1. An ideal gas is at absolute temperature T.

Temperature coefficient of volume expansion

for an isobaric process is
2 1 1
2
(A) T (B) T (C) T (D) None
2. The potential difference between points A and B is

(A) 0 V (B) 6 V (C) 3 V (D) 9 V

3. Two uniformly charged non-conducting hemispherical shells each having uniform charge
density  and radius R form a complete sphere (not stuck together) and surround a
concentric spherical conducting shell of radius R/2. If hemispherical parts are in
equilibrium then minimum surface charge density of inner conducting shell is
(A)
2 (B) 2 (C)  (D)  / 2

ˆ ˆ
4. The electric field intensity in a region is given by E  ( yi  xj ) V/m where x, y are in
metres. The shape of equipotential curves on X-Y plane is
(A) parallel lines making 45°with the positive X and Y axes.
(B) concurrent lines passing through the origin.
(C) concentric circles with origin as centre
(D) rectangular hyperbola

5. A spring-block system undergoes simple harmonic motion on a

smooth horizontal surface. The block is now given some
positive charge, and uniform horizontal electric field to the right
is switched on. As a result,
(A) the time period of oscillation will increase
(B) the time period of oscillation will decrease
(C) the time period of oscillation will remain unaffected
(D) the mean position of simple harmonic motion will shift to the left

6. Figure shows static equilibrium situation, friction is adequate to prevent slipping. The
body is a disc with a point mass attached as its periphery. The disc will be in static
equilibrium if
 m M




M sin  M cos 
m m
(a) (cos   sin ) (b) cos   sin 
M sin 
m
(c) 1  sin  (d) data insufficient

7. Two parallel long straight conductors lie on a smooth surface. Two other parallel
conductors rest on them at right angles so as to form a square of side a initially. A
uniform magnetic field B exists at right angles to the plane containing the conductors.
Each wire starts moving with a constant velocity v perpendicular to its length increasing
the size of the square uniformly. If r is the resistance per unit length of the wire, the
current in the circuit will be
4Bv 2Bv Bv Bv
(A) r (B) r (C) 2r (D) r

8. Two stars of mass M and 5M, which are at a distance L apart rotate about their centre of
mass due to mutual gravitational attraction. The time of one rotation is
L

M
5M
L3 L3 3L3
2 2 2
(A) 3GM (B) 6GM (C) GM (D) None
9. One end of a spring initially in natural length l0 lying on a
horizontal frictionless table is fixed and the other end is v0
fastened to a small puck of mass m. The puck is given a
velocity in a direction perpendicular to the spring of m
l0
magnitude v0 .
l0
.
In the course of motion the maximum elongation of the spring is 10 The force constant
mv02
2
= 121 units
of the spring is (Take l 0 )
 (A) 2100 N/m (B) 1050 N/m (C) 4200 N/m (D) 1000 N/m
10. When a perfectly transparent glass slab (m= 1.5) is
introduced in front of upper slit of a usual double slit
experiment , the intensity at ‘O’ reduces to 1/2 times of its
earlier value. Minimum thickness of slab would be
(A) l (B) l /2
l (D) 2 l
(C) /4

11. The energy radiated by a black body at 2300K is found to have the maximum at a
wavelength 1260 nm, its emissive power being 8000 Wm -2. When the body is cooled to a
temperature T K, the emissive power is found to decrease to 500 Wm -2. Find the
temperature T
(A) 1200K (B) 1350K (C) 1050K (D) 1150K
12. A body A is thrown vertically upwards with such a velocity that it reaches a maximum
height of h. Simultaneously another body B is dropped from height h. It strikes the
ground and does not rebound. The velocity of A relative to B v/s time graph is best
represented by: (upward direction is positive)

13. If  is the wavelength associated with electron in nth energy level of hydrogen or
hydrogen like atom then circumference of nth orbit will be equal to :
(B) (n  1) (C) n  (D) 
2
(A) n
14. A block system is shown in figure. Frictional force on 2 kg is f1 and on 3kg is f 2 and T
is tension in the string connecting block A and B. Which of the following is correct?
A B y
T
2kg 3kg x
=0.4 =0.5
1kg 2kg
 f  15i,
f  8i,  T  2N  f  15i,
f  8i,  T  2N
(a) 1 2 (b) 1 2
 f  15i,T
f  5i,   5N   15i,T
f  5i,f   5N
(c) 1 2 (d) 1 2
15. Two thin discs each of mass M and radius R are placed at either M M
end of a rod of mass m and length L. Moment of inertia of the
system about an axis passing through the centre of rod and
perpendicular to its length is
mL2 1 1 R m R
 MR 2  ML2
(A) 12 4 4
mL2 1 1
 MR 2  ML2
(B) 12 2 2
2
1 mR ML2 L
mL2  
(C) 2 2 12
mL2 1
 MR 2  ML2
(D) 12 2

16. Yellow light is used in a single slit diffraction experiment with slit width of 0.6 mm. If
yellow light is replaced by X-rays, then the observed pattern will reveal
(A) that the cental maximum is narrower (B) more number of fringes
(C) less number of fringes (D) no diffraction pattern

17. A plastic circular disc of radius R is placed on a thin oil film, spread over a flat horizontal
surface. The torque required to spin the disc about its central vertical axis with a constant
angular velocity is proportional to
(A) R2 (B) R3 (C) R4 (D) R6
18. A metal ring of radius r = 0.5 m with its plane normal to a uniform magnetic field B of
induction 0.2 Tesla carries a current I = 100 A. The tension in newtons developed in the
ring is
(A) 100 N (B) 50 N (C) 25 N (D) 10 N

19. The output Y of the logic circuit shown in figure is best represented as

A
Y
B III
C II
I

(A) A  B.C (B) A  B.C (C) A  B.C (D) A  B.C

20. In an experiment of resonance tube to measure the velocity of sound, first resonance
occurs at l =10cm from the open end of the tube. End correction of the tube is
1.0cm and the frequency of tuning fork is 700Hz.
(I) Velocity of sound is 308m/s
(II) Next resonance will occur at l = 32cm from the open end of the tube
(III) Radius of resonance tube is 1.67cm
The correct statement is/are
(A) I, II (B) I, III (C) II, III (D) I. II. III
21. Two full turns of the circular scale of a screw gauge cover a distance of 1 mm on its main
scale. The total number of divisions on the circular scale is 50. Further, it is found that the screw
gauge has a zero error of − 0.03 mm while measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a student notes
the main scale reading of 3 mm and the number of circular scale divisions in line with the main
scale as 35. The diameter of the wire is (in mm)

22. A nucleus with mass number 220 initially at rest emits an α -particle. If the Q-value of
the reaction is 5.5MeV, the kinetic energy of the α -particle is (in MeV)

23. Two tuning forks with natural frequencies 340 Hz each move relative to a stationary
detector. One fork moves away from the detector while the other moves towards it at the
same speed. The detector observes beats of frequency 3 Hz. The speed of the tuning
fork is approximately (velocity of sound in air is 340 m/s) in SI units is
24. Electromagnetic radiation whose electric component varies with time a
E  C1 (C2  C3 cos t) cos 0 t , here C1 , C 2 and C3 are constants, is incident on
lithium and librates photoelectrons. If the kinetic energy of most energetic electrons be
0.592 × 10
−19
J. Given that
ω0 = 3.6 × 1015 rad/sec and  = 6 × 10
14

−34
rad/sec. The work function of lithium is (take planks constant h = 6.6 × 10 MKS),in
eV is

25. A plano-convex lens has a thickness of 4cm. When placed on a horizontal table, with the
curved surface in contact with it, the apparent depth of the bottom most point of the lens
is found to be 3 cm. If the lens is inverted such that the plane face is in contact with the
table, the apparent depth of the centre of the plane face is found to be 25/8 cm.The focal
length of the lens(in cm) is