balkumari H S S

Monthly Test (Bhadra - 070)

Subject: Physics Class: 11 FM: 25 PM: 9 Time: 1 hr
Set - I
1. Answer in brief any three questions. [2X3 = 6]
a. If vector B is added to vector A, under what condition does the resultant vector have a magnitude equal to A + B?
b. Can a body have constant velocity but varying speed?
c. A student claims that difference between the length of certain brass rod and that of steel rod can be made constant at all
temperature. Is it possible?
d. Milk boils faster than water. Why?
2. Answer any three questions. [4X3= 12]
a. If there is no any external force acting on the substances, show that total momentum before collision is equal to total
momentum after collision.
b. A projectile is fired upward from ground. Show that path followed by the projectile is parabolic. Also find an expression
for time of flight and horizontal range.
c. Define the coefficient of linear and cubical expansivity and establish a relation between them.
d. Describe an experiment to determine the coefficient of real expansion of a liquid by using Dulong and Petit’s method.
3. Solve any one numerical. [4X1 = 4]
a. A ball of mass 0.2 Kg falls from a height of 45 m. On striking the ground it rebounds in 0.1 s with two-thirds of the
velocity with which it struck the ground. Calculate (i) the momentum change on hitting the ground (ii) the force on the
ball due to the impact.
b. To a person going due east in a car with a velocity of 25 km/hr, a train appears to move due north with a velocity
25√3 km/hr. What is the actual velocity and direction of motion of the train.
4. A steel tank is completely filled with 2.80 m 3 of ethanol when both the tank and the ethanol are at a temperature of
32.0 0C. When the tank and its contents have cooled to 18.0 0C, what additional volume of ethanol can be put into the
tank?  for steel = 3.6 X 10-5 /0C and  for ethanol = 75 X 10-5 /0C. [3]
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balkumari H S S
Monthly Test (Bhadra - 070)
Subject: Physics Class: 11 FM: 25 PM: 9 Time: 1 hr
Set - II
1. Answer in brief any three questions. [2X3 = 6]
a. If the scalar product of two vectors is equal to magnitude of their vector product, find the angle between them.
b. Can an object have velocity and acceleration in perpendicular direction? Explain with example.
c. Two thermometers are constructed in the same way except that one has a spherical bulb and the other has elongated
cylindrical bulb. Which one will respond quickly to temperature changes?
d. Why does a liquid have two coefficient of expansion?
2. Answer any three questions. [4X3= 12]
a. State Newton’s second law of motion. Show that Newton’s first and third laws of motion are contained in the
second law.
b. A projectile is fired horizontally from certain height. Show that path followed by the projectile is parabolic. Also find an
expression for time of flight and horizontal range.
c. Define the coefficient of linear and superficial expansivity and establish a relation between them.
d. Describe an experiment to determine specific heat capacity of solid by the method of mixture.
3. Solve any one numerical. [4X1 = 4]
a. A ball A of mass 0.1 Kg moving with avelocity of 6 m/s collides directly with a ball B of mass 0.2 Kg at rest. Calculate
their common velocity. If A had rebounded with a velocity of 2 m/s in the opposite direction after collision, what would
be the new velocity of B?
b. Two ships A and B are 4 km apart. A is due west of B. If A moves with a uniform velocity of 8 km/hr due east and B
moves with uniform velocity of 6 km/hr due south, calculate the magnitude of the velocity of A relative to B and the
closest distance apart of A and B.
4. A pendulum clock keeps correct time at 00C. Mean coefficient of linear expansion of pendulum is 17 × 10 -6 per 0C. How
many seconds per day will it lose at 200C? [3]
balkumari H S S
 Monthly Test (Bhadra - 070)
Subject: Physics Class: 12 FM: 25 PM: 9 Time: 1 hr
Set - I
1. Answer in brief any three questions. [2X3 = 6]
a. A large number of free electrons are present in metals. Why is there no current in the absence of electric field
across it?
b. What is Seeback effect?
c. Why is the light produced by electric discharge at low pressures?
d. Is the de-Broglie wavelength of a photon of an electromagnetic wave equal to the wavelength of its radiation?
Explain.
2. Answer any three questions. [4X3= 12]
a. What is principle of potentiometer? How would you determine internal resistance of cell using potentiometer?
b. Using Kirchoff’s law, derive the balanced state condition of Wheatstone bridge circuit.
c. Describe Millikan's experiment for the determination of charge of an electron.
d. Describe the construction and working of He-Ne LASER.
3. Solve any one numerical. [4X1 = 4]
a. UV light of 400 nm strikes a cesium surface of work function 1.9 eV find the velocity of electron emitted from
the Cesium surface. me = 9.1 x 10-31kg c = 3x108 m/s h = 6.62 x 10-34Js
b. An electron having 500 eV of energy moves at right angle to a uniform magnetic field of flux density
20x10-3 T. Find the radius of its circular path. (e/m = 1.76 x 1011 C Kg-1)
4. What diameter must a copper wire name if its resistance is to be the same as that of an equal length of
aluminum wire diameter 3.26 mm (ρcu = 1.72x10-8Ωm ρAl = 2.75x10-8Ωm) [3]
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balkumari H S S
Monthly Test (Bhadra - 070)
Subject: Physics Class: 12 FM: 25 PM: 9 Time: 1 hr
Set - II

1. Answer in brief any three questions. [2X3 = 6]

a. A wire is stretched to double its length. What happens to its resistance and resistivity?
b. How thermo emf vary with temperature?
c. State and explain Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
d. Why Aluminium or steel is not used as a target instead of tungsten to produce X-ray in Coolidge tube?
2. Answer any three questions. [4X3= 12]
a. Discuss the mechanism of conduction of electricity in a conductor. Derive an expression for current through
the conductor.
b. State and verify Faraday’s laws of electrolysis.
c. Describe an experiment to determine specific charge of an electron in the lab.
d. Derive an expression for energy of nth Bohr orbit of Hydrogen atom.
3. Solve any one numerical. [4X1 = 4]
a. Two plane metal plates 4.0 cm long are held horizontally 3.0 cm apart in vacuum, one being vertically above
another. The upper plate is at a potential of 300 V and the lower is earthed. Electrons having a velocity of 10 x
106 ms-1 are injected horizontally midway between the plates and in a direction parallel to the 4.0 edge.
Calculate the vertical deflection of the electron beam as it emerges from the plate. (e/m for electron = 1.8 x
1011 Ckg-1)
b. The ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 254 nm falls upon a clean copper surface, the stopping potential
necessary to stop emission of photoelectrons is 0.181 V. i. What is the photoelectric threshold wavelength for
this copper surface? ii. What is the work function for this surface?
4. A resister of 500Ω and one of 2000Ω are placed in series with a 60 volt supply. What will be the reading on a
volt meter of internal resistance 2000Ω. When placed across a) 500Ω resistor b) 2000Ω resistor. [3]