2nd BOOST-UP QUESTIONS – XI

Exam Date: 2081-09-10

PHYSICS

1. a. Why does a cricketer lower his hand while catching cricket ball?
[2]
b. State and prove principle of conservation of linear momentum. [3]

2. a. A man can swim at the rate of 6 km/hr in still water. A river 1 km

wide flows at the rate of 3 km hr–1.
i. Swimmer wishes to cross the river straight; along what
direction must he strike?
ii. What will be his resultant velocity?
iii. How much time he would take to cross the river? [1+1+1=3]
b. Rain drops hitting the side windows of a car in motion often leave
diagonal streaks. Why? [2]

3. a. A ball is dropped gently from the top of a tower and another ball is
thrown horizontally at the same time. Which ball will hit the ground
first? [2]
b. A ball is thrown towards a player with velocity 20 m/s making an
angle 45° with the horizontal. At the moment of ball thrown, the
player is 50 m away from the thrower. In what direction and with
what velocity should the player run to catch the ball at the same
height at which it was released? [3]

4. a. State triangle law of vector addition. [1]

→    →   
b. If A = 2 i + 3 j – 4 k and B = 3 i – 2 j + k. Find [2]
→ →
i. |A + B|
→ →
ii. | A – B |
c. The velocity of 20 m/s has its x-component 12 m/s. What is its y-
component? [1]
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 d. If the scalar product of two vectors is equal to the magnitude of
their vector product, find the angle between the vectors. [1]

5. A technician measures the specific heat capacity of unknown solid by using

the method of mixture.
i. Draw proper calorimeter arrangement and state the principle used. [1]
ii. Express the heat exchange between hot body and cold body
mathematically. [1]
iii. Using the principle deduce the equation of specific heat capacity of
solid. [1]
iv. A copper pot with mass 0.5 kg contains 0.170 kg of water at a
temperature of 20°C. A 0.25 kg block of iron at 85 0C is dropped into
the pot. Find the final temperature of mixture assuming no heat loss to
the surrounding. [2]

6. Newton’s Law of cooling is an experimental technique for the determination

of specific heat capacity of unknown liquid.
i. Draw proper calorimeters arrangement and state the principle used.
[1]
ii. Express the rate of heat loss by each calorimeter with contents
mathematically. [1]
iii. Using the principle deduce the equation of specific heat capacity of
liquid. [1]
iv. A substance takes 3 minutes in cooling from 50 0C to 450C and 5
minutes in cooling from 450C to 40oC. Calculate the temperature of
surrounding. [2]

7. a. Define critical angle and derive the relation between critical angle
and refractive index of medium. [3]
b. An optical fibre ( = 1.72) is surrounded by a glass coating
( = 1.50). Find the critical angle for total internal reflection at the
fibre glass interface. [2]

8. a. State Gauss theorem and use it to find electric field intensity due to
infinite plane sheet charged conductor. [3]

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 b. An electron of mass 9.1 × 10–31 kg and charge 1.6 × 10–19 C is
situated in a uniform electric field intensity of 1.2 × 10–4 V/m. Find
the time to travel 1 cm from rest. [2]

9. a. Find the electric field intensity due to infinite long straight

conductor.
b. Two-point charges of magnitude 1.0 × 10–8 C and 2.0 × 10–8 C are
30 cm apart in air. Find the electric field at a mid-way between
them.

10. a. Deduce an expression for electric potential at a point due to a point

charge.
b. ABC is an equilateral  of side 5 cm. The charge of 100 C and
50 C are placed at A and B. Calculate the electric potential at C.

CHEMISTRY

1. a. What is partial pressure? [1]

b. State Dalton’s law of partial pressure and explain its mathematical
deduction. [1+2]
c. Write the applications of Dalton’s law of partial pressure. [1]

2. a. Differentiate between diffusion and effusion. [1]

b. State Graham’s law of diffusion and explain its mathematical
derivation. [1+2]
c. Write Graham’s law of diffusion. [1]

3. Define coordinate covalent bond. Draw the Lewis structure of following

compound. [5]
a. H2SO4 b. HNO3
c. CO2 d. NH3
e. CH4

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4. Define hydrogen bonding. Explain the types of hydrogen bonding with
suitable examples. How does hydrogen bonding affect the physical
properties of compounds. [1+2+2]
5. a. Define dipole moment. [1]
b. Write the differences between;
i. Polar and non - polar bonds. [2]
ii. Electrovalent and covalent bond. [2]

6. Write principle reaction for the manufacture of ammonia by Haber’s

process. Explain the favourable conditions for the maximum yield of
ammonia. Draw flow sheet diagram for the manufacture of ammonia by
Haber’s process. [5]

7. Write the action of ammonia with [5]

a. Conc. HCl b. Mercurous nitrate paper
c. Ferric chloride solution d. Oxygen

8. a. What happens when excess ammonia gas is passed through copper

sulphate solution.
b. How will you detect nitrate ion in the lab?
c. What is passivity of iron? Name the other metals which show such
phenomena. [5]

9. How is nitric acid manufactured by Ostwald’s process, explain. Draw

flow sheet diagram for the manufacture of nitric acid by Ostwald’s
process. [5]

10. What happens when; [5]

a. Conc. Nitric acid is treated with zinc.
b. Conc. Nitric acid treated with copper.
c. Mod. Conc. Nitric acid is treated with iron.
d. Dilute nitric acid treated with magnesium.
e. Very dilute nitric acid (1 to 2% of HNO3) is treated with manganese.

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 MATHEMATICS

x+1
1. a. Let f : A → B be defined by f(x) = with A = {–1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
2x – 1
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and B = {–1, 0, , , 1,2, 3}. Find the range of f. Is the function f one
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to one ? What about onto ? If not, how can you make one to one and
onto both?
b. Find the domain and range of the functions.
i. y = f(x) = 21 – 4x – x2
ii. y = f(x) = x2 – 2x – 3

2. a. Let f : R → R be defined by y = f(x) = 5x + 3; x  R, prove that f is a

bijective function and hence find a formula that defines the inverse
function f–1.
b. Prove that the function f : R → R{3} → {R} – {1} given by
x
f(x) = is bijective.
x–3

3. a. Define identity function. Let f : R → R be defined by f(x) = 2x – 4

xR
i. Show that f for all x  R is bijective.
ii. Find f–1 (x).
iii. Show that fof–1 (x) f–1of(x) = x are both identity functions.
b. Check whether the function f: [–2, 3] →  given by f(x) = x3 is one to
one, onto or both.
c. Define the domain and the range of a function. Find the domain and
the range of the function f(x) = – x2 + 4x – 3.

4. a. Find the bisectors of the angle between the lines 3x + 4y – 5 = 0 and

4x + 3y + 7 = 0 and show that they are at right angles. Identify the
bisectors of the acute angle and bisector of the angle which contains
the origin.
b. Find the equations of bisectors of the angles between the lines 2x + 3y
– 5 = 0 and 3x + 2y – 7 = 0. Also identify the bisector of the acute angle
and of the angle between the lines which contains the origin.

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5. a. If p and q are the length of perpendiculars drawn from the points (cos,
sin) and (– sec, cosec) on the line xsec + cosec = 0 resp. prove
that 4p2 + p2q2 = 4.
b. If p and q are length of perpendiculars from the origin upon the straight
lines xsec + ycosec = a and xcos – ysin = acos2, prove that
asin
i. p=
2
ii. q = acos2
iii. 4p2 + q2 = a2

6. Examine whether the points (1, 1) and (5, 2) lies on the same or opposite
sides of the line x + 5y = 8

7. Find first principle the derivative of

a. e2x + 3
b. sin2x
c. 2x + 5
d. ln (ax + b)

8. Find the derivative of

cos2x
a. b. x2y = secxy2
1 – sin2x
c. x + y = sin(x + y) d. x + y = cos(x – y)

dy t
9. a. If x = a(t + sint), y = a (1 – cost), then prove that = tan
dx 2
b. Find the differential coefficient of tanx w.r.t. cotx
c. Find the differential coefficient of tan x w.r.t.x

dy t
10. a. If x = 2a (cost + tsint), y = a(sint – tcost) then prove that = tan
dx 2
1 1 dy t2 + 1
b. If x = t + and y = t – then prove that : = 2
t t dx t –1
dy
c. Find if x³ + y³ – 3axy = 0
dx
d. Find the differential coefficient of x3 tan (2x2 + 3) w.r.t. x.