PHYSICS Max Marks: 100

(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be
correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and –1 in all other cases.
1. A spherical insulator of radius R is charged uniformly with a charge Q throughout its
volume and contains a point charge Q/4 located at its centre. Which of the following graphs
best represents qualitatively, the variation of electric field intensity E with distance r from
center?

1) 2)

3) 4)
2. Figure shows the graph of stopping potential versus the frequency of radiation incident on a
photosensitive metal. Threshold frequency of the metal is

1)
V2 v2  V1v1  2)
V2 v1  V1v2  3)
V2 v1  V1v2  e 4)
V2 v1  V1v2 
V2  V1 V2  V1 v2  v1 V2  V1
3. Two identical balls P and Q are projected with same speeds in a vertical plane from same
point O making projection angles with horizontal 30º and 60º respectively and they fall
directly on a plane AB at points P ' and Q ' respectively. Which of the following statements
is true about distances as given in options ?

1) AP '  AQ '
2) AP '  AQ '
3) AP '  AQ '
4) As these are complimentary projection angles, then AP '  AQ '.
4. The average mass of a nucleon is taken as one amu. Any element necessarily consists of an
integral number of nucleons; still the atomic mass of an element (on amu scale) is not an
integer, primarily because
1) the mass of a proton is slightly less than that of a neutron
2) of the pressure of extra nuclear electrons
3) of the mutual conversion of proton into neutron and vice-versa
4) of the existence of isotopes, with different relative abundances.
5. Force–displacement  F  x  graphs for four different particles moving along a straight line
are shown. If W1 , W 2 , W 3 a n d W 4 are the works done corresponding to figures a, b, c and d
respectively, then  x0  x1  x0  x2  x1  x3  x2 

a) b)
 c) d)
1) W 3  W 2  W1  W 4 2) W 3  W 2  W 4  W1 3) W 2  W 3  W 4  W1 4) W 2  W 3  W1  W 4

6. Assertion: When a sphere is rolls freely on a horizontal table, it slows down and eventually
stops.
Reason: When the sphere rolls on the table, both the sphere and the surface deform near the
contact. As a result, the normal force does not pass through the centre and provide an
angular deceleration.
1) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
4) both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
7.

  
A particle is moving in an elliptical orbit as shown in figure. If p, L and r denote the linear
momentum, angular momentum and position vector of the particle (from focus O)
  
respectively, when the particle is point at A, then the direction of   p  L is along
1) –ve x-axis 2) +ve x-axis 3) +ve y-axis 4) –ve y-axis
8. Six stars of equal mass m are moving about the centre of mass of the system such that they
are always on the vertices of a regular hexagon of side length a. Their common time period
of revolution around center will be

1) 4
a3
2) 2 4 3a 3
3) 4
3a3
4) 2

Gm 5 3  4 
Gm 
Gm 5 3  4  Gm 4 3a 3

9. A body is projected vertically upwards from the surface of the earth with a velocity
sufficient to just carry it to infinity. The time taken by it to reach a height of three times the
radius of the earth is
(acceleration due to gravity  9.8 m s  2 and radius of the earth = 6400 km)
1) 44.44 min 2) 22.22 min 3) 18.76 min 4) 37.52 min
10. Assertion : In a pressure cooker, the water is brought to boil. The cooker is then removed
from the stove. Now on removing the lid of the pressure cooker, the water starts boiling
again.
Reason: The impurities in water bring down its boiling point.
1) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
2) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
3) The Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
4) Both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
11. A uniform rod is suspended horizontally from its mid-point. A piece of metal whose weight
is w is suspended at a distance l from the midpoint. Another weight W 1 is suspended on the
other side at a distance l1 from the mid-point to bring the rod to a horizontal position. When
w is completely immersed in water, w1 needs to be kept at a distance l2 from the mid-point to
get the rod back into horizontal position. The specific gravity of the metal piece is
w wl1 l1 l1
1) 2) 3) 4)
w1 wl  w1l2 l1  l2 l2
12. Figure shows a capillary rise H. If the air is blown through the horizontal tube in the
direction as shown, then rise in capillary tube will become

1) = H 2) > H 3) < H 4) zero

13. An ideal gas has molar heat capacity CV at constant volume. The gas undergoes a process as

 
T  T0 1  V 2 where T and V are temperature and volume respectively, T 0 and  are
positive constants. The molar heat capacity C of the gas is given as C  CV  Rf V  , where

f V  is a function of volume. The expression for f V  is

V 2 1  V 2
1) 2) 3) V 2 1  V 2  4) 1
1  V 2 2V 2 2 V 2
 1  V 2 
14. The displacement of particle executing SHM is described by x  t   Acos t    . If at t  0,

the position of the particle is 1 cm and its initial velocity is  cm s  1 , then its amplitude and
initial phase angle respectively are

1) 2 cm, 75° 2) 2 cm, 45° 3) 2 cm, 45 4) 2 cm,30

15. Assertion: The fundamental frequency of an open organ pipe increases as the temperature is
increased.
Reason: As the temperature increases, the velocity of sound increases more rapidly than
length of the pipe.
 1) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
4) Both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
16. A neutral conducting solid sphere of radius R has two spherical cavities of radii a and b as
shown in the figure. Centre to centre distance between two cavities is c. q a and qb charges
are placed at the centers of cavities respectively. The force between qa and qb is

1 qa qb 1  1 1
1) 2) qa qb  2  2  3) zero 4) insufficient data
40 c2 4 0 a b 

17. A rod of length l having charge q uniformly distributed moves towards right with constant
speed v. At t  0, it enters in an imaginary cube of edge l / 2. Sketch the variation of electric
flux through the cube with respect to time.
 1) 2) 3) 4)
18. What is equivalent capacitance of circuit between points A and B?

1) 2
3
F 2) 4
3
F 3) Infinite 4) 1  3   F
19. In a metallic conductor, under the effect of applied electric field, the free electrons of the
conductor
1) drift from higher potential to lower potential.
2) move in the curved paths from lower potential to higher potential
3) move with the uniform velocity throughout from lower potential to higher potential
4) move in the straight line path in the same direction as applied electric field.
20. Statement – I : More the value of magnetic flux linked with a coil, more will be the induced
e.m.f developed in the coil.
Statement – II : Lenz’s law is direct consequence of law of conservation of energy.
1) Statement I is false but statement II is true
2) Statement I is true but statement II is false
3) Both statements I and II are false
4) Both statements I and II are true
(NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE)
Section-II contains 10 Numerical Value Type questions. Attempt any 5 questions only. First 5 attempted questions will be considered if more than 5
questions attempted. The Answer should be within 0 to 9999. If the Answer is in Decimal then round off to the nearest Integer value (Example i,e. If answer
is above 10 and less than 10.5 round off is 10 and If answer is from 10.5 and less than 11 round off is 11).
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempt and -1 in all other cases.
21. Two wedges each of mass 600 g are placed next to each other on a rough horizontal surface.
The coefficient of static friction between the wedges and the surface is 0.4. A cube of mass
‘M’ is balanced on the wedges as shown in the figure. If there is no friction between the
 cube and wedges, the largest mass ‘M’ of the cube that can be balanced without motion of
n
the wedges is kg , find n.
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22. A string of area of cross-section 4mm2 and length 0.5 m is connected with a small rigid body
of mass 2kg. The body is rotated in a vertical circular path of radius 0.5m. The body acquires
a speed of 5m / s at the bottom of the circular path. Strain produced in the string when the
body is at the bottom of the circle is ..........  10  4.
Use Young's modulus 1011 N / m 2 and g  10 m / s 2 )

23. In an experiment to verify Newton's law of cooling, a graph is plotted between the
temperature difference  T  of the water, surrounding and time as shown in figure. The

initial temperature of water is taken as 80ºC. The value of t2 as mentioned in the graph will
be_______  ln 1.5   0.405, ln  3   1.099 

24. Two long parallel wires carrying currents 8A and 15A in opposite directions are placed at a
distance of 7cm from each other. A point P is at equidistant from both the wires such that the
 lines joining the point P to the wires are perpendicular to each other. The magnitude of
magnetic field at P is _______ 10  7 T .
(Given : 2  1.4 )

25. A domain in a ferromagnetic substance is in the form of a cube of length 1 m . If it contains

8  1010 atoms and each atomic dipole has a dipole moment of 9  10  24 Am 2 , then the
magnetization of the domain is ______  10 4 A.m 1 .
26. The alternating current in a circuit is described by the graph shown in figure. If r.m.s current
n
from this graph (in A) is , find n.
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27. An infinitely long thin wire carrying a uniform linear static charge density  is placed along
the z-axis (figure). The wire is set into motion along its length with a uniform velocity

V  V kˆ. The magnitude of poynting vector S at the curved surface of imaginary long
W
cylinder with its axis at the wire = _________  10 6
m2
Given    C / m,V  4 mm / s, a  2m
 
28. Calculate the current (in A) produced in a germanium plate of thickness 0.25 mm and area
1 cm 2 when a potential difference of 1.5V is applied across the thickness. The hole density in
germanium is 2  1019 m  3 and the mobilities of electrons and holes are 3 5 0 c m 2V 1
s 1 and
1200 cm 2V 1
s 1 respectively.
29. A ball of mass 0.45 kg which is initially at rest is hit by a bat. The bat remains in contact with
the ball for 3  10 3 s. During this time period, the force on the ball by the bat varies with time
t(in s) as    
F  t      10 6 t    10 9 t 2  N where  and  are constants. The ball's speed,

immediately as it loses contact with the bat is 20 m/s. If the relation between  and  is

  2   n, find n.
30. The velocity displacement (v-s) graph shown represents the motion of a particle moving
along a straight line. The graph is a circle of radius 2 m and centre is at (2, 0) m.

If the value of acceleration for this particle at a point 2  2 m , 2 ms 1  is z ms2, find z.