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

1. A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage rating 1 kV, using a material of
dielectric constant 3 and dielectric strength 107 Vm-1. For safety we would like the field never
to exceed 10% of the dielectric strength. The minimum area of the plates required to have a
capacitance of 50 pF is
Options:
(a) 11 cm2
(b) 19 cm2
(c) 24 cm2
(d) 32 cm2

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

Ke 2
4. Potential energy between a proton and an electron is given by U  , then radius of
3R 3
Bohr’s orbit can be given by
Options:
Ke 2 m
(a)
h2
63 Ke 2 m
(b) 3
n h2
2 Ke2 m
(c)
n h2
42 Ke 2 m
(d)
n2h2
5. 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

6. The hybridisation for the central atom is OPCl3, OSF4 and OIF5 respectively :
Options:
(a) sp3 , sp3d , sp3d 2
(b) sp2 , sp3 , sp3d
(c) sp3d , sp3d 2 , sp3d 3
(d) All have the same hybridisation

7. Which of the following statements about the highly pure dilute solution of sodium in liquid
ammonia at –33°C is incorrect ?
Options:
(a) Blue colour of the solution is due to the pressure of ammoniated electrons.
(b) Solution exhibits electrical conductivity.
(c) Solution exhibits paramagnetism and acts as a reducing agent.
(d) Solution is highly stable and do not decompose on long standing.

8. The correct IUPAC name of the given compound is

Options:
(a) 5–Amino–3–bromo–4–Chloro–2–hydroxycyclopentane–1–carbonitrile
(b) 1–Amino–3–bromo–2–Chloro–4–hydroxycyclopentane carbonitrile
(c) 2–Amino–4–bromo–3–Chloro–5–hydroxycyclopentane–1–carbonitrile
(d) 2–Amino–3–chloro–3–bromo–5–hydroxycyclopentane–1–nitrile
9. Pb and Sn are extracted from their chief ores by :
Options:
(a) Carbon reduction and self reduction
(b) Self reduction and carbon reduction
(c) Electrolysis and self reduction
(d) Self reduction and electrolysis

10. In the thiocyanate ion, SCN– three resonating structure are possible with the electron–dot
method as shown in figure :

The decreasing order of % contribution in resonance hybrid is :

Options:
(a) x > y > z
(b) y > z > x
(c) z > x > y
(d) cannot be predicted

11. How many words of 4 different letters can be formed out of 7 capital letters, 3 vowels and
5 consonants if each word starts with a capital letter and contains at least one vowel.
Options:
(a) 1932
(b) 1393
(c) 1194
(d) 322

12. If domain of f (x) is [0, 1]. Then the domain of f (2sinx – 1).
Options:
  
(a)  2n  , 2n  
 6 2
  5 
(b)  2n  , 2n  
 2 6
  5 
(c)  2n  , 2n  
 6 6
  5 
(d)  n  , n  
 6 6

13. Let N denote the set of all natural numbers and R be the relation on N × N defined by (a,
b) R (c, d) if ad(b + c) = bc (a + d) then R is
Options:
(a) symmetric only
(b) reflection
(c) transitive only
(d) an equivalence relation

14. The equation of pair of lines joining origin to the points of intersection of x2 + y2 = 9 and
x + y = 3 is
Options:
(a) x 2  (3  x)2  9
(b) xy = 0
(c) (3  y)2  y 2  9
(d) ( x  y)2  9

15. If a1, a2....a10 be an A.P and h1, h2, ....h10 are in H.P. If a1 = h1 = 2 and a10 = h10 = 3, then
a5h6 is
Options:
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 3
Answers:
1. (b)
2. (d)
3. (a)
4. (d)
5. (c)
6. (a)
7. (d)
8. (c)
9. (b)
10. (a)
11. (a)
12. (c)
13. (d)
14. (b)
15. (c)