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ALPS_ Physics – 2336

Topic : Ray Optics, Properties of Matter,
Syllabus Gaseous state and thermodynamics

* Mark questions are more than one option correct type.

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Paragraph for Q. 1 to 3
20, 000J of heat energy is supplied to a metal block of mass 500 g at atmospheric pressure. The initial
temperature of the block is 30C .
1 1
(Given, specific heat of metal  400 J kg 0 C , relative density of metal  8 , coefficient of volumetric
5 1
expansion of metal  8 10 C , atmospheric pressure  10 Pa ).
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1. Final temperature of block is:  

(A) 120C (B) 130C (C) 140C (D) 150C
2. Work done by the block on the surroundings is:  
(A) 0.05J (B) 0.1J (C) 1.0J (D) 10J
3. Change in internal energy of block is  
(A) Zero (B) 2000 J
(C) less than 20000 J (D) More than zero but less than 2J
*4. A 100 cm long cylindrical flask with inner and outer diameters 2 cm and 4 cm respectively, is
completely filled with ice at 0C. ( Lice  80 Calg 1 )  

1 1
Temperature outside is 40C and is constant. Thermal conductivity of flask is 0.693 Wm 0 C . Then,
choose the correct option(s).
1
(A) Rate of heat inflow to flask is 80 Js

(B) Rate of melting of ice is kg s 1
4200
1
(C) Rate of melting of ice is 100 kg s
1
(D) Rate of heat inflow to flask is 40 Js

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5. Rods AC , CB and CD of same length l and cross sectional area A are arranged as shown in the
figure.

1
Heat is supplied through end A and the rate of 200 cal s and end B is kept at 100C . End D is
1
dipped in a beaker containing ice at 0C (latent heat of ice  80 cal g ). Thermal conductivities of
AC , CP and CD and K , 2 K and K / 2 respectively with K  100 cal m1s 10 C 1. Area of cross-
section A is 10 cm . Length of each rod l  1m. Find the time in seconds after which 440 g of ice will
2

melts.  
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*6. Two kilogram of air undergoes following cycle; (Given, ln  1.609 )
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Then, choose the correct options.  

(A) Work done in process CA is 1609 kJ

(B) Work done in the complete cycle is 800 kJ
(C) Work done in the complete cycle is 809 kJ
(D) Work done in the complete cycle is 1609 kJ

Paragraph for Q. 7 to 8
A cylinder is fitted with a frictionless piston held with constant pressure and it contains one mole of an ideal gas.
Cylinder walls and piston are perfectly insulated.
Cylinder is also fitted with a resistor of resistance R  2k which is connected to a fully charged capacitor,
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C  75mF. Initial potential difference across the capacitor is V with switch S opened.
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1 1
Switch S is closed for 5 ln 2 minutes, temperature of gas is found increased by 72 K , R  8.3 Jmole K .
Now, answer the following questions.

7. Heat supplied to the gas is:  

(A) 0.2kJ (B) 0.4kJ (C) 1.6 kJ (D) 0.8 kJ

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8. Rise in internal energy of gas is :  

(A) 1 kJ (B) 2 kJ (C) 3 kJ (D) 4 kJ
Matching List Type
Choices for the correct combination of elements form Column I and Column II are given as options (A),
(B), (C) and (D), out of which one is correct
9. An insulated and frictionless piston cylinder arrangement contains one mole of ideal monoatomic gas. A
heating coil of resistance r provided inside the cylinder in which current i flows such that temperature
of gas varies as T  T0  at  bt 2 . ( T  temperature, t  time).  

Movement of piston keep the pressure of gas constant. Atmospheric pressure above cylinder is p0 .
Now match entries of Column I and Column II and choose the correct options.
Column I Column II
Current l R
I p .  2bt  a 
pA
Speed of piston 1/2
 5R
II q   2bt  a  
 2r 
Acceleration of piston R
III r .  2b 
pA
C p for the gas 5
IV s R
2
Codes
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) q r p s
(B) p q r s
(C) r p q s
(D) q p r s

*10. An ideal diatomic gas undergoes a process such that, p  V . At the end of process, rms speed of gas
molecules is found double of its initial value. Initially gas is at pressure p1 and have volume V1 . Choose
the correct options. 
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(A) Molar specific heat for the process is R
2
(B) Molar specific heat for the process is 3R
(C) Heat added to the gas during the process is 9 p1V1
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(D) Heat added to the gas during the process is p1V1
2
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An ideal gas is trapped inside a narrow test tube of area A  20 10 m as shown . Length of gas
2
11.
column below a mercury column of mass 0.002 kg is L1 . If the tube is inverted, then gas now occupies
L2 101
a final length L2 of the tube. Ratio is , find the value of K .  
L1 K  11

12. Two mole of a monatomic ideal gas is taken through a cyclic process as shown. 

x
Process CA follows pT  constant. If cycle efficiency is 1  then find the value of x.
4 ln 2  5
Paragraph for Q. 13 to 14
In the following arrangement, piston moves up by 5 cm, when 200 J of heat is added to the system.

Spring is initially upstretched. Cylinder diameter is 20 cm, piston mass is 60 kg . (use   3.15 )
13. Work done by the gas in the process is _________ J . 
14. Change in internal energy of system is 10K Joules. Find the value of K . 
15. A rod of length l (laterally thermally insulated) of uniform cross sectional area A consists of a material
Ko
whose thermal conductivity varies with temperature as K  where K 0 , a & b are constants. T1
a  bT
and T2   T1  are the temperature of two ends of rod. Then rate of flow of heat across the rod is  
AK 0 a  bT1  AK 0 a  bT2 
(A)   (B)  
bl  a  bT 2  bl  a  bT1 

AK 0  a  bT1  AK 0  a  bT2 
(C) ln   (D) ln  
bl  a  bT2  al  a  bT1 
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16. A cyclic process ABCD is shown in the P  V diagram. Which of the following curves represent the
same process? 

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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17. Figure shows a parabolic graph between T and ( T = temperature, V  volume) for a mixture of a
V
gases undergoing an adiabatic process. The ratio of rms velocity of molecules and speed of sound in the
mixture of gases at the same temperature is  

3 2
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 3
2 3
1
18. A cubical vessel of edge 1m and total thermal resistance (of its walls) (where, R is universal gas
R
constant) has a small hole in one of its walls. It is kept in a very big closed chamber whose temperature
T0 remains constant. In the chamber and vessel, a mono-atomic gas is filled at a same constant pressure
P0 . At time t  0, temperature of the gas in the vessel is T1   2T0 / 3 . When temperature of the gas in
the vessel becomes 0.8T0 , rate of change of moles in it will be  
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
10 6 10 6
19. A copper sphere is suspended in a evacuated chamber maintained at 300 K . The sphere is maintained at
constant temperature of 900 K by heating electrically. A total of 300 W electric power is needed to do
this. When half of the surface of the copper sphere is completely blackened, 600 W is needed to
maintain the same temperature of sphere. The emissivity of copper is 
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
4 3 2
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20. A monoatomic ideal gas goes through a process p  p0  aV where p0 and a are positive constants
and V is its volume. At what volume will the entropy of gas be maximum? 
5 p0 p0 p0 5 p0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 2 4 8

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*21. Consider one mole of an ideal monoatomic gas inside a fixed, perfectly insulating cylindrical vessel at
temperature T and piston is at equilibrium initially as shown in figure. Now a particle of mass m
strikes horizontally to piston of same mass at mid-point of piston and sticks to piston. Initially
mv 2
temperature T  , where R is universal gas constant. (Neglect heat loss through piston, assume
R
that velocity is so small that change in the temperature of gas due to motion of piston is simultaneous in
whole volume) (Gravity and friction is absent everywhere, Choose the correct option(s) 

(A) Ratio of maximum temperature and minimum temperature of gas during motion of piston is
7:5
(B) Ratio of maximum temperature and minimum temperature of gas during motion of piston is
6:7
(C) If particle strikes elastically then ratio of maximum temperature to minimum temperature during
motion of piston is 1: 2
(D) If particle strikes elastically then ratio of maximum temperature to minimum temperature during
motion of piston is 4 : 3

*22. 4g of gas is taken in a cyclic process as shown on the P  T diagram. The minimum temperature is
300K and the maximum is 600K. The pressures of the points are,
PA  110 N / m , PB  PD  2 10 N / m . Choose the correct option(s).
5 2 5 2
 

(A) The work done in the process BC is W1 and in the process DA is W2 then W1  W2
(B) Heat supplied to the gas in the process C  D is 600 R ln 2
(C) Net work done by the gas in the cycle is ve
(D) Net work done by the gas in the cycle is    ve

*23. An ideal gas undergoes an adiabatic process. A tangent is drawn to the P  V graph of the gas at point
V0 , P0  as shown in figure. Then  

(A) The gas is monoatomic (B) The gas is diatomic

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(C) V  3V0 (D) V V0
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24. One mole of an ideal gas undergoes a thermodynamic cyclic process as shown in the figure. The cyclic
process consists of an isochoric, an isothermal and an adiabatic process. Adiabatic exponent of gas is
ln 2
ln 
. Here  is an integer. Find  . 

25. Entries in column I consists of diagrams of thermal conductors. The type of conductor & direction of
heat flows are listed below. Entries in column II consists of the magnitude of rate of heat flow belonging
to any of the entries in column I . If temperature difference in all the cases is T2  T2  , then match

column  
Column I Column II

(A) (P) 6k0 R T1  T2 

Thick cylindrical shell, flow along axis

k0 R
(B) (Q) T1  T2 
3ln 2

Thick spherical shell, radial flow

(C) (R) k0 R T1  T2 

Thick cylindrical shell, radial flow

4k0 R
(D) (S) T1  T2 
ln 2
solid cylinder, flow along axis,

variable k as k  k0 1  x /  3R  
(A) A  R, B  P, C  S , D  Q (B) A  P, B  R, C  S , D  Q
(C) A  R, B  P, C  Q, D  S (D) A  Q, B  P, C  S , D  R

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*26. One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is taken form A to C along the path ABC. The temperature of
the gas at A is T0 . For the process ABC :  
(A) work done by the gas is RT0
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(B) change in internal energy of the gas is RT0
2
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(C) heat absorbed by the gas is RT0
2

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(D) heat absorbed by the gas is RT0 . ( R  universal gas constant)
2
*27. A plane mirror and a convex mirror are arranged as shown in figure. O is a point object placed on the
optic axis of the convex mirror. Choose the correct option(s) about the location of the image formed by
two reflections, first one taking place at convex mirror. Consider point O to be the origin and optic axis
of the convex mirror to be the x-axis.  
(A) x  150 cm (B) x  100 cm
(C) y  150cm (D) y  250cm

*28. O is a point object placed on the optic axis of the concave mirror. Considering A to be the origin and
optic axis of the mirror to be the x-axis, choose the correct option(s) about the location of the image
formed by two reflections, first one taking place at the concave mirror. 

(A) The distance of the final image from the mirror is 10 cm

(B) x  2.8 cm
(C) y  10 cm
(D) y  9.6 cm

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Paragraph for Q. 29 to 30
A point object O is moving in front of stationary spherical mirror as shown in figure with constant speed v0 . X-
axis is optic axis and y-axis is perpendicular to it.

29. Velocity of the image parallel to the optic axis is nv0 . Find the value of n.  
30. The observer ' O ' sees the distance AB as infinitely large. If refractive index of liquid is 1 and that of
1
glass is  2 , then is : 
2

1
(A) 2 (B) (C) 4 (D) None of these
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*31. A point object O is moving in front of stationary spherical mirror as shown in figure with constant
speed v0  20m / s. X-axis is optic axis and y-axis is perpendicular to it. Choose the correct
statement(s):  

(A) The speed of image is 7.2 m / s.

(B) The speed of the image is 5 m / s.
(C) The component of velocity along the principle axis is 4m / s
(D) The component of velocity along the principle axis is 6m / s

32. A spring of force constant k  100 N / m is placed vertically h  30 cm below a concave mirror of
focal length f  20 cm, the reflecting side of which, faces the spring as shown in the figure. A point
object of mass m  1kg is gently placed over the spring. Take g  10m / s . Find the ratio of amplitude
2

of the image above the mean position to the amplitude of image below the mean position. 

33. In the given figure, radii of curvature of concave mirror and convex mirror and 60 cm and 20 cm
respectively. Object O is placed 80 cm from concave mirror and the lenses are co-axial. Distance
between the mirrors is 48 cm.  

Choose the correct statement(s):

(A) The system forms two images
(B) The system will produce only one image
(C) Distance of the image from object is 48cm
(D) Distance of the image from object is zero.

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34. In the given figure, m1 is a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm and m2 is a plane mirror. What
should be the value of x (in cm) so that the images formed by m1 and m2 are at same place? 

Paragraph for Q. 35 to 36
A point object O is kept between two non-coaxial mirrors m1 and m2 as shown in figure. Let the axis – 1 be
the x-axis with the positive direction towards the convex mirror and y-axis is pendicular to the x-axis and in the
plane of paper with positive direction from axis-2 to axis -1. Consider point O to be the origin. Position of the
image formed after two reflections is represented by  x, y  .

2x
35. Taking first reflection from mirror m1 , find the value of  
y
2x
36. Taking first reflection from mirror m2 , find the value of  
y
v0
37. Velocity of the image perpendicular to the optic axis is . Find the value of m. 
m
*38. The angle of deviation  vs angle of incidence i  is plotted for a prism. Pick up the correct
statements.


(A) The angle of prism is 60

(B) The refractive index of the prism is n  3
(C) For deviation to be 65 the angle of incidence i1  55
(D) The curve of '  ' vs ' i ' is parabolic

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39. A planoconcave lens is placed on a paper on which a flower is drawn. How far above its actual position
(in cm) does the flower appear to be? 

40. A ray of light enters into a transparent liquid from air as shown in the figure. The refractive index of the
1
liquid varies with depth x from the topmost surface as   2  x where x in meters. The depth of
2
the liquid medium is sufficiently large. The maximum depth reached by the ray inside the liquid is
 

1
(A) 2m (B) m (C) 0.5 m (D) 1m
2

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41. A thin equiconvex lens of glass has radii of curvature of its surfaces 30 cm each. This lens has different
medium on its two sides as shown in the figure. The refractive indices of the mediums on the two sides
of the lens are 1.2 and 1.6, and refractive index of the glass is 1.5. The focal length of the lens in the
shown figure in medium of refractive index 1.6 is: 

(A) 30 cm (B) 60 cm (C) 120 cm (D) 240 cm

*42.  number of identical equilateral prisms are kept in contact as shown in figure. If deviation through a
single prism is  then consider the following statements ( m is an integer). 

(A) if    2m  deviation through  prisms is zero

(B) if    2m  1 deviation through system of  prisms is 

(C) if   2m deviation through system of  prisms is 
(D) if   2m  1 deviation through system of  prisms is zero

43. Two thin convex lens of focal lengths f1 and f2 are separated by a horizontal distance d
(where d  f1 , d  f 2 ). Taking the origin of coordinates, O at the centre of left lens, the x coordinate of
the focal point of this lens system, for a parallel beam of rays coming from the left is 

f1 f 2 f1  f 2  d 
(A) x (B) x
f1  f 2 f1  f 2  d
f1 f 2  d  f1  d  f1 f 2  d  f1  d 
(C) x (D) x
f1  f 2  d f1  f 2  d

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44. The graphs given apply to a convex lens of focal length f , producing a real image at a distance v from
the optical centre when self, luminous object is at distance u from the optical centre. The magnitude of
magnification is m. Identify the following graphs with the first named quantity being plotted along y-
axis.

Column–I Column–II

I. v against u A.

1 1
II. against B.
v u

III. m against v C.

v
IV. 1  m  against
f D.

(A) (I - C), (II - D), (III - A), (IV - B) (B) (I - D), (II - C), (III - B), (IV - A)
(C) (I - C), (II - D), (III - B), (IV - A) (D) (I - A), (II - B), (III - C), (IV - D)

*45. An object of length 1cm is placed on the principle axis of biconvex lens of radius 5 cm. Distance
between the lens and object is 20 cm. Space between the lens and object is filled with medium of two
different refractive index 2 and 1 as shown in the figure. Refractive index is 1 on the left of the object
and on the right side of the lens. Boundary of both medium is mid-way between the object and lens as
shown in figure.  

(A) The image will be formed at distance of 7.5 cm from the optical centre.
(B) The image will be formed at distance of 10 cm from the optical centre.
(C) The size of the image is 0.5 cm.
(D) The size of the image is 0.4 cm.

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*46. A point object is placed at 30 cm from a convex glass lens   g   of focal length 20 cm. The final
 2
image of object will be formed at infinity if 
(A) another concave lens of focal length 60 cm is placed in contact with the previous lens
(B) another convex lens of focal length 60 cm is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the first lens
4
(C) the whole system is immersed in a liquid of refractive index
3
9
(D) the whole system is immersed in a liquid of refractive index
8
*47. The concave and convex surfaces of a thin concave-convex lens of refractive index 1.5 has radius of
curvature 50 and 10 cm respectively. The concave side is silvered and placed on a horizontal surface as
shown . 

(A) focal length of lens is 25 cm

(B) focal length of the combination (silvering) is 25 cm
(C) image of the object at 50 cm will coincide with itself
(D) image will not coincide in this type of silvered lenses
*48. One fourth part of an equiconvex lens of focal length 100 cm is removed as shown in the figure. An
object of height 1 cm is placed in front of the lens. It is observed that all the images are of equal height.
Then  

400
(A) Object is at a distance of cm from the lens.
3
(B) The magnitude of magnification produced by upper and lower part is equal.
(C) The no. of images formed is two.
(D) The product of magnification of both the lenses is negative.

49. A point object is kept at 100 cm from a convex mirror of radius of curvature 200 cm. The convex
mirror is now cut into two equal parts and the parts are arranged as shown in figure. Find the location of
all the images of O that are formed. 

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100
(A) cm behind m2 and 50 cm behind m1
3
100
(B) cm behind m1 and 50 cm behind m2
3
100
(C) 50 cm front of m1 & cm behind m2
3
100
(D) cm front of m2 & 50 cm behind m1
3

50. In the given arrangement, m1 and m2 are two mirrors each of radius 100 cm, and AB is the common
optic axis. A point object O is kept at 10 cm from the common pole. Find the distance between the
images of the object. 

25 25
(A) cm behind the mirror (B) cm front of the mirror
6 6
50 50
(C) cm behind the mirror (D) cm front of the mirror
3 3

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Answer key : ALPS_ Physics – 2336

Topic : Ray Optics, Properties of Matter, Gaseous state and thermodynamics
Day 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B A C AB 800 AC C A D BC

Day 2

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

9 7 250 5 C C B C B D

Day 3

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

AD ABC BD 2 A AC BD ABD 4 A

Day 4

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

ACD 3 AD 16 75 75 250 ABC 10 D

Day 5

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

D AB C C AC AD ABC ABCD B A

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