Section – A

Physics

1. If a vector makes an angle α, β and γ with X, Y and Z axis respectively then

(a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

2. A particle has an initial velocity of 9 m/s due east and a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 due west.
The distance covered by the particle in the fifth second of its motion is
(a) 0 (b) 0.5 m (c) 2 m (d) none of these

3. Two particles are projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane, from the same point, but with
different speeds and at different angles with the horizontal. The path followed by one, as seen the
other, is
(a) A vertical straight line
(b) A straight line making a constant angle (≠90o) with the horizontal
(c) A parabola
(d) A hyperbola

4. A pendulum is suspended from the roof and makes an angle of 3o with the vertical. Find the

acceleration of the train? [take ]

(a) 5ms – 2 (b) 5.23 ms – 2 (c) 2.53 ms – 2 (d) 0.523 ms – 2

5. A block is able to slide on the frictionless incline of angle θ and length , kept inside on elevator
going up with uniform velocity . Find the time taken by the block to slide down the length of the
incline of released from rest. What would be the time taken if the elevator is accelerated at

(a) (b)

(c) (d) none of these

6. A uniform chain has mass M and length L. It is lying on a smooth horizontal table with half of its
length hanging vertically downward. The work done in pulling the chain up the table is:
(a) MgL/2 (b) MgL/4 (c) MgL/8 (d) MgL/16

7. A bomb of mass 7 m explodes into two fragments of masses 4 m and 3m. If the momentum of the
lighter fragment is ‘p’ then the kinetic energy released in the explosion is

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

8. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is rotating about its axis with a constant angular velocity
ω. Two objects, each of mass m, are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring.
The wheel now rotates with an angular velocity

(a) ωM / (M + m) (b) ω(M – 2m) / (M + 2m)

(c) ωM / (M + 2m) (d) ω(M+2m) / M

9. A hoop rolls on a horizontal ground without slipping with linear speed . Speed of a particle P on the
circumference of the hoop at angle θ is:

(a) (b) v sin θ

(c) (d) v cos θ

10. The correct variation of gravitational potential V with radius r measured from the centre of earth of
radius R is given by

None
(a) (b) (c) (d) of
these

11. If the distance between the earth and the sun were reduced to half its present value, then the
number of days in one year would have been
(a) 65 (b) 129 (c) 183 (d) 730

12. In an adiabatic process, . The pressure of the gas will be proportional to :

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

13. 300 g of water at 25oC is added to 100 g of ice at 0oC. The mass of ice in final mixture is (in g):
(a) 100 (b) 6.25 (c) 56.25 (d) 93.75

14. A hemispherical portion of radius R is removed from the bottom of a

cylinder of radius R. The volume of the remaining cylinder is V and its

h
mass M. It is suspended by a string in a liquid of density where it
stays vertical. The upper surface of the cylinder is at a depth below r
the liquid surface. The force on the bottom of the cylinder by the liquid is:
(a) Mg (b) Mg – Vρg 2R
2
(c) Mg + πR hρg (d) ρg (V + πR2h)

15. Two solid spheres A and B of equal volumes but of different densities
dA and dB are connected by a string. They are fully immersed in a fluid
of density dF. They get arranged into an equilibrium state as shown in
the figure with a tension in the string. The arrangement is possible only if:
(a) dA < dF (b) dB > dF
(c) dA > dF (d) dA + dB = 2dF

16. A current of I ampere is flowing through each of the bent wires as shown the magnitude and
direction of magnetic field at 0 is:

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

17. Five parallel infinite wires are placed at the vertices of a regular pentagon. Four wires carry current
each while the fifth wire carries current as shown. The resultant magnetic field at the centre O
is:

(a) Zero (b)

(c) (d) infinite

18. A concave mirror of focal length f produces a image n times the size of the object. If the image is
real, then the distance of the object from the mirror is:
(a) (n – 1) f (b) [(n – 1) / n] f (c)[(n+1) f/n] (d) (n+1) f

19. In a Young’s double slit experiment in the intensity at a point where the path difference is ( being

the wavelength of light used), is . If denotes the maximum intensity, is equal to:

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

20. A particle undergoes SHM with a time period 12 seconds. In how much time will it travel from its
mean position to a displacement equal to half of the amplitude?

a) 1 sec b) 2 sec c) 3 sec d) 4 sec

21. A point charge of 100 μC is placed at . Find the electric field intensity due to this charge at

a point located at .

(a) 800 Vm–1 (b) 9000 Vm–1 (c) 2250 Vm–1 (d) 4500 Vm–1

22. An electron having charge e and mass m starts from lower plate of two metallic plates separated by
a distance d. If potential difference between the plates is V, the time taken by the electron to reach
the upper plate is given by

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

23. How many times larger is the spacing between the energy levels with n = 3 and n = 4, then the

(a) 0.71
spacing between the energy levels with n = 8 and n = 9 for a hydrogen like atom or ion?
(b) 0.41 (c) 2.43 (d) 14.82

24. Using Moseley’s law i.e., the wavelength of the line, for Z equal to 41 when
, is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25. The half-life of is 8 days. Given a sample of at time t = 0, we can assert that :
(a) No nucleus will decay before t = 4 days
(b) No nucleus will decay before t = 8 days
(c) All nuclei will decay before t = 16 days
 (d) A given nucleus may decay at any time after t = 0

26. In nuclear fission, 0.1% mass is converted into energy. The energy released by the fission of 1 kg
mass is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)

10 V 1Ω
27. Maximum power developed across variable resistance R in the circuit shown
in figure is
R
(a) 50 W (b) 75 W
(c) 25W (d) 100 W
1Ω

10 V

28. In the figure the potentiometer wire of length =100 cm and resistance E 1 = 10 V
r1 = 1 Ω
9 Ω is joined to a cell of emf E1 = 10V and internal resistance r1 = 1 Ω.
Another cell of emf E2 = 5V and internal resistance r2 = 2 Ω is connected as
Shown. The galvanometer G will show no deflection when the length AC is
C
(a) 50 cm (b) 55.55 cm A B
(c) 52.67 cm (d) 54.33 cm

G
E2 = 5 V
r2 = 2 Ω
29. In the circuit shown in figure current in the circuit is

(a) 1.27 A (b) 2.23 A (c) 4.26 A (d) 3.87 A

30. A steel tube of length 1 m is struck at on end. A person with his ear close to the other end hears the
sound of the blow twice, one travelling through the body of the tube and other through the air in
the tube. The time gap between the two hearings is (Csteel = 5200 m/ s, Cair = 332 m/s)

(a) 2.75 ms (b) 5.72 ms (c) 5.27 ms (d) 7.25 ms