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PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE, NILORE (ISLAMABAD)

PIEAS BS (Engineering) Admission Test Session
03

Negative Marking will be entertained for the Session

Note: Possible correct Answers are bolded below.

1) Three forces 6, 8 and 10 newtons are acting on the particle in equilibrium. The resultant of the
8N and 10N forces has the magnitude of:

A) 2 N B) 9 N C) 6 N D) 13 N

2) A stone weighing 200 grams attached at the end of a 1 m long string is whirled in the vertical
circle. The string can withstand of maximum of 6 N force before breaking. The maximum
velocity at which the stone can be moved to approximately;

A) 3.9 m/s B) 5 m/s C) 25 m/s D) 5.9 m/s

3) The center of mass of an isolated system moves with;

A) constant velocity in any system B) constant speed in any system

C) decreasing speed in any system D) constant velocity in an inertial system

4) The reduced mass of a two particle system is;

𝑚1−𝑚2 𝑚1 𝑚2 𝑚1+𝑚2 𝑚1+𝑚2

A) B) C) D)
𝑚1+𝑚2 𝑚1+𝑚2 𝑚1−𝑚2 𝑚1𝑚2

5) A ball of 50 grams is fixed at the end of a spring of spring constant 80000 Dyne/cm. The ball is
pulled to one side up to 1 cm and then releases. The maximum velocity of the ball attained
during the motion;
A) 0.2 cm/s B) 6.3 cm/s C) 20 cm/s D) 40 cm/s

6) The rate of change of the angular momentum L with time is ;

A) force B) linear momentum C) energy D) torque

7) The angular momentum of an object having the moment of inertia I and angular velocity 𝜔 is;
1
A) 𝐼𝑚 B) 𝐼2𝜔 C) 𝐼𝜔2 D) 2
𝐼𝜔2

Note: Next two questions are based on the statement:

“The displacement equation of a wave is ; 𝑦 = 0.2 sin (0.1𝑡 − 0.3𝑥)"

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8) The phase in the above question equation is

A) 0.2 B) 0.3 x C) 0.1t D) 0.1-0.3x

9) The frequency in the given wave equation is;

A) (0.1t-3x) s-1 B) 0.1 s-1 C) 0.02 s-1 D) 0.3 s-1

𝑑2𝑦
10) The motion of an oscillatory particle may be described by an equation of type 𝑚 𝑑S2 + 𝑘𝑦 = 0,
where k is a positive constant. The time period of the motion is given by:

𝑚
A) 2𝜋 √𝑚
k
B) 2𝜋 √k
𝑚
C) 2𝜋 √𝑚
k
D) 2𝜋 √ k

11) Two frequencies sounded together produce 3 beats per second. If one of the frequencies is 400
vibrations per second, the other frequency will be;
A) 131.33 vib /sec B) 1200 vib /sec C) 250 vib /sec D) 403 vib/sec

12) Two rectangular tanks stand next to each other on the horizontal table. The bottom of the first
tank is 40 square centimeters that of the second tank is 80 square centimeters. Both the tanks
are filled with water to the same height. The ratio of the liquid pressure on the bottom of the
second tank to that on the bottom of the first tank is;
A) 2 B) 16 C) 4 D) 1

13) A block of mass 1 kg is pushed along a table with a constant velocity by ‘F’ force of 5 N. When
the push is increased to 9 N, then block gets an acceleration of;
A) 2 m/s2 B) 4 m/s2 C) 3 m/s2 D) 4.5 m/s2

14) The correct number of significant figures in 0.023000 are;

A) 5 B) 2 C) 6 D) 3

15) A satellite orbits the earth in a circle of the radius 8000 km, where the value of the g is 8.2 m/s2.
The velocity of the satellite is;
A) 7.0 km/s B) 8.09 km/s C) 0.90 km/s D) depends
on the mass
of satellite
16) Young’s modulus for aluminum is 7 × 1010 𝑃𝑎. When an aluminum wire whose diameter is
1.5mm and 50 cm long is stretched by 1.0mm. The force applied to the wire is;
A) 315 N B) 2.42 k N C) 990 N D) 247 N

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17) A 20.0 g object is put into a dish completely filled with water, 3.0 cm3 of the water overflows.
The weight of the object in the water is;
A) 0.17 N B) 0.23 N C) 0.20 N D) 0.03 N

18) Two resistors of 20 Ω and 60 Ω are connected in series to a D.C generator. The voltage across
the 20 Ω resistor is 80 volts. The current through the 60 Ω resistor is;
A) 50.0 A B) 1.3 A C) 4.0 A D) can’t be
calculated with
given information

19) A D.C electric toaster-oven is rated 120 volts, 1500 watts. When it experiences under these
conditions, the resistance of the heater coil and the current going through it are ;
A) 9.6 Ω , 12.5 A B) 12.5 Ω , 9.6 A C) 9k Ω, 12.5 A D) 8 Ω , 15 A

20) The voltage between cathode and the screen of a television set is 22 kV. If an electron leaves the
cathode with an initial speed of zero. Its speed just before hitting the screen is;
A) 8. 8 × 107𝑚/𝑠 B) 6.2 × 107𝑚/𝑠 C) 2.8 × 107𝑚/𝑠 D) 7.7 × 1015𝑚/𝑠

21) It is desired to store 1 × 1010 excess electrons on the negative plate of a capacitor at 9.0 V. The
charge of the electron is 1.6 × 10−19𝐶. Then approximate capacitance of the capacitor used is;
A) 14 pF B) 0.18 𝜇𝐹 C) 10 nF D) 178 pF

22) A positively charged particle is moving with velocity of 3.5 × 105𝑚/𝑠 normal to the uniform
magnetic field of magnitude 5.6 × 10−5 𝑇. The particle experiences a force of 7.8 × 10−16 𝑁.
The charge on the particle is;
A) 4.9 × 10−1𝐶 B) 1.2 × 10−14𝐶 C) 4. 0 × 10−18𝐶 D) 𝑁o𝑘e of 𝑡ℎe𝑠e

23) A rod is made of certain metal which has a coefficient of linear expansion of 0.000020 per
degree Celsius. The rod is 100 centimeters long and it is heated from 30 ℃ to 60℃. The change
in the length of the rod is;
A) 0.060 cm B) 0.202 cm C) 0.12 cm D) 0.0060 cm

24) One mirror of a Michelson interferometer is moved back a distance equal to three wavelengths
of light being used. The fringe pattern will shift;
A) 3 fringes B) 1.5 fringes C) 6 fringes D) 9 fringes

25) A certain radionuclide has a half life of 12 hours. Starting from 1.00 g of the nuclide, the amount
left after 2 days will be;
A) 0.16 B) 0.25 g C) 0.125 g D) 0.0625 g

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