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Q1. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the vectors r1 2i 4 j 5k and
r2 i 2 j 3k is given by
1 1 1 3 6 2
(a) i j k (b) i j k
3 6 2 7 7 7
2 3 6
(c) i j k (d) 3i 6 j 2k
7 7 7
d 2x
Q2. The solution to the differential equation 2
t 2 is given by
dt
t3 t3
(a) x A (b) x At B
3 3
t4 t3 t2
(c) x At B (d) x A
12 3 2
where A and B are constants.
Q3. If T sin x sin y sin z, 2T is given by
(a) 0 (b) 2 sin x sin y sin z
(c) 3 sin x sin y sin z (d) 3 sin x sin y sin z
Q4.
a force F A x 2i yj is irrotational. The potential energy function associated with it is
given by
x2 y2 x y2
(a) U A (b) U A
3 2 3 2
x2 y x y3
(c) U A (d) U A
3 2 3 2
Q5. A bead moves outward with constant speed u along the spoke of a wheel. It starts from
the centre at t . The angular position of the spoke is given by wt, where is a
constant. The acceleration of the bead is given by
(a) ut 2 r u (b) ur u t
(c) u t 2 r ut (d) ut 2 r 2u
Q6. A solid cylinder and a hollow cylinder are placed at the same height at the top of a long
incline and released at the same time.
(a) Both the cylinders reach the bottom together.
(b) Solid cylinder reaches the bottom first.
(c) Hollow cylinder reaches the bottom first
(d) Any one of them can reach the bottom first.
Q7. A large vertical drum spins so fast that a ball inside it, is pinned to the wall. What
is the minimum steady angular velocity which prevents the ball from falling to the
bottom of the drum? (The radius of the drum is R , the mass of the ball is M and
is the co-efficient of friction.)
Mg g g g
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2
R R MR R
Q8. The equation of traveling wave is given as: y 10 cos x t . What is the speed
5cm 20s
of the wave?
(a) 1cm / s (b) 0.5 cm / s (c) 0.25cm / s (d) 0.1cm / s
Q9. Two sound sources oscillate in phase with a frequency of 100 Hz . At a point 5m from
one source and 5.85 m from the other the amplitude of the sound from each source
separately is A . What is the phase difference of the two waves at that point (Assume that
the speed of sound is 343m / s .)
Q11. An air bubble of diameter 2 mm rises steadily through a solution of density 1750kg / m3
at the rate of 0.35cm / sec . If the density of air is negligible, what is the coefficient of
viscosity of the solution?
(a) 1 poise (b) 11 poise (c) 20 poise (d) 4 poise
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Q15. The sun delivers about 1000W / cm 2 of electromagnetic flux to the earths surface.
Assume 7% conversion efficiency of the solar panel of dimensions 8m 20 m . If the
radiation is incident normally the solar power converted for use is
(a) 11.42 104 W (b) 11.35 104 W (c) 1.56 104 W (d) 1.12 104 W
Q16. The angle of refraction for a light beam incident on a heavy flint glass n 1.65 at
the po1arizing angle is given by
(a) 31.22o (b) 30.25o (c) 28.20o (d) 33.41o
Q17. A radio pulse from a doppler radar reflects off an aircraft in mid-flight. If the frequency
of the reflected radio pulse is less than the original one, then which of the following
statements is true?
(a) The aircraft is not moving.
(b)The aircraft is moving away from the radar
(c) The aircraft is moving towards the radar.
(d) Something is wrong with the radar
Q18. The total charge within a sphere of radius r in a charge cloud is given by:
r2 ar 2 r
q 2 e e a .
a
The electric field at the surface of the above sphere is given by
q ar r
q ar 2 r
(a) e e a
(b) e e a
4 0 a 2
0 a 2
q a2 r r
q ar 2 r
(c) e e 2a (d) e e a
0 a 2 4 0 q 2
Q19. The electric field in the x y plane is given by E i8x j 4 y . Then the equation for the
lines of force is given by
(a) xy 2 constant (b) x 2 y constant
(c)
t
A
(d)
t
A
Q21. What is the current I 1 , flowing in the circuit shown in the following figure?
10 k 10 k 15k 20 k
(a) Infinite
(b) 1 m A
30V 10 k 60 k 10 k
(c) 0.5 m A
(d) zero
Q22. A 50 Hz sinusoidal signal is applied to the input of a full-wave rectifier The frequency of
the output signal is
(a) 100Hz (b) 50 Hz (c) 70.7 Hz (d) 0 Hz
Q23. In a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), the base-width is kept thinner than Emitter and
Collector width. This is to
(a) reduce the base current (b) increase the base current
(c) increase the base current (d) decrease the collector current
Q24. If 1 and 2 are two independent solutions of the time-independent Schrdinger
equation, which of the following is also a solution of the same Schrodinger equation?
1
(a) 1 2 (c) 1 2 (d) 1 2
1/ 2
(b)
2
Q25. If H 1 and H 2 are Hamiltonians of two non-interacting systems with wave functions
1 and 2 and energies E1 and E 2 respectively, the total wave function and energy
E of the composite system are given by
(a) 1 2 , E E1 E2 (b) 1 2 , E E1 E2
(c) 1 2 , E E1 E2 (d) 1 2 , E E1 E2
1 0 0
Q26. What value of will make the matrix 0 orthogonal?
0
1 1
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 2
Q27. The value of the integral of the function f x, y x 2 y 2 integrated along a straight
line from 1, 0 to (0,1) as shown in the figure is Y
(a)
2
(b)
2 0,1
3 3
1 1
(c) (d)
2 2 X
1, 0
a b c
Q28. If abc P and A c a b , where A is an orthogonal matrix, then the value of
b c a
a b c is
(a) 2 (b) P (c) 2 P (d) 1
d 2 y 2dy
Q29. The general solution to the differential equation 2 y 0 , is
dx2 dx
(a) e x A cos x iB sin x (b) e ix A cos x iB sin x
2 1
(a) a circle of radius (b) a circle of radius ,
3 2
1
n
Q31. The power series n 2 x n converges for
n 1
d2y dy
x2 2
et y 0 , becomes
dt dt
d2y dy d2y dy
(a) e 2t 2
e t y 0 (b) 2
y 0
dt dt dt dt
d2y d2y
y 0 1 y 0
dy dy
(c) 2
(d) 2
dt dt dt dt
Q33. A uniform drum of radius 0.5 m , mass 40 kgs rolls (without slipping) down an incline of
angle 5o If the drum starts from rest from a height of 29.4 metres, the speed of its centre
of mass will be
(a) 39.2 m / s (b) 19.6 m / s (c) 32.6 m / s (d) 25.5 m / s
Q34. A mass M is moving along a closed rectangular path of Y
length l along the y direction and a along the a
A B
x direction (as shown in the figure) under the influence
x2 l
of the force F b 0 1 2 j . The work done is given
a
X
by O C
(c) b 0 a (d) b0 al
Q35.
A force field F 3x y z i x y z 2 j 3x 2 y 4z kN is acting on a particle of
mass m . The particle moves in a circular path of radius 5m with a constant speed
of 5m / s in the x y plane. The cent of the orbit is the origin. The change in the kinetic
energy as a particle completes one rotation is given by
(a) 25 J (b) 25 J (c) 50 J (d) 50 J
Q36. A particle moves along a trajectory whose displacement is given by
r t cost i sint j tk with 1
The path of the particle is a
(a) parabola, with direction of motion to the right of the origin.
(b) parabola, with direction of motion to the left of the origin
(c) hyperbola with direction of motion to the right of the origin.
(d) hyperbola, with direction of motion to the left of the origin.
(c)
1
m1 m2 x12 m1 m2 gx1
2 m1
(d)
1
m1 m2 x12 m1 m2 gx1 m2
2
Q40. Consider a rope of mass per unit length length a , suspended just above a table as
shown in figure. If the rope is released from rest at the top, the force on the table when a
length x of the rope has dropped to the table is
X
(a) xg
(b) 2 xg a
(c) 3xg
(d) 4 xg
T able top
Q41. An object of unit mass orbits in a central potential given by U r . Its orbit is
r a exp b with b 0 . The relationship between the angular momentum and the total
energy E is given by
(a) E
L2 2
b 1 U r (b) E
L2 2
b 1 U r
2 2r 2
a 2 L2
(c) E b 1 U r (d) E 2 b 1 U r
L
r r
Q42. A wave is propagating in a string of tension T and mass per unit 1ength . The traveling
wave can be described as yx, t A sin kx t . What is the kinetic energy in one
wavelength of the traveling wave
2TA 2 2 TA2 2
(a) (b)
TA2 2 TA2 2
(c) (d)
2 4
Q43. Consider the figure as shown. A and B have equal masses m and all the springs have
the same spring constant k . What are the normal frequencies for the system, if the
oscillations are assumed to be small?
k k k
A B
X1 X2
k 2k k k
(a) , (b) ,
m m 2m m
k 3k k k
(c) , (d) , 1
m m m m
Q44. A violin string is held under tension T . What will be fractional change in the frequency
of its fundamental mode of vibration if the tension is increased by the amount T ?
T T T T
(a) (b) (c) (d)
T2 T T 2T
Q45. One can estimate the resonant frequencies of the human ear canal of length 2.2 cm , that
are in the range of human hearing. How many resonant frequencies lie in this range?
Speed of sound is given as 343m / s .
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Q46. One end of a 100cm long wire (without load) is fixed and a mass of 2kg is attached to
the other end. The mass is kept moving with uniform speed in a horizontal circle of
radius 60cm . What is the strain of the wire it the radius of the wire is 0.032cm and
(a) 0.032 102 (b) 32 102 (c) 0.32 102 (d) 3.2 102
Q47. What will be density of lead under a pressure of 20,000N / cm2 ? (Density of lead
Q51. The velocity of water in a river is 10km / hr near the surface. If the river is 5m what is the
shearing stress between the horizontal layers of water? (The coefficient of viscosity of
water 102 poise.)
(a) 103 N / m 2 (b) 105 N / m 2 (c) 10N / m 2 (d) 101 N / m 2
Q52. The figures shown represent two engines in T S phase plane. Let a arid b the
efficiencies of the engines (i) and (ii), respectively. Then
T T
T2 T2
T1 T1
S S
S1 S2 S1 S2
i ii
(a) b a (b) a b (c) a b (d) a b
Q53. The relation between pressure and volume of an ideal gas in a reversible process is given
31 255
by P aV b, where a Pascal/met er 3 , b Pascals . The volume at which the
56 7
temperature attains maximum is
(a) 32.9m 3 (b) 329.7 m 3 (c) 0.329m 3 (d) 20.7 m3
d 1
d T v g vl
Q54. Clausius-Clapeyron equation for liquid-gas transition is given by: . If
Q56. Consider the superposition of two sinusoidal waves given by: y1 4 sin 3x 2t cm and
y2 4 sin3x 2t cm . The maximum displacement of the resultant motion at x 2.3 cm
is
(a) 8.65cm (b) 1.61cm (c) 4.63cm (d) 7.60cm
Q57. A total of 25 fringes move across the field of view when one of the mirrors of the
Michelson interferrometer is moved by a distance d . If the interferromneter is illuminated
by a laser of wavelength 632.8 nm , the distance by which the mirror is moved is
(a) 79.1 m (b) 38.6m (c) 57.3 (d) 158.2 m
Q58. A parallel light beam of diameter d is incident on a convex lens of focal length f . The
emerging beam from this lens passes again through another lens of focal length 2 f , kept
at a distance 3 f from first lens. The diameter of the output beam is
(a) d (b) 2 d
1
(c) not related with d (d) d
2
Q59. Consider a uniformly charged disc of radius a and surface charge density . Consider a
point P on the axis of the disc at a distance z from the disc. The potential at P is given
by
(a)
1
0 z 2
(b)
2
a 0
2
z2 z
(c)
a
0
2
z2 a2 z2 (d)
0
a 2
z2 a
Q60. A charge q is distributed uniformly over the surface of a thin circular insulating
of radius a . The potential at the rim of the disc is given by
q q
(a) (b)
a 0
2
4 0 a
2
q q
(c) (d)
a 0 2
4 a 2 0
2
q e
Q63. The potential in a medium is given by r . The charge density for r 0 is
4 0 r
given by
r r r 2 r
q gl q q q
(a) e (b) e (c) e (d) e
0 4 r 2
4 0 r 2
4 0
Q64. What is the magnetic field B produced at point P (center of the arcs) due to the current
I in the close loop as shown in figure?
I
0 I 1 1
(a) B k
4 R1 R2
I
0 I 1 1
(b) B k
4 R1 R2 R1
R2
0 I 1 1
(c) B k
4 R2 R1
P
0 I 1 1
(d) B k
4 R2 R1
Q65. In the circuit given below, the diode can be considered as ideal. The peak secondary
voltage and the D.C. load voltage respectively are then given by
10.1
(a) 31.1V and 9.9 V
(b) Rab 11 10 20
(c) Rab 15 10 20
20 10
10
(d) Rab 12
Q67. What are the values of R4 and L4 , if the a.c. bridge shown in figure is balanced?
600
(a) R4 720 and L4 12 mH 100
120m H R1
R2
(b) R4 3000 and L4 24 mH L1
R4
R3
(c) R4 120 and L4 600mH L4
500
(d) R4 3000 and L4 600mH
Q68. What is the operating point VCE , I C for the transistor circuit shown in figure? (Assume
Q70. A proton of rest mass 1.681027 kg is traveling at 2.5108 m / s . What is kinetic energy
of the proton?
(a) 1.181010 J (b) 0.181010 J (c) 2.181027 J (d) 1.321027 J
Q71. A spaceship passes you at a speed of 0.85c . You measure its length to be 48.2 m . What
is its length at rest?
(a) 80 m (b) 100m (c) 91.5 m (d) 81m
d
Q72. Which of the following functions is the eigen-function of the operator, i ?
dx
(a) expikx (b) coskx (c) sin kx (d) coskx sinkx
Q73. In a one dimensional problem, the normalized wave function for the ground state is given
2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2
Q74. Commutator of two Hermitian operators has to be
(a) Hermitian (b) anti-Hermitian (c) unitary (d) orthogonal
Q75. A sample of radioactive isotopes contains two different nuclides, labeled A and B .
Initially, the sample composition is 1 : 1 . The half-life of A is 3 hours and that of B is 6
A
hours. What is the expected ratio after 18 hours?
B
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 4 8 2