Multiple Choice Types

1. A charged particle moves through a magnetic field

perpendicular to its direction. Then

A kinetic energy changes but the momentum is

constant
B both momentum and kinetic energy of the
particle are not constant
C the momentum changes but the kinetic
energy is constant
D both momentum and kinetic energy of the
particle are constant
Ans. (c)
2. In a cyclic waste power plant for thermal
decomposition of waste hot gases are supplied
from a "Kentuki Chamber" where gases are heated
under kentuki process P = kVT3 where, P, V and T
are pressure, volume and temperature of gases in
chamber and k is positive constant. Find work done
by 5 mole of hot gases when temperature is raised
from 500 K to 550 K :

A 625 R

B –625 R

C 250 R

D –250 R
Ans. (d)
3. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of
5 metres per minute. A man on the south bank of
the river, capable of swimming at 10 metres per
minute in still water, wants to swim across the river
in the shortest time. He should swim in a direction.

A due north

B 30° east of north

C 60° east of north

D 30° west of north

Ans. (a)
4. A ball which is at rest is dropped from a height
h metre. As it bounces off the floor its speed is 80%
of what it was just before touching the ground. The
ball then rise to nearly a height

A 0.94 h

B 0.80 h

C 0.75 h

D 0.64 h
Ans. (d)
5. A parallel plate capacitor with plates of area 1 m2
each are at a separation of 0.1 m. If the electric
field between the plates is 100 N C–1, the magnitude
of charge on each plate is
(Taken ε0 = 8.85 x 10-12 C2/N m2)

A 8.85 × 10–10 C

B 5 × 10–10 C

C 8 × 10–10 C

D 3.3× 10–10 C
Ans. (a)
6. For a cell, the terminal potential difference is 2.2 V
when circuit is open and reduces to 1.8 V when cell
is connected to a resistance R = 5 , the internal
resistance (r) of cell is

A 10/9 

B 9/10 

C 11/9 

D 5/9 
Ans. (a)
7. An infinite, uniformly charged sheet with surface
charge density cuts through a spherical Gaussian
surface of radius R at a distance x from its center,
as shown in the figure. The electric flux f through
the Gaussian surface is

R 2
A
0
2(R2  x2 )
B
0

C (R  x)2 
0

(R2  x2 )
D
0
Ans. (d)
8. Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A of current flows
in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 5 mm2 is v.
If the electron density of copper is 9 × 1028/m3 the
value of v in mm/s is close to (Take charge of
electron to be = 1.6 × 10–19 C)

A 0.02

B 0.1

C 40

D 0.4
Ans. (a)
9. An electron of a hydrogen like atom, having z = 4,
jumps from 4th energy state to 2nd energy state, The
energy released in this process, will be: (Given Rch
= 13.6eV) Where R = Rydberg constant
c = Speed of light in vacuum h = Planck's constant

A 13.6 eV

B 10.5 eV

C 3.4 eV

D 40.8 eV
Ans. (d)
10. A bullet losses 19% of its kinetic energy when
passes through an obstacle. The percentage
change in its speed is

A reduced by 10%

B reduced by 19%

C reduced by 9.5%

D reduced by 11%
Ans. (a)
11. In double slit experiment, the angular width of the
fringes is 0.20° for the sodium light (5890 Å). In
order to increase the angular width of the fringes by
10%, the necessary change in the wavelength is

A Increase of 589 Å

B Decrease of 589 Å

C Increase of 6479 Å

D Zero
Ans. (a)
12. The current i is flowing in a straight conductor of
length L. The magnetic induction at a point distant
L/4 from its centre will be.

40i
A
5L
0i
B 2L
0i
C
2L

D Zero
Ans. (a)
13. Block B of mass 100 kg rests on a rough surface of
friction coefficient  = 1/3. A rope is tied to block B
as shown in figure. The maximum acceleration with
which boy A of 25 kg can climbs on rope without
making block move is

4g
A
3
g
B
3
g
C
2
3g
D
4
Ans. (b)
14. A travelling microscope has 20 divisions per cm on
the main scale while its bernier scale has total
50 divisions and 25 vernier scale divisions are
equal to 24 main scale divisions, what is the least
count of the travelling microscope

A 0.002 cm

B 0.2 mm

C 2 mm

D 5 mm
Ans. (a)
15. A nucleus with mass number 242 and binding
energy per nucleon as 7.6 MeV breaks into two
fragment each with mass number 121. If each
fragment nucleus has binding energy per nucleon
as 8.1 MeV, the total gain in binding energy is

A 242 MeV

B 121 MeV

C 300 MeV

D N.O.T.
Ans. (b)
16. A cylindrical tube of uniform cross-sectional area A
is fitted with two air tight frictionless pistons. The
pistons are connected to each other by a metallic
wire. Initially the pressure of the gas is P0 and
temperature T0, atmospheric pressure is also P0.
Now the temperature of the gas is increased to 2T0,
the tension in the wire will be
A 2P0A

B P0A

C P0A/2

D 4P0A
Ans. (b)
17. Two metallic blocks M1 and M2 of same area cross-
section are connected to each other (as shown
figure). If the thermal conductivity of M2 is K, then
the thermal conductivity of M1 will be xK. Then the
value of x ……..
[Assume steady state heat conduction.].

A 8

B 10

C 12

D 14
Ans. (a)
18. A bimetallic strip consist of metal X and Y, It is
mounted rigidly at the base as shown in figure.
Metal X has higher coefficient of expansion as
compared to that of metal Y. When the bimetallic
strip is placed in a cold bath

A it will bend towards left

B it will bind towards right

C it will neither bend nor shrink

D it will not bend but shirk

Ans. (a)
19. In a race for 100 m dash, the first and the second
runners have a gap of one metre at the mid-way
stage. Assuming the first runner goes steady, by
what percentage should the second runner
increases his speed just to win the race.

A 2%

B 4%

C More than 4%

D Less than 4%
Ans. (c)
20. A closed loop PQRS carrying a current is placed in
a uniform magnetic field. If the magnetic force on
segments PS, SR and RQ are F1, F2 and F3,
respectively and are in the plane of the paper and
along the directions shown, the force on the
segment QP is :

A (F3  F1)2  F22

B F3  F1  F2

C F3  F1  F2

D (F3  F1)2  F22

Ans. (d)
Numerical Value Types
21. A particle of mass m is moving along the x-axis with
initial velocity uˆi. It collides elastically with a particle
of mass 10m at rest and then moves with half its
initial kinetic energy (see figure).

If sin1  n sin 2 then value of n is

Ans. (10)
22. An ammeter and a voltmeter are connected in
series to a cell of e.m.f. 12 volts. When a certain
resistance is connected in parallel with voltmeter the
reading of voltmeter is reduced 3 times whereas the
reading of ammeter increases 3 times. Find the
voltmeter reading after the connection of resistance.
Ans. (3)
23. Two Parallel Plate capacitor, each of capacitance
40 F, are connected in series. The space between
the plates of one capacitor is filled with a dielectric
material of dielectric constant K = 2. Find the Ceq of
system in F.
Ans. (26.66)
24. A position dependent force F = 7 – 2x + 3x2 N acts
on a small body of mass 2kg and displaces it from
x = 0 to x = 5 m. The work done in joule is ____.
Ans. (135)
25. An object is placed 10 cm away from a glass piece
(n = 1.5) of length 20 cm bound by spherical
surfaces of radii of curvature 10 cm. Then the
position of final image formed after two refractions
at the spherical surfaces, from point B (in Cm) is __
Ans. (50)
26. The speed of a transverse wave passing through a
string of length 50 cm and mass 10 g is 60 ms–1 .
The area of cross-section of the wire is 2.0 mm2 and
its Young's modulus is 1.2 x 1011 Nm–2. The
extension of the wire over its natural length due to
its tension will be x × 10–5m. The The value of x is _
Ans. (15)
27. In a series LCR circuit, the inductance, capacitance
and resistance are L = 100 mH, C = 100 F and
R = 10 W respectively. They are connected to an AC
source of voltage 220 V and frequency of 50 Hz.
The approximate value of current in the circuit will
be 11X A. The value of X =
Ans. (2)
28. A train is moving along a straight line with a
constant acceleration ‘a’. A girl standing in the train
throws a ball forward with a speed of 10 m/s, at an
angle of 60° to the horizontal. The girl has to move
forward by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball
back at the initial height. The acceleration of the
train, in m/s2, is
Ans. (5)
29. A wheel rotating with an angular speed of 600 rpm
is given a constant acceleration of 1800 rpm2 for
10 sec. The number of revolutions revolved by the
wheel is
Ans. (125)
30. The charges are placed in such a way that the
potential energy of system is minimum. The
distance between q and 2q will be.
Ans. (3)