WORK SHEET-FULL SYLLABUS-MAINS-21

PHYSICS MAX.MARKS: 100

SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its answer,
out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.
1. In a Vernier calliper N divisions of Vernier scale coincides with (N -1) divisions of main
scale (in which length of One division is 1mm) The least count of the instrument should
be (in cm)

A) N B) N-1 C) 1/10 N D) 1/N-1

2. An ideal gas is expanded adiabatically. The adiabatic exponent of gas   4 3 . How

many times the volume of gas needs to be increased to make root mean square speed of
the gas half of its initial value?

A) 4 B) 2 C) 64 D) 16

3. Two identical lenses made of the same material of refractive index 1.5 have the focal
length 12cm. These Lenses are kept in contact and immersed in a liquid of refractive
index 1.35 The combination behaves as
A) converging lens of focal length 27 cm
B) converging lens of focal length 6 cm
C) converging lens of focal length 9 cm
D) converging lens of focal length 12 cm
4. Consider a quarter circular conducting ring of large radius r with its centre at the origin,

where a magnetic dipole of moment m is placed as shown in the figure. If the ring
rotates at constant angular velocity  about the y  axis, electromotive force induced
between its ends is

A) Zero B) o m /  2 r  C) o m /  4 r  D) o m /  8 r 
5. The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and length of its sides. If the
maximum error in the measurement of mass and length are 4% and 3% respectively, the
maximum error in the measurement of density will be

A) 7% B) 9% C) 12% D) 13%

6. With what velocity should a particle be projected from the surface of earth so that it’s
height becomes equal to radius of earth
1 1 1 1

A) 
GM  2
B) 
8GM  2
C) 
2GM  2
D) 
4GM  2
   
 R   R   R   R 

7. If a dipole of dipole moment 

pi is placed at point  0, y  and a point charge at origin of a

coordinate system. Net electric field at point  x, x  y  vanishes. If x and y both are
positive, the coordinate y is equal to

A) x B) 2x C) 2.5x D) 3x
8. A series R-C circuit is connected to an alternating voltage source. Consider two
situations:

a) When capacitor is air filled.

b) when capacitor is mica filled.

Current through resistor is I and voltage across capacitor is V then:
A) Va  Vb B) ia  ib C) Va  Vb D) Va  Vb
9. Figure below shows two paths that may be taken by a gas to go from a state A to a state
C. In process AB, 400 J of heat is added to the system and in process BC, 100 J of heat is
added to the system. The heat absorbed by the system in the process AC will be

A) 500 J B) 460 J C) 300 J D) 380 J

10. Two magnets of magnetic moments M and 2M are placed together in a vibration
magnetometer with identical poles in the same direction. The time period of vibration is
T1 . if the magnets are placed with opposite poles together and vibrate with time period
T2 , then

A) T2 is infinite B) T2  T1 C) T2  T1 D) T2  T1
11. In an electromagnetic wave in free space the root mean square value of the electric field
is Erms  6V / m The peak value of the magnetic field is:
A) 2.83  108 T B) 0.70  108 T C) 4.23  108 T D) 1.41 10 8 T
12. A spherical shell of 1 kg mass and radius R is rolling with angular speed ω on horizontal
plane (as shown in figure). The magnitude of angular momentum of the shell about the
a 2
origin O is R  . The value of a will be
3

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 4
13. A metallic surface is illuminated with radiation of wave length  . The stopping
potential is V0 . If the same surface is illuminated with radiation of wave length 2 . The
V0
stopping potential becomes . The threshold wave length for this metallic surface will
6
be .
 5 3
A) B) C)  D)
4 2 2
14. Hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to another state with principle quantum
number equal to 4. Then the number of spectral lines in the emission spectra will be.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6
15. Identify the logic operation carried out by circuit as shown

A) OR B) AND C) NOR D) NAND

16. In a meter bridge experiment, S is a standard resistance and R is a resistance wire. It is
found that, balancing length is l  25 cm . If R is replaced by a wire of half length and
half diameter that of R of same material, then find the balancing distance l '

A) 20 cm B) 30 cm C) 40 cm D) 50 cm

17. The internal radius of a 1 m long resonance tube is measured as 3.0 cm. A tuning fork
of frequency 2000 Hz is used. The first resonating length is measured as 4.6 cm and the
second resonating length is measured as 14.0 cm. Speed of sound in air is (m/s)

A) 175 B) 276 C) 376 D) 425

18. A cubical block of side 2 m having mass 20 kg slides with constant velocity of 10 ms-1
on an inclined plane lubricated with the oil of viscosity   101 poise. Taking g  10 ms 2 ,
calculate the thickness of layer of liquid

A) 4 mm B) 2 cm C) 5 cm D) 6 mm
19. Two men of masses 40 kg and 20 kg are standing on a boat of mass 100 kg. Length of
boat is 20 m. Neglect the friction between water and boat. Find the displacement of the
boat when both person reach at middle of boat.

5 5
A) m , towards right B) m , towards left
4 4

5 5
C) m D) m , towards left
8 8
20. Consider a series combination of resistance R, an inductance L, and a capacitance C
undergoing electromagnetic oscillations. During a certain period, amplitude of current
through the resistance drops from I to 0.5 I What is the amount of heat dissipated by the
resistance in this period?

A) 0.375LI 2 B) 0.375I 2CR 2

C) 0.375I 2  L  CR 2  D) 0.375 LI 2  0.75 I 2CR 2

SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the Answer in the
decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10 questions and question will be
evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.
21. A projectile is thrown from point (P) along the inclined plane with certain velocity u.
Find the value of angle  (in deg), so that range of projectile is maximum along the
inclined plane, is

22. The difference in height of liquid columns in two limbs of a manometer is 200 mm
when a fluid of density. 1.8kg/L is used. The height difference in columns for same
10 X
pressure difference if another liquid used has Density of 13500kg/ m3 is mm. Find
3
the value of x
3 1

23. A body of mass 0.5kg travels in a straight line with velocity V  ax 2 where a  5m 2 sec1 .
What is the work done by the net force during its displacement from x  0 to x  2m ?

24. A(100 W, 200 V) bulb is connected to a 160V power supply. Find the power
consumption

25. Consider a car moving along a straight horizontal road with a speed of 72 km/h. If the
coefficient of static friction between road and tyres is 0.5, the shortest distance in which
the car can be stopped is _____(in meter)
26. If the ratio of diameters, lengths and young’s modulus of steel and copper wires shown
in the figure are p,q and s respectively, then the corresponding ratio of increase in their
Mq
lengths would be then find value of M  N
Nsp 2

27. In a diffraction pattern due to single slit of width ‘a’ the first minimum is observed at an
0
angle 300 when light of wavelength 5000 A is incident on the slit. The first secondary
 x
maximum is observed at an angle of sin 1   then find the value of x  y is :
y 

28. A long solenoid of diameter 0.1 m has 2 104 turns per meter. At the centre of the
solenoid, a coil of 100 turns and radius 0.01 m is placed with its axis coinciding with the
solenoid axis. The current in the solenoid reduces at a constant rate to 0A from 4 A in
0.05 s . If the resistance of the coil is 10 2  . Find the total charge flowing through the

coil during this time is  in  c 

29. A cannon shell moving along a straight line bursts into two parts. Just after the burst one
part moves with momentum 40 Ns making an angle 300 with the original line of motion.
The minimum momentum of the other part of shell just after the burst (in Ns)
30. A square plate of edge a/2 is cut out from a uniform square plate of edge ‘a’ as shown in
figure. The mass of the remaining portion is M. The moment of inertia of the shaded
portion about an axis passing through ‘O’ (centre of the square of side a) and
pMa 2
perpendicular to plane of the plate is then find the value of q  p
q
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KEY SHEET
PHYSICS
1 C 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 D
6 A 7 B 8 A 9 B 10 C
11 A 12 C 13 B 14 D 15 B
16 C 17 C 18 A 19 B 20 C
21 30 22 8 23 50 24 64 25 40
26 12 27 7 28 32 29 20 30 13
 SOLUTIONS
PHYSICS
1. Least count =1 MSD-1 VSD
 N 1 
=MSD    MSD
 N 
 N 1 
 NVSD   N  1 MSD 1 VSD  MSD 
 N 
1 1 1 1
 MSD   cm 
N N 10 10 N
2. Vrms T
Vrms T
2
Tf V  1
   rms  
Ti  Vrms  4
 1
Now TV  C
1
Vf  T   1
  i 
Ti  T f 
V f  Vi  4   64Vi


1 2    1
3. 
f R
1 2 1.5  1 1
 
12 R R
1 2    1

f R
R=12 cm
1 2[  r  1]

fw R

f w  54
1 2
  f eq  27 cm
f eq 54
4.

Only radial component of magnetic field will be responsible for drifting of electrons.
 de  Br vdl  Br r sin  rd
 e   de


20 m 2
   r  r 0 cos  sin  d
4 r 3


 m 2
4 r 0
 0 sin 2 d

 m
e  0
4 r
Mass
5. Density =
Volume
M   M L
 3  3
L  M L
% error in density =% error in mass +3(% error in length)
=4+3(3)=13%
6. from conservation of energy
1 GMm 1 Gm
 m  0 
2
mu 2 
2 R 2 RR
2GM 2GM GM
 u2   
R 2R R
GM
u 
R
7.

Electric field perpendicular to OP is balanced by dipole

E cos      Er sin    
kP 2kP
 3
sin  cos      3 cos  sin    
r r
tan   tan  1
 
1  tan  tan  2

x y
1
x 1
   y  2x
 x y 2
1  
 x 
8. For series R  C circuit, capacitive reactance,

2
 1 
Ze  R 2   
 C 
V V
Current i  
Ze 2
 1 
R 
2

 C 

V i
Ve  iX e  
2 C
 1 
R2   
 C 
V
Ve 
 RC 
2
1
If we fill a di-electric material like mica instead of air then capacitance C  Ve  so , Va  Vb
9. In cyclic process ABCA
Qcycle  Wcycle
QAB  QBC  QCA  ar.of  ABC
1
400  100  QC  A 
2
 2 103  4 104 
 QC  A  460 J
 QC  A  460 J
I1  I 2 1
10. T1  2  2
 M  2M  H 3MH
I1  I 2 1
T2  2  2
 2M  M  H MH

Obviously, T2  T1
11. Given, Ersm =6 V/m
Ersm
C
Brms

Erms
 Brms 
C
Erms
Brms 
C ….. (i)
B
Brms  o  Bo  2 Brms
2
 Erms
Bo  2  From equation (i)
C
2 6
  2.83  108 T
3  108
12. Ln  angular momentum of shell about O.
As shell is rolling, So Vcm   R
Lo  mVcm R  1
2 5
 L0  1  R  R  R 2  R 2
3 3
a5
hc
13.  W  ev0

hc hc
ev0  
 0
ev0 hc hc
 
6 2 0
 hc hc  hc hc
6   
 2 0   0
3hc 6hc hc hc
  
 0  0

3hc hc 6hc hc
  
  0 
2hc 5hc

 0
5
0 
2
14. For ground state the principal quantum no n=1.
Principle quantum number n belongs to 3rd excited state.
The possible number of the spectral lines from a state n to grand state is
n  n  1 n  4  1 4  3
   6
2 2 2

15. A  B  AB
16.

Given, balance length, l  25 cm

R S
At balance point, 
l 100  l
R S S
   R   ……………………….(1)
25 75 3
 When R is replaced by some other resistance of half length and half diameter, then resistance in left
gap,
1  
p  pl 
R'  2 2
 
   d 2  
2
 d
    4  
42
 R '  2R
Now, if balance is obtained at length l ,then
R' S
 
l ' 100  l ' 
2R S
 
l ' 100  l '

Substituting the value of S from Eq.(1), we get

2R 3R

l ' 100  l '
 200  2l '  3l '
or l '  40 cm
17. Speed of sound in air = v  2n  l2  l1 
v  2  2000 14  4.6  102
V = 376 m/s
18.

dv
Since, we have F   A
dx
dv dv v
 F  A  mg sin  , where 
dx dx h
 10 
 (20)(10)(sin 30o )   (4)  
 h

1
Since 1 poise = decapoise
10
   101 poise  10 2 decapoise
40  102
 h=
100
 h  4  103 m  4 mm
 ml
19. Xp 
mM

m1l 40  10
 X boat to (left)  
M  m1  m2 160
5

2
Now for m2 moving towards left by 10 m
m2  l 20  10 5
 X boat to (Right)   
M  m1  m2 160 4
∴ Net displacement of boat
X Net  X  X 1
5 5
 
2 4
5
 to the left
4
20. Let’s find out the energy stored in system in terms of current amplitude
Ldi q
iR   0
dt C
q  Ldi 
  IR   0 at max imum current 
C  dt 
2
q 1
 energy stored U    LI 2
2C 2
 CR 2
L
  I2
 2 2
 Heat produced  U i  U f
 CR 2 L  2

 2
  I   0.5I 
2
2
  0.375  L  CR 2  I 2
21. For max. range

 
 2  
  
 2 
 
90  30o
o

2
 30 o
22.  P =pgh
 pe ghe 1   pe ghe  2
pe1 he1
 he2 
pe2
200 1.8  103

13500
80
 mm
3

23. W  kE f  kEi
1
   
3/2 2
3/ 2 2
 m a  2  a  0
2
1
  0.5  25  8  50 J
2
24. Power=100 W, voltage=200 V
V 2 200  200
Resistance of bulb    400
P 100
160
When bulb is applied across 160 V, current in bulb = A
400
160
Current in bulb  A
400
160
Power consumption= VI = 160   64W
400
25. Force due to friction = kinetic energy
1
 mgs  mv 2
2
72000
[ Here, V  72 km / h  20 m / s ] V2 20  20
60  60 or    40 m
2 g 2  0.5  10
26. Solution: from formula,
FL 4 FL
Increase in length L  
AY  D 2Y
2
Ls Fs  Dc  Yc Ls 7  1   1 
       q
Lc Fc  Ds  Ys Lc 5  p   s 
7q

 5sp 2 
27. For the first minima,
  1
  sin 300  
a a 2
3 3  1  3
First secondary maxima will be at sin         sin 1  
2a 2  2  4
28. Given, no. of turns N  100 radius, r  0.01 m
Resistance, R  10 2 , n  2 104
As we know,
 d
  N
dt
 N d

R R dt
N d
I  
R dt
q N 

t R t
 N    
q       t
 R  t  
 've sign shows that induced emf opposes the change of flux.
 2  i   1 0 nN  r 2 i
q   0 nN  r    t 
  t   R R
4  107  100  4     0.01  2  104
2

q 
10 2
q  32  C
29.

P1  40 Ns

Let the minimum momentum of the other part be P2

Applying conservation of momentum in Y direction
P1 sin 30  P2 sin 
1
40   P2 sin 
2
P2 sin   20 Ns
Now for P2 to be minimum, sin  must be maximum
i.e sin   1
 P2  20 Ns
30. Total mass of plat Mo
M o  a 2t 
 2
a M
Mass of cut portion m    t   o
2 4
∴ The mass of remaining Portion M
M 3M o
M  Mo  o 
4 4
4M M
 Mo  m
3 3
2
M a 4M a 2 2Ma 2
ITotal  o  . 
6 3 6 9
at  0

 2
2
m a a
2

I Cut   m 
6 4
at  0
ma 2 ma 2 40ma 2
  
24 16 24  16
2
5ma 5 M
   .a 2
48 48 3
2
5Ma

144
 I Re q  IT  I Cut at  0
2 Ma 2 5Ma 2
 
9 144
2 5 
   Ma 2
 9 144 
 32  5  27 Ma 2 3Ma 2
 Ma 2
 
 144  144 16
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PHYSICS MAX.MARKS: 100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.
1. A metal sheet (whose  is positive) has two circular holes as shown in figure. a is
distance between centres of the holes and b is distance between nearest edges of the
holes and c is distance between farthest edges of the holes as shown in figure. On
heating

A) a remains constant b and c increase

B) a remains constant b decreases and c increase
C) All distances a, b, c increase D) a remains constant, b increases, c decreases
2. If the energy associated with electric field is (UE) and with magnetic field is (UB) for an
electromagnetic wave in free space. Then:
B
A)  E  B)  E   B C)  E   B D)  E   B
2
3. A force acts on a 2 kg object so that its position is given as a function of time as
x  3t 2  5 . What is the work done by this force in first 5 seconds?
A) 850 J B) 950 J C) 875 J D) 900 J
4. A particle having the same charge as of an electron moves in a circular path of radius 0.5
cm under the influence of a magnetic field of 0.5 T. If an electric field of 100 V/m
makes it to move in a straight path, then the mass of the particle is (given charge of
electron = 1.6 × 10 –19 C)
A) 9.1 × 10–31 kg B) 1.6 × 10–27 kg C) 1.6 × 10–19 kg D) 2.0 × 10–24 kg
5. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 10cm. If the angular
frequency of oscillation of particle is 20 rad/s, the acceleration of the particle of its
extreme position is
A) zero B) 100 m/s2 C) 10 m/s2 D) 40 m/s2
6. Expression for time in terms of G (universal gravitational constant), h (Planck constant)
and c (speed of light) is proportional to:
hc 5 c3 Gh Gh
A) B) C) D)
G Gh c5 c3
7. Ge and Si diodes start conducting at 0.3 V and 0.7 V respectively. In the following
figure if Ge diode connection are reversed, the value of V0 changes by: (assume that the
Ge diode has large breakdown voltage)

A) 0.8 V B) 0.6 V C) 0.2 V D) 0.4 V

8. The top of a water tank is open to air and its water level is maintained. It is giving out
0.74 m3 water per minute through a circular opening of 2 cm radius in its wall. The depth
of the centre of the opening from the level of water in the tank is close to:
A) 6.0 m B) 4.8 m C) 9.6 m D) 2.9 m
9. The energy required to take a satellite to a height ‘h’ above Earth surface (radius of
Earth = 6.4 × 103 km) is E1 and kinetic energy required for the satellite to be in a circular
orbit at this height is E2. The value of h for which E1 and E2 are equal is
A) 1.6 × 103 km B) 3.2 × 103 km C) 6.4 × 103 km D) 1.28 × 104 km
10. A series AC circuit containing an inductor (20 mH), a capacitor (120  F ) and a resistor
(60  ) is driven by an AC source of 24 V/50 Hz. The energy dissipated in the circuit in
60 s is:
A) 5.65 × 102 J B) 2.26 × 10 3 J C) 5.17 × 10 2 J D) 3.39 × 103 J
11. A particle is executing simple harmonic motion (SHM) of amplitude A, along the x-axis,
about x = 0. When its potential energy (PE) equals kinetic energy (KE), the position of
the particle will be
A A
A) B) C) A D) A
2 2 2 2
12. A mass of 10 kg is suspended vertically by a rope from the roof. When a horizontal force
is applied on the rope at some point, the rope deviated at an angle of 45° at the roof
point. If the suspended mass is at equilibrium, the magnitude of the force applied is
(g =10 ms-2)
A) 200 N B) 140 N C) 70 N D) 100 N
13. A 15 g mass of nitrogen gas is enclosed in a vessel at a temperature 27°C. Amount of
heat transferred to the gas, so that rms velocity of molecules is doubled, is about: [Take
R = 8.3 J/K mole]
A) 0.9 kJ B) 6 kJ C) 10 kJ D) 14 kJ
14. An object of mass m is projected with momentum P at such an angle that is its maximum
height (H) is 1/4th of its horizontal range (R). Its minimum kinetic energy in its path will
be
p2 p2 3 p2 p2
A) B) C) D)
8m 4m 4m m
15. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first
mirror (M1) and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second
mirror (M2) parallel to the first mirror (M1). The angle between the two mirrors will be:
A) 45° B) 60° C) 75° D) 90°
16. One of the two identical conducing wires of length L is bent in the form of a circular
loop and the other one into a circular coil of N identical turns. If the same current is
passed in both, the ratio of the magnetic field at the central of the loop (BL) to that at the
BL
centre of the coil (BC), i.e. will be
BC
1 1
A) N B) C) N2 D)
N N2
17. The object in figure weighs 100 kg and hangs at rest. Then T1 / T2 is

4 3 9 5
A) B) C) D)
3 4 5 9
18. Which of the following figures best represents the variation of particle momentum and
associated de Broglie wavelength?


A) B) C) D)
19. Which of the following functions of time represents simple harmonic motion?
A) x = sin ωt – cos ωt B) x = sin3 ωt C) x = 1 + ωt + ω2 t D) All of these
20. Radius of gyration of a body depends upon
A) Shape of the body B) Axis of rotation
C) Both (1) & (2) D) We can’t say
SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the Answer in the
decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10 questions and question will be
evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.
21. A rod of mass ‘M’ and length ‘2L’ is suspended at its middle by a wire. It exhibits
torsional oscillations; If two masses each of ‘m’ are attached at distance ‘L/2’ from its
centre on both sides, it reduces the oscillation frequency by 20%. The value of ratio m/M
is close to 0.ab then a+b is
22. The pitch and the number of divisions, on the circular scale, for a given screw gauge are
0.5 mm and 100 respectively. When the screw gauge is fully tightened without any
object, the zero of its circular scale lies 3 divisions below the mean line. The readings of
the main scale and the circular scale for a thin sheet, are 5.5 mm and 48 respectively, the
ac
thickness of this sheet is 5.abc mm then is
b
23. In a car race on straight road, car A takes a time ‘t=1.5 sec’ less than car B at the finish
and passes finishing point with a speed ‘v’ more than that of car B. Both the cars start
from rest and travel with constant acceleration a1  9 and a2  4 respectively. Then ‘v’
is equal to
24. The magnetic field associated with a light wave is given, at the origin, by
B  B0 sin  3.14  107  ct  sin  6.28  107  ct 
If this light falls on a silver plate having a work function of 4.7 eV, then maximum
kinetic energy of the photo electrons is a.bceV then b  c  a is
25. In the given circuit the internal resistance of the 18 V cell is negligible. If R1  400  ,
R3  100  and R4  500  and the reading of an ideal voltmeter across R4 is 5 V, then the
value of R2 will be 50 n then n is

26. The position co-ordinates of a particle moving in a 3-D coordinates system is given by
x  a cos t y  a sin t and z  at
The speed of the particle if a  2 2,  2 is
27. A motor car is at a speed 60 m/s on a circular road of radius 1200m, which speeds up at
a constant rate 4 m / s 2 . At this instant the net acceleration of the car is (in m / s 2 )
28. The radii of circular orbits of two satellites A and B of earth are 4R and R, respectively.
If the speed of the satellite A is 3V, then the speed of satellite B will be _ __times that of
V.
29. The power radiated by a black body is ‘P’, and it radiates maximum energy around the
wavelength λ 0 . If the temperature of the black body is now changed so that it radiates
maximum energy around a wavelength λ 0 / 2 , the power radiated by it will increase by a
factor of
30. A capacitor stores 50C charge when connected across a battery. When the gap between
the plates is filled with a dielectric, a charge of 100 C flows through the battery. The
dielectric constant of the material is
 KEY SHEET-FTM-22

PHYSICS
1 C 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 D
6 C 7 D 8 B 9 B 10 C
11 C 12 D 13 C 14 B 15 B
16 D 17 B 18 D 19 A 20 C
21 10 22 6 23 9 24 6 25 6
26 8 27 5 28 6 29 16 30 3
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PHYSICS MAX.MARKS: 100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its answer,
out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.
1. An object of mass 5 kg falls from rest through a vertical distance of 20 m and reaches
ground with a velocity of 10 m/s. The work done by air resistance (g = 9.8 ms–2) is:
A) +730 J B) –730 J C) +980 J D) –980 J
2. A point source of light is placed 4 m below the surface of water of refractive index 5/3.
The minimum diameter of a disc, which should be placed over the source, on the surface
of water to cut-off all light coming out of water is just greater than:
A) 8 m B) 4 m C) 3 m D) 6 m
3. In the following circuit diagram the potential difference across the plates of the capacitor
C in steady state is:

A) 2.5 volt B) 1.5 volt C) 1.0 volt D) zero

 
4. If E  x, t   E 0 sin  t  kx  j and B  x, t   B0 sin  t  kx  k are the electric field and
magnetic field vectors respectively in an electromagnetic wave. What would be the
direction of propagation of the EM Wave?

A) i B) i  j C) k D) j  k
5. A beam of unpolarized light of intensity I0 falls on a system of four identical linear
polarizers placed in a line as shown in the figure. The transmission axis of any two
successive polarizers make an angle of 30o with each other. If the transmitted light has
I
intensity I, the ratio is
I0

81 9 27 27
A) B) C) D)
256 16 64 128
6. For an ideal gas, pressure P varies with volume V as P  V 2/3 . Then the bulk modulus
B of the gas during this process will be proportional to
2

2/3 5/3 2 5
A) V B) V C) V D) V
7. Three infinitely long wires, each carrying equal current in the same direction are placed
in the xy-plane along x = 0, +d and –d. On the xy-plane, the magnetic field vanishes at
d  1 
A) x   B) x   d  1  
2  3

 1  d
C) x   d  1   D) x  
 3 3
8. Match the following two columns for L-C-R series AC circuit.

Column I Column II

A. At resonance frequency (p) Power factor=0

B. No resistance in the circuit (q) Power actor=1

C. Only resistance in the circuit (r) Circuit is capacitive

Frequency greater than the

D. (s) Circuit in inductive
resonance frequency
A) A-q, B-p, C-q, D-s B) A-p, B-p, C-q, D-s

C) A-s, B-p, C-q, D-p D) A-q, B-p, C-s, D-r

9. Initially spring is compressed by distance x0 from equilibrium position. At this

3K
compression block is given velocity x 0 , so that compression in the spring starts
m
increasing and block starts S.H.M. (Spring constant is K). Equation of motion of the
block is: (Take origin as equilibrium position and take positive direction of x-axis
towards right)
  K   K 
A) x  3x 0 sin  t  B) x  2x 0 sin  t 
 m 3  m 6

 K   K 
C) x  3x 0 sin  t  D) x  2x 0 sin  t 
 m 6  m 3

10. Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these
questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

Assertion (A): No appreciable current flows in the given circuit.

Reason (R): In reverse biased diode offers infinite resistance.

A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false and R is also false
11. Identify the logic operation performed by the circuit given below

A) NOT B) AND C) OR D) NAND

12. In the figure shown, A is a fixed charge. B (of mass m) is given a velocity V
perpendicular to line AB. At this moment the radius of curvature of the resultant path of
B is

r 4 0 r 2 mv 2
A) 0 B) C) D) r
2 q2
13. All the pulleys and strings are ideal and massless and the system shown is initially at
rest. Now a force F = 4N is applied on the pulley shown. Then the frictional force acting
between the blocks is (take g  9.8 m / s 2 )

A) 2 N B) 1.96 N C) 3 N D) 0 N

14. A small smooth metal sphere of radius r and density  falls from rest in a viscous liquid
of density  and coefficient of viscosity  . Due to viscous force, heat is produced. The
rate of production of heat when the sphere has acquired the terminal velocity is
proportional to

A) r B) r3 C) r4 D) r5

15. A parallel beam of light having intensity I = 10 Wm–2 is continuously falling on emitter
plate in the photoelectric effect setup in saturated state at angle of 37o with the normal. If
area of plate is 1 m2 and wavelength of light is 621 nm and one photon is capable to eject
one electron. Then saturation current in the circuit is (  th> 621 nm) close to

A) 3 A B) 4 A C) 1.8 A D) 3.2 A

16. A point mass performs straight line motion along positive x-axis. At t = 0 point mass is
a
at point A(x1, 0). It moves such that its velocity is given by v  , where a is positive
x
constant and x is the x-coordinate of position vector of point mass at a certain time t.
Find the time required to move from A to B (x2, 0)

x 22  x12 x 22  x12 2x 22  x12 2x 22  x12

A) B) C) D)
2a a 2a a
 U1
17. In the circuit shown, switch S is closed at t = 0. Then the ratio of potential energy
U2
stored in the inductors L1 and L2 in steady state is

2 2
L L L  L 
A) 1 B) 2 C)  1  D)  2 
L2 L1  L2   L1 

18. A rigid bar of mass M is supported symmetrically by three vertical wires each of length
 . Those at each end are of copper and the middle one at midpoint is of iron. The ratio
d copper
of their diameters , if each is to have the same tension, is equal to
d iron

2
Ycopper Yiron Yiron 2 Yiron
A) B) C) 2
D)
Yiron Ycopper 2Ycopper 3 Ycopper

19. Statement-I:The mass number of a nucleus is always less than its atomic number

Statement-II: Mass number of a nucleus may be equal to its atomic number.

A) Both Statements are correct. B) Only Statement-I is correct.

C) Only Statement-II is correct D) Both Statements are incorrect

20. A vernier calipers has 1 mm marks on the main scale. It has 10 equal divisions on the
vernier scale which match with 8 main scale divisions. What will be the least count of
vernier calipers in mm.

A) 0.1 B) 0.2 C) 0.3 D) 0.5

 SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the Answer in the
decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10 questions and question will be
evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.
21. A body of mass 2 kg is floating in water with half its volume submerged. What would be
the external vertical force required in static equilibrium to wholly submerge it into
water? (in N) (take g = 10 m/s2)
22. If binding energies per nucleon for 3 Li 7 and 2 He 4 are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 MeV
respectively, then the energy released in the nuclear process: (in MeV) (Round-off to
the nearest integer)

3 Li7  1 p1  2 2 He 4 is:

 10 
23. In the given circuit the current through the Zener diode is   mA . Find the value of n
n

24. Find the current (in A) through battery in following circuit.

25. A semicircular disc of radius R   meter and mass M has surface mass density  in SI
2
units which varies as   Cr , where r is the distance (in m) from the center of the base
O and C is a constant. The distance of center of mass of the semicircular disk from O
 n
is   meter. Find the value of n.
 10 
26. A string of length 1m fixed at both ends is vibrating in 1st overtone. Tension in string is
200 N and linear mass density is 5 gm/m. Frequency (in Hz) of these vibrations is :

27. A ring of mass m is placed on a rough horizontal surface with its plane vertical. A
horizontal impulse J in the plane of the ring is applied on the ring of mass m along a line
passing through its centre. The linear velocity of the centre of the ring once it starts pure
J
rolling is . Find the value of k.
km

28. 3.2 kg of ice at –10oC just melts when steam of mass m, at 100oC is passed through it.
Then find mass m (in grams)

(specific heat of ice = 0.5 cal/gmoC, latent heat of ice = 80 cal/gm, latent heat of
vaporization of water = 540 cal/gm, specific heat of water = 1 cal/gmoC)

29. A soap bubble of radius R, surface tension T exists in equilibrium in vacuum. A

monoatomic gas is trapped inside the soap bubble. Charge Q is given to bubble such that
bubble expands from radius a to radius 2a under reversible adiabatic condition. If surface
x 0 T
charge density on the bubble surface is found to be . Find the value of x/y. (x,y
ya

are positive co-primes)

30. A wedge of mass M= 10kg, height h= 3m and angle of inclination   37 0 is at rest at

horizontal surface. There is a small point –like object (mass m =0.5kg) next to the slope
as shown in the figure. At what acceleration must wedge be moved in order that the
point like object reaches its top in a time t = 5s (Neglect the friction between point like
object and wedge) (g = 10 m/s2)
 KEY SHEET-FTM-23
PHYSICS
1 B 2 D 3 D 4 A 5 D
6 A 7 D 8 A 9 B 10 A
11 B 12 C 13 D 14 D 15 B
16 A 17 B 18 B 19 C 20 B
21 20 22 17 23 3 24 9 25 16
26 200 27 2 28 425 29 4 30 8
 SOLUTIONS
PHYSICS
1. By work-energy theorem,
W  KE
1
Wg  Wr  mv 2
2
1 1
mgh  Wr  mv 2 orWr  mv 2  mgh
2 2
1 3 3
2. sin ic   ,  tan ic 
 5 4
If x be the radius of the disc, then
3 x
tan ic   or x  3m
4 4
 Diameter = 6m
1
3. Current I is given by: 20 I  10 I  2.5  1.0 or I  amp
20
 VA  VB  2.5  I  20  1.5 volt
But VA  VD   VD  VB   VA  VB  1.5
Since, there is no current through 1.5 volt cell, so, VD  VB  1.5 volt
Hence, VA  VD  0 volt

 
4. Direction of propagation is E  B
I0 I I
5. I1  ,I 2  0 cos 2 30, I3  I2 cos2 30  0 cos 4 30
2 2 2
6
I I  3 27
I 4  I3 cos 2 30  2 cos 6 30  0    I0
2 2  2  128
6. For isothermal Bulk modulus  Pressure
7. B1  B 2  B3
 0I I  0I
 0 
2  d  x  2x 2  d  x 
1 1 1 xdx 1
   
dx x dx x d  x  d  x
  d  2x  d  x   dx  x 2
 d 2  xd  2xd  2x 2  dx  x 2
  d 2  xd  2x 2  dx  x 2
d
 3x 2  d 2  x  
3

R
8. Power factor, cos  
Z
At resonance frequency, X L  X C
At a frequency X L  X C as X L  
9. From COE
2
1 2 1  3K  1 2
Kx 0  m  x 0   Kx
2 2  m  2
1 2 3 2 1 2
Kx 0  Kx 0  Kx ;4x 20  x 2
2 2 2
x  2x0  Amplitude
 K 
Equation y  2x 0 sin  t 
 m 6
Satisfies condition given in the question.

10. In reverse biased diode offers infinite resistance.

11. Truth table of AND gate
kq 2  1 
12. F  2 ; k  
r  4 0 
kq 2 mv 2
 2 
r RC
mv 2r 2 40 v 2r 2 m
RC  ;R C 
kq 2 q2
13. There is no tendency of slipping as acceleration of both the blocks are same in the absence of friction
f=0N
14. When terminal velocity is acquired, then f B  f v  W
4 4
 r 3g  6rv T   r 3g
3 3
vT  r 2
f v  6rv T
Rate at which heat is produced  f v  v T   6 rv T2  r 5
 IeAcos 
15. i  4A
hC
dx
16. v
dt
dx xdx
 dt  
v a
t x
1 2
  dt   xdx
0
a x1
x 22  x12
t
2a
di1 di
17. L1  L2 2
dt dt
i1 i2

L1  di1  L 2  di 2
0 0
L1i1  L 2i 2 ….(i)
i1  i 2  i ….(ii)
 L 
i1 1  1   i
 L2 
 L2   L1 
 i1    i and i 2   i
 L1  L2   L1  L 2 
1 2
U1 2 L1i1 L1L22 L 2
   
U 2 1 L i 2 L 2 L21 L1
2 22
T Y 
18. 
A 
19. In the case of hydrogen atom mass number and atomic number are equal.
 8
20. L.C  1    0.2 mm
 10 
V
21. Upthrust   1000 g Newton
2
V
In equilibrium position 2 g   1000 g
2
4
 V m3
1000
V 4  1000  10
 Force required to wholly submerge the body into Water  d g   20
2 1000  2
22. The reaction is, p11  3Li 7  2 2 He4
 Binding energy of 3 Li 7  7  5.60  39.2 MeV
4
Binding energy of 2 He  4  7.06  28.24MeV

Energy of proton, E p  2  B.E. 2 He4   B.E. 3 Li7 

 2  28.24  39.2  17.28 MeV
23. The voltage drop across R2 is

VR 2  VZ  10V
The current through R2 is
VR 2 10V
IR 2    0.667  102 A
R2 1500
 6.67 103 A  6.67mA
The voltage drop across R1 is
VR1  15V  VR 2  15V  10V  5V
The current through R1 is
VR1 5V
I R1    102 A  10  103 A  10mA
R1 500
The current through the Zener diode is
I Z  IR1  IR 2
24. Equivalent circuit can be drawn as following
R eq  4
So,I  9A

25. dm  rdr  cr 2 rdr  cr 3dr

2r
 dm 
ycm 
 dm
 R
2r 2 r 4dr 2 R 5
 0
3
 c r dr
ycm    R   54
3
 cr dr  r 3dr R
0
4
8R 8
ycm  
5 5

26. 1st overtone

2V V 1 200
f     200 
2L L 1  5 / 1000 
27. Let v be the velocity of centre of mass of ring just after the impulse is applied and v is its velocity in
pure rolling.

J  mv0
J
v0 
m
Conserving angular momentum about point of contact with ground
mv 0 r  mvr  Icm 
v J
v 0 
2 2m
28. miceSice 10   miceLice  MLV  MSwater 100 
 3200  0.5 10   3200  80   m 540  100 
 m  425gm
4T 4
29. P1  ,V1  a 3
a 3
2
 4T 4 3
P2   , V2    2a 
2 0 2a 3
 Process is adiabatic,
P1V15/3  P2V25/3
150T
Solving we get   .
4a
30. Let Wedge is moving rightward with acceleration a and mass m has an acceleration A with respect to
wedge along the surface of the wedge in upward direction, so
h 1 2h
 At 2  A  2 …….(1)
sin  2 t sin 
With the help of FBD of mass m in the frame of wedge, we can write
2h
A  a cos   gsin   2
 a cos   gsin 
t sin 
2h 3 5 5 1
 a  g tan   2  10   2  3     8m / s2
t sin  cos  4 3 4 5 5
 WORK SHEET-FULL SYLLABUS-MAINS-24
PHYSICS MAX.MARKS: 100
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its answer,
out of which ONLY ONE option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 if not correct.
1. As shown in the figure, a block of mass 3 kg is kept on a horizontal rough surface of

coefficient of friction 1 / 3 3 . The critical force to be applied on the vertical surface as

shown at an angle 600 with horizontal such that it does not move, will be 3x. The value
3 1
of x will be ……… [ g  10ms 2 ; sin 600  ; cos 600  ]
2 2

A) 3.33 B) 4.33 C) 5.33 D) 6.33

  
2. Consider a force F   x i  y j . The work done by this force in moving a particle from
point A(1,0) to B(0,1) along the line segment is (all quantities are in SI units)

3 1
A) B) 2 C) 1 D)
2 2

3. An object of mass m1 collides elastically with another object of mass m2 , which is at

rest. After the collision, the objects move with equal speeds in opposite direction. The
ratio of the masses m2 : m1 is

A) 3 : 1 B) 2 : 1 C) 1 : 2 D) 1 : 1
4. Moment of inertia (MI) of four bodies, having same mass and radius, are reported as
I1  MI of thin circular ring about its diameter,
I 2  MI of circular disk about an axis perpendicular to plane of the disk and going
through the centre,
I 3  MI of solid cylinder about its axis
and I 4  MI of solid sphere about its diameter. Then,
5
A) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4 B) I1  I 3  I 2  I 4
2
C) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4 D) I1  I 2  I 3  I 4
5. One end of a straight uniform 1m long bar is pivoted on horizontal table. It is released
from rest when it makes an angle 300 from the horizontal (see figure). Its angular speed
when its hits the table is given as n rad/sec, where n is an integer. The value of n is …

A) 15 B) 16 C) 17 D) 18
6. Given below are two statements: one is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as
Reason R.
Assertion (A) The escape velocities of planet A and B are same. But A and B are of
unequal mass.
Reason (R) The product of their mass and radius must be same, M1R1  M 2 R2
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the
options given below.
A) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
B) A is correct but R is not correct
C) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
D) A is not correct but R is correct.
7. The length of a metal wire is l1 , when the tension in it is T1 and is l2 when the tension is
T2 . The natural length of the wire is

l1T2  l2T1 l1T2  l2T1 l1  l2

A) l1l2 B) C) D)
T2  T1 T2  T1 2

8. Two rods A and B of identical dimensions are at temperature 300 C . If A is heated upto
1800 C and B upto T 0C , then new lengths are the same. If the ratio of the coefficients of
linear expansion of A and B is 4 : 3, then the value of T is

A) 2300 C B) 2700 C C) 2000 C D) 2500 C

9. The specific heats, C p and Cv of a gas of diatomic molecules A, are given (in units of J

mol 1K 1 ) by 29 and 22, respectively. Another gas of diatomic molecules B, has the
corresponding values 30 and 21. If they are treated as ideal gases, then choose the best
possible answer based on given data.

A) A has a vibrational mode but B does not have

B) Both A and B have a vibrational mode each
C) A has one vibrational mode and B has two
D) A is rigid but B has a vibrational mode
10. A mass M, attached to a horizontal spring, executes SHM with amplitude A1 . When the
mass M passes through its mean position, then a smaller mass m is placed over it and
A 
both of them move together with amplitude A2 . The ratio of  1  is
 A2 
1/2 1/2
M m  M  M m M m
A) B)   C)   D)
M M m  M  M
11. Three harmonic waves having equal frequency v and same intensity l0 , have phase
 
angles 0, and  , respectively. When they are superimposed, the intensity of the
4 4
resultant wave is called to (take 2  1.4 ).

A) 0.2l0 B) l0 C) 3l0 D) 5.8l0

12. Two charges each equal to q, are kept at x = -a and x = a on the x-axis. A particle of
mass m and charge q0  q / 2 is placed at the origin. If charge q0 is given, a small
displacement (y<<a) along the y-axis, the net force acting on the particle is proportional
to

A) y B) -y C) 1/y D) -1/y

13. Two capacitors of capacitances C and 2C are charged to potential differences V and 2V
respectively. These are then connected in parallel in such a manner that the positive
terminal of one is connected to the negative terminal of the other. The final energy of
this configuration is

9 3 25
A) CV 2 B) CV 2 C) CV 2 D) zero
2 2 6

14. A coil having N turns is wound tightly in the form of a spiral with inner and outer radii a
and b, respectively. Find the magnetic field at centre, when a current I passes through
coil

0 IN b 0 I a  b
A) ln   B) ln 
2(b  a)  a  8  a  b 

0 I 1 1 0 I  a b
C) ln    D) ln  
4(a  b)  a b  8 ab

15. A square loop of side 20 cm and resistance 1 is moved towards right with a constant
speed v0 . The right arm of the loop is in a uniform magnetic field of 5T. The field is
perpendicular to the plane of the loop and is going into it. The loop is connected to a
network of resistors each of value 4 . What should be the value of v0 , so that a steady
current of 2 mA flows in the loop?

A)1 m/s B) 1 cm/s C) 102 m / s D) 102 cm / s

16. In a plane electromagnetic wave, the directions of electric field and magnetic field are
  
represented by K and 2 i  2 j , respectively. What is the unit vector along direction of
propagation of the wave?
1   1   1   1  
A) (i  j) B) ( j k ) C) (i  2 j) D) (2 i  j )
2 2 5 5
17. A plano – convex lens of refractive index 1 and focal length f1 is kept in contact with
another plano-concave lens of refractive index 2 and focal length f 2 . If the radius of
curvature of their spherical faces is R each and f1  2 f 2 , then 1 and  2 are related as
A) 32  2 1  1 B) 2 2  1  1 C) 2 1   2  1 D) 1   2  3
18. In a hydrogen atom, electron makes a transition from (n+1)th level to the nth level. If
n>>1, the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to

1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
n n3 n2 n4

19. Consider an electron in a hydrogen atom, revolving in its second excited state (having
o
radius 4.65 A ). The de-Broglie wavelength of this electron is (approximately)
o o o o
A) 3.5 A B) 6.6 A C) 12.9 A D) 9.7 A

20. The binding energy per nucleon of 1 H 2 and 2 He 4 1.1MeV and 7 MeV respectively. The

energy released in the process 1 H 2 1 H 2 2 He 4 is

A) 20.8 MeV B) 16.6 MeV C) 25.2 MeV D) 23.6 MeV

SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 10 questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical value. If the Answer in the
decimals , Mark nearest Integer only. Have to Answer any 5 only out of 10 questions and question will be
evaluated according to the following marking scheme:
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, -1 in all other cases.
21. The diameter of a spherical bob is measured using a Vernier calipers. 9 divisions of the
main scale, in the vernier calipers, are equal to 10 divisions of vernier scale. One main
scale division is 1 mm. The main scale reading is 10 mm and 8th division of vernier scale
was found to coincide exactly with one of the main scale division. If the given vernier
calipers has positive zero error of 0.04 cm, then the radius of the bob is ……. 102 cm.
22. A particle is moving with constant acceleration a. Following graph shows v 2 versus x
(displacement) plot. The acceleration of the particle is ….. m / s 2

23. The position of the centre of mass of a uniform semi-circular wire of radius R placed in
XY-plane with its centre at the origin and the line joining its ends as X-axis is given by
 xR 
 0,  . Then, the value of |x| is ……
  

24. Consider a water tank as shown in the figure. It’s cross-sectional area is 0.4m 2 . The tank
has an opening B near the bottom whose cross-section area is 1 cm2 . A load of 24 kg is
applied on the water at the top when the height of the water level is 40 cm above the
bottom, the velocity of water coming out the opening B is v ms 1 . The value of v, to the
nearest integer, is ……..
(Take value of g to be 10 ms 2 )

25. 1 mole of rigid diatomic gas at low temperature performs a work of Q/5 when heat Q is
xR
supplied to it. The molar heat capacity of the gas during this transformation is , The
8
value of x is …..
[R = universal gas constant]
26. A current of 6A enters one corner P of an equilateral triangle PQR having three wires of
resistance 2 each and leaves by the corner R. The currents i1 in ampere is ______

27. In an L-C series circuit, an inductor of inductance 30 mH and a resistor 1 are

connected to an AC source of angular frequency 300 rad/s. The value of capacitance for
1
which, the current leads the voltage by 450 is  103 F . Then, the value of x is _____
x
28. A Young’s double slit experiment is performed using monochromatic light of
wavelength  . The intensity of light at a point on the screen, where the path difference

is  , is K units. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is is given
6
nK
by , where n is an integer. The value of n is …….
12

29. The surface of a metal is illuminated alternately with photons of energies E1  4eV and
E2  2.5eV respectively. The ratio of maximum speeds of the photoelectrons emitted in
the two cases is 2. The work function of the metal (in eV) is …….

30. The circuit shown below is working as a 8 V DC regulated voltage source. When 12 V is
used as input, the power dissipated (in mW) in each diode is; (considering both Zener
diodes are identical) …….
 KEY SHEET-FTM-24
PHYSICS
1 A 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 A
6 B 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 C
11 D 12 B 13 B 14 A 15 B
16 A 17 C 18 B 19 D 20 D
21 52 22 1 23 2 24 3 25 25
24 2 27 3 28 9 29 2 30 40
 SOLUTIONS
PHYSICS
1. Given, mass of block, m  3 kg
Coefficient of friction   1 / 3 3
According to diagram,
Let F be the force applied on the body,
w be the weight (=mg),
N be the normal reaction.
Friction force f   N
For no movement of body along X-axis, net force along X-axis should be zero.
If, Fy be the net force along y-axis then it will also be zero because body is not accelerating at all.
 N  F sin 600  mg
3
 N F  10 3 …. (i)
2
0
Similarly, Fx  F cos 60   N  0
From Eq. (i), we get
F 1  3  F F 10 F F 10
   F  10 3   0      
2 3 3 2  2 6 3 2 6 3
 F = 10N
10
Given, G = 3x  x   3.33
3
2. Work done by a variable force on the particle,
 
W   F .dr   F .(dx i  dy j )
 
 In two dimension, dr  dx i  dy j
 
and it is given F   x i  y j .
   
 W   (  x i  y j ).(dx i  dy j ) =   xdx  ydy    xdx   ydy
As particle is displaced from A(1,0) to B(0,1), so x varies from 1 to 0 and y varies from 0 to 1
So, with limits, work will be
0 1
 x2   y2  1 1
 
0 1
W    xdx   ydy =     = (0  12 )  12  0
1 0
 2 1  2  0 2 2
3. The mass m1 is moving with speed u1 initially and mass m2 is at rest. After the collision, the mass
m1 and m2 move with speed v in opposite directions.
 Using the law of conservation of linear momentum,
m1u1  m2u2  m1v1  m2v2
 m1u1  m2 (0)  m1 (v)  m2v
 m2u1  ( m1  m2 )v …. (i)
Since, the collision is elastic because they move with same speed after the collision. Hence,
coefficient of restitution, e = 1
v2  v1
 e
u1  u2
v  ( v)
 1
u1  0
u1  2v
Putting the above value in Eq. (i), we get
m1 (2v )  ( m1  m2 )v
m 3
 3m1  m2  2   m2 : m1  3 :1
m1 1
4. Let M and R be the mass and radius of four bodies. Then, as per question, their moment of inertia are
MR 2 MR 2 MR 2
l1  , l2  , l3 
2 2 2
2
l4  MR 2
5
Clearly, l1  l2  l3  l4
5. When bar is released, its potential energy appears in form of rotational kinetic energy.

Now, from geometry of figure, height of centre of mass above surface,

1 1
h  .sin 300 
2 4
If angular speed of bar as it hits the table is  , then
Gravitational potential energy = Rotational kinetic energy
1 2
 mgh  I
2
1 1  ml 2  2
 mg    .
4 2 3 
3 q 3 10
 2     15    15 rad/sec
2l 2 1
Thus, n  15 rad/sec
6. Let v A , vB , M A , M B and RA , RB be the escape velocities, masses and radii of planet A and B,
respectively.
As we know that
 2GM 2GM
v  2 gR  . R 
R2 R
where, G is the gravitational constant.
M
 v
R
Since, v A  vB
MA MB
   M A RB  M B RA
RA RB
or M 1R2  M 2 R1
Hence, option (b) is the correct.
7. We know that
T Y l
 …. (i)
A l
T1 Y (l1  l0 )
 …. (ii)
A l0
T2 Y (l2  l0 )
and  …. (iii)
A l0
lT l T
 l0 = 1 2 2 1
T2  T1
8. Let initial length of identical rods is l0 Thermal expansion in length of rod due to heating is given by
the relation
l  l0 (T )  l0 (T2  T1 )
Here,  is coefficient of linear expansion. So, change in length of rods are
l1  l01 (180  30)
l2  l0 2 (T  30)
Because new lengths are same, so change in lengths of both rods are equal.
i.e. l1  l2
 l01 (180  30)  l0 2 (T  30)
1 (T  30)
or 
2 150
Given, 1 :  2 = 4 : 3
T  30 4
 
150 3
4
 T  30   150  200
3
or T  200  30  2300 C
9. Key Idea A diatomic gas molecule has 5 degrees of freedom, i.e. 3 translational and 2 rotational, at
low temperature ranges (  250 K to 750k ) . At temperatures above 750 K, molecular vibrations
occurs and this causes two extra degrees of freedom.
Now, in given case,
For gas A1 , C p  29, Cv  22
 For gas B1 , C p  30, Cv  21
Cp 2
By using  1
Cv f
We have
2 29
For gas A, 1    1.3  f  6.67  7
f 22
So, gas A has vibrational mode of degree of freedom.
2 30
For gas B, 1    1.4  f  5
f 21
Hence, gas B does not have any vibrational mode of degree of freedom.
10. At mean position, Fnet  0
 By conservation of linear momentum,
Mv1  ( M  m)v2
M 1 A1  ( M  m)2 A2
But angular velocity,
k k
1  and 2 
M M m
A mM
On solving, 1 
A2 M
11. We can represent a wave vectorially with a phasor.

(Note Length of phasor = Amplitude of wave and its projection on Y-axis gives variation in
displacement.)
To find resultant amplitude obtained due to superposition of two or more waves, we can add phasors
vectorially at any instant during their rotation.
Here, we are given with following phasors

Each phasor is of same amplitude,

A2  l0 .
From phasor diagram, amplitude of resultant of phasors I and II,
  1
A '  A cos  A cos = 2A  2A
4 4 2
Now, this resultant phasor is along the direction of lllrd phasor.
  Resultant amplitude of these two will be
AR  2 A  1A  ( 2  1) A
As intensity is proportional to square of amplitude, resultant intensity is given by
lR  AR2  ( 2  1)2 A2
= ( 2  1) l0  (2  1  2 2)l0 = (3  2 2)l0
2

= (3  2  1.4)l0  5.8l0
12.

Fnet  2 F cos
q
2kq  
2 . y
 Fnet    Fnet   y
( y 2  a 2 )2 y 2  a 2
[negative sign indicate the net force is towards the mean position]
q
2kq   y
Fnet   2  2 3/2
2
(y  a )
kq 2 y
  y
a3
13. Before connecting the two capacitors in parallel,

Charge on capacitor C, Q1 = CV and charge on capacitor

2C , Q2  2C  2V  4CV
After connecting the two capacitors in parallel,
Using law of conservation of charge,
4CV  CV  (C  2C )Vcommon
4CV  CV
Vcommon  V
3C

Vcommon  V
Now, final energy of the configuration,
1 1 3
U r  CV 2   2CV 2  CV 2
2 2 2
Hence, correct option is (B).
14. Given, number of turns = N
Inner radius = a, Outer radius = b
Current = I
Consider an element of thickness dr at a distance r from the centre.
Now, number of turns in dr element,
N
dN = dr
(b  a)
Magnetic field due to this element at the centre,
0 dN .I
dB 
2 r
1 0 I N
 dB  dr
2 r (b  a)
 Total magnetic field at the centre,
b b  IN dr
B   dB   0
a a 2(b  a ) r

N 0 I N 0 I b
= ln r |ba  ln  
2 (b  a ) 2 (b  a )  a 
15. According to given circuit diagram, equivalent resistance between point P and Q.
88
RPQ  (4  4) || (4  4)   4
88
The equivalent circuit can be drawn as,

Equivalent resistance, Req  4  1  5

Magnetic field, B = 5T
The side of the square loop, I=20cm = 0.20m
The steady value of the current, I = 2 mA = 2 x 10-3A
Induced emf, e = Bv0I
e
Induced current, I 
Req
Substituting the values in the above equation, we get
5  v0  0.2
2  103 
5
2
 v0  10 m / s  1cm / s
 The value of v0  1cm / s so that a steady current of 2 mA flows in the loop.
 
16. Direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is given by E B
 A unit vector in the direction of propagation
  
E  B k  (2 i  2 j )
= 
EB EB
    

 E  B  k  (2 i  2 j ) 
     
  2(k  i  2( k  j ) 
   
  2( j )  2(  i ) 
   
  2 j 2 i 
 
 E  B  2  2  2 2 
2 2

 
   
2 j 2 i i  j
= 
2 2 2
Hence, correct option is A.

17. Given, f1  2 f 2
1 1
  …. (i)
f1 2 f 2
Using lens Maker’s formula, we get
1  1 1 
 ( 1  1)   
f1  R1 R2 
1 1 1 
 ( 2  1)  '  ' 
f2  R1 R2 
1 1 
 ( 1  1)   
  R 
1  1 1
= ( 2  1)    [ using Eq. (i)]
2  R  
1  1 2  1
   2 1   2  1
R 2R
18. Frequency of emitted radiation during transition from (n+1)th level to the nth level in hydrogen atom
is
E
 [ E  hf ]
h
1 1  13.6  13.6  
= [ En 1  En ]    
h h  (n  1) 2  n 2  
1  1 1  13.6  2n  1 
  13.6   2  2 
  
h  n (n  1)  h  n 2 (n  1) 2 
  1 
 n 2   
13.6   n 
 f   2
… (i)
h  4 1  
n 1
  n 2  
 1 1
If n>>1, and 2  0
n n
1 1
So, neglecting and 2 in Eq (i), we have
n n
13.6  2n  2  13.6 1
f      3
h  n4  h n
1
 f 3
n
Hence, correct option is B.
19. By Bohr’s IInd postulate, for revolving electron,
nh nh
Angular momentum =  mvrn 
2 2
nh
 Momentum of electron, p  mv 
2 rn
De-Broglie wavelength associated with electron is
n  h / p  2 rn / n
o
Given, n  3, rn  4.65 A
(2    4.65) o
 n   9.7 A
3
20. Energy released is given by
 Total binding   Total binding 
E     2  Energy of H 2 
4
 Energy of 2 He   1 
 E  (4)(7)  2(1.1)(2)  23.6 MeV
21. Given, 9 divisions of main scale are equal to 10 divisions of Vernier scale.
i.e. 9 MSD = 10 VSD
9
 VSD  MSD …. (i)
10
Size of 1 main scale division,
1 MSD = 1mm
Now, least count, LC = 1MSD – 1VSD …. (ii)
Using Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
9 1 1
LC  1MSD  MSD  MSD  mm
10 10 10
While measuring the diameter of bob.
Main Scale Reading, MSR = 10 mm
Vernier Scale Reading, MSR = 10 mm
Zero error, e = 0.04 cm
Now, diameter, d = [MSR + LC x VSR]-e
 1 
=  10mm   8mm   0.04cm
 10 
= (10.8)mm – 0.04cm
d 1.04
Radius, r   cm  0.52cm
2 2
 2
= 52  10 cm
 Correct answer is 52.
22. Av 2 versus x graph is shown below.

Using equation of motion,

v 2  u 2  2ax …. (i)
We know that, the equation of straight line.
y  mx  c …. (ii)
Comparing Eqs. (i) and (ii),
80  20 60
Slope, m  2a   2
30  0 30
2 2
Now, the acceleration, a =  1m / s
2
23. Let R be the radius of semicircle, dl be the elemental arc length for d angle

 dl  Rd
For  R length, mass be m
m
 Mass per unit length =
R
m
 dm  dl
R
m m
 dm  Rd  d
R 
y
sin  
R
and as we know that
X CM  0 (by symmetry)

1 1 m
and YCM   ydm   R sin  d
m m0 
R 2R
= [cos ]0 
 
Hence, x = 2
2
24. Given, cross-sectional area of the tank, A = 0.4m
Cross –sectional area of the opening at B,
2
A = 4 cm
 4 2
= 1  10 m
Load applied on the top of the tank,
M = 24 kg
Height of the water level, h = 40 cm
From the figure,

Using the Bernoulli’s principle equation,

mg  v A2  vB2
0    gh   0 
A 2 2
(24)10  (0) 2
 0  1000  10  0.4 
0.4 2
2
1000  vB
= 0
2
vB  3m / s
Hence, the value of v to the nearest integer is 3.
25. Given, number of mole, n = 1
Heat supplied = Q
Work done = Q/5
By using first law of thermodynamics,
Q  U  W
 Q = U  Q / 5
 U  4Q / 5  nCv T …. (i)
where, Cv is heat coefficient at constant volume and T is change in temperature.
Degree of freedom of diatomic gas, f = 5
5 f
 Q R T [from Eq. (i)]
42
Q 5 5 25
 C   R R
T 4 2 8
Hence, x  25
26. Let resistances be R1, R2 , R3 and R4 and l1 current is passing through R4 as shown in figure
 l2  (6  l1 ) is passing through  l2  (6  l1 )
As, same current is flowing through R4 and R3 .
 R4 and R3 are in series.
 and series equivalent resistance,
Req  R4  R3
 Req  2  2  4
Voltage through Req and R2 will be same.
 l1Req  l2 R2  l1 4  (6  l1 )2
 2l1  6  l1  l1  2 A
27. Given,
Inductance, L = 30 mH
Resistance, R = 1
Angular frequency,   300 rad/s
We know that in L-C-R circuit,
XC  X L
tan  
R
where,  = phase angle = 450
1
XC = capacitive reactance =
C
XL = inductive reactance =  L
X  XL
 tan 450  C
R
[ tan 45  1 ]
0
 XC – XL = R
1
  300  30  103  1
C
1 1
  10  C 
C 10
1 1
 C C 
10 10  300
1
 C   103 F …. (i)
3
1
According to question, the value of capacitance is  103 F . So, on comparing it with Eq.(i), we
x
can say x  3 .
28. For path difference of  , i.e. x  
Phase difference,
2 2
   x     2
 
Intensity, I  I1  I 2  2 I1 I 2 cos 
As, light is monochromatic, so
I1  I 2  I 0 (say)
and I  K (given)
 K  I 0  I 0  2 I 0 I 0 cos 2
 K
K  4 I 0 or I 0 
4
 
For path difference of , i.e. x 
6 6
2  
Phase difference,    
 36
So, intensity, I '  I1  I 2  2 I1 I 2 cos 

= I0  I0  2 I0 I 0 cos
3
K K K 1 3K 9 K
=   2   
4 4 4 2 4 12
nK
Given, I ' 
12
On comparing the both, we get
n=9
29. Let the work function of the metal be .
hc
KE  

1 2
For case I, mv1  4   …. (i)
2
1 2
For case II, mv2  2.5   …. (ii)
2
Given, v1 / v2  2
From eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
v12 4  4 
  (2)2 
v2 2.5  
2
2.5  
 4(2.5   )  4    10  4  4  
6
 3  6     2eV
3
So, the work function of the metal is 2 eV.
30. As input = 12V and output = 8V, this means 4V potential drop occurs in external resistance of
400 .

So, current l across resistors,

l  V / R  4 / 400  102 A
As, there are two identical diodes and potential drop across diodes 8V, ie., potential drop across each
diode is 4V.
Hence, power dissipation across each diode,
P  Vl  4  102W  40mW