AITS – 24 (Main) Physics

PART (A) : PHYSICS

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and
(D) 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

B
y

A
Find out the value of y.
(A) A (B) B (C) 0 (D) 1

2. A closed organ pipe has length  . The air in it is vibrating in third overtone with maximum
amplitude a. The amplitude at a distance of  7 from closed end is
(A) a (B) a 2 (C) 3a (D) a
2 2

3. There waves A, B & C of frequencies 1600 kHz, 5 MHz and 60 MHz are to be transmitted from one
place to another. Which of the following is the most appropriate mode of communication?
(A) A via space wave while B & C via sky wave
(B) A via ground wave, B via sky wave and C via space wave
(C) B & C via ground wave while A via sky wave
(D) B via ground wave while A & C via space wave

4. The frequency of a radar is 780 MHz. When it is reflected by an approaching aeroplane, the apparent
frequency is 2.6 kHz more than actual frequency. Speed of the airplane is
(A) 0.25 km/s (B) 0.5 km/s (C) 1 km/s (D) 2 km/s

5. In the given circuit, NPN transistor of   100 is used. The output voltage signal of the amplifier
circuit is

10k 

1k  Vout
1m V 

(A) 10 mV (B) 0.1 V (C) 1 V (D) 10 V

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6. A linear harmonic oscillator of force constant 2  106 N m and amplitude 0.01 m has a total
mechanical energy of 160 J. Which statements are correct?
(i) Maximum PE is 100 J (ii) Maximum KE is 100 J
(iii) Maximum PE is 160 J (iv) Minimum PE is 0
(A) Both (i) and (iv) (B) Both (ii) and (iii)
(C) Both (i) and (ii) (D) Both (ii) and (iv)

7. A radioactive nucleus 92 X 235 decays to 91 Y 231 which of the following particles are emitted?
(A) One alpha and one electron. (B) Two deuteron and one positron
(C) One alpha and one proton (D) One proton and four neutrons.

8. Three processes compose a thermodynamic cycle shown in the accompanying P – V, diagram of an

ideal gas.

Process 1  2 takes place at constant temperature, during this process 60 J heat enters the system.
Process 2  3 takes place at constant volume. During this process 40 J of heat leave the system.
Process 3  1 is adiabatic.
What is the change in internal energy of the system during process 3  1?
(A) –40 J (B) –20 J (C) +20 J (D) +40 J

9. Two wires of same material (Young’s modulus y) and same length L but radii R and 2R respectively
are joined end to end and a weight w is suspended from the combination. The elastic potential energy
in the system is
32 L 32 L 52 L 2 L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4R 2 y 8R 2 y 8R 2 y R 2 y

10. A pump is designed as a horizontal cylinder with piston area A and an outlet orifice of negligible
area. Find the velocity of outflow of liquid from pump, if the piston moves with a constant velocity
under the action of a constant force F. The density of liquid is  .

F 2F A A
(A) (B) (C) (D)
A A F 2F

o
11. When the diffraction pattern from a certain slit illuminated with   6330 A is projected on a screen
150 cm from the slit, the second minima on each side is separated by 8 cm. This tells us that
(A) Slit width is 0.005 cm approximately. (B) Slit width is 0.05 cm approximately.
(C) Slit width is 0.75 approximately. (D) Slit width is 750 approximately.

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12. A man who can’t see clearly beyond 5 m wants to see the stars clearly. The should use a lens of focal
length.
(A) – 100 m (B) + 5 m (C) – 5 m (D) + 100 m

13. An engine operates between 2100 K and 700 K. Its efficiency is 40%. At what % of its maximum
possible efficiency is it operating?
(A) 40% (B) 60% (C) 66.67% (D) 33.33

14. A cyclic process for 1 mole of an ideal gas is shown in figure in the V–T diagram. The work done in
AB, BC and CA respectively are
V V
V2 C

V1
A B
T
T1 T2
V  V 
(A) 0, RT2n  1  , R  T1  T2  (B) R  T1  T2  , 0, RT1n  1 
 V2   V2 
V  V 
(C) 0, RT2 n  2  , R  T1  T2  (D) 0, RT2 n  2  , R  T2  T1 
 V1   V1 

15. A ray travels as shown in figure. Then

n1

n2

n3
(A) n1  n 2  n 3 (B) n 2  n1  n 3 (C) n1  n 3  n 2 (D) n 3  n1  n 2

16. The initial temperature of a body is 80o C . If its temperature falls to 64o C in 5 minutes and in 15
minutes to 52o C , then find the temperature of the surroundings
(A) 26o C (C) 58o C (C) 36o C (D) 49o C

17. An inductor coil stores 32 J of energy and dissipates 320 W of power as heat when a current of 4o A
is passed through it. The time constant of circuit when it is joined across an ideal battery is
(A) 0.1 sec (B) 0.2 sec (C) 0.3 sec (D) 0.4 sec

18. A refrigerator is thermally equivalent to a box of cork board 90 mm thick and 6 m 2 in inner surface
area, the thermal conductivity of cork being 0.05 W/mK. The motor of the refrigerator runs 15% of
the time while the door is closed. The inside wall of the door, when it is closed, it kept, on an
average, 22oC below the temperature of the outside wall. The rate at a which heat is taken from the
interior wall while the motor is running is

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(A) 400 W (B) 500 W (C) 300 W (D) 250 W

19. A stationary body explodes into four identical fragments such that three of them fly mutually
perpendicular with equal kinetic energy E 0 each The energy of explosion is
(A) 6E 0 (B) 3E 0 (C) 4E 0 (D) 2E 0

20. A road of width 20m forms an arc of radius 15m. Its outer edge is 2m higher than its inner edge.
What is the optimum speed for the road?
(A) 10 m s (B) 14.7 m s (C) 9.8 m s (D) 20 m s

NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE

This section contains 10 questions. Attempt any 5 questions out of 10. Each question is
numerical value type. For each question, enter the correct numerical value (in decimal notation
(e.g. 6.25, 7.00, 7, –0.33, –.30, 30.27, –127.30).
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.

21. A cylinder capacity 20 litres is filled with H2 gas. The total average kinetic energy of translator
motion of its molecules is 1.5 105 J . Find the pressure of hydrogen in the cylinder.

22. Two blocks each of mass M are connected to the ends of a light frame as shown. The rod breaks if
the tension in it exceeds T0 . The maximum frequency with which frame may be rotated without
1 2T0
breaking the rod is . Find x.
2 xML

M M
L
L

23. After perfectly inelastic collision between two identical particles moving with equal speeds, the
speed of the particles becomes half the initial speed. The angle between their initial velocities was
30x o . Find x.

24. A small ball is rolled with speed u from point A along a smooth circular track as shown. If x  3R
x
and the ball falls at a A after passing through C, the value of u is gR . Find x
2

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u
A B
x
25. Charge on the 5F capacitor in steady state is 50x C . Find x.

10 10 10 20

100V 40
7 F 5 F 3F 20
10

10 10 10 10

26. A satellite of mass m is orbiting in a circular path of radius r around the earth. If its kinetic energy of
is E, then its angular momentum is nmr 2 E . Find n.

27. A body of mass 1 kg executes SHM about x  0 under the influence of the force shown. The time
period of SHM is n sec . Find x.
F N 
8
2
2 xm
8

28. A U shaped smooth wire has a semi-circular bending between A and B as shown in figure. A bead of
mass ‘m’ moving with uniform speed v through the wire enters the semi-circular bend at A and
x mv 2
leaves at B. If the average force exerted by the bead on the part AB of the wire is . Find x.
d

29. In a tangent galvanometer, magnetic field due to a current carrying loop is B  BH tan  , where BH
is horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field and  is the angle at which the magnetic needle
points. If  is measured as  4   100 , percentage error in B is n ?

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Find n. BH is known without any error.

30. Two identical charges are placed at the two corners of an equilateral triangle. The potential energy of
the system is U. The work done in bringing an identical charge from infinity to the third vertex is
U . Find  .

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