CBSE Board Class 11 Physics Sample Papers 2007

Sample Paper 2007
Class   - XI
Subject - Physics (Theory)
Time:    3 hours          Max. Marks   70
General Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory. Symbols have their usual meaning.
2. Use of calculator is not permitted. However you may use log table, if required.
3. Draw neat labelled diagram wherever   necessary to explain your answer.
4. Q.No. 1 to 8 are of very short answer type questions, carrying 1 mark each.
5. Q.No.9 to 18 are of short answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
6. Q. No. 19 to 27 carry 3 marks each.  Q. No. 28 to 30 carry 5 marks each.
                                                     

1. What is the ratio of A.B to A X B  when angle between A and B is 300 ?

2.What would be the excess pressure inside a water bubble of radius 0.5 mm?Surface tension of water at 20

3. What is the effect on surface tension of liquids when temperature is increased?

4. State Newton’s universal law of gravitation and express it in vector form.

5. Two absolute scales A and B have triple points of water defined to be 200 A and 350 B. What is the relation between TA  and TB .

6. A light body and heavy body have equal kinetic energy , which one have greater momentum?

7.  Calculate the moment of inertia of a uniform disc of mass 300 g and radius 15 cm, about its diameter.

8. Write down the dimensions of viscosity coefficient .

9. A physical quantity P is related to four observables a,b,c and d as follows ;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
     P = a²b³ / c 4 √d.     The percentage errors in a,b,c and d are 2%, 4% ,3 % and 2% respectively. What is  the percentage  error in the quantity P .

10. Draw   the Position   – Time graph for following cases when
     ( i) Object is moving  with  positive  acceleration
     ( ii)  An object is under free fall

11.  Explain following with proper reason.
      (a) Why blood pressure in humans is greater at the feet than at brain.        
      (b) Water wets the glass surface while mercury does not.      

12. Derive the necessary relation for safest velocity of an automobile on a banked road of  radius r and friction coefficient  .

13. The escape velocity (v )  of a body depends upon the mass (m) of body,gravitational  acceleration (g) and radius (R) of the planet . Derive the relation for escape velocity dimensionally.

14. State and Prove Work- Energy Theorem for variable force case.
    
OR

    What do you mean by conservative and  non conservative force. Give  one example of each case.

15. Derive the necessary relation for orbital velocity of a satellite and prove that

16. Explain with reason Why:
     (a)  A brass tumbler feels much colder than a wooden tray on a chilly day.
     (b) The earth without its atmosphere would be inhospitably cold.

17. State Hooke’s law.  Explain Stress – Strain curve of a material when subjected under   extended load.

18. A body of mass  m 1  moving with velocity  u 1 along a straight line collide with  another body  of  mass m2 , perfect elastically, which is initially at rest.Find their velocities after collision.

19. Define molar specific heat capacities at constant volume and pressure. Show that CP - CV= R. Where Symbols have their usual meaning.

20. State Parallelogram law of vector addition. Find the magnitude and direction of the  resultant of two vectors A and B in terms of their magnitudes and angle between them.

21. (a) Three bodies of identical radii ,a ring a solid sphere and a solid cylinder roll down the same  inclined plane without slipping. They start from rest. Which of the bodies reaches the ground with maximum velocity ?
      (b) State the Parallel Axes theorem  of  moment of inertia.

OR

(a) A metal bar 70 cm long and 4 kg in mass supported on two knife edges placed 10 cm from each end. A 6 kg load is suspended at 30 cm from one end. Find the reactions at the knife edges. Assume the bar to be of uniform cross section and
homogeneous.

(b) State the theorem of perpendicular axes of moment of inertia. 22. Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of an inextensible string that passes over a frictionless pulley. Find the acceleration of the masses and tension  in the string when masses are released.

23.  What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity? Derive the necessary relation for variation of g with depth.

24. State Stokes’ law and derive the expression for critical velocity in case of a small Spherical body  falling through a viscous fluid like Glycerine.
        
25. State Pascal’s law. How it can be used in Hydraulic lift.

26.  Define Centre of mass. A body projected into space explodes. What will be the nature   of path of its core?

27. If Earth were suddenly shrink to ½ of its present radius without change in mass,  What is the effect on duration of day?

28. (a) Derive the equation S = ut  + ½   at using graphical method.
       (b) A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity 20 m/s from the top of a multistory building. The height of the point from       where the ball is thrown is

25 m  from the ground,
i)  How high the ball rise?   
ii) With what velocity strike the   ground ?
                                                       
OR            

(a)  A projectile is fired in air making an angle   with horizontal. Show that
(i) Its path is parabolic in nature.   
(ii) tan   = 4H / R where H is maximum height   attained and R is the range   of projectile.

(b) An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of  900 km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity.

29.  Answer any three from following.
      (a) Suggest some ways to minimize friction.
      (b) Explain why it is easier to pull a  roller than to push it.
      (c)  A constant force  acting on a body of mass 3 kg changes its speed from 2.0 ms -1 to 3.5 ms -1 in  25 s. The direction of        the motion of the body remains unchanged. What is the  magnitude and direction of the force.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
        OR
(a)Passengers are thrown forward from their seats when a speeding bus stops suddenly.
(b) A cricketer moves his hands backwards while holding a catch.
(c) An aircraft executes a horizontal loop at a speed of 720 km/h with its wings banked at 15

30.(a)   What is angle of contact? When it is obtuse ? When it is acute?
      (b) Show that excess pressure inside a drop of radius r is Pi – Po = 2S /R .
                                                               OR
          State and prove Bernoulli’s theorem. Explain any one application of it