NSEJS Mock Paper 2

Subject: Physics Author: PPI

1. The circuit given below is for the operation of an industrial fan. The resistance of the fan
is 3Ω. The regulator provided with the fan is a fixed resistor and a variable resistor in par
allel.

Under what value of the variable resistances given below, power transferred to the fan
will be_maximum? The power source of the fan is a dc source with internal resistance of
6 ohms.
a) 3 Ω
b) 0
c) ∞
d) 6 Ω

2. A submarine is floating on water, half submerged (position A). It is then lowered to posit
ion B_where it sits for a while. Later the submarine is taken to position C and submarine
waits therebefore_it is finally taken to the rest position at the bottom of the sea, which is
position D. Assume that density of water and value of g is same everywhere.

Which of the following is correct for buoyancy force at the 4 places?

3. A certain network consists of two ideal and identical voltage sources in series and a large
number of ideal resistors. The power consumed in one of the resistors is 4W when either
of the_two,sources is active and other is replaced by a short circuit. The power consume
d by same resistor when both sources are simultaneously active would be:
a) 0 or 16W
b) 4W or 8W
c) 0 or 8W
d) 8W or 16W

4. A cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO) is a device which converts electrical signals into an
active_graphical representation on a fluorescent screen. The x axis is always time axis, w
here the 1cm is_equal to a preset time scale called time base. A sound wave is displayed
on the screen of a cathoderay oscilloscope. The time base of the CRO is set at 2.5 ms/cm

What is the frequency of the sound wave?

a) 50 Hz
b) 100 Hz
c) 200 Hz
d) 400 Hz

5. In the following circuit, each resistor has a resistance of 15Ω, and the battery has an
e.m.f. of 12 V with negligible internal resistance.

When a resistor of resistance R is connected between D & F, no current flows through the
galvanometer (not shown in the figure) connected between C & F. Calculate the value of
R.
 a) 10 Ω
b) 15 Ω
c) 5Ω
d) 30 Ω

6. A is a tank filled to its 75% with water, B is a weighing balance and C is a stone hung fro
m a stand. If fig. 1 is correct, what do you expect to be the position of needle in fig. 2?

7. A spherical convex lens of diameter 0.1m and power 3 dioptre is used to produce the
image of a_candle flame kept at 0.4 m from the lens in two different methods as shown i
n the fig. (front view)

Method A: 5 cm diameter of the lens is covered at the centre with dark paper and the
periphery of the lens is clear.
Method B: 5 cm at the centre of the lens is clear and the periphery is covered with dark
paper.
While the distance of the flame (object) is kept same, what difference you see in the
image formation?
a) Method A produces no image and B produces an image
 b) Method A produces an image and B produces no image
c) The image distance in both the methods is the same
d) Image due to A appears at a slightly different distance than due to B.

8. A circular metal washer is uniformly heated. Select the correct statement.

a) Both its external and internal diameters increase.
b) Its external diameter increases and internal diameter decreases.
c) Its external diameter is unchanged and internal diameter decreases.
d) Its external diameter increases and internal diameter is unchanged.

9. A monkey is holding onto one end of a light rope which passes over a frictionless pulley
and at the other end there is a plane mirror which has a mass equal to the mass of the
monkey. At equilibrium the monkey is able to see her image in the mirror.
Consider two situations:
Situation I: The monkey climbs up the rope.
Situation II: The monkey lets go of the rope.
Under which of the above conditions does the monkey continue to see her image?
a) I only
b) II only
c) Both I and II
d) None of the these

10. A 100 m sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 m/s 2 upto 40 m
and covers the remaining distance with uniform speed. The sprinter covers the first half
of the run in t1 s and the second half in t2 s. Then:
a) t1 > t2
b) t1 < t2
c) t1 = t2
d) Information given is incomplete.

11. On a hot, dry summer day a boy is standing between plane parallel vertical cliffs
separated by 75 m. He is 30 m away from one of the cliffs. Consider speed of sound in air
on that hot day to be 360 m/s. The boy claps loudly and hears its successive echoes. The
time in seconds at which he hears the first two echoes are respectively:
1 1
a) 6 4
,
5 7
b) ,
12 12
2 5
c) ,
3 3
1 1
d) ,
3 2

12. Point charges q1 = +1 µC and q2 whose magnitude is 64/27 µC are fixed 5 m apart along
a vertical line with q1 being at lower position. These two charges together are able to
 hold an oil drop of mass 1µg and charge Q stationary when it is 3 m away from q 1 and 4
m away from q2. The sign of the charge q2 and the value of Q are respectively:
a) q2 is positive, Q = 6.25 pC
b) q2 is positive, Q = 6 pC
c) q2 is negative, Q = 6.25 pC
d) q2 is negative, Q = 6 pC

13. A solar cooker used for heating water has solar panel of effective area 1 m 2 . Only 10% of
the energy received by the solar panel is utilized for heating the contents. Time taken by
this solar cooker to heat 1 litre of water from 30°𝐶 to 80°𝐶 is (Solar constant=1400 W/m2)
a) 10 minutes
b) 15 minutes
c) 25 minutes
d) 40 minutes

14. Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a nearby star. It is estimated that the
mass of this planet is 16 times that of our earth and its density is one-fourth of the earth’s
density. Assume that planets are spheres of uniform density. If your weight on the earth
is 1000 N, then your weight on this planet would be
a) 5000 N
b) 1000 N
c) 2000 N
d) 4000 N

15. In the figure shown, the current carrying loop is fixed, where as current carrying
straight conductor is free to move. Then straight wire will (ignore gravity)

a) remain stationary
b) move towards the loop
c) move away from the loop
d) rotate about the axis perpendicular to plane of paper

16. A block of mass 5 kg is to be dragged along a rough horizontal surface having µs = 0.5
and µk = 0.3. The horizontal force applied for dragging it is 20 N. Acceleration of the blo
ck in m/s2 and frictional force acting on the block in N are respectively
a) 0, 20
b) 30, 15
c) 30, 25
 d) 0, 15

17. A bar magnet is allowed to fall freely from the same height towards a current carrying
loop along its axis, as shown in the four situations I to IV. Arrows show direction of
conventional current. Choose the situations in which the potential energy of the magnet
coil interaction is maximum_____.

a) I, III
b) I, IV
c) II, IV
d) II, III

18. At time t = 0, an object is dropped from point A that rebounds inelastically (losing some
of its kinetic energy) with a speed of 10 m/s after making a collision with the ground. It
finally attains the maximum possible height at t = 4 s. What is the difference of heights at
t = 0 and at t = 4 s? (Ignore air resistance as well as the time of impact)
a) 35 m
b) 40 m
c) 45 m
d) Zero

19. Five polyester balls labeled P, Q, R, S & T are suspended from insulating threads.
Several experiments are performed on the balls and the following observations are
made.
Observation I: Ball P repels R and attracts Q
Observation I: Ball S attracts Q and has no effect on T
Observation III: A negatively charged rod attracts both P and T.
Which one of the following options correctly describes the nature of charges on the
respective balls (0 refers to uncharged)?
20. A ray of light passes through a thick glass sheet with some angle of incidence as shown.
The refractive index of glass is ______.

a) Exactly d/DC
b) Approximately d/DC
c) Approximately d/AD
d) Approximately AD/AC.

Answers

1.B 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.A

6.C 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.A
11.A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.B
16.A 17.B 18.B 19.D 20.B