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Q.1: Each question has four possible answers. Select the correct answer and encircle it. (100)
1. The percentage uncertainly in measurement of mass and velocity are 2% and 3%. The
maximum uncertainly measurement of kinetic energy is:
(A) 11% (B) 8% (C) 6% (D) 1%
2. The ratio of dimension of power to work is:
(A) 1: T (B) 1:T2 (C) T: 1 (D) T: 12
 
3. Both the dot product and cross product of two vectors A and B is zero, when:
   
(A) A and B are parallel to each other (C) A and B are antiparallel
 
(B) A and B are perpendicular to each other (D) Either the vector is zero

4. The magnitude of iˆ.( ˆj  kˆ) is:

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) -1 (D) 2

5. A projectile is thrown upward with initial velocity “v i” making an angle θ with the horizontal.
The maximum horizontal range is given by:
2 2 2 2
vi v v vi
(A) (B) i (C) i sin 2 (D) sin 2
g 2g g 2g
6. If a body mass 2 kg moving with 15m/s collides with stationary body of same mass, then after
elastic collision second body will move with velocity of:
(A) 15 m/s (B) 30 m/s (C) Zero m/s (D) None of these
7. For a typical rocket, how much mass of rocket is in the form of fuel:
(A) 60% (B) 50% (C) 80% (D) 100%
8. 3 joule of work is done in 3seconds, then power is:
(A) 6 watt (B) 3 watt (C) 18 watt (D) 1 watt
9. As we move up a body above the surface of earth, the changes in potential energy will always
be:
(A) Negative (B) Positive (C) Zero (D) Infinity
10. A boy is moving in a circle under centripetal force F. if its linear velocity and radius both are
made twice; the centripetal force will be:
(A) Fc (B) Fc /2 (C) 2Fc (D) 4Fc
-1
11. A wheel of radius 5.0 cm having an angular speed of 20 rad s have linear speed:
(A) 1.5 ms-1 (B) 1.0ms-1 (C) 0.5 ms-1 (D) 2.5 ms-1
12. A horizontal pipe narrows from a diameter of 10cm to 5cm. for a fluid following form larger
diameter to smaller:
(A) The velocity and pressure both increase (B) The velocity increase and pressure decrease
(C) The velocity decrease and pressure increase (D) The velocity and pressure both decrease
13. Venture relation is given as:
1 2 1 2
(A) P v (B) P1  P2   v2
2 2
1 2 1 2
(C) P1  P2  Pv  Pv (D) None of these
2 2 2
14. The P.E. stored by a mass spring system at an extension of 2cm is 10J. The P.E. stored by the
same system at an extension of 4cm will be:
(A) 10 J (B) 20 J (C) 30 J (D) 40 J
15. At mean position during SHM:
(A) PE is maximum and K.E is minimum (C) PE is minimum and KE is maximum
(B) Both KE and PE are maximum (D) Both KE and PE are minimum
16. The value of “γ” for diatomic gas is:
(A) 1.67 (B) 1.40 (C) 1.29 (D) Infinity

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17. Appropriate range of audible frequency for younger person is:

(A) 20-200Hz (B) 20-2000Hz (C) 20-20000Hz (D) 2000-20000Hz
18. When two identical waves superposed, which can change:
(A) Wavelength (B) Frequency (C) Velocity (D) Amplitude
19. A surface on which all the points have same phase of vibration known as:
(A) Crest (B) Trough (C) Wave front (D) Wavelength
20. In Michelson‟s experiment the equation used to find the speed of light:
1 16
(A) 16fc (B) fd (C) 16fd (D)
16 fd
21. In the focal length of objective and eye piece is 0.5 m and 10 cm respectively, then
magnification power of telescope will be:
(A) 5 (B) 0.5 (C) 10 (D) 20
22. The magnification of a convex lens of focal length 10cm is:
(A) 2.5 (B) 3.5 (C) 4.5 (D) 5
23. The efficiency of Carnot engine depends upon:
(A) Sink temperature (B) Source temperature (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None
24. The different between Cp and Cv is equal to:
(A) Avogadro’s constant (B) Planck’s constant
(C) Universal gas constant (D) Boltzmann constant
25. If the temperature of a system is kept constant, the process is called:
(A) Isobaric (B) Isochoric
(C) Isothermal (D) Adiabatic
26. Which of the following pair has same dimension?
(A) Work and power (B) Work and torque
(C) Momentum and energy (D) Power and pressure
27. The percentage uncertainly in radius of a sphere is 2%. The total percentage uncertainly in the
volume of a sphere is:
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 6% (D) 8%
28. Reverse process of vector addition is called:
(A) Subtraction of vector (B) Obtaining unit vector
(C) Resolution of vector (D) Making a vector negative

 R 
   tan 1 y 
In the third quadrant direction of resultant vector is 
Rx 
29.
(A) 180   (B) 180   (C) 360   (D) 360  
30. A cricket ball is hit so that it travels straight up in air and it acquires 3 second reach the
maximum height. It initial velocity is:
(A) 10ms-1 (B) 15ms-1 (C) 29.4ms-1 (D) 12.2ms-1
31. Horizontal component of velocity of projectile:
(A) Remains constant (B) Increase (C) Decrease (D) Zero
32. A ball is thrown up with 20ms-1 at an angle of 60o with x-axis the velocity ball at the top
position is:
(A) 0 ms-1 (B) 10 ms-1 (C) 20 ms-1 (D) 16 ms-1
33. Escape velocity on the surface of earth is 11.2 kms-1 the escape velocity on the surface of
another planet of same mass as that of earth but of ¼ times of the radius of earth is:
(A) 5.6 Kms-1 (B) 11.2 Kms-1 (C) 22.4 Kms-1 (D) 5.6 ms-1
34. The ratio between orbital and escape velocities are.
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2

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35. Rotational inertia of two equal masses cylinders, but one lager diameter will be:
(A) Lesser (B) Larger (C) Same (D) Infinity
36. A wheel of diameter 1m makes 60 rev/min. the linear speed of a point on its rim in ms-1 is:
(A) π (B) 2π (C) π/2 (D) 3π
37. If the radius of droplet becomes half, then its terminal velocity will be:
(A) Double (B) Half (C) One fourth (D) Four time
38. If a amplitude of a simple pendulum is increased by 4 times then time period will be:
(A) Four time (B) Half (C) Same (D) Two times
39. The force responsible for the vibratory motion of simple pendulum is:
(A) -mg Cos θ (B) -mg Sin θ (C) mg Sec θ (D) mg Tan θ
40. 10cm extension is produced in a spring due to a force of 20N. the spring constant is:
(A) 2 Nm-1 (B) 20 Nm-1 (C) 200 Nm-1 (D) 2000 Nm-1
41. Distance between two consecutive nodes is:
 
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 2 
4 2
42. For same mass and length if tension of a vibrating string is increase four times the speed of
wave increased by:
(A) 6 times (B) 4 times (C) 8 times (D) 2 times
43. When the amplitude of a wave increases to doubled its energy:
(A) Remain the same (B) Increase by two times (C) Increase by 4 times (D) Decrease to half
44. The distance between two adjacent dark fringes is given by:

L mL  1  L d
(A) y  (B) y  (C) y   m   (D) y 
d d  2 d L
45. A typical diffraction grating has certain number of lines per cm whose range is:
(A) 40 to 50 (B) 400 to 500 (C) 400 to 5000 (D) 4000 to 5000
46. The collimator in a spectrometer is used to:
(A) Disperse (B) Make the light beam parallel
(C) Reflect the light beam (D) Coverage the light beam
47. When a ray of light enters from denser into a rare medium, wavelength of light ray will:
(A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Unchanged (D) Remains same
48. Boltzmann‟s constant „k‟ is equal to:

R 1 NA
(A) (B) (C) (D) RN A
NA RN A R
49. Pressure of a gas is given by the relation:
2 1 3
(A)   v2  (B)   v2  (C)   v2  (D)   v2 
3 3 2
5R
50. For a diatomic gas Cv  then Gamma " " for this gas is:
2
5 4 7 35
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 35 5 4
51. The unit of pressure in terms of base units are:
(A) Kgm-1s-2 (B) -1 -3
s (C) -1 -1
s (D) Kmgs-1
52. The dimension of force is:

(A) MLT  1
(B) ML T 
1 1
(C)  MLT 2
 (D) ML T 
2 2

53. The dimension of Angular momentum are:

(A) MLT  2
(B) MLT  1
(C)  ML2T 1  (D) ML T 
2 2

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54. The resultant of two force 30N and 40N acting at an angle of 90 o with each other is:
(A) 50N (B) 30N (C) 40N (D) 70N
 
55. Projection of B along A will be given as:
   
  A.B A.B
(A) Aˆ .B (B) B. Aˆ (C) (D)
A cos 
56. What is the angle of projection for which its maximum height and horizontal range are equal?
(A) 46o (B) 56o (C) 66o (D) 76o
57. If a force of 10N acts on a body of mass 5kg for one second, then its change of momentum will
be:
(A) 10 kgms-1 (B) 50 kgms-1 (C) 2 kgms-1 (D) 20 kgms-1
58. The distance covered by freely falling body in two seconds is:
(A) 9.8 m (B) 19.6 m (C) 44.4 m (D) 39.2 m
59. An example of non-conservational force is:
(A) Electric force (B) Gravitational force (C) Frictional force (D) Magnetic

60. When a body moves in circle, the angel between its linear velocity v and angular velocity  is:
(A) 180o (B) 90o (C) 0o (D) 45o
61. The speed of a hoop at the bottom of inclined plane can be given by:

4gh 3
(A) V  gh (B) V  2 gh (C) V (D) V  gh
3 4
62. The device used for measurement of liquid flow is:
(A) Manometer (B) Barometer (C) Hydrometer (D) Venturi meter
63. The pressure will be low where the speed of fluid is:
(A) High (B) Low (C) Zero (D) Constant
64. The frequency of waves produced in microwave oven is:
(A) 2250 MHz (B) 2450 MHz (C) 2650 MHz (D) 2850 MHz
65. The dimension of spring constant “K” are:
(A) [MLT-1] (B) [MT-2] (C) [MLT-2] (D) [MT-1]
66. A body is executing SHM. What fraction of its total energy will be kinetic energy when its
displacement from the mean position is half of its displacement?
1 3 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 2 4
67. For each degree Celsius rise in temperature of gas, the speed of sound through it increase by:
(A) 0.60 ms-1 (B) 0.61 ms-1 (C) 61 ms-1 (D) 6.1 ms-1
68. Velocity of sound in free space at 0oC:
(A) 332 ms-1 (B) 224 ms-1 (C) 76 ms-1 (D) 0
69. The reflective index of water is 1.33. the speed of light in water is:
1 1 1
(A) 3  10 ms (B) 1.8  10 ms (C) 2.3  10 ms (D) Zero
8 8 8

70. The value of critical angel of glass-air boundary is:

(A) 41.8o (B) 41.5o (C) 42.8o (D) 420
71. Angle between ray of light and wave front is:
(A) 0o (B) 60o (C) 90o (D) 120o
72. Final image of compound microscope is:
(A) Virtual and erect (B) Virtual and inverted (C) Real and inverted (D) Real and erect
73. Information carrying capacity of optical fiber is called:
(A) Capacity (B) Band width (C) Immunity (D) Ability
74. A graph between V and T a gas at constant pressure is:
(A) Hyperbola (B) Parabola (C) Straight line (D) Exponential

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75. A heat engine operator between the temperature 1000k and 400K. Its efficiency can be equal
to:
(A) 5% (B) 60% (C) 70% (D) 100%
76. The dimension of coefficient of viscosity is:

(A)  ML1T 1  (B) ML T 

1 2

1 2
(C)  ML T 
 (D) MLT 
77. According to Einstein‟s equation E=mc2 1kg mass equivalent to energy:
(A) 3×106J (B) 9×1016J (C) 9×108J (D) 3×108J
78. If Rx is negative and Ry is positive, then the resultant vector lies in:
(A) 2nd quadrant (B) 3rd quadrant (C) 4th quadrant (D) 1st quadrant
79. The force of 10N makes an angle of 30o with y-axis. The magnitude of x component will be:
(A) 5N (B) 8.66N (C) 10N (D) Zero

80. If F  2iˆ  3 ˆj N and d  4iˆ  4 ˆj m, the work done will be:

(A) 13J (B) 18J (C) 20J (D) 24J

81. Rocket equation is given as:
M Mv mv mv
(A) a (B) a (C) a (D) a
mv M M M
82. The velocity of projectile at maximum heights is:
(A) Vi Cos θ (B) Zero (C) Maximum (D) Vi Sin θ
83. Kgms-1 can also be written as:
(A) Nm (B) N s (C) NS-1 (D) JS
84. Absolute P.E. of an object at infinite height w.r.t earth is taken as:
(A) Negative (B) Zero (C) Henry (D) Virtual
85. Which is larger for a hoop of mass M and radius R that is rolling without slipping? Its
translation or rotational kinetic energy?
(A) Transactional kinetic energy (C) Rotational kinetic energy
(B) Both are the same (D) Answer depends upon the radius
86. Angular speed of inertia rotation of earth is:
(A) 2π (B) π (C) 4π (D) 7.3×10-5 rad/sec-1
87. The maximum drag force on falling sphere is 9.8N weight is:
(A) 1N (B) 9.8 N (C) 19.8 N (D) 4.9 N
88. The S.I unit of flow rate of fluid is:
(A) m3 sec-1 (B) m2 sec-1 (C) m2 sec-2 (D) m3 sec-3
89. The velocity of a particle having SHM is „v‟ at mean position. If its amplitude is doubled then
velocity at mean position will be:
(A) v/2 (B) v (C) 2v (D) 4v
90. The length of second‟s pendulum is:
(A) 1000 cm (B) 90 cm (C) 99.2 cm (D) 98 cm
91. The frequency of second‟s pendulum is:
(A) 1 Hz (B) 2 Hz (C) 0.5 Hz (D) 5 Hz
92. If the speed of sound in air at a given pressure is V, then by increasing pressure to doubled, the
new speed becomes:
(A) 0.5 V (B) V (C) 2 V (D) 4 V
93. If the organ pipe open at both ends the frequency of fundamental harmonic is:
v v 4 2
(A) f1  (B) f1  (C) f1  (D) f1 
2 4 v v
94. The equation of Michelson‟s interferometer is:
m m
(A) L (B) L (C) L  m (D) L  2m
2 4
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95. A Diffraction grating has 5000 lines/cm. its grating elements will be:
6 4 6 4
(A) 2.0  10 m (B) 2.0  10 m (C) 1.0  10 m (D) 1.0  10 m
96. The final image formed by simple microscope is:
(A) Virtual and inverted (B) Virtual and erect (C) Real and erect (D) Real and inverted
97. The final image seen through eye-piece in telescope is:
(A) Real, enlarge and inverted (C) Virtual, enlarge and erect
(B) Virtual, enlarge and inverted (D) Real, enlarge and erect
98. In Michelson‟s experiment, the angle subtended by a side of eight sided mirror at the center is:
  
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
8 4 2
99. Average translation K.E. molecules for an ideal gas given by relation:

(A) 2
3 KT (B) 3
2 KT (C) 2
3K T (D) 3
2K T
100. The latent heat of fusion of ice is:

(A) 3.36  10 5 JKg 1 (B) 3.36  10 6 JKg 1 (C) 3.36  10 7 JKg 1 (D) 3.36  10 JKg 1

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