PHYSICS

FOR CLASS 11

A COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE AND REFERENCES ON

PHYSICS

PREPARED BY
TARUN KUMAR DEWANGAN

BASED ON
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING
STATE BOARD COUNCIL OF EDUCATION RESEARCH, RAIPUR
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 KERELA BOARD OF STUDIES
JEE MAINS AND ADVANCE AND AIPMT OR VARIOUS ENG.
ENTRANCE EXAM

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 CONTENT

TOPIC NAME PAGE NO.

1.SAMPLE PAPERS 04-

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 SAMPLE PAPERS
PHYSICS
FOR CLASS 11

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS-
1. There are important and examination based questions in
each question paper.
2. There are some questions that are from Kerala CET, CBSE,
SCERT and JEE Section.
3. Students must have to solve all the questions.

CONTENT FOR SAMPLE PAPERS

SAMPLE PAPERS PAGE
NO.
1. SAMPLE PAPER ON ROTATIONAL MOTION
05-08
2. SAMPLE PAPER ON GRAVITATION
09-1

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER
ON ROTATIONAL MOTION

DERIVATION BASED QUESTION

1. Prove the theorem of Parallel axis with the help of diagram?
2. Prove the theorem of Perpendicular axis?
3. Derive an expression for velocity of any rotating body at the initial point of inclination
towards up? And also derive the time period.
4. Show that the moment of inertia of a ring is MR2.
5. Derive the moment of inertia of a rod, rotating along its end.
6. Express momentum of body in terms of Ek and mass of the object. {hint: p=(2mEk)1/2 in
linear motion.}
7. Derive the moment of inertia of a disc.
NUMERICAL BASED QUESTION
1. Difference between carbon and oxygen atom in carbon monoxide is 1.1. Given mass of
carbon is 12 a.m. and that of oxygen is 16 a.m.u. Calculate the position of centre of mass.
2. Four particles of masses m,2m,3m,4m are arranged at four corners of the parallelogram
with each side equal to an and one of the adjacent sides is 600. the parallelogram lies in x-y
plane with mass m at its origin and 4m on the x axis. Where will be the Centre of mass
located.
3. From a circular disc of radius R and mass 9M, a small disc of radius R/3 removed from the
disc. What will be the moment of Inertia of remaining disc about an axis perpendicular to
the plane of disc and passing through O.

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 R 2 R/3
O

Fig. for Qu.3

1. A metal stick is held vertically with one end on the floor and then allowed to fall. If the end
touching the floor is not allowed to slip, the other end will hit the ground with velocity?
(g=9.8)

2. A thin wire of length L and uniform linear mass density is bent into circular loop with
centre at O. Moment of inertia of loop about XX is?
X X

90O

Fig. for Qu.2

3. Two rods of mass M and length L are joined at the centre to form cross. The moment of
inertia of this cross about an axis passing through common centre of rods and
perpendicular to plane formed by them, is?
4. According to the fig. given below, two wheel A and B, are joint by a belt. Radius of B is 3
times the radius of A. Then find the ratio of IA: IB
5. If the Kinetic Energy of rotation is increased by 300% then what percentage of change
occurs in angular momentum. Does it increase or decreases?
6. A solid cylinder goes up to an inclined plane with velocity 10 m/sec at its lowest point O of
inclination. Then how far does it move on the inclined plane and how longer it will take to
go up and then come down? (g=9.8)
B

v= 10 m/sec

O A
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7. A binary star consists of two star A (2.2 Ms) and B(11MS) where Ms is the mass of sun.
They are separated by distance d and are rotating about their centre of mass which is
stationary. The ratio of total angular momentum of binary Star A to B will be?
8. A gramophone record of mass M and radius R is rotating at its angular velocity . A win of
mass M is gently placed on record at the distance R/2 from its centre. Then what will be
the new angular velocity of system?
9. State and explain the theorem of parallel axis. The moment of inertia of a uniform solid
cylinder about its Centre of mass. What will be the Moment of inertia about the tangent?
10. Define the centre of mass of a rigid body. Four particle of mass 1,2,3.4 kg are placed at four
vertices of the squares of side 1m. Find the position of moment of inertia of the system of
particle?
11. A rope of negligible mass is wound around a hollow cylinder of mass 3 Kg and radius 40cm.
What is the angular acceleration of the hollow cylinder if rope is pulled with a force of
30N? What is the linear acceleration of rope?
12. A solid disc and a ring both of radius 10 are placed on horizontal table simultaneously,
with initial angular speed equal to 10 rad-1. Which of these two will start roll earlier. If the
coefficient of Kinetic friction K =0.2.
13. A body rotates about a fixed axis with an angular acceleration of one
radian/second/second. Through what angle does it rotate during the time in which its
angular velocity increases from 5 rad/s to 15 rad/s.
14. A sphere of mass M and radius r shown in figure slips on a rough horizontal plane. At some
instant it has translational velocity and rotational velocity /2r about the Centre. Find
the translational velocity after the sphere starts pure rolling.
= /2r

F
Fig. for Qu.14.
15. A force F acts tangentially at the highest point of a sphere of mass m kept on a rough
horizontal plane. If the sphere rolls without slipping, find the acceleration of the centre of
the sphere.
16. Two masses M and m are connected by a light string going over a pulley of radius r. The
pulley is free to rotate about its axis which is kept horizontal. The moment of inertia of the
pulley about the axis is I. The system is released from rest. Find the angular momentum of
the system when the mass M has descended through a height h. The string does not slip
over the pulley.
17. A uniform rod of mass M and length a lies on a smooth horizontal plane. A particle of mass
m moving at a speed v perpendicular to the length of the rod strikes it at a distance a/4
from the centre and stops after the collision. Find (a) the velocity of the centre of the rod
and (b) the angular velocity of the rod about its centre just after the collision.
18. A cylinder of mass m is suspended through two strings wrapped around it as shown in
figure (10-W19). Find (a) the tension T in the string and (b) the speed of the cylinder as it
falls through a distance h.
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 T T

mg
Fig. for Qu.18.
19. A flywheel of moment of inertia 5.0 kg-m2 is rotated at a speed of 60 rad/s. Because of the
friction at the axle, it comes to rest in 5.0 minutes. Find (a) the average torque of the
friction, (b) the total work done by the friction and (c) the angular momentum of the wheel
1 minute before it stops rotating.
20. A uniform ladder of length 10'0 m and mass 16.0 kg is resting against a vertical wall
making an angle of 37 with it. The vertical wall is frictionless but the ground is rough. An
electrician weighing 60.0 kg climbs up the ladder. If he stays on the ladder at a point 8.00
m from the lower end, what will be the normal force and the force of friction on the ladder
by the ground? What should be the minimum coefficient of friction for the electrician to
work safely?

THEORY AND CONCEPT BASED QUESTION

21. A. If the diameter of the earth becomes half then one day will have how many hours?
B. How will you identify a normal egg and a boiled egg by its rotation?
C. what will be the velocity of point at rotary axis in rotational motion?
22. A rectangular brick is kept on a table with a part of its length projecting out. It remains
at rest if the length projected is slightly less than half the total length but it falls down if the
length projected is slightly more than half the total length. Give reason.
23. A. If a thin wheel is to be rolled with higher velocity, it will remain straight longer, but if it
is a rest it will fall down within a little obstacle. Explain why?
B. Define torque with an example.
C. Define angular momentum.
24. A. Sun completes its Circumambulation in 27 days along its own axis. If the size of sun
becomes twice then what will be its orbital time to complete its Circumambulation.
Consider sun as to be of constant density.
B. What is the physical significance of the moment of inertia?
25. A. Differentiate between moment of inertia and actual mass of an object.
B. state the theorem of parallel axis and perpendicular axis.
C. Define centre of mass with the help of diagram.
26. A. Define relation between torque and momentum in rotational motion.
B. Define gravitational potential energy.
C. What are the factors that is required to rotate a body?

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
1. Derive an expression for acceleration of a rotating body at an initial point of an inclined
plane. What will be the linear acceleration in this case?
2. Derive the moment of inertia of a rod.
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3. Explain the Kinetic Energy of rotation EK.
4. Define angular momentum geometrically.

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

ON GRAVITATION

DERIVATION BASED QUESTION

1. Derive an equation for variation of g with depth of the earth surface.
2. Derive an equation for variation of g with the height of the earth surface.
3. Derive Equation for gravitational potential energy.
4. What are the cause of variation for the value of g on the surface of the earth? And also derive
the equation for these cases.
5. Derive the equation for satellites orbital velocity and time period for its motion.
6. Prove the Keplers third law and also write its statement.
7. Derive the equation for escape velocity.
8. Derive a relation between orbital and escape velocity.

NUMERICAL BASED QUESTION

1. What should be the angular velocity of the earth so that an object placed on the equator of the
earth have Zero weight.
2. Two-point mass A and B having mass in ration of 4 : 3 are separated by a distance of 1 m. When
another point mass c of mass M is placed in between A and B the force A and B are 1/3rd of
force between band C, then the distance C from A is __metre.

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3. If the gravitational force between two objects were proportional to 1/R where R is separation
between them, then a particle in circular orbit under such a force would have its orbital speed
proportional to?
4. Two particles of masses 1.0 kg and 2.0 kg are placed at a separation of 50 cm. Assuming that
the only forces acting on the particles are their mutual gravitation, find the initial accelerations
of the two particles.
5. A particle of mass M is placed at the centre of a uniform spherical shell of equal mass and
radius a. Find the gravitational potential at a point P at a distance a/2 from the centre.
6. Three particles A, B and C, each of mass m, are placed in a line with AB = BC = d. Find the
gravitational force on a fourth particle P of same mass, placed at a distance d from the particle
B on the perpendicular bisector of the line AC.
7. A thin spherical shell having uniform density is cut in two parts by a plane and kept separated
as shown in figure. The point A is the centre of the plane section of the first part and B is the
centre of the plane section of the second part. Show that the gravitational field at A due to the
first part is equal in magnitude to the gravitational field at B due to the second part.

fig. Qu.7
8. Two small bodies of masses 2.00 kg and 4.00 kg are kept at rest at a separation of 2.0 m. Where
should a particle of mass 0.10 kg be placed to experience no net gravitational force from these
bodies? The particle is placed at this point. What is the gravitational potential energy of the
system of three particles with usual reference level?
9. A solid sphere of mass m and radius r is placed inside a hollow thin spherical shell of mass M
and radius R as shown in figure. A particle of mass m' is placed on the line joining the two
centres at a distance x from the point of contact of the sphere and the shell. Find the
magnitude of the resultant gravitational force on this particle due to the sphere and the shell if
(a) r < x < 2r, (b) 2r < x < 2R and (c) x > 2R.

fig. Qu.9

10. A star like the sun has several bodies moving around it at different distances. Consider that all
of them are moving in circular orbits. Let r be the distance of the body from the centre of the
star and let its linear velocity be v, angular velocity w, kinetic energy K, gravitational potential
energy U, total energy E and angular momentum l. As the radius r of the orbit increases,
determine which of the above quantities increase and which ones decrease.
11. Six point masses of mass m each are at the vertices of a regular hexagon of side l. Calculate the
force on any of the masses.
12. A satellite is in an elliptic orbit around the earth with aphelion of 6R and perihelion of 2 R
where R= 6400 km is the radius of the earth. Find eccentricity of the orbit. Find the velocity of
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 the satellite at apogee and perigee. What should be done if this satellite has to be transferred
to a circular orbit of radius 6R?
13. A mass m is placed at P a distance h along the normal through the centre O of a thin circular
ring of mass M and radius r. If the mass is removed further away such that OP becomes 2h, by
what factor the force of gravitation will decrease, if h = r?

r
P
O h m

fig.Qu.13.
14. Find the height over the earth's surface at which the weight of a body becomes half of its value
at the surface.
THEORY AND CONCEPT BASED QUESTION
1. Define escape velocity and what is its magnitude for earths gravity.
2. Define laws of Universal Gravitation.
3. Difference between G and g.
4. Define the launching of a satellite with the help of a diagram.
5. What are geostationary and polar satellite.
6. A solar system consists of spaceship stationed on mars. Find: -
A. Total energy of the spaceship.
B. The value of energy must be given to spaceship in order to pull it out of the solar system?
GRAPH BASED QUESTION
1. Draw a graph to show motion of a planet moving around the sun.
2. The curve of P.E (U) K.E(Ek) at two particle system. At what point the system will be bound.
Ek

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A B C D

3. Draw graph for a body freely falling under the effect of gravity.
4. The gravitational force between a hollow spherical shell (of radius R and uniform density) and a
point mass is F. Show the nature of F vs r graph where r is the distance of the point from the
centre of the hollow spherical shell of uniform density.
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5. Show the nature of the following graph for a satellite orbiting the earth.
A. KE vs orbital radius R
B. PE vs orbital radius R
C. TE vs orbital radius R.

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