PROFESSORS ACADEMY MIAN CHANNU

Roll Number: _______

Note: Four possible, answers A, B, C and D to each question are given. The choice which you think is correct, fill that
circle in front of that question with Marker or Pen ink. Cutting or filling two or more circles will result in zero mark in that
question.
1. The stationary waves consist of
(A) Crests and troughs (B) Compressions and elongations (C) Nodes and antinodes (D) Reflection and
rarefaction

2. When one mirror of a Michelson Interferometer is moved a distance of 0.5 mm, 2000 fringes are observed. The wave
length of light used is
(A) 5000m (B) 5000 A° (C) 500cm (D) 2000 A°

3. The area between velocity-time graph and the time axis is numerically equal to
(A) Speed of object (B) Distance covered by the object (C) Average velocity of the object (D) Acceleration
of the object

4. The optical fibre is covered for protection by a

(A) Glass. Jacket (B) Plastic Jacket (C) Copper Jacket (D) Aluminum Jacket

5. International Telecommunication Satellite Organization operates at microwave frequencies of

(A) 4,6,8 and 10 Hz (B) 4,6,11 and 14 GHz (C) 4,6,8 and 12 Hz (D) 4,8,1 I and 16 GHz.

6. Which is the process in which temperature of the system remains constant?

(A) Isobaric process (B) Isochoric process (C) Isothermal process (D) Adiabatic process

7. When a body is whirled in a horizontal circle by means of a string, the centripetal force is supplied by
(A) Mass of a body (B) Velocity of a body (C) Tension in the string (D) Centripetal acceleration

8. If the resultant of two vectors each of magnitude F is also of magnitude F, the angle between them will be
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 120°

9. A set of frequencies which are multiples of the fundamental frequency are called
(A) Doppler effect (B) Nodal frequencies (C) Beat frequencies (D) Harmonics

10. The pitch of sound depends upon

(A) Intensity of sound (B) Loudness of sound (C) Wavelength of sound (D) Frequency of sound

11. The lower reading of blood pressure is called

(A) Systolic pressure (B) Diastolic pressure (C) Normal pressure (D) Non-normal pressure

12. When the projectile reaches the highest point of trajectory, the vertical component of velocity becomes
(A) Small (B) Maximum (C) vertical (D) Zero.

13. If a car moves with a uniform speed of 2m / sec. in a circle of radius 0.4 m its angular speed is
(A) 4 rad/sec (B) 5 rad/sec (C) 1.6rad/sec (D) 2.8 rad/sec

14. The value of solar constant is

(A) 1.4kwm-2 (B) 1.0 kwm-2 (C) 4.1 kwm-2 (D) .1 kwm-2

15. The frequency of waves produced in microwave oven is

(A) 1435 Hz (B) 2450MHz (C) 1860MHz (D) 2850 Hz

16. A system does 600 J of work and at the same time has its internal energy increased by 320 J. How much heat has
been supplied?
(A) 280 J (B) 920J (C) 600 J (D) 200 J

17. A light year is the distance, light travels in one year. How many meters are there in one light year?
(A) 9.5 x 105 m (B) 9.5 x 1015m (C) 9.5 x 1015cm (D) 9.5 x 10I5km
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SUBJECTIVE
(SECTION I)
Q.2 Write short answers to any EIGHT (8) questions
a) Write the dimensions of (a) Pressure, (b) Density.
b) How many nanoseconds are in one year?
c) Name several repetitive phenomenon occurring in nature which could serve as reasonable time standard.
d) What do you mean by scientific notation, give an example?
e) Define the terms (a) Unit vector (b) Position vector
f) Can a magnitude of a vector have a negative value?
g) Why do you keep your legs far apart when you have to stand in the aisle of a bumpy riding bus?
h) What is the difference between uniform and variable velocity? Give Si units of velocity and acceleration.
i) Can the velocity of an object reverse the direction when acceleration is constant?
j) Define impulse and show that how it is related to linear momentum.
k) Why is it useful to use a safety helmet?
l) Explain what do you understand by the term viscosity and give its S.I unit.
Q.3 Write short answers to any EIGHT (8) questions
a) Define escape velocity. Write its value.
b) Calculate the work done in kilo joules in lifting a mass of 10 kg (at a steady velocity) through a vertical height of 10 m.
c) State law of conservation of energy.
d) Explain the difference between tangential velocity and angular velocity.
e) Explain how many minimum number of geo-stationary satellites are required for global coverage of T.V. transmission.
f) Why does a diver change his body position before and after diving in the pool?
g) Under what conditions does the addition of two simple harmonic motions produce. a resultant, which is also simple harmonic?
h) Does frequency depend on amplitude for harmonic oscillators?
i) What is meant by phase angle? Does it define angle between maximum displacement and the driving force?
j) How are beats useful in tuning musical instruments?
k) Explain why sound travels faster in warm air than in cold air.
l) How should a sound source move with respect to an observer so that the frequency of its sound does not change?

Q.4 Write short answers to any SIX (6) questions

a) Under what conditions two or more sources of light behave as coherent sources?
b) What is Huygens Principle?
c) Why the Polaroid sunglasses are better than ordinary sunglasses?
d) What is simple microscope? Write down the equation for its magnifying power.
e) Why would it be advantageous to use blue light with a compound microscope?
f) Derive Charles law from kinetic theory of gases.
g) Why does the pressure of a gas in a car tire increase when it is driven through some distance?
h) Specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is greater than specific heat at constant volume. Why?
i) Give an example of a natural process that involves an increase in entropy.
(SECTION II)
Note Attempt any THREE questions.
Question 5
(a) Define scalar product; write down its any four characteristics.
(b) Two blocks of masses 2.0 kg and 0.50 kg are attached at the two ends of a compressed spring. The elastic potential
energy stored in the spring is 10J. Find the velocities of the blocks if the spring delivers its energy to the blocks when
released.
Question 6
(a) Show that work done in gravitational field is independent of path followed.
(b) A body of moment of inertia (I = 0.80 Kgm 2) about a fixed axis rotates with constant angular velocity of 100 rad s-1.
Calculate its angular momentum ‘L’ and torque to sustain this motion.
Question 7
(a) Define and explain interference of sound waves. What are its kinds & conditions?
(b) A block of mass 4.0 kg is dropped from a height of 0.80 m onto a spring of spring constant K = 1960 Nm -1. Find the
maximum distance through which the spring will be compressed.
Question 8
(a) Explain diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
(b) A telescope is made of an objective of focal length 20 cm and an eye piece of 5.0 cm. both convex lenses. Find the
angular magnification.
Question 9
(a) State and derive Bernoulli’s equation for ideal fluid.
(b) A heat engine performs 100 J of work and at the same time rejects 400 J of heat energy to cold reservoir. What is the
efficiency of the engine?