PHYSICS

1.

Taking density ( ), velocity (v) and area (a) to be fundamental unit then the dimensions of
force are
(a) av 2

2.

If P Q

(b) a 2 v

(d) a 0 v

2 and |R| = 2, then the angle between P and Q is

R , | P| |Q|

(a) zero

(c) av

(b) /6

(c) /3

(d) /2

3.

A stone is released from the top of a tower. The total distance covered by it in the last
second of its motion equals distance covered by it in the first 5s of its motion. The stone
remains in air for
(a) 9s
(b) 11s
(c) 13s
(d) 15s

4.

For a given velocity of projection from a point on the inclined plane, the maximum range
down the plane is three times the maximum range up the incline is
(a) 300
(b) 450
(c) 600
(d) 900

5.

The speed of a particle moving in a circle is increasing. The dot product of its acceleration
and velocity
(a) negative
(b) zero
(c) positive
(d) may be positive or negative

6.

Consider the arrangement as shown in the figure. All the surface

are frictionless, string and pulley are massless and frictionless.
System is kept inside a lift which is moving upward with
acceleration a. Find the value of a so that acceleration of block of
mass m will be zero with respect to earth
(a) g

7.

(b) g/2

a
m

(d) g/3

A block of mass m is at rest on an incline plane of inclination

in a lift, which is moving with constant velocity v in vertically
upward direction. If coefficient of friction between block and
incline plans is , then work done by the resultant of friction and
normal force on the block in time t is
(a) mg (

(c) mg sin 2
8.

(c) 2g/3

2m

cos 2

sin 2 ) vt

cos 2

vt

(b) mg (

sin 2

cos 2 ) vt

(d) mgvt

A body of mass 2 kg is placed on rough horizontal plane. The

coefficient of friction between body and plane is 0.2. Then (take
g = 9.8 m/s2)

F 2kg

=0.2

(a) body will move in forward direction if F = 4N

(b) body will move in backward direction with acceleration 0.5 m/s2 if force F= 3N
(c) If F = 3N then body will be in rest condition
(d) both (a) and (c) are correct
9.

In which of the following cases the potential energy is defined?

(a) both conservative and non conservative forces
(b) conservative force only
(c) non conservative fore only
(d) neither conservative non conservative forces

10.

When a man increases his speed by 2 m/s, he finds that his kinetic energy is doubled, the
original speed of the man is
(a) 2 2 1 m/s

11.

(b) 2 2 1 m/s

(c) 4.5 m/s

Three balls of mass 2 kg, 4kg and 12 kg are kept on

a smooth horizontal plane with constant separation.
Coefficient of restitution between ball of 2 kg and 4
kg is and that between 4 kg and 12 kg is 1/3. If
ball of 2 kg is given a velocity 12 m/s along the 4 kg
ball, velocity of 12 kg ball after all collisions is
(a) 12 m/s

(b) 6 m/s

(c) 4 m/s

(d) 2 m/s

v =12m/s
e =1/2

e =1/3
4kg

2kg

12kg

(d) 2 m/s

12.

A massless rod is pivoted at one end so that it can swing freely as a pendulum. Two masses,
2 m and m are attached to it at distance b and 3b, respectively, from the pivot. The rod is
held horizontal and then released. Find its angular acceleration at the instant it is released
(a) 2g/11b
(b) 4g/17b
(c) 5g/11b
(d) 8g/12b

13.

The difference of potential energy of a particle of mass m at the centre of earth to the
surface of earth is
(a)

14.

mgR
4

(b)

mgR
2

(c) zero

(d) mgR

A solid copper sphere is suspended from a massless spring. The time period of oscillation of
the system is 4s. The sphere is now completely immersed in a liquid whose density is 1/8 th
that of brass. The sphere remains in liquid during oscillation, frequency of the sphere is
(a) 1 Hz

(b)

1
Hz
2

(c)

1
Hz
4

(d)

1
Hz
8

15.

A cubical block of edge length a and m is floating in a liquid of

density . Initially beaker is at rest and fraction of the cube
inside the liquid is f. Now if beaker is made to move in upward
direction with acceleration g/2, then fraction inside the liquid
will be

17.

18.

19.

(b)

21.

The figure shows the P-T diagram of two different gasses

A and B having same volume but different number of
moles nA and nB respectively. Then
(a) nA > nB
(b) nA = nB
(c) nA < nB
(d) insufficient data

A
B
T

In the given circuit, the potential difference across the

capacitor is 12 V in steady state. Each resistor have 3
resistance. The emf of the ideal battery is
(a) 15 V
(b) 9 V
(c) 12 V
(d) 24 V

C=3 F

R
R

A point charge Q is located at the center of a hollow spherical conductor having inner radius
as R1 and outer radius R2. The potential at the inner surface will be
(a) KQ

20.

g/2

2
3
f
(c) f
(d)
f
3
2
3
A source of sound moves towards a stationary observer with a velocity one third of the
velocity of sound. What is percentage increase in the apparent frequency?
(a) zero
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 50
(a) f

16.

a
m

1
R1

1
R2

(b) KQ

1
R1

1
R2

(c) KQ

1
R2

1
R1

(d)

In the arrangement shown in figure, the switch S was

closed at t = 0 and the capacitor is initially uncharged. It
1
was found that at t = T1, charge on the capacitor is CE,
2
and T2 is the time taken for the charge on the capacitor to
1
increase from CE to CE, then which of the following
2
relations holds good?

KQ
R2
R

1
(d) T2 RC
RC
2
A uniform current I is flowing in a long straight thin wire. The magnetic field B due to this,
varies with perpendicular distance (r) from the wire as
(a) T1 = T2

(b) T1 < T2

(a)

(c) T2

(b)
1/r

(c)
1/r

(d)
1/r

1/r

22.

A circular loop of radius r, having N turns of a wire, in placed in a uniform and constant
magnetic field B. The normal of the loop makes an angle with the magnetic field. Its
normal rotates with angular velocity in such a way that it maintains the same angle with
the field, the emf appearing in the loop is
(a)

NB r 2
2

(b)

NB r 2
cos
2

(c) NB r 2

(d) zero

23.

In L-R circuit, the A.C. source has voltage 220V. If potential difference across inductance is
176V, the potential difference across the resistance will be
(a) 44 V
(b) 110 V
(c) 132 V
(d) 220 V

24.

A beam of convergent light converges to a point 0.5m

in front of the mirror after reflection at concave
mirror but in the absence of the mirror the beam
converge to a point 0.2 m behind the mirror. The
radius of the curvature of the mirror is
(a) 20 cm
(b) 50 cm
(c) 66.67 cm
(d) 28.5 cm

25.

0.5m

0.2m

P
I

In YDSE, when a glass plate of refractive index 1.5 of thickness t is placed in the path of one
of the interfering beams of wavelength , intensity at the position where central maximum
occurred previously remain unchanged. The minimum thickness of the glass plate is
(a) 2

(b)

2
3

(c)

(d)

26.

The activity of a radioactive sample decreases to one tenth of the original activity A0 in a
period of one year. After ten years, its activity would be
(a) A0/100
(b) A0/90
(c) A0/1010
(d) A0/1012

27.

If the ionization potential of hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV, the energy required to remove an
electron from the third orbit of hydrogen atom is
(a) 1 eV
(b) 1.51 eV
(c) 4.52 eV
(d) 3.42 eV

28.

The logic behind NOR gate is that it gives

(a) low output when both inputs are low
(b) high output when both inputs are low
(c) high output when both inputs are high
(d) none of the above

29.

The temperature at with the thermo-electric power of a thermocouple becomes zero is called
(a) junction temperature
(b) neutral temperature
(c) inversion temperature
(d) null temperature

30.

A uniform circular disc of radius r is placed on a rough

horizontal surface and given a linear velocity v0 and
angular velocity 0 as shown. The disc comes to rest after
moving some distance to the right. It follows that
(a) 3v0 = 2

0r

(b) 2v0 =

0r

(c) v0 =

v0
0

0r

(d) 2v0 = 3

0r

31.

The 4th overtone of an open organ pipe resonates with the first overtone of closed organ
pipe. The ratio of the length of the open pipe to closed organ pipe is
(a) 5 : 3
(b) 4 : 1
(c) 10 : 3
(d) 2 : 1

32.

When the state of a system changes from A to B adiabatically the work done on the system
is 322 Joule. If the state of the same system is changed from A to B by another process in
which 100 joule of heat is given to the system, then work done on the system in this process
will be
(a) 222 joule
(b) +38.2 joule
(c) +422 joule
(d) 15.9 joule

33.

A battery of internal resistance 4 is connected to a

network of resistances as shown. If maximum power can
be delivered to the network, the magnitude of resistance R
in should be
(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 2

2R
4R

2R

E4

R
3R

6R

(d) 1

34.

In a parallel plate capacitor, the region between the plates is filled by a dielectric slab. The
capacitor is charged from a cell and then disconnected from it. The slab is now taken out.
Then
(a) the potential difference across the capacitor reduces
(b) the potential difference across the capacitor increases
(c) the energy stored in the capacitor reduces
(d) no work is done by an external agent in taking the slab out

35.

A coil with number of turns, N is made from a wire of length l, carrying current I. What will
be the magnetic moment of the coil?
(a)

36.

l2I
4 N2

(b)

l 2 NI
4

(c)

l2I
4 N

In the circuit shown in the figure, the switch S was

initially at position 1. After sufficiently long time, the
switch S was thrown from position 1 to position 2 at t = t0.
What will be the voltage drop across the resistor at that
instant
(a) zero

(b) E

(c)

E
LC
R

l 2 IN 2
4

(d)

2C
R

L
E

(d)

E
R
LC

S 2
1

37.

A man observes a coin placed at the bottom of a beaker

which contains two immiscible liquids of refractive
indices 1.2 and 1.4 as shown in the figure. The depth of
the coin below the surface , as observed from above, is
(a) 1.6 cm

38.

7cm

coin

(d) 9 cm

(b) u1

u2
2

(c)

u1 u 2
2

(d)

u1 u 2
2

A current of 2.5 0.05 A flows through a wire and develops a potential difference of
10 0.1 volt. Resistance of the wire in ohm, is
(a) 4 0.12

40.

(c) 8 cm

3cm

When an object is at a distance u1 and u2 from the optical centre of a convex lens, real and
virtual images are formed respectively, with the same magnification. The focal length of the
lens is
(a) u1 u2

39.

(b) 7.5 cm

1.2
1.4

(b) 4 0.04

(c) 4 0.08

(d) 4 0.02

A potential barrier of 0.4 V exist across a p-n junction. If depletion region is 106 m wide,
force on electron will be
(a) 4 1015 N

(b) 6.4 1014 N

(c) 4 107 N

(d) 6.4 1012 N