PHYSICS

Daily Practice Problems

Target IIT ENTRANCE 2013
Class:XII Discussion: 30-01/04-05/2012 Time: 45 Min. M.M.: 40 DPP. NO.-9
Paragraph for question nos. 1 to 3
Gay-Lussac was the first to carefully study the expansion of gases.
The bulb A is filled with the gas to be studied and brought to E T
0°C by means of melting ice. By the stopcock E it is then shut A
off from the gas supply and connected with B which is completely
filled with mercury up to the opening of the small tube at the
top. If the gas in the bulb is at the same pressure as the outer air
the mercury will stand in the open tube C at the same level as in
B. The bulb A is then heated to any desired temperature, say to B C
90°C, and as the gas expands mercury is allowed to flow out of
the stopcock at the bottom so that it is kept at the same level in
B and C, thus maintaining the pressure constant. Part of the
expanded air is in A at 90° and part in B at the temperature of
the water bath which surrounds the tubes. the tube B is
graduated, so that the exact volume of the expanded gas may
be determined.
E T
A
Regnault also was the first to make accurate measurements of
the increase in pressure of a gas. The apparatus used is the
same as that described above (figure) but when the bulb A is
heated and the expanding gas begins to force down the mercury
in B, more mercury is poured into C until the additional pressure B C
again causes the mercury to exactly fill B. In this way the heated
gas is kept confined in the bulb A, and its pressure is measured
by the height of the mercury in C above that in B together with
the height of the barometer.

Q.1 If Gay Lussac takes a tube and bulb which expands on heating
(neglect the expansion of mercury) [3]
(A) the volume of mercury removed would be lesser.
(B) the volume of mercury removed would be more.
(C) the volume of mercury removed would be the same.
(D) can't be predicted.

Q.2 In Gay Lussac's experiment, if the temperature of water bath is also 90°C the approximate volume of
mercury flowing out is (VA is volume of bulb A) [3]
VA VA VA 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) V
4 3 2 3 A

Q.3 If Regnault also heated gas in bulb A to a temperature of 90°C, how much approximate height of
mercury column has to be poured? (atmospheric pressure = 76 cm of Hg). [3]
(A) 25 cm (B) 33 cm (C) 30 cm (D) 21 cm

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Q.4 A light ray in water strikes the water surface at an angle of 60° to the
normal. The path of the ray after striking is : [3]
air
–1  8  4
=sin  
=sin 3
–1  3 
water nwater = 3
3 3  8  
 

(A) (B)
 

–1  2 
=sin  
 3

(C)  (D) None of these

3=2
Q.5 A light ray is incident on lower medium boundary at an angle 30° with B
the normal. Which of following statement is/are true? [4]
2
(A) If 2 > 2 then total deviation is 60°
(B) If 2 < 2 then total deviation is 60° 1=4
A
(C) If 2 > 2 then total deviation is 120° 30°

(D) If 2 < 2 then total deviation is 120°

Q.6 The two ends of a uniform lagged rod of thermal conductivity k are maintained at different but constant
d
temperatures. The temperature gradient at any point on the rod is (equal to the difference in tem-
d
perature per unit length). The heat flow per unit time per unit cross-section of the rod is I. [4]
d
(A) is the same for all points on the rod.
d
(B) I will decrease as we move from higher to lower temperature.
d
(C) I = k.
d
(D) All the above options are incorrect.
Q.7 An object O lies infront of a thick glass, the bottom of which is polished. If the distance between first two
images formed by bottom surface is 4cm then, find the thickness of the slab. [5]
Q.8 A vessel of depth H is filled with a non-homogeneous liquid whose refractive index varies with the depth
'y' as :  = (1 + y/H). What is the apparent depth as seen by an observer from above ? [5]
Q.9 A thin flat glass plate is placed in front of a convex mirror. At what distance
b from the plate (see figure) should a point source of light S be placed so
that its image produced by the rays reflected from the front surface of the
plate coincides with the image formed by the rays reflected from the mirror?
The focal length of the mirror is F = 20 cm and the distance from
the plate to the mirror a = 5 cm. [5]
Q.10 A tank having cross sectional area A has a hole of area A1 = A/1000 near
its bottom. Bottom of the tank shown in figure is a plane mirror. A fish is
rising vertically in the tank with a velocity 2cm/sec. Find the velocities of
the two images of the fish as seen by an observer looking vertically
downwards when the water level is 5 m above the mirror (bottom). [5]

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 PHYSICS
Daily Practice Problems
Target IIT ENTRANCE 2013
Class:XII Discussion: 02-03/05/2012 Time: 40 Min. M.M.: 39 DPP. NO.-10
Q.1 The refracting angle of a prism is A and the refractive index of the material of the prism is cot (A/2) . The
angle of minimum deviation is : [3]
(A) 180º - 3 A (B) 180º + 2 A (C) 90º - A (D) 180º - 2 A

Q.2 The cross section of a glass prism  = 2 has the form of an isosceles right angled triangle. It is sub
merged in a liquid of refractive index 1.2. A ray is incident on to one of the equal faces perpendicularly.
The angle between the direction of incident ray and the ray that emerges from the prism is [3]
(A) 90° (B) 60° (C) 120° (D) 135°

P
Q.3 One mole of an ideal gas at temperature T was cooled isochorically till the gas pressure fell from P to
.
n
Then, by an isobaric process, the gas was restored to the initial temperature. The net amount of heat
absorbed by the gas in the process is [3]
RT
(A) nRT (B) (C) RT(n – 1) (D) RT(1 – n–1)
n

Q.4 A 100-watt electric heating element is placed in a pan containing one litre of water. Although the heating
element is on for a long time, the water, though close to boiling, does not boil. When the heating element
is removed, approximately how long will it take the water to cool by 1°C? (Assume that the specific heat
for water is 4.2 kilojoules/kilogram °C) [3]
(A) 20 s (B) 42 s (C) 60 s (D) 130 s

Q.5 Two spherical black-bodies A and B, having radii rA and rB, where rB = 2rA emit radiations with peak
intensities at wavelengths 400 nm and 800 nm respectively. If their temperature are TA and TB respectively
in Kelvin scale, their emissive powers are EA and EB and energies emitted per second are PA and PB
then: [3]
(A) TA / TB = 2 (B) PA / PB = 4 (C) EA / EB = 8 (D) EA / EB = 4

Q.6 Consider the shown case of a freezing lake due to negative environmental
temperature (–°C). Thickness (x) of ice layer is small in comparison to depth
of lake. Rate of increase in x will be greater [4]
(A) if environmental temperature increases
(B) for larger thickness of ice layer
(C) if environmental temperature decreases
(D) for smaller thickness of ice layer

Q.7 How much water would be filled in a container of height 21 cm, so that it appears half filled to the
observer when viewed from the top of the container ? (w = 4/3) [5]

Q.8 A composite slab consisting of different media is placed

infront of a concave mirror of radius of curvature
150cm.The whole arrangement is placed in water. An
object O is placed at a distance 20 cm from the slab. The
R.I. of different media are given in the diagram. Find the
position of the final image formed by the system. [5]
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Q.9 A ray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing angle
(incidence angle = 90°) on a medium whose refractive index depends
on the depth of the medium. The trajectory of the light in the medium is
a parabola, y = 2x2. Find, at a depth of 1 m in the medium.
(i) the refractive index of the medium and
(ii) angle of incidence . [5]

Q.10 A long solid cylindrical glass rod of refractive index 3/2 is immersed in a
3 3
liquid of refractive index . A ray of light enters one end of the rod
4
at the central axis as shown in the figure. Find the maximum value of
angle  for which total internal reflection occurs inside the rod? [5]

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 PHYSICS
Daily Practice Problems
Target IIT ENTRANCE 2013
Class:XII Discussion: 04-05/05/2012 Time: 40 Min. M.M.: 37 DPP. NO.-11
Q.1 An equilateral prism deviates a ray through 40° for two angles of incidence differing by 20°. The possible
angles of incidences are : [3]
(A) 40°, 60° (B) 50°, 30° (C) 45°, 55° (D) 30°, 60°
Q.2 A thin prism has different medium on its either side. A light ray is incident almost
normally on the first face. What is the angle of deviation, if all the angles are very
small? The angle of prism is A, refractive index of the prism is  and angle of
incidence is I. [3]
(A) I(1–1/2) – A (1–/2) (B) I(1–1/2) + A (1–/2)
(C) I(1+1/2) – A (1–/2) (D) none
Q.3 A prism placed in air made up of flint glass is such that the any incident ray on one surface does not
emerge from the second surface. Critical angle for flint glass is 36° in air. Then, refracting angle A may be:
(A) 37° (B) 54° (C) 71° (D) 73° [3]

Q.4 Figure shows graph of deviation  versus angle of incidence for a light ray striking a prism. Angle of prism is

(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 75° [3]

Q.5 A prism of refractive index 2 has refracting angle 60º . In order that a ray suffers minimum deviation it
should be incident at an angle [3]
(A) 45° (B) 90° (C) 30° (D) none
Q.6 A parallel beam of light is incident on the upper part of a prism of angle 1.8° and
R.I. 3/2. The light coming out of the prism falls on a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm. The distance of the point (where the rays are focused after
reflection from the mirror) from the principal axis is : [3]
(A) 9 cm (B) 0.157 cm
(C) 0.314 cm (D) None of these
Q.7 Suppose 0.5 mole of an ideal gas undergoes an isothermal expansion as energy is added to its as heat Q.
Graph shows the final volume vf verses Q. The temperature of gas is
(use ln 3  10 and R = 25/3 J/mol-K) [3]

0.3

V(m ) 0.2
3

0.1

0 5 10 15
Q(KJ)
(A) 360 K (B) 260 K (C) 390 K (D) 490 K

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Q.8 Shown in the figure are the Pressure versus Volume graphs for two processes, in each case state of a
system is changed from A to B along the straight lines shown. In which case, will the heat added to the
system be more? [3]

Case I Case II
(A) Case I (B) Case II
(C) Is non-zero but the same in both cases (D) Is zero in both cases
Q.9 Entries in column I consists of diagrams of thermal conductors. The type of conductor & direction of
heat flows are listed below. Entries in column II consists of the magnitude of rate of heat flow belonging
to any of the entries in column I. If temperature difference in all the cases is (T 1 – T2), then match column
[8]
Column I Column II

(A) (P) 6k 0 R (T1  T2 )

k 0 R
(B) (Q) (T1  T2 )
3 ln 2

(C) (R) k0R(T1 – T2)

4k 0 R
(D) (S) (T1  T2 )
ln 2

Q.10 A power cable of copper is just stretched (initial tension zero) straight between two fixed towers. If the
temperature decreases, the cable tends to contract. The amount of contraction for a free copper cable
or rod is 0.0002% per degree Celsius. Estimate what temperature decrease (in °C) will cause the cable
to snap. Assume that the cable obeys Hooke’s law until it reaches its breaking point, which for copper
occurs at a tensile stress of 2.2 ×108 N/m2. Ignore the weight of the cable and the sag and stress
produced by the weight. Young's modulus for copper is 1.1 × 1011 N/m2. [5]
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