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M. PRAKASH ACADEMY
Entrance Examination 2009

Question-cum-Answer Paper
Name: Middle Name: Surname: Contact Numbers: INSTRUCTIONS: 1. You are expected to write only the nal answer in the box provided after the question. You will be given a seperate booklet to work out the problems / do the rough calculations. 2. All questions carry equal marks. You will be given full marks for correct answer and zero marks for incorrect answer. There is no negtive marking. 3. If your answer is in the form of square root or fraction, you need 13 13 not simplify it further, e.g. if the answer is 17 , write it as 17 . If the answer is 12 3 + 7 5 write it as 12 3 + 7 5. 4. Whenever required, use g = 10 m/s2 . 5. Answers must be written with appropriate units.

2 Physics Q1. A particle is moving along a straight line with constant acceleration. It is at point A at time t = 0 second and reaches point B at t = 6 second with velocity 10 m/s. The average velocity of the particle in the same time interval is 6 m/s. Find its acceleration. A1:

Q2. A particle of mass 2 kg is thrown in vertically upward direction with momentum p. The total work done by gravitational force is 400 J when it stops momentarily at the top of its trajectory. Find p. Neglect air resistance. A2:

Q3. A boy is standing at some distance from a long at wall. He decides to measure the speed of sound by clapping and accurately measuring the time of the echo. When he performes the experiment, he does not take into account the strong wind that is blowing in the area. See gure. The wind is blowing with one-tenth the speed of sound in the direction from the boy to the wall. Let Vs represent the actual speed of sound and Vm represent the speed of sound measured by the boy. Find the ratio Vs : Vm
boy

A3:

wind

wall

Q4. A car of mass 500 kg is travelling with constant velocity v up a straight road inclined at angle 30 to the horizontal. If the rate of change of its potential energy with respect to time is 5 104 J/s. Find v. A4:

3 Q5. The time period of a simple pendulum is known to be prol portional to , where l is the length of the pendulum and g is g acceleration due to gravity. Consider two pendulums A and B. The time period of A is equal to 1 second and the length of B is nine times that of A. Both are suspended from the same support and deected to the same side by 15 as shown. The pendulums are released simultaneously at t = 0. What is the minimum time after which they will be together again (not necessarily at 15 ) and moving in the same direction?
A

A5:
B

Q6. Two cars start from rest, from the same position and travel down a straight road in the same direction. Both the cars travel with constant but dierent accelerations. You are sitting in one of the cars. 2 second after the start, you observe that the other car is ahead and moving away from you at the relative velocity of 10 m/s. After 4 second from the start, what is the distance between the two cars? A6: Q7. A block is at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. A constant horizontal force begins to act on it and does work W such that the block picks up a velocity of 128 m/s. Assume that this work W is entirely converted to heat and given to an amount of water equal to the mass of the block. Find the subsequent rise in the temperature of water. Specic heat capacity of water = 4096 J/Kg- C A7:

4 Q8. A block of mass 5 kg is tied to a light, inextensible rope. The free end of the rope is now pulled in the upward direction with the acceleration of 5 m/s2 . See gure. Find the force exerted by the rope on the block.
5 m/s 5 kg
2

A8: Q9. An object kept at distance 20 cm from a converging lens of focal length f produces a real image whose magnication is 4. Calculate f . A9: Q10. A converging lens of focal length 20 cm lies in air and is at a distance of 30 cm from a thin object lying perpendicular to its optic axis. There is a concave mirror on the other side of the lens at a distance of 100 cm as shown. The radius of curvature of the mirror is 40 cm. At what distance from the lens does the nal image get formed? Note that an image created by one optical device can act as an object for the other.

A10:

30 cm

100 cm

Q11. A man is running towards a at mirror with the speed of 5 m/s with respect to ground. The mirror is moving to the right with the speed of 7 m/s with respect to the ground. See gure. Find the rate (m/s) at which the distance between the man and his image changes.
5 m/s 7 m/s mirror

A11:

5 Q12. In the adjacent circuit shown let the current drawn from the battery be I. What should be the value of the resistance that must be connected between points A and B so that the current drawn from the battery becomes 2I? 1
A

A12:

10 V

2
B

Q13. Bulb A when connected across a supply of 200 V delivers power of 100 W. Another bulb B when connected across the same supply, delivers 50 W. Both bulbs are now connected in series across a supply of 120 V. Calculate the power delivered by the bulb which glows brightest. Assume that the resistances of the laments of the bulbs are independent of temperature. A13: Q14. Resistance of a piece of material is given by R = l . Here A is resistivity and is a property of the material of the piece. l is length of the piece, specically, it is the dimension of the piece along which the current is made to ow. A is the cross-sectional area across which the current is owing. See gure (1). Consider a block of material of sides 10cm 5cm 4cm, as shown in gure (2). The resistivity of the material of the block is 10 SI units. A potential dierence of 5 V is now applied between each pair of its opposite faces. This is done turn by turn. Find the least value of current (expressed in milli amperes) that ows in the block.
l 5 A Fig 1 4 Fig 2 10

A14:

6 Q15. It is known that most of the solids and liquids expand upon heating. Let the volume of a liquid at temperature T0 (in C) be V0 (in m3 ). The temperature now is increased to value T and let the volume be V at this temperature. Then the relation between volume and temperature is expressed by : V = V0 (1 + (T T0 )). Here is called coecient of volume expansion. It is positive and has unit (/ C). It is clear from this equation that volume will increase with increase in temperature. Consider a xed mass of liquid at some temperature. Let its coecient of volume expansion be = 104 / C. The temperature of the liquid is now raised so that its density changes by 1%. Calculate the rise in the temperature of the liquid. Express your answer to the nearest whole number. A15: Q16. Consider a gas enclosed in a box. This gas exerts a denite pressure p on the walls of the box, it occupies the whole volume V of the box and also has a denite temperature T (expressed in Kelvin). For most of the gases, the product of pressure and volume is proportional to its temperature (expressed in Kelvin), that is, pV T . Gases satisfying this relationship are called ideal gases. Consider an ideal gas enclosed in a box of a certain volume. Let its pressure be equal to the atmospheric pressure and temperature be equal to 300 Kelvin. Now the volume of the box is increased to twice its original value without changing the pressure of the gas. Calculate the new temperature (in kelvin) of the gas. A16:

7 Q17. An ideal spring is one which exerts force proportional to its compression or extension. The force exerted by an ideal spring is given by the expression F = kx, where k is a called force constant of the spring and x is the amount of extension or compression. For example, suppose you have an ideal spring with force constant 10 N/m. You attach one end to a wall and pull the other end by 5 cm. Then the force with which the spring pulls you back is 10 5 102 = 0.5 N. If you compress the spring by the same amount, then it will push you back with the same force. Now consider a block of mass 3 kg kept on a smooth horizontal table. Attach two, light and ideal springs, one on each side of the block as shown. The left hand spring has force constant of 200 N/m and is compressed by 1 cm. The one to the right has force constant of 50 N/m and is extended by 2 cm. Both the springs are assumed to be horizontal. Calculate the acceleration of the block.

A17:

3 kg

Q18. Three objects A, B and C are at temperatures 80 C, 90 C and 50 C respectively. Their heat capacities are 20 cal/C, 10 cal/C and 10 cal/C respectively. The objects are kept together in a calorimeter. Assuming that heat is exchanged only among the three objects, nd their nal temperature. A18: Q19. Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B shown 1 in the following circuit.
2 A 2 2

A19:

8 Q20. Snells law of refraction is: n1 sin 1 = n2 sin 2 . Here 1 refers to the angle of incidence at the boundry between the two media, when the light is incident from medium of refractive index n1 . See gure (1). n2 refers to the refractive index of the medium in which the ray is refracted.
Fig 1 1 1 2 2 n 1 n2 X
2 cm M

Fig 2
P 2 3cm

X' silvered side

Now consider a solid glass hemisphere with its curved side coated with silver, so as to make it a curved mirror. A ray of light from air is incident on the at surface of the hemisphere at point P as shown. See gure (2). The distance of P from the center M of the hemisphere is 2 cm, the radius of hemisphere is 2 3 cm and the the refractive index of the glass is 3. It is observed that the ray incident at angle at P emerges symmetrically with respect to the horizontal line XX passing through M . Calculate . A20: Answers: 4 Q1 m/s2 3 Q2 40 kg-m/s 100 Q3 99 Q4 20 m/s 3 Q5 s 2 Q6 40 m/s Q7 2 C Q8 75 N Q9 16 cm Q10 30 cm

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

4 m/s 2 3 8W 0.01 A 101 C 600 K 1 m/s2 75 C 10 11 60

9 Mathematics Q21. 2P QRS is a kite. P Q = 7, QR = 11, QS = 10. M is the mid point of P R. Find QM 2 . A21: Q22. If sec A + tan A = 5. Find cosecA + cot A. A22: Q23. In ABC, AB = AC. B (3, 6) and C (7, 12). G is the centroid of ABC. G moves on a line x y = 1. Find coordinates of G. A23: Q24. In ABC, altitude AD = 24, inradius of inradius of ACD = 6. Find BC. A24: Q25. In ABC, altitude AD = 18, median BE = 9 5 and median CF = 15. Find BC. A25: ABD = 3 and

Q26. 2ABCD is a cyclic trapezium where AB If AB = 4, AD = 5, BD = 7, Find CD. A26:

CD.

10 Q27. In ABC, A (2, 3), B (4, 2), C (8, 6). If AD is the angle bisector of A, nd coordinates of D. A27:

Q28. In rectangle ABCD, P is the mid point of AB. S and T are the points of trisection of DC. If area of the rectangle is 70 square units, with reference to the gure nd area of shaded region.

A
A28:

P Q R T

P Q29. The gure shows that a circle of radius r = 1 is inscribed in quarter circular region OP Q. Find length of the chord AB.

A29:

Q30. Area of a regular octagon is 4( 2 + 1) square units. Find its side. A30:

11 Q31. Solve for x : A31: Q32. Solve for x: x3 + 149x2 50545x 50693 = 0. A32: Q33. Factorize: (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 6) 3x2 . A33: 1 1 = 52, nd the value of x5 + 5 . 3 x x 2x + 1 + 5x 4 = 12x + 1.

Q34. x is a real number. If x3 +

A34: Q35. a, b are natural numbers such that a < b. The greatest common divisor (gcd) of a and b is 9 and the least common multiple (lcm) of a and b is 450. Then nd maximum possible value of a. A35: Q36. An empty tank can be lled by two taps individually in 30 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. There is an outlet tap which can empty this full tank in 45 minutes. If the tank is empty and if all the taps are opened symulteneously, how much time will it take to ll the tank? A36:

12 Q37. Note that in general |t| denotes absolute value of t. Solve for x: x2 6 |x 2| 28 = 0. A37: Q38. Find the constant term in the expansion of 1 1 1 1 1 5x5 + 4x4 + 3x3 + 2x2 + x + 1 + + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 x x x x x A38: Q39. Factorize: x6 10x3 + 27. A39:
2

Q40. Find square roots of

x2 +

5 x2

14 x2

5 x2

+ 29.

A40: Answers: Q21 31 Q22 3 2 Q23 Q24 Q25 Q26 Q27 Q28 (8, 7) 25 20 6 (5, 3) 3 Q29 4 22 Q30 2

Q33 Q34 Q35 Q36 Q37 Q38

Q31 x = 4 Q32 311, 1, 163

(x2 + 4x + 6)(x + 4 + 724 18 36 minutes 8, 10 31

5 x2

10)(x + 4

10)

Q39 (x2 + 2x + 3)(x4 2x3 + x2 6x + 9) Q40 (x2 7)