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MODEL PAPER 01 - MCQ

Use of calculators is not allowed

(g = 10Nkg−1 )

1. In the function y = ax2 + bx + c, the variable x shows displacement. If a and b are constants,
dimensions of a/b is,
(1) L (2) L2 (3) L-1 (4) L-2 (5) no dimensions

2. What is the minimum value of the length measurement that can be taken by a meter ruler, such that
the percentage error of the length measurement not to exceed 20%?
(1) 20cm (2) 10cm (3) 0.5cm (4) 2cm (5) 0.25cm

3. If a lift lifts a mass of 500 kg to a height of 40 m in 5 s, the minimum power required for this is,
(1) 10 kW (2) 50 kW (3) 25 kW (4) 40 kW (5) 80 kW

4. Displacement time curve corresponding to A and B velocity time curves is, V

S S S
A
A B
A B
B A B t
t t t

(1) (2) (3)

S S

B
B
A
A
t t
(4) (5)
5. A light ray travelling in air incidents on the water air interface with an angle of incidence 40, if the
refractive index of water is 4/3, what is the angle of refraction in water?
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 40
0 0
(4) 6 (5) 8

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6. A micrometre screw gauge of 1mm screw pitch which is divided into 100
circular scale divisions, is used to measure the depth of hole in a metal
block. the figure shows the position of the vertical scale and horizontal
scale at the instance where the depth is measured, the depth of the hole is,
(1) 2.10mm (2) 2.60mm
(3) 2.80mm (4) 4.10mm
(5) 3.85mm

7. The figure shows a wooden structure kept on a horizontal floor which is kept in A
unstable equilibrium. Here each arm is uniform. The point which is mostly likely
to be the center of gravity point of this structure is, E
(1) A (2) B (3) C B
D
(4) D (5) E
C
8. If a motor car travels 1/4 th of its journey by a speed of 30 kmh-1 and the rest by a speed
of 50 kmh-1, what is the average speed of the car
(1) 42.9 km h-1 (2) 40 km h-1 (3) 45 km h-1 (4) 47.25 km h-1 (5) 37.6 km h-1

9. Displacement time graph of a damped oscillation is,

10. Mercury is applied on surface AC of a prism of prism angle 300. A light

ray incident on surface AB with an angle of incidence 600, it refracts and
incident on surface AC perpendicularly. Find the angle of deviation if
mercury was not applied on surface AC.
(1) 00 (2) 300 (3) 450 (4) 600 (5) 900

11. The graph given on the right shows the variation of angular velocity ω of a sphere
with time, the graph which shows the corresponding variation of its angular
displacement with time?

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

12. Consider the following statements regarding a simple harmonic motion
(A) The acceleration of it is directly proportional to the displacement done from a fixed point
(B) The acceleration becomes zero, when the kinetic energy is maximum.
(C) The frequency of it depends on the amplitude
Which of the above statements are true
(1) A only (2) A and C only (3) C only
(4) A and B only (5) B and C only

13. A motorbike moves a distance S towards a certain direction for a time period T, then it moves with a
constant velocity V for a time period t. What is the average velocity of motorbike?
𝑆 +𝑉𝑡 2(𝑆 +𝑉𝑡) 𝑆 +𝑉𝑡 𝑆 +𝑉𝑡 𝑉𝑡
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
𝑇+𝑡 𝑇+𝑡 𝑇 + 2𝑡 2𝑇 + 𝑡 𝑡

14. A spherical water droplet begins to fall from a height h from rest downwards in air, which expression
is true about the speed v of it.(neglect the viscous forces)
1 1
(1) v α h (2) v α √ℎ (3) v α ℎ (4) v α h0 (5) v α
√ℎ

15. Two objects A and B of equal masses are attached to a light inextensible string
passing over a smooth pulley as shown in the figure. The object B is displaced
slightly downwards, held it stationary and released, both A and B from rest.
Which of the following statements are true?
(1) B moves upwards
(2) B moves downwards
(3) B stays stationary
(4) B oscillates up and down
(5) B moves to the initial position

16. The stem of a vibrated tuning fork is kept on a sonometer box,

(A) Prongs of the tuning fork vibrates transversely
(B The speed at which vibrated energy transmitted depends on the density of the tuning fork metal
(C) The reason to hear a larger sound is, the vibration energy generated during thrusting is released
within a very short time
(1) A only (2) A and C only (3) C and B only
(4) A and B only (5) All are true

17. An object A of mass 6.4 Kg is kept on a rough horizontal

plane. A force P is applied to A such that it is sufficient just to
move A and let that force to be acted on A continuously. The
acceleration of A is, (static and dynamic coefficients of
friction are 0.6 and 0.4 respectively)
(1) 20ms-2 (2) 2ms-2
(3) 20/32ms-2 (4) 6.4ms-2
(5) 20/64ms-2

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18. When a water wave travels from a medium of greater depth to a medium of lesser depth, which of the
following answers is mostly accurate
(1) Its wavelength increases while amplitude remains constant.
(2) Its wavelength increases while amplitude decreases.
(3) Its wavelength and amplitude increase
(4) Its wavelength and amplitude decrease
(5) Its wavelength decreases while amplitude increases

19. An object floats on a beaker of water as shown in the figure. At t=t0, a uniform
acceleration is applied vertically upwards to the beaker. Which of the following
graph shows the variation of volume of the object sunken in water with time?

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

20. An astronomical telescope is in normal adjustment. The diameter rof the objective piece is X while
the diameter of eye piece is Y. If the focal length of the objective is F0 and that of eye piece is Fe ,
True of the following
(1) XF0 = YFe (2) XY = F0Fe (3) XF02 = YFe2
2 2
(4) yF0 = XFe (5) X F0 = Y Fe

21. A and B are two sound sources each of frequency 680 Hz which are apart from each other. A person
moves from A to B with a velocity U. If the velocity of sound in air is 340ms-1, the value of U so as
to hear him a beat frequency of 10 Hz ,
(1) 2ms-1 (2) 2.5ms-1 (3) 3.0ms-1 (4) 3.5ms-1 (5) 4ms-1

22. Frequencies of the first overtone of one end closed tube and both ends open tube are equal. The ratio
between the lengths of the tubes ,
(1) 1:2 (2) 2:3 (3) 3:4 (4) 4:5 (5) 3:2

23. An incompressible fluid of density ρ moves through a tube of radius r in a speed of u under a
pressure p,and enters a tube of radius r/2. The pressure of the fluid when moving via the thinner tube,
15 3 3 15
(1) P - ρu2 (2) P - 2ρu2 (3) P/4 (4) P + 2ρu2 (5) P + ρu2
2 2

24. Here the figure shows the path of a light ray travelling through a glass sphere. I f the angle subtended
at the centre of the sphere at the points P and Q is 1000 and the deviation of the ray is 800, the
refractive index of glass,
𝑠𝑖𝑛500 𝑠𝑖𝑛700 𝑠𝑖𝑛800
(1) 𝑠𝑖𝑛400 (2) 𝑠𝑖𝑛300 (3) 𝑠𝑖𝑛400

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𝑠𝑖𝑛750 𝑠𝑖𝑛900
(4) 𝑠𝑖𝑛300 (5) 𝑠𝑖𝑛400
25. An object floats in water. Choose the correct statement regarding this,
(1) If the object does not get wet, its equilibrium cannot be explained by the Archimedes principle
(2) The lifting force on it is equal to its weight
(3) If it floats while completely submerged, its center of gravity coincides with the center of
buoyancy.
(4) If it floats while completely submerged, the density of the material of which the object made is
equal to the density of the liquid.
(5) If it floats while completely submerged, the density of the material of which the object made can
be greater than the density of the liquid

26. What is the tension of the string attached to a 2kg solid sphere which is suspended in
water as shown in the diagram when the system is accelerated upwards with 2ms-2
acceleration? (Density of water is 1000kgm-3, Density of the material of which the
sphere is made out of is 500kgm-3)
(1) 10N (2) 12N (3) 24N (4) 72N (5) 18N

27. A person travelling in a train is faced towards the direction in which the train is travelling. When he
tosses a coin upwards it falls to a point behind him. This shows that the train is,
(1) travelling forwards at a finite acceleration.
(2) travelling forwards at a finite deceleration
(3) travelling forwards at a uniform speed
(4) travelling backwards at a uniform speed
(5) at rest.

28. Consider the following statements made about an astronomical telescope at normal adjustment
(A) The distance between the two lenses is smaller than the sum of the numerical focal lengths of
each of the two lenses
(B) It is suitable to view objects on earth because the final image is upright and magnified
(C) It’s magnification power is equal to the ratio between focal lengths of eye piece lens and
objective lens
(1) C only (2) A and B only (3) A and C only
(4) B and C only (5) all are true

29. The equation for velocity of sound in air is given below. Which of the following is true?
𝛾𝑃
V=√𝜌

(A) The velocity of sound in air increases when pressure is increased at constant temperature.
(B) The velocity of sound in air is decreases when density is increased at constant temperature.
(C) Velocity of sound in air decreases when ꝩ increase
(1) A and B (2) B and C (3) A only
(4) all are true (5) none of the above are true
30. The length of wire in between the pegs of a sonometer is 0.5m. The wire vibrates in fundamental
frequency of 440Hz. What is the length that should be reduced between the pegs so that the wire still

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vibrates in a fundamental frequency of 550Hz?

(1) 0.1 m (2)0.2 m (3) 0.3 m (4) 0.4 m (5) 0.5 m
31. A ball y is projected horizontally with a speed u and a ball x is dropped vertically from rest at the
same instance as shown in the figure. If the air resistance is negligible which of the following
statements is true?
(1) X reaches the ground first with a higher speed than y.
(2) Y reaches the ground first with a speed higher than X
(3) X reaches the ground first with a lower speed than Y
(4) Both X and Y reach the ground at the same instant with the same speed
(5) Both X and Y reach the ground at the same instant but Y with a higher
speed than X

32. A motor vehicle of mass 200kg travelling on a horizontal path at 50 ms -1 collides with a vertical
wall. If the collision time is 0.1s, what is the force acted on the wall by the car?
(1) 100 k N (2) 135 k N (3) 150 k N (4) 175 k N (5) 200 k N

33. A particle is tied to one end of an inelastic string and rotated in a horizontal circular path in uniform
velocity so that the string is inclined to the vertical. Consider the following statements
(A) The centripetal acceleration of the particle is directly proportional to its speed. '
(B) When the speed of the particle is increased, the angle of the string which makes with the vertical
increases.
(C) The magnitude of the centripetal force acting on the particle is equal to the magnitude of the
horizontal component of the Tension in the string.
true of the above,
(1) A only (2) A and B only
(3) A and C only
(4) B and C only (5) All of the above
V
34. A particle of mass m is projected at an inclination of Ɵ to the Ɵ
horizontal with a velocity V. If the horizontal range is R, find the
angular momentum about the initial point at the time the particle
hits the ground again,
(1) 𝑚𝑉𝑅 cos 𝜃 (2) 𝑚𝑉𝑅 (3) 𝑚𝑉𝑅 sin 𝜃
𝑚𝑉𝑅
(4) 2 (5) 2𝑚𝑉𝑅

35. When the intensity of a certain sound is increased in order to increase the sound intensity level by
30dB, . how many times the new intensity is as the initial intensity?
(1) 1 time (2) 3 times (3) 30 times (4) 100 times (5) 1000 times

36. An image is made by a concave lens so that the distance between the object and the image is 10cm.
The magnification of the image is ¼. The focal length of the lens is,
(1) 8.6cm (2) 6.2cm (3) 10cm (4) 4.4cm (5) 5cm

37. The power of the eye lens of a healthy person when viewing an object at infinity is +40 D. What is
the increment of power of the eye lens when that person is viewing an object at the least distance of

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B1 O1
A A1
distinct vision?
(1) +1 D (2) +2 D (3) +3 D (4) +4
D (5) +5 D B O

38. If the moment of inertias about the axes OO’, AA’ and BB’ of a thin
uniform disc are I1, I2, and I3 respectively
(1) I1 > I3 > I2 (2) I3 > I1 > I2 (3) I1 > I2 > I3
(4) I2 > I3 > I1 (5) I2 > I1 > I3

39. Straight wave fronts of wavelength λ incident on an obstacle of width d. If d>> λ which diagram best
shows the pattern of wave fronts?

40. A person suffering from a vision error wears a lens of focal length 50cm to bring his least distance of
distinct vision to 25cm. The diameter of his eye ball is 2.5cm. If the focal length of the eye lens with
the lens when focused at least distance of distinct vision is f , f equals to, (in cm)
(1) 50/11 (2) 50/21 (3) 2.5 (4) 0.5 (5) 5/3

41. Water droplets fall down at constant time intervals from top of a building of height 16 m. If the fifth
water droplet starts to fall just at the instance of the first water droplet fall on the ground, distances
between subsequent water droplets in meters,
(1) 8 ,4, 2, 1 (2) 7, 5, 3, 1 (3) 7.5, 5, 2.5, 1
(4) 6, 4, 2, 1 (5) 5, 4, 3, 2

42. A point object is placed 40 cm away on the principle axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The
diameter of the lens is 10 cm. It is observed by keeping the eye h distance below the principal axis
and 60 cm along the principal axis in the opposite of the lens. The maximum value that can be taken
to h so as to observe the image.
(1) 0 (2) 5cm (3) 2.5cm (4) 10cm (5) 20cm

43. A spring balance is kept on a lift and an object of mass m is kept on it. At what instance the spring
balance will show twice the real mass of the object?
(1) When the lift is accelerating upwards with an acceleration which is equal to gravitational
acceleration.
(2) When the lift is accelerating downwards with an acceleration, twice the gravitational acceleration
(3) When the lift is accelerating upwards with an acceleration, twice the gravitational acceleration
(4) When the lift is moving downwards with an acceleration which is equal to gravitational

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acceleration
(5) When moving downwards at a constant velocity.

44. At time t=0, two forces F1=10N and F2=9N are applied to a
stationary object as shown in the figure. At t=t1 the force F2 is instantly increased to 10N and at
t=2t1, the force F1 is completely removed. The most appropriate graph which denotes the variation of
velocity of the object (v) with time (t),

(1) (2) (3)

(4) (5)
45. The following readings were taken to find the relative density of wax (candle wax) using Archimedes
principle. The weight of a piece of wax in air is W1 and the apparent weight of the system when a
stone is tied to the piece of wax and the stone is completely immersed in water while the piece of wax
in air is w2, the apparent weight of the system when both the piece of wax and the stone completely
immersed in water is W3. The relative density of wax is,
𝑊1 𝑊1 𝑊2 𝑊1 2𝑊1
(1) 𝑊2+𝑊3 (2) 𝑊2−𝑊3 (3) 𝑊1−𝑊2 (4) 𝑊3−𝑊2 (5) 𝑊2+𝑊3

46. A cork is attached to the bottom of a water beaker with a string so that it stays under the surface of
water. The beaker is then rotated with a constant angular speed about the vertical axis. Which of the
following figures indicates the correct position of the cork?

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47. Cube A of mass m1 moves towards right at a constant

velocity v1. Cube B of mass m2 moves towards left at a
constant velocity v2. In this motion the load C of mass w
moves at a constant velocity. If the strings are taught
throughout the motion, the momentum of the load w is
given by,
(1) m1V1 (2) m2 V2 (3) W(V1+V2)/2

𝑊 𝑉1 𝑉2 𝑉1𝑚1+𝑉2𝑚2)
(4) 2 (𝑚1 +𝑚2) (5) W( )
2

48. A solid metal sphere which is hanged in a spiral spring makes

vertical oscillations. When the sphere oscillates in air, the
periodic time is T. What is the new periodic time when the
sphere oscillates when it is completely immersed in a liquid of
density 1/8 times the density of the material of the metal
sphere? Consider that the sphere will be completely immersed
in the liquid throughout the oscillations
8 8
(1) √7 T (2) 7 T (3) T
82 7
(4) 72 T (5) 8 T

49. A particle of mass m starts to move in a curved path as

shown in the figure, starting from A at an initial horizontal
velocity V. The entire path is frictionless except the
horizontal DE of length L . What is the magnitude of the
deceleration of the particle if it comes to rest at E due to the
constant frictional force acting between D and E?
𝑉2 𝑉 2 −2𝑔ℎ
(1) 2𝐿 (2) 2𝐿
𝑉 2 +2𝑔ℎ √(𝑉 2 −2𝑔ℎ)
(3) (4)
2𝐿 2𝐿
√(𝑉 2 +2𝑔ℎ)
(5) 2𝐿

50. There are identical cubes in a toy box. A small child makes a tower
keeping the cubes one above the other on a rough floor inclined at an
angle θ to the horizonal. The cubes won’t slip each other. If tan θ =
1/8, the no of cubes that can be kept so as the tower won’t topple.
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 8 (5) 16