First Edition: December, 2023

STUDENT PRACTICE AND REVISION QUESTIONS

Incorporating Cognitive Domains of CD 2020
DSPGS Faculty & Team CAD

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 A Note to Students
Dear Students,

Your journey of learning is an exciting and enriching phenomenon. Hope you are enjoying it! Learning
and assessment are not just the two sides of a coin, but are the integral component of achieving desired
performance. With an aim to prepare you well for examination, we are introducing Student Practice and
Revision Questions (SPARQ).

What is SPARQ?
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How SPARQ will benefit you?

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How to use SPARQ?

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Wish you happy practising!

~Principal

SPARQ 2023
 Blueprint of Questions Types

GRADES: 6 - 9 & 11
Cognitive Domains Type of Questions No. of Questions on each Topic
Knowledge & Concepts MCQs upto 5 questions
(refers to theories & infor-
mation which the students
Very Short/Short Answer
learn in the class mainly upto 5 questions
through reading, listening, Questions
writing & experiencing)

Skills & Competencies MCQs upto 5 - 6 questions

(refers to potential that Short Answer Questions (SAQ) upto 5 - 6 questions
enables students to use/
apply knowledge effective- Long Answer Questions (LAQ) upto 5 - 6 questions
ly in doing a task)

Problem Solving
(refers to potential that
enables students to use/
apply knowledge & skill in Long Answer Questions (LAQ) upto 5 - 10 questions
identifying and analyzing
a problem and solving it
creatively)

Cognitive Domains (CD 2020) Weightages (CD 2020)

Knowledge and Concepts 45%
Skills and Competencies 35%
Problem Solving Skills 20%

SPARQ 2023
 Variation of acceleration due to gravity
Knowledge and Concept

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to recall the units of universal gravitational
constant and acceleration due to gravity.

Q1. If G is universal gravitational constant and g is acceleration due to gravity, then the unit of the quantity G/g is
(a) kg m2
(b) kg m-1
(c) kg m-2
(d) m2 kg -1

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to list the factors affecting acceleration due
to gravity.

Q2. Which of the following statement is correct?

(A) Acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the earth.
(B) Acceleration due to gravity increases with increasing depth.
(Assume the earth to be a sphere of uniform density).
(C) Acceleration due to gravity increases with increasing altitude.
(D) Acceleration due to gravity decreases with increasing altitude.

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to establish a relation between acceleration

due to gravity with respect to altitude and depth.

Q3. The change in the value of g at a height above the surface of the earth is the same at a depth d below the
surface of the earth. When both 'd' and 'h' are much smaller than the radius of the earth, then which one of the
following is correct?
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(A) d = "
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(B) d = $
(C) d = 2h
(D) d = h

Skills and competencies

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply the principle of gravity to scenarios
involving artificial satellites

Q4. What is the weight of a body inside an artificial satellite of earth?

(a) It depends on the mass of the body.
(b) It depends on the velocity of satellite
(c) Product of its mass and gravitational acceleration
(d) Zero

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply mathematical formula of

acceleration due to gravity with depth to solve the problem.

Q5. A man weighs 60 N at earth’s surface. At what depth below the earth’s surface weight becomes 30 N? Given
radius of earth is 6400 km.
(A) 4000 km
(B) 3000 km
(C) 2000 km
(D) 3200 km

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply mathematical formula of

acceleration due to gravity with altitude to solve the problem.

Q6. The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B. A man jumps to a
height of 2 m on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on the planet B?
(a) (2/9) m
(b) 18 m
(c) 6 m
(d) (2/3) m

Knowledge and concepts

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to demonstrate knowledge of gravitational
acceleration and how it varies with distance from the earth's center.

Q7. The weight of a body is less inside the earth than on the surface. Why?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to relate acceleration due to gravity with
altitude that the value of 'g' decreases with height.

Q8. Why does a tennis ball bounce higher on a hill than on plains?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to compare the weight of an object on

different planets.

Q9. Imagine a spacecraft going from earth to the moon. How does its weight vary as it goes from the earth to the moon?

Skills and competencies

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to analyze the given scenario and apply the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q10. A simple pendulum is mounted inside a spacecraft. What should be its time period of vibration?
 Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to analyze the given scenario and apply the
concept of free fall to solve the problem.

Q11. Two bodies of masses M and m (M > m) are allowed to fall freely from the same height. If air resistance for each body
is same, which one will reach the ground first?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to derive the formula for acceleration due to
gravity at a depth 'd' and at the center of the earth.

Q12. Derive an expression for g at a depth d from the surface of the earth. Consider the earth as a sphere of uniform mass
density. What happens to g at the center of the earth?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply the relevant formula to solve the
given problem.

Q13. How much below the surface of the earth does the acceleration due to gravity become 70% of its value on the surface
of the earth. (Radius of the earth = 6400 Km)

Gravitational Potential and Potential Energy

Knowledge and concepts
Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to calculate the gravitational potential
energy.
Q1. What is the value of the Gravitational potential energy at Infinity?
(A) Zero
(B) Infinity
(C) One
(D) None of the above

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply mathematical formula of

gravitational potential energy to solve the problem.

Q2. Two satellites of earth A and B each of mass m, are launched into circular orbits about earth’s centre. Satellite A has its
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orbit at an altitude of 6400 km and B at 19200 km. The ratio of their potential energies !! is
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(A) 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 2
(C) 2 : 1
(D) 3 : 1
 Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to derive the formula for gravitational
potential at the center of the earth.

Q3. If V is gravitational potential on the surface of the earth, then what is its value at the center of the earth?
(A) 2V
(B) 3 V
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(C) V
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(D) # V

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply the formula of gravitational

potential for the shell to solve the problem.

Q4. A particle of mass M is situated at the centre of a spherical shell of same mass and radius a. The gravitational potential at
a point situated at a/2 distance from the centre, will be
"#$%
(A)
&

"'$%
(B) &

"$%
(C) &

"($%
(D) &

Knowledge and Concepts

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to demonstrate their knowledge to tell that
how to connect gravitational potential difference with work done.

Q5. What is the amount of work done in bringing a mass from the surface of the earth on one side to a point diametrically
opposite on the other side?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to relate gravitational potential and

gravitational potential energy.

Q6. What is the relation between gravitational potential and gravitational potential energy at a point?

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to comprehend the statement and apply the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q7. At a point above the surface of earth, the gravitational potential is -5.36 × 107 J/Kg and the acceleration due to gravity is
6.4 m/s2. Assuming the mean radius of the earth to be 6400 Km, calculate the height of the point above the earth's surface.

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to draw the diagram for the given
condition and calculate the potential energy.
Q8. Calculate the potential energy of a system of four particles placed at the vertices of a square of side 'L'. Also obtain the
potential at the center of the square.

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to comprehend the statement and apply the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q9. Two bodies of masses m and 4m are placed at a distance r. The gravitational field is zero at a point on the line joining
the two charges. What will be the gravitational potential at this point?

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to derive the formula for gravitational
potential energy and establish a relation between gravitational potential energy and
gravitational potential.

Q10. Derive the general expression for gravitational potential energy of an object near the surface of the earth. What is the
maximum value of potential energy that can be possessed by an heavenly body? What is the relation between gravitational
potential energy and gravitational potential?

Orbital Velocity and Escape velocity

Knowledge and Concept
Assessment Objective: Learner's will be assessed to tell the factors on which escape velocity
of an object depends upon.

Q1. The escape velocity from the earth for a body of 20 g is 11.2 km/s. What will be its value for a body of mass 100 g?
(A) 1.12 km/s
(B) 112 km/s
(C) 11.2 km/s
(D) 0.112 km/s

Assessment Objective: Learner's will be assessed to recall the dependency of orbital velocity
on mass.

Q2. Orbital velocity of an object of mass 'm' is proportional to

(A) m0
(B) m
(C) m2
(D) 1/m

Assessment Objective: Learner's will be assessed to compare the orbital velocity of different
planets.

Q3. The orbital speed of Jupiter, is

(A) equal to the orbital speed of earth.
(B) greater than the orbital speed of earth.
(C) proportional to the distance from the earth.
(D) less than the orbital speed of earth
 Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: Learner will be assessed to apply equations of motion for a freely
falling body to solve the problem.

Q4. A body is released from a height equal to the radius R of earth. The velocity of the body with which it strikes the earth is
(a) !𝑔𝑅
(b) 2!𝑔𝑅
(c) !2𝑔𝑅
(d) 2!2𝑔𝑅

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to apply the formulas to compare the escape
velocity for two planets.

Q5. The escape velocity from the earth is about 11 km per second. The escape velocity from a planet having twice the radius
and the same mean density as the earth is :
(a) 22 km/s
(b) 11 km/s
(c) 5.5 km/s
(d) 15.5 km/s

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: Learners will be assessed to comprehend the statement and apply the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q6. A body lying on the surface of the planet Venus has gravitational potential energy equal to -7.5 × 106 J. How much
energy will be required for the body to escape from the planet?

Q7. A projectile projected upwards from the surface of the earth with a K.E. equal to half the minimum value needed for it to
escape. To which height does it rise above the surface of the earth?

Q8. Find the mass of a planet whose escape velocity is 104 m/s and radius is 2 × 105m.

Q9. To leave the moon, the Apollo astronauts had to take off in the lunar module, and reach the escape velocity of
the moon. The radius of the moon is 1.74x106 m, and the mass of the moon is 7.35x10²² kg. What velocity did Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in the lunar module have to reach to leave the moon?

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to derive the formula for escape velocity and use
the concept of escape velocity to explain that why there is no atmosphere on moon.

Q10. What is escape velocity? Obtain an expression for the escape velocity on earth. Why is it that there is no
atmosphere on the moon? explain.
 Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to derive the formula for orbital velocity and
establish the relation between escape velocity and orbital velocity.

Q9. Define orbital velocity. Derive an expression for orbital velocity for a satellite revolving very close to the
surface of the earth. What is the relation between escape velocity and orbital velocity?

Kepler's laws of planetary motion and geostationary satellite

Knowledge and Concept

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to describe the characteristics of geostationary

satellites.

Q1. A synchronous satellite reflects TV signals and transmits TV program from one part of the world to the other
because its
(A) mass is less than the mass of earth
(B) time period of revolution is greater than the time period of rotation of the earth about its axis
(C) time period of revolution is less than the time period of rotation of the earth about its axis
(D) time period of revolution is equal to the time period of rotation of the earth about its axis

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to list the factors on which the motion of a
satellite depends upon.

Q2. A satellite is orbiting a planet at a certain height in a circular orbit. If the mass of planet is suddenly reduced to half , the
satellite would :
(a) continue to revolve around the planet at the same speed
(b) falls freely on the planet
(c) orbit the planet at the lesser speed
(d) escape from the planet

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to comprehend the statement and use the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q3. An astronaut orbiting the earth in a circular orbit 120 km above the surface of earth, gently drops a spoon out of the
spaceship. The spoon will :
(a) fall vertically down to the earth
(b) move towards the moon
(c) will move along with the space ship
(d) will move in an irregular way and then fall down to earth 29.

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to relate the gravitational force and distance of
the planet from the sun.
Q4. The figure shows elliptical orbit of a planet 'm' about the sun 'S'. The shaded area SCD is twice the shaded area SAB.
If t1 is the time for the planet to move from C to D and t2 is the time to move from A to B then

(a) t 1 = 4t 2
(b) t1 = 2t2
(c) t1 = t2
(d) t1 > t2

Knowledge and Concept

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to relate the concept of weightlessness with the
problems faced by astronauts in spacecrafts.

Q5. Which of the following symptoms is likely to afflict an astronaut in space

(a) headache (b) orientational problem.

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to write the law which validate the given
statement.

Q6. According to Kepler's second law the radius vector to a planet from the sun seeps out equal areas in
equal interval of time. The law is a consequence of which conservation law?

Skills and Competencies

Assessment Objective: You will be assessed to comprehend the statement and use the
relevant formula to solve the problem.

Q7. The time period of the satellite of earth is 5 hours. If the separation between the earth and the satellite
is increased to four times the previous value, then what will be the new time period of the satellite?

Q8. A geostationary satellite orbits the earth at a height of nearly 36,000 km from the surface of the earth.
What is the potential due to earth's gravity at the site of this satellite? (Take the potential energy at infinity
to be zero). Mass of the earth = 6400 km