PART I PHYSI CS

2. A particle of charge q and mass mis moving in a circular orbit of radius r with angular
speed e. Another particle of charge 2q and mass 2mis moving in a circular orbit of
radius 2r with the same angular speed e. Let
1
and
2
, respectively, be the
magnitudes of the magnetic dipole moments of the two particles arising because of
their orbital motion. Then the ratio
2
/
1
is equal to

A) 2


B) 4 C) 8 D) 16

3. Three capacitors of capacitances 2F, 4F and X F are connected in series. If the
resultant capacitance is 12/11 F, what is the value of X ?

A) 6 F B) 8 F C) 5 F D) 4 F


4. The resistance of a thin silver wire is 1.0 O at 20C. The wire is placed in a liquid bath
and its resistance rises to 1.2 O. What is the temperature of the bath? The temperature
co-efficient of resistance (o) for silver is 4 10
3
/C.

A) 73C B) 70C C) 69C D) 72C


5. Two insulating plates are both uniformly charged in such a way that the potential
difference between them is V
2
V
1
= 20 V (i.e. plate 2 is at a higher potential). The
plates are separated by a distance d = 0.1 m and can be treated as infinitely large. An
electron is released from rest on the inner surface of plate 1. What is its speed when it
hits plate 2 ?

A) 2.65 10
6
m/s B) 7.02 10
12
m/s C) 1.87 10
6
m/s D) 3 10
8
m/s





1. Three equal charges +Q each are placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle. A
charge +q is initially placed at the centre of the triangle. If this charge (+q) is slightly
displaced towards a vertex and left free, the charge will

A) continue moving towards the corresponding vertex
B) move away from the corresponding vertex
C) return back to the centre
D) oscillate about the centre
6. A long straight wire carries a constant current of 5 A. At a distance of 10 cm from the
straight wire, a shorter wire of length 10 cm and mass 3 g is kept parallel to it and
carries a current of 3 A. If the shorter wire is released from its position, its
acceleration just after being released is

A) 10
3
m/s
2
B) 2 10
3
m/s
2
C) 4 10
3
m/s
2
D) 5 10
3
m/s
2



7. Two electron beams having velocities in the ratio of 1:2 are separately subjected to
regions of magnetic field strength in the ratio of 1:2, respectively. The ratio of the radii
of the circular paths they will traverse will be

A) 1:4 B) 4:1 C) 1:2 D) 1:1


8.
An alternating current, ) sin(
0
t i i e = passes through an electrical circuit. If e is the
angular frequency and T is the time period of the alternating current, the thermal energy
developed in a resistor R in the circuit during one time period will be

A) I
0
2
RT/2 B) I
0
2
RT/4 C) zero D) I
0
2
RT


9. An ideal transformer with a step up ratio of 100 operates with an input voltage of 230
V and current of 5 A. The output current at the secondary will be

A) 0.05 A B) 0.5 A C) 0.005 A D) 500 A


10. The electric field component of an electromagnetic radiation is given by
{ } ) ( ) 10 ( sin 10

1 8
vt x m i E =

. The wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation is

A) 2t 10
8
m B) 2t 10
7
m C) t 10
8
m D) (t/2) 10
8
m