05-05-2024

6001CJA10102124SRG01 JA

PHYSICS

SECTION-I(i)

1) An object is kept on the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm at a distance of 10
cm from the pole. The object starts moving at a velocity 20 mm/sec towards the mirror at
angle with the principal axis. What will be the speed of its image and direction with the principal
axis at that instant ?

A.

B.

C. with the principal axis

D. None of these

2) In the diagram shown, a ray of light incident tangentially on a sphere at point A i.e. angle of
incidence is just less than A prism of sufficient height is placed next to the sphere at an
unknown distance. Both sphere and prism are placed at the same horizontal level. Refractive indices

of material of sphere and prism is and respectively.

A. Total deviation produced by the system of sphere and prism is

B. Total deviation produced by the system of sphere and prism is
C. Total deviation produced by the sphere is
D. Total deviation produced by the prism is

3) A particle is moving along a straight line in such a way that its velocity versus time graph is a
parabola ( t is time, k is constant, V is velocity) as shown in the figure. Choose the correct
option(s).
 A. Acceleration of the particle is through the journey
B. Average acceleration of particle is for the interval of first 5 sec
C. Average acceleration of particle is less than for the interval of first 5 sec
D. Average acceleration of particle is less than for the interval of 5 sec to 10 sec

4) A particle is in motion such that its velocity parallel to y-axis is constant and parallel to x-axis it is
proportional to y coordinate.

A. The particle moves with constant acceleration

B. The path of the particle is a hyperbola
C. If the particle starts from the origin, it will initially move in y direction
D. If the particle starts from the origin, it will initially move in x direction

5) A river is flowing with a speed of 1 km/hr as shown in diagram. A swimmer wants to go to point
'C' starting from 'A'. He swims with a speed of 5 km/hr, at an angle with respect to the river. If
Then :

A. The value of is
B. Time taken by the man is 6 min
C. Time taken by the man is 8 min
D. The value of is

6) A point object is placed at 30 cm from a convex glass lens of focal length 20 cm. The
final image of object will be formed at infinity if

A. Another concave lens of focal length 60 cm is placed in contact with the previous lens
B. Another convex lens of focal length 60 cm is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the first lens
C. The whole system is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 4/3
D. The whole system is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 9/8

SECTION-I(ii)
1) A parallel beam of light passes parallel to principal axis and falls on one face of a thin equi-convex
lens of focal length 'f' and after two internal reflections, it emerges from the second face and forms a
real image. Refractive index of material of lens is If distance of image from lens is f/n. Find
n

A. 5
B. 7
C. 4
D. 8

2) A light ray parallel to the principal axis in incident (as shown in the figure) on a plano-convex lens
with radius of curvature of its curved part equal to 10 cm. Assuming that the refractive index of the
material of the lens is 4/3 and medium on both sides of the lens is air, the smallest distance of the

point from the curved surface of lens where this ray meets the principal axis is then find
value of y.

A. 5
B. 4
C. 8
D. 2

3) A light ray traveling parallel to BC, incident on face AB of an equilateral prism (kept in air), and
comes out from the face AC such that the emergent ray just grazes the face AC, then the refractive
index is ________

A.

B.

C.
 D.

4) The graph shown how the magnitude of magnification produced by a thin plano-convex lens for a
real image varies with image distance v. Which of the following is correct ?

A. Focal length of lens is b/c

B. If the refractive index of the lens material is then the radius of curved surface will be

C. If the lens is placed in contact with another thin lens of focal length the focal length of

combination will be
D. None of these

SECTION-II

1) Angle is ___________

2) If the prism is used with angle A as the refractive angle, of minimum deviation is _______

3) The refractive index of the prism is Find x

4) What should be the initial angle of incidence if light ray after falling on the silvered face get
reflected at

5) If 'S' = 25.5 m and passenger keeps running, find the time in which he will catch the train at the
same moment at which the train starts.

6) Find the critical distance for which passenger will take ten seconds time to catch the train :
(Give answer in SI units)

SECTION-III
1) Graph of position (x) vs inverse of velocity for a particle moving on a straight line is as
shown. Find the time taken by the particle to move from to

The time taken by the particle to move from to is T. Find T/10.

2) A light ray parallel to the x-axis strikes the outer reflecting surface of a sphere at a
point Its center is at the point The unit vector along the direction of the reflected ray is

Find the value of

3) A particle of mass 0.5 kg is projected horizontally in air with initial velocity of 9 m/s. During the
motion of the particle in air a constant air drag of magnitude 5N acts on it opposite to its
instantaneous direction of motion. Find its speed (in m/s) when its direction of motion makes an
angle of with the horizontal. (given ).

CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I(i)

1) Select the CORRECT statement(s) about following species:

H3BO3, H2O2, H — F

A. H3BO3(s) has a planar structure and becomes less soluble in cold water due to presence of
infinite intermolecular hydrogen bonding
B. H2O2 is nonplanar and lesser hydrogen bond strength than H2O
C. The boiling point HF is less than that of H2O
D. Conductivity of HF increases in the presence of KF

2) Consider the complex [CoH(N2) (PPh3)3] having trigonal bipyramidal geometry in which cobalt is
dsp3 hybridized.
Select the CORRECT statement(s) regarding the given complex.

A. IUPAC name of the complex is Dinitrogenhydridotris(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(I).

B. It is paramagnetic in nature
C. N2 occupies axial position
 D. N - N bond length is longer than free N2 molecule.

3) Select the CORRECT statement(s) among the following:

A. In CF2 = C = CF2 molecule all the four fluorine are not in the same plane
B. The O — O bond length in O2 [AsF6] is shorter than KO2
C. The bond angle order in halogen — S — halogen is OSF2 < OSCl2 < OSBr2
D. N — O bond length in NO gaseous molecule will be greater than in NOCl gaseous molecule.

4) Which of the following compounds are tetrahedral but NOT sp3 hybridised?

A. K2MnO4
B. SnI4
C. CrO2Cl2
D. [HgI4]2–

5) The CORRECT option(s) regarding the complex [Co(en) (NH3)3 (H2O)]3+ (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2) is
(are)

A. It has two geometrical isomers

B. It will have three geometrical isomers if the bidentate 'en' is replaced by two cyanide ligands
C. It is paramagnetic
D. It absorbs light of a longer wavelength as compared to [Co(en)NH3)4]3+

6) Which of the following molecules is/are planar.

A. [Ni(CO)4]
B. [Ni(CN)4]2–
C. I2Cl6
D. [PtCl4]2–

SECTION-I(ii)

1) Arrange the following complexes in increasing order of their stretching vibrational frequency of C
— O bond
(i) [(PPh3)3 Mo(CO)3]
(ii) [(Ph2PCl)3Mo(CO)3]
(iii) [(PhPCl2)3Mo(CO)3]
(iv) [(PCl3)3 Mo(CO)3]

A. i > ii > iii > iv

B. i = iv > iii > ii
C. iv = i > ii > iii
D. i < ii < iii < iv

2) Ferri ferrocyanide is a prussian blue coloured complex. Average oxidation number of 'Fe' in
complex is 'a', oxidation number of central iron is 'b' and oxidation number of counter iron is 'c'. a,
b and c are respectively:

A.

B.

C.

D.

3) The CORRECT statement for complexes ammine of Fe(II) and Fe(III) is (coordination number =
6)
(if Δ0 > mean pairing energy in only one case)

A. Both Fe(II) and Fe(III) form outer orbital complexes with NH3
B. Both form inner orbital complexes with NH3
C. Fe(II) form outer while Fe(III) form inner orbital complex with NH3
D. Both the complexes are diamagnetic

4)

List I List II

P C2 1 Same bond order as that of CN–

Bond order of π bond is more than σ bond

Q B2 2
(whenever 'σ' bond(s) is/are also present)

Ions obtain by adding and removing one

R O2 3
electron, shows same magnetic nature.

Ionization energy is lower as compare to

S N2 4
corresponding atomic form

5 sp mixing is possible

The CORRECT option is :

A. P-2,3,4,5; Q-2,3,4,5; R-3; S-1,3,4,5

B. P-1,2,3; Q-1,2,3; R-4; S-3,5
C. P-2,3,5; Q-2,3,5; R-3,4; S-1,2,3,5
D. P-3,5; Q-3,5; R-3,4; S-1,2,3,5

SECTION-II

1) Consider the following compounds/ions

SnCl2, HgCl2, H2O, NOCl, O3, , OF2, , C2H2
Find the value of 'x' where x is the total number of species having bent shape around the central
atom.
2) Consider the y-axis as an internuclear axis, how many of the following will lead to bond
formation:
(i) py – py (ii) px – px
(iii) pz – pz (iv) dxy – dxy
(v) dyz – dyz (vi) px – dxy
(vii) dxy – pz (viii) dxz – dxz

3) For the [Cr(H2O)6]2+ ion, the mean pairing energy P is found to be 23500 cm–1. The magnitude
of Δ0 is 13900 cm–1. Calculate the C.F.S.E (stabilization energy in cm–1) for this complex ion

corresponding to high spin state (x) and low spin state (y). Write your answer as (if 'Δ0' is
same in both cases)

4) Total number of paramagnetic complexes which are inner orbital complexes:

(i) [Cr(NH3)6]Cl3, (ii) [Co(NH3)6] (NO3)2,
(iii) [Ni(NH3)6]SO4, (iv) K2[PtCl6],
(v) [V(H2O)6]SO4, (vi) K3[Fe(CN)6]
(vii) [Fe(H2O)5(NO)]SO4, (viii) K3[CuCl4],
(ix) Na4[Fe(CN)5(NOS)]

5) Isomers A and B are respectively in which set

SET 1:

SET 2 :

SET 3 :

SET 4 :
Write the set number as answer

6) Isomers C and D respectively are.

SET 1 :
SET 2 :

SET 3 :

SET 4 :
Write the set number as answer.

SECTION-III

1) In the list of compounds given below, identify the number of compounds that have dπ - pπ bonding
in the molecular structure with sp2 hybridization of the underlined atom:
CCl4, POCl3, SO2, SO3, H2SO4, SOCl2, SO2Cl2, N(SiH3)3

2) For [CoCln(NH3)6-n]Cl3-n, the value of n is such that the complex cannot show optical isomerism?
Then sum of such values of n is

3) Consider the given complex ion [Pt(bn)2]2+, where bn stands for 2, 3-diamino butane. Find the
value of n (where n is the total number of stereoisomers).

MATHEMATICS

SECTION-I(i)

1) Let f (n, r) be arithmetic mean of the smallest elements of all the 'r' element subsets of the set {
1,2,3,.....n}. For example, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 3} are 2 element subsets of the set {1, 2, 3}. Hence f(3,

2) = . Which of the following options are correct :

A. f (9, 4) = 2
B. f (9, 2) = 4
C. f (41, 13) = 3
D. f (39, 18) = 2

2) If
 , then ( where ai, bi Q for i = 0, 1, 2, 3, ...200)

A.

B.

C.

D.

3) Let A and B are 3 x 3 matrices where and . If then, which

of the following is greater than det(B) ( where I is identity matrix of order 3)

A. 5
B. 2
C. 1
D. 17

4) If three 3 x 3 invertible matrices A, B, C are idempotent, involutary and orthogonal matrices

respectively then

A.

B.
C. If then BC = CB

D.

5) If A, B, C are square matrices of order n (where n is odd and |X| denotes determinant of matrix
X) and if then

A.
B.
C.
D.

6) Different words are formed by arranging the letters of the word ''SUCCESS'', then

A. The number of words in which C's are together but S's are seperated, is 24
B. The number of words in which no two C's and no two S's are together is 96
C. The number of words in which the consonants appear in alphabetic order is 42
D. The number of words in which C's are separated by atleast 2 letters is 200

SECTION-I(ii)
1) The number of values of ‘r’ satisfying the equation,

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

2) If r, s, t are prime numbers and p, q are the positive integers such that their HCF is rs2t and their
LCM is r2s3t, then the numbers of ordered pair of (p, q) is -

A. 4
B. 18
C. 36
D. 72

3) Let B be a square matrix such that |B| = 1 and 2A + B = BT – AT, then |A + B| is -

A. 0
B. –1
C. 1
D. 2

4) If A and B are two square matrices which satisfy AB = A and BA = B, then (A + B)6 is equal to :

A. 6 (A + B)
B. 36 (A + B)
C. 32 (A + B)
D. 64 (A + B)

SECTION-II

1) is :

2) Sum of diagonal elements of is :

3) The value of is :

4) The value of is :

5) The value of is :
6) The value of is : (where [x] denotes greatest integer value of x)

SECTION-III

1) Number of values of r, , such that 50Cr is divisible by 13 is

2) Let Pn denotes the number of ways in which three people can be selected out of ' n ' people
sitting in a row, if no two of the selected are consecutive. If Pn + 1 – Pn = 15, then the value of ' n ' is
:

3) If A and B are two invertible matrices of order 3 with real entries such
that . If then is : (where denotes determinant value of matrix A)
 ANSWER KEYS

PHYSICS

SECTION-I(i)

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6
A. B,C B,C,D C,D A,C A,B A,D

SECTION-I(ii)

Q. 7 8 9 10
A. B A C D

SECTION-II

Q. 11 12 13 14 15 16
A. 70 20 2 0 3 50

SECTION-III

Q. 17 18 19
A. 6 8 6

CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I(i)

Q. 20 21 22 23 24 25
A. A,B,C,D A,C,D A,B,C,D A,C A,B,D B,C,D

SECTION-I(ii)

Q. 26 27 28 29
A. D C C D

SECTION-II

Q. 30 31 32 33 34 35
A. 7 5 96 3 2 3

SECTION-III

Q. 36 37 38
A. 3 6 7

MATHEMATICS
 SECTION-I(i)

Q. 39 40 41 42 43 44
A. A,C B,C A,B,C,D A,C,D A,B,C A,B,C,D

SECTION-I(ii)

Q. 45 46 47 48
A. B A C C

SECTION-II

Q. 49 50 51 52 53 54
A. 4 8 3 1 35 5

SECTION-III

Q. 55 56 57
A. 3 8 3
 SOLUTIONS

PHYSICS

1)

For images :

Direction :

2)

at A :
at B :

at C :
 3)

Use fundamental equations of kinematics.

4)

Let vertical velocity be v

5)

Time Taken,

6)

Final image is formed at infinity if the combined focal length of the two lenses (in contact) becomes

30 cm or
i.e., when another concave lens of focal length 60 cm is kept in contact with the first lens. Similarly,
let be the refractive index of a liquid in which focal length of the given lens becomes 30 cm. Then

From equations, (1) and (2), we get

7)
So,

8)

9)

Use Snell's law at faces AB and AC.

10)

slope of line
(A) For (object at infinity)

(B)

From Slope,
(C)

12)

Deviation at

13)

The rays of light reflect back which implies that and Thus by snell's law.

14)

15)

The critical distance for which passenger will take the ten seconds time to catch the train is

given by
The time is 10 seconds, if

16)
For critical distance, passenger catches the train in time,
So, required velocity of train

17)

The equation of the straight line shown in the graph is

But

18)

19)

Let at certain moment its direction of motion makes an angle with the vertical as shown.
When

CHEMISTRY

20)

(A) H3BO3 (S)

intermolecular hydrogen bonding exists.

(B) H2O2

In H2O, hydrogen bond strength is more as compared to H2O2.

(C) In HF extent of hydrogen bonding is less as compared to H2O
(D) In KHF2, K+ [F– — H — F]
(Hydrogen bond)

21)

Co+ = [Ar] 4s13d7

PPh3 and N2 are S.F.L (strong field ligand)
Co+ = [Ar] 3d8

Trigonal bipyramidal geometry with dsp3 hybridization. All electrons are paired so diamagnetic
(dsp3)
According to Bent's rule, in a TBP geometry more electronegative species (N2) occupies the axial
position.
(A) Dinitrogenhydridotris (triphenylphosphine) cobalt (I) is the correct IUPAC name.

22)

2.5 > 1.5

23)

K2MnO4 is tetrahedral but its hybridization is d3s, not sp3

Mn (GS) = [Ar]

Mn+6 ion = [Ar]

Mn+6 ion in = [Ar]

[MnO4]2–
CrO2Cl2 is tetrahedral but its hybridization is d3s, not sp3

Cr(GS) = [Ar]

[Hgl4]2– is tetrahedral and its hybridization is sp3.

Hg(GS) = [Kr] 4f14

therefore, the species that are tetrahedral but not sp3 hybridizer are:
K2MnO4 and CrO2Cl2

24)

(A) [Co(en) (NH3)3 (H2O)]3+ has 2 geometrical isomers

In this 2 NH3 group are at trans position

In this all 3 NH3 group are in cis position
(B) compound [Co(CN)2 (NH3)3 (H3O)]+ will have three geometrical isomers

– CN and H2O are trans to each other

Both —CN are cis each other

Both — CN are trans to each other

(C) [Co (en) (NH3)3 (H2O)]3+
O.S of Co in complex is +3 with an electronic configuration of [Ar] 3d4
Now, (en) is a strong filed ligand which causes pairing of electrons and the complex formed is an
inner orbital complex with d2sp3 configuration.
The complex is diamagnetic due to the absence of any unpaired electron.
(D) [Co(en)(NH3)3 (H2O)]3+ absorbs light at longer wavelength as compared to [Co(en)(NH3)4]3+ as
H2O is weaker ligand than NH3 and hence causes less spiliting in energy levels.
Thus, the amount of energy absorbed for excitation of electron in [Co(en)(NH3)4]3+ is more and hence
the wavelength absorbed is less.

25)

Conceptual

26)

Order of C — O bond order

i < ii < iii < iv

27)
Fe3+: Ferri ion
Fe2+ : Ferro ion
So, formula is

So, oxidation state of counter 'Fe' i.e. c = +3

Oxidation state of central 'Fe' i.e. b = +2

Average oxidation state =

28)

29)

(P) C2 σ1s2 < σ*1s2 < σ2s2 < σ*2p2 <

B.O = 2, (B.O) σ = 0, (B.O) π = 2
(Q) B2 σ1s2 < σ*1s2 < σ2s2 < σ*2p2 <
B.O = 1, (B.O) σ = 0, (B.O) π = 1
(R) O2 σ1s2 < σ*1s2 < σ2s2 < σ*2s2 <

B.O. = 2, (B.O) σ = 1, (B.O) π = 1

(S) N2 σ1s2 < σ*1s2 < σ2s2 < σ*2s2 <
B.O = 3, (B.O) σ = 1, (B.O) π = 2, B.O. of CN– = 3
If electron is removed from BMO of molecule then ionization energy molecule is more than atom. If
electron is removed from ABMO of molecule then ionization energy of molecule is less than atom.

30)

The shapes of these species are shown below.

Hence, among the given species, the following seven species have bent shapes around the central
atom.
SnCl2, H2O, NOCl, H2S, , OF2, ,
therefore, x = 7
Answer = x = 7

31)

σ bond formation : (i)

π bond formation : (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
No bond formation: (vii)
bond formation : (viii)

32)

For a d4 ion in a high spin state.

CFSE = –0.6 Δ0 = – 0.6 × (13,900 cm–1) = –8340 cm–1
for a d4 ion in a low spin state, the net CFSE is
= – 1.6 Δ0 + P = – 1.6 × (13,900 cm–1) + 23500 cm–1
= + 1,260 cm–1
So, x = – 8340 and y = 1260

33)

Paramagnetic and inner orbital complexes are [Cr(NH3)6] Cl3, [V(H2O)6]SO4 and K3[Fe(CN)6]

34)

NO2 ligands at cis-position only are exchangeable.

35)

When NO2 at trans position ligand exchange is not possible.

36)

SO2, SO3, N(SiH3)3, these molecules have sp2 hybridization and dπ - pπ bonding.

37)

n can be 0, 1, 2 or 3

38)

After changing the CH3 group from the plane, we get a total of 5 G.I.
Out of them 2 G.I. are optically active isomers, hence total stereoisomers, n = 7

MATHEMATICS
 39)

sum of minimum values of all the subsets

40)

41)

pre-cancel by

42)

and

A)

B)

= 64
C)

D)

if order of A is 3

43)
 B is skew symmetric
C is skew symmetric

44)

(A) 3! 4C3 = 24

(B) Required permutation = All S’s are separated – All S’s are separated but C’s together

= 5C3 × – 4C3 × 3! = 120 – 24 = 96

(C) Required words = 7C5 × 2! = 21 × 2 = 42

45)

46)

47)

2A + B = BT – AT ...(i)
take transpose both side
2AT + BT = B – A ...(ii)
equation (i) – equation (ii)
⇒ 3A = –3AT ⇒ AT = –A
⇒ 2A + B = BT + A
⇒ A + B = BT
⇒ |A + B| = |BT| = |B| = 1

48)

similarly B2 = B

= 2 (A + B)
 50)

Trace of

51)

.... (1)

now take determinant both sides

53)

56)

Pn = n – 2C3 ; Pn + 1 = n – 1C3 ;
Hence n – 1C3 – n – 2C3 = 15
n–2
C3 + n – 2C2 - n – 2C3 = 15
or n – 2C2 = 15 ⇒ n = 8

57)
 ... (1)

.... (2)
from (1)

... (3)
from 2 and 3