PHYSICS MOCK EXAMINATION

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1. If A= 4i - 3j and B= 6i + 8j then magnitude and direction of A+B will be

A. 5, tan-¹(¾)

B. 5√5, tan-¹(½)

C. 10, tan-¹(5)

D. 25, tan-¹(¾)

2. Which of the following is not a fundamental quantum?

A. Mass

B. Length

C. Force

D. Time

3. If A = 3i+ 4j, and B = 7i + 24j. The vector having the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is

A. 5i+20j

B. 15i+10j

C. 20i+15j
D. 15i+20j

4. If a particle moves 5m in +x direction. The displacement of the particle will be

A. 5j

B. 5i

C. -5j

D. 5k

5. A physical quantity of the dimensions of length that can be formed out of c, G, and e²/4𣕠is [c is
velocity of light, G is the universal constant of gravitation and e is charge]

A. c² √[Ge²/4π£•]

B. 1/c² √[e²/ G4π£•]

C. 1/c Ge²/4π£•

D. 1/c² √[Ge²/4π£•]

6. Which relation is wrong

A. 1calories = 4.18joules

B. 1Å=10-¹0 m

C. 1MeV=1.6×10-¹³

D. 1Newton=10-⁴ Dyne

7. The dimension of ½£•E², where £• is permittivity of free space and E is electric field, is

(Hint: energy density = ½£•E²)

A. ML²T-²

B. ML- ¹T-²

C. ML²T-¹
D. MLT-¹

8. If force (F), velocity (V) and time (T) are taken as a the fundamental units, then the dimensions of
mass are

A. [FVT-¹]

B. [FVT-²]

C. [FV-¹T-¹]

D. [FV-¹T]

9. If energy E, velocity (V) and T are chosen as the fundamental quantities, the dimensional formula of
surface tension will be

A. [EV-²T-²]

B. [E-²V-¹T-³]

C. [EV-²T-¹]

D. [EV-¹T-²]

10. If the dimensions of a physical quantity are given by M^aL^bT^c, then the physical quantity will be

(Hint: ^= exponential/power rise)

A. Velocity if a= 1, b= 0, c= -1

B. Acceleration if a= 1, b= 1, c= -2

C. Force if a= 0, b= -1, c= -2

D. Pressure a= 1, b= -1, c= -2

11. Which two of the following five physical parameters have the same dimension?

1. Energy density

2. Refractive index
3. Dielectric constant

4. Young's modulus

5. Magnetic field

A. 1 and 4

B. 1and 5

C. 2 and 4

D. 3 and 5

12. A truck traveling due North at 20m/s turns west and travels at the same speed. The charge in it's
velocity be

A. 40ms-¹ N-W

B. 20√2ms-¹ N-W

C. 40ms-¹ S-W

D. 20√2ms-¹ S-W

13. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then magnitude of difference is

A. √2

B. √3

C.1/√2

D. √5

14. Let A= 2i+j, B= 3j-k and C= 6i-2k value of A-2B+2C would be

A. 20i+5j+4k

B. 20i-5j-4k

C. 4i+5j+20k

D. 5i+4j+10k
15. A man goes 10m towards North, then 20m towards east then displacement is

A. 22.5m

B. 25m

C. 25.5m

D. 30m

16. If a car covers 2/5th of the total distance with V1 speed and 3/5th distance with V2, then average
speed is

A. ½√(V1×V2)

B. (V1+ V2)/2

C. (2V1V2)/(V1+V2)

D. 5V1V2/(5V1+2V2)

17. A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20m height drops a stone Assuming g= 10ms-² the velocity
with which it hits the ground is

A. 10.0m/s

B. 20.0m/s

C. 40.0m/s

D. 5.0m/s

18. If a ball is thrown upwards with speed u, the distance covered during the last 't' seconds of it's
ascent is

A. ut

B. ½gt²

C. ut-½gt

D. (u+gt)t
19. A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of 10m/s when it has reached one half of its
maximum height. How high does the ball rise?

(Take g= 10m/s²)

A. 10m

B. 5m

C. 15m

D. 20m

20. What will be the ratio of the distance moved by a freely falling body from rest in 4th and 5th seconds
of journey

A. 4:5

B. 7:9

C. 16:25

D. 1:1

21. What is the unit of impulse?

A. N•S

B. N

C. S-¹

D. Kg

22. A train has a speed of 60km/h for the first one hour and 40km/h for the next half hour. It's average
speed in km/h is

A. 50

B. 53.33

C. 48
D. 70

23. The displacement of the particle is given by y= a+bt+ct²-dt⁴. The initial velocity and acceleration are

A. b, -4d

B. -b, 2c

C. b, 2c

D. 2c, -4d

24. The position x of a particle varies with time t as x= at²-bt³. The acceleration of the particle will be
zero at time t equal to

A. a/b

B. 2a/3b

C. a/3b

D. Zero

25. The velocity of a bullet is reduced from 200m/s to 100m/s while traveling through a wooden block of
thickness 10cm. The retardation assuming it to be uniform, will be

A. 10×10-⁴ms-²

B. 12×10⁴ms-²

C. 13.5×10⁴ms-²

D. 15×10⁴ms-²

26. A body is thrown with a velocity of 9.8m/s making an angle of 30° with the horizontal. It will hit the
ground after time

A. 1.5s

B. 1s

C. 3s
D. 2s

27. Which of the following sets of factors will affect the horizontal distance covered by an athlete in a
long jump event

A. Speed before he jumps and his weight

B. The direction in which he leaps and initial speed

C. The force with which he pushes the ground and his speed

D. The direction in which he leaps and the weight.

28. For a projectile, the ratio of the maximum height reached to the square of flight time is

(Take g= 10m/s²)

A. 5:4

B. 5:2

C. 5:1

D. 10:1

29. The path of a projectile is known as its

A. Parabola

B. Hyperbola

C. Trajectory

D. Angle of projection

30. Two bullet are fired simulta30. Two bullet are fired simultaneously, horizontally and with different
speeds from the same place which bullet will hit the ground first

A. The faster one

B. Depends on their masses

C. The slower one

D. Both will reach simultaneously

31. A body is thrown horizontally with velocity √2gh from the top of a tower of height, 'h'. It strikes the
level ground through the foot of tower at distance 'x' from the tower. The value of 'x' is

A. h

B. h/2

C. 2h

D. 2h/3

32. When a bus suddenly takes a turn, the passenger are thrown outwards because of

A. Inertia of motion

B. Acceleration of motion

C. Speed of motion

D. Both B and C

33. A person sitting in an open car moving at constant velocity throws a ball vertically up into the air. The
ball fall

A. Outside the car

B. In the car ahead of the person

C. In the car to the side of the person

D. Exactly in the hand which threw it

34. A vehicle of 100kg is moving with a velocity of 5m/s. To stop it in 1/10 sec, the required force in
opposite direction is

A. 5000N

B. 500N
C. 50N

D. 25N

35. A ball of mass 150g moving with an acceleration 20m/s² is hir by a force, which acts on it for 0.1sec.
The impulsive force is

A. 0.5 N•s

B. 0.1 N•s

C. 0.3 N•s

D. 1.2 N•s

36. The kinetic energy of two mass m1 and m2 are equal their ratio of linear momentum will be

A. m1/m2

B. m2/m1

C. √(m1/m2)

D. √(m2/m1)

37. If the force on a rocket moving with a velocity of 300m/s is 210N, then the rate of combustion of the
fuel is

A. 0.7kg/s

B. 1.4kg/s

C. 0.07kg/s

D. 10.7kg/s

38. A man weights 80kg. He stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform
acceleration of 5m/s². What would be the reading on the scale. (g= 10m/s²)

A. 400N

B. 800N
C. 1200N

D. Zero

39. A body of mass 10kg is lying in rough plane inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal and the
coefficient of friction is 0.5. the minimum force required to pull the body up the plane is

A. 914N

B. 91.4N

C. 9.14N

D. 0.914N

40. If a block moving up at Ø = 30° with velocity 5m/s, stops after 0.5sec, then what is û

(û = coefficient of friction)

A. 0.5

B. 1.25

C. 0.6

D. None of these

41. On the horizontal surface of truck (û = 0.6) a block of mass 1kg is placed. If the truck is accelerating
at the rate of 5m/s² then the frictional force on the block will be

A. 5N

B. 6N

C. 5.88N

D. 8N

42. A 2kg mass starts from rest on an inclined smooth surface with inclination 30° and length 2m. How
much will it travel before coming to rest on a surface with coefficient of Friction 0.25

A. 4m
B. 6m

C. 8m

D. 2m

43. A body just takes just twice the time as long to slide down a plane inclined at 30° to the horizontal as
if the plane we're frictionless. The coefficient of Friction between the body and plane is

A. √3/4

B. √3

C. 4/3

D. 3/4

44. Gravitational and Electric fields are sometimes referred to as conservative force fields because work
done in these fields depends on

A. Path

B. Position

C. Energy

D. Strength

45. An idea machine is one with Efficiency of

A. 100%

B. 0%

C. 80%

D. 50%

46. A box of mass 1kg is pulled on a horizontal plane of length 1m by a force of 8N then it is raised
vertically to a height of 2m, the net work done is

A. 28J
B. 8J

C. 18J

D. None of the above

47. A 10kg satellite completes one revolution around the earth at a height of 100km is 108minutes. The
work done by the gravitational force of Earth will be

A. (108×100×10)J

B. (108×10÷100)J

C. (100×10÷108)J

D. Zero

48. A position dependent force F= (7-2x+3x²)N acts on a small object of mass 2kg to displace it from x=0
to x=5m. The work done in joule is

A. 70J

B. 270J

C. 35J

D. 135J

49. Two masses of 1g and 9g are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the magnitude of their
respective linear momenta is

A. 1:9

B. 9:1

C. 1:3

D. 3:1

50. A 300g mass has a velocity of (3i+4j)m/sec at a certain instant. What is its kinetic energy

A. 1.35J
B. 2.4J

C. 3.75J

D. 7.35J

51. The work done in raising a mass of 15gm from the ground to a table of 1m height is

A. 15J

B. 152J

C. 1500J

D. 0.15J

52. A force applied by an engine of a train of mass 205×10⁴Kg changes its velocity from 5m/s to 25m/s in
5minutes. The power of the engine is

A. 1.025MW

B. 2.05MW

C. 5MW

C. 2.5MW

53. A constant force F is applied on a body. The power (P) generated is related to the time elapsed (t) as
(assume @ to be sign of proportionality

A. P @ t²

B. P @ t

C. P @ √t

D. P @ t⅔

54. Consider the following statements:-

ASSERTION (A):- in an elastic Collision of two billard balls, the kinetic energy is conserved during the
short time of collision of the balls (i.e when they are in contact)
REASON (R):- Energy spent against friction does not follow the law of conservation of energy of these
statements

A. Both A and R are true and the R is correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are true but the R is not correct explanation of the A

C. A is true but R is false

D. Both A and R are false55. A ball moving horizontally with speed V strikes the Bob of a simple
pendulum at rest. The mass of the Bob is equal to that of the ball. If the collision is elastic the Bob will
rise to a height.

A. V²/g

B. V²/2g

C. V²/4g

D. V²/8g

56. The statement about conservation of momentum applied when

A. Initial momenta equals the negative of the force

B. Final momenta equals initial momenta

C. Initial momenta equals sum of Kinetic energies of all colliding particles

D. Vector sum of momenta of colliding bodies equal the vector sum of momenta after collision.

57. In perfectly elastic collision,

A. Momentum and Energy is conserved

B. Only Energy is conserved

C. Only Momentum is conserved

D. None of above
58. A body of 2.0 kg mass makes an elastic collision with another at rest and continues to move in the
original direction but with 1/4 of its original speed. What is the mass of the struck body

A. 3.0kg

B. 1.2kg

C. 0.25kg

D. 7kg

59. A body on the circular orbit makes an angular displacement given by ∅(t)=2t²+5t+5. If time t is in
seconds, calculate the angular velocity at t=2s

A. 23rad/s

B. 13rad/s

C. 12rad/s

D. 9rad/s

60. Two bodies of mass 1kg and 3kg have position vector i+2j+k and -3i-2j+k, respectively. The centre of
mass of this system have a position vector

A. -2i-j+k

B. 2i-j-2k

C. -i+j+k

D. -2i+2k

61. Which of the relation is correct for Kepler's period law. If T and R are respectively the period of
revolution of the planet about the sun and distance of the planet from the sun? (Hint: @ represent sign
of proportionality)

A. T³ @ R²

B. T² @ R³

C. T² @ 1/R³
D. T³ @ 1/R²

62. The gravitational force between two object does not depend on

A. Sum of the masses

B. Product of the masses

C. Gravitational constant

D. Distance between the masses

63. In some region, the gravitational field is zero. The gravitational potential in this region

A. Must be variable

B. Must be constant

C. Cannot be zero

D. Zero

64. For a statellite escape velocity is 11km/s. If the satellite is launched at an angle of 60° with the
vertical, then the escape velocity will be

A. 11km/s

B. 11√3 km/s

C. 11/√3 km/s

D. 33km/s

65. The distance of a planet from sun is 5times the distance the earth and the sun. The Time period of
the planet is

A. √(5³) years

B. ³√(5²) years

C. ³√5
D. √5

66. The distance of Neptune and Saturn from the sun are nearly 10¹³ and 10¹² meters respectively.
Assuming that they move in circular orbits, their periodic times will be in the ratio

A. √10

B. 100

C. 10√10

D. 1/√10

67. During a journey from earth to the moon and back, the greatest energy required from the spaceship
rocket is to overcome

A. The Earth's gravity at take off

B. The Moon's gravity at take off

C. The Moon's gravity at lunar landing

D. The Moon's gravity at lunar take off

68. A wheel is at rest. It angular velocity uniformly and becomes 60rad/sec after 5sec. The total angular
displacement is

A. 600rad

B. 75rad

C. 300rad

D. 150rad

69. Moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc about a diameter is I. Its moment of inertia about an
axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through a point on its rim will be

A. 5I

B. 6I
C. 3I

D. 4I

70. The position of a particle is given by: r= (i+2j-k) and momentum P= (3i+4j-2k). The angular
momentum is perpendicular to

A. X-axis

B. Y-axis

C. Z-axis

D. Line at equal angles to all the three axes71. Momentum of inertia of the sphere is given as

A. 2(mI²)

B. r²

C. 1/2R

D. 2/5(mr²)

72. Elastomer are the materials which

A. Are not elastic at all

B. Have very small elastic range

C. Do not obey Hooke's law

D. None of these

73. Which of the following affects the elasticity of a substance?

A. Hammering and annealing

B. Change in temperature

C. Impurity

D. All of these
74 what of the following has no dimensions?

A. Strain

B. Angular velocity

C. Momentum

D. Angular momentum

75. Minimum and maximum value of poisson's ratio for a metal lies between

(Hint:- ¶ = infinity)

A. -¶ to +¶

B. 0 to 1

C. -¶ to 1

D. 0 to 0.5

76. Which of the following is not a unit of Young's modulus?

A. Nm-¹

B. Nm-²

C. Dyne cm-²

D. Mega Pascal.

77. In solid interatomic forces are

A. Totally repulsive

B. Totally attractive

C. Both A and B

D. None of these
78. On stretching a wire, the elastic energy stored per unit volume is

(e = extension)

A. Fe/2AL

B. FA/2L

C. Fe/2A

D. FL/2

79. A uniform cube is subjected to volume compression. It each side is decreased by 1%, then bulk strain
is

A. 0.01

B. 0.06

C. 0.02

D. 0.03

80. A wooden stick 2m long is floating on the surface of water. The surface tension of water 0.07N/m. By
putting soap solution on one side of the stick the surface tension is reduced to 0.06N/m. The net force
on the stick will be

A. 0.07N

B. 0.06N

C. 0.01N

D. 0.02N

81. The constant velocity attained by a body while falling through a viscous medium is termed as

A. Critical velocity

B. Terminal velocity

C. Threshold velocity

D. None of the above

82. Gases do not posses

A. Density

B. Surface tension

C. Volume

D. Viscosity

83. An iceberg floating partly immersed in sea water of density 1.03g/cm³. The density of ice is
0.92g/cm³. The fraction of the total volume of the iceberg above of the level of sea water is

A. 8.1%

B. 11%

C. 34%

D. 0.8%

84. There is a hole in the bottom of the tank having water. If total pressure at the bottom is 3 atm (1atm
= 100000N/m²) then the velocity of flowing from hole is

A. √400 m/s

B. √600 m/s

C. √60 m/s

D. None of these

85. Choose the wrong statement

A. The pressure is perpendicular to the surface of the fluid

B. Hydraulic brake also work Pascal's law

C. If adhesion is greater than cohesion liquid will not wet the solid

D. The surface Tension is a molecular phenomenon

86. The lift of an air plane is based on

A. Torricelli's theorem

B. Bernoulli's theorem

C. Law of gravitation

D. Conservation of linear momentum

87. A vessel with water is placed on weighing pan and it reads 600g. Now a ball of mass 40g and density
0.80gcm-³ is sunk into the water with a pin of negligible volume. The weighing pan will show a reading

A. 600g

B. 550g

C. 650g

D. 632g

88. Paint-gun is based on

A. Bernoulli's theorem

B. Archimede's principle

C. Boyle's law

D. Pascal's law

89. Two drops of the same radius are falling through air with a steady velocity of 5cm per sec. If the two
drops coalesce, the terminal velocity would be

A. 10cm per sec

B. 2.5cm per sec

C. 5 × ³√4cm per sec

D. 5×√3 cm per sec

90. Water flowing continuously from a tap having an internal diameter 8×10-³m. The water velocity as it
leaves the tap is 0.4ms-¹. The diameter of the water stream at a distance 2×10-¹m below the tap is close
to

A. 7.5×10-³m

B. 9.6×10-³m

C. 3.6×10-³m

D. 5.0×10-³m91. Water is not used in thermometer because

A. It sticks to glass

B. It shows anamolous expansion

C. Both a and b

D. Neither a or b

92. Torricelli's theorem is used to find

A. The velocity of efflux through an orifice

B. The velocity of flow of liquid through a pipe

C. Terminal velocity

D. Critical velocity

93. At the boiling point of a liquid surface tension

A. is zero

B. is infinite

C. is same as that at any other temperature

D. Cannot be determined since it's variable

94. Work done in increasing the size of a soap bubble from a radius of 3cm to 5cm is nearly
(Surface tension of soap solution= 0.03Nm-¹)

A. 0.2πmj

B. 2πmj

C. 0.4πmj

D. 4πmj

95. If the terminal speed of a sphere of gold (density = 19.5kg/m³) is 0.2m/s in a viscous liquid (density =
1.5kg/m³), find the terminal speed of a sphere of silver (density = 10.5kg/m³) of the same size in the
same liquid.

A. 0.4m/s

B. 0.133m/s

C. 0.1m/s

D. 0.2 m/s

96. When a glass tube is placed in container of ethyl alcohol, the liquid rises 3.4 mm up the tube. What is
the diameter of the tube?

A. 3.5mm

B. 5.0mm

C. 10.0mm

D. 20.0mm

97. If pressure at half the depth of a lake is equal to ⅔ pressure at the bottom of the lake then. What is
the depth of the lake

A. 10m

B. 20m

C. 60m

D. 30m
98. A metallic block of de density 5gm cm-³ and having dimensions 5cm×5cm×5cm is weighed in water.
Its apparent weight will be

A. 5×5×5×5gf

B. 4×4×4×4gf

C. 5×4×4×4gf

D. 4×5×5×5gf

99. An iceberg is floating in sea water. The density of ice is 0.92gm/cm³ and that of sea water is
1.03g/cm³. What percentage of the iceberg will be below the surface of water

A. 3%

B. 11%

C. 89%

D. 92%

100. Two water pipes of diameter 2cm and 4cm are connected with the main supply line. The velocity of
flow of water in the pipe of 2cm diameter is

A. 4 times that in the other pipe

B. ¼ times that in the other pipe

C. 2 times that in the other pipe

D. ½ times that in the other pipe

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