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SUBJECT: Physics Full Book Class: 1st Year Test # 13 Time: 2:30
Hour.
Objective Date: Name :
__________________________ Roll No. ___________ Total Marks: 85
Q: 1. Multiple choice questions. (17 x 1 = 17)
Section-I
SUBJECT: Physics Full Book Class: 1st Year Test # 13 Time:
2:30 Hour.
Subjective Date: 31-03-2018
Name : __________________________ Roll No. ___________ Total
Marks: 85
Q: 2. Give short answers of any eight (8) questions. (8 x 2 = 16)

i) Define dimension. Check the correctness of the equation v=fλ by the principle of Homogeneity of
dimensions.
ii) Briefly explain the two drawbacks to use the period of simple pendulum as a time standard.
iii) Assess the total uncertainty in the final result of a timing experiment with the help of an
example.
iv) Determine the dimensions of pressure and density.
v) Under what condition would a vector have components that are equal in magnitude?
vi) Justify the statement “A body cannot rotate about its centre of gravity under the action of its
own weight”.
vii) If A . B = 0, Can it be concluded that A and B are perpendicular to each other? Support your
answer with a proof.
viii) Why fog droplets appear to be suspended in air?
ix) Discuss the sign of acceleration due to gravity for a cricket ball thrown upward, for its upward
and downward motion.
x) Can the velocity of an object reverse the direction when acceleration is constant? Justify with an
example.
xi) It is advisable to fasten the seat belts during a fast drive. Why is it?
xii) Explain how a bouncing ball would behave in each of an elastic and inelastic collision with
floor of room.
Q: 3. Give short answers of any eight (8) questions. (8 x 2 = 16)

i) When a rocket enters the atmosphere, why does its nose cone become very hot? Where does
this heat energy come from?
ii) State the work energy principle. Express it in equation.
iii) While calculating the Absolute Gravitational potential energy, why the distance between
infinity and surface of earth is is divided into very small steps.
iv) What is meant by moment of Inertia? Give its significance.
v) How is artificial gravity created in artificial satellites?
vi) Centripetal force and centrifugal reaction are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
Why these forces do not balance each other.
vii) What happens to the period of simple pendulum if (a) its length is doubled (b) its suspended
mass is doubled.
viii) Show that in SHM, the acceleration is zero when velocity is greatest and the velocity is zero
when the acceleration is greatest?
ix) Why can we not realize an Ideal simple pendulum?
x) What features do longitudinal waves have in common with transverse waves?
xi) Why does sound travel faster in solids than in gases?
xii) Justify the statement “Velocity of sound in a gas is independent of pressure of the gas”
P.T.O
Q: 4. Give short answers of any six (6) questions. (6 x 2 = 12)
i) When a rocket enters the atmosphere, why does its nose cone become very hot? Where does this
heat energy come from?
ii) Prove that 1rad=57.30
iii) Explain what is meant by centripetal force and why it must be furnished to an object if the object
is following a circular path.
iv) State Torricelli’s theorem and also write its relation.
v) Explain the working of carburetor of a motorcar using benroulli’s principle.
vi) Show that the equation E=mc2 is dimensionally correct.
vii) Does a dimensional analysis give any information on constant of proportionality that may appear
in an algebraic expression? Explain.
viii) Prove that ⃗v = ⃗
ω x r⃗ .
ix) Find the temperature at which the velocity of sound in air is two times its velocity at 10 c 0?
SECTION-II
Note: Attempt any three questions (8 x 3 = 24)
Q: 5.
a) Define Rectangular components of a vector. How two vectors can be added by Rectangular component
method?
b) A ball is thrown with a speed of 30 m sec-1 in a direction 30o above the horizontal. Determine the height
to which it rises. (5 + 3 = 8)
Q: 6.
a) What are geostationary orbits? Derive expression for geostationary orbit.
(b) How large a force is required to accelerate an electron (m = 9.1 x 10-31 kg) from rest to a speed of 2 x
107 msec-1 through a distance of 5.0 cm. (5 + 3 = 8)
Q: 7.
a) What is the limitation of Newton’s formula for speed of sound in air. How did Laplace Correct it.
(b) A simple pendulum is 50cm long. What will be its frequency of vibration at a place
Where g = 9.8m sec-2 (5 + 3 = 8)
Q: 8.
a) State and explain equation of continuity.
(b) Define light year. How many light years in one second (5 + 3 = 8)
Q: 9.
a) Derive the relation for centripetal force and centripetal acceleration?
(b) A block of mass 4 kg is dropped from a height of 0.80m onto a spring of spring constant 1960 Nm -1.
Find the maximum distance through which the spring will be compressed.
(5 + 3 = 8)

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