PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

CLASS XI
CHAPTER 2: UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

1. (a) The displacement of oscillation is wrongly given by y(x,t) =Asin (vt), where v is
velocity and t is time. What is wrong with the equation dimensionally?
(b) When a particle moves with very high speed (comparable to the speed of light), its
mass as written by a student is m =m
0
/ (1- v
2
), where m
0
is rest mass and v is its
velocity. The equation is missing a term c, speed of light. Where should it be placed to
make the equation dimensionally correct? Explain.
2. In successive measurements, the readings of the period of oscillation of a simple
pendulum was found to be 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s and 2.80 s in an experiment.
Calculate (i) mean value of the period of oscillation (ii) absolute error in each
measurement, (iii) mean absolute error, (iv) relative error and (v) percentage error.
[ (i) 2.62 s, (iii)0.11 s, (iv) 0.04, (v) 4%]
3. Two resistors of resistance R
1
=(100 3) ohm and R
2
=(200 4) ohm are connected (a)
in series and (b) in parallel. Find the equivalent resistance of series and parallel.
[ (a) (300 7) ohm, (b) (66.7 1.8) ohm]
4. Find the dimension of the quantity v in the equation
v = {P(a
2
x
2
) } / (2L)
where, a is the radius and L length of the tube in which the fluid of coefficient of
viscosity is flowing, x is the distance from the axis and P is the pressure difference.
[LT
-1
]
5. The period of vibration of a tuning fork depends on the length L of its prong, density d
and Youngs modulus Y of the material. Deduce an expression for the period of vibration
on the basis of dimensional analysis. [kL(d/Y)

]
6. The critical angular velocity
c
of a cylinder inside another cylinder containing a liquid at
which its turbulence occurs depends on viscosity , density and the distance d
between the walls of the cylinder. Find an expression for
c
using the methods of
dimension. [ K / d
2
]




PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 3: MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

1. The acceleration of a particle in m/s
2
is given by a =3t
2
+2t +2, where time is in
seconds. If the particle starts with a velocity v =2m/s at t=0, find the velocity at the end
of 2 seconds. [18 m/s]
2. The velocity of a body at different time interval is given in the table.
T (seconds) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
V (m/s) 5 10 15 15 20 25 20 10 0
Plot a graph showing the variation of v and t. From the graph, find
(i) Acceleration between 0 and 4 seconds.
(ii) Retardation between 12 and 16 seconds
(iii) Distance traveled by the body during first 10 seconds and last 4 seconds.
3. From the top of a tower 100m in height a ball is dropped and at the same time another
ball is projected vertically upwards from the ground so that it reaches just the top of the
tower. At what height do the balls pass each other? [ 75 m from the ground]
4. A parachutist bails out from an aero plane and after dropping through a distance of 40
m; he opens the parachute and decelerates at the rate of 2m/s
2
. If he reaches the
ground with a velocity of 2m/s, how long is he in the air? At what height did he bail out
from the plane? G =10 m/s
2
. [15.9 s, 239 m]
5. The relation between time t and distance x is given by t = x
2
+ x, where , are
constants. Show that retardation is 2v
3
, where v is the instantaneous velocity.
6. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of for some time; after which it
decelerates at a constant rate of to come to rest. Plot a graph to depict the same. If
the total time elapsed is T seconds, then calculate (i) maximum velocity attained by the
car, (ii) total distance traveled by the car in terms of , and T.










PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 4: MOTION IN A PLANE

Note: all bold letters are vectors or unit vectors.

1. i and j are unit vectors along the x-axis and y-axis respectively. What is the magnitude
and direction of the vectors (i) i +j, (ii) i j, (iii) i.j, (iv) i x j ?
2. A ball is thrown horizontally with velocity u and at the same time another ball is
dropped vertically from the top of a tower of height h.
(a) Will both the balls hit the ground with same time?
(b) Will both the balls strike the ground with same velocity?
Justify your answer in each case.
3. Determine a unit vector perpendicular to both A =2i +j +k and B=I j +2k.
[1/3( i j - k)]
4. The position of a particle is given by r =3t i 2t
2
j +4 k m, where t is in seconds.
(a) Find the instantaneous velocity and acceleration of the particle.
(b) What is the magnitude and direction of velocity at t =2seconds?
[8.54 m/s, 70
0
with x axis]
5. From the top of a tower 156.8 m high a projectile is thrown up with a velocity of 39.2
m/s, making an angle 30
0
with the horizontal. Find the distance from the foot of the
tower where it strikes the ground and the time taken by it to do so. g=9.8 m/s
2


[ 8s, 271.57 m]
6. A stone tied to the end of a string 80 cm long is whirled in a horizontal circle with
constant speed. If the stone makes 14 revolutions in 25 seconds, what is the magnitude
and direction of acceleration of the stone? [9.9m/s
2
along the radius towards the
center.]













PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 5: LAWS OF MOTION

1. Give reasons for the following:
(i) A person gets hurt when he falls from a certain height on cemented floor but doesnt
get hurt if he falls on sand from the same height.
(ii) Wheels of all vehicles are circular.
(iii) Sand is spread on tracks covered in snow.
(iv) A gun recoils during firing.
(v) The outer rail of a curved railway track is raised over the inner rail.
2. The driver of a truck travelling with velocity v suddenly notices a wall in front of him at
a distanced. Should he apply the brakes or should he make a circular turn without
applying brakes in order to just avoid crashing into the wall? Justify your answer.
3. When an automobile moving with a speed of 36 km/h reaches an upward inclined road
of angle 30
0
, its engine is switched off. If the coefficient of friction involved is 0.1, how
much distance will it move before coming to rest? [8.52 m]
4. A bullet of mass 0.01 kg is fired horizontally into a 4 kg wooden block at rest on a
horizontal surface. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the surface
is 0.25. The bullet remains embedded in the block and the combination moves 20 m
before coming to rest. With what speed did the bullet strike the block? [3969.7 m/s]
5. Two blocks of masses 2 kg and 5 kg are connected by an inextensible string passing over
a light frictionless pulley. The block of mass 2kg is free to slide on a surface inclined at an
angle of 30
0
with the horizontal whereas 5 kg block hangs freely. Find the acceleration of
the system and the tension in the string. Given =0.30. g =10 m/s
2
.
[a =5 m/s
2
, T =25 N]


PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 6: WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

1. A car and a truck moving with the same K.E. on the same road. Their engines are
simultaneously switched off. Which one will stop at a smaller distance?
2. A uniform chain of length L and mass M is lying on a smooth table and one third of its
length is hanging vertically down over the edge of the table. If g is acceleration due to
gravity, calculate work required to pull the hanging part on the chain.
3. Two springs A and B are identical except that A is stiffer than B, i.e. force constant of A >
force constant of B. In which spring is more work done if they are stretched by same
amount?
4. A body of mass M at rest is struck by a moving body of mass m. Prove that the fraction
of its initial kinetic energy of mass transferred to the struck body is 4Mm / (m +M)
2
.
5. A bullet of mass 0.012 kg and horizontal speed 70 m/s strikes a block of wood of mass
0.4 kg and instantly comes to rest with respect to the block. The block is suspended from
the ceiling by a thin wire. Calculate the height up to which the block will rise. Also find
the heat produced in the block. [ 0.212 m, 28.54 J]
6. A 60 kg bungee-cord jumper is on a bridge 45m above a river. The elastic bungee cord
has a relaxed length of 25m. Assume that the cord obeys Hookes law, with a spring
constant of 160 N/m. If the jumper stops before reaching the water, what is the height
of her feet above the water at her lowest point? Take g =10 m/s
2
. [ 2.05 m]














PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 6: SYSTEM OF PARTICLES AND ROTATIONAL MOTION


1. A solid sphere rolls down two different inclined planes of same heights but different
angles of inclination.
(i) Will it reach the ground with the same speed in each case?
(ii) Will it take longer to roll down one plane than another? If so, which one and why?
2. What is the moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc of radius R and mass M about
(i) Diameter of the disc.
(ii) An axis passing through a point on its edge and normal to the disc?
(iii) A tangent in the plane of the disc
M.I. about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to it is MR
2
.
3. From a square sheet of uniform density, the shaded portion is removed. Find the centre
of mass of the remaining portion if the square has a side a taking the origin to be lying at
A. [ 7/18 a, a/2 ]
D C


A B
4. A car weighs 1800 kg. The distance between the front and back axle is 1.8m. Its centre of
gravity is 1.05 m behind the front axle. Determine the force exerted by the level ground
on each front wheel and back wheel. Take g =9.8 m/s2. [3675 N, 5145 ]
5. A solid cylinder rolls down an inclined plane. Its mass is 2 kg and radius 0.1 m, if the
height of the inclined plane is 4 m, what is its rotational K.E. at the bottom of the
incline? M.I. of solid cylinder about its axis is MR
2
. [26.13 J]
6. A cylinder of mass 10 kg and radius 15 cm is rolling perfectly on a plane of inclination
30
0
. The coefficient of static friction is 0.25.
(a) How much is the force of friction acting on the cylinder?
(b) If the inclination of the plane is increased, at what value of does the cylinder
began to skid and not roll perfectly? [16.4 N, = 37
0
]



PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 8: GRAVITATION


1. Two satellites are revolving in same orbit, with one separated from the other by distance
x. Will the second satellite be able to overcome the first by increasing its speed? Why
or why not?
2. When a clock controlled by a pendulum is taken to a mountain it becomes slow but a
wrist watch controlled by a spring remains unaffected. Explain the different behaviour of
the two watches.
3. When a satellite moves to a lower orbit in the atmosphere of the earth, it becomes hot.
This indicates that there is some dissipation in its mechanical energy. But the satellite
spills down towards the earth with an increasing speed. Explain.
4. Calculate the increase in the potential energy of an object of mass m raised from the
surface of the earth to a height equal to double the radius of the earth in terms of the
acceleration due to gravity of the earth. [ 2/3mgR]
5. Two stars of masses M and 16M are separated by a distance10a. Their radii are
respectively a and 2a. What should be the initial velocity with which a mass m be fired
from larger star to land on the smaller star? [3/2(5GM/a)]
6. A rocket is fired vertically from the surface of the mars with speed of 2 km/s. If 20% of its
initial energy is lost due to martian atmospheric resistance, how far will the rocket go
from the surface of mars before returning to it? Mass of mars =6.4 x 10
23
kg, radius of
mars =3400 km. [1655 km]















PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 9: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS


1. Explain the stress-strain relationship in a wire by plotting a graph. Mark the different
points on it and explain their meaning.
2. The stress vs strain curve for two materials A and B are shown below. The graphs are
drawn to the same scale.

(a) Which of the materials has greater Youngs modulus?
(b) Which of the two is the stronger material?
(c) Which of the material is more ductile?
(d) Which of the two materials is more brittle?
3. The breaking force for a wire is F. What will be the breaking force for (a) two parallel
wires of same size and (b) for a single wire of double the radius?
4. Why the beams used in building bridges are I shaped? Explain in detail with proper
mathematical expression.
5. A stone of mass 0.5 kg is attached to one end of a 0.8 m long aluminium wire of 0.7 mm
diameter and suspended vertically. The stone is now rotated in a horizontal plane at a
rate such that the wire makes an angle of 85
0
with the vertical. Find the increase in
length of the wire. Y
al
=7 x 10
10
N/m
2
. [1.67 x 10
-3
m]
6. A load of 4 kg is attached to a steel wire of length 1.5 m and another load of 6 kg is
attached to the bottom of the load by a brass wire of length 1.0 m. Diameter of each
wire is 0.25 cm. Find the elongation of each wire if Youngs modulus of steel is 2 x 10
11

Pa and for that of brass is 0.91 x 10
11
Pa. [l
s
=1.49 x 10
-4
m, l
b
=1.3 x 10
-4
m]




PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 10: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS


1. Explain why
a) Water on a clean glass surface tends to spread out while mercury on the same
surface tends to form drops.
b) Blood pressure in humans is greater at the feet than at the brain.
c) The tip of the nib of a pen is split.
d) The pressure of water is reduced when it comes to narrow pipe from wide pipe
while flowing.
e) Water flows faster than honey.
2. Explain how adding detergents to the water helps in cleaning the clothes.
3. Three containers have different area on the top surface and same base area. If equal
volume of liquid is put in them which will have more pressure at the base?
4. Explain the Magnus effect with the help of suitable diagram
5. A sphere of a material of density is dropped under gravity through a liquid of density
and viscosity . The average acceleration is half the initial acceleration. After what time
will it attain terminal velocity? [ t =4r
2
/9]
6. Air of density 1.3kg/m
3
flows horizontally with a speed of 108 km/hr. A house has a
plane roof of area 40m
2
. Find the magnitude of aerodynamic lift on the roof
[2.34 x 10
4
N]

















PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 11: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER


1. Two rods A and B are of equal length. Each rod has its ends at temperatures T
1
and T
2
.
What is the condition that will ensure equal rates of flow of heat through the rods A and
B?
2. Give reason for the following:
(a) Metal pans for heating are provided with ebonite handles.
(b) Two thin blankets feel much warmer than a single thick blanket.
(c) It is much hotter above a fire than by its side.
(d) The earth without the atmosphere would be very cold in spite of the sun.
(e) Heating systems based on circulation of steam are more efficient in warming a
building than those based on circulation of hot water.
3. A brass rod of length 50 cm and diameter 3.0 mm is joined to a steel rod of the same
length and diameter. What is the change in length of the combined rod at 250
0
C, if the
original lengths are at 40
0
C? Is there a thermal stress developed at the junction, if the
rods are free to expand?
brass
=2.0 x 10
-5

0
C
-1
and
steel
=1.2 x 10
-5

0
C
-1
. [0.34 cm]
4. A piece of iron of mass 100 g is kept inside a furnace for a long time and then put in a
calorimeter of water equivalent 10 g containing 240 g of water at 20
0
C. Te mixture
attains an equilibrium temperature of 60
0
C. Find the temperature of the furnace.
[953.6
0
C]
5. The temperatures of equal masses of three different liquids A, B, C are 12
0
C, 19
0
C and
28
0
C respectively. The temperature when A and B are mixed is 16
0
C. When B and C are
mixed, the temperature is 23
0
C. What would be the temperature if A and C are mixed?
[20.26
0
C]
6. A cubical ice box of thermocole has each side =30 cm and a thickness of 5cm. 4 kg of ice
is put in the box. If outside temperature is 45
0
C and coefficient of thermal conductivity =
0.01 J/s/m/
0
C, calculate the mass of ice left after 6 hours. Latent heat of fusion of ice =
335 x 10
3
J/kg. [3.687 kg]


PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 12: THERMODYNAMICS


1. Is it possible to design a heat engine of 100% efficiency? Justify your answer.
2. Two gases have the same initial pressure P
0
, volume V
0
and temperature T
0
. They
expand to the same volume, one adiabatically and the other isothermally. Plot the P-V
diagram for them.
(i) In which case is the final pressure greater?
(ii) In which case is the work done greater?
(iii) In which case is the final temperature greater?
Explain the answer in each case.
3. The PV diagram for a cyclic process is a triangle ABC drawn in order. The coordinates of
A, B, C, are (4, 1), (2, 4) and (2, 1) in the order (P, V). Pressure is in N/m
2
and volume is in
litres. Calculate the work done during the process from A to B, B to C and from C to A.
also calculate the work done in complete cycle. [9 x 10
-3
J, -6 x 10
-3
J, 0, 3 x 10
-3
J]
4. At 27
0
C, two moles of an ideal gas occupy a volume V. The gas expands adiabatically to
a volume 2V. Calculate (a) final temperature of the gas (b) change in its internal energy
(c) work done by the gas during the process. Take = 5/3, R = 8.31 J/mole/K.
[189 k, -2767.23 J, 2767.23 J]
5. A Carnot engine, whose heat sink is at 27
0
C, has an efficiency of 40%. By how many
degrees should the temperature of the source be changed to increase the efficiency by
10% of the original efficiency? [35.7K]
6. Two Carnot engines A and B are operated in series. The first one A receives heat 800 K
and rejects to a reservoir at temperature T K. The second engine B receives the heat
rejected by the first engine and in turn rejects heat to a reservoir at 300 k. Calculate the
temperature T for the following cases:
(i) When the outputs of the two engines are equal
(ii) When the efficiencies of the two engines are equal.
[550 K, 490 K]


PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 14: OSCILLATION

1. The soldiers marching on a suspended bridge are advised to go out of steps. Why?
2. The amplitude of a simple harmonic oscillator is doubled. How does this affect a)
maximum velocity, b) the total energy and c) the period of the oscillator?
3. A spring having a spring constant k is divided into three equal parts. What would be the
force constant for each individual part?
4. A particle in SHM is described by the displacement function, x(t) = A cos ( t + ). If the
initial position of the particle is 1 cm and its initial velocity is cm/s, what are its
amplitude and initial phase angle? Angular frequency of the particle is s
-1
.
[ 2 cm, 3/4,or 7/4]
5. An 8kg body performs S.H.M. of amplitude 30cm. The restoring force is 60N, when the
displacement is 30cm. Find a) time period b) the acceleration, P.E. and K.E. when
displacement is 12 cm. [1.256s, 3.0 m/s
2
, 1.44J, 7.56J]
6. A particle S.H.M. with amplitude of 4cm. Locate the position of the point where its
speed is half its maximum speed. At what displacement is potential energy equal to
kinetic energy? [23 cm, 22 cm]






























PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
CLASS XI
CHAPTER 15: WAVES

1. Why is the note produced by an open organ pipe sweeter than that produced by the
closed organ pipe?
2. When we start filling an empty bucket with water, the pitch of sound produced goes on
changing. Why?
3. Two tubes A and B are identical but tube A has both ends open, while B has one end
closed. What is the ratio of fundamental frequency of the tubes A and B?
4. An open pipe is in second harmonic with frequency f
1
. Now one end of the pipe is closed
and frequency is increased to f
2
, such that resonance again occurs in nth harmonic. Find
the value of n. How are f
1
and f
2
related to each other?
5. A stone dropped from the top of a tower of height 320 m high splashes into the water of
a pond near the base of the tower. When is the splash heard at the top? Speed of sound
in air =340 m/s, g =10 m/s
2
. [8.94 s]
6. A simple harmonic oscillation is given by the equation:
4 =0.40 sin (440t +0.61). Here y and t are in m and s respectively. What are the
values of
a) Amplitude
b) angular frequency
c) frequency of oscillation
d) time period of oscillation and
e) initial phase? [0.4 m, 440 hz, 70 hz, 0.143s, 0.61 rad]