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PART – I : PHYSICS
This Section contains 8 Single Choice Questions. Each question has four choices A), B), C) and D) out of
which ONLY ONE is correct.
1. A uniform ring of mass m and radius a is placed directly above a uniform sphere of mass M and of equal radius. The
centre of the ring is at a distance 3 a from the centre of the sphere. The gravitational force exerted by the sphere
on the ring will be
2. A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance C’. It is discharged through a small coil of resistance wire embedded in
a thermally insulated block of specific heat capacity s and mass m. If the temperature of the block is raised by T,
the potential difference V across the capacitance is
2mC T mC T ms T 2ms
(A) (B) (C) (D*)
s s C C
3. A parallel plate air capacitor is connected to a battery. The quantities charge, voltage, electric field and energy
associated with this capacitor are given by Q0, V0, E0 and U0 respectively. A dielectric slab of constant K is now
introduced to fill the space between the plates with battery still in connection. The corresponding quantities now are
given by Q, V, E and U. Which of following is incorrect?
(a) Q =k Q0 (b) V = V0 (c*) E =k E0 (d) U =k U0
4. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 9 pF. The separation between its plates is
‘d’. The space between the plates is now filled with two dielectrics. One of the dielectrics has dielectric constant
k1 3 and thickness d/3 while the other one has dielectric constant k2 6 and thickness 2d/3. Capacitance of the
capacitor is now
(a) 45 pF (b*) 40.5 pF (c) 20.25 pF (d) 1.8 pF
5. In the adjoining figure, four capacitors are shown with their respective capacities and the P.D. applied. The charge
and the P.D. across the 2F capacitor will be
(a) 200C; 100 volts (b) 300C; 75volts (c) 400C ; 200 volts (d*) 300 C; 150 volts
6. The effective capacitance between the points P and Q of the arrangement shown in the figure is
1
(a) F (b*) 1F (c) 2F (d) 1.33 F
2
7. The switch S is kept closed for a long time in figure. It is opened at t = 0. Find the current in R1 at t 400log2 sec
8. Two capacitor C1 and C2 2C1 are connected in a circuit with a switch between them as shown in the figure. Initially
the switch is open and C1 holds charge Q. The switch is closed. At steady state, the charge on C 1 and C2 will be:
Q C1
S R
C2=2C1
(A*) Q/3, 2Q/3 (B) 2Q/3, Q/3 (C) 3Q/ 2, 3Q (D) 2Q/ 3, 4 Q/3
This Section contains 5 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has four choices A), B), C) and D) out of
which ONE or More is/are correct.
9. A particle at a distance r from the centre of a uniform spherical planet of mass M radius R( r ) has a velocity of
magnitude perpendicular to r :
GM 2GM
(a*) For , trajectory will be ellipse with point of projection as perigee
r r
GM
(b*) For , trajectory will be circle
r
GM
(c) For 0 , trajectory will be ellipse with point of projection as perigee
r
3GM
(d*) For , trajectory will be unbounded hyperbola
r
10. An planet is revolving round the sun. Its distance from the sun at Apogee is r A and that at Perigee is rP. The mass of
planet and sun is m and M respectively vA and vP is the velocity of planet at Apogee and Perigee respectively and T
is the time period of revolution of planet round the sun:
2 2
rA rP rA rP
3 3
(A) T2 (B*) T2
2Gm 2GM
(C*) vA rA = vP rP (D*) vA < vP ; rA > rP
12. Given,
R1 3 C1 2F
R2 6 C2 2F
13. Switch S1 is closed for a long time while S2 remains open. Now at t = 0, S2 is closed while S1 is opened. All the
batteries are ideal and connecting wires are resistanceless. The capacitor ‘C’ is initially uncharged.
(a*) At time t = 0, reading of ammeter is
5R
(b) At time t = 0, reading of ammeter is zero
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(c*) Heat developed till time t 5RC n2 in resistance 3R is C 2
40
t
(d*) After time t > 0 charge on the capacitor follows the equation C e 5RC
This Section contains 6 Questions. The answer to each question is a single or double digit integer ranging
from 0 to 99. The correct digit below the question number in the ORS is to be bubbled.
14. At what distance from the centre of the moon is the point at which the strength of the resultant field of earth's and
moon's gravitational field is equal to zero. The earth's mass is 81 times that of moon and the distance between
centres of these planets is 60R where R is the radius of the earth (assume R as 1 unit).
Ans. 6
15. In the circuit shown the variable resistance is so adjusted that the ammeter reading is same in both the position 1
and 2 of the key. The reading of ammeter is 2A. If E = 10 V, then x in is
Ans. 5
16. In the potentiometer circuit shown in figure, the balance point with R = 10 when switch S1 is closed and S2 is open
is 50 cm, while that when S2 is closed and S1 is open is 60 cm. What is the value of X (in )? Assume all batteries
ideal
Ans. 2
17. Two balls A and B are thrown vertically upwards from the same location on the surface of the earth with velocities
gR 2gR
2 and respectively, where R is the radius of the earth and g is the acceleration due to gravity on the
3 3
surface of the earth. The ratio of the maximum height attained by A to that attained by B above the earth’s surface is
18. Each resistor in the network shown in the figure is 1 A current of 1A flow through the last branch. The potential
difference across the terminals A and B is V (10a b) volt with a, b as integers, where a + b =
19. Two identical parallel plate capacitor A and B are connected in series through a battery of potential difference V.
Area of each plate is ‘a’ and initially plates of capacitors are separated by a distance ‘d’. Now separation between
plates of capacitor B starts increasing at constant rate . The rate by which work is done on the battery when
a o V 2
separation between plates of capacitor B is 2d is . Find the value of n.
nd 2