MAHESH PU COLLEGE

COMPETITIVE PRACTICE PHYSICS TEST – 2

TIME: 70 MINUTES DATE: 27.03.2019

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1. The velocity v of a particle at time ‘t’ is given by v = 𝑎𝑡 + 𝑡+𝑐 , where a, b, c are
constants, their dimensions of a, b, c respectively are:

a) L, LT and 𝑇 2 b) L 𝑇 −2 , L and T
c) 𝐿2 , T and L 𝑇 2 d) L 𝑇 2 , L T and L

2. If the energy of a photon of light is given by E=k hx cy λz, which h=Planck’s

constant, c=velocity of light and λ=wavelength then values x, y, z in order are
a) 1,2,1 b) 1,1,1 c)1,-1,1 d) 1,1,-1

3. Given that force (F) is given F=Pt-1 +Qt. Here t is time. The unit of P is same as
that of :

a) displacement b) velocity
c) acceleration d) momentum

4. A certain body of mass m moving under a conservative force has a potential

𝑘𝑥
energy is given by Ep= , where x is the displacement and a is the amplitude
𝑥 2 +𝑎2
then the units of k will be that of:
a) power b) couple
c) joule-metre d) newton-second

5. Young’s modulus for steel is 2x1011 N/m2. What is its value in cgs units.
a) 2x1010 b) 2x1011
c) 2x1012 d) 2x1013

6. A particle is projected at an angle of 450 from the foot of a wall, just touches the
top of the wall and falls on the ground on the opposite sides at a distance 4 m
from it. The height of wall is:
2 4 8 3
𝑎) 3 m b) 3 m c) 3 m d) 4

7. Show that a projectile fired at an angle θ with the horizontal crosses a certain
height at two timings 𝑡1 and 𝑡2 and the sum of these to equal to:

a) Total time of flight b) one fourth of the total of flight

c) Any fraction of time of flight d) Half of the total time of flight

8. If the relation between range R and time of flight T is given by R=5T2, the angle
of throw of the Projectile is (g= 10ms2)
 a) 45° b) 15° c) 60° d) 90°

9. The initial velocity of particle 𝑢 ⃗ = 4 ̂+3

𝑖 𝑗̂. It is moving with uniform acceleration
𝑎 = 0.4 𝑖̂ + 0.3 𝑗̂. Its velocity after 10 second is:
a) 3 units b) 4 units c) 5 units d) 10 units

10. A force vector applied on a mass is represented by 𝐹 = 6 𝑖̂ +8 𝑗̂+10 ̂𝑘 and it

accelerates it with 1ms-2. What will be the mass of the body?
a) 10√2 kg b) 2√10 kg c) 10 kg d) 20 kg

11. A projectile is moving at 60ms-1 at its highest point. At this points it breaks into
two parts of equal mass. One of the part moves vertically up at 50ms-1 w.r.t the
ground. The speed of other part will be
a) 100√2 ms-1 b) 135 ms-1 c) 120 ms-1 d) 50 ms-1

12. A machine gun fires n bullet per second and the mass of each bullet is m. If the
speed of the bullet is v, then the force exerted on the machine gun is:
𝑛𝑚𝑣
a) nmg b) nmv c) nmvg d) 𝑔

13. An Aero plane requires a speed of 90 km/hr, for take -off, the run way being
100 m long. The mass of the plane is 12,000 kg and coefficient of friction
between the wheels of the plane and ground is 0.200. Assuming, the plane to
accelerate uniformly, what is the minimum force required for the plane of
take-off.
a) 50081 N b) 60634 N
c) 61020N d) 70734 N

14. Two rigid bodies are rotating with same angular speed ω but in opposite
directions about common axis. What is the resultant angular speed
𝜔
a) 2ω b) zero c) ω√2 d) 2
√

15. A coolie lifts a box and walks on horizontal smooth surface, the work done by
him against gravity is:
a) zero
b) product of weight and distance travelled
c) product of weight and height of the box
d) none of these

16. The momentum of the body decreases by 20% the percentage decrease in
kinetic energy of the body is
a) 36% b) 24% c) 12% d) none of these

17. A man of 55kg is holding a bucket of mass 25kg. He walks 50m on a level road
at a constant speed of 3ms-1 and then climbs up a hill of height 20 m. What is
the work done by the man? g= 9.8ms-2
a) 16 KJ b) 12 KJ c) 3.5 KJ d) 2 KJ

18. A pump motor is used to deliver water at a certain rate from a given pipe. To
obtain twice as much water from the same pipe in the same time, the power of
the motor has to be increased to :
 a) 16 times b) 4 times c) 8 times d) 2 times

19. The kinetic energy acquired by the body of mass m after travelling a fixed
distance from rest under the action of the constant force
a) Independent of m
b) Directly proportional to √𝑚
c) Inversely proportional to √𝑚
d) Directly proportional to m

20. A solid sphere, a hollow sphere and a ring are released from top of inclined
plane (friction less) so that they slide down the plane. then maximum
acceleration down the plane is for ( No rolling )
a) Solid sphere b) hollow sphere
c) ring d) all same

21. Two identical balls one solid and other hollow are allowed to roll down an
inclined plane, which one of them reached the base first?
a) Hollow ball b) solid ball
c) Both reach together d) none reaches

22. A body of mass 1kg falls from rest through a distance of 200m & acquires a
speed of 50m/s. Work done against friction of air is (Take g = 10m/s2)
(a) 700J (b) 12500J
(c) 750J (d) 1960J

23. A block of mass m slides down along the surface of a bowl (Radius R) from the
rim to the bottom. The velocity of the block at the bottom will be:
(a) √𝜋𝑅𝑔 (b) 2 √𝜋𝑅𝑔
(c) √2𝑅𝑔 (d) √𝑔𝑅

24. A block is moved from rest to a distance of 4m along a straight line. The mass
of the block is 5kg & the force acting on it is 20N. If KE acquired by the block
be 40J, at what angle to the path is the force acting?
(a) 30o (b) 60o
(c) 45o (d) 0o

25. If g is acc. due to gravity on earth’s surface, the gain in potential energy of an
object of mass m raised from surface of earth to a height equal to radius R of
earth is
(a) ½ mgR (b) 2mgR
(c) mgR (d) ¼ mgR

26. A body of mass 5kg is moving with a momentum of 10kg ms-1. A force of 0.2N
acts on it in the direction of motion of the body for 10sec. The increase in its
kinetic energy is
(a) 2.8J (b) 3.2J
(c) 3.8J (d) 4.4J

27. A 25kg crate, starting from rest to top, slides down a plane that makes an angle
 of 30o with the horizontal. When it reaches the bottom of the 10m long slide, its
velocity is 8m/s. the work done by the force of friction is closest to a value of
(a) 17.0×102J (b) 8.5×102J
(c) 6.5×102J (d) 4.5×102J

28. Consider a system of two identical particles. One of the particles is at rest and
the other has an acceleration A. the centre of mass has an acceleration
1
(a) 𝑎
⃗⃗⃗ (b) 2 𝑎 (c) 3𝑎 (d) zero

29. Two identical particle move towards each other with velocity 2𝜗 and
𝜗 respectively. The velocity of center of mass is
𝜗 𝜗
(a) 𝜗 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) zero

30. A spherical hollow is made in a lead sphere of radius R, such that its surface
touches the outside surface of lead sphere and passes through the centre what
is shift in the centre of mass of lead sphere due to the hollowing?

𝑅 𝑅 𝑅
(a) 7
(b) 14
(c) 2
(d) R

31. A solid cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls down an inclined plane of height
h without slipping the speed of its centre of mass when it reaches the bottom is
4𝑔ℎ 3𝑔ℎ 4𝑔
(a) √2𝑔ℎ (b)√ 3
(c) √ 4
(d) √ ℎ

32. In a carbon monoxide the oxygen atoms are separated by a distance

1.12x1010 m. the distance of the centre of mass from the carbon atom is
(a) 0.64*10-10m (b) 0.56*10-10m
(c) 0.51 *10 m
-10 (d) 0.48*10-10m

33. consider a system of two particles having masses m1 and m2 if the particle of
mass m1 is pushed towards the mass centre of particles through a distance d
by what distance would the particles of mass m2 moves so as to keep the centre
of mass of particles at the original position?
𝑚 𝑚 𝑚
(a) 1 1 2 𝑑 (b) 1 𝑑 (c) d (d) 2 𝑑
𝑚 +𝑚 𝑚2 𝑚1

34. If the distance between the earth and the sun reduces to one fourth of the
present value , the length of the year on the earth will be
(a) half of the present year (b) one fourth of the present year
(c) one sixth of the present year (d) one eight of the present year

35. The mean radius of earth is R, its angular speed on its own axis is 𝜔 and the
acceleration due to gravity at earth s surface is g. what will be the orbit of a
geostationary satellite?
 1 1 1 1
𝑅2 𝑔 3 𝑅𝑔 3 𝑅 2 𝜔2 3 𝑅2 𝑔 3
(a) ( 𝜔2 ) (b) (𝜔2 ) (c) ( 𝑔 ) (d) (𝜔)

36 . The figure shows elliptical orbit of a planet m about the sun S. the shaded
area SCD is twice the shaded area SAB. If t1 is the time for the planet to move
from C to D and t2 is the time to move from A to B then
(a) t1 > t2
(b) t1 = 4t2
(c) t1 = 2t2
(d) t1 =t2

37. A satellite revolves round the earth in a closed elliptical path. If the ratio of the
maximum distance from the earth to the minimum distance is 3 : 2 then the
ratio of maximum to minimum speed of the satellite is
(a) 3:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 9:4 (d) 4:9

38. If a pendulum clock that keeps correct time on the earth is taken on to the
moon, for every one hour interval on the earth the clock on moon will record
(g e = 9.8 m s-2 and gm = 1.6 m s-2)
9.8 9.8 1.6
(a) 1.6
ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 (b) √1.6 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 (c) √9.8 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 (d) 1 hour
39. A drunkard walking on a narrow lane takes 8 steps forward and 6 steps
backward, followed again by 8 steps forward and 6 steps backward and so on.
Each step is 1m long and requires 1 s. The time that the drunkard takes to fall
in a pit 18 m away from the start is
(a) 18s (b) 126s (c) 78s (d) 62s

40. The ratio of the kinetic energy given to the satellite that escape from the earth’s
gravitational field to that of the kinetic energy of a satellite revolving in a
circular orbit very close to the earth is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0.5 (d) 4

41. A faculty thermometer 5oC in melting ice and 99oC in steam. The correct
temperature in oF. When this faulty thermometer reads 52 oC is
(a) 116.6oF (b) 125.6oF (c) 122oF (d) 52oF

42. A clock with a metal pendulum beating seconds keeps correct time at 0oC. If it
loses 12.5 s a day at 25oC, the coefficient of linear expansion of metal
pendulum is
1 1 1 1
(a) 86400
/oC (b) 43200
/oC (c) 14400
/oC (d) 28800
/oC

43. A thin rod of negligible mass and cross sectional area 4× 10−6 𝑚2 , suspended
vertically from one end has a length of 0.5 m at 100oC. the rod is cooled to 0oC,
but prevented from contracting by attaching a mass at the other end. The mass
attached is
(a) 10 kg (b) 20 kg (c) 30 kg (d) 40 kg
44. Certain amount of heat is given to 100 g of copper to increase its temperature
by21oC. if the same amount of heat is given to 50 g of water, then the rise in its
temperature is (specific heat capacity of copper =400J kg-1 K-1 and that for
water =4200 Jkg-1K-1)
(a) 4oC (b) 5.25oC (c) 8oC (d) 6oC

45. Two spheres A and B have diameter in the ratio 1: 2 densities in the ratio 2 : 1
and specific heats in the ratio 1 : 3. Then ratio of their thermal capacities is
(a) 1:6 (b) 1:12 (c) 1 :3 (d) 1:4

46. In a thermodynamic process a system absorbs 2 k cal of heat and at the same
time does 800 J of work. The change in internal energy of the system is
(a) 7600 J (b) 2000 J (c) 4800 J (d) -7600 J

47. Change in internal energy of the given of gas, when the volume change from
V to 2V constant pressure p is
𝑅 𝑝𝑉 𝛾(𝑝𝑉)
(a) 𝛾−1
(b) 𝛾−1
(c) 1−𝛾
(d) Pv

48. Two perfect monatomic gases of n1 and n2 moles at temperature T1and T2 are
mixed . The temperature of the mixture, if there is no loss of energy is
𝑛1 𝑇1 +𝑛2 𝑇2 𝑇1 +𝑇2 𝑛1 𝑇1 +𝑛2 𝑇2
(a) 2
(b) 2
(c) T1+T2 (d) 𝑛1 +𝑛2

49. No heat flows between the system and surrounding then the thermodynamic
process is
(a) isothermal (b) isochoric (c) adiabatic (d) isobaric

50. A Carnot’s engine works first between 200oC and 0oC and then between 0oC
and -200oC. The ratio of the efficiency in the two cases is
(a) 0.57 (b) 0.67 (c) 10 (d) 1

51. One mole of helium gas ( relative molar mass 4) is enclosed in a container at a
temperature 𝑇. Its pressure is 𝑃. If one mole of oxygen ( relative molar mass 32)
is enclosed in an identical container at a temperature 3𝑇, its pressure is
𝑃 2𝑃 3𝑃
(a) 3
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 3𝑃

52. For an ideal monoatomic gas, the universal gas constant 𝑅 is 𝑛 times the molar
heat capacity at constant pressure 𝐶𝑃 . Here 𝑛 is
(a) 0.67 (b) 1.4 (c) 0.4 (d) 1.67

53. For a particle in SHM, if the amplitude of the displacement is 𝐴 and the
amplitude of velocity is 𝑣, the amplitude of acceleration is
𝑣2 𝑣2 𝑣
(a) 𝑣𝐴 (b) 𝐴
(c) 2𝐴
(d) 𝐴

54. In a simple harmonic motion of amplitude 𝑎 the kinetic energy and potential
energy are equal at a displacement
 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
(a) 𝑎 (b) 2
(c) (d)
√2 √3

55. The mass and diameter of a planet are twice those of earth. The period of
oscillation of a second’s pendulum on this planet will be
1 1
(a) 𝑠 (b) 2𝑣 (c) 2 𝑠 (d)
√2 2

56. If a simple pendulum is taken to a plane where ′𝑔′ decrease by 4% then the
time period
(a) increase by 0.5% (b) increase by 2%
(c) increase by 0.25% (d) decrease by 0.25%

57. A wave frequency 500 𝐻𝑧 is propagating at a velocity 360 𝑚𝑠 −1. The distance
between the two particles with a phase difference of 60° is
(a) 60 𝑐𝑚 (b) 42 𝑐𝑚 (c) 48 𝑐𝑚 (d) 12 𝑐𝑚

58. The equation of a plane progressive wave is given bt 𝑦 = 2 sin(5𝜋𝑡 − 0.5 𝜋𝑥). The
speed of the wave is ( 𝑥 and 𝑦 are in metre and 𝑡 is in second)
(a) 10 𝑚𝑠 −1 (b) 5 𝑚𝑠 −1 (c) 0.5 𝑚𝑠 −1 (d) 2.5 𝑚𝑠 −1

59. A transverse wave moves through a string of length 𝐿 with a speed 𝑣. The speed
𝐿
of wave when it stretched by 10
will be ( assume that Hook’s law is applicable )
𝑣
(a) 2𝑣 (b) (c) √2 𝑣 (d) 4𝑣
√2

60. With increase in temperature, the frequency of sound from an organ pipe
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged (d) increases exponentially

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 Key ans
Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A
1 B 11 B 21 B 31 41 B 51 D
2 D 12 B 22 C 32 42 A 52 C
3 D 13 C 23 C 33 43 D 53 B
4 C 14 B 24 B 34 44 A 54 C
5 C 15 A 25 A 35 45 B 55 B
6 16 A 26 D 36 46 A 56 B
7 17 A 27 D 37 47 B 57 D
8 18 D 28 38 48 D 58 A
9 19 A 29 39 49 C 59 C
10 20 D 30 40 50 A 60 A