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PART (A) : PHYSICS

SECTION I: (SINGLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

This section contains 10 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

1. Area under the curve y  e x and x-axis between x = 0 and x = 1 is equal to (in
square units)
1
(A) e (B) e-1 (C) 1-e (D)
e1
Key: B

2. A juggler maintains four balls in vertically upward motion. He catches and

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throws balls every seconds. What must be the height at which he throws
4
the ball (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 1.25 m (B) 5.0 m (C) 2.5 m (D)1.0 m
Key: A

3. The velocity of a particle in a projectile motion is 10 3 m/s at a point at

which velocity vector is parallel to horizontal. Find the velocity at a point P on
its trajectory, at which velocity vector makes an angle of 300 with horizontal
(m/s)
(A) 10 (B) 10 3 (C) 20 3 (D) 20
Key: D

4. A stone projected at 60o from ground level strikes the roof of a building of
height h at 30o while coming down. Speed of projection is
(A) 2gh (B) 6gh (C) 3gh (D) gh
Key: C

5. The average velocity of a particle moving in a straight line with constant

acceleration is 10 m/s. It started with initial velocity 2 m/s. Find the
acceleration (in m/s2) and time (in sec) for which it is possible
(A) 3, 6 (B) 4, 5 (C) 2, 8
(D) 5, 6
Key: C

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6. Find the derivative of the cos x with respect to x
 sin x sin x sin x
(A)  sin x (B) (C )  (D)
x 2 x 2 x
Key: C

     
7. If a and b are two units vectors such that a +2 b and 5 a -4 b are perpendicular
 
to each other, then the angle between a and b is:
  1
(B) (C) cos 1   (D)
(A) 4 3 3
2
cos 1  
7
Key: B

8. An object starts moving from rest with constant acceleration ' a ' for 10
minutes along a straight line. At t  10 minutes, its acceleration reverses in
direction and magnitude remaining same. What is the average acceleration of
the object in first 30 minutes:
a a a
(A) (B) (C) a (D)
3 3 2
Key: B

9. Three vectors P , Q and R are such that |Q| A 2 and the angles between
P and Q , Q and R , R and P are 90°, 150°, 120° respectively. Find the value of
|P|
A A 2 2A A
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 2
Key: B

10. ABC is an equilateral triangle, from point A, projectile was thrown such that it
just grazes over B. The angle of projection of projectile ' ' is
B

A  C

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
(A) tan 1 2 3  (B) tan 1  3 
(C) tan 1 4 3  (D)

 3
tan 1  
 2 
Key: A

SECTION II: (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

This section contains 10 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices
(A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

11. A particle is projected vertically upward with velocity ‘v’ from a point A,
when it returns to point of projection
(A) Its average speed is v/2 (B) Its average velocity is zero.
(C) Its displacement is zero (D) Its average speed is v.
Key: A, B, C

12. An object is moving in a circular motion of radius 10 m with constant speed


m s . Then
3

(A) Average speed in first 5 seconds in ms
3
(B) Average velocity in first 10 seconds is 1 m/s

(C) Average acceleration in first 10 seconds is m s2
30
(D) Average acceleration in first 10 seconds is 0.1 m s 2
Key: A, B, C

13. Average acceleration is in the direction of

(A) initial velocity (B) change in velocity
(C) final velocity (D) final velocity if initial velocity
0
Key: B, D

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14. A particle moves in a projectile given by y  x  x 2 . Find the angle at
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which particle is projected.

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4  3 3 3
(A) cos 1   (B) sin 1   (C) cos 1   (D) tan 1  
5  5 5 4
Key: A, B, D

15. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 2 ms-2 for some time. Then it
retards at a constant rate of 4 ms-2 and comes to rest. It remains in motion for 6
s.
(A) its maximum speed is 8 m/s
(B) its maximum speed is 6 ms-2
(C) it travelled a total distance of 24 m
(D) it travelled a total distance of 18 m.
Key: A, C

 
16. If   2 iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and B  iˆ  3 ˆj  4 kˆ then
  3  
(a) Projection of B on A is (b) Projection of A on B is
14
3
26
  3  
(c) Projection of A on B is (d) Projection of B on A is
26
3
13
Key: A, B

17. For a projectile projected at speed u and angle  .

(A) Average velocity between two times when it is at half the maximum
height is u
(B) Average velocity between two times when it is at half the maximum
height is u cos 
(C) Average velocity between point of projection and maximum height is
u
1  3 cos 2 
2
(D) Average velocity between point of projection and maximum height is
u 1  3 cos 2 
Key: A, C

  
18. If A  B  C  0, which of the following can be correct?
(A) A  B  C
(B) A  B  0

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(C) A  B  C
(D) A  B  C
Key: A, B, C, D

19. A particle starts moving along a straight line path with a velocity 10 m/s.
After 5 seconds, the distance of the particle from the starting point is 50 m.
Which of the following statement about the nature of motion of the particle
are correct?
(A) The body may be speeding up with constant positive acceleration.
(B) The motion may be moving with constant velocity
(C) The body may have constant negative acceleration
(D) The motion may be first accelerated and then retarded
Key: B, C, D

  
20. If A = 5 units , B = 6 units and A  B  15 units, then the angle between A and

B can be
(A) 30 0 (B) 60 0 (C) 90 0 (D) 150 0
Key: A, D

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