PHYSICS

1. To read a poster on a wall, a person with defective vision needs to stand at a distance of 0.4 m

from the poster. A person with normal vision can read the poster from a distance of 2.0 m.

Which one of the following lens may be used to correct the defective vision?

(a) A concave lens of 0.5 D (b) A concave lens of 1.0 D

(c) A concave lens of 2.0 D (d) A convex lens of 2.0 D

2. Which of the following colourful patterns is due to diffraction of light?

(a) Rainbow

(b) White light dispersed using a prism

(c) Colours observed on compact disc

(d) Blue colour of sky

3. A submarine has a window of area on its ceiling and is at a depth of 100 m below

sea level in a sea. If the pressure inside the submarine is maintained at the sea-level atmosphere

pressure, then the force acting on the window is (consider density of sea water

, acceleration due to gravity = 10 )

(a) N (b) N

(c) N (d) N

4. Various optical processes are involved in the formation of a rainbow. Which of the following

provides the correct order in time in which these processes occur?

(a) Refraction, total internal reflection, refraction

(b) Total internal reflection, refraction, total internal reflection

(c) Total internal reflection, refraction, refraction

(d) Refraction, total internal reflection, total internal reflection

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5. A ball is moving uniformly in a circular path of radius 1 m with a time period of 1.5 s. If the

ball is suddenly stopped at t = 8.3 s, the magnitude of the displacement of the ball with respect

to its position at t = 0 s is closest to

(a) 1 m (b) 33 m (c) 3 m (d) 2 m

6. The nuclear radius is given by , where is constant and A is the atomic mass

number. Then, the nuclear mass density of is

(a) twice that of

(b) thrice that of

(c) same as that of

(d) half that of

7. Mumbai needs L of water annually. Its effective surface area is 600 and it

receives an average rainfall of 2.4 m annually. If 10% of this rain water is conserved, it will

meet approximately

(a) 1% of Mumbai's water needs (b) 10% of Mumbai's water needs

(c) 50% of Mumbai's water needs (d) 100% of Mumbai's water needs

8. A mass M moving with a certain speed V collides elastically with another stationary mass m.

After the collision, the masses M and m move with speeds V' and v, respectively. All motion is

in one dimension. Then,

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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9. A ball released from rest at time t = 0 hits the ground. It rebounds inelastically with a velocity 5

and reaches the top at t = 1.5 s, what is the net displacement of the ball from its initial

position after 1.5 s? (g = 10 )

(a) 1.25 m (b) 3.75 m (c) 5.00 m (d) 6.25 m

10. A block of wood is floating on water at 0°C with volume above water. When the

temperature of water increases from 0°C to 10°C, the change in the volume of the block that is

above water is best described schematically by the graph.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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11. Two plane mirrors are kept on a horizontal table making an angle with each other as shown

schematically in the figure. The angle is such that any ray of light reflected after striking

both the mirrors returns parallel to its incident path. For this to happen, the value of should

be

(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°

12. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is shown below:

Which one of the following graphs represents the acceleration (a) – time (t) graph for the above

motion?

(a) (b)

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13. If a ball is thrown at a velocity of 45 m/s in vertical upward direction, then what would be the

velocity profile as function of height? (Assume, g = 10 )

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 CHEMISTRY

1. Which of the following is an example of physical change?

(a) Sublimation of dry ice (b) Burning firewood’s

(c) Heating sugar to form caramel (d) Corroding metal.

2. Choose the following that undergoes both physical and chemical changes

(a) Making a sand castle (b) A burning candle

(c) Sublimation of naphthalene balls (d) Heating a wax

3.

Identify the substance oxidized in the above equation

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

4. In his kitchen, Varun makes a concentrated sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in hot water is an

example of:

(a) Physical change (b) Chemical change

(c) Both physical and chemical change (d) None of the above

5. The condition produced by aerial oxidation of fats and oils in foods marked by unpleasant smell

and taste is called

(a) antioxidation (b) reduction (c) corrosion (d) rancidity

6. Which of the following gases can be used for storage?

(a) Carbon dioxide or Oxygen (b) Helium or Nitrogen

(c) Carbon dioxide or Helium (d) Nitrogen or Oxygen

7. When hydrogen sulphide gas is passed through a blue solution of copper sulphate, a black

precipitate of copper sulphide is obtained and the sulphuric acid so formed remains in the

solution. The reaction is an example of a

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 (a) combination reaction (b) displacement reaction

(c) decomposition reaction (d) double displacement reaction

8. In which of the following, the identity of initial substance remains unchanged?

(a) Curdling of milk

(b) Formation of crystals by process of crystallisation

(c) Fermentation of grapes

(d) Digestion of food

9. In the double displacement reaction between aqueous potassium iodide and aqueous lead

nitrate, a yellow precipitate of lead iodide is formed. While performing the activity if lead

nitrate is not available, which of the following can be used in place of lead nitrate?

(a) Lead sulphate (insoluble) (b) Lead acetate

(c) Ammonium nitrate (d) Potassium sulphate

10. The oxidation number of cr in chromium pentaoxide

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 10

11. Which of the following is considered as highly corrosion resistant metal?

(a) Mild steel (b) Cast iron (c) Zinc (d) Stainless steel

12. The highest oxidation state of M n Mn is shown by

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

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