PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (1), (2), (3) and (4) 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 bus is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake
the bus in 100 seconds. If the bus is at a distance of 1 km form the scooterist, at what
velocity should the scooterist chase the bus:
1) 50 m/sec 2) 40 m/sec 3) 30 m/sec 4) 20 m/sec
2. The length of an elastic string is x when the tension is 5N. Its length is y when the tension is
7N. What will be its length, when the tension is 9N?
1) 2 y  x 2) 2 y  x 3) 7 x  5 y 4) 7 x  5 y
3. A rod of length L is placed on x-axis between x  0 and x  L. The linear density i.e., mass
per unit length denoted by  , of this rod, varies as,   a  bx. What should be the
dimensions of b?

1) M 2 L1T 0 2) M 1L2T 0 3) M 1L3T 1 4) M 1L2T 3

4. A wheel is rolling on a plane road. The linear velocity of centre of mass is v. Then velocities
of the points A and B on circumference of wheel relative to road will be:

1) v A  v, vB  0 2) v A  vB  0 3) v A  0, vB  v 4) v A  0, vB  2v
5. A metallic wire of density d is lying horizontal on the surface of water (surface tension = t).
The maximum length of wire so that it may not sink will be:
2Tg 2 T 2T
1) 2) 3) 4) any length
d dg  dg
6. Two points of a rod move with velocities 3v and v perpendicular to the rod and in the same
direction, separated by a distance r. Then the angular velocity of the rod is:
3v 4v 5v 2v
1) 2) 3) 4)
r r r r
7. For hydrogen gas C p  Cv  a and for oxygen gas C p  Cv  b, so the relation between a

and b is given by:

1) a = 16b 2) 16a = b 3) a = 4b 4) a = b
8. Two bars of thermal conductivities K and 3K and lengths 1 cm and 2 cm, respectively, have
equal cross-sectional area. They are joined length wise as shown in the figure. If the

temperature at the ends of this composite bar is 0 C and 100 C , respectively (see figure),
then the temperature  of the interface is:

100 200
1) 50 C 2) 
3) 60 C 4)
3C 3 C
9. The equivalent capacitance of the network, (with all capacitors having the same capacitance
C.

1)  2) Zero 3) C 
  
3  1 / 2  4) C 
   
3  1 / 2

10. The current I vs voltage V graphs for a given metallic wire at two difference temperatures T1
and T2 are shown in the figure. It is concluded that:

1) T1  T2 2) T1  T2 3) T1  T2 4) T1  2T2
11. In the circuit shown the effective resistance between B and C is:

4 3
1) 3  2) 4  3)  4) 
3 4
12. In the given circuit, the current drawn from the source is:

1) 20 A 2) 10 A 3) 5 A 4) 5 2 A
13. A flat plate P of mass ‘M’ executes SHM in a horizontal plane by sliding over a frictionless
surface with a frequency . A block ‘B’ of mass ‘m’ rests on the plate as shown in figure.
Coefficient of friction between the surface of B and P is . What is the maximum amplitude
of oscillation that the plate block system can have if the block B is not to slip on the plate:

g g g g
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 2 2  2 2 8 2 2 2 2 2
14. A glass slab has the left half of refractive index n1, and the right half of n2  3n1. The
effective refractive index of the whole slab is:
n 3n1 2n1
1) 1 2) 2n1 3) 4)
2 2 3
15. In the arrangement shown L1, L2 are slits and S1, S2 two independent sources on the screen,

interference fringes:

1) Will not be there

2) Will not be there if the intensity of light reaching the screen from S1 and S 2 are equal.
3) If light coming from S1 & S2 have same wavelength we may observe interference fringes
like pattern.
4) We will have only the central fringe.
16. What is the ratio of the circumference of the first Bohr orbit for the electron in the hydrogen
atom to the de Broglie wavelength of electrons having the same velocity as the electron in
the first Bohr orbit of the hydrogen atom?
1)1:1 2)1:2 3)1:4 4) 2:1

17. An electric field is expressed as E  2i  3 j. Find the potential difference VA  VB  between

two points A and B whose position vectors are given by rA  i  2 j and rB  2i  j  3k .
1) 1V 2) 1V 3) 2V 4) 3V
18. P – V plots for two gases during adiabatic processes are shown in the figure. Plots 1 and 2
should correspond respectively to:

1) He AND Ar 2) He AND O2 3) O2 AND N 2 4) O2 AND He

19. Two identical thin rings, each of radius R metres, are coaxially placed at a distance R metres
apart. If Q1 coulomb and Q2 coulomb are respectively, the charges uniformly spread on the
two rings, the work done in moving a charge q from the centre of one ring to that of the
other is:
 1) Zero 2)
q  Q1  Q2   2 1 
2 4 0 R

3)
q 2  Q1  Q2 
4)
q  Q1  Q2   2 1 
4 0 R 2 4 0 R
20. A parallel beam of light is incident on the system of two convex lenses of focal lengths
f1  20 cm and f 2  10 cm. What should be the distance between the two lenses so that rays
after refraction from both the lenses pass undeviated?

1) 60 cm 2) 30 cm 3) 90 cm 4) 40 cm

(NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE)

Section-II contains 10 Numerical Value Type questions. Attempt any 5 questions only. First 5 attempted questions will be considered if more than 5
questions attempted. The Answer should be within 0 to 9999. If the Answer is in Decimal then round off to the nearest Integer value (Example i,e. If answer
is above 10 and less than 10.5 round off is 10 and If answer is from 10.5 and less than 11 round off is 11).
Marking scheme: +4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempt and -1 in all other cases.
21. The masses of the blocks A and B are 0.5 kg and 1 kg respectively. These are arranged as
shown in the figure and are connected by a massless string. The coefficient of friction
between all contact surfaces is 0.4. The force (in N) necessary to move the block B with


constant velocity will be: g  10 m / s 2 
22. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit around the earth with a speed equal to half
of the magnitude of escape velocity from the earth. If the satellite is stopped suddenly in its

 
orbit and allowed to fall freely onto the earth, then speed in ms 1 with which it hits the

surface of the earth is 

kgR . Find the value of k. Given g  9.8 ms 2 and R  6.4  106 m 
23. A non-conducting partition divides a container into two equal compartments. One is filled
with helium gas at 200K and the other is filled with oxygen gas at 400K. The number of
molecules in each gas is the same. If the partition is removed to allow the gases to mix, the
final temperature (in K) will be:
24. Two circular coils X and Y, having equal number of turns, carry equal currents in the same
sense and subtend same sense angles at point O. If the smaller coil X is midway between O
and Y, then if we represent the magnetic induction due to bigger coil Y at O as BY and due
BX
to smaller coil X at O as BX then the ratio is:
BY

25. A point charge is placed outside a spherical shell as shown in the figure. Find the electric
potential (in kilo volt) on the surface of shell (Take: q  1 c and R=50cm)
26. In the following circuit, the current through the resistor R   2  is I amperes. The value of I
is_____

a
27. The pressure and volume of an ideal gas are related as P  3
, where ' a ' and ' b ' are
V 
1  
b
constants. The translational kinetic energy due to the thermal motion of the gas sample at
volume V  b, (given that ab  12 KJ ) is n KJ . Find n.

28.  
The potential energy of a particle is determined by the expression U   x 2  y 2 , where 

is a positive constant. The particle begins to move from a point with the co-ordinates  3,3

only under the action of potential fields force. When it reaches the point 1,1 its kinetic

energy is 4 K . Find the value of K .

29. A plane progressive wave is given by x   40 cm  cos  50 t  0.02 y  where y is in cm and t

in s. the particle velocity at y = 25 cm in time t = 1/100s will be 10 n m / s. What is the

value of n.
30. A charge of 5 C is placed at the centre of a square ABCD of side 10 cm. Find the work
done (in  J ) in moving a charge of 1 C from A to B.