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A certain quantity of oxygen �𝛾𝛾 = � initially at a pressure P1 is compressed isothermally until its
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pressure is doubled (P2). The gas is then allowed to expand adiabatically until its original volume is
restored. Then the final pressure P3 in terms of initial pressure P1 is

a) P3 = 0.55 P1 b) P3 = 0.76 P1 c) P3 = 0.68 P1 d) P3 = 2.55 P1

2. A car fitted with a device which transmits sound 60 times per minute. There is no wind and speed
of sound in still air is 345 m/s. If you hear the sound 68 times per minute when you are moving
towards the car with a speed of 12 m/s, the speed of the car must be nearly

a) 20.0 ms/ towards you b) 30.0 m/s towards you

c) 10.0 m/s away from you d) 10.0 m/s towards you

3. A 43 m long rope of mass 5 kg joins two rock climbers. One climber strikes the rope and the
second one feels the effect 1.4 sec later. What is the tension in the rope?

a) 110 N b) 301 N c) 215 N d) 154 N

4. Two cats in a house mew at each other with sound intensities 5 x 10-9 W/m2 and 9 x 10-6 W/m2.
By how many decibels is the louder sound above the other?

a) ~ 13 dB b) ~ 23 dB c) ~ 33 dB d) ~ 43 dB

5. An electron orbiting a nucleus has angular momentum L. The magnetic field produced by the
electron at the centre of the orbit can be expressed as

a) 𝜇𝜇𝑜𝑜 𝑒𝑒 b) μo e c) 𝜇𝜇𝑜𝑜 𝑒𝑒 d) 𝑒𝑒
𝐿𝐿 L 𝐿𝐿 𝐿𝐿
8𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 3 4πmr 3 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 3 4𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑚𝑟𝑟 3

6. Suppose a radioactive nucleus A disintegrates at origin into a nucleus B with the emission of a
positron e+ and a neutrino ν such that the positron and the neutrino move at right angles to each
other and carry momentum 2 x 10-22 kg m/s (+ve Y axis) and 5 x 10-23 kg m/s ( +ve X axis)
respectively. Then the nucleus

a) A recoils with a momentum 2.86 x 10-22 kg m/s at angle 14.030 w.r.to +ve X axis.
b) A recoils with a momentum 2.06 x 10-22 kg m/s at angle 14.030 w.r.to –ve X axis
c) B recoils with a momentum 2.86 x 10-22 kg m/s at angle 14.030 w.r.to +ve X axis
d) B recoils with a momentum 2.06 x 10-22 kg m/s at angle 14.030 w.r.to –ve axis

7. Two identical strings with fixed ends separated by height h have their other
ends tied to a body P of mass m as shown in figure. When the body rotates
2𝑔𝑔
with uniform angular speed 2 � in a horizontal plane about the vertical axis,
ℎ
𝑇𝑇1
the ratio of tensions in the string is
𝑇𝑇2

a) 3 b) 5 c) 2 d) 5
5 3 5 2

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8. Two identical bodies M2 and M3 each of 4 kg are tied to a massless

inextensible string which is made to pass around pulleys P1 and P2
as shown in figure. Angle ABC = 370. The coefficient of friction
between the bodies and the surface on which they slide is 0.25. If
the body M1 moves down with uniform speed, neglecting the
masses and friction of pulleys. M1 =

a) 36.8 kg b) 9.8 kg c) 4.2 kg d) 2.1 kg

9. A particle of mass 0.2 kg moves along a path given by the relation: 𝑟𝑟̅ = 2 cos ωt 𝚤𝚤̂ + 3 sin ωt 𝚥𝚥̂.
Then the torque on the particle about the origin is

a) √13 𝑘𝑘� Nm b) 2 c) 3 d) 0 𝑘𝑘� Nm

� 𝑘𝑘� Nm � 𝑘𝑘� Nm
3 2

10. A bead of mass 5 g can move without friction on a piece of wire bent in the
form of a semicircular ring of radius 0.10 m as shown in fig. This ring can
freely rotate about the vertical axis OY. At what height will the bead stay
above the ground level OX, if the semicircular wire revolves with angular
velocity 10.63 rad/s?

a) 0.013 m b) 0.087 m c) 0.027 m d) 0.073 m

11. One of the flat surfaces of a cylinder (radius r and length 𝑙𝑙) and the flat surface of hemisphere are
cemented together. The cylinder and the hemisphere are made of the same material. The combined
mass of the system is M. The moment of inertia of the system about an axis coinciding with the
axis of cylinder is

a) 1
M [5r2 + 4l2] b) 1
Mr2
15𝑙𝑙 + 8𝑟𝑟 c) 1
Mr2
3𝑙𝑙 +4𝑟𝑟 d) 1 5𝑟𝑟 3 𝑙𝑙+4 𝑙𝑙 2 𝑟𝑟 2
M 5𝑟𝑟+4𝑙𝑙
10 10 3𝑙𝑙+2𝑟𝑟 10 3𝑙𝑙+2𝑟𝑟 10

12. The radius of cross section of a long pipe varies gradually as r = r0 e-αx where x is the distance from
the pipe and α = 0.4 m-1 is a constant. Then the ratio of Reynolds's number for the cross sections
separated by a distance 8 m is

a) 24.5 b) 28.5 c) 2.45 d) 2.85

13. The Pitot tube shown in fig. is used to measure fluid velocity in a
pipe of cross sectional area S. It was invented by a French engineer
Henri Pitot in the early 18th century. The volume of the gas flowing
across the section of the pipe per unit time is (the difference in the
liquid columns is ∆h, ρ0 and ρ are the densities of liquid and the
gas respectively)

a) ∆ℎ𝜌𝜌𝑜𝑜 𝑔𝑔 b) 2∆ℎ𝜌𝜌𝑜𝑜 𝑔𝑔 c) ∆ℎ𝜌𝜌𝑜𝑜 𝑔𝑔 d) 2∆ℎ𝜌𝜌𝑜𝑜 𝑔𝑔

Q = 2S � Q=S� Q=S� Q=S�
𝜌𝜌 𝜌𝜌 𝜌𝜌 𝜌𝜌

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14. A thin ring has a radius R, density ρ and Young’s modulus Y. The ring is rotated in its own plane
about an axis passing through its centre with angular velocity ω. Then the small increase in its
radius is

a) dR =
𝜌𝜌𝜔𝜔2 𝑅𝑅3 b) dR =
3𝜌𝜌𝜔𝜔2 𝑅𝑅3 c) dR =
6𝜌𝜌𝜔𝜔2 𝑅𝑅3 d) dR =
𝜌𝜌𝜔𝜔2 𝑅𝑅3
𝑌𝑌 𝑌𝑌 𝑌𝑌 2𝑌𝑌

15. A uniform metal wire is clamped by chuck nuts at the two ends as
shown in fig. The wire has cross sectional area A, length 𝑙𝑙 and
density 𝜌𝜌. A weight W is suspended from the midpoint of the wire.
Then the vertical displacement 𝛿𝛿 through which the midpoint
moves down is given by

a) 𝑙𝑙 𝑊𝑊 1/2 b) 𝑙𝑙 𝑊𝑊 1/3 c) 𝑙𝑙 𝑊𝑊 1/2 d) 𝑙𝑙 𝑊𝑊 1/3

𝛿𝛿 = � � 𝛿𝛿 = � � 𝛿𝛿 = � � 𝛿𝛿 = � �
2 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 2 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 3 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 4 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴

16. Two bodies of masses M1 and M2 are kept separated by a distance d. The potential at the point
where the gravitational field produced by them is zero is

𝐺𝐺 𝐺𝐺
a) − (M1 + M2 + 2 �𝑀𝑀1 𝑀𝑀2) b) − (M1 M2 + 2 �𝑀𝑀1 + 𝑀𝑀2 )
𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑
𝐺𝐺 𝐺𝐺
c) − (M1 - M2 + 2 �𝑀𝑀1 𝑀𝑀2 ) d) − (M1M2 - 2 �𝑀𝑀1 +𝑀𝑀2)
𝑑𝑑 𝑑𝑑

17. A ball dropped on ground from a height of 1 m rises to a height of 75 cm on rebounce. When
thrown down from the same height with a velocity of 2 m/s, it would rise to (take g = 10 m/s2)

a) 80 cm b) 90 cm c) 85 cm d) 95 cm
18. A metal body of density 8000 kg/m3 has a cavity inside. A spring balance shows its mass to be 10
kg in air and 7.5 kg when immersed in water. The ratio of the volume of the cavity to the volume
of the material of the body is

a) 2 b) 1 c) 1 d) 3
5 2 4

19. In a steel factory, it is found that to maintain M kg of iron in the molten state at its melting point,
an input power P watt is required. When the power source is turned off, the sample completely
solidifies in time t sec. The latent heat of fusion of iron is

a) 2𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 b) 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 c) Pt d) 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃

𝑀𝑀 2𝑀𝑀 M 𝑡𝑡

20. A LASER source of heat of power 1.2 W is placed very close to one end of a rod of cross sectional
area 3 cm2 and thermal conductivity 400 W/mK. Then length of the rod L required to maintain a
temperature difference of 100 C across its ends is
(assume that all the power emitted by the source falls on the rod)

a) 1.5 m b) 2.2 m c) 1.8 m d) 1m

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21. The temperature at which average de Broglie wavelength of helium atom becomes 0.5 nm is

a) 6.6 K b) 7.1 K c) 279.6 K d) 280. 1 K

22. A dielectric slab is introduced between the plates of a capacitor. If the charge on the capacitor is q
and the magnitude of the induced charge on the dielectric surface is q1 then

a) q1 < q (always) b) q1 > q (always) c) q1 = q (always) d) q1 = 0

23. When two ends of a spring are pulled apart increasing its length, it produces force equal to kx at its
1
ends. At a point of its length from one end the force is
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a) 0.25 kx b) 0.75 kx c) 1.0 kx d) 0.5 kx

24. Two semicircular wires of radius 20 cm and 10 cm have a common centre at

the origin O as shown in figure. Assume that both the wires are uniformly
charged and have an equal charge of 0.7 nC each. The magnitude of electric
field at the common center of curvature O of the system is

a) 100 V/m b) 301 V/m c) 401 V/m d) 501 V/m

25. An electron has its path unchanged when it is passing through a region of electric field
(E = 3.4 x 104 V/m) and a magnetic field (B = 2 x 10-3 wb/m2) both perpendicular to each other.
However, on switching off the electric field, the electrons move along a circular path. What is the
radius of the circular path?

a) 4.82 m b) 4.82 x 10-3 m c) 4.82 x 10-2 m d) None

26. A 1000 µF capacitor fully charged to 250 V discharges through a resistance wire embedded in a
thermally insulated block of specific heat 2.5 x 102 J kg-1 K-1 and mass of 0.01 kg. How much is the
increase in the temperature of the block?

a) 12.5 K b) 8.5 K c) 7.0 K d) 15.5 K

27. Two bodies A and B hanging in air are tied to the ends of a string which passes over a frictionless
pulley. The masses of the string and the pulley are negligible and the masses of two bodies are 2 kg
and 3 kg respectively. Body A moves upwards under a force equal to (g = 10 m/s2)

a) 30 N b) 24 N c) 10 N d) 4N

28. An object placed at a distance of 10 cm from a co-axial combination of two lenses A and B. The
combination forms a real image three times the size of the object. If lens B is concave with a focal
length 30 cm, then the focal length of lens A is

a) 10 cm b) 7.5 cm c) 6 cm d) – 6 cm

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29. Two concave refracting surfaces of equal radii of curvature face

each other in air as shown in fig. A point object O is placed
midway between the centre and one of the poles. Then the
separation between the images of O formed by each refracting
surface is

a) 11.4 R b) 1.14 R c) 0.114 R d) 0.0114 R

30. A ray of white light falls on an isosceles prism such that the red light leaves the prism
perpendicular to the other face of the prism. Find the angle of deviation if the refractive index of
the prism for red light is 1.37 and refracting angle of prism is 450

a) 200 37’ b) 280 37’ c) 350 37’ d) 300 37’

31. The voltage between the terminals of a battery is 6 V. when a wire is connected across its terminals
it falls to 5.6 V. If one more identical wire is connected between the terminals, then it falls to

a) 4.8 V b) 5.15 V c) 5.25 V d) 5.8 V

33. The impedance of RL circuit given in the adjacent figure is expressed

by the relation Z2 = A2 + B2. Then the dimensions of AB are

a) [M1 L2 I-2 T-3] b) [M2 L4 I-4 T-6] c) [M1 L-1 I-2 T-3] d) [M-1 L-2 I2 T4]

34. A micrometer screw gauge with pitch of 0.5 mm and 50 divisions on circular scale is used to
measure the diameter of a thin wire. Initially, when the gap is closed, the fourth division coincides
with the reference line. Three readings show 46th, 48th and 44th division coinciding with the
reference line which is beyond 0.5 mm of the main scale. The (best) measured value is

a) 0.46 mm b) 0.94 mm c) 0.92 mm d) 1 mm

35. In a meter bridge experiment, the resistance to be measured is connected in the right gap and a
known resistance in the left gap has value of 50 ± 0.2 Ω when the null point is judged to be at
60 ± 0.2 cm. The student notes that the ends of the bridge wire are not at 0.0 cm and 100.0 cm of
the scale and makes a guess that they may be somewhere within 0.2 cm beyond the scale ends. The
value of the unknown resistance should be expressed as

a) 33.33 ± 1 Ω b) 75 ± 1 Ω c) 75.0 ± 0.9 Ω d) 33.4 ± 0.5 Ω

36. A body A revolves along a circular orbit close to the earth’s surface. Body B oscillates along an
imaginary straight tunnel drilled through the earth, whereas another body C through a similar
longest tunnel. Let TA, TB and TC be the corresponding periods of revolution or oscillation, then

a) TA > TB = TC b) TA > TC > TB c) TA = TB = TC d) TA < TB = TC

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37. The vibrations of a string of length 100 cm and fixed at both ends are represented by the equation:
𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋
y = 2 sin cos 50πt. Then the equations of the component waves whose superposition gives that
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above vibrations are

𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋𝑥𝑥 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋

a) 2 sin � + 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋�+ 2 sin � − 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� b) sin � + 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� − 2 sin � − 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋�
10 10 10 10
𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋
c) sin � + 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� + sin � − 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� d) 2 sin � + 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� + 2 sin � + 50𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋�
10 10 10 10

38. Hot coffee in a mug cools from 900 C to 700 C in 4.8 min. The room temperature is 200 C.
Applying Newton’s law of cooling, the time needed to cool it further by 100 C should be nearly

a) 4.2 min b) 3.8 min c) 3.2 min d) 2.4 min

39. A sinusoidal voltage of amplitude 15 V is connected between the

input terminals of the circuit shown in the figure. Assume that the
diodes are ideal. In the output waveform

a) +ve peaks of the input will be clipped to +12 V and –ve peaks will be clipped to – 6 V
b) +ve peaks of the input will be clipped to +6 V and –ve peaks will be clipped to – 12 V
c) +ve peaks of the input will be clipped to +12 V and –ve peaks will be clipped to – 12 V
d) +ve peaks of the input will be clipped to +6 V and –ve peaks will be clipped to – 6 V

40. Correlate a physicist among P, Q, R to an appropriate physicist among L, M, N. Let us pay a

tribute to them.

P. Louis de Broglie L. Davisson & Germer

Q. Max Plank M. James Clerk Maxwell
R. Christian Huygens N. Arthur H Compton

a) P & N, Q & M, R & L b) P & L, Q & N, R & M

c) P & L, Q & M, R & N d) P & M, Q & L, R & N

41. In a circuit carrying an alternating current

a) Magnetic field around it oscillate with the frequency of the current

b) Heat is generated with double the frequency of the magnetic field
c) Voltage across the circuit is proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux around it
d) The current always lags in phase behind the applied voltage

42. The stress exerted by vehicles on the central part of a bridge with convex curvature will

a) be more than that at the ends b) same as that at the ends

c) be less than that at the ends d) decrease in proportion to the square of the speed of the vehicle

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43. A cylindrical vessel filled with water is connected by a narrow pipe at its bottom to another
identical empty vessel. Then

a) potential energy of water is proportional to the square of the height of its level
b) 3/4th of the potential energy is lost when the water flow stops
c) half of the potential energy is lost when the levels in both the vessels are same
d) loss in potential energy is equal to the rise in thermal energy

44. The deviation produced by a prism depends upon

a) Angle of incidence on face of prism b) refracting angle of prism

c) refractive index of prism d) wavelength of light used

45. Consider nine identical resistances arranged as shown in the figure. In

this arrangement electric current enters at node A and leaves from
node D. Let VAD = 5 V and IBE = 3 mA. Therefore

a) IAB = 5 mA
5000
b) each resistance is Ω
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c) effective resistance between A and D is 500 Ω
100
d) power dissipation along the path BCD is mW
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46. Mark the correct statement (s) of the following

a) A convex mirror forms virtual images for all positions of the object
b) a concave mirror forms real images for all positions of the object
c) a concave mirror can form a virtual magnified image
d) the magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than unity

47. A solid cylindrical conductor of radius a and charge q is co-axial with a cylindrical shell of
negligible thickness, radius b (>a) and charge –q. The capacitance of this cylindrical capacitor per
unit length is proportional to

𝑎𝑎 1
a) 𝑏𝑏
log 𝑎𝑎 b) log 𝑏𝑏 c) [log (b/a)]-1 d)
log 𝑏𝑏 − log 𝑎𝑎
48. Mark the correct statement (s) of the following:
a) In case of liquids, the boiling point increases with pressure for all liquids
b) In case of solids, the melting point decreases with pressure for all solids
c) In case of ice , the melting point decreases with pressure
d) In case of ice, the melting point increases with pressure

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49. The electric potential (in volt) in a region along the X axis varies with x according to the relation
V(x) = 5 + 4x2 where x is in m. Therefore

a) the pd between the points x = 1 and x = -3 is 32 V

b) force experienced by a charge of 1 C placed at x = - 1 is 8 N
c) force experienced by the above mentioned charge is along +ve X axis
d) a uniform electric field exists in this region along X axis

50. A homogeneous bar of length L and mass M is situated

at a distance h from a particle of mass m as shown. The
gravitational force exerted by the bar on the particle
varies inversely as

a) (L – h)2 b) 𝐿𝐿
(h + 2) 2 c) h (h + L) d) h2 if L << h
51. A particle is moving in +ve X direction with its velocity varying as v = α √𝑥𝑥. Assume that at t = 0,
the particle was located at x = 0, determine

I. the time dependence of velocity

II. Acceleration
III. The mean velocity of the particle averaged over the time that the particle takes to cover the first
s meter of the path

52. Two identical metal spheres of density ρ having equal and similar charges are supported from a
common point by means of a silk thread of length 𝑙𝑙 and negligible mass. The two threads make an
angle 2θ1 with each other when in equilibrium in air. When the same system is immersed in a
dielectric liquid of density σ, then the angular separation changes to 2θ2. Then find

I. the relative permittivity (𝜀𝜀𝑟𝑟 ) of the liquid in terms of ρ, σ, θ1, θ2

II. In case of the angular separation remains unchanged even on immersing the system in dielectric
liquid, find the expression for 𝜀𝜀𝑟𝑟

53. The plane side of a thin Plano convex lens is silvered so that the lens acts as a concave mirror of
focal length 40 cm. The material of lens has refractive index 1.5. Determine of radius of curvature
of the curved surface of the lens.

54. Light falls on one end of a cylindrical glass rod at an angle α. Determine the smallest refractive
index that the glass may have so that the light after entering the rod does not leave it through its
curved surface, irrespective of the value of α

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55. A cyclic process is indicated in the following PV diagram.

In the initial state A: temperature, pressure and volume of the system are 300 K, 1 atm and 1000 cc
In the first process AB : the adiabatic expansion increases the volume to 2000 cc.
This is followed by an isobaric compression to reduce the volume of the gas to 1000 cc.
The gas is brought to initial state by isobaric process. The system is 1 mole of monoatomic gas

a) find the pressure and temperature at state B and C

b) calculate the work done in adiabatic, isobaric processes
c) calculate the work done in cyclic process and amount of energy
supplied to system
d) calculate the efficiency of the cyclic process

56. A 750 Hz, 20 V source is connected to a resistance of 100 Ω, a capacitor of 1 µF and an inductance
of 0.18 H in series. Calculate the following quantities

a) impedance of the circuit

b) draw an impedance diagram with suitable scale
c) power factor
d) the time in which the resistance will get heated by 100 C, provided that the thermal capacity of
resistance is 2 J / 0 C

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