SR SUPER CHAINA (R) - GTM – PHYSICS – Exam Date: 07-02-2021

1. In the figure D is an ideal diode and an alternating voltage of peak value 10 volts is connected
as input v1,Which of the following figures represents the correct waveform of output voltage
v0?
R
D
~ +
5V v0
v1 −

+5V +5V +10V

0 0 0 0 +5V
0 0 −15V −10V 0V
1) 2) 3) 4)

2. A body is fired from point P and strikes at Q inside a smooth circular wall as shown in the
figure. It rebounds to point S (diametrically opposite to P). The coefficient of restitution will be
Q


P S

1) cot  2) 1 3) tan  4) tan2

3
3. A block of mass kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface as shown in the figure. A force
10
of 1 N is applied at on end of the block and the block remains stationary. The normal force
exerted by the surface on the block acts (g = 10 m/s2)
F = 1N
30º
20 cm

B A
20 cm
1) through the centre of mass of the block.
2) through point A.
3) through point B.
4) through the point at a distance 5 cm. from A.

4. Two spheres each of mass 83 kg and radius 5 cm lie in contact in a hemispherical bowl of
radius 40 cm. There is no friction between any of the contact surfaces. The contact force
exerted by one sphere to another is…………….. (take g = 10 m/s2)
1) 10 N 2) 20 N 3) 30 N 4) 40 N
5. For given circuit charges on capacitor C1 and C2 in steady state will be equal to
VA C1 C2 VB

VC
1) C1|VA – VC|, C2|VC – VB| respectively 2) C1|VA – VB|, C2|VA – VB| respectively
 CC 
3) (C1 + C2) |VA – VB| on each capacitor 4)  1 2  |VA – VB| on each capacitor
 C1 + C2 

6. Two identical glass spheres filled with air are connected by a horizontal glass tube. The glass
tube contains a pellet of mercury at its mid point. Air in one sphere is at 0C and the other is at
20C. If both the vessels are heated through 10C then neglecting the expansions of the bulbs
and the tube. Ignore the conduction of heat by the mercury pellet.
1) The mercury pellet gets displaced towards the sphere at lower temperature.
2) The mercury pellet gets displaced towards the sphere at higher temperature.
3) The mercury pellet does not get displaced at all.
4) The temperature rise causes the pellet to expand without any displacement.

7. Four springs, of spring constant K = 100 N/m each are arranged to a pair of masses 5 kg each
as shown. What is the frequency of the oscillation of the setup? [in Hz]
k
k k
5 kg

5 kg

1) 0.16 sec−1 2) 0.32 sec−1 3) 0.64 sec−1 4) 1.28 sec−1

8. Four resistors are connected in a square formation. Two batteries of emf, E and 2E are
connected along the diagonals as shown in the figure. The current flowing in the resistor (R 1) is
(R1 = R)
R R
E
R1 R

2E
4E E 3E 3E
1) 2) 3) 4)
3R R 2R R
9. A current carrying loop lies in the x-y plane. The magnetic field in the region is given by
B = B0kˆ + ˆj . Then choose incorrect statement.
 y

O
 x

1) net force acting on the loop is zero for all real .

2) initial angular acceleration is minimum then  = 0
3) for  = 0, the loop can’t rotate
4) for  = 0, the loop rotate.

10. The figure shows to parallel metallic plates having a large cross-sectional area, placed very
close to each other so as to form the two plates of a parallel plate capacitor. The two plates are
charged to a potential difference V, so that they attract one another. The separation between the
plates is h while their capacitance is C. The plates are attached to two non-conducting ropes as
shown in the figure.
(the system is released from rest)
cv

1) moves up 2) moves down 3) remains at rest 4) executes SHM.

11. Assuming all the surfaces to be frictionless, acceleration of the block B shown in the figure is

2
3 m/s

2
4 m/s
C

a B

1) 5 m/s2 2) 7 m/s2 3) 3.5 m/s2 4) 4 m/s2

12. An elevator is going up vertically with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s 2. At the instant when its
velocity is 4 m/s a ball is projected from the floor of the elevator with a speed of 4 m/s relative
to the floor with an angular elevation of 60. The time taken by the ball to return the floor is (g
= 10 m/s2).
1 1 2
1) sec 2) sec 3) sec 4) 3 sec
3 3 3
13. In the LCR circuit, the voltmeter and ammeter readings are
400V 400V
V
C
50 L
A 1000V, 50 Hz
~
1) 200 volt, 20A 2)200 volt, 50A 3)1000 volt, 50A 4)1000 volt, 20A

14. A ray of light moving along the vector −ˆi − 2ˆj undergoes refraction at an interface of two
5
media, which is the x−z plane. The refractive index of y > 0 is 2 while for y < 0 it is . The
2
unit vector along the direction of the refracted ray is

−3iˆ − 5ˆj −4iˆ − 3ˆj −3iˆ − 4ˆj 3iˆ + 5ˆj

1) 2) 3) 4)
34 5 5 34

15. Potential difference across a resistance is measured as V = (20  1) volts and current flowing
through it is measured as i = (1  .01) A. Then the value of resistance measured by Ohm’s law
R = V/i is
1) (20  1.2)  2) (20  0.8)  3) (20  1)  4) (20  0.6) .

16. An experiment is carried out in which a conducting sphere is kept on the top of smooth inclined
plane. Time taken by sphere to reach the bottom is t1. Now a magnetic field B is switched on
parallel to the inclined plane in downward direction and sphere is again left at top of inclined
plane. Time taken by sphere in reaching to bottom is t2 in this case. Now same experiment is
repeated with magnetic field B switched on in vertically upward direction. Time taken by
sphere in reaching to bottom of inclined plane is t3 in this case. Then:

1) t1 < t2 = t3 2) t1 = t2 < t3 3) t2 < t1 < t3 4) t1 < t2 < t3

17. A semi-conductor diode, whose potential barrier is 0.7 volt, is connected in series with
ammeter A of resistance 0. , as shown in the figure. The reading of ammeter is (The
resistance of P-N-Diode is 0. 7)
 Metal strip Metal strip

P-Type N-Type

A
Ra = 0.7 

1) 1A 2) 0.5 A 3) 0.1A 4) 0.0A

18. A resistance-capacitor network is shown in the figure. The charges on the capacitors C 1 and C2
are Q1 and Q2 respectively. The values of Q1 and Q2 are
5 5V C2 5

5 5F 5
5

5 5F 5
5V

C1 5V 5V
5 5

1) 25 C, 0 C 2) 0 C, 25 C 3) 25 C, 25 C 4) 0 C, 0 C

19. An electric field given by E = 4iˆ − 3(y2 + 2)jˆ , acts within a Gaussian cube of side 1 m placed at
origin such that its three sides represents x, y and z axis. The net charge enclosed with in the
cube is
1) 40 2) 30 3) 50 4) zero

20. A conducting L shape rod is rotating with an angular velocity  as shown in figure. Allowing
the fact that electrons are the current carriers in conductor the electric field along the conductor
at position x depends on (mass and charge of electron are m and e and neglect gravity)
1


x
2

1) x 2) 1 3) 2 4) both x and 1

Numerical value questions

21. In the given circuit, it is required that the thermal power generated in R will be maximum. The
required value of R will be
 10 

20 V 30 V R 40 V 60 V

10  20  30  30 

22. The position of a particle describing simple harmonic motion along y-axis about the origin has
been described in the adjacent figure by sinusoidal graph. The slope of the tangential to the
1 1
graph at t = s is equal − , the maximum speed of the particle is equal to
6 3
y (in cm)
5

O 1 t (in sec)
10

23. Radio waves coming at angle  to vertical are received by a ladder after reflection from a
nearby water surface directly. The height of antenna from water surface so that it records a

maximum intensity (a maxima) is (wavelength = ). The value of n is
n cos 

h


24. A string of length l is fixed at both ends. It is vibrating in its third overtone. Maximum
amplitude of the particle on the string is A. The amplitude of the particle at a distance l/3 from
one end is nA, where n is
25. A ray of light, travelling in a medium of refractive index 2, is incident onto the flat surface of a
slab, the angle of incidence being 37. The refractive index of the material of the slab varies
with depth(x) from the top surface, (x) = 2 −x, where x is in ‘m’. The maximum depth
reached by the ray is (take sin 37  0.6):

37 =2

x
(x)
26. A uniform rod AB of length 1 m is placed at edge of a smooth table as shown in figure. It is hit
horizontally at point B from left. If the magnitude of the displacement of the centre of mass in 1
s is 5 2 m, the angular speed of rod is
 B

Table
A

1
27. A cart with a mass M = kg is connected by a string to a mass of m = 200 g. At the initial
2
moment the cart moves to the left along a horizontal plane at a speed v0 = 7 m/s. (g = 9.8 m/s2)
Distance covered by cart after 5 sec is

v0
M

28. A uniform conducting rectangular loop of sides , b and mass m carrying current i is hanging
horizontally with the help of two vertical strings. There exists a uniform horizontal magnetic
field B which is parallel to the longer side of loop. The value of tension which is least is
mg − 2iBb mg − 2iBb
, where n is
n n

B

29. A parallel microwave beam of wavelength  = 2cm is normally incident onto a slit and the
transmitted waves are observed on a screen kept 10 m away from the slit. As the detector is
moved along the screen, the microwave is detectable up to distance 40 cm from the position of
the central maximum. If the detector is moved a further distance of x cm in the same direction,
a maximum is detected. The value of x is

Central
microwaves maximum

30. A block of mass (M = 1 kg) is kept on smooth floor of a truck. One end of a spring of force
constant 100 N/m2 is attached to the block and other end is attached to the body of truck as
shown in the figure. At t = 0, truck begin to move with constant acceleration 2 m/s 2. The
amplitude of oscillation of block relative to the floor of truck is
M a0
k O
 SR SUPER CHAINA (R) - GTM – PHYSICS – Exam Date: 07-02-2021

Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 3
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 2 4 2 1 2 4 4 2 2
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
12.00 0.67 4.00 0.87 0.80 30.00 17.50 2.00 20.00 0.04

N
Hints
R−r

2. Let 1 and 2 be the speed of the body 90 +  

before and after striking. R1

(180 − ) C1
C2
r r

1 sin  = 2 cos  (as there is no friction)

mg

 
e1 cos = 2 cos  −    R1 =mg tan  = mg
r
2  (R − r)2 − r 2
2 sin 
 e= = tan 2  mgr mg 8 3  10
1 cos  = = = = 20 N
r n2 − 2n n2 − 2n 4 3

6. Let the initial pressure of the spheres be ”


when heated let the pressures be 1 and 2
of the spheres having initial temperatures
0C and 20C respectively then.
3. For equilibrium
1 283  303
F = 0  = 0 = = 1.037 and 2 = = 1.034
 273  293
3 1 1  2
N= – ….(i)
2 2
thus the mercury pellet will be displaced to
torque about A due to all forces excluding
words the sphere at higher temp.
normal force is found to be zero.
k
1 2k.
2 k 2
2
7. Keq = Keq = = k = 40 N/m
3
 k 5 5
2
 2k + 
 2 2
3
F= A m1m2 25 5
2 x
N Meq = = =
3
m1 + m2 10 2

mg R1 N 1 K eq 1 40
4. = = f = = = 0.64 sec−1
sin(90 + ) sin(180 − ) sin90 2 meq 2 5 2
8. Applying KVL we get h sec  cos 2 + h sec  =  / 2

The current flowing in resistor (R1) =

3E h sec  ( 2cos2  ) =  / 2
2R

9. Net force on current carrying loop kept in a h=
4cos 
uniform magnetic field is always zero.
For  = 0, torque = 0 26. Use the expression: Fnet = M .aCM
10. Force of attraction between the plates = 27. Reference frame is at the edge of the plane
Q2 C2 V 2 C2 V 2 1 1 with the leftward direction as the x-axis.
= = = CV 2 . = mg
2A0   Ah  2Ch 2 h Let x0 be the distance of the cart at t = 0
2 0 
 h 
mg − T = ma; T = Ma
The block will remain at rest.
mg
a = = 2.8 m/s2
11. 2a = 3 + 4 M+m
a = 7/2 = 3.5 m/s2 Since, M has an initial velocity to the left, a
12. vx = 4 cos 60, vy = 4 sin 60 is in fact retardation for M.
and acceleration of the ball relative to lift is V = 7 + (−2.8)  5 = −7 m/s
12 m/s in negative y – direction
2
i.e. after 5 sec the cart will have the same
2v y vy 1 speed but in opposite direction.
 T= = = sec
12 6 3 1
x = x0 + 7  5 + (−2.8)  5
13. Since VL = VC, so it is under resonance. 2

V x = x0 + 35 − 35 = x0
and i =
R Let the cart go by S to the left from its initial
15. % error in V → 6% position
% error in i → 1% 02 − 72 = 2(−2.8)  S S = 8.75 m
maximum percentage error in value of R is 6%. Distance covered in up and down journey
 R = (20  1.2). = 8.75 + 8.75 = 17.5 m
17. For V1 < 5 volt the diode is forward biased 28. Taking moments about point B to be zero.
output will be fixed at 5V and V1 > 5 volt
T1. + ib B = mg
2
the diode is reverse biased, and output will
mg − 2ibB
follow V1. T1 = .
2
23. Total path difference = AB + BC + /2 = 
for maxima T1 T2

A B
C
h
A mg
h sec   
h(sec )cos2 30. kx0 = ma0
B