himanshu institute of technology

TEST1
PHYSICS
Maximum Marks : 180 Time Duration : 2 hour

General Instructions :
attempt any 45 questions

OBJECTIVE TYPE [ Marks:4X45 = 180]

Question No: 1
The angular momentum of a rigid body is
a) The moment of the acting force b) Moment of the momentum
c) Moment of the mass d) Moment of the acceleration
Question No: 2
A bomb of mass 3.0 kg explodes in air into two pieces of masses 2.0 kg and 1.0 kg .The smaller mass
goes at a speed of .The total energy imparted to the two fragments is
a) 1.07 kJ b) 2.14 kJ c) 2.4 kJ d) 4.8 kJ
Question No: 3
A bullet moving with velocity strikes a block of mass at rest and gets
embedded in it. The loss in kinetic energy will be
a) 100% b) 95% c) 5% d) 50%
Question No: 4
A particle free to move along the -axis has potential energy given by
for , where is a positive constant of appropriate dimensions. Then
a) At point away from the origin, the particle is in unstable equilibrium
b) For any finite non-zero value of , there is a force directed away from the origin
c) If its total mechanical energy is , it has its minimum kinetic energy at the origin
d) For small displacements from , the motion is simple harmonic
Question No: 5
When a man increases his speed by , he finds that his kinetic energy is doubled, the original
speed of the man is
a) b) c) d) None of these

Question No: 6
In the given arrangement, number of equal masses are connected by strings of negligible
masses. The tension in the string connected to th mass is

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 7
A motor cycle and a car are moving on a horizontal road with the same velocity. If they are brought
to rest by the application of brakes, which provided equal retardation, then
a) Motor cycle will stop at shorter distance b) Car will stop at a shorter distance
c) Both will stop at the same distance d) Nothing can be predicted
Question No: 8
Two masses 8 kg and 12 kg are connected at the two ends of a string that goes over a frictionless
pulley. Calculate the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the string.
a) , 144 N b) , 112 N c) , 128 N d) , 96 N

Question No: 9
A spacecraft of mss moving with velocity in free space explodes and breaks into
two pieces. After the explosion, a mass of the space craft is left stationary. The velocity of the
other part is

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 10
In the figure a smooth pulley of negligible weight is suspended by a spring balance. Weights of 1
kg and 5 kg are attached to the opposite ends of a string passing over the pulley and move with
acceleration because of gravity. During their motion, the spring balance reads a weight of

a) 6 kg b) Less than 6 kg
c) More than 6 kg d) May be more or less than 6 kg
Question No: 11
The dimensional formula for the radius of gyration of a body is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 12
About which of the following axes moment of inertia of a disc is minimum?
a) Axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane
b) Axis along the diameter
c) Axis along the tangent and in its own plane
d) Axis along the tangent and perpendicular to its plane.
Question No: 13
A solid sphere of mass 10 kg and diameter 5 cm rolls without slipping on a smooth horizontal
surface with velocity 5 cm/s. Its total kinetic energy is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 14
Three uniform thin rods, each of mass 1 kg and length m, are placed along three co-ordinate
axes with one end at the origin. The moment of inertia of the system about -axis is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 15
What are the units of
a) b) c) d) Unitless
Question No: 16
The circular motion is
a) periodic and non oscillatory b) oscillatory motion
c) periodic and oscillatory motion d) rotational motion
Question No: 17
The SI unit of angular velocity is,
a) meter / s b) radian / s c) radian / s2 d) s-1
Question No: 18
Fats can be separated from milk in a cream separator because of
a) cohesive force b) gravitational force c) centrifugal force d) viscous force
Question No: 19
On a horizontal curved road, the skidding or over turning of a vehicle will occur when
a) b) the radius r is small

c) coefficient of friction μ is small d) all of these.

Question No: 20
At the top of the trajectory of a projectile, the direction of its velocity and acceleration are
a) perpendicular to each other b) parallel to each other
c) inclined to each other at angle of d) antiparallel to each other
Question No: 21
A 0.098 kg block slides down a frictionless track as shown. The vertical component of the velocity of
block at is

a) b) c) d)
Question No: 22
A small particle of mass is projected at an angle with the -axis with an initial velocity in

the - plane as shown in the figure. the angular momentum of the particle
is
a) b) c) d)

Question No: 23
The distance covered by a particle in one-dimensional motion varies with time as
. The accelerating of the particle varies as
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 24
A particle moving with a uniform acceleration along a straight line covers distance and in
successive intervals of and second. The acceleration of the particle is

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 25
A particle moves along with axis. The position x of particle with respect to time from origin
given by The acceleration of particle is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 26
From the top of tower a body is projected vertically up, another body is horizontally thrown
and a third body is thrown vertically down with same velocity. Then
a) strikes the ground with more velocity
b) strikes the ground with less velocity
c) strike the ground with same velocity
d) strike the ground with more velocity than
Question No: 27
Dimensions of magnetic field intensity is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 28
Two friends and are waiting for another friend for tea. took the tea in a cup and mixed the
cold milk and then waits. took the tea in the cup and then mixed the cold milk when the friend
comes. Then the tea will be hotter in the cup of

a) b)
c) Tea will be equally hot in both cups d) Friend’s cup
Question No: 29
A solid disc rolls clockwise without slipping over a horizontal path with a constant speed . Then the
magnitude of the velocities of points and (see figure) with respect to a standing observer are
respectively
a) and b) and zero c) and zero d) and
Question No: 30
Four particles each of mass are lying symmetrically on the rim of a disc of mass and radius
. Moment of inertia of this system about an axis passing through one of the particles and
perpendicular to plane of disc is

a) b) c) d) Zero

Question No: 31
The relation between and for a elastic material is

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 32
The work done in stretching an elastic wire per unit volume is or strain energy in a stretched string
is
Stress d) Stress/Strain
a) Stress Strain b) c) 2 Strain Stress
Strain
Question No: 33
A steel wire is stretched with a definite load. If the Young’s modulus of the wire is . For decreasing
the value of
a) Radius is to be decreased b) Radius is to be increased
c) Length is to be increased d) None of the above
Question No: 34
A pan with set of weights is attached with a light spring. When disturbed, the mass-spring system
oscillates with a time period of . When some additional weights are added then time period is
. The extension caused by the additional weights is approximately given by
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 35
The rate of flow of liquid through an orifice of a tank does not depend upon
a) the size of orifice b) density of liquid
c) the height of fluid column d) acceleration due to gravity
Question No: 36
A wooden lock is taken to the bottom of a deep calm lake of water and then released. It rises up with
a
a) constant acceleration b) decreasing acceleration
c) constant velocity d) decreasing velocity
Question No: 37
For a ball falling in a liquid with constant velocity, ratio of the resistance force due to the liquid to
that due to gravity is
a) 1 d) None of these
b) c)

Question No: 38
Two spherical soap bubbles of radii and in vacuum coalesce under isothermal conditions. The
resulting bubble has a radius given by

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 39
A small sphere of mass , moving with a constant velocity hits another stationary sphere of
same mass. If be the coefficient of restitution, then ratio of velocities and of two spheres
after collision will be

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 40
The coefficient of thermal conductivity of a rod depends on
a) Area b) Length
c) Material of rod d) Temperature difference
Question No: 41
When of ice at melts to water at , the resulting change in its entropy, taking latent
heat of ice to be is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 42
A gas at pressure is adiabatically compressed so that its density becomes twice that of initial
value. Given that , what will be the final pressure of the gas?

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 43
The temperature of a given mass is increased from 27 to 327 . The rms velocity of the
molecules increases
a) b) 2 times c) d) 4 times
Question No: 44
The equation of SHM is given by

Where is in cm and is I second. The amplitude is

a) 7 cm b) 4 cm c) 5 cm d) 3 cm
Question No: 45
In question, the shape of the wave at time ,if O is a fixed end (not free) in is.

a) b) c) d)

Question No: 46
The first overtone of a stretched wire of given length is The first harmonic is
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 47
a segment of wire vibrates with a fundamental frequency of 450 Hz under a tension of 9 kg-wt. then
tension at which the fundamental frequency of the same wire becomes 900 Hz is
a) 36 kg-wt b) 27 kg-wt c) 18 kg-wt d) 72 kg-wt
Question No: 48
A siren emitting sound of frequency is going away from a static listener with a speed of
frequency of the sound to be heard by the listener is (take velocity of sound as )
a) b) c) d)
Question No: 49
A sounding source of frequency 500 Hz moves towards a stationary observer with a velocity
. If the velocity of sound in air is , find frequency heard by the observer.
a) 500 Hz b) 550 Hz c) 355 Hz d) 55.5 Hz
Question No: 50

Given that where and are measured in metres. Which of the

following statements is true
a) The unit of is same as that of b) The unit of is same as that of but not of

c) The unit of c is same as that of d) The unit of is same as that of