KCET MODEL PAPER-01 (OFFLINE)-21

PHYSICS

1. The following arrangement consists of five identical metal plates marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 parallel to
each other. Area of each plate is A and separation between the successive plates is d . The capacitance
between P and Q is

0 A 7 0 A
1) 5 2)
d 3 d

5 0 A 4 0 A
3) 4)
3 d 3 d
2. Under the action of a given coulombic force, the acceleration of an electron is 2.5 1022 m s 2 . Then
the magnitude of the acceleration of a proton under the action of same force is nearly
1) 1.6 1019 m s 2 2) 9.11031 m s 2 3) 1.4 1019 m s 2 4) 1.6 1027 m s 2
3. In the interference pattern produced on the screen in Young’s double slit experiment, the intensity at
the site of the central maximum is I 0 . The intensity at the same spot when either of two slits is closed
is
I I
1) I 0 2) 0 3) 0 4) zero
2 4
4. A cell of emf E has a resistance R connected across it, and a voltmeter measures the potential
difference across the terminals of the cell as V. The internal resistance of the cell is
R( E  V ) RV 2 ER(V  E )
1) RV ( E  V ) 2) 3) 4)
V (E  V ) 2
(E  V )
5. A voltmeter of resistance 400  is used to measure the emf of a cell of internal resistance 2 . The
percentage error in reading of the voltmeter is very nearly equal to
1) 0.5% 2) 0.8% 3) 1% 4) 1.25%
6. An air bubble in a glass slab (   1.5) is 5 cm deep when viewed from one face and 2cm deep, when
viewed from the opposite face. The thickness of the slab is:
1) 7.5 cm 2) 10.5 cm 3) 7 cm 4) 10 cm
7. A prism is made up of a material of refractive index 3 . The angle of the prism is A. If the angle of
minimum deviation is equal to the angle of the prism, then the value of A is
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 750
8. A spherical surface of curvature R separates air (   1.0) from glass (   1.5) . The centre of curvature
is in the glass. A point object P placed in air is found to have a real image Q in the glass. The line PQ
cuts the surface at a point O and PO = OQ. The distance PO is equal to
1) 2 R 2) 5 R 3) 3 R 4) 1.5 R
9. A fish lies at the bottom of 4m deep water-lake. A bird flies 6m above the water surface. Then distance
between (nw = 4/3)
1) bird and image of fish is 9 m 2) fish and image of bird is 11 m
3) fish and image of bird is 9 m 4) bird and image of fish is 11 m
10. The average electric field of electromagnetic waves in certain region of free space is 9 104 NC 1 .
Then the average magnetic field in the same region is of the order of
1
1) 27 104 T 2) 3 1012 T 3)    10 12 T 4) 3 1012 T
3
11. Two travelling waves y1  A sin[ k ( x  ct )] and y2  A sin[ k ( x  ct )] are superimposed on string.
The distance between adjacent nodes is
1) ct /  2) ct / 2 3)  / 2k 4)  / k
12. In the Young’s double slit experiment , the intensities at two points P 1 and P2 on the screen are
respectively I1 and I2. if P1 is located at the centre of a bright fringe and P2 is located at a distance
I1
equal to a quarter of fringe width from P1 then is
I2
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) none
13. The vibrations of four air columns are represented in the adjoining figures. The ratio of frequencies
n p : nq : nr : ns is

p q r s

1) 12 : 6 : 3 : 4 2) 4 : 2 : 3 : 1 3) 1 : 2 : 4 : 3 4) 1 : 2 : 3 : 4
14. In a certain region of a thin film we get 6 fringes with light of wavelength 500 nm. How many
fringes will we get in same region with wavelength 600 nm?
1) 6 2) 5 3) 30 4) 36
15. Two pulses in a stretched string whose centre are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other
as shown in the figure. The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 second, the total energy of the
pulses will be

8 cm
1) zero 2) purely kinetic
3) purely potential 4) partly kinetic and partly potential
16. Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common point by two massless strings of length 
are initially at distance d (d  ) apart because of their mutual repulsion. The charge begins to leak
from both the spheres at a constant rate. As a result the charges approach each other with a velocity
v . Then as a function of distance x between them
1) v  x 1/ 2 2) v  x1 3) v  x1/ 2 4) v  x
17. The electric potential of a large liquid drop when eight liquid drops are combined is 20 V. Then, the
electric potential of each single drop was
1) 10 V 2) 7.5 V 3) 5 V 4) 2.5 V
18. A galaxy moves with respect to the earth so that sodium line of 589.0nm is observed at 589.6 nm.
The speed of the galaxy is
1) 200 km s-1 2) 306 km s-1 3) 400 km s-1 4) 406 km s-1
19. A rocket is moving at a speed of 200 m/s towards a stationary target. While moving it emits a wave
of frequency 1000 Hz. Some of the sound reaching the target gets reflected back to the rocket as an
echo. The frequency of the echo as detected by the rocket is (speed of sound is 330ms-1)
1) 1080Hz 2) 2160Hz 3) 3140Hz 4) 4080Hz
20. In Young’s double slit experiment the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the path

difference is , is K. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is [ is the
3
wavelength of light used]
K K K
1) 2) 3) 4) K
4 3 2
21. Three liquids of equal masses are taken in three identical cubical vessels A, B and C. Their densities
are A, B and C respectively. But A < B < C. The force exerted by the liquid on the base of the
cubical vessel is ………

1) maximum in vessel C 2) minimum in vessel C

3) the same in all the vessels 4) maximum in vessel A

22. Two thick wires and two thin wires, all of same material and same length, form a square in three
different ways P, Q and R as shown in the figure. The magnetic field due to the current flow, at the
centre of the loop will be zero in case of ………

1) Q and R only 2) P only 3) P and Q only 4) P and R only

  
I I I
P Q R
23. From a circular disc of radius R and mass 9 M, a small disc of radius R/3 is removed from the disc as
shown. The moment of inertia of the remaining disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the
disc and passing through O is

R/3

O
R

2 40 37
1) 4MR 2) MR 2 3) 10MR 2 4) MR 2
9 9
24. The minimum energy required to launch a satellite of mass ‘m’ from the surface of earth of radius R
in a circular orbit at a height 2R from the surface of the earth is (mass of earth is M)
5GmM 2GmM GmM GmM
1) 2) 3) 4)
6R 3R 2R 3R
25. A piece of steel has a weight ‘w’ in air, w1 when completely immersed in water and w2 when
completely immersed in an unknown liquid. The relative density (specific gravity) of the unknown
liquid is
w  w1 w  w2 w1  w2 w1  w2
1) 2) 3) 4)
w  w2 w  w1 w  w1 w  w2
26. Which of the following substances has the highest elasticity?

1) sponge 2) steel 3) rubber 4) copper

27. A monoatomic ideal gas is used as the working substance for the Carnot cycle shown in the figure.
Process AB and CD are isothermal, while processes BC and DA are adiabatic. During process AB,
400 J of work is done by the gas on the surroundings. How much heat is expelled by the gas during
process CD?

P T = 500 K
A A
B
TC = 250 K
C
D

V
1) 1600 J 2) 400 J 3) 200 J 4) 100 J
28. If two rods of length L and 2L having coefficient of linear expansion  and 2 respectively are
connected so that total length becomes 3L, the average coefficient of linear expansion of the
composite rod equals
1) α 2) α 3) α 4) α
29. The freezing point on a thermometer is marked as 200 and the boiling point as 1300 . A
temperature of human body ( 340 C ) on this thermometer will be read as
1) 310 2) 510 3) 200 4) 500

30. Two particles A and B of mass 1kg and 2kg respectively are projected in the
B
directions, shown in figure with speeds u A  200 m / s and uB  50 m / s .
Initially they were 90 m apart. Find the maximum height attained by the centre uB
2
of mass of the particles. ( g  10 m / s )
uA
1) 115.55 m
2) 145.55 m
3) 4.55 m A
4) 34.55 m

31. Two identical balls marked 2 and 3, in contact with each other and at rest on a horizontal frictionless
table, are hit head on by another identical ball marked 1 moving initially with a speed ‘v’ as shown in
figure. If the collision is elastic, then
1 2 3
v

1) Ball 1 comes to rest and balls 2 and 3 roll out with speed v/2 each.
2) Balls 1 and 2 come to rest and ball 3 rolls out with speed ‘v’.
3) Balls 1, 2 and 3 roll out with speed v/3 each.
4) Balls, 1, 2 and 3 come to rest.
32. Force F is given in terms of time ‘t’ and distance ‘x’ by F = A sinCt + B cosDx. Then the dimensions
of A/B and C/D are given by
2
1) [ MLT , M 0 L0T 1 ] 2) [ MLT
2
, M 0 L1T 0 ]
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3) [ M L T , M LT ] 4) [ M LT , M L T ]
33. Raindrops are falling vertically with a velocity of 10 m/s. To a cyclist moving on a straight road the
raindrops appear to be coming with a velocity of 20 m/s. The velocity of cyclist is
1) 10 m/s 2) 10 3 m/s 3) 20 m/s 4) 20 3 m/s
34. A projectile is given an initial velocity of iˆ  2 ˆj . The equation of its path is ( g  10 ms 2 ) (Here, iˆ
is unit vector along horizontal and ĵ is unit vector vertically upwards)
2 2 2 2
1) y  2 x  5x 2) y  x  5 x 3) 4 y  2 x  5 x 4) y  2 x  25 x
35. Consider the system shown in figure. The wall is smooth, but the surfaces of blocks A and B in
contact are rough. The friction on B due to A in equilibrium is

B A
F

1) upward 2) downward
3) zero 4) the system cannot remain in equilibrium.
36. Two concentric coils, each of radius 2 cm are placed at right angles to each other. Currents of 3A and
4A are flowing through the two coils. The resultant magnetic induction at the centre of the coils will be
1) 5 × 10-5 T 2) 7 × 10-5 T 3) 12 × 10-5 T 4) 10-5 T

37. A straight wire of mass 200g and length 1.5 cm carries a current of 2 A. It is suspended in mid air by a
uniform horizontal magnetic field B. The magnitude of the magnetic field is
(g = 10 ms-2)
I
1) 0.33 T

2) 0.67 T mg

3) 0.165 T B
| l |

4) 1.34 T
38. In the given circuit electric potential at 1, 2 and 3 are V1 = 10 V, V2 = 6V and V3 = 5V respectively.
The potential at point ‘O’ is
2

10  20 
1
O 30 

3
1) 15 V 2) 20 V 3) 25 V 4) 8 V
39. Figure shows a network of eight resistors, each equal to 2 , connected to a 3V battery of negligible
internal resistance. The current I in the circuit is
3V
1) 0.25 A
2) 0.50 A
3) 0.75 A I
4) 1.0 A B C D
A

E F
40. If the electric flux entering and leaving an enclosed surface respectively is 1 and 2 the electric
charge inside the surface will be
1) (1  2 ) 0 2) (2  1 ) 0 3) (1  2 ) /  0 4) (2  1 ) /  0
41. The spectrum of Hydrogen gas is an example for ……….

1) line emission spectrum 2) continuous emission spectrum

3) line absorption spectrum 4) band emission spectrum

42. The kinetic energy of the most energetic photoelectrons emitted from a metal surface is doubled when
the wavelength of the incident radiation is reduced from 1 to 2. The work function of the metal is
hc hc hc hc
1) (22 - 1) 2) (21 - 2) 3) (1 + 2) 4) (1 - 2)
1  2 1  2 1  2 1  2
43. The wavelength of the second line of Balmer series is 486.4 nm. What is the wavelength of the first
line of Lyman series?
1) 121.6 nm 2) 364.8 nm 3) 729.6 nm 4) 244.6nm
2 4 56 235
44. If the total binding energies of 1H , 2He , 26Fe and 92U nuclei are 2.22 MeV, 28.3 MeV, 492 MeV
and 1786 MeV respectively, identify the most stable nucleus out of the following.
1) 26Fe56 2) 1H2 3) 92U235 4) 2He4
45. The combination of gates shown in figure yields
1) NAND gate A
2) OR gate
3) NOT gate X
4) XOR gate B

46. A half wave rectifier is being used to rectify an alternating voltage of frequency 50 Hz. The number of
pulses of rectified current obtained in one second is
1) 50 2) 25 3) 100 4) 200
14 14
47. A carbon nucleus emits a particle x and changes into nitrogen according to the equation 6 C 7 N x
Particle x is
1) an electron 2) a proton 3) an alpha particle 4) a photon

48. The current in a coil is changed from 5 A to 10 A in 10 2 s . An emf of 50 mV is induced in a coil

nearby it. The mutual inductance of two coils is
1) 100  H 2) 200  H 3) 300  H 4) 400  H
49. In the given circuit diagram, key K is switched on at t  0 . The ratio of current i through the coil at
t  0 to that at t   will be

1) 1 : 3
2) 3 : 1
3) 2 : 1
4) 1 : 2
50. The wire loop formed by joining two semi-circular sections of radii R1 , R2 and centre C carries a
current I as shown. The magnetic field at C has a magnitude.
 I 1 1   I 1 1 
1) 0    2) 0   
2  R1 R2  4  R1 R2 
0 I  1 1   I 1 1 
3)    4) 0   
2  R1 R2  4  R1 R2 
51. An electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from n  n1 to n  n2 . The time period of electron
in the initial state is eight times that in the final state. The possible values of n1 and n2 are
1) n1  4, n2  1 2) n1  8, n2  2 3) n1  8, n2  1 4) n1  6, n2  3
52. The de-Broglie's wavelength of an electron in first orbit of Bohr's hydrogen is equal to
1) Radius of the orbit 2) perimeter of the orbit
3) Diameter of the orbit 4) semi perimeter of the orbit
53. The maximum wavelength of radiation that can produce photoelectric effect in a certain metal is 200
nm. The maximum kinetic energy acquired by electron due to radiation of wavelength 100 nm will be
1) 12.4 eV 2) 6.2 eV 3) 100 eV 4) 200 eV
54. The binding energy per nucleon for the parent nucleus is E1 and that for the daughter nuclei is E2 .
Then
1) E2 = E1 2) E1  E2 3) E2  E1 4) E1  2 E2
55. In a series L-R circuit if R = 10 and L = 1H and A.C source of 120V and 50Hz is connected in this
circuit, then the value of current flowing in it will be (Take = 2 = 10)
1) 2.18A 2) 0.38A 3) 0.28 4) 0.58
56. Magnetic field B on the axis of a circular coil far away at a distance x from the centre of the coil is
related as
1) B  x3 2) B  x2 3) B  x1 4) B α x
57. A 100W bulb and a 25W bulb are designed for the same voltage. They have filaments of the same
length and material. The ratio of the diameter of the 100W bulb to that of the 25W bulb is

1) 4:1 2) 2:1 3) 2 :1 4) 1:2

58. At a place the angle of dip is 30o. If the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field is H, then
the total field intensity will be given by:
1) H/2 2) 2 H / 3 3) H 2 4) H 3
59. In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is
1) virtual, erect and magnified 2) real, erect and magnified
3) real, inverted and magnified 4) virtual, erect and reduced
60. If the horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is 4 x 10-4 T and angle of dip is 30o, then the
vertical component is
1) 3 x 10-4 T 2) 4 x 10-4 T 3) 2.31 x 10-4 T 4) 12.31 x 10-4 T