(Do always any five numerical problems related to the chapter)

TASK 1 Physics Class XI

Day 1
1. State triangle law and parallelogram law of vector addition. Find the resultant of two vectors P and Q acting at a
point. Also discuss the various cases.
2. What is a projectile? Show that the path followed by projectile fired from the ground by making an angle 𝜃 is
parabolic in nature. Also find the time of flight and horizontal range and maximum height attain by the projectile.
3. State and prove the principle of conservation of linear momentum.
4. Show that the Newton’s second law of motion is the real law of motion?
Short answer questions

𝐺𝑀 𝑙 2𝑇𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
1. Check the correctness of (i) 𝑣 = √ (ii) 𝑇 = 2𝜋√ (iii)ℎ =
𝑅 𝑔 𝑟𝜌𝑔

2. If the error in the measurement of radius of the sphere is 1% what is the error in the measurement of its
volume?
3. If 𝐶⃗ = 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵
⃗⃗ and C=(𝐴 + 𝐵) to be true what will be the angle between them?
4. Find the magnitude and direction of vectors î + ĵ and î – ĵ.
5. The sum and difference of two vectors are perpendicular to each other. Prove that the vectors are equal in
magnitude.
6. If the scalar product of two vectors is equal to the magnitude of their vector product, find the angle between
them.
7. Explain under what conditions the resultant of two vectors will be equal to either of them.
8. Find the resultant of R in the following figure?

X component Y component
𝐴𝑥 = 𝐴𝑦 = 𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃=
𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃=…………….. ……….
𝐵𝑥 = 𝐵𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃= 𝐵𝑦 = 𝐵𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃=
……………. ………..
𝐶𝑥 = 𝐶𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃= 𝐶𝑦 = 𝐶𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
…………… =………
𝑅𝑥 = 𝑅𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑅𝑦 = 𝑅𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃=
=……………. ………

For the object to be in equilibrium, total force acting on the body should be zero
Hence,
𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵𝑥 + 𝐶𝑥 + 𝑅𝑥 = 0
𝑜𝑟, 𝑅𝑥 = ⋯ … … … ..
Similarly,
𝐴𝑦 + 𝐵𝑦 + 𝐶𝑦 +𝑅𝑦 = 0

Hence, 𝑅𝑦 =
 𝑅 = √𝑅𝑥 2 + 𝑅𝑦 2
…………..
𝑅𝑦
𝐴𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 =
𝑅𝑥
= ……………..

9. A person is moving in an open space. He fallows a path 60 m in eastward and then 100m in 45 o east of
north. Then he follows 150m at 60o west of north and finally. In what direction and what distance should he
travel to reach the same position from where he has started to travel? (Similar to question 8)

Day 2
1. State the laws of friction. Explain how you verify them experimentally?
2. Define angle of friction and angle of repose. Show that the angle of friction is equal to the angle of repose.
3. Define work and energy. Find the expression for the work done by variable force.
4. Define work energy theorem. Also show that the work done on the body is equal to the increase in kinetic energy.
And hence state and prove the conservation of energy for the body falling freely under the gravity.
Short answer questions

1. The velocity of a body is directly proportional to the square of time. Discuss whether the body is moving
with constant velocity or constant acceleration?
2. From a high tower, one ball is dropped from rest and the second ball is simultaneously projected
horizontally. Neglecting air resistance, which ball will reach the ground earlier?
3. A swimmer wants to reach to a point just opposite on the other bank of the river. How should he swim and
why?
4. Raindrops hitting the side windows of a car in motion often leave diagonal streaks. Why?
5. A ball is drop from top of tower o 100m high. After 2 second another ball is thrown vertically downward
with velocity 20m/s. when and where the second ball will overtake the first one?
6. An object is dropped from the top of tower of height 156.8m. After 2 second another object is thrown
vertically upward with the velocity 78.1m/s from the foot of tower, when and where the objects meet?
7. An airplane is flying with velocity 90m/s at angle 23o above the horizontal. When the plane is 114m
above the dog that is sitting on the level ground, a suitcase is dropped out of luggage compartment. How
far from the dog will the suitcase land?
8. A projectile is fired with velocity 300m/s at an angle 30 with the horizontal. How long will it remains in
air? Find the velocity and position of the projectile after 15 second.
9. When a rifle is fired at a distant target, the barrel is not lined up exactly on the target. Why not? Does the
angle of correction on the distance of target?
10. Question: while catching a ball, a cricket player lowers their hand. Why?
11. Second law of motion is strictly applicable to a single point particle then how is it applied to a rigid body
or a system of particles?
12. Why friction is called self-adjusting force?

Day 3
1. Define elastic and inelastic collision. Find the expression for the velocity of bodies after collision. Show that the
two bodies having equal masses when collides in one dimension, they just exchange their velocities.
2. What is centripetal force? Find the expression for the centripetal force.
3. What is conical pendulum? Find the expression for the time period of conical pendulum
4. Find the maximum velocity with which the car can move without slipping in the banked road.
Short answer questions
1. Two bodies of different masses are moving with same velocity which one will have higher kinetic
energy?
2. If a body at rest is broke into two part one is larger than other. Which one will have higher kinetic
energy?
3. Find the power of an engine in kilowatt which pulls the train of mass 600 tons up an incline of 1in 100 at
the rate of 72km/hr. the weight of engine is 200 tons and the resistance due to friction is 50N per tons.
4. A stationary mass explodes in to two parts of mass 4 unit and 40 unit respectively. If the smaller mass has
kinetic energy of 1000J what will be the kinetic energy of larger mass?
5. A block of weight 150 N is pulled to 20 m along a horizontal surface at constant velocity calculate the
work done by the pulling force if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.2 and pulling force makes an angle
of 30degree with the vertical.
6. Explain why a cyclist inclines himself to the vertical while moving round a circular path.
7. A stone of mass 2kg is attached to a string of 5m long and is whirled in a horizontal circle. The string can
stand a maximum tension 150N what is the greatest number of revolution per second made by the string
before breaking string?
8. A mass of 1kg is attached to the lower end of a string 1m long whose upper end is fixed. The mass is
made to rotate in a horizontal circle of radius 60cm. if the circular speed of the mass is constant find the
tension in the string and period of motion
9. In a circus why does a motor cyclist not fall down when he moves on the vertical?
10. In rain a motorcycle may slip on the turning of a road. Why?