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 you are riding on your bicycle with inflated tyres. Your friend asks for a lift and sits on the canier behind you:
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(A)The air pressure in the tyres increases.
(B) The air pressure in the tyres decreases'
(C) The air pressure in the tyres remains the same.
(D) Nothing in the system changes except the reaction of the ground

parts of a plant from getting

2. A coolant in a chemical or nuclear plant is a liquid that is used to prevent different
too hot. One important property of coolant is that it [:2007l
(A) should have low sPecific heat'
(B) should have high specific heat.
(C) high density and lowthermal conductivity.
(D) lowdensity and high thermal conductivity.

and hits
A molecule of gas in a container hits one wall (1) normally and rebounds back. lt suffers no collision
1.s
3.

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the opposite wall (2) which is at an angle of 30o with wall 12008]

d y st Wall 1

St u

both the walls, the

Assuming the collisions to be elastic and the small collision time to be the same for
magnitude of average force by wall 2. (Fr) provided to the molecule during collision satisfy :

(A) F1> F' (B) Fl < F,

(C) F, = F, both non-zero (D)F,=F,=0

place is 90% and the temperature is 15"(C)

4 . On a day during the Monsoon season, the relative humidity at a
pressureof water
Thesaturationvapourpressureof wateratthistemperatureis0.0l6gx l05Pa.Thepartial
vapour in the air on that daY is I20osl
(A) 0.9 x 105 Pa (B) 0.0169 x 10s Pa
(C) 0.0152 x 105 Pa (D) 1.0 x 105 Pa

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 Toprc- wrse KVPY [STREAM-SA] Questions with Solutions

An lnsulated vessel contiains 0.4 kg of water at OoC. A piece of 0.1 kg ice at -15"C is put into it and steam
at 100oC is bubbled into it until all ice is melted and finally the contents are liquid water at 40oC. Assume that
the vessel does not give or take any heat and there is no loss of matter and heat to the sunoundings. Specific
heat of iceis2.2 x 103 J kg-t6-t, heat of fusion of water is 333 x 103 J kg-l and heat of vaporization of water
is 2260 x 103 J kgr. The amount of steam that was bubbled into the water is about : t2009I
(A)34.7 gram (B)236.0 gram (C) 0.023 gram (D) 48.0 gram

6. A thermometer uses 'density of water' as thermometric property. The actual reading in the thermometer is
'height of water'(h) which is inversely proportional to density of water (d). ln a certain temperature range,
density of water varies with temperature as shown. The graph is symmetric about the maximum t2009I

o
o
B
o

c
o
o

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d
Tempeature

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tu
Two identical bodies (of same mass and specific heat) at different temperatures T, and T, show the same

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reading of height h, = h, in the thermometer. The bodies are brought into contact and allowed to reach thermal
equilibrium. The thermometer reading 'height of water for final equilibrium state h, satisfies.
h. +h"
(A)h,=-T=hr=hz
(B)h,,h,=h,
(C)h,.h,=h,
(D) h, may be greater or less than h, = h, , depending on the specific heat of the bodies.

7. We are able to squeeze snow and make balls out of it because of - [2009]
(A) anomalous behaviour of water. (B) large latent heat of ice.
(C) large specific heat of water. (D) low melting point of ice.

8. The temperature of a metal coin is increased by 100'C and its diameter increases by 0.15%. lts area
increases by nearly t2o(x)l
(A) 0.15% (B)0.60% (c) 0.30% (D) 0.02250/,

9. The note "Saa" on the Sarod and the Sitar have the same pitch. The property of sound that is most important
in distinguishing between the two instruments is t2009I
(A)fundamentalfrequency (B) intensity
(C) displacement amplitude (D) waveform

10. A solid cube and a solid sphere of identical material and equal masses are heated to the same temperature
and leftto cool in the same surroundings Then t200sl
(A) the cube will cool faster because of its sharp edges.
(B)the cube will cool faster because it has a larger surface area.
(C)the sphere will cool faster because it is smooth.
(D) the sphere will cool faster because it has a larger surface area

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11. Two identical blocks of metal are at 20oC and 80oC, respectively. The specific heat of the material of the two
blocksincreaseswithtemperature. WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutthefinaltemperatureT,whenthetwo
blOCkS are brought into contact (assuming that no heat is lost to
the sunoundings) ? t20101

(A) Trwill be 50oC.

(B) T, will be more than 50oC.
(C) T, will be less than 50oC.
(D) T, can be either more than or less than 50oC depending on the precise variation of the specific heat with
temperature.

12. A new temperature scale uses X as a unit of temperature, where the numerical value of the temperature t, in
this scale is related to the absolute temperature T by t, = 3T + 300. lf the specific heat of a material using this
:
unit is '1400 J kg-r X-r its specific heat in the S.l. system of units is [20101
(A) 4200 J kg-r 11-t

(B) 1400 J kg-t 11-r

(C) 466.7 J kg-t 11-t

(D) impossible to determine from the information provided

13. We sit in the room with windows open. Then 120111

(A) Air pressure on the floor of the room equals the atmospheric pressure but the air pressure on the
ceiling is negligible
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(B)Air pressure is nearly the same on the floor, the walls and ceiling
(C) Air pressure on the floor equals the weight of the air coloumn inside the room (from floor to ceiling)
d
tu
per unit area

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(D) Air pressure on the walls is zero since the weight of air acts downward

14. The number of air molecules in a (5m x 5m x 4m) room at standard temperature and pressure b of the order
d [2011]
(A) 6 x 10,3 (B)3 x 10'z4 (C) 3 x 10'?? (D)6 x 1030

ln a thermally isolated system. Two boxes filled with an ideal gas are connected by a valve. When the
valve
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isinclosedposition,statesoftheboxland2.respectively,are(1atm,V,T)and(05atm'4V,T) Whenthe
valve is opened, the final pressure of the system is approximately. [2011]
(A) 0.5 atm (B)0.6 atm (C)0.75 atm (D) 1.0 atm

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16. ln the Arctic region hemispherical houses called lgloos are made of ice. lt is possible to maintain inside

1A; ice naJnign thermalconductivity (p)ice has low.thermal conductivity

iCiic" nas ni-gh specific heat (D) ice has higher density than water

17. A circular metallic ring of radius R has a small gap of width d. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the
of the
metal is a in appropriale units. lf we increase the temperature of the ring by an amount AT, then width
gap: 120121
(A)will increase by an amount dcrAT
(B) wll not change
(C)wilt increase by an amount (2nR-d)ctAT
(D) will decrease bY an amount dcdT

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 Toprc- vuse KVPY [STREAM-SA] Questions with Solutions

18. 150 g of ice is mixed with 100 g of water at temperature 80oC. The tatent heat of ice is 80 cal/g and the
specific heat of water is 1 cal/g-oC. Assuming no heat loss to the environment, the amount of ice which does
not melt is : l2o12l
(A) 100 s (B)o g (C) 150 g (D)50 g

ig. An ideal gas filled in a cylinder occupies volume V. The gas is compressed isothermally to the volume V/3.
Now the cylinder valve is opened and the gas is allowed to leak keeping temperature same. What percentage
of the number of molecules escape to bring the pressure in the cylinder back to its original valuye. [2013]
(A)66% (B)33% (c) 0.33% (D)0.66%

20. A thin paper cup filled with water does not catch fire when placed over a flame. This is because l2014l
(A) The water cuts off oxygen supply to the paper cup
(B)Water is an excellent conductor of heat
(C) The paper cup does not become appreciably hotter than the water it contain
(D) Paper is a poor conductor of heat

21.
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lce is used in a cooler in order to cool its contents. Which of the following will speed up the cooling
process
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(A) Wrap the ice in a metal foil
(C) Put the ice as a single block
d y st(B) Drain the waterfrom the cooler periodically
(D) Crush the ice

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An atuminum piece of mass 50g initially at 300 'C is dipped quickly and taken out of 1kg of water, initially
at 30 "C. lf the teperature of the aluminum piece be 160 'C, what is the temperature of the water then
(Specific heat capacities of aluminum and water are 900 JKf 1K-1 and 4200Jkg'1K-1, respectively) 120141
(A)165'C (B)45 'C (c)31.5'C (D)28.5'C

23. Methane is a greenhouse gas because [20151

(A) it absorbs longer wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum while transmitting shorter wavelengths
(B) it absorbs shorter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum while transmitting longer wavelengths
(C)it absorbs all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(D) it transmits all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.

24. One mole of ideal gas undergoes a linear process as shown in figure below. lts temperature expressed as a
function of volume V is. t2015I

P
Po

(0,0)

(A) +
K
(B)
P^V
T- rc, s(r +) .,) +[,(#)')
25. 1 Kg of ice at -20oC is mixed with 2 Kg of water at 90oC . Assuming that there is no loss of energy to the
environment, what will be the final temperature of the mixture? (Assume latent heat of
ice = 334.4 KJ/KQ, specific heat of water and ice are 4.18 kJ/(kg.K) and 2.09kJ/(kg.K), respectively.)l2o1sl
(A)300c (B) ooc (c) 8o'c (D)4s'C

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properties of mercury is not a
26. Mercury is often used in clinical thermometers. Which one of the following
reason forthis? 120161

(A) TfE coefficient of the thermal expansion is large'

(B) lt is shiny.
(C) lt is a liquid at room temperature.
(D) lt has high densitY.

2000 m/s plunges into a 1.0 kg block of

27. A 20gm builet whose specific heat is 5000 J / (kg-og1 and moving at
wax whose specific heat is 3OOO J /(kg-o61. Both bullet and wax are
al2loC and assume that (i) the bullet
the wax' Thermal temperature of the
comes to rest in the wax and (ii) all its kinetic energy goes into heating
wax in oC is close to t2fiq
(A) 28.1 (B) 31.s 37.e
(c) pl42'1

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 Toac- wse l$rPY [STREAITI..SAI Questlons wlth Solutlons

ANSWER.S
1.(A) 2.(c) 3.(A) 4.(c) 5.(D) 6.(A) 7.(A)
8.(c) e.(D) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (B) r4l, (c)
1s. (B) 16. (B) t7. (A) r8. (D) 1e. (A) 20. (B) 21. (A)

n.(c) 23. (A) 24.(c) 25. (A) 26. (D) n.G)

lnitialmomentum, P., = mycos30 rrLu+ 65* (1100-40) I

and final momentum, P, = mvcos3O = fi, t

S*(40-O) + mrs-(15) * ffi, , lr* mrs_ (40-0) ,

change in momentum
' m (2260x 1F+4200x60)
AP=-2mvcos30 =0.4x4200 x40+0.1 x2.2x 103x15
AP =- .,6r,
e p s + 0.'1 x 333 x 103 + 0.1 x 4200 x 40
m (2512 x 103) = 672A0 + 3300 + 33300 + 16800
Force on wall-l
_ 2mv
d y st 120600
m = 2s12oo
=
603
12s60
Kg = 48
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L--
'1- At
Force on wall-2 St u 8. A= nlz

-'Lt 6,, ,soF,,>F,

F^= _
AA ^^A
Ar
4 yo =z[4]) " roo
4. R.H. =
partialpressure A (r/
saturated vapour pressure
{y"=2x0.15
A = o.3o%
90 partial pressure
100= 0.0'169 x 105 10. As masses areequal forcude and sphere
partial pressue = 0.0152 x 105 pa So, m" = v" x density
ffi"=v"xdensity
5. mass of water, m, = 0.4 kg asms=me
temperature of watel 0, OoC 3 V", density = V, x density
mass of ice, m, = 0.1 kg =+Vs=V€
tempeature of ice, 0, = - 15oC
4"a
mass of steam = m kg
final temperature of mixture 0 = 40pC
- -nr"
3
= S"

specific heat of ice, s* = 2.2 x'103 J/kgxk surface area comparison 6s2 > 4nr2
latent heat of fusion, l- = 393 x 103 J/kg
latent heat of vaporisation, = 2260 x 1IP J /kg
\ 11. 200c g00c
.t
Heat given = Heat taken St asT.l,
By steam of 1 00pC to water of 100oC + By water d0 = m.s.dO d0=msd0
fromlOOoC to40oC
Since, average S of body wtrich is initially at gffC
= By water from OoC to 40oC + By ice from is higher then body initially at temperature 20oC
-1soC to ice of OoC + By ice of OoC to water to so temperature decreases of eadier will be less
OoC + By water of OoC to 40oC
then temperature increases of letter.
So, T,, 50oC.

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12. tx=3T+300
At, = 3AT
1e +=T'+=+=n,=?
Q
s= m.Ae 11ou
2
of Gas will come out to make the
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Since, unit of 0 is joule in both system presence P,,
XT Hence 66.66%
m = mokg mokg Heat lost = heat gas
Q= QoJ Qo.J 0.05 x 900 x (300 - 160) = 1 x 42OOx (T - 30)
At, AT T = 31.5"
Qn Q^ 30 _D
S,= Sr=
moil=1400 ffi = moAL P=3v*Po ...(1)
S, = 3 x 1400 = 4200 J-kg-t11-t
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13. Pressure of gas is same everywhere in the ves- PV = nRT ...(2)
sel.
.'.r =PllrLl
PV = NKT
10s x 100 = N x 1.38 x 10-23 x 273
R vo)L
N= $x'lQzr m,s,(LT)+ m,L+ m,s.(T -0) = m*s*(90 - f)
15.

e p s +'l x 3y.4+ 1 x 4.18 x T

1 x 2.09(20)

y s t T=60-30=30oC
=2x4.,lBx(90_T)

tu d high density is not the reason for its uses in clinical

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thermometers.

M, = 20 x 10r Kg
Ca=5000J/Kg-oC
V = 2000 M/s
M*=1Kg
C*=3000J/Kg-oC
v,=V, Tt= 25o C = 298 K

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2 x0.5x4y= rP5V
1

irlrV+ 2 MV'= M* C* AT* + MB CB ATB

3V = SPV
3 ,rr, = M* c* (A T*) + MB cB aTB
P= u =0.6 =
I
1

17. ln length 2nR change -+ 2rRcrAT -,r20x10{x4x106

1 -+ cdT = (AT) {1 x 3000 + 20 x 103 x 5000}
ln d -+ dcrAT 40 x 103 = AT {3000 + 100)
=
18. Heat given by water = 100 x 1 x 800 = 8000 cal .- _ 40x103
zr t -
Heat taken by ice = 8000 cal = m x 80 3196
m
= 1009m LT = 12.9
So amount of ice which does not melt It-25= 12.9
= 150 - 100 = 50 gm. ,, ,U + 12.9 = 37.9oC
,=

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 the switch is
The circuit shown has 3 identical light bulbs A, B, C and 2 identical batteries E1, E2 . When
open, A and B glow with equal brighiness. When the switch is closed: lffill

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(A) A and B will maintain their brightness and c will be dimmer than A and B'

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(B) A and B will become dimmer and C will be brighter than A and B'
(C) A and B will maintain their brightness and C will not glow.

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(D)A, B and C will be equallY bright.
of a
2. A battery of 10v and negligible internal resistance is connected across the diagonally opposite corncr
cubicat network consisti,ig61 12 resistors each of resistance 1 O. The total curent I in the cirouit external t0
the network is : 12fJo7l

(A) 0.83A (B)12A (c)14 (D)4A

3. An electron of mass m" initially at rest takes time t, to move a distance s in a uniform electric f ield in the same
field environment, a proton of mass mo initially at rest takes time t2 to move the same distance (in the
opposite direction). lgnoring gravity, the ratio trlt, is: t20(E]

mo
(A)1 ,',lff) (C) rn" ,r, [+)
4. A negatively charged particle initially at rest is placed in an electric f ield that varies from point to point. There
are no other f ields. Then : t1nSl
(A) the particle moves along the electric line of force passing through it.
(B) the particle moves opposite to the electric line of force passing through it.
(C) the direction of acceleration of the particle is tangential to the electric line of force at every instant.
(D) the direction of acceleration of the particle is normalto the electric line of force at every instant.

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