CLASS : XII (NON MEDICAL)

FOR JEE (MAIN) : 2022

Test Date : 31.05.2021
Time : 3 hrs. Max. Marks : 300
Instructions :
(i) This question paper consists of three sections. Total number of questions is 75.
(ii) Section - A consists of 25 questions in Physics, Section - B consists of 25 questions in Chemistry, Section - C
consists of 25 questions in Mathematics.
(iii) Each Section in Part – A contains 20 questions Single Choice Type has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) for its
answer, out of which Only One is correct.
(iv) Each Section in part – B contains 5 Numerical value type questions. Express your answer in 4 digits
including 2 decimal places. For example : If answer is 8 or 12.3, then response should be 08.00 or 12.30
respectively.
(v) Each question is of 4 marks.
(vi) There is NO NEGATIVE marking.
(vii) Use of Calculator / Mobile phones is not allowed.

SECTION – A (PHYSICS)
PART – A
Single Choice Type This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1),
(2), (3) and (4) for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

1. Three equal charges, each  q , are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side l . The
electric field intensity at the centroid of the triangle is
kq 3kq 3kq
(a) 2
(b) 2
(c) 2
(d) zero
l l l
2. It is required to hold equal charges q , in equilibrium at the corners of a square. To do this a
charge Q is placed at the center of the square. The value of Q is

(a) 
q
2

1 2 2  (b)
q
2

1 2 2  (c)
q
4
1 2 2  (d) 
q
4

1 2 2 
3. A charge q is distributed uniformly on a ring of radius a. A sphere of equal radius a is constructed
with its center at the periphery of the ring. Calculate the flux of the electric field through the
surface of the sphere.
q 2q q 3q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
30 30 40 40

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4. Let V0 be the potential at the origin in an electric field E  E x ˆi  E y ˆj . The potential at any point

 x, y  is
(a) V0  xE x  yE y (b) V0  xE x  yE y

(c) xE x  yE y  V0 (d)  x 2  y2  E 2x  E 2y  V0

5. Determine the electric field intensity at point P

due to quadruple distribution shown in figure for
r  a .
kqa 2 6kqa 2 6kqa 2
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
r4 r4 r3
6. Eight charges 1 C ,  7  C ,  4  C , 10  C , 3  C ,  5  C ,  3  C and 6  C are situated at the
eight corners of a cube of side 20 cm. A spherical Gaussian surface of diameter 30 cm is

constructed with its center at the center of the cube. Then, the net flux of E through the spherical
surface (in units of Vm) is
3 3
(a) 36 10 (b) 684 10 (c) zero (d) none of these
7. Some equi-potential surfaces are shown in figure. The magnitude
and direction of the electric field is

(a) 100 Vm1 making angle 120 with the +ve x  axis
(b) 200 Vm1 making angle 60 with the +ve x  axis
(c) 200 Vm1 making angle 120 with the +ve x  axis
(d) none of the above
8. The electric field on two sides of a large charged plate is shown in
figure. The charge density on the plate in SI Units is given by
(  0 is the permittivity of free space)

(a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 10 0 (d) zero

 ˆ ˆ 
9. Charge Q is given a displacement r  ai  bj in an electric field E  E1ˆi  E 2 ˆj . The work done by
the electric field is

(a) Q  E1a  E 2 b   E1a    E 2 b 

2 2
(b) Q

(c) Q  E1  E 2  a 2  b 2 E  E 22 
2
(d) Q 2
1 a 2  b2

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10. A particle of mass m carrying charge q is projected with velocity v from point A towards an
infinite line of charge from a distance a . Its speed reduces to zero momentarily at point B which
is at a distance a / 2 from the line of charge. If another particle with mass m and charge  q is
projected with the same velocity v from A towards the line of charge, what will be its speed at
B?
v v
(a) 2v (b) 3v (c) (d)
2 3
11. n charged drops, each of radius r and charge q , coalesce to form a big drop of radius R and
charge Q . If V is the electric potential and E is the electric field at the surface of a drop, then
2/3 1/ 3 2/3 2/ 3
(a) E big  n E small (b) E big  n E small (c) V small  n V big (d) V big  n V small
12. A point charge q is placed inside a conducting spherical shell of inner radius 2R and outer radius
3R at a distance of R from the center of the shell. Find the electric potential at the center of the
shell.
1 q 1 4q 1 5q 1 2q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4  0 2 R 4  0 3 R 4  0 6 R 4  0 3 R
12
13. An oil drop, carrying six electronic charges and having a mass of 1.6 10 g, falls with terminal
speed v in a medium. What magnitude of vertical electric field is required to make the drop move
upward with the same terminal speed v ? Ignore buoyancy.

(a) 10 NC1 (b) 10 4 NC1 (c) 3.3 10 NC1 (d) 3.3 10 NC1
5 4 5

14. An electric field is expressed as E  2iˆ  3jˆ . Find the potential difference  VA  VB  between two
points A and B whose position vectors are given by r  ˆi  2jˆ and r  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ .
A B

(a) 1 V (b) 1 V (c) 2 V (d) 3 V

15. A thin glass rod is bent into a semicircle of radius r. A charge  Q is uniformly
distributed along the upper half and a charge Q is uniformly distributed along
the lower half, as shown in figure. Calculate electric field E at P, the center of
semicircle.
Q 2Q 4Q Q
(a) 2 2
(b) 2 2
(c) 2 2
(d)
 0 r  0 r  0 r 4 0 r 2
2

16. There are two thin wire rings, each of radius R, separated by a distance a along a common axis.
The charges on the rings are q and –q. The potential difference between the centers of the rings is
given by

q 1 1  q 1 1 
(a)    (b)   
0  R R2  a2  20  R R 2  a2 

q 1 1  2q 1 1 
(c)    (d)   
20 R R2  a2  0 R R2  a2 

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17. A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge  in the upper half and negative surface
charge   in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure
given in:

(a) (b)

(D
(c)

18. The electric flux for gaussian surface A that encloses the Gaussian
surface A
charged particles in free space is (given q1  14 nC, q2 q3
q1
q 2  78.85 nC and q 3  56 nC) Gaussian
surface B

(A) 103 N-m2C1 (B) 103 CN1m2

(C) 6.32  103 N-m2C1 (D) 6.32  103 CN1m2
19. Consider a sphere of radius R which carries a uniform charge density  .
R
If a sphere of radius is carved out of it, as shown in figure. Then the
2 R /2

EA  
ratio  of magnitude of electric field E A and E B , respectively, at A
EB R

points A and B due to the remaining portion is

B

18 21 17 18
(a) (b) (c) (d)
34 34 54 54

20.  
An electric dipole of moment p  ˆi  3jˆ  2kˆ  10 29 C-m is placed at the origin (0,0,0). The

 
electric field due to this dipole at r  ˆi  3jˆ  5kˆ is parallel to


(A)  ˆi  3jˆ  2kˆ  (B)  ˆi  3jˆ  2kˆ  (C)  ˆi  3jˆ  5kˆ  
(D)  ˆi  3jˆ  5kˆ 

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 PART – B
This section contains 5 Numerical value type questions. Express your answer in 4 digits including 2 decimal
places.

21. A small sphere with mass 1.2 g hangs by a thread between two parallel
vertical plates 5 cm apart. The plates have uniform surface charge
density as shown in figure. The charge on the sphere is q  9  106 C and
it makes an angle 37o with the vertical. The potential difference between
the plates is _____ V.
22. A uniform electric field E  91 V/m is created between
two charged parallel plates as shown in figure. An electron
enters the field symmetrically between the plates with a
speed v 0  4  10 5 m/s. The length of each plate is 1cm.
The angle of deviation  of the path of the electron as it
comes out of the field is _______ degree.
( m e  9.11031 kg and e  1.6 1019 C).

23. An electric field E   4x  ˆi   y 2  1 ˆj N/C passes

through the box shown in figure. The flux of the electric

field through surface ABCD and BCGF and marked as
1 and  2 respectively. The difference between
2
 1   2 is (in Nm /C)________.

24. A charged sphere of diameter 4 cm has surface charge density of 10 4 C/cm2. The work done in
moving a charge of 40 nC from infinity to a point 2 cm from the surface of the sphere is n joule.
The value of n is ______.
25. A solid metal sphere having a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric metallic shell
of radius three times that of the sphere. If the potential difference between the two is 36 V, then
the potential of the inner sphere is ______V.

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 SECTION – B (CHEMISTRY)
PART – A
Single Choice Type This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1),
(2), (3) and (4) for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

26. The crystal defect indicated in the diagram below is

(a) Frenkel defect (b) Schottky defect

(c) Frenkel and Schottky defects (d) Interstitial defect
27. The diastereoisomer (stereoisomer that is not a mirror image) of ‘X’ is
COOCH3

HO H

H OH

COOH
COOH H HO H OH
HO H
(a) (b)
HO H COOHH
COOCH3 COO
OCH3
HO H
H OH

C
COOCH3
(c) HOOC COOCH3 (d) HOOC H

HO H OH

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28. Lovastatin, a drug used to reduce the risk of cardio vascular diseases has the following structure
HO O
O
O
O CH3
H
H3C CH3

CH3
Lovastatin

The number of stereogenic centers present in lovastatin is

(a) 8 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
29. A crystal is made up of metal ions ‘M1’ and ‘M2’ and oxide ions. Oxide ions form a ccp lattice
structure. The cation ‘M1’ occupies 50% of octahedral voids and the cation ‘M2’ occupies 12.5%
of tetrahedral voids of oxide lattice. The oxidation numbers of ‘M1’ and ‘M2’ are, respectively:
(a) +2, +4 (b) +3, +1 (c) +1, +3 (d) +4, +2
30. Which of the following compound have chiral carbon atom/s?

(a) I and II (b) I, III, IV and V (c) II, IV and V (d) II, III and IV
31. The compound which would undergo a reaction with ammonia by SN1 mechanism is
Br
Br
(a) (b) Br (c) Br (d)

32. An element crystallises in a face-centred cubic (fcc) unit cell with cell edge a. The distance
between the centres of two nearest octahedral voids in the crystal lattice is
a a
(a) a (b) 2a (c) (d)
2 2
33. The correct pairs(s) of the ambident nucleophiles is (are):
(1) AgCN/KCN (2) RCOOAg/RCOOK (3) AgNO2/KNO2 (4) AgI/KI
(a) (1) and (3) only (b) (2) and (3) only (c) (2) only (d) (1) only

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34. The order of nucleophilicity of the following anions in a SN2 reaction is

(a) Q > R > S > P (b) Q > P > R > S (c) Q > R > P > S (d) P > S > R > Q
35. Tetragonal crystal system has the following unit cell dimensions:

(a) a  b  c,       90  (b) a  b  c,       90

(c) a  b  c,       90 (d) a  b  c,       90

36. In the following reaction
Br

H Ph NaI
EtO H  
acetone

Ph

the structure of product is

I I

H Ph Ph H
(a) (b)
EtO H EtO H

Ph Ph

Br Br

H Ph H Ph
(c) (d)
I H H I

Ph Ph

37. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect

1. When inversion of configuration takes place in SN2 reaction, the optical rotation also changes.
2. SN1 mechanism is generally favoured in polar solvents.
3. In polar protic solvent, F- ion is a better nucleophile than I-
4. Strong bases are always good nucleophile.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 only (d) 1, 3 and 4

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38. Which of the following arrangements shows the schematic alignment of magnetic moments of
antiferromagnetic substance?
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

39.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

40. An element crystallizes in a bcc lattice.Nearest neighbours and next nearest neighboursof the
element are respectively
(a) 8,8 (b) 6,8 (c) 6,6 (d) 8,6
41. Which of the following compounds will show retention in configuration on nucleophilic
substitution by OH– ion?
(a) CH 3 —CH—CH 2 Br (b) CH 3 —CH—Br
| |
C2 H 5 C6 H 5
Br
|
(c) CH 3 —CH—Br (d) CH 3 —C—H
| |
CH 3 C6 H13

42. The major product obtained from E2-elimination of 3-bromo-2-fluoropentane

fluoropentane is:
Br Br
| |
(a) CH 3CH 2 —CH—CH = CH 2 (b) CH 3 —CH 2 —C = CH—CH 3
F
|
(c) CH 3 —CH = CH—CH—CH 3 (d) CH 3CH 2CH = C—F
|
CH 3
43. Which of the following compounds produces an optically inactive compound on hydrogenation?
H CH3 H CH3 H CH3 H CH 3

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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44. The mechanism of SN1 reaction is given as:
Y
R—X  R  X   R  || X  
 R—Y + X 
Ion pair Solvent
separated
ion pair

A student writes general characteristics based on the given mechanism as:

(1) The reaction is favoured by weak nucleophiles
(2) R would be easily formed if the substituents are bulky
(3) The reaction is accompained by racemization
(4) The reaction is favoured by non
non-polar solvents.
Which observations are correct?
(a) (2) and (4) (b) (1) and (3) (c) (1), (2) and (3) (d) (1) and (2)
45. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the rate of hhydrolysis
ydrolysis of the compounds (a)
and (b) by SN1 reaction?

(a) A reacts faster than B (b) B reacts faster than A

(c) both A and B reacts at the same rate (d) Neither A nor B reacts

PART – B
This section contains 5 Numerical value type questions. Express your answer in 4 digits including 2 decimal
places.

46. Ga (atomic mass 70 u) crystallizes in a hexagonal close packed structure. The total number of
voids in 0.581 g of Ga is ________ × 1021. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
[Given: NA = 6.023 × 1023]
47. A certain element crystallizes in a bcc lattice of unit cell edge length 27 Å. If the same element
under the same conditions crystallizes in the f.c.c. lattice, the edge length of the unit cell in Å will
be _________. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
[Assume each lattice point has a single atom]
[Assume 3  1.73, 2  1.41 ]
48. The total number of monohalogenated organic products in the following (including stereoisomers)
reaction is ______.
(i) H / Ni/ 
A  2
(ii) X / 

(simplest optically 2
active alkene)

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49. The total number of possible stereoisomers for the compound with the structural formula
CH3CH(OH)CH = CHCH2CH3 is ______.
50. (+)-2-methyl-1-butanol has a specific rotation of +13.5°. The specific rotation of2-methyl1-
butanol containing 40% of the (-)-enantiomer is __________ °.
(Round off to one decimal place)

SECTION – C (MATHEMATICS)
PART – A
Single Choice Type This section contains 20 Single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1),
(2), (3) and (4) for its answer, out of which Only One is correct.

51. If A, B and C are n × n matrices and det (A) = 2, det(B) = 3 and det (C) = 5, then the value of the
det (A2BC–1) is equal to
6 12 18 24
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5
a 2  1 ab ac
52. If a, b, c are real then the value of the determinant ab b  1 bc  1 is
2

ac bc c2  1

(a) a + b + c = 0 (b) a + b + c = 1 (c) a + b + c = –1 (d) a = b = c = 0

53. Let Dk is the k × k matrix with zero’s in the main diagonal, unity as the element of Ist row and
(f(k))th column and ‘k’ for all other entries. If f(x) = x – {x} where {x} denotes the fractional part
function then the value of det (D2) + det (D3) equals
(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) None of these
ax b b
54. If x = a + 2b satisfies the cubic (a, b  R), f (x)  b ax b  0 , then its other two
b b ax

roots are
(a) real and different (b) real and coincident
(c) imaginary (d) such that one is real and other imaginary
 sin  cos 
55. Consider a matrix A()    , then
  cos  sin  
(a) A() is symmetric (b) A() is skew symmetric

 
(c) A 1 ()  A(   ) (d) A 2 ()  A   2 
2 

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 1 2r  1 50 1 2r  1
56. For a matrix A    , the value of  is equal to
0 1  r 1 0
 1 

1 100  1 4950  1 5050  1 2500 

(a)   (b)  (c) (d) 
0 1  0 1  0
 1  0 1 
57. If the maximum number of distinct elements in a symmetric matrix of order n is 45, then the value
of n is
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) none of these
58. Let A and B are two square matrices of order 3 such that det (A) = 3 and det (B) = 2, then the

value of det  adj. B 1

A 1  
1
 is equal to
[Note : adj M denotes the adjoint of a square matrix M.]
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 18 (d) 36
(1  ix)1/ j  1
59. Let A  [a ij ] be a 3 × 3 matrix, where a ij  lim for all 1  i, j  3 . Then A2 equals :
x 0 x
(a) 4A (b) 3A (c) 2A (d) A
 3 1 
  1 1
2 2 
60. Let A   , B  and C  ABA T , then A T C3 A is equal to
 1 3 0 1
 
 2 2 
 3 1  1 0  3
1 1 3
(a)  2 2
 (b)  3  (c) 2 
 (d)  
  1  0 1
 1 0   2  0 3 

61. Statement-1 : Let A be 2 × 3 matrix and B is 3 × 2 matrix such that det. (AB) = 10, then the value
of det. (BA) is equal to zero
Statement-2 : If A and B are two square matrices of order 3, then det. (AB) = det. (A).det.(B)
(a) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1
(b) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1
(c) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false
(d) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true
62. Let f(x) = (1 + b2)x2 + 2bx + 1 and let m(b) be the minimum value of f(x). As b varies, the range
of m(b) is
 1 1 
(a) [0, 1] (b)  0,  (c)  2 , 1 (d) (0, 1]
 2

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  x 2  2x  3 
log (0.5  x )  
 4 x2 4 x 3 
63. The domain of the function f (x)  (x  0.5) is  

 1   3   1 1   1   3 
(a) (,  3)   , 1  ,   (b) (,  3)   ,    , 1   ,  
 2  2   2 2 2  2 
1  3   1 1   1   3 
(c)  , 1   ,   (d)  ,    , 1   ,  
2  2   2 2 2  2 
x  9x  20
2
64. Range of the function f (x)  2 , x  R does not contain
x  6x  8
1 1
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 4
2 4
65. If (p 2  1)x 2  2(p  1)x  2  0 for all x  R then the true set of real values of p is
(a) R (b) (–3, 1) (c)  (d) (,  3)  [1, )

 3 
66. Let P(x)   x 2  2kx   k  . If graph of P(x) does not intersect y-axis, then the range of k is
 4 
 3 3   3 1
(a)  ,  (b)  ,   (c)  2 , (d) 
 4 4  2 
log(x 2  5x  6)
67. The domain of f (x)  , is
[x]  1
[Note : where [y] denotes greatest integer function less than or equal to y.]
(a) (,  3)  (2, ) (b) (,  3)  [2, )
(c) (, 1)  (2, ) (d) None of these
68. Let f(x) = min. (4x + 1, x + 2, –2x + 4). Then the maximum value of f(x) is
1 1 2 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 3 3
69. Consider f, g, h be real-valued functions defined on R. Let f(x) – f(–x) = 0 for all x  R ,
g(x) + g(–x) = 0 for all x  R and h(x) + h(–x) = 0 for x  R .
If f(1) = 0, f(4) = 2, f(3) = 6, g(1) = –1, g(–2) = 4, g(3) = 5 and h(1) = 2, h(3) = 5, h(6) = 3.
Then the value of f(g(h(1))) + g(h(f(–3))) + h(f(g(–1))) is equal to
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) –7 (d) 7
70. If the function f(x) and g(x) are defined on R  R such that

 x  3, x  rational  x  5, x  irrational
f (x)   and g(x)   then (f – g) (x) is
4x, x  irrational  x, x  rational

(a) one-one and onto (b) neither one-one nor onto

(c) one-one but not onto (d) onto but not one-one

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 PART – B
This section contains 10 Numerical value type questions. Do any 5 questions.

sin  0 
71. Let A    . If A + AT is a null matrix, then the number of values of  in (0, 6), is
 0  sin 
72. Let P(x) = x4 – 8x2 + 21 and Q(y) = y2 – 6y + 10, x, y  R . If P(x).Q(y) = 5, then possible
value(s) of x + y is (are)
4 x  x [ x ] cos x
73. The fundamental period of ecos is
(where [x] denotes greatest integer function)
74. If A2 = 3A – 2I and A8 = PA + qI then P + q is
x2  x x 1 x  2
75. If 2x  3x  1 3x
2
3x  3 3 = Ax – 12. If the value of A2 is, 72k, then find k.
x 2  2x  3 2x  1 2x  1

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