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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
1. The series

1   / 3 / 2!( / 3) 4 / 4!....
2

 / 3   / 33 / 3! / 35 / 5!....

sums to
(a) 1/ 2 (b) 3/2 (c) 1 / 3 (d) 3

2. Consider the function f x   ax5  bx 2  c, a  0 . The graph of this function

(a) Never crosses the x-axis
(b) Always crosses the x-axis at least once
(c) Always crosses the x-axis 2 times
(d) Always crosses the x-axis 5 times
3. Given the three matrices
 0 1 0  i 1 0 
 1   ,  2   ,  3   
1 0  i 0   0  1
and  i ,  j    i j   j  i , then  1 ,  2 ,  3    2 ,  3 ,  1    3 ,  1 ,  2  is
(a)  12   22   32 (b)  1   2   3
(c) 0 (d) Identity
4. The trace of a 3  3 matrix is 1 and its determinant is 0. Which of the following has to be
true?
(a) One of the eigenvalues is 0 (b) One of the eigenvalues is 1
(c) Two of the eigenvalues are 0 (d) Two of the eigenvalues are real
5. The equation | 2x – 1 | = | x + 3 | for real x has
(a) no solution (b) one solution (c) two solution (d) three solution
6. The sum S n x   cos x  cos 2 x  .....  cos nx is the same as
nx nx
sin
2 cos n  1x
sin
2 cos n  1x
(a) (b)
x 2 x 2
sin sin
2 2
nx nx
2 sin n  1x 2 sin n  1x
cos sin
(c) (d)
x 2 x 2
sin cos
2 2
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7. For a > 1,
1/ x
 a x 1 
lim 
x  x a  1
 
is
(a) e (b) ea (c) a (d) 1
8. The motion of a particle moving in a line is described by the
 
equation xt   6  4 cos t  cos 2 t  1 . Given that n is an integer, the maximum
1
 16 
displacement occurs at
(a) t  2n /  (b) t  2n  1 / 

 1  3
(c) t   n   /  (d) t   n   / 
 2  4
9. A heavy uniform rope of length L and mass per unit length μ goes over a frictionless
pulley of diameter R, and has two masses M and m attached to its two
ends as shown. In terms of the distance x, the equilibrium position is
given by
x
1 L R  1 mM  R
(a) L    (b)  L  
2 mM 2  2  
m
y
R 1 m  M R 
(c) L  (d)  L   
2 2  2  

10. A triangle of uniform mass density of base L and height h is shown below. The centre of
mass of the triangle lies at this distance above the base:
h
(a)
2
2h
(b) h
3
h
(c)
3
h L
(d)
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11. A straight rod of length a is made of an unusual material having mass per unit
length  x    x , where x is measured from the centre of the rod. The moment of inertia

about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through one end of the rod is given by
a 4 3a 4 a 4 3a 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 16 32 32
12. A particle of mass m is located at a distance z along the axis of a uniform disk of mass M
and radius R. The gravitational force felt by the mass m is given by

2GMm  z  2GMm  z 
(a)  1 (b)  1
2

R  z 2  R 2 
1/ 2 

2

R  z 2  R 2 
1/ 2 


2GMm  z  2GMm  z 
(c)  1 (d) 
2  
R  z  R2
2

1/ 2 

2 
R  z  R2
2
 
1/ 2 

13. A pendulum consists of point bob of mass M hanging by a massless string. There is no
friction anywhere in the system. For arbitrary angular displacements θ of the pendulum
about the vertical, the time period of oscillation
(a) is independent of M and θ (b) depends on M but not θ
(c) depends on θ but not M (d) depends on both M and θ
14. An observer O is at the origin of an inertial frame of reference I and rotating with angular
velocity  ẑ relative to it. A satellite of mass M is in a circular orbit of radius R about the
origin with angular velocity   ẑ as seen from I. The total force Mr on the satellite in
O’s rest frame is
(a) M 2 Rrˆ (b)  M 2 Rrˆ (c) 4 M 2 Rrˆ (d)  4M 2 Rrˆ
15. A large cylindrical container filled with water up to a height h rests on a table. Neglecting
the effect of viscosity, at what height from the bottom of the container should a hole be
made such that the resulting jet of water hits the surface of the table at the maximum
distance?
(a) h / 2 (b) h / 2
h
(c) h / 3 (d) h / 3

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16. A simple pendulum of length l is suspended from a hook mounted on a slanted wall. The
wall makes a small angle  with the vertical. The pendulum is displaced from the vertical
by a small angle      and released. Assuming that the collision of the bob is elastic,
the time period of oscillation is

(a) 2
l
(b) 2
l  
 / 2  sin 1   
g g 

l  l  
(c) 2 (d) 2  / 2  cos1 
g g 
17. Consider two blocks of constant specific heat capacity, one of which is at temperature T1
and the other at T2. A reversible engine transfers heat from the hotter block to the colder
block until they reach the same temperature, which is
T1  T2 T1T2
(a) T1T2 (b) (c) (d) T2
2 T1  T2
18. A and B are both classical ideal gases of diatomic molecules. The point-like atoms in A
are bonded rigidly to form diatomic molecules while in B they are connected by bonds of
finite stiffness. The ratio of the specific heat per molecule at constant volume of gas A to
gas B is
(a) 1 (b) 5/7 (c) 6/5 (d) 3/4
19. N molecules of an ideal gas are in a container of volume V0. If a molecule has the same
probability of being at any point in the container, the probability of M of them being in a
smaller volume V in the container is
V M V0  V 
N M

(a) M/N (b)

V0N

V M V0  V  V0M V0  V 

N M N M
N! N!
(c) (d)
N  M !M ! V0N N  M !M ! VN

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20. A mixture contains the same number of moles of two ideal gases A and B, with adiabatic
constants  A nd  B respectively. The adiabatic constant γ of the mixture satisfies

1 1 1 1  1 1 1 1 
(a)     (b)    
  1 2   A  1  B  1    1 2   A  1  B  1 

1 1 1 1  1 1 1 1 
(c)     (d)    
  1 2   A  1  B  1    1 2   A  1  B  1 
21. A thermally insulated cubical box has two chambers of equal volume. Initially, one mole
of a mono atomic ideal gas is placed in one of the chambers while the other chamber is
kept empty. The gas slowly leaks through a small hole and eventually occupies the whole
box. The change in entropy of the gas is given by
(a) R/ln 2 (b) Rln2 (c) zero (d) 2R
22. One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is kept in a volume V and is at temperature T. If
the volume and temperature of the gas are respectively changed to V' and T', in such a
way that the entropy of the gas is unchanged. Then which of the following is true?
(a) V' = 2V, T' = T/2 (b) V' = 8V, T' = T/4
(c) V' = 4V, T' = 8T (d) V' = V/2, T' = 2T
23. A thin convex lens L and concave mirror M with focal lengths 20 cm and 15 cm
respectively are separated by a distance of 50 cm along their axis as shown below:
f  20cm f  15cm

object

30 cm
50 cm
An object is placed at a distance of 30 cm before the lens. The location of the final image
with respect to the mirror is
(a) 6 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 30 cm

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24. In a Michelson interferometer operating with monochromatic light of wavelength 2 μm,

the mirror positions are initially adjusted to get maximum intensity at the detector. A thin
glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is then inserted in the path of one of the interfering
beams. If the detector intensity continues to be a maximum, the thickness of the plate is
(neglecting reflections at the surfaces of the plate):
(a) 65 μm (b) 86 μm (c) 92 μm (d) 133 μm
25. A very thick piece of glass with refractive index n has a convex surface with radius of
curvature R. For paraxial light rays incident on this surface from vacuum, the glass acts
like a lens with focal length f measured from the surface, where f is given by

(a)
nR
(b)
n  1R (c)
n  1R (d)
n  1R
n 1 n n 1 n 1
26. The LCR circuit shown below is driven by an ideal AC voltage
source. The angular frequency ω0 at which the voltage amplitude R L
C
across the capacitor is a maximum is,

1 1  R 2C 
(a) (b) 1  
LC LC  2 L 

2
1  R 2C  1  R 2C 
(c) 1   (d) 1  
LC  2 L  LC  L 

27. An RC circuit is connected to a DC voltage source through a switch as shown below.

10 k 2 F
S

10 V 10 k 10 k


The switch is initially open and the capacitor uncharged. At time t = 0, the switch is
closed. The voltage across the capacitor at t = 30 μs is
(a) 5 mV (b) 7.5 mV (c) 10 mV (d) 20 mV

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28. The RC circuit shown below is driven by a continuous square wave.

C

Which of the following figures is a correct representation of the output wave-form across
the resistor?

Figure 1 Figure 2

Figure 3 Figure 4

(a) Figure 1 (b) Figure 2 (c) Figure 3 (d) Figure 4

29. In an experiment the voltage across a resistor is measured repeatedly and found to obey a
Gaussian distribution with mean 5V and standard deviation 1V. In any given
measurement, if PA is the probability of obtaining 3 ± 0.1 V and PB the probability of
obtaining 8 ± 0.1 V, then
(a) PA = PB = 0 (b) PA = PB ≠ 0
(c) PA > PB (d) PA < PB
30. A point charge Q is brought without any acceleration from infinity to a distance d from
an infinite plane conducting sheet. The work done on the charge is given by
1 Q2 1 Q2 1 Q2 1 Q2
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 
4 0 4d 4 0 2d 4 0 4d 4 0 2d
31. The electrostatic potential due to a uniformly charged circular disc is
(a) the same at all points on the disc
(b) is larger at the centre than at the edge
(c) is larger at the edge than at the centre
(d) has a maximum value at half the radius
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32. A cube of side a has point charges +Q located at each of its vertices except for the origin
where the charge is – Q as shown below.
x Q
Q

y a

The electric field at the centre is:

Q
(a) xˆ  yˆ  zˆ  (b)
Q
xˆ  yˆ  zˆ 
3 3 0 a 2 3 3 0 a 2
 2Q
(c) xˆ  yˆ  zˆ  (d)
2Q
xˆ  yˆ  zˆ 
3 3 0 a 2
3 3 0 a 2
33. Two metallic cubes of side a and 2a respectively are separated by a large distance D,
(D >> a). Initially, the smaller cube carries a charge Q while the larger one is uncharged.
If a thin metallic wire is connected between the two cubes, the ratio of the charges on the
smaller cube to the larger one will be:
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 2/3 (d) 4/9
34. A metallic ring of area 1 cm2 and resistance 10 Ω is placed in a perpendicular time-
varying magnetic field which has the following form
Bt   2e 0.5t cos2 t 
where B is in Tesla and t is in seconds. The net charge that flows past any point in the
ring from t = 0 to t = ∞ is
(a) 1 μC (b) 3 μC (c) 5 μC (d) 20 μC
35. Which of the following is NOT a solution of the Maxwell equations for the magnitude of
the electric field E (x, t) in free space? (ω and k are constants)
(a) E x, t   e i kx  t   e i kx  t  (b) Ex, t   e i kx  t   2e t kx  t 
 kx   kx 
i   2 t  i   2 t 
(c) E  x, t   e i  kx  t 
e  2 
(d) E  x, t   e i  kx  2 t 
e  2 

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36. A particle of charge q moves at a constant speed v parallel to an infinite line charge of

density λ, maintaining a constant distance d from the line charge. If   1 / 1  v 2 / c 2 ,

then the magnitude of the force on the particle in the rest frame of the line charge is given
by
q q  q q 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 0 d 2 0 d 2 0 d 2 0 d
 
37. An inertial frame O has a non-zero constant electric field E , and the magnetic field B is
 
zero. An observer in a frame O' is moving with a velocity v with respect to O and E and

v are not parallel to each other. If  denotes the perpendicular component with respect
 
to the velocity of the frame, them in frame O' the electric field E ' and magnetic field B 
satisfy
  
(a) B  0 (b) E'B'  0

   
 2  2
(c) E '  c 2 B '  0 (d) B  0
38. A light source moves with constant speed along a line relative to an observer standing in
its path. The observer measures the wavelength of the light to be 365 nm as it moves
away from her and 1096 nm as it moves away from her. The wavelength of the light in
the rest frame of its source is about
(a) 596 nm (b) 632 nm (c) 730 nm (d) 836 nm
39. Consider a beam of relativistic particles of kinetic energy K at normal incidence upon a
perfectly absorbing surface. The particle flux (number of particles per unit area per unit
time) is J and each particle has rest mass m0. The pressure on the surface is

(a)
JK
(b)

J K K  m0 c 2 
c c

(c)
J K  m0 c 2 
(d)

J K K  2m0 c 2 
c c
40. An electron and a proton have kinetic energy 1 keV each. The ratio of their de Broglie
wavelength is approximately
(a) 1 (b) 43 (c) 930 (d) 1860

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41. Electrons of energy E are incident on a small hole of radius R and produce an interference
pattern with number density I 0 at the centre of a screen a large distance away from the
hole. If the energy is increased to 4E and the radius is increased to 2R then which of the
following statements is true?
(a) The central peak becomes narrower and the number density becomes 4 I 0

(b) The central peak remains unchanged and the number density becomes 4 I 0

(c) The central peak becomes wider and the number density becomes I 0 / 4

(d) The central peak remains unchanged and the number density becomes I 0 / 4

42. In quantum mechanics, the waveform  x, y, z  of a particle of mass m has the
dimensions (where M=Mass, L=Lenghth, T =Time)
3 3
(a) L 2
(b) L3 (c) M 1 L 2
(d) L3T 1
43. If  x, t   A sin( xp / ) exp( Et / ) is the wavefunction of a particle of mass m in one
dimension, where p and E are the momentum and energy of the particle respectively then
which of the following can not be an outcome of a measurement?
(a) The momentum of a particle is p (b) The energy of the particle is p 2 / 2m
(c) momentum is –p (d) momentum is zero
44. If the normalized wavefunction for a particle in a one dimensional box is given by
 x   A(1  x 2 ) for  1  x  1
then what is the value of A?

(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 1516 (d) 1615

16 15
45. A particle ρ of mass 770 MeV/c2 decays into two pions each of rest mass 140 MeV/c2.
The momentum of each pion is about
(a) 359 MeV/c (b) 455 MeV/c (c) 490 MeV/c (d) 630 MeV/c
46. A neutron decays at rest in about 9 minutes. The maximum kinetic energy of the electron
is about
(a) 780 eV (b) 780 keV (c) 780 MeV (d) 780 GeV

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