DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL
NAVI MUMBAI
SAMPLE PAPER 2024 – 2025
Class – XI M. Marks – 70
Subject – Physics Duration – 3 Hours
This question paper consists of 33 questions and 7 pages.
General Instructions:
(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D
and Section E.
(3) All the sections are compulsory.
(4) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of
1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven
questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study-based questions of four
marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
(5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in
Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three
questions in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(6) Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION – A
1. Which of the following statements is not true about S.H.M 1
(a) Force acting is directly proportional to displacement from the mean position and
opposite to it.
(b) Motion is periodic.
(c) Acceleration of the oscillator is constant.
(d) The velocity is periodic.
2. The density of a material in SI units is 128 kg m-3. In certain units in which the unit of 1
length is 25 cm and the unit of mass is 50 g, the numerical value of density of the material
is
(a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 640 (d) 410
3. The acceleration time graph of a body is shown below. 1
Which of the following represents the velocity time graph of the motion?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4. Three liquids of densities , ρ1 ρ2 and ρ3 with ρ1 >ρ2 > ρ3, having the same value of 1
surface tension T, rise to the same height in three identical capillaries. The angle of
contact θ1, θ2 and θ3 obeys
5. How many minimum number of vectors in different planes can be added to give zero 1
resultant?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
6. The energy associated with each degree of freedom of a gas molecule is 1
(a) zero (b)1/2 kT (c) kT (d)3/2 kT
7. A body is moving unidirectionally under the influence of a source of constant power. Its 1
displacement in time t is proportional to
(a) t (b) t2 (c) √t (d) t3/2
8. Two SHM’s are represented by Y1= 5(sin2𝜋𝑡 + √3 cos2𝜋𝑡 ) ; Y2= 5(sin2𝜋𝑡 + 𝜋/4) ). 1
The ratio of the amplitude of two SHM’s is
(a) 1:1 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:2 (d) √3: 1
9. A passenger is travelling inside a train moving at 40 ms−1. His suitcase is kept on the berth. 1
The driver of train applies breaks such that the speed of the train decreases at a constant rate
to 20 ms−1 in 4 s. What should be the minimum coefficient of friction between the suitcase and
the berth if the suitcase is not to slide during retardation of the train? (Take g=10 m/s2)
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.5 (d) 0.4
10. If a particle moves in a circle describing equal angles in equal interval of time, its velocity 1
vector
(a) remains constant (b) changes in magnitude
(c) changes in direction (d) changes both in magnitude and direction
11. Which one of the following graphs represents the behaviour of an ideal gas at constant 1
temperature?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12. Frequency of tuning forks are 320 Hz and 325 Hz. If they are sounded together, the beat 1
period is
(a) 5 second (b) 6 second (c) 0 second (d) 0.2 second
For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given – one labelled Assertion (A) and other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the options as given below.
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If both Assertion and Reason are false. e) If Assertion is false but Reason is true.
13. Assertion (A): If there were no gravitational force, the path of the projected body always 1
be straight line.
Reason (R): Gravitational force makes the path of projected body always parabolic.
14. Assertion (A): Mean free path of gas molecules varies inversely as density of the gas. 1
Reason (R) : Mean free path of gas molecules is defined as the average distance
travelled by a molecule between two successive collisions.
15. Assertion (A) : When hot water is poured in a beaker of thick glass, the beaker cracks . 1
Reason (R) : Outer surface of the beaker expands suddenly.
16. Assertion (A) : An object in equilibrium state must be in a state of rest. 1
Reason (R) : In equilibrium condition, there is no net unbalance force acting on the
body.
SECTION – B
17. The x-t graph of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is shown below. Find the 2
acceleration of the particle at t = 4/3 s.
18. A rope of negligible mass is wound round a hollow cylinder of mass 3 kg and radius 40 2
cm. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder if the rope is pulled with a force of 30
N? What is the linear acceleration of the rope? Assume that there is no slipping.
19. A particle moves a distance x in time t according to equation x=(t+5)–1. Find the acceleration 2
of particle.
20. Two cylinders A and B, of equal capacity, are connected to each other via a stop-cock. 2
A contains a gas at standard temperature and pressure, B is completely evacuated and
the entire system is thermally insulated. If the stop – cock is suddenly opened, then
(a) What is the final pressure of the gas in A and B?
(b) What is the change in internal energy of the gas?
(c) What is the change in temperature of the gas? Justify each answer.
21. At the instant, the traffic light turns green, a car starts with a constant acceleration 2m/s2. 2
At the same time a truck moving with a constant speed of 10m/s overtake and passes the
car. How far beyond the starting point will the car overtake the truck? How fast will the
car be travelling at that instant?
OR
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s from top of a multistorey
building. The height of the point where the ball is thrown is 25 m from the ground
a) How high will the ball rise? b) how long will it be before the ball hits the ground?
SECTION – C
22. Assuming the escape velocity (v) of a planet depends upon the gravitational constant (G), 3
radius (R) of the planet as well as its density (ρ) , derive the formula for escape velocity in
terms of the given quantities using dimensional analysis.
23. Define: i) Elastic fatigue (ii) Elastomer (iii) Permanent set 3
24. What do you mean by internal energy? How can you increase the internal energy of a 3
system? Is internal energy a state variable or not?
OR
What are state variables? Distinguish between internal state variables and external state
variables.
25. A flywheel of moment of inertia 0.32kg−m2 is rotated steadily at 120 rad/sec by an 50W 3
electric motor. Find the kinetic energy, angular momentum and of the flywheel. Also calculate
the torque opposing the rotation.
26. Temperature of 100g of water is to be raised from 24°C to 90°C by adding steam to it. 3
Calculate the mass of the steam required for this purpose.
[Given :
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27. Derive an expression for the pressure exerted by an ideal gas, on the basis of kinetic 3
theory of gases.
28. The component waves producing a stationary wave have amplitude, Frequency and 3
velocity of 8 cm, 30Hz and 180 cm/s respectively. Write the equation of the stationary
wave?
SECTION-D
(Case Study Based Questions)
29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
The time rate of change of position of the object in any direction is called speed of the
object. If an object covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, then its speed is
called uniform speed and if it covers unequal distances in equal intervals of time, then its
speed is called as nonuniform or variable speed. The ratio of the total distance travelled by
the object to the total time taken is called average speed of the object. The speed may be
positive or zero but never negative.
(i) A particle, at rest starts, from origin O and moves with uniform acceleration along the 1
positive x – axis. Identify the graphs that correctly represent the motion of the particle
(a) A (b) A, B, D (c) B, C (d) A, B, C
(ii) The V-t graphs of two objects make angle 30° and 60° with the time axis. What is the 1
ratio of their accelerations.
(a) 1:1 (b) 1:3 (c) 1:2 (d) 3:1
(iii) The graph between displacement and time for a particle moving with uniform 1
acceleration is a/an
(a) parabola (b) ellipse
(c) straight line parallel to time axis (d) straight line with a positive slope
(OR)
What is the ratio of the average acceleration during the intervals OA and AB in the
velocity-time graph as shown below?
(iv) Which of the following graphs gives the equation x=V0t+1/2at2 1
30. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
The property due to which the free surface of liquid tends to have the minimum surface
area and behaves like a stretched membrane is called surface tension. It is a force per
unit length acting in the plane of interface between the liquid and the bounding surface
i.e., S = F/L, where F = force acting on either side of an imaginary line on the surface
and L = length of the imaginary line. Surface tension decreases with a rise in
temperature. Highly soluble impurities increase surface tension and sparingly so luble
impurities decrease surface tension.
(i) The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is three times than excess pressure inside a 1
second soap bubble, then the ratio of their surface area is
(a) 9 : 1 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 1 : 9 (d) 3 : 1
(ii) Which of the following statements is not true about surface tension? 1
(a) A small liquid drop takes spherical shape due to surface tension.
(b) Surface tension is a vector quantity.
(c) Surface tension of liquid is a molecular phenomenon.
(d) Surface tension of liquid depends on length but not on the area.
(iii) Which of the following statement is not true about the angle of contact? 1
(a) The value of the angle of contact for pure water and glass is zero.
(b) Angle of contact increases with an increase in the temperature of the liquid.
(c) If the angle of contact between a liquid and a solid surface is less than 90°, then the
liquid spreads on the surface of the solid.
(d) Angle of contact depends upon the inclination of the solid surface to the liquid
surface.
(OR)
A liquid does not wet the solid surface if the angle of contact is
(a)0° (b) equal to 45o (c) equal to 90o (d) greater than 90 o
(iv) Which of the following statements is correct? 1
(a) Viscosity is a vector quantity.
(b) Surface tension is a vector quantity.
(c) Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity.
(d) Angle of contact is a vector quantity
SECTION – E
31. (a) A body of mass m, moving with speed v has an elastic collision with an 5
identical body which is initially at rest. Show, mathematically, that the
moving body will come to a stop as a result of this collision.
(b) A 10 kg ball and a 20 kg ball approach each other with velocities 20 m/s
and 10 m/s respectively, along the same line. What are their velocities
after the collision, if it’s an elastic collision?
OR
(a) Which physical quantity is conserved during both the elastic and inelastic collision?
(b) Two bodies moving towards each other collide and move away in opposite
directions. There is some rise of temperature of the bodies in the process. Explain
the reason for the rise of temperature and state what type of collision is it.
(c) What can you say about the velocities after collision when two bodies of equal
masses suffer one-dimensional elastic collision?
(d) A sphere of mass m collides against a pendulum of mass m with horizontal
velocity V0 .
(i) Calculate the maximum height reached by the pendulum if the masses scatter
elastically along the line of initial motion.
(ii) What is the maximum height reached by the pendulum if the two masses stick
together?
32. (i) Derive an expression for work done during the adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas. 5
(ii) An ideal gas is taken around the cycle ABCDA as shown in the P – V diagram. What
is the work done during the cycle ?
OR
(i) Explain the application of first law of thermodynamics to an isobaric process and
adiabatic process.
(ii) The efficiency of a Carnot engine is 1/2. If the sink temperature is reduced by 100°C,
its efficiency becomes 2/3 . Find the temperature of the source & the sink.
33. (a) State Bernoulli’s theorem. 5
(b) Give reasons:
(i) During severe wind time, light roofs are blown off.
(ii) Two ships moving in parallel directions close to each other get attracted.
(iii) A piece of chalk immersed in water emits bubbles in all directions
OR
Define coefficient of viscosity. Derive continuity equation for an ideal fluid flowing
through a pipe.
