges at an angle 300
with a lateral displacementof 1.8 cm find refractive index of material of plate.
4. What is lateral shift ? Find the relation between lateral shift and thickness of a parallel edge glass slab.
5. Explainthe variation of lateral shift with angle of incidence and draw the graph to support your concept and show
that maximumvalue of lateral shift is not greater than the thickness of glass slab.
6. are absolute and relative refractive indices? Derive the relation between absolute and relative
refractive indices.
Electrostatics
1. What are properties of charge? Explain the meaning of conservation and quantization of charge.
2. What is Action of point? Why this phenomenontakes place?
3. What is the main difference between conduction and induction? Explain the method to charge a body positively by
induction.
4. Why induction is called temporary method of electrification? Describe detail method to charge a body negatively by
induction.
5. Does charging by friction follows conservation of charge?
6. Describe modern theory of electrification.
7. State and explain coulomb's law. What are its limitations?
8. Compare between electrostatic force and gravitational force between two electrons.
9. What are the differences and similarities between Newton's law of gravitation and Coulomb's law of electric
force?
10. What do you mean by superpositionof coulomb's force? Three point charges of 2nC each are at corners
of an
equilateral triangle of side 10 cm. Find net force acting on one charge due to other two charges.
11. What is null point? Two point charges 4nC and 64 nC are separated by 24 cm. Find the
position of null point.

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