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PART – I: PHYSICS

SECTION - 1
Only One Options Correct Type
This section contains 4 single choice questions. Each question has 4 choice (A), (B), (C) and (D), for its
answer, out of which ONLYONE is correct.

1
1. The half-life of radioactive radon is 6.93 days. The time at the end of which of the radon sample will
e2
remain undecayed

(A) 10 days (B) 20 days

(C) 6.93 days (D) 13.86 days

2. A hypothetical particle of mass double the mass of electron and a proton make an atom. Charge of
hypothetical particle is also double that of electron. Find the longest wavelength photon that will be
emitted during transitions of this hypothetical particle to the first excited level in terms of, Rydberg
constant R for hydrogen atom assuming Bohr’s atomic model to be valid for this atom.

9 36
(A) (B)
5R 5R

9 18
(C) (D)
10R 5R

3. A nucleus with mass number 228 initially at rest emits an -particle. If the Q-value of the reaction is 5.7 MeV,
calculate the kinetic energy of daughter nucleus.

(A) 5.6 MeV (B) 5.5 MeV

(C) 0.2 MeV (D) 0.1 MeV

4. A photon of energy 10.2 eV collides with a stationary hydrogen atom in ground state inelastically. After a
time interval of the order of 10–3 sec another photon collides with same hydrogen atom inelastically with
an energy of 15 eV. The observation by the detector will be

(A) 2 photons of energy 10.2 eV each

(B) 1 photons of energy 10.2 eV and another photon of 1.4 eV

(C) 1 photons of energy 10.2 eV and 1 electron of 1.4 eV

(D) 1 photons of energy 10.2 eV and another photon of 15 eV

SECTION - 2
NUMERICAL VALUE
This section contains 3 questions stem and TWO (02) questions corresponding to each question stem. The
answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For each question, enter the correct numerical value of
the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the
answer. If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO
decimal places.

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Question Stem for Q 5 and Q 6

A hydrogen atom in its ground state is excited by means of monochromatic radiation of wavelength
973Å. The number of different possible wavelengths emitted is N and longest wavelength among them is
144
0  . (Assume ionization energy for hydrogen as 13.6 eV, hC = 12406 eV–Å) (R is Rydberg’s
kR

constant)

5. The value of N is_____.

6. The value of k is_____.

Question Stem for Q 7 and Q 8

A hydrogen like atom (atomic number z) is in a higher excited state of quantum number ‘n’. The excited atom
can make a transition to the first excited state by successively emitting two photons of energy 15.48 eV and
30.22 eV respectively. Alternately, the atom from same excited state can make transition to second
excited state by successively emitting two photons of energy 4.9 eV and 10.58 eV. (Take ionization
energy of H-atom = 13.6 eV)

7. The value of n is_____.

8. The value of z is_____.

Question Stem for Q 9 and Q 10

A radioactive substance A with active nuclei N0 at t = 0 decays with a decay constant  to form a
substance B. Substance B decays with decay constant 4. The maximum number of nuclei of substance

N0   1 
B is at t  .   256  3  6.35,ln2  0.693 
   


9. The value of  is____.

10. The value of  is____. 0.462

SECTION - 3
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE

This section contains 6 questions. Each question has FOUR options (A), (B), (C) & (D). ONE OR MORE
THAN ONE of these four option(s) is(are correct answer(s).

11. Monochromatic rays of intensity I are falling on a metal plate lying on a rough horizontal surface as
shown. Choose correct statements

(A) Plate may start moving if it is perfectly reflecting

(B) Plate will not move for any value of intensity if it is perfectly reflecting

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(C) There is a value of  such that for angles greater than that value plate will not move, however high
the intensity may be

(D) Plate will move for all values of intensity and angle , if it is perfectly absorbing

12. Choose correct option(s) using the given data of atomic masses.

238
92U  238.05079 U

234
90 Th  234.04363 U

237
91Pa  237.05121U

4
2 He  4.00260 U

1
1H  1.00783 U

238
(A) Energy released during -decay of 92U is 5.75 MeV approximately

238
(B) Energy released during -decay of 92U is 4.25 MeV approximately

238
(C) The emission of proton from 92U can be spontaneous

238
(D) The emission of proton from 92U cannot be spontaneous

13. A point source of power 20 W emitting light of wavelength 4960Å is kept at a distance of 2.0 m from a
metal surface. Metal surface has work function of 2.0 eV. Then (hc = 12400 eV–Å)

(A) Number of photons emitted by source is 5 × 1019 per second

(B) Number of photons emitted by source is 5 × 1017 per second

(C) Maximum kinetic energy of emitted electron from metal surface is 8 × 10–20J

(D) All electrons will have same kinetic energy

14. Mx and My denote the atomic masses of the parent and daughter nuclei respectively in radioactive decay.
The Q-value for a –-decay is Q1 and that for +-decay is Q2. If Me denotes mass of an electron, then
choose correct option(s)

(A) Q1 = (Mx – My) C2 (B) Q1 = (Mx – My – 2Me) C2

(C) Q2 = (Mx – My) C2 (D) Q2 = (Mx – My – 2Me) C2

15. Pitch of a screw gauge is 0.5 mm and it is equal to one division on main scale. There are 100 divisions
on its circular scale. Instrument reads 3 circular division when nothing is put in between its jaws. In
measuring the diameter of a wire, there are 8 divisions on the main scale and 83rd division coincides with
the reference line. Then choose the correct option(s)

(A) Screw gauge is having zero error of +0.015 mm

(B) Screw gauge is having zero error of –0.485 mm

(C) Diameter of the wire is 4.4 mm

(D) Diameter of the wire is 4.43 mm

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16. The ground state and first excited state energies of hydrogen atom are –13.6 eV and –3.4 eV
respectively. If potential energy in first excited state is taken to be zero, then

(A) Potential energy in ground state would be –20.4 eV

(B) Total energy in ground state would be –6.8 eV

(C) Potential energy in second excited state would be +3.78 eV

(D) Total energy in second excited state would be +5.29 eV

SECTION – 4

NUMERICAL VALUE

This section contains 3 questions. Each question is a NON-NEGATIVE INTEGER. The answer to each
question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer using
the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the answer

17. If voltage applied to an x-ray tube is increased from V = 10 kV to 20 kV, the difference in wavelength of k and

 Rhc 
cut-off wavelength increases by factor of 3. Find atomic number of target material.   13.6 V 
 e 

3h
18. An electron in an excited state of He+ ion has angular momentum . The de-Broglie wavelength of the
2
electron in this state is Na0 (where a0 is Bohr radius). The value of N is___.

19. A proton is fired from very far away towards a fixed nucleus with charge Q = 30 e, where e is electronic
charge. It reaches upto 10 fm closest to nucleus. Find de-Broglie wavelength (in fm) of the proton at the
 5 –27 h –15 J.S 
start of its motion.  mP   10 kg,  4.2  10 
 3 e C 

PART –II: CHEMISTRY

SECTION - 1
Only One Options Correct Type
This section contains 4 single choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

20. Consider the following reactions

The major product (B) of the following reaction sequence is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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, HCOOH

Among the above compounds, x number of compounds give positive iodoform test while y number of
compounds give positive bicarbonate test. Then the value of x + y is

38. How many of the given polymers are homopolymers?

Polypropene, Polystyrene, PVC, Glyptal, Bakelite, Buna-N, Buna-S, Nylon-6, Nylon 6, 6, Teflon.

PART – III: MATHEMATICS

SECTION - 1
Only One Options Correct Type
This section contains 4 single choice questions. Each question has 4 choice (A), (B), (C) and (D), for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

39. The line which contains all points (x, y, z) which are of the form (x, y, z) = (2, –3, 4) + (1, 2, –3)
intersects the plane 2x + 3y – z = 13 at the point P and intersects the yz-plane at Q. If the distance
ab
between P and Q is a b , where a, b  N and a > 3, then equals
3

(A) 23 (B) 95

(C) 27 (D) 6

40. A visiting lecturer visits the college for taking his class. From the past experience, it is known that the
probabilities that he will come by train, bus, scooter or by other means of transport are respectively
3 1 1 2 1 1 1
, , and . The probabilities that he will be late are , and if he comes by train, bus and
10 5 10 5 4 3 12
scooter respectively, but if he comes by other means of transport, then he will not be late. When he
arrives the college, he is late. Then the probability that he came by train is

1 1
(A) (B)
3 4

2 1
(C) (D)
5 2
   
41. If p, q, r are three non-zero mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitudes and the vector x
             
satisfies the equation p   x – q   p  q   x – r   q  r   x – p   r   0 , then x equals
     
p  2q  r p q r
(A) (B)
3 3
     
2p  q  r pq r
(C) (D)
3 2

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42. Let P1 be a plane passing through two points A(1, 2, 3) and B(2, 1, –1) and perpendicular to the plane

 
r · iˆ – 2 jˆ  3kˆ  1 . Let L be a line through the point (–1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to the line of intersection

 
of planes P1 and P2 where equation of plane P2 is r · iˆ  jˆ – kˆ  4 . If the equation of the line L is

x – 0 y – y1 z – z1  2y – z 
  , then the value of  1 1  equals
a 12 c  ac 

47 27
(A)  (B)
1690 128

43 53
(C)  (D) 
1690 160

SECTION - 2
NUMERICAL VALUE
This section contains 3 questions stem and TWO (02) questions corresponding to each question stem. The
answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For each question, enter the correct numerical value of
the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the
answer. If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO
decimal places.

Question Stem for Q 43 and Q 44

Let us consider a triangular pyramid PQRS. The position vectors of whose angular points P, Q, R and S
are (1, 0, 2), (–2, 3, 4), (1, 3, 5) and (0, –2, 3) respectively. Let G be the point of intersection of the
medians of the triangle QRS. Then,

 2 b
43. The magnitude of the vector PG is equal to , then b equals
3

3 m
44. Area of the triangular base PQR (in sq. units) is equal to , then m equals
2

Question Stem for Q 45 and Q 46

A box contains x red balls, 2x green balls and 3x blue balls. 3 balls are selected at random without
replacement from the box. Now

45. If the balls are drawn without replacement and A denotes the event that “no two of the selected balls
have the same colour”, then the number of possible value of x for which P(A) = 0.3 is


46. If the probability that exactly two balls have same colour is , when x = 1, then  equals
20

Question Stem for Q 47 and Q 48

There are four boxes A1, A2, A3 and A4. Box Ai has i cards and on each card, a number is printed. The
i
numbers are from 1 to i. A box is selected randomly. The probability of selection of box Ai is . Then a
10
card is drawn. Let Ei represent the event that a card with number 'i' is drawn.

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a 2/5
47. If P(E1) is , then a + b equals (HCF (a, b)= 1 & a, b  I)
b

A  p 1/3
48. If P  3  is , then 2q – p equals (where p & q are co-prime)
E
 2 q

SECTION - 3
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE

This section contains 6 questions. Each question has FOUR options (A), (B), (C) & (D). ONE OR MORE
THAN ONE of these four option(s) is(are correct answer(s).

x  2 y 1 z
49. The direction cosines of a line passing through the origin and cutting the line   at an
1 2 1

ans. AD 6
angle cos1 are
11

1 3 1 1 3 1
(A)  , , (B) , ,
11 11 11 11 11 11

1 2 1 3 1 –1
(C)  , , (D) , ,
6 6 6 11 11 11

x 1 y  2 z 1
50. A point on the line   at a distance 6 from the origin can be
1 2 3

 5 10 13 
(A)   ,  ,  (B) (1, 2, –1)
 7 7 7 

 5 10 13 
(C)  , ,  (D) (–1, –2, 1)
7 7 7 

51. Let P be the foot of the perpendicular dropped from the origin O on the line of intersection of the planes
ans. abcd
x – 2y + 3z = 5 and 2x + 3y + z + 4 = 0, then

(A) OP, i  2 j  3k and 2i  3 j  k must be coplanar

(B) Equation of acute angle bisector of the two planes is x + 5y – 2z + 9 = 0

(C) The point (1, 2, 3) lies in acute region of the two planes

(D) Equation of the plane perpendicular to the given line of intersection and passing through the point (1,
1, 1) is 11x – 5y – 7z + 1 = 0

52. Consider the family of planes x + y + z = c, where c is a parameter, intersecting the coordinate axes at P,
Q, R. , ,  are the angles made by each member of this family with positive x, y and z-axis. Which of
the following interpretations hold good for this family?

(A) Each member of this family is equally inclined with the coordinate axes

(B) 2sin2+ 2sin2 + 2sin2 = 2

(C) 2cos2 + 2cos2 + 2cos2 = 4

(D) For c = 2, area of the triangle PQR is 3 3 square units

2 root3

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53. If p and q are chosen randomly from the set {1, 2, 3, ..., 10} with replacement, then the probability that
the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 are

(A) Equal is 0.03 (B) Non-real is 0.36

(C) Real is 0.62 (D) Non-real is 0.38

54. If m boys and m girls take their seats randomly around a circle, then the probability of their sitting is
2(2mCm)–1 when

2 2
(A) No two boys sit together is (B) No two girls sit together is
2m 2m
Cm Cm

2 2
(C) Boys and girls sit alternately is (D) All the boys sit together is
2m 2m
Cm Cm

SECTION - 4
NUMERICAL VALUE

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x 2 y 3 z 4
55. If the distance between the plane ax – 4y + z = k and the plane containing the lines  
3 4 5
x 3 y 4 z5 |k |
and   is 2 6 , then is equal to
4 5 6 3

56. A die is weighted such that the probability of rolling the face numbered n is proportional to n2 (n = 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6). The die is rolled twice, yielding the number a on first throw and ‘b’ on second throw. If the
p pq
probability that a < b can be expressed in the lowest rational as , then the value of   is
q  4 

57. If the planes x + py + qz = 0, rx + y – pz = 0 and qx + py + z = 0 pass through a straight line, then the
value of 10(p2 – pr + q + 2) is equal to (where p, q, r are non-zero and distinct)

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