Droppers - NEET - Vedantu Scholarship Admission Test (VSAT) 2018

1. The diagram shows an earthed conducting sphere held close to a positively- charged dome.

What are the charge and potential of the conducting sphere ?

Charge Potential
Options:
(a) unchanged zero
(b) unchanged negative
(c) negative zero
(d) negative negative

2. The galvanometer has a resistance of 25 ohm and a maximum of 0.01 A current can be
passed through it. In order to change it into an ammeter of range 10A, the shunt resistance
required is
Options:
(a) 5/999 ohm
(b) 10/999 ohm
(c) 20/999 ohm
(d) 25/999 ohm

3. The Sun (diameter D) subtends an angle  radian at the pole of a concave mirror of focal
length f. The diameter of the image of the Sun formed by the mirror is :
Options:
(a) f 
(b) 2 f 
f 2
(c)
D
(d) D

4. The current i in an induction coil varies with time t according to the graph shown.
in figure. Which of the following graphs shows the induced emf (E) in the coil with time ?
Options:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

5. A high energy  -particle with a 7N14 nucleus to produce a 8O17 nucleus. What could be the
other products of his collision ?
Options:
(a) a   photon alone
(b) a   photon and a  -particle
(c) a   photon and a neutron
(d) a   photon and a proton.

6. Light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident on a sensitive surface. If the surface has received
10-7 J of energy, then number of photon just falling on the surface are
Options:
(a) 2.5  106
(b) 5  106
(c) 2.5 1011
(d) 5  1011

7. A solid sphere of radius R made of a material of bulk modulus K is surrounded by a liquid

in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of the liquid.
When a mass M is placed on the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional change in the
R
radius of the sphere, is
R
Options:
Mg
(a)
KA
Mg
(b)
2 KA
Mg
(c)
3KA
Mg
(d)
4 KA

8. The packing efficiency of the two dimensional square unit cell shown below is

Options:
(a) 39.27%
(b) 68.02%
(c) 74.05%
(d) 78.54%

9. The density (in g mL-1) of a 3.60 M sulphuric acid solution that is 29% H2SO4 (molar mass
= 98 g mol-1) by mass will be
Options:
(a) 1.64
(b) 1.88
(c) 1.22
(d) 1.45

10. The order or reactivity of phenyl magnesium bromide with the following compound is

Options:
(a) (II) > (III) > (I)
(b) (I) > (III) > (II)
(c) (II) > (I) > (III)
(d) all react with the same rate
11. The following mechanism has been proposed for the reaction of NO with Br2 to form
NOBr
NO( g )  Br2 ( g ) NOBr2 ( g )
NOBr2 ( g )  NO( g ) 2 NOBr ( g )
If the second step is the rate determining step, the order of the reaction with respect to NO (g)
is
Options:
(a) 1
(b) 0
(c) 3
(d) 2

12. The relative reactivities of acyl compounds towards nucleophilic substitution are in the
order of
Options:
(a) acyl chloride > acid anhydride > ester > amide
(b) ester > acyl chloride > amide > acid anhydride
(c) acid anhydride > amide > ester > acyl chloride
(d) acyl chloride > ester > acid anhydride > amide

13. CH 3 Br  Nu   CH 3  Nu  Br 
The decreasing order of the rate of the above reaction with nucleophiles (Nu–) A to D is
 Nu   ( A) PhO , ( B) AcO  , (C ) HO  , ( D)CH 3O  
Options:
(a) D > C > A > B
(b) D > C > B > A
(c) A > B > C > D
(d) B > D > C > A

14. For the decomposition of a compound AB at 600 K, the following data were obtained.

The order for the decomposition of AB is

Options:
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 1.5
15. The magnetic moment (spin only) of  NiCl4 
2
is
Options:
(a) 1.82 BM
(b) 5.46 BM
(c) 2.82 BM
(d) 1.41 BM

16. A link between the living and non-living is provided by

Options:
(a) bacteria
(b) viruses
(c) plankton
(d) viroids

17. What is the chromosome number in a human ovum

Options:
(a) 24
(b) 46
(c) 48
(d) none of the above

18. A colour blind man is married to a normal visioned woman whose parents also had
normal vision. What proportion of their children is likely to be colour blind ......... per cent
Options:
(a) 0
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 100

19. A preparation of living or killed microorganisms or viruses used in the prevention of

disease through immunization is called
Options:
(a) toxoid
(b) vaccine
(c) viremia
(d) anti-toxin

20. There is a continuous environmental change and continuous evolution is called

Options:
(a) blue green effect
(b) red green effect
(c) brown green effect
(d) none of the above

21. Total lung capacity in man is ........ litres

Options:
(a) 3.5
(b) 2.2
(c) 5.7
(d) 4.5

22. Sperm is active because it has

Options:
(a) both b and d
(b) mitochondria
(c) acrosome
(d) tail

23. Biofortification is
Options:
(a) high production of microbial products in bioreactors
(b) increased population of microorganism in water bodies
(c) breeding crops with higher nutritional quality
(d) all of the above

24. The temperature for polymerisation in PCR is

Options:
(a) 54°C
(b) 72°C
(c) 94°C
(d) 104°C

25. Which part of the brain is involved in loss of control when a person drinks alcohol ?
Options:
(a) Cerebellum
(b) Cerebrum
(c) Medulla oblongata
(d) Thalamus

26. Which of the following can not be explained by genetic drift ?

Options:
(a) Bottleneck effect
(b) Founder’s effect
(c) Hardy weinberg’s equilibrium
(d) all of these
27. A double stranded DNA is 100 Kbp long. The number of nucleotides, number of
complete turns in the molecule and length of the DNA molecule will be
Options:
(a) 105; 20,000 ; 3.4 × 104 nm respectively
(b) 2 × 105 ; 10,000 ; 3.4 × 104 nm respectively
(c) 2 × 105 ; 10,000 ; 0.34 × 104 nm respectively
(d) 2 × 105 ; 10,0000 × 3.4 × 104 nm respectively

28. Arabidopsis is advantageous for plant genetic research because

Options:
(a) it is commercially important as a food crop
(b) it is an endangered species
(c) it is a small plant with a small genome size which can be raised inexpensively
(d) it is a close relative of corn & results with this species can be applied to problems in corn

29. When blue flower long pollen plant (BBLL) was crossed with red flowered round pollen
plant (bbll) in Lathyrus and their F1 was crossed with red round parent, then what is the ratio
of blue long and read round obtained in this cross ?
Options:
(a) 1/16:1/16
(b) 7/16:7/16
(c) 7/16:1/16
(d) 9/16:3/16

30. Plant pollinated by bats is

Options:
(a) kigellia
(b) Ophrys
(c) Salvia
(d) None of these
Answers:
1. (c)
2. (d)
3. (a)
4. (c)
5. (d)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (d)
9. (c)
10. (c)
11. (d)
12. (a)
13. (a)
14. (c)
15. (c)
16. (b)
17. (d)
18. (a)
19. (b)
20. (d)
21. (c)
22. (b)
23. (c)
24. (b)
25. (a)
26. (c)
27. (d)
28. (c)
29. (b)
30. (a)