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SINGLE CORRECT (MARKING SCHEME +4, -1) – 20 QUESTIONS

TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS

CONCEPT: NUCLEAR PHYSICS
SUB-CONCEPT: RADIOACTIVE DECAY
LEVEL: EASY
1 The rate of decay of a radioactive element at t=0 instant disintegrations per second. If
the half life of the elements is 1 s, then the rate of decay after 1 s will be

1) 500 disintegrations per s 2) 1000 disintegrations per s

3) 250 disintegrations per s 4) 2000 disintegrations per s

KEY 1

SOL

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: LAWS OF MOTION & FRICTION
SUB-CONCEPT: ANALYSIS OF FRICTION FORCE
LEVEL: EASY
2 A force F=t is applied to a block A as shown in figure, where t is time in seconds. The
force is applied at t=0 seconds when the system was at rest. Which of the following
graph correctly gives the frictional force between A and horizontal surface as a function
of time t [Assume that at t=0, tension in the string connecting the two blocks is zero]
 1) 2) 3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL Let and be the mass of blocks A and B respectively.

As the force F increases from 0 to , the frictional force f on block A is such that
f=F. When the frictional force f attains maximum value .

As F is further increased to , the block A does not move. In this duration

frictional force on block A remains constant at .

As f further increased, system will start moving and kinetic friction will start

acting on . Hence c is correct choice.

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: LAWS OF MOTION & FRICTION
SUB-CONCEPT: CLASSIFACTION OF FORCE
LEVEL: EASY
3 A cylinder rests in a supporting carriage as shown. The side AB of carriage makes an
angle with the horizontal and side BC is vertical. The carriage lies on a fixed
horizontal surface and is being pulled towards left with an horizontal acceleration ‘a’.
The magnitude of normal reactions exerted by sides AB and BC of carriage on the
cylinder be and respectively. Neglect friction everywhere. Then as the
magnitude of acceleration ‘a’ of the carriage is increased, pick up the correct statement;
 1) increases and decreases

2) Both and increase

3) remains constant and increases

4) increases and remains constant

KEY 3

SOL The free body diagram of cylinder is as shown.

Since net acceleration of cylinder is horizontal,

or …… (1)

And or …… (2)

Hence remains constant and increases with increase in a.

TOPIC: THERMAL PHYSICS

CONCEPT: THERMODYNAMICS
SUB-CONCEPT: DIFFERENT PROCESS IN FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
LEVEL: EASY
4 The P-V diagram of the Isothermal curve as shown in fig. one mole of an ideal gas is
taken from the same initial state A to different paths , the
quantities of heat supplied is is and is then the
correct realation between and is (B, C, D points are on the isothermal curve)

1) 2) 3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL

Hence

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: LAWS OF MOTION & FRICTION
SUB-CONCEPT: POTENTIAL ENERGY
LEVEL: EASY
5 In the figure shown the potential energy U of a particle due to another particle conservative
interaction is plotted against its position ‘x’ from origin. [Assume that two particles
taken as a system] Then which of the following statement is correct.

1) is in stable equilibrium 2) is in stable equilibrium

 3) is in stable equilibrium 4) is in unstable equilibrium

KEY 4

SOL and are not equilibrium positions because at these points.

is unstable, as U is maximum at this point.

TOPIC: GEOMETRICAL & WAVE OPTICS

CONCEPT: REFLECTION & REFRACTION
SUB-CONCEPT: REFRACTION
LEVEL: EASY
6 The following figure represents a plane wave front AB which passes from air to another
transparent medium and produces a new plane wave front CD after refraction. The
refractive index of the medium is (PQ is the boundary between air and the medium).

1) 2) 3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL By snell’s law :

For and
 .

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: GRAVITATION
SUB-CONCEPT: GEOSTATIONARY
LEVEL: EASY
7 Earth is rotating with a constant angular velocity about it’s polar axis. A man of
mass ‘m’ present on the earth surface at a latitude angle , man is at rest w.r.t. earth.
The frictional force experienced by the man, the acceleration due to gravity at the poles is
“g’ earth is taken as solid sphere and it’s radius is R and is the coefficient of the
friction and neglect the height of the man when compared to the radius of the earth.

1) 2)

3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: CENTER OF MASS & LINEAR MOMENTUM
SUB-CONCEPT: COLLISION
LEVEL: EASY
8 AB is an L shaped obstacle fixed on a horizontal smooth table. A ball strikes it at A, gets
deflected and restrikes it at B. If the velocity vector before collision is and coefficient
of restitution of each collision is ‘e’, then the velocity of ball after its second collision at
B is (Neglect friction between contact surfaces and neglect the gravitational effect.)
 1) 2) 3) 4) Data insufficient

KEY 3

SOL

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: ROTATIONAL MOTION
SUB-CONCEPT: ANGULAR MOTION
LEVEL: EASY
9 A small block of mass ‘m’ is rigidly attached at ‘P to a ring of mass ‘3m’ and radius ‘r’.
The system is released from rest at and rolls without sliding. The angular
acceleration of hoop just after release is __ about the centre of the ring.

1) 2) 3) 4)
KEY 2

SOL f = 4 ma …….. (1)

mg-f=4 ma …….. (2)

From (1) and (2)

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: ROTATIONAL MOTION
SUB-CONCEPT: TORQUE
LEVEL: EASY
10 A conical pendulum consists of a simple pendulum moving in a horizontal circle as
shown in the figure. C is the pivot, O the centre of the circle in which the pendulum bob
moves and the constant angular velocity of the bob. If is the angular momentum
about point C, then

1) is constant 2) only direction of is constant

3) only magnitude of is constant 4) both magnitude and direction of changes

KEY 3
SOL The direction of is perpendicular to the line joining the bob to point C. Since this
line keeps changing its orientation in space, direction of keeps changing however as
is constant, magnitude of remains constant.

Aliter : The torque about point is perpendicular to the angular momentum vector about
point C. Hence only change the direction of L, and not its magnitude.

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
SUB-CONCEPT: SPRING MASS SYSTEM
LEVEL: EASY
11 The coefficient of friction between blocks of mass m and 2m is . There is no
friction between block of mass 2m and fixed inclined plane. The maximum amplitude of
two block system for which there is no relative motion between the blocks.

[Assume At the time of releasing the system of two blocks released from rest suddenly
and the ideal spring is in it’s natural length]

1) 2) 3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL The maximum static frictional force is

Applying Newton’s second law to upper block at lower extreme position

 Or or

TOPIC: MECHANICS
CONCEPT: CIRCULAR MOTION
SUB-CONCEPT: KINEMATICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION
LEVEL: EASY
12 A bead of mass ‘m’ is located on a parabolic wire with its axis vertical and vertex at the
origin as shown in figure and whose equation is . The wire frame is fixed and
the bead can slide on it without friction. The bead is released from the point y=4a on the
wire frame from rest. The tangential acceleration of the bead when it reaches the position
given by y=a is : (Acceleration due to gravity is g)

1) 2) 3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL

Differentiating w.r.t. y, we get

hence

The component of weight along tangential direction is mg .

 Hence tangential acceleration is g

TOPIC: WAVES
CONCEPT: SUPERPOSITION & REFLECTION
SUB-CONCEPT: STANDING WAVES
LEVEL: EASY
13 The figure shows at time t=0 second, a rectangular pulse and triangular pulse on a
uniform wire are approaching each other. The pulse speed is 0.5 cm/s. The shape of
resultant pulse at t=2 second is

1) 2)

3) 4)

KEY 4

SOL At t = 2 seconds, the position of both pulses are separately given by fig. (a) and fig. (b) :
the superposition of both pulses is given by fig. (c)
TOPIC: GEOMETRICAL & WAVE OPTICS
CONCEPT: WAVE OPTICS
SUB-CONCEPT: COHERENT SOURCES
LEVEL: EASY
14 and are two coherent sources of sound separated by distance , where is

the wave length of sound leads in phase by . A and B are two points on the
line joining and as shown in figure. The ratio of amplitudes of source and

are in ratio 1:2. The ratio of intensity at A to that of is

1) 2) 3) 0 4) 9

KEY 4
SOL For interference at B, over all path difference =

For interference at A overall path difference = 0

TOPIC: THERMAL PHYSICS

CONCEPT: THERMODYNAMICS
SUB-CONCEPT: DIFFERENT PROCESSES IN FIRST LAW
LEVEL: EASY
15 One mole of an ideal gas is taken from state A to state B by three different processes, (a)
ACB (b) ADB (c)AEB as shown in the P-V diagram. The heat absorbed by the gas is

1) greater in process (b) than in (a) 2) the least in process (b)

3) the same in (a) and (c) 4) less in (c) than in (b)

KEY 4

SOL Heat absorbed by gas in three process in given by

The change in internal energy in all the three cases in same. And is , is –
ve.

Hence
TOPIC: THERMAL PHYSICS
CONCEPT: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
SUB-CONCEPT: AVERAGE TRANSLATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY
LEVEL: EASY
16 The graph which represents the variation of mean translational kinetic energy of molecules
with temperature

1) 2)

3) 4)

KEY 3

SOL

TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS

CONCEPT: ATOMIC PHYSICS
SUB-CONCEPT: EXCITATION ENERGY
LEVEL: EASY
17 Two hydrogen atoms are in excited state with electrons residing in n=2. First one is
moving towards left and emits a photon of energy towards right. Second one is
moving towards right with same speed and emits a photon of energy towards right.
Taking recoil of nucleus into account during emission process (Assume that direction of
motional atom unaltered)

1) 2) 3) 4) information insufficient
KEY 2

SOL

In the first case K.E. of H-atom increases due to recoil whereas in the second case K.E.

decreases due to recoil but .

TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS

CONCEPT: ATOMIC PHYSICS
SUB-CONCEPT: EXCITATION ENERGY
LEVEL: EASY
18 An electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from first excited state to ground state.
The equivalent current due to circulating electron

1) becomes 2 times 2) becomes 4 times

3) becomes 8 times 4) remains the same

KEY 3

SOL Now

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: ELECTRIC CURRENT & CIRCUIT
SUB-CONCEPT: COMBINATION OF RESISTANCE
LEVEL: EASY
19 In the figure shown the current flowing through the resistor of resistance 2 R is :
 1) from left to right 2) from right to left

3) no current 4) frist left to right and and then right to left

KEY 2

SOL In figure all resistance are connected in parallel.

So and current in all resistance flow from positive terminal of

battery (means A end) to negative terminal of battery (means B end).

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: CAPACITOR & CAPACITANCE
SUB-CONCEPT: NODAL ANALYSIS
LEVEL: EASY
20 The plates of a capacitor are charged to a potential difference of 320 V and are then
connected across a resistor. The potential difference across the capacitor decays
exponentially with time. After 1s from starting the potential difference between the plates
of the capacitor is 240V. Then after 2s and 3 s from starting the potential difference
between the plates will be

1) 200 and 180V 2) 180 and 135 V

3) 160 and 80 V 4) 140 and 20 V

KEY 2

SOL

INTEGER/NUMERICAL (MARKING SCHEME +4, 0) – 10 QUESTIONS

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: ALERNATING CURRENT
SUB-CONCEPT: AVERAGE VALUE OF CURRENT
LEVEL: EASY
21 The voltage time (V-t) graph for triangular wave having peak value. is as shown in
figure.

V0
The rms value of V in time interval from t=0 to is √ X . Then the value of X is

KEY 3

SOL (i)

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
SUB-CONCEPT: ENERGY STORED
LEVEL: EASY
22 In an ac dynamo, the number of turns in the armature are made four times and the angular
velocity nine times. Then the peak value of induced emf will become how many times ?

KEY 36

SOL
TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
CONCEPT: MAGNETIC FIELD & FORCES
SUB-CONCEPT: MAGNECTIC FIELD DUE MOVING CHARGE
LEVEL: EASY
23 A uniform magnetic field exists in region which forms an equilateral triangle of side a.
The magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of the triangle. A charge q enters into
this magnetic field perpendicularly with speed v along perpendicular bisector of one side
and comes out along perpendicular bisector of other side. The magnetic field strength in
nmv
the triangle is . Then the value of n is
qa

KEY 2

SOL The charged particle moves in a circle of radius

or

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: COULOMBS LAW & ELECTRIC FIELD
SUB-CONCEPT: ELECTRIC FIELD
LEVEL: EASY
24 The grid (each square of 1m x 1m), represents a region in space containing a uniform
electric field. If potentials at points O, A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H are respectively 0, -1, -2,
1, 2, 0, -1, 1, and 0 volts, then the unit vector along the direction of electric field intensity
¿ ¿

is ((x i − j )V /m) . Then x+y value is

√y
KEY 3

SOL OEH is an equipotential surface, the uniform E.F. must be perpendicular to it pointing
from higher to lower potential as shown

Hence,

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
SUB-CONCEPT: MOTIONAL EMF
LEVEL: EASY
25 A wooden stick of length is rotated about an end with constant angular velocity in a
uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane of motion. If the upper one third of
its length is coated with copper, the potential difference across the whole length of the
2
xBωl
stick is . Then x+y value is
y
KEY 7

SOL When the rod rotates, there will be an induced current in the rod. The given situation can
be treated as if a rod ‘A’ of length ‘3l’ rotating in the clockwise direction, while an other
say rod ‘B’ of length ‘2l’ rotating in the anti clockwise direction with same angular speed
.

As we know that

For ‘A’ : A : For ‘B’ : B

&

Resultant induced emf will be :

TOPIC: GEOMETRICAL & WAVE OPTICS

CONCEPT: REFLECTION & REFRACTION
SUB-CONCEPT: REFRACTION
LEVEL: EASY
26 A spherical surface of radius of curvature R separates air (refractive index 1.0) from glass
(refractive index 1.5) the center of curvature is in the glass. A point object P placed in air
is found to have a real image Q in the glass. The line PQ cuts the surface at a point O and
PO = OQ. The distance PO is equal to nR. The value of n is [Assume PQ line coincidence
with the principal axis]

KEY 5
SOL

TOPIC: MODERN PHYSICS

CONCEPT: SEMICONDUCTOR & DEVICES
SUB-CONCEPT: JUCTION TRANSISTOR
LEVEL: EASY
27 In the circuit shown in figure the base current is and the collector is 5.2 mA.
The value of is 1/n. then the value of n is

KEY 2

SOL

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
SUB-CONCEPT: POTENTIAL DUE TO POINT
LEVEL: EASY
17 Figure shows a solid hemisphere with a charge of 5nC distributed uniformly throughout
its volume. The hemisphere lies on a plane and point P is located on the plane, along a
radial line from the centre of curvature at distance 15 cm. The electric potential at point

P due to the hemisphere is 60*n V. Then the value of n is

KEY 5

SOL By argument of symmetry, it will be half of the potential produced by the full sphere

Charge on hemisphere , so charge on sphere

TOPIC: GEOMETRICAL & WAVE OPTICS

CONCEPT: WAVE OPTICS
SUB-CONCEPT: YOUNGS DOUBLE SLIT
LEVEL: EASY

29 A Young’s double slit experiment is conducted in water as shown in the figure, and
a glass plate of thickness t and refractive index is placed in the path of . The
4π
magnitude of the phase difference at O is |( μ 2 − μ1 ) t| . Then the value of x is (Assume
xλ
that ‘ ’ is the wavelength of light in air)

KEY 2

SOL Here path difference will be :

TOPIC: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM

CONCEPT: MAGNETIC FIELD & FORCES
SUB-CONCEPT: MAGNETIC MOMENT
LEVEL: EASY
30 An insulating rod of length carries a charge q uniformly distributed on it. The rod is
pivot at its mid point and is rotated at a frequency f about a fixed axis perpendicular to
rod and passing through the pivot. The magnitude of magnetic moment of the rod system
n 2
is πqf l . Then the value of n is
12

KEY 1

SOL At a distance x consider small element of width dx.

Magnetic moment of the small element is :