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1. PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND UNITS:

Learning Outcomes
a) Understand what is physics.
b) Understand that all physical quantities consist of a numerical magnitude and a
unit.
c) Recall the following base quantities and their units; mass (kg), length (m), time
(s),
current (A), temperature (K), luminous intensity (cd) and amount of substance (mol)
d) Describe and use base units and derived units.
e) Dimensional units of physical quantities.
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5- To what extent does the question of health lead to failure at college? How far can
the collegeauthorities with their medical officers help students in such cases?How
does health influence studies of college boys?According to the author, mental and
physical health plays an important role in the educationalperformance of a student.
The writer found many boys who were the victim of psychological problems,sleeping
sickness and hidden physical diseases. Because of these ailments, boys cannot
performproperly in their studies and fail to pass college examination. When such a
student is absorbing toomuch poison through his bad tonsils or has developed
nervous habits, he cannot show satisfactoryresults, because he cannot concentrate
fully on his studies due to mental or physical weakness. Thewriter, therefore,
suggests that every college must have health services to find out such cases.
Regularmedical checkups of students must be made of all low-performing students.
College administration,teaching faculty and parents must cooperate mutually to
stop failure due to bad health.6- What place would you accord to sportsmen in
college?Undoubtedly, sports, literary activities and extra-curricular activities are an
important part of college lifebut it is not the main objective of college life. The
purpose of such activities is to support college lifeand make that interesting for
students so that the students may give full attention to their studies.Besides, it
develops in them better personal traits. However, to join college for the sack of
sports andleave the main purpose of college, i.e. studies, is totally wrong. All those
students who lackconcentration on studies and take more interests in sports and

athletics must be asked to becomeprofessional sportsmen and leave college,

because a double-minded state is more harmful for them andthey could not pass
through college because of lesser interest.7- There are some students who join
college for the fun of it. Should they be allowed to stay?According to the writer,
some boys come in college without any aim. They have no particular objectivein
their life and join college just for the sake of fun and enjoyment. May be they are
more interestedin business than studies. Such students also leave college when
they get bored of college life. Thewriter called them lazy bluffers who mean nothing
in their life. Such boys must not be allowed to stayin college because they make
disturbance in college atmosphere by their useless habits. They couldalso harm
other students by affecting them.8- What is the main idea of the essay, "Why Boys
Fail In College"?The writer of the essay is an educationist and tells various reasons
of failure and suggests solutions toavoid mass failure of students at college level.9Which are the two major groups of students who could not pass through college
academics?The two major groups of students who could not pass through college
academics are those studentswho seriously try to get through the examination but
fail and those students who make no effort toachieve success.10- What is meant by
nervous habits?What nervous habits do the boys adopt during their studies?What is
the problem with those boys who try to attempt but fail?Nervous habits indicate
that when a boy sits to study, he can not concentrate on his work and startwasting
his time in useless things just to avoid studies. For example, when such a boy sits
before anopen book for studies, he thinks it important to sharpen his pencil first.
Because he is not devoted toand sincere with their studies.11- How these nervous
habits can be eradicated?What help can we give to that type of boys?The writer
holds the opinion that such nervous habits cannot be uprooted easily. No one else
can doany thing for such a student but can only point out the weakness of the boy.
It is the boy whohimself can get rid of such habits.12- Who according to the writer
adopts nervous habits? What is the result of nervous habits?According to the writer,
the first groups of boys, who are bright students and try to do work are, thevictim of
nervous habits. They waste their time and cannot produce good result.13- How does
mistaken ambition affect the educational achievements of students?It directly
affects the academic achievements of students. A boy, who is forcefully admitted to
studyparticular subjects, cannot show good results equivalent to his native ability.
He loses interest in hisstudies because he cannot understand the subject, which is
taught to him.14- How does mistaken ambition, on the part of the parents and boys,
leads to the failure of theboys?According to the writer, the parents want their sons
to be doctors, engineers or dentists. They do notbother about their inclinations. In
most of the cases, the boys have no interest in subjects which theirparents have
imposed upon them. So, they become utter failure.15- What is meant by mistaken
ambition?Mistaken ambition means that a boy is forcefully asked to study and join
field of studies against hisliking and interests.15- How does the writer guide parents
of such boys who force their child to join a particular field ofstudies?He tries to
convince parents that this change of subjects would be in the benefit of their child
and hewould be able to show better results in his studies.16- Which type of boys

does not show real application to their studies?What is meant by real application?
How can this problem be solved?There are boys who have done well in schools but
fail in college. Why?The writer tells that there are certain boys who are intelligent
and had been showing good performanceduring their school without any serious
efforts. They do not know what the real application is. Theythink that they can pass
through the college with the same ease and efforts as they did in school.17- Who
are the most pitiable boys for the writer?The writer tells that there are certain boys
who are intelligent and had been showing good performanceduring their school. For
him, they are the most pitiable students because they think that they can
passthrough the college with the same ease as they did in school.18- How can the
attitude of these "easy going" boys be changed?These Easy going boys should
realize that college education demands a regular work. They mustapply themselves
to their studies. Their mindsets can be changed to beware them of the dangers
ofsmooth-sailing in college. A bright boy who cannot work diligently at this level will
eventually fail.19- How does health influence studies of college boys?How the
question of health becomes one of the reasons for college boy's failure?According to
the author, mental and physical health plays an important role in the
educationalperformance of a student. The writer found many boys who were the
victim of psychological problemsand hidden physical diseases. Because of these
ailments, boys cannot perform properly and fail topass college examination.20- How
health problem can be solved to avoid failure of boys?The writer suggests that
every college must have health services to find out such cases.
Collegeadministration must arrange regular medical checkups of all low-performing
students.21- What help can the college authorities provide to the students in the
problem of health?The writer is of the view that a college cater for the needs of
students with regards to medicalservices. A medical expert is essential to advise
them, concerning different ailments from which theysuffer. As examination of their
health and timely medical aid is of essence.22- To what extent does the question of
health had the failure at college?Physical and mental health plays a significant role
in the career of-a student. A student who issuffering from a disease is not fit to
pursue his studies. He is unable to do any intense mental laborin terms of his
studies. So, the role of health cannot be overlooked, for it is very crucial in
studies.23- Which are the common diseases found in college students?The common
diseases found in college students are tuberculoses, bad tonsils, sleeping sickness,
poordigestion, psychological problems & various nervous habits.24 What is the
thinking of old-fashioned people?The writer tells that old-fashioned people give little
importance to physical health. When collegeexamines boys and suggests such
parents that their child has hidden disease, they do not payattention to it.25- What
are the financial pressures on college students? How do they affect boys in college?
How a college boy hurts him for earning and sharing the burden of his parents?How
does financial pressure lead to the failure of students?The author tells that financial
pressure is another important reason of mass failure of students atcollege level. To
earn the entire expense of college, boys have to work long hours after their
college.They not only waste their precious time but also have to do a lot of labor.26-

How can the financial pressure be lighted on the students?The foremost duty of
parents is to provide sufficient money for their children so as to enable themstudy.
The parents cannot dissociate themselves from their duties. Moreover, the college
authoritiesshould allocate sufficient scholarships for such students, who are in
financial straits.27- How can the failure of students due to financial pressure be
avoided?A boy shall be expected to earn a part of finance, if he is willing to share
the burden of his parents.However, to compel him to do so or to expect full-fledged
earning on his part is not advisablebecause they are the parents, who brought him
in this world, It is their responsibility to support him.28- What is the routine of boys
who are earning for themselves?The author tells that due to financial pressure boys
have to work long hours after their college. In themorning, they go to college for
five or six hours and in the evening, they work from six oclock inthe evening to two
oclock in the morning.29- How do sports, athletic and literary activities harm the
education of children? Shall they be partof college life?Sports, athletic, literary
activities and extra-curricular activities are an important part of college life but itis
not the main objective of college life, because a double-minded state is more
harmful for students.30- What place would you accord to sportsmen in college?The
role of a sport in the life of college students cannot be diminished. Sports make a
healthy bodyin which a healthy mind works. But to focus entirely on sports can be
very dangerous for a student.His primary task is to study hard. He can afford sports
only as hobby.31- Who are the lazy bluffers? What does the writer think about
them?What does Herbert E. Hawkes think is wise to do with lazy bluffers?According
to the writer, some boys have no particular objective in their life and join college
just forthe sake of fun and enjoyment. The writer called them "lazy bluffers". Such
students must not beallowed to stay in college.32- There are some boys who come
to college for the fun of it. Should they be allowed to stay?These kinds of students
are non-serious and happy-go-lucky. They just come to college to enjoy itslife. They
have nothing to do with studies. Having failed, they retire to the cold world. If they
havefound out that they were wrong, they are to be allowed to study again in
college. If not, let themface the cold buffets of reality.33- In your opinion, the
viewpoint of the writer about the students who fail in college is right orwrong.Do
you think that the writer has done well in enumerating the cause of student's
failure?The causes put forwarded by the writer are very true and are the common
reasons of the failure ofstudents at college level. The suggestions and solutions
presented by him are also worth considering. Ifparents, college authorities and
teaching faculty keep the mentioned points in view, various cases offailure of
students can be avoided.
4- End of Term (David Datches)
1- What was the Daiches attitude towards the weekends as a schoolchild? Why did
he long for it?The writer says that he was a competent student in his childhood but
school life was a burden forhim because of the tough competition and hard work in
the school. He says getting out of bed earlyin the morning was a painful and terrible

experience. Due to the tiring routine of the whole week, thewriter impatiently
waited for the weekends so that he would be able to take extra sleep in the
morningand as well, would get a break in his exhausting school routine. Therefore,
the last class on Fridayhad a happy flavor for him and Friday night was the best
night of week as there were two solidholidays ahead. Saturday night was still
pleasant for him but the Sunday night was full of threat ofMonday morning.