FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

PHYSICS (PAPER 2)
CATEGORY - A
(INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD)
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40

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Instructions
* Attempt all questions.
* Paper 2 has Two Parts I and II. Each question of Part I carries 2 marks and each
question of part II caries 5 marks.
* Calculators and log tables are not permitted.

PART I
1. The electric field in a region is given by E A x3 i . What is the potential at any point in the region?

2. A radioactive sample has decay constant . The rate of production of nuclei in the given sample as
9N02
, where N0 is the number of radioactive nuclei in the sample at t = 0 and N is the number of
N
radioactive nuclei in the sample at time t = t sec. Find the number of nuclei present in the radioactive
sample at t . (Given N0 = 106 nuclei)

3. A wedge of mass 4 m lies on a smooth horizontal surface as m

shown in the figure. The wedge has two men of masses m and
2m. The system is initially at rest. The man of mass 2m starts 4m
pulling the rope so that his acceleration with respect to wedge is
2a towards left. The acceleration of m is a towards right (with 2m
respect to wedge). The string & pulleys are massless and the
coefficient of friction between each pulley & string is . Calculate
the magnitude of acceleration of m with respect to ground.

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4. A small block B is supported by a platform connected at A to rod OA. Point B

vA
A describes a circle in a vertical plane at a constant speed v A, The
coefficient of friction between the block and the platform are s = 1 3 and A

k = 1 5 . Find the maximum speed v A, for the block not to slide on the
platform. 400 mm
O

5. The container in the figure is filled with a fluid having density 2 upto a D C

height h is fixed on a horizontal surface as shown in the figure. h

Calculate the horizontal velocity that should be given to a ball of density

at point A, so that it escapes out of the container at point C. (Density h

of ball = , density of fluid = 2.) Neglect viscosity of fluid, air. A B

6. Two identical rods of length and mass m are welded together at

right angles and then suspended from a knife-edge as shown. Find
the angular frequency of small oscillations of the system in its own
plane about the point of suspension.

7. A particle is moving in a circle of radius R with a speed v and

v
mirror of length 2R is rotating with an angular velocity in the
same plane with axis of rotation passes through O and

perpendicular to the plane of figure. Same centre of rotation as O

shown in figure. Find the speed of image.

8. Two point masses of 0.2 Kg and 0.5 kg are fixed at the ends of a light rod of length 1.4m. Find the
minimum moment of inertia of the rod about an axis perpendicular to the rod.

9. A string tied between x = 0 and x = vibrates in fundamental mode.

The amplitude A, tension T and mass per unit length is given. Find x=0 x=
the total energy of the string.

10. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential difference - +

of 0/2 and after that it is connected to a circuit with the polarity
C
shown in the figure. At t = 0, switch S is closed. Find heat energy S
generated through the resistance after a long time.
R
0

PART II

11. A straight glass tube is having sealed lower end and upper end is open to atmosphere. P0
F
The lower half of the tube is filled with n moles of a diatomic gas at initial temperature
T0 and the upper half is filled with mercury. Atmospheric pressure is 76 cm of mercury
and complete length of the tube is 152 cm. Now the gas inside the tube is slowly
heated. Given that (Atmospheric pressure in S.I. unit)(Area of cross section of the tube P0
in S.I.unit) (0.76 m)=16J.Neglect any vibrational degree of freedom.
(a) If at any time volume of the gas is V find the pressure of gas.

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(b) Calculate the temperature of the gas when complete mercury is pushed out.
(c) What will be work done by gas in pushing the mercury completely out.

12. Two identical buggies move one after the other due to inertia (without friction) with the same velocity
v 0 . A man of mass m rides the rear buggy. At a certain moment, the man jumps into the front buggy
with a velocity u relative to his buggy. Knowing that the mass of each buggy is equal to m. Find the
velocity with which the buggies will move after that.

13. Two identical charged balls A and B each of mass m, carrying C

identical charge q are connected together by a light non-conducting
rod of length . The system is placed on a smooth horizontal surface,
B A
where there exists a uniform vertical magnetic field of induction 0.2T
in a cylindrical region. The axis of the cylindrical region passes
through the centre of the rod.
A neutral particle C of mass m is placed at a distance /2 from the rod along its perpendicular
bisector. The magnetic field decreases to zero at a uniform rate in a time interval of 2103s. The
collision between the balls B and C is perfectly inelastic. Find
(a) the velocity of the centre of mass of A, B and C just after collision.
(b) angular velocity of the rod about the centre of mass of A, B and C just after collision.
q
(c) speed of each ball immediately after collision. (given that 104 )
m 2

14. A transparent solid sphere of radius 2 cm and density floats in

10 cm
a transparent liquid of density 2 kept in a beaker. The bottom of 2 cm
the beaker is spherical in shape with its radius of curvature 8 cm
and is silvered to make it a concave mirror as shown in the h
figure. When an object is placed at a distance of 10 cm directly
above the centre of the sphere its final image coincides with it.
Find h (as shown in the figure), the height of the liquid surface in the beaker from the apex of the
bottom. Consider paraxial rays only. The refractive index of the sphere is (3/2) and that of the liquid is
(4/3).

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