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1. When a 100W, 200V light bulb is operated at 100V, the current that flows in it is:
A. 350mA B. 500mA
C. 250mA D. 200mA
2. The diagram shows a steel wire clamped at one end. The other end is attached to a weight
hanging over a pulley.

weight

fixed stand vibrator fixed support

A vibrator is attached to the wire near the clamped end. A stationary wave with one loop is
produced. The frequency of the vibrator is f.
Which frequency should be used to produce a stationary wave with two loops?
f f
A. B.
4 2
C. 2 f D. 4 f
3. A fish trapped in the clear ice (n = 1.3) of a frozen lake appears to be 130 cm below the surface.
Its actual depth is:
A. 100cm B. 169 cm
C. 200 cm D. 338 cm
4. Water coming out of a hole in a large water tank strikes the ground at the distance of 4m
from the base of the tank. If the velocity of water jet coming out of the tank is 1 m/s then the
height of the hole is approximately:
A. 50m B. 0.5m
C. 5.0m D. 0.25m
5. A stone is thrown upward form the roof of a building with an initial speed v o. At the same
instant, a second stone is thrown from the roof upward at angle of 60o with the horizontal
and with the same initial speed vo. Which one of the following statements is true? Both the
stone hit the ground at:
A. The same time and same speed B. Different times but with the same speed
C. The same time but with different speed D. Different times and different speed
6. The units of resistance, inductance and capacitance are:
A. mho, farad, Henry B. ohm, ohm, ohm
C. ohm, Henry, farad D. ohm, Henry, mho
7. The half-life of iodine -131 is 8 days. How much of 10gm sample of iodine -131 will remain
after 32 days?
A. 0.37gm B. 0.625gm
C. 0.75gm D. 1.25gm
8. Two similar balls are simultaneously thrown vertically upwards, one with an initial velocity
twice than that of the other. The ball with the greater velocity will reach a height:
A. Twice that of the other B. Four times that of the other
C. Half that of the other D. 2 times that of the other
9. When a ferromagnetic material is inserted in current carrying solenoid, the magnetic field is:
A. Slightly changed B. Greatly decreased
C. Greatly increased D. Unchanged

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10. Two liters of a gas expands in a piston cylinder a wobbly from initial temperature of 27C to
a final temperature of 77C against the atmospheric pressure. The final volume of the gas in
liters is:
7 6
A. litres B. litres
6 7
11 7
C. litres D. liters
7 3
11. The value of ‘g’ at the centre of earth is:
A. 9.8m/s2 B. Zero
C. Infinity D. 98 m/s2
12. Which of the following combination of units is not equivalent to Farad? (Q, C and V represent
Coulomb, Joule and Volt respectively):
A. C2/E B. C/V
C. C.V D. J/V2
13. A steel ball of mass 100g is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 20m/sec using a spring
loaded gun. Taking acceleration due to gravity to be 10m/sec2 and neglecting air resistance,
it will rise to a height of:
A. 25m B. 20m
C. 30m D. 40m
14. Yellow light of a single wavelength cannot be:
A. Dispersed B. Reflected
C. Refracted D. Absorbed
15. A 10 mA ammeter with internal resistance 2 Ω is to be used to read currents upto 50 mA.
One should use a:
A. Shunt resistor whose resistance is greater than 2Ω
B. Series resistor, whose resistance is less than 2Ω
C. Series resistor whose resistance is greater than 2Ω
D. Shunt resistor whose resistance is less than 2Ω
16. The length of a pendulum is adjusted in such a way that its time period on the surface of the
earth is 1 second. Let T be its time period when it is taken down a deep shaft (hole) halfway
towards the centre of the earth. Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere of uniform
density, then the value of T in seconds is:
A. 2 B. 2
1
C. D.1
2
17. The Lyman series of hydrogen atomic spectrum covers:
A. Infrared region B. Visible region
C. Ultraviolet region D. Far-infrared region
18. A bar magnet is passed through a coil of wire. The induced current is greatest when:
A. The north pole of the magnet enters the coil first
B. The magnet moves slowly, so that it remains inside the coil for a long time
C. The magnet moves fast, so that it remains inside the coil for a short time
D. The south pole of the magnet enters the coil first
19. A spherical ball attached to one end of a string is whirled in a vertical circle, when the ball is
at the highest position, the tension in the string will be:
A. Equal to twice is weight B. Maximum
C. Equal to mass D. Zero
20. Two forces of 6N & 8N are acting simultaneously on an object at right angle to each other.
The magnitude of their resultant in Newton is:
A. 14 B. 10
C. 2 D. 5
21. The unit which does not represent the same physical quantity as the others is the:
A. British Thermal Unit B. Joule
C. Calorie D. Horsepower

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22. The heating element of an electric radiator takes the current of 4.0A. The charge passing each
point in every minute is:
A. 4C B. 24C
2
C. 2.4 x 10 C D. 24x102C
23. A red ball is viewed through a purple filter. What will its color appear to be?
A. Red B. Blue
C. Purple D. Black
24. An electric field of magnitude 200 V/m can be produced by applying a potential difference of
10 V to a pair of parallel metal plates separated by:
A. 20 mm B. 50 mm
C. 2 mm D. 200 mm
25. The rest mass of photon is:
A. 9.1 10-31 kg B. Zero
C. 1.67  10 kg
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D. Infinite
26. By increasing the temperature of water from 0oC to 4oC the density of water:
A. Remains constant B. Increases
C. Decreases D. May increase or decrease
27. A spring having a spring constant of 10N/m is stretched by 0.5m. The energy stored in the spring
is:
A. 1.25J B. 1.0J
C. 0.5J D. 0.25J
28. A boy on a bicycle heading due west, decelerates as he approaches an intersection, the angular
acceleration vector of the wheels points:
A. East B. North
C. South D. Towards the centre
29. Two identical balls are spring loaded by guns. A and B shoot projectiles straight up. The ball
projected in gun A has mass Ma and that in B has mass Mb = 2Ma. The height reached by
projectile A is H. What is the height reached by, projectile B.:
A. H/2 B. H/4
C. H/√2 D. 2H
30. A car is making a right turn while following a circular path and traveling at constant speed.
At the instant when its velocity is towards the east, the direction of acceleration is towards:
A. North B. East
C. South D. None of these
31. A tennis ball is released from rest at the top of a tall building. Which graph best represents
the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the ball as it falls, assuming that the effects
of air resistance are appreciable?
a a

0 0
A. 0 t B. 0 t
a a

0 0
C. 0 t D. 0 t
32. The variation in the focal length of a lens when we go away from the axis’s of the lens towards
its edges is called:
A. Chromatic aberration B. Spherical aberration
C. Astigmatism D. Myopia

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33. The emf of an electric battery is 10 V, and the internal resistance is 2. What is the potential
difference across the battery terminals if it is connected to a 3 resistor?
A. 6V B. 10V
C. 4 V D. 2 V
34. The device used for conversion of AC to DC is called:
A. Rectifier B. Oscillator
C. Amplifier D. Modulator
35. An object is placed at a distance 2f from a converging lens of focal length “f”. The image thus
formed by the lens is:
A. At 2f B. At infinity
C. Between f and 2f D. Same side
36. On a cold winter night on the North Pole a thermometer reads the temperature as -40oF.
Another thermometer graduated in centigrade will read as:
A. -8o B. -50o
C. -40o D. -72o
37. When a radioactive element emits a positron, the effect is:
A. Increases in atomic number B. Decrease in atomic number
C. Increase in mass number D. Decrease in mass number
38. The pilot of an F-16 aircraft experiences “weightlessness” at the top of a vertical circle. If he
is traveling at a speed of 200m/sec, then the closest value of the radius of the circle:
A. 1000m B. 4000m
C. 2000m D. 200m
39. A spring of force constant 100 N/m is connected side-by-side to a spring of force constant
300 N/m. The force constant of the set of springs is:
A. 200 N/m B. 400 N/m
C. 100 N/m D. 300 N/m
40. The phenomenon of radioactivity is mainly due to disintegration of:
A. Proton B. Neutron
C. Nucleus D. Molecule
41. A spring has an unstretched length of 20 cm. A 6 N weight stretches it to 32 cm. If the 6N
weight is replaced by a 5 N weight, its new stretched length will be:
A. 28 cm B. 24 cm
C. 10 cm D. 30 cm
42. A robot consumes 100 joules of energy to a load in 5 second. Its power is:
A. 500W B. 400W
C. 2500W D. 20W
43. An atom of mass m and velocity v strikes the wall of a container at a right angle and rebounds
with the same velocity. What is the change in the momentum of the atom?
A. 2mv B. mv
C. mv2 D. mv1/2
44. In order to produce beats by two sound waves, it is most important that the two waves have:
A. Slightly different amplitudes B. Slightly different frequencies
C. Same frequency D. Same amplitude
45. The average speed of molecule in a bottle of gas at the pressure P and absolute temperature
T is doubled. The new pressure and temperature (keeping volume constant) are respectively:
A. 4P, 2T B. 2P, 4T
C. 4P, 4T D. 2P, 2T
46. Transformers are not used in:
A. A.C circuits B. D.C circuits
C. Both A.C and D.C circuits D. Integrated circuits
47. A box of mass 10 kg is raised by a chain from the ground. What tension in the chain would
produce an upward acceleration of 5 m/s2? (use g=10ms-2):
A. -100 N B. 125 N
C. -150 N D. 50 N

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48. A steel ball is falling at constant speed in oil. Which graph shows the variation with time of
the gravitational potential energy Ep and the kinetic energy Ek of the ball?
energy energy

Ek Ek

EP EP
0 0
A. time B. time
energy energy
Ek Ek

EP EP
0 0
C. time D. time
49. A heater has resistance of 10 ohm and current of 10A is passing through it. The power of the
heater is:
A. 1000W B. 1000J
C. 100W D. 100J
50. Let a be the acceleration and Vy the vertical component of the velocity of an object thrown up
in the air. At the highest point of its trajectory the values of these quantities can be written as:
A. V y=o, a≠o B. V y≠o, a=o
C. V y=o, a=o D. V y≠o, a≠o
51. Individual A pulls a 10 Kg mass to the top of a 4m high building with the help of a frictionless
pulley. Individual B carries an equal mass to the same place along a 12 m long winding track.
If WA and WB are the work done by A and B, then:
A. WA = 0 B. WA = WB
C. WA= 1/3 W D. WA = 3 WB
52. The figure shows a simple bottle opener being used to open a bottle. The fulcrum (pivot) of
the opener as a lever is at?

C
B
A

A. A B. C
C. Insufficient information to determine the answer D. A
53. A boy standing in an elevator which goes up with constant acceleration exerts a push on the
floor of elevator equal to:
A. His own weight B. Less than his weight
C. More than his weight D. None of these
54. A bucket full of water attached to a 1m long rope is rotated in a vertical circle in such a way
that no water spills from it. Its minimum velocity (in m/sec) at the bottom of the circle will
approximately be:
A. 13 B. 50
C. 4 D. 7
55. P-type semiconductors can be obtained by doping silicon with:
A. Arsenic B. Phosphorus
C. Aluminum D. Bismuth
56. Sound waves do not exhibit:
A. Reflection B. Polarization
C. Refraction D. Diffraction

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57. The acceleration of a particle moving along a straight line is defined as the time rate of change
of its linear velocity, if the acceleration of the particle is given by a = cost during a time
interval 6 sec which of the following best expresses its velocity?
A. v = sint B. v = sec t
C. v = cost D. v = cosec t
58. Consider two wires W1 and W2 of length L1 and L2 and cross-sectional area A1 and A2 made
of the same material. If L1 is twice that of L2 and A1 is one half of A2 then which one of the
following is true:
A. Resistance of wire W1 is twice that of W2
B. Resistance of wire W1 is four times that of W2
C. Resistance of wire W1 is half of W2
D. None of the above
59. The volume of a given mass of gas at STP will be doubled at atmospheric pressure if the
temperature of the gas is changed to:
A. 423oC B. 600oC
C. 300oC D. 573oC
60. -12
A pith ball has a charge of +10 C. Compared with its normal state of electrical neutrality it
has:
A. No electrons B. Equal number of electron
C. Excess of electrons D. Fewer electrons

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