Quiz Enthuse Saturday

1. Power developed in a uniform wire when connected to a certain cell of negligible internal
resistance is P. If the wire is melted and recast in a wire of length double that of the original and
the new wire is connected to the same cell, then the power developed in the wire would be :

(A) 2 P (B) 4 P (C) P (D) P/4

2. Reading of the ammeter will be

(A) 10/23.5Amp (B) 1 Amp (C) 10/9.5 (D) none

3. The potential difference in volts, across the resistance R 2 in the circuit given is:

(A) 5 (B) 7.5 (C) 10 (D) 15

4. The circuit shown in the figure above consists of eight resistors, each with resistance R, and a
battery with terminal voltage V and negligible internal resistance. What is the current flowing
through the battery ?

R R R
R R
V
R R R

1V 1V V 3V
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3R 2R R 2R

5. If power supplied by an ideal battery is 80 watt and if R = 10 . Then ratio of power developed
across R, 2R, 6R is :

(A) 2 : 4 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 : 2 (C) 2 : 4 : 3 (D) 1 : 1 : 2

6. Two parallel wires carry electric current in the same direction. Then the wires :

(A) oscillate (B) do not attract or repel

(C) repel each other (D) attract each other

7. A uniform rod of length L is charged uniformly with charge q and is rotating about an axis
passing through its centre and perpendicular to rod. Magnetic moment of the rod is :

qL2  qL2 qL2  qL2 

(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 12 24 36

8. Two particles, each of mass m and charge q are attached at the ends of a light rod of length 2r.
The rod is rotated at a constant angular speed  about an axis perpendicular to the rod passing
through its centre. the ratio of magnetic moment of the system to its angular momentum is :

q q 2q q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
m 2m m 4m

9. A wooden block floats in a liquid with 40% of its volume inside the liquid. When the vessel
containing the liquid starts rising upwards with acceleration a = g/2, the percentage of volume
of wooden block inside the liquid

(1) 20% (2) 60% (3) 30% (4) 40%

10. Rain drops are spherical in shape because of :

(A) acceleration due to gravity (B) downward motion

(C) surface tension (D) capillarity

11. A spherical drop of water has 1mm radius. If the surface tension of the water is 50 × 10 –3 N/m,
then the difference of pressure between inside and outside the spherical drop is :

(A) 25 N/m2 (B) 10000 N/m2 (C) 100 N/m2 (D) 50 N/m2
12. A soap bubble of water has 1mm radius. If the surface tension of the soap is 50 × 10 –3 N/m,
then the difference of pressure between inside and outside the spherical bubble is :

(A) 25 N/m2 (B) 100 N/m2 (C) 200 N/m2 (D) 50 N/m2

13. Two soap bubble of radius 2r and 3r are in contact with each other. The radius of curvature of
the interface between the bubble is :

(A) 2r (B) r (C) 3r (D) 6r

14. Two air bubbles with radii r1 and r2 (r2 > r1) formed of the same liquid stick to each other to form
a common interface. Therefore, the radius of curvature of the common surface is :

r2 2 2 r1r2
(A) r1r2 (B) infinity (C) r2  r1 (D)
r1 r2  r1
15. A space 2.5 cm wide between two large plane surfaces is filled with oil. Force
required to drag a ver y thin plate of area 0.5 m 2 just midway the surfaces at a
speed of 0.5 m/sec is 1N. The coefficient of viscosit y in k g–s/m 2 is :

(A) 5 × 10 – 2 (B) 2.5 × 10 – 2 (C) 1 × 10 – 2 (D) 7.5 × 10 – 2

16. A uniform solid sphere of relative densit y 5 is released in water filled in a long
vertical tube. Its terminal velocity achieved is V. If another uniform solid sphere
of same material but double the radius is released in the same water then the
terminal velocit y achieved will be.
(A) V (B) 4V (C) V/4 (D) 2V

17. Two uniform solid balls of same density and of radii r and 2r are dropped in air and fall vertically
downwards. The terminal velocity of the ball with radius r is 1 cm s–1, then the terminal velocity
of the ball of radius 2r will be (neglect buoyant force on the balls.)

(A) 0.5 cm s–1 (B*) 4 cm s–1 (C) 1 cm s–1 (D) 2 cm s–1

18. Two identical spherical drops of water are falling (vertically downwards) through air with a
steady velocity of 5 cm/sec. If both the drops coalesce (combine) to form a new spherical drop,
the terminal velocity of the new drop will be- (neglect buoyant force on the drops.)
5
(A) 5 × 2 cm/sec (B) 5 × 2 cm/sec (C*) 5 × (4) 1/3 cm/sec (D) cm/sec.
2
19. Two drops of same radius are falling through air with steady speed v. If the two drops coalesce,
what would be the terminal speed?

(A) v (B) 2v (C) 3v (D) 4v (E*) none of these

Answer

1. (D*)
2. (B*)
3. (B*)
4. (D*)
5. (C*)
6. (D*)
7. (C*)
8. (C*)
9. (D*)
10. (C*)
11. (C*)
12. (C*)
13. (D*)
14. (D*)
15. (B*)
16. (B*)
17. (B*)
18. (C*)
19. (D*)