Section A

1. Which of the following is a CORRECT statement?

(a) 2.3056 + 10.138 – 7.4671 = 4.9765
(b) 2.38 × 1.0 = 2.38
8.05
(c) =2.6
3.1
(d) (1.11 – 0.1) × 9.0 = 9.0

2. A projectile travels at below horizontal 1 sec after projection as shown. What is the value of q?

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(a) tan-1(2) (b) tan-1 (c) 37° (d) 53°
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3. An electron in a research apparatus follows a circle path. On the electron’s first circuit of the
apparatus, its speed is v0 and the radius of its circular path is R. Each time it makes on circuit, it

passes a short region where it receives a “kick” and gains an additional speed of . The electron
follows a circular path such that the magnitude of its acceleration is always the same.

What is the radius of the circular path after the electron has received 10 kicks?
(a) R/1.1 (b) 1.1 R (c) 1.21 R (d)R/1.21
4. A square of mass m is made of thin wire with sides of length a. Calculate the rotational
inertia about the z-axis.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

5. If we want that a simple pendulum oscillates with same time period in summer as it did in winter,
what changes to the simple pendulum should we do during summer?
(a) Increase the length (b) Decrease the length
(c) Increase mass of bob (d) Decrease mass of bob
6. An igloo, a hemispherical enclosure built of ice (1.67 J/m s oC), has as inner radius of 2.50 m. The
thickness of the ice is 0.5m. At what rate must thermal energy be generated to maintain the air
inside the igloo at 50C when the outside temperature is -400C? Ignore all thermal energy losses
through the ground or by air currents.
 (a) 2.25pkW (b) 4.5pkW (c) 1.25pkW (d) 5pkW
7. Assume temperature of 27 C, p = 10 Pa, n = 1 mole diameter of air molecules as 10-10m, which of
0 5

the following is correct?

(a) Mean free path > interatomic spacing (b) Mean free path = interatomic spacing
(c) Mean free path < interatomic spacing (d) Data insufficient
8. Two identical particles each of mass 'm' go round a circle of radius ‘a’ under the action of their
mutual gravitational attraction. The angular speed of each particle will be :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

9. Two blocks of same mass but different density r1 & r2 are floating in water. Block 2 has higher
fraction of its volume submerged in water. If buoyant force on them are B 1 & B2 :-
(a) B1 > B2, r > r2
(b) B1 < B2 , r1<r2
(c) B1 = B2 , r1 >r2
(d) B1 = B2 , r1< r2

10. A plastic ball is rising in water with terminal speed v. If we use a different plastic whose
density is double that of the original ball but still less that density of water, keeping the radius same,
the terminal speed would be:
(a) Doubled (b) Half
(c) More than original value (d) Less than original value
11. The electric field line pattern for charges + 2q & - q are shown. Select the most appropriate
diagram:-
12. In half deflection method, the resistance of resistance box in series with the galvanometer is
10,000W . When the galvanometer is shunted with 10 W resistance, its reading drops to half the
initial value. The resistance of galvanometer is:-
(a) 5 W (b) 10 W (c) 20 W (d) 25 W
13. Two air filled capacitors are connected as shown. The left capacitor is suddenly filled with a
dielectric of constant K. The work done by battery after that is 24mJ. Dielectric constant K is:-

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

14. An infinite cylindrical current carrying wire carries a current that is uniformly distributed over its
cross section. The magnetic field as a function of distance form it’s axis is-

15. A metal sheet is being pulled out of a region of magnetic field. IF the sheet is not magnetic:-

(a) No force is required and no heat is dissipated in sheet.

(b) Force is required but no heat is dissipated in sheet.
(c) No force is required but heat is dissipated in the sheet.
(d) Force is required and heat is dissipated in the sheet.
16. A coil of self inductance 10 mH and resistance 0.1 Ω is connected through a switch to a battery of
internal resistance 0.9 Ω. After the switch is closed, the time taken for the current to attain 80% of
the saturation value is: [take ln 5 = 1.6].
(a) 0.324s
(b) 0.002s
(c) 0.103s
(d) 0.016s
17. Out of the following pair, which one does NOT have identical dimensions is:
(a) Angular momentum and planks constant
(b) Impulse and momentum
(c) Moment of inertia and moment of a force
(d) Work and torque
18. Mass of Bromine, Selenium and Krypton are given as:- [NOT OUT OF SYLLABUS]

Which of the following decays are possible?

(a) all 3 (b) (i) & (iii) only (c) (ii) & (iii) only (d) (i) & (ii) only
19. Drawing power form a 12V car battery, a 9V stabilized DC voltage is required to power a car stereo
system, attached to the terminals A and B, as shown in the figure. If a Zener diode with ratings, V z
= 9V and Pmax = 0.27 W, is connected as shown in the figure, for the above purpose, the minimum
series resistance RS must be:-

(a) 111W (b) 103 W (c) 100 W (d) 97 W

20. When light of wavelength 540 nm passes through a single slit of unknown width, the diffraction
pattern displays a second maximum where the first minimum of light of an unknown wavelength
had been observed to fall. What is the unknown wavelength?

(a) 360 nm (b) 270 nm (c) 180 nm (d) 810 nm

Section B

1. A wave given by equation is produced in a string 100m long of mass 1 kg.

What is the tension (in N) in string? x is in m & t in sec.
2. You are trying to construct a compound microscope given two lenses with focal lengths f 1 = 1.0cm
and f2 = 4.0cm. How far apart (in cm) should you place the lenses in order to obtain an angular
magnification of 60? (Assume normal adjustment of microscope)
3. A small elastic ball of mass m is placed at the apex of a 450 inclined plane as shown in the figure
below. The ball is allowed to slip without friction down the plane (along the dotted line), hit the
ground (as shown) and bounce along it. If the height of the inclined plane is h and the coefficient of
restitution between the ball and the ground is 0.5, then the distance AB, as marked on the figure,
will be N × h, where N is

4. An electron moves in the field produced by a charged sphere of radius 10cm along the radius
connecting the points separated by 12 and 15 cm from the centre of the sphere. The velocity of the
electron changes thereby from 2 × 105 to 2 × 106 m/s. Determine the surface charge (in nC/m2)
density of the sphere. (Mass of electron = 9.1 × 10-31kg)
5. In the circuit in figure we have e1=e2=100V, R1 = 20W , R2 = 10 W , R3 = 40 W and R4 = 30 W . Find
the reading of the ammeter (in A). Disregard the resistance of the battery and the ammeter.

6. You are given a converging lens with equal radii of curvature and a diverging lens with the same
radii of curvature as those of the converging lens. The lenses are made of material with n = 1.50,
the radii of curvature are all 35cm. They are placed at opposite ends of a tube 15cm long, and the
nearer lens which is converging is 10cm from an object. What is the location of the image that
results from the two refractions? Write the final distance (in cm) from diverging lens.
7. A calorimeter consists of 400g of water at 240C. A 500g piece of copper at 1000C is thrown into the
water and the equilibrium temperature is found to be 36.50C. What is the molar heat capacity of
copper in cal/mol k, given that 1 mol of copper has a mass of 63.5g? Neglect the heat capacity of
the container.
8. The new white belt of a long horizontal conveyor is moving with a constant speed v = 3.0m/s. A
small block of carbon is placed on the belt with zero initial velocity relative to the ground. The
block will slip a bit before moving with the belt, leaving a black mark on the belt (figure). How
long is that mark (in m) if the coefficient of kinetic friction between the carbon block and the belt is
0.20 and the coefficient of static friction is 0.30?

9. In gravity free space, a bead of charge 1mC and mass 3mg is threaded on a rough rod of friction
coefficient m = 0.3. A magnetic field of magnitude 0.2 T exists perpendicular to the rod. The bead is
projected along the rod with a speed 4m/s. How much distance (in m) will the bead cover before
coming to rest?
10. Initially the capacitor is uncharged. What is the steady state charge on it (in mC) after the switch is
closed?