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KCET – 2020 TEST PAPER WITH ANSWER KEY

(HELD ON FRIDAY 31 JULY,2020)
PHYSICS
1. A 220 V A.C supply is connected between points A
and B as shown in figure what will be the potential
difference V across the capacitor?

x · · x'

+ (A)
220V V=?
C -
AC
d d
B

(A) 0 (B) 220 2V d d

(C) 220 V (D) 110 V x

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· · x'
Ans. B
(B)
2. In the following circuit what are P and Q:

1
o P

x · · x'
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(C)

0 o Q d d

(A) P = 0, Q = 0 (B) P = 1, Q = 1
(C) P = 1 , Q = 0 (D) P = 0, Q = 1 x · · x'
A

Ans. D
3. A positive hole in a semiconductor is (D)
(A) Absence of free electrons. d d
(B) An artificially created particle.
(C) An anti-particle of electron. Ans. D
(D) A vacancy created when an electron leaves a 5. A cylindrical wire has a mass ( 0.3 ± 0.003) g, radius
covalent bond.
( 0.5 ± 0.005) mm and length ( 6 ± 0.06 ) cm. The
Ans. D
maximum percentage error int he measurement of its
4. Two long straight parallel wires are a distance 2d
density is
apart. They carry steady equal currents flowing out
of the plane of the paper. The variation of magnetic (A) 3 (B) 4
field B along the line xx’ is given by (C) 1 (D) 2
Ans. B

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6. At a metro station, a girl walks up a stationary 10. A thin uniform rectangular plate of mass 2 kg is placed
escalator in 20sec. If she remains stationary on the in X - Y plane as shown in figure. The moment of
escalator, then the escalator take her up in 30 sec. inertia about x - axis is I x = 0.2 kg m2 and the
The time take her up in 30 sec. The time taken by her
to walk up on the moving esccalator will be moment of inertia about y - axis is I y = 0.3 kg m2 .
(A) 12 sec (B) 10 sec The radius of gyration of the plate about the axis
(C) 25 sec (D) 60sec passing through O and perpendicular to the plane of
the plate is
Ans. A
7. Rainis falling vertically with a speed of 12 ms -1 . A z
woman rides a bicycles with a speed of 12ms -1 in
east to west direction. What is the direction in which
she should hold her umbrella?
O x
(A) 300 towards West
(B) 450 towards West

Ans. B
(C) 300 towards East
(D) 450 towards East
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8. One end of a string of length ‘l’ is connected to a
particle of mass ‘m’ and the other to a small peg on a
smooth horizontal table. If the particle moves in a
circle with speed ‘v’, the net force on the particle
(A) 38.7 cm
(C) 50 cm
Ans. C
y

(B) 31.6 cm
(D) 5 cm

11. The value of acceleration due to gravity at a height

of 10 km from the surface of earth is x. At what
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(directed towards the centre is: (T is the tension in depth inside the earth is the value of the acceleration
the string) due to gravity has the same value x?
(A) 10 km (B) 15 km
mv2
(A) T + (B) 0 (C) 5 km (D) 20 km
l
Ans. D
mv 2 12. Young’s modulus of a perfect rigid body is
(C) T (D) T -
A

l (A) Infinity (B) Between zero and unity

Ans. C (C) Zero (D) Unity
9. A body is initially at rest. It undergoes one - Ans. A
dimensional motion with constant acceleration. The 13 A wheel starting from rest gains an angular velcoty
power delivered to it at time ‘t’ is proportional to of 10 rad/s after uniformly accelerated for 5 sec. The
(A) t 3/2 (B) t 2 total angle through which it has turned is
(A) 25 p rad
(C) t1/2 (D) t
(B) 50 p about a vertical axis
Ans. D
(C) 25 rad
(D) 100 rad
Ans. C

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(A) 105Nm -1 (B) ¥
14. Iceberg floats in water with part of it submerged.
What is the fraction of the volume of iceberg (C) 50Nm -1 (D) 0
submerged if the density of ice is ri = 0.917 g cm ?
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Ans. A
(A) 0.458 (B) 0 19. A train whistling at constant frequency ‘n’ is moving
(C) 0.917 (D) 1 towards a station at a constant speed V. then train
Ans. C goes past a stationary observer on the station. The
frequency ‘n’ of the sound as heard by the observer
15. A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate all of same
is plotted as a function of time ‘t’. Identify the correct
material and same mass initially heated to same high
curve.
temperature are allowed to cool down under similar
conditions. Then the n n
(A) Plate will cool the fastest and sphere the slowest.
(B) Cube will cool the fastest and plate the slowest. (A) (B)
(C) Plate will cool the fastest and cube the slowest. t t
(D) Sphere will cool the fastest and cube the slowest. n n
Ans. A

of pressure and volume.

(A) Remains constant
(B) At first increases and then decreases
(C) Decreases
(D) Increases
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16. In an adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas the product (C)

Ans. B
t
(D)
t

20. A point charge ‘q’ is placed at the corner of a cube of

side ‘a’ as shown in the figure. What is the electric
flux through the face ABCD?
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Ans. C
17. A certain amount of heat energy is supplied to a D C
monatomic ideal gas which expands at constant
q
pressure. What fraction of the heat energy is A B
converted into work?
2 5 E F
(A) (B)
A

5 7
H G
2
(C) 1 (D) q q
3
(A) 6e (B) 72e
Ans. A 0 0

18. A tray of mass 12 kg is supported by two identical

q
springs as shown in figure. When the tray is pressed (C) 0 (D)
down slightly and then released, it executes SHM with 24e 0
a time period of 1.5 s. The spring constant of each Ans. C
spring is
21. The electric field lines on the left have twice the
separation on those on the right as shown in figure. If
12kg
the magnitude of the field at A is 40 Vm–1, what is the
force on 20mC charge kept at

B
A

(A) 16 ´ 10 -4 Vm -1 (B) 1´ 10-4 Vm -1

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26. When a soap bubble is charged?
(C) 4 ´ 10 -4 Vm -1 (D) 8 ´ 10 -4 Vm -1
(A) The radius remains the same.
Ans. C (Most appropriate answer is marked)
(B) Its radius may increase or decrease.
22. An infinitely long thin straight wire has uniform charge
(C) Its radius increases.
1
density of ´ 10-2 cm-1 . What is the magnitude of (D) Its radius decreases.
4
Ans. C
electric field at a distance 20 cm from the axis of the
wire? 27. A hot filament liberates an electron with zero initial
velocity. The anode potential is 1200 V. The speed of
(A) 2.25 ´ 108 NC -1 (B) 9 ´ 108 NC -1 the electron when it strikes the anode is
-1
(C) 1.12 ´ 108 NC -1
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(D) 4.5 ´ 10 NC (A) 2.1´ 10 7 ms -1 (B) 2.1´ 108 ms -1
Ans. A
(C) 1.5 ´ 105 ms-1 6
(D) 2.5 ´ 10 ms
-1
23. A dipole of dipole moment ‘P’ and moment of inertia
r Ans. A
I is placed in a uniform electric field E . If it is
28. A metal rod of length 10 cm and a rectangular cross-
displaced slightly from its stable equilibrium position,
the period of oscillation of dipole is 1

Ans. D
(A)

(C)
1 PE
2p I

PE
I
(B) p

(D) 2p
PE
I

PE
I
EN section of 1cm ´ cm is connected to a battery across
2
opposite faces. The resistance will be
(A) Maximum when the battery is connected across
10cm ´ 1cm faces.
(B) Same irrespective of the three faces.
(C) Maximum when the battery is connected across
1
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24. The difference between equivalent capacitances of 1cm ´ cm faces.
two identical capacitors connected in parallel to that 2
in series is 6mF . The value of capacitance of each (D) Maximum when the battery is connected across
capacitors is 1
10 cm ´ cm faces.
(A) 4mF (B) 6mF 2
(C) 2mF (D) 3mF Ans. C
A

Ans. A 29. A car has a fresh storage battery of e.m.f 12 V and

25. Figure shows three points A, B and C in a region of internal resistance 2 ´ 10-2 W . If the starter motor
r draws current of 80A. Then the terminal voltage when
uniform electric Field E . The line AB is perpendicular
the starter is on is
and BC is parallel to the field lines. Then which of
the following hold good? (VA, VB and VC represent (A) 10.4V (B) 9.3V
the electric potential at points A, B and C repulsively) (C) 12V (D) 8.4V
Ans. A
A 30. A potentiometer has a uniform wire of length 5 m. A
battery of emf 10 V and negligible internal resistance
is connected between its ends. A secondary cell
B connected to the circuit gives balancing length at
C
200 cm. The emf of the secondary cell is
(A) 2V (B) 8V
(A) VA = VB < VC (B) VA > VB = VC (C) 4V (D) 6V
Ans. C
(C) VA = VB = VC (D) VA = VB > VC
Ans. D

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31. The colour code for a carbon resistor of resistance 34. In the given figure, the magnetic field at ‘O’.
0.25kW± 10% is
(A) Red, Grey, Silver, Silver O
(B) Red, Green, Silver
I r
(C) Red, Grey, Brown, Silver
(D) Red, Green, Brown, Silver
Ans. C 3 m0 I m0 I 3 m0 I m0 I
(A) + (B) -
32. Each resistance in the given cubical network has 8 r 4pr 8 r 4pr
resistance of 1W and equivalent resistance between 3 m0 I m0 I 3 m0 I m0 I
A and B is (C) + (D) -
4 r 4pr 4 r 4pr
Ans. A
B
35. The magnetic field at the origin due to a current
uur
element idl placed at a point with vector position
r
r is

(A)
5
12
W
A

(B)
12
5
W
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(C)

Ans. D
4p r 2

4p r 3
uur r
m 0 i dl ´ r

uur r
m 0i dl ´ r
(B)

(D)
4p r 2

4p r 3
r uur
m 0 i r ´ dl

r uur
m 0 i r ´ dl

36. A long cylindrical wire of radius R carries a uniform

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5 6 current I flowing through it. The variation of magnetic
(C) W (D) W
6 5 field with distance ‘r’ from the axis of the wire is
Ans. C shown by
33. I-V characteristic of a copper wire of length L and
rea of cross-section A is shown in figure. The slope B
of the curve becomes
A

I (A)
r
r=R

O V B

(A) Less if the area of the wire is increased

(B) Less if the length of the wire is increased (B)
(C) More if experiment is performed at higher
temperature r
r=R
(D) More if a wire of steel of same dimension is used
Ans. B

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x x
B (A) (B)
4 8
(C) 2x (D) 4x
(C) Ans. B
40. In a permanent magnet at room temperature
r =R (A) Domains are partially aligned
(B) Domains are all perfectly aligned
B (C) Magnetic moment of each molecule is zero
(D) The individual molecules have non-zero magnetic
moment which are all perfectly aligned.
Ans. A
(D)
r 41. A rod of length 2 m slides with a speed of 5 ms -1 on
r =R a rectangular conducting frame as shown in figure.
There exists a uniform magnetic field of 0.04 t
Ans. A
perpendicular to the plane of the figure. If the
37. A cyclotron is used to accelerate protons
( H ) , Deuterons ( H ) and a - particles
1
1
2
1

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( He ). While exiting under similar conditions, the
4
2

minimum K.E. is gained by

(A) Deuteron
(C) a - particle
(B) Same for all
(D) Proton
resistance of the rod is 3 W. The current through the
rod is

V 2m
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Ans. A
38. A paramagnetic sample shows a net magnetization (A) 0.75 A (B) 1.33 A
of 8Am -1
when placed in an external magnetic field (C) 75 mA (D) 133 mA
Ans. D
of 0.6 T at a temperature of 4 K. When the same
sample is placed in an external magnetic field of 42. The current in a coil of inductance 0.2 H changes
0.2T at a temperature of 16 K. The magnetization from 5 A to 2 A in 0.5 sec. The magnitude of the
A

will be average induced emf in the coil is

(A) 30 V (B) 0.3 V
(A) 6Am -1 (B) 2.4Am-1 (C) 0.6 V (D) 1.2 V
32 2 Ans. D
(C) Am -1 (D) Am -1
3 3 43. In the given circuit the peak voltages across C, L and
Ans. D R are 30 V, 110 V and 60 V respectively. The rms
value of the applied voltage is
39. The ratio of magnetic field at the centre of a current
carrying circular coil to magnetic moment is ' x '. If C L R
the current and the radius both are doubled. The new
ratio will become
30 V 110 V 60 V

(A) 70.7 V (B) 141 V

(C) 100 V (D) 200 V
Ans. A

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1 (C) 180° - 3A (D) 180° + 2A
44. The power factor of R-L circuit is . If the
3 Ans. B
inductive reactance is 2W. The value of resistance 49. The following figure shows a beam of light converging
at point P. When a concave lens of focal length 16
is
cm is introduced in the path of the beam at a place
1 shown by dotted line such that OP becomes the axis
(A) 0.5W (B) W of the lens, the beam converges at a distance x from
2
the lens. The value of x will be equal to
(C) 2W (D) 2W
Ans. D
45. In the given circuit, the resonant frequency is
O P

12cm
0.5 mH 20 mF
(A) 36 cm (B) 48 cm

Ans. A
(A) 1592 Hz
(C) 15.92 Hz
(B) 15910 Hz
(D) 159.2 Hz

46. A light beam of intensity 20 W / cm2 is incident

EN (C) 12 cm
Ans. B
(D) 24 cm

50. Three polaroid sheets P1 , P2 and P3 are kept parallel

to each other such that the angle between pass axes
of P1 and P2 is 45° and that between P2 and P3 is
45°. If unpolarised beam of light of intensity
128 Wm-2 is incident on P1 . What is the intensity of
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normally on a perfectly reflecting surface of sides
25cm ´ 15cm. The momentum imparted to the light coming out of P3 ?
surface by the light per second is
(A) 16 Wm -2 (B) 64 Wm-2
(A) 5 ´10-5 kg ms -1 (B) 1.2 ´ 10-5 kg ms -1
(C) 128 Wm-2 (D) 0
-5 -1 -5 -1
(C) 2 ´ 10 kg ms (D) 1´ 10 kg ms
Ans. A
Ans. A
A

51. Two poles are separated by a distance of 3.14 m.

47. An object approaches a convergent lens from the The resolving power of human eye is 1 minute of an
left of the lens with a uniform speed 5 m/s and stops arc. The maximum distance from which he can
at the focus, the image identify the two poles distinctly is
(A) Moves away from the lens with a non-uniform (A) 188 m (B) 376 m
acceleration (C) 10.8 km (D) 5.4 km
(B) Moves towards lens with non-uniform Ans. C
acceleration 52. In Young’s Double Slit Experiment, the distance
(C) Moves away from the lens with an uniform speed between the slits and the screen is 1.2 m and the
5 m/s. distance between the two slits is 2.4 mm. If a thin
(D) Moves away from the lens with an uniform transparent mica sheet of thickness 1mm and R.I.
acceleration. 1.5 is introduced between one of the interfering
Ans. A beams, the shift in the position of central bright fringe
48. The refracting angle of prism is A and refractive index is
A (A) 0.125 mm (B) 0.25 mm
of material of prism is cot . The angle of minimum (C) 2 mm (D) 0.5 mm
2
Ans. B
derivation is
(A) 90° - A (B) 180° - 2A

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53. The de-Broglie wavelength associated with electron 57. A beam of fast moving alpha particles were directed
of hydrogen atom in this ground state is towards a thin film of gold. The parts A, B and C of
the transmitted and reflected beams corresponding
(A) 6.26Å (B) 10 Å to the incident parts A, B and C of the beam are
(C) 0.3Å (D) 3.3Å shown in the adjoing diagram. The number of alpha
particles in
Ans. D
54. The following graph represents the variation of photo
current with anode potential for a metal surface. Here
I1 , I2 and I3 represents intensities and B¢
B
g1 , g 2 , g 3 represents frequency for curves 1, 2 and 3 A A¢
respectively, then C

Photo current
3 C¢
2

Ans. C
(A) g1 = g 2 and I1 = I 2
(C) g1 = g 2 and I1 ¹ I2
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Anode Potential

(B) g 2 = g 3 and I1 = I3
(D) g1 = g 3 and I1 = I3
(A) A’ will be minimum and in B’ maximum
(B) C’ will be minimum and in B’ maximum
(C) B’ will be minimum and in C’ maximum
(D) A’ will be maximum and in C’ minimum
Ans. Bonus (No options are correct)
58. Two protons are kept at separation of 10 nm. Let
Fn and Fe be the nuclear force and the
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55. The period of revolution of an electron revolving in electromagnetic force between them
n th orbit of H-atom is proportional to (A) Fe << Fn
3
(A) n (B) Independent of n (B) Fe and Fn differ only slightly
1 (C) Fe = Fn
(C) n 2 (D)
n
(D) Fe >> Fn
A

Ans. A
Ans. D
56. Angular momentum of an electron in hydrogen atom
59. During a b - decay
3h
is (h is the Planck’s constant). The K.E. of the (A) A neutron in the nucleus decays emitting an
2p
electron is electron.
(B) A proton in the nucleus decays emitting an
(A) 3.4eV (B) 6.8eV electron.
(C) 4.35eV (D) 1.51eV (C) An atomic electron is ejected
Ans. D (D) An electron which is already present within the
nucleus is ejected.
Ans. A
60. A radio-active element has half-life of 15 years. What
is the fraction that will decay in 30 years?
(A) 0.75 (B) 0.85
(C) 0.25 (D) 0.5
Ans. A

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