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1. 27 identical drops of water are falling down vertically in air each with a terminal velocity 0.15 ms1. If they combine to form a single bigger drop, what will be its terminal velocity? (a) 0.3 ms1 (b) 1.35 ms1 (c) 0.45 ms1 (d) 0 ms1 1 (d) 0.95 ms 2. 25 turning forks are arranged in series in the order of decreasing frequency. Any two successive forks produce 3 beats/sec. If the frequency of the first turning fork is the octave of the last fork, then the frequency of the 21st fork is (a) 72 Hz (b) 288 Hz (c) 84 Hz (d) 87 Hz (d) 144 Hz 3. A spherical conductor of radius 2m is charged to a potential of 120 V. It is now placed inside another hollow spherical conductor of radius 6m. Calculate the potential to which the bigger sphere would be raised of the smaller sphere is made to touch the bigger sphere. (a) 20 V (b) 60 V (c) 80 V (d) 40 V (e) 120 V 4. Velocity of sound in air I. increases with temperature II. decreases with temperature III. increase with pressure IV . is independent of pressure V . decreases with pressure VI. is independent of temperature Choose the correct answer. (a) only I and II are true (b) only I and III are true (c) only I and V are true (d) only II and III are true (e) only I and IV are true 5. A capacitor is used to store 24 watt hour of energy at 1200 volt. What should be the capacitance of the capacitor ?
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(a) 120 mF (b) 120F (c) 24 F (d) 24 mF (e) 12 F 6. A uniform wire of resistance 9 is cut into 3 equal parts. They are connected in the form of equilateral triangle ABC. A cell of e.m.f. 2V & negligible internal resistance is connected across B and C . Potential difference across AB is (a) 1 V (b) 2 V (c) 3 V (d) 05 V (e) 025 V 7. In the diagram shown if a bar magnet is moved along the common axis of two single turn coils A and B in the direction of arrow

(a) current is induced only in A & not in B (b) induced currents in A & B are in the same direction. (c) current is induced only in B and not in A (d) no current is induced in either A or B (e) induced currents in A & B are in opposite directions 8. In a potentiometer experiment two cells of e.m.f. E1 and E2 are used in series and in conjunction and the balancing length is found to be 58 cm of the wire. If the polarity of E2 is reversed, then the balancing length
E1 becomes 29 cm. The ratio E of the e.m.f.s 2

of the two cells is (a) 1 : 1 (c) 3 : 1 (e) 1 : 2 9. A block of mass inclined plane.

(b) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1 10kg is placed on an When the angle of

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inclination is 30, the block just begins to side down the plane. The force of static friction is (a) 10 kg wt (b) 89 kg wt (c) 49 kg wt (d) 5 kg wt (e) 15 kg wt 10. Change Q on a capacitor varies with voltage V as shown in the figure, where Q is taken along the X-axis and V along the Y-axis. The area of triangle OAB represents

(b) Newton per coulomb (c) volt metre (d) joule per coulomb (e) none of these 14. A radioactive nucleus emits a beta particle. The parent and daughter nuclei are (a) isotopes (b) isotones (c) isomers (d) isobars (e) isothermals 15. 0 denotes absolute permeability and 0 denotes the absolute permitivity of free space. Then the velocity of electromagnetic waves in free space is (a) 0 0 (c)
( 0 0 )

(b)

( 0 / 0 )

(d) 0 / 0

(e) 1 / ( 0 0 ) (a) capacitance (b) capacitive reactance (c) magnetic field between the plates (d) electric flux between the plates (e) energy stored in the capacitor 11. Consider two point charges of equal magnitude and opposite sign separated by a certain distance. The neutral point due to them (a) does not exist (b) will be in mid way between them (c) lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the two (d) will be outside, on the line joining them (e) will be closer to the negative charge 12. Calculate the amount of charge flowing in 2 minutes in a wire of resistance 10 when a potential difference of 20V is applied between its ends. (a) 120 C (b) 240 C (d) 20 C (e) 4 C (e) 80 C 13. The SI unit of electric flux is (a) weber 16. The unit of focal power of a lens is (a) watt (b) horse power (d) dioptre (d) lux (e) candela 17. An under water swimmer is at a depth of 12 m below the surface of water. A bird is at a height of 18 m from the surface of water, directly above his eyes. For the swimmer the bird appears to be at a distance from the surface of water equal to (Refractive Index of water is 4/3) (a) 24 m (b) 12 m (c) 18 m (d) 9 m (e) 16 m 18. If the red light is replaced by blue light illuminating the object in a microscope the resolving power of the microscope (a) decreases (b) increases (c) gets halved (d) remains unchanged (e) becomes 1/4 of the original value 19. Five identical lamps grouped together produce a certain illumination on a screen kept 5m from the lamps. If three of the lamps are switched off, through what distance should the groups of lamps be moved to

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obtain the same illumination on the screen? (a)

10 m towards the screen

(b) (5 + 10 ) m towards the screen (c) (5 10 ) m towards the screen (d) (5 10 ) m away from the screen (e) 20.
10 m away from the screen For a thermocouple the neutral temperature is 270C when its cold junction is at 20C. What will be the neutral temperature and the temperature of inversion when the temperature of cold junction is increased to 40C ? (a) 290 C, 580 C (b) 270 C, 580 C (c) 270 C, 500 C (d) 290 C, 540 C (e) 290 C, 500 C The amount of heat produced in a resistor when a current is passed through it can be found using (a) Faradays Law (b) Kirchhoffs Law (c) Laplaces Law (d) Joules Law (e) Lenzs Law A body cools in 7 minutes from 60 C to 40 C. What time (in minutes) does it take to cool from 40 C to 28 C if the surrounding temperature is 10 C? Assume Newtons Law of cooling. (a) 3.5 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 10 (e) 21 In a Carnot heat engine 8000 J of heat is absorbed from a source at 400 K and 6500 J of heat is rejected to the sink. The temperature of the sink is (a) 320 K (b) 100 K (c) 0 K (d) 273 K (e) 400 K Heat is flowing though two cylindrical rods A and B of same material having the same

temperature difference between their ends. The diameters of rods A and B are in the ratio 1 : 2 and their lengths in the ratio 2 : 1. The ratio of the rate of flow of heat in rod A to that in rod B is (a) 2 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 8 (e) 4 : 1 25. Identify the pair which has different dimensions (a) Plancks constant and angular momentum (b) impulse and linear momentum (c) angular momentum and frequency (d) pressure and Youngs modulus (e) angular velocity and frequency 26. The dimensional formula M 0 L T 2 stands for (a) torque (b) angular momentum (c) latent heat (d) coefficient of thermal conductivity (e) electrical potential 27. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds. The velocity of the particle is
2

21.

22.

(a) 2 ms1 (b) 4 ms1 (c) 2 ms1 (d) 4 ms1 (e) 5 ms1 28. A body is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity u. Find the true statement from the following : (a) Both velocity and acceleration are zero at its highest point (b) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is zero at the highest point (c) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is g downwards at its highest point (d) Velocity is zero at the highest point

23.

24.

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and maximum height reached is

(a) mg

u / 2g
(e) Kinetic energy is maximum and velocity is zero at the highest point 29. The stopping potential V for photelectric emission from a metal surface is plotted along Y-axis and frequency v of incident light along X-axis. A straight line is obtained as shown. Plancks constant is given by

(b) m ( g + nr 2 )

(c) m ( g + nr ) (d) m ( g + n 2 r 2 ) (e) m {g + ( 2 n 2 r ) / 900} 32. a and m are wavelengths of a beam of ligh in air and medium respectively. If is the polarizing angle, the correct relation between a , m and is (a) a = m tan 2 (b) m = a tan 2 (c) a = m cot (d) m = a cot (e) m = a sin 33. A point P on the rim of wheel is initially at rest and in contant with the ground. Find the displacement of the point P if the radius of the wheel is 5m and the wheel rolls forward through half a revolution. (a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 2.5 m (d) 5 ( (2 2 + 8)) m

(a) slope of the line (b) product of slope of the line and charge on the electron (d) intercept along Y-axis divided by charge on the electron (d) product of intercept along Y-axis and mass of the electron (e) product of slope and mass of the electron 30. A solid disc of mass M is just held in air horizontally by throwing 40 stones per sec vertically upwards to strike the disc each with a velocity 6 ms1 . If the mass of each stone is 0.05 kg., what is the mass of the disc ? ( g = 10ms2 ) (a) 1.2 kg (b) 0.5 kg (c) 20 kg (d) 3 kg (e) 4 kg 31. A stone of mass m is tied to a string and is moved in a vertical circle of radius r making n revolutions per minute. The total tension in the string when the stone is at its lowest point is

(e) 5 ( ( 2 + 4)) m 34. Water Venturimeter works on the principle of (a) Newtons third Law of motion (b) Stokes Formula (c) Bernoullis Theorem (d) Hookes Law (e) Brewsters Law 35. The total energy of a particle executing S.H.M. is 80 J. What is the potential energy when the particle is at a distance of 3/4 of amplitude from the mean position? (a) 60 J (b) 10 J (c) 40 J (d) 45 J (e) 0 J 36. The scale of a spring balance reading from 0 to 10 kg is 0.25m long. A body suspended from the balance oscillates vertically with a period of / 10 second. The mass

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37.

38.

39.

40.

suspended is (neglect the mass of the spring.) (a) 10 kg (b) 0.98 kg (c) 5 kg (d) 20 kg (e) 4 kg In a Youngs double slit experiment if the monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light, (a) fringes will be alternately white and black (b) central fringe is dark and others are coloured (c) central fringe is white and others are coloured (d) central fringe is coloured and all others are white (e) fringes vanish A parallel beam of monochromatic light is incident normally on a slit. The diffraction pattern is observed on a screen placed at the focal plane of a convex lens. If the slit width is increased, the central maximum of the diffraction pattern will (a) become broader and fainter (b) become broader and brighter (c) become narrower and fainter (d) become narrower and brighter (e) remain unchanged Assume that the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 0.2 times the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth. If R e is the maximum range of a projectile on the earths surface, what is the maximum range on the surface of the moon for the same velocity of projection? (a) 0.2 Re (b) 2 Re (c) 0.5 Re (d) 0 (e) 5 Re A block A of mass 7 kg is placed on a frictionless table. A thread tied to it passess over a frictionless pulley and carries a body B of mass 3 kg at the other end. The acceleration of the system is (given g = 10 ms2)

(a) 100 ms2 (b) 3 ms2 2 (c) 10 ms (d) 30 ms2 (e) zero 41. The orbital speed of an artificial satellite very close to the surface of the earth is Vo Then the orbital speed of another artificial satellite at a height equal to three times the radius of the earth is (a) 4 Vo (b) 2 Vo (c) 0.5 Vo (d) Vo (e) 2/3 Vo 42. The bob A of a simple pendulum is released when the string makes an angle of 45 with the vertical. It hits another bob B of the same material and same mass kept at rest on the table. If the collision is elastic

(a) both A and B rise to the same height (b) both A and B come to rest at B (c) Both A and B move with the same velocity of A (d) A comes to rest and B moves with the velocity of A (e) B moves first and A follows it with half of its initial velocity 43. A body of mass 10 kg at rest is acted upon simultaneously by two forces 4 N and 3 N at right angles to each other. The kinetic energy of the body at the end of 10 sec is (a) 100 J (b) 300 J (c) 50 J (d) 20 J (e) 125 J

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44. A battery of e.m.f. 12 V and internal resistance 2 is connected in series with a tangent galvanometer of resistance 4 . The deflection is 60, when the plane of the coil is along the magnetic meridian. To get a deflection of 30, the resistance to be connected in series with the tangent galvanometer is (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 20 (d) 5 (e) 3 45. Identify the paramagnetic substance : (a) Iron (b) Aluminium (c) Nickel (d) Hydrogen (e) Copper 46. Which one of the following is not used to reduce friction ? (a) Oil (b) Ball bearings (c) Sand (d) Graphite (e) Compressed, purified air 47. If I is the moment of inertia and E is the kinetic energy of rotation of a body, then its angular momentum will be (a)

51. Two inputs of NAND gates are shorted. This gate is equivalent to

52.

53.

54.

( EI )

(b) 2 EI (d)

(c) E/I

(2 EI )

(e) IE 48. Green house effect is caused by (a) UV rays (b) X-rays (c) Gamma rays (d) Cathode rays (e) Infra-red rays 49. If a H2 nucleus is completely converted into energy, the energy produced will be around (a) 1 MeV (b) 938 MeV (c) 9.38 MeV (d) 238 MeV (d) 200 MeV 50. Radius of the first orbit of the electron in a hydrogen atom is 0.53. So, the radius of the third orbit will be (a) 2.12 (b) 4.77 (c) 1.06 (d) 1.59 (e) 0.18

55.

56.

(a) OR gate (b) AND gate (c) NOT gate (d) XOR gate (e) NOR gate A transistor is used in common emitter configuration. Given its = 0.9, calculate the change in collector current when the base current changes by 2 A. (a) 1 A (b) 0.9 A (c) 30 A (d) 18 A (e) 9 A The thickness of the depletion layer in a pn junction diode is of the order of (a) 103 mm (b) 106 mm (c) 103 m (d) 108 m 4 (e) 10 km Which is not true with respect to the Cathode rays ? (a) A stream of electrons (b) Charged particles (c) move with speed same as that of light (d) Can be deflected by magnetic fields (e) Can be deflected by electric fields The kinetic energy of an electron accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 5V will be (a) 5 J (b) 5 erg (c) 5 eV (d) 8 1019 eV (e) 80 eV Voltage and current in an A.C. circuit are given by V = 5 sin 100 t sin 100 t + (a) (b) (c) (d)

FG H

IJ and l = 4 K

FG H

IJ K

Voltage leads the current by 30 Current leads the voltage by 30 Current leads the voltage by 60 Voltage leads the current by 60

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(e) current and voltage are in phase 57. A bar magnet is released into a copper ring directly below it. The acceleration of the magnet will be (a) equal to be acceleration due to gravity at that place (b) less than the acceleration due to gravity at the place (c) greater than the acceleration due to gravity at that place (d) twice the acceleration due to gravity at that place (e) zero 58. Energy stored in a coil of self inductance 40 mH carrying a steady current of 2 A is (a) 0.8 J (b) 0.8 J (c) 0.08 J (d) 80 J (e) 4 J 59. A, B and C are parallel conductors of equal length carrying currents I , I and 2 I respectively. Distance between A and B is x. Distance between B and C is also x. F1 is the force exerted by B on A. F2 is the force exerted by C on A. Choose the current answer

and 5mA respectively to produce the same deflection of 10 divisions. Then (a) A is more sensitive than B (b) B is more sensitive than A (c) A and B are equally sensitive (d) sensitiveness of B is twice that of A (e) sensitiveness of B is 5/3 times that of A 62. The temperature of an ideal gas is reduced from 927C to 27C. The r.m.s. velocity of the molecules becomes (a) double the initial value (b) half of the initial value (c) Four times the initial value (d) ten times the initial value (e)

(927 / 27)

63. The pressure at the bottom of a tank containing a liquid does not depend on (a) acceleration due to gravity (b) height of the liquid column (c) area of the bottom surface (d) density of the liquid (e) nature of the liquid 64. The stress versus strain graphs for wires of two materials A and B are as shown in the figure. If YA and YB are the Youngs Modulii of the materials, then

(a) F1 = 2 F2 (c) F1 = F2

(b) F2 = 2 F1 (d) F 1 = F 2

(e) F2 = 4 F1 60. A straight conductor carries a current of 5A. An electron travelling with a speed of 5 106 ms1 parallel to the wire at a distance of 0.1 m from the conductor, experiences a force of (a) 8 10 20 N (b) 3.2 10 19 N (c) 8 10 18 N (d) 16 . 10 19 N (e) 0 N 61. Two galvanometers A and B require 3mA

(a) YB = 2YA (c) YB = 3YA (e) YB = (1/ 2)YA

(b) YA = YB (d) YA = 3YB

65. Two vectors A and B are such A B = A B . Then the angle between the two

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66.

67.

68.

69.

vectors is (a) 60 (b) 90 (c) 0 (d) 45 (e) 30 A truck of mass 30,000 kg moves up an inclined plane of slope 1 in 100 at a speed of 30 kmph. The power of the truck is (given g = 10 ms1) (a) 25 kW (b) 10 kW (c) 5 kW (d) 2.5 kW (e) 0.5 kW A circular thin disc of mass 2 kg has a diameter 0.2 m. Calculate its moment of inertia about an axis passing through the edge and perpendicular to the plane of the disc (in kg m2). (a) 0.01 (b) 0.03 (c) 0.02 (d) 3 (e) 2 A torque of 50 Nm acting on a wheel at rest rotates it through 200 radians in 5 sec. Calculate the angular acceleration produced. (a) 8 rad sec2 (b) 4 rad sec2 2 (c) 16 rad sec (d) 12 rad sec2 (e) 10 rad sec2 The distance between the carbon atom and the oxygen atom in a carbon monoxide molecule is 1.1 . Given, mass of carbon atom is 12 a.m.u. and mass of oxygen atom is 16 a.m.u., calculate the position of the center of mass of the carbon monoxide molecule. (a) 6.3 from the carbon atom 1. b 9. d 17. a 25. c 33. e 41. c 49. b 57. b 65. d 73. e 2. c 10. e 18. b 26. c 34. c 42. d 50. b 58. c 66. a 3. d 11. a 19. c 27. a 35. d 43. e 51. c 59. d 67. b 4. e 12. b 20. c 28. d 36. b 44. a 52. d 60. c 68. c

(b) 1 from the oxygen atom (c) 0.63 from the carbon atom (d) 0.12 from the oxygen atom (e) 0.16 from the carbon atom 70. A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 14 3 ms1 takes a turn around a circular road of radius 20 3 m without skidding. Given, g = 9.8 ms2, what is his inclination to the vertical ? (a) 30 (b) 90 (c) 45 (d) 60 (e) 0 71. Masses of stars and galaxies are usually expressed in terms of (a) neutron mass (b) earths mass (c) nuclear mass (d) lunar mass (e) solar mass 72. Relation between the colour and the temperature of a star is given by (a) Wiens Displacement Law (b) Plancks Law (c) Hubbles Law (d) Hippacrus Rule (e) Fraunhofer Diffraction Law 73. The temperature at which the vapour pressure of a liquid becomes equal to the external (atmospheric) pressure is its (a) melting point (b) sublimation point (c) inversion point (d) criticval temperature (e) boiling point

ANSWERS
5. a 13. c 21. d 29. b 37. c 45. b 53. a 61. a 69. c 6. a 14. d 22. c 30. a 38. d 46. c 54. c 62. b 70. d 7. e 15. e 23. a 31. e 39. e 47. d 55. c 63. c 71. e 8. c 16. c 24. d 32. d 40. b 48. e 56. c 64. c 72. a

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HINTS
1. Let r be the radius of a small drop and R be the radius of the big drop. Then 3 4 R 3 = 27 r 3 R = 3r 4 3

32. or or

n = tan
ca = tan cm

FG H

IJ K

Now use : vt ( radius) 2 2. Let the frequency of the first fork v. v = v (25 1) 3 = v 72 Then 2 or v = 144 Hz Frequency of 21st fork = 144 20 3 = 84 Hz 3. Charge on the smaller sphere

a = tan m = a cot m 33. Forward distance moved in half a revolution = 5 The point P now becomes the highest point and is 10 m above the ground.

Displacement of P = =5 36.

(5) 2 + (10) 2

FH

2 + 4

IK

Q = CV = 4 0 rV = 4 0 2 120
When it is placed inside the bigger sphere and touched to it, whole of its charge will be transferred to the bigger sphere. The potential of the bigger sphere would become 4 0 240 Q Q = = V= 4 0 6 C 4 0 r = 40V E1 + E 2 58 = 8. E1 E 2 29 5I 2I = 2 r = 10 m 19. 2 (5) r Distance to be moved = (5 10) m towards the screen. dT = K (T T0 ) 22. dt 60 + 40 20 10 In the first case, = K 2 7 = 40K (1) In the second case,

10g = 0.25 k 98 = 98 4 or k = 0 25 T = 2

m T2 m= k k 4 2 2 1 2 98 4 = 100 4 = 098 kg 44. In the first case 12 I= = 2 = k tan 60 = 3k 4+2 2 k= 3 In the second case 12 2 1 2 = k tan 30 = = I= 4+2+ R 3 3 3 R = 12 09 = =9 52. = 1 = 0 1

FG H

IJ K

Now = or

I C I B

I C = I B = 9 2 = 18A

60. See MCQ 48, page 677, Ch. 27.

61. YA = tan 60 = 3 YB = tan 30 = 1 /

40 + 28 12 10 = 24 K = K 2 t Eqs. (1) and (2) yield t = 7 min

31. T = mg + m r 2

FG H

IJ K

(2)

U Y | V Y 3| W

A A

=3

= m g+r

LM MN

4 2 n 2 3600

OP PQ

66. See MCQ 40, page 113, Ch. 6. 69. Let the distance of centre of mass be x from the carbon atom. Then 12x = (11 x) 16 x = 063

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