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PHYSICS
1. The physical quantity having the dimensions  M 1 L3T 3 A2  is

(a) Resistance (b) Resistivity

(c) Electrical conductivity (d) Electromotive force
2. The orbital velocity of a satellite close to the surface of the earth is v. if this satellite
starts orbiting at an altitude of half the earth’s radius, the orbital velocity will be

(a) v (b) v (c) v (d) v

1
3. A force ‘F’ acting on a body depends on its displacement ‘s’ as F  S 3
. The power
delivered by ‘F’ will depend on displacement as

(a) S 2 / 3 (b) S 3/ 2 (c) S1/ 2 (d) S 0

4. A particle is projected from the ground with an initial speed of ‘V’ at an angle  with the
horizontal. Average velocity of the particle between its point of projection and highest
point of the trajectory is
V V V
(a) 1 2 cos2  (b) 1 cos2  (c) 1 3cos2  (d) V cos
2 2 2

5. A block ‘A’ of mass 2 kg rests on another block B of mass 8 kg which rests on a horizontal
floor. The coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.2. While that betweenB and floor
is 0.5. When a horizontal force of 25 N is applied on the block B, the force of friction
between A and B is
(a) zero (b) 3.9 N (c) 5 N (d) 49 N
6. Temperature of the mixture of one mole of He and one mole of Hydrogen is increased
from 00 C to 1000C at constant pressure, the amount of heat delivered will be
(R = 2 cal/mole – K)
(a) 600 cal (b) 1200 cal (c) 1800 cal (d) 3600 cal
242 206
7. The nucleus 94Pu decays to 82Pu by emitting
(a) 9 and 12 particle (b) 9 and 6 particle
(c) 6 and 9 particle (d) 6 and 12 particle
8. In Huygen’s eyepiece, the distance between the two lenses is ‘P’, the effective focal length
is ‘Q’, the focal length of field lens is ‘R’ and focal length of eye lens is ‘S’ then
(a) R > P > Q > S (b) P > Q > R > S (c) Q > R > S > P (d) R > S > P > Q
9. A wire of length L and 3 identical cells of negligible internal resistances are connected in
series. Due to the current, the temperature of the wire is raised by T in a time ‘t’. A
number ‘N’ of similar cells is now connected in series with a wire of the same material
and cross – section but of length 2 L. The temperature of the wire is raised by the same
amount in the same time. The value of N is

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(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9

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200 110 90
10. The binding energy per nucleon for X ,A and B are 7.4 MeV, 8.2 MeV and

8.2 MeV respectively. The energy released in the reaction X 200  A110  B90  energy is
(a) 200 MeV (b) 160 MeV (c) 110 MeV (d) 90 MeV
11. If the momentum of an electron is changed by P , then the de Broglie wavelength
associated with it changes by 0.5%. The possible initial momentum of the electrons will
be
P P
(a) (b) (c) 199 P (d) 400 P
200 199

12. A wire of length 1 m and radius 1 mm is subjected to a load. The extension is ‘x’. The wire
is melted and then drawn into a wire of square cross-section of side 1 mm. The extension
under the same load is
(a)  2 x (b)  x2 (c)  x (d)  / x

13. Electric potential at any point is V  5x  3y  z , then the magnitude of intensity of

electric field is

(a) 3 2 units (b) 4 2 units (c) 5 2 units (d) 7 units

14. For a series L-C-R circuit R  X L  2X C . The impedence of the circuit and phase

difference alternating voltage of the circuit will be

5 5 1 1
(a) R,Tan1 2 (b) 5R,Tan1 2 (c) R,Tan1  (d) 5R,Tan1 
  


   
2 2 2  2 
15. When a light incident on a medium at an angle of incidence ‘i’ and refracted into a
second medium at angle of refraction ‘r’, the graph of sin i and sin r is shown in the figure,
then the critical angle for the two media is

Sin r

Sin i

1  1 
 
(a) sin1 3
 1 
(b) sin1  
 3 
(c) cos1
 1 



(d) tan  
 2 
 3 
16. Three rods A, B and C of the same length and same cross-sectional area are joined in series.
Their thermal conductivities are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 1.5. If the open ends of A and C are at
2000C and 180C respectively, the temperature at the junction of A and B in equilibrium is
(a) 1560C (b) 740C (c) 1160C (d) 1480C
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17. A simple pendulum has a time period T when it is at north pole. Its time period when it is
at equator (R = radius of earth)

 w2R   w2R 
(a) T 1 2g  (b) T 2  2g  (c) T2wg (d) 2

   
18. A wedge of mass 2 m and a cube of mass ‘m’ are shown in figure. Between cube and
wedge there is no friction. The minimum coefficient of friction between wedge and ground
so that wedge does not move is

2m

(a) 0.1 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.5

19. An object of mass 5 kg falls from rest through a vertical distance of 20 m and attains a
velocity of 10 m/s. Then the work done by the resistance of the air on the object is
(g = 10 ms–2)
(a) – 750 J (b) 750 J (c) 1000 J (d) – 1000 J
d
20. Three metal spheres P, Q and R of densities d, and 2d are falling down in a liquid of
2
d r
density with terminal velocities. The radii of the spheres are , r and 2r respectively.
4 2

The ratio of terminal velocities of the spheres P, Q and R is

(a) 1 : 4 : 16 (b) 3 : 1 : 7 (c) 1 : 1 : 1 (d) 3 : 4 : 112
21. A source of sound is moving along a circular orbit of radius 3 m with an angular velocity
of 10 rad/s. A sound detector located far away from the source is executing linear simple
harmonic motion along the line BD with amplitude BC = CD = 6m. The frequency of
5
oscillation of the detector is 
   per sec. The source is at the point A when the detector
 

is at the point B. If the source emits a continuous sound wave of frequency 340 Hz. The
maximum and minimum frequencies recorded by the detector is
[Velocity of sound = 330 m/s]
N

A
B C D
3m
M

(a) 255 Hz, 442 Hz (b) 442 Hz, 255 Hz (c) 295 Hz, 482 Hz (d) 482 Hz, 295 Hz
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22. Arrange the RMS current in ascending order for the following three sources of currents
(I) X 0 sinWt (II) X0 sin wt cos wt (III) X0 sin wt  X0 cos wt

(a) II, I, III (b) I, II, III (c) III, II, I (d) III, I, II
23. The sky wave propagation is suitable for radio waves of frequency
(a) Upto 2 MHz (b) from 2 MHz to 20 MHz
(c) from 2 MHz to 30 MHz (d) above 30 MHz
24. A wire of mass ‘m’; and length ‘ ’ is bent in the from of a quarter circle. The moment of
inertia of this wire about an axis passing through the centre of the quarter circle and
perpendicular to the plane of the quarter circle is approximately
(a) 0.6 ml2 (b) ml2 (c) 0.2 ml2 (d) 0.4 ml2
25. A metal cube of coefficient of linear expansion ‘  ’ is floating in a beaker containing a
liquid of coefficient of volume expansion  . When the temperature is raised T , the
depth upto which the cube is submerged in the liquid remains unchanged. The relation
between  and  is (Ignore the expansion of the beaker)
 
(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)   2
3 2

26. A circular loop of radius ‘r’ carrying a current ‘i’ is held at the centre of another circular
loop of radius R(>> r) carrying a current I. The plane of the smaller loop makes an angle
of 300 with that of the larger loop. If the smaller loop is held fixed in this position by
applying a single force at a point on its periphery, the minimum magnitude of this force
is
  iIr   iIr   iIr   iIr
(a) 0 (b) 0 (c) 0 (d) 0
4R 3R 2R R

27. Two coils have self inductance L1  4mH and L2  1mH respectively. The currents in

the two coils are increased at the same rate. At a certain instant of time both coils are
given the same power. If I1 and I2 are the currents in the two cells at that instant of time
I
respectively, then the value 1 is
I2
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
8 4 2

28. Two chambers one containing ‘ m1 ’ gm of a gas at a pressure P1 and other containing
‘ m2 ’ gm of a gas at a pressure P2 are put in communication with each other. If
temperature remains constant, the common pressure reached will be
P1P2 m1  m2  m1m2 P1  P2  P1 P2 m1 m1 m2 P1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
P2 m1  P1m2 P2 m1  P1m2


Pm Pm
2 1 1 2 Pm Pm
2 1 1 2

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29. A vector a makes 30 and b makes 120 angle with the x-axis. The magnitude of these
vectors are 3 unit and 4 unit respectively. The magnitude of resultant vector is
(a) 3 unit (b) 4 unit (c) 5 unit (d) 1 unit

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30. Match the logic gates in List – I to the output for the given input A and B in List – II
List – I List – II
(A) AND gate (I) A  B
(B) OR gate (II) A B
(C) NAND gate (III) A + B
(D) NOR gate (IV) A B
(a) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II (b) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
(c) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III (d) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
31. Masses each 1 kg are placed at the vertices of an isosceles triangle ABC in which
AC = BC = 5 cm and AB = 8 cm. The distance of centre of mass of the system from the
vertex C is
(a) 2 cm (b) 1 cm (c) 1.5 cm (d) 3 cm
32. An – inelastic ball is dropped from a height of 100 m. Due to the earth, 20% of its energy
is lost. To what height will the ball rise?
(a) 80 m (b) 40 m (c) 60 m (d) 20 m
33. A thermocouple of resistance ‘r’ has cold junction at t. It is in series with a galvanometer
of resistance G. If thermocouple gives an emf of E volt/ 0C. The hot junction temperature
when the galvanometer reads V volt is
(a) t 
VG
(b) t 
EG (c) E G  r  (d) V G  r 
t t
E G  r  V G  r  VG EG

34. The same mass of copper is drawn into two wires 1 mm thick and 2 mm thick. Two
wires are then connected in parallel and current is passed. The heat produced in the wires
is in the ratio
(a) 16 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 16 (d) 1 : 4
35. The lower end of a glass capillary tube is dipped in water. Water rises to a height of
8 cm. The tube is then broken at a height of 6 cm. The height of water column and angle
of contact will be
3  3 1  3
(a) 6 m, sin1  (b) 6 m, cos1  (c) 4 m, sin1  (d) 4 m, cos1 
 4   4   2   4 
       

36. A central fringe of the interference produced by light of wavelength 6000A0 is shifted to
the position of 5th bright fringe by introducing a thin glass plate of refractive index 1.5.
The thickness of the plate will be
(a) 6104 mm (b) 6104 m (c) 6104 cm (d) 6102 m

37. A short magnet produces a deflection of 300 when placed at a certain distance in tan A
position of magnetometer. If another magnet of double the length and thrice the pole
strength is placed at the same distance in tan B position the deflection produced is
(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 1200
38. A variable capacitor is kept connected to a 10V battery. If the capacitance of the
capacitor is changed from 7F to 3F , the change in the energy of the capacitor is

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(a) 2104 J (b) 4104 J (c) 6104 J (d) 8104 J

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39. Assertion (A): With the increase of target voltage, the energy of x-rays can be increased.
Reason (R): The short wavelength limit of continuous X-ray spectrum varies inversely
as the target voltage.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, R is false (d) A is false, R is true
40. The fundamental frequency of a sonometer wire of length ‘ ’ is f0 . A bridge is now

introduced at a distance of  from the centre of the wire    . The number of

beats heard if both sides of the bridge are set into vibration in their fundamental modes
are
 f   
(a) (b) 0 (c) (d)

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