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XI Physics Ch.# 1+6

19-01-2016 12 10 minutes

Q:1 Encircle the best options. 12

i) The uncertainty in measurement of radius of sphere is 1%. The uncertainty in the calculated value of its surface area is:
(a) 1% (b) 2% (c) 3% (d) 4%
ii) Smaller the least count of the instrument more is the measurement:
(a) accurate (b) precise (c) accurate and precise (d) none of these
iii) Three students measured length of a needle with meter rod and recorded as : (i) 0.2145m (ii) 0.21m (iii) 0.214m
Which one is correct record?
(a) only (i) (b) only (ii) (c) only (iii) (d) both (i) and (ii)
iv) Which of the following reading is more precise?
(a) 2173 s (b) 213.7 s (c) 21.37 s (d) 2.137 s
v) How many main frontiers of fundamental science?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
vi) Which equation is not dimensionally correct?
(a) E=mc2 (b) vf = vi + at (c) S = vt2 (d) S = ½ at2
vii) Two fog droplets have radius 2:3 their terminal velocities are
(a) 4: 6 (b) 4: 9 (c) 2: 9 (d) 4:3
viii) Laminar flow usually occurs at speeds.
(a) low (b) high (c) very high (d) some time high and some time low
ix) The effect of the decrease in pressure with the increase of the speed of fluid in a horizontal pipe is known as:
(a) Bernoulli’s effect (b) Torricelli effect (c) Venturi effect (d) Stokes effect
x) When fluid is incompressible then:
(a) velocity of the fluid is constant (b) flow of the fluid is straight line
(c) density of the fluid is constant (d) volume of the fluid is constant
xi) Concentration of red cells in blood is about:
(a) 25% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 75%
xii) A 4 m tall cylinder is full of water, has four identical small holes at height 1.8m, 1.2m, 0.6m and 0.2m. The
speed of efflux is maximum from the hole of height:
(a) 1.2 m (b) 0.6 m (c) 1.8 m (d) 0.2 m

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Q:2. Write the short answers of the following questions. 2x10=20

i) Write down the four conventions for indicating units.
ii) Define precision and accuracy.
iii) Define random and systematic error. How they can be reduced?
iv) Does a dimensional analysis gives any information on constant of proportionality that may
appear in an algebraic expression? Explain
v) Show that the famous “Einstein equation” E = mc2 is dimensionally consistent.
vi) Why fog droplet appears to be suspended in air?
vii) When water falls from a tap, its cross-sectional area decreases as it comes down. Why?
viii) A spherical body is dropped in two different fluids, its terminal velocity is found to be different. Give the reasons.
ix) Show that for a fluid where the speed is high the pressure will be low.
x) A person is standing near a fast moving train. Is there any danger that he will fall towards it?

Q:3 (a). Define terminal velocity and also show that vt r2. 05
(b). Suppose, we are told that the acceleration of a particle moving in a circle of radius
“r” with uniform speed “v” is proportional to some power of “r”, say “rn ”, and some
power of “v”, say “vm ”, determine the powers of “r” and “v”? 03