1. An object is dropped from rest.

Its velocity (v) changes in the following form

A.

distance

B.

distance

C.

distance

D.

distance

2. Which of the following statement is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant speed ? A. the velocity vector is tangent to the circle B. the acceleration vector is tangent to the circle C. the acceleration vector points to the centre of the circle D. the velocity and acceleration vectors are ^r to each other 3. Strain energy in a stretched string is A. stress strain

1 stress strain B. 2 C. (stress strain)2 D. (stress strain)-1

4. When a wave advances through a medium, it carries A. the particles of the medium only B. energy only C. both particles & energy D. none of these 5. When propagation of longitudinal waves through a medium takes place, quantities transmitted in the direction of A. energy, momentum & mass B. energy & mass C. energy D. energy & linear momentum 6. Waves in a medium are represented by y = 0.3 sin (x - 4t) metre. The displacement at a A. + 0.3 B. - 0.3 C. Zero D. + 0:2 7. Which of the following statements is wrong ? A. Changes in air temperature have no effect on the speed of sound B. Changes in air pressure have no effect on the speed of sound C. The speed of sound in water is higher than in air D. The speed of light in water is lower than in air 8. Doppler effect is applicable for A. sound waves only B. light waves only C. all types of waves D. none of these

propagation are

point x = 50 cm t = 2.5 s is

9. A and B are two hills at a distance 360 m apart. A person standing between the hills, claps his hands and hears the two echoes at the end of 0.8 s and 1.6 s. The velocity of sound in air is (m/s) A. 320 m/s B. 350 m/s C. 270 m/s D. 300 m/s 10. How many times more intense is 90 dB sound than a 40 dB sound A. 105 B. 5

C. 50 D. 2.5 11. Sound intensity 3 dB louder than sound of intensity 10 w/m2 is A. 10 w/m2 B. 2w/m2 C. 20w/m2 D. 3w/m2 12. A pipe open at both ends produces a note of frequency f1. When the pipe is kept with 3/4th of its length in water, it

produces a note of frequency f2. The ratio of f1/2f2 is 4 A. 3 3 B. 4 C. 2 1 D. 2

13. In stationary waves the distance between two consecutive nodes is [ is wavelength] A. /4 B. C. /2 D. /3 14. An organ pipe closed at one end has a frequency n. If its length is doubled and radius halved, its frequency is nearly A. n/3 B. n/2 C. n D. 2n 15. A smoked metal ball dipped in water appears shining bright due to A. reflection B. refraction C. total internal reflection D. reflection and refraction 16. A convex lens forms virtual and real images of the same magnification, when object is placed at a distance of 0.6 m

and 2.6 in. The focal length of lens is

A. 2m B. 1m C. 1.6m D. 3.2m

17. Show in the fig is a convergent lens placed inside a cell filled with a liquid. The lens has a focal length 20 cm when in air and its material has R.I. 1.5. If the liquid has R.I. 1.6, the focal length of system is

A. 80 cm B. - 80cm C. - 24 cm D. - 100 cm 18. When monochromatic yellow light is passed instead of violet light the focal length of convex lens will A. decrease B. increase C. remains same D. none of these 19. Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce a fringe pattern

on a screen. The phase difference between the beams is at a point P and at a point Q. The 2 difference between the resultant intensities at P & Q is
A. 4I B. 3I C. 5I D. I 20. A parallel beam of monochromatic light is incident on one face of an equilateral prism. The angle of incidence

being 54, the angle of emergence of the beam is 46. The angle of minimum deviation is
A. 40 B. < 40 C. > 40 D. > 40 21. The conditions of observing Fraunhoffer diffraction from a single slit is that the light wavefront incident on the slit

must be
A. spherical B. elliptical C. cylindrical

D. plane 22. An arrangement consisting of a large number of parallel slits of equal width and separated from one another by

equal opaque space is called

A. diffraction grating B. polaroid C. zone plate D. interferometer 23. The image of a point source is not a point, but has definite size. This is due to A. diffraction B. interference C. refraction D. dispersion

24. In a Young's double slit experiment, two coherent sources are placed 0.90 mm apart and the fringes are observed 1m away. If it produces the second dark fringe at a distance of 1 mm from the central fringe, the wavelength of monochromatic light used is A. 6 10-5 m B. 6 10-7 m C. 1.0 10-5 m D. 1.0 10-6 m

25.

The dimensions of is

A. [ A3 T2 L -2 M3 ] B. [A T L M] C. [A2 M - 1 L-3 T4] D. [A2 T3 L -3 M -1]

26. A Cylindrical radius R and length L is placed in an uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by A. R2E B. (R2 + L2) C. 0 D. 2R2E 27. A proton is accelerated by a p.d. of 15000 V. Its K.E. is A. 15000 J B. 2.4 x 10 - 15 J C. 2.4 x 10 -20 J D. 1.6 x 10 - 19 J

28. In electrolytic capacitors dielectric is A. thin film of aluminium oxide on cathode B. thin film of aluminium oxide on anode C. electrolyte used D. not present

29. Four capacitors each of 25 F are connected in a circuit as shown in figure. The d.c. voltmeter V reads 200 V. The charge on each plate of capacitor is
V

A. 2 10 -3 C B. 2 10 -2 C C. 5 10 -3 C D. 5 10 -2 C 30. Two identical charged spherical drops each of capacitance C merge to form a single drop. The resultant capacitance A. equal to 2 C B. greater than 2 C C. less than 2 C but greater than C D. less than C 31. Quantization of charge implies A. charge exists on particles B. there is a maximum permissible magnitude of charge C. charge which is a fraction of Coulomb is not possible D. None of the above

is

32. The capacitance of spherical capacitor is 1 pF. If the spacing between the sphere is 1 mm, the radius of the outer sphere is A. 0.30 m B. 3 cm C. 6 m D. 3.5 mm 33. Energy is being consumed at the greatest rate in an appliance drawing A. 5A at 110 V

B. 5A at 220 V C. 10 A at 110 V D. 10 A at 220 V 34. Four resistances 15, 12, 4 & 10 are connected in cyclic order to form wheatstone network. The resistance to be A. 5 B. 10 C. 8 D. 20 35. A potential difference of 220 V is maintained across 12000 rheostat. Then voltmeter V has a resistance of 6000

connected in, parallel with 10 to balance the network is

and point C is at one fourth the distance from a to b. Then the reading of voltmeter is

b 220 V c

a V

A. 30 volt B. 40 volt C. 45 volt D. 60 volt 36. The resistance between P and Q in the figure shown is
2

2 2 2

A. 1 B. 3/2 C. 6 D. 4 37. The dimensions of voltage (pd or emf) is A. ML2 T-3 I-2 B. ML2 T-3 I-1 C. ML2 T3 I D. ML2 T-2 I-1

38. If a piece of metal was thought to be a magnet which one of the following observations would offer conclusive

evidence ?
A. It attracts a steel screw driver B. It attracts a known magnet C. It repels a known magnet D. None of these 39. Figures below show 4 ways of making a regular hexagon out of wires of 2 different kinds P, Q with current beads, at

the middle of opposite wires, the magnetic field at the centre of the hexagon is not zero in

A. was (iii) & (iv) only B. case (iii) only C. case (i) & (ii) only D. case (i) only 40. Two diametrically opposite points on a circular coil are connected to a battery. The current through each part of the

conductor is I ampere. If the radius of the coil is r, the field at the centre of the coil is
I A. 2r I B. 4r C. rI D. zero
41. The force acting on a conductor carrying a current I and length L, placed at right angles to a uniform magnetic field

of strength B is given by
A. BI / L B. BIL C. IL / B D. BL / I 42. A straight wire of length 0.5 metre and carrying a current of 1.2 ampere is placed in uniform magnetic field of

induction 2 tesla. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the length of the wire. The force on the wire is

A. 2. 4 N B. 1.2 N C. 3.0 N D. 2.0 N 43. The induced emf in a coil is independent of A. resistance of the circuit B. the number of turns in the coil C. the change in the magnetic flux D. time 44. The number of turns in the primary and secondary turns of a transformer are 1000 and 3000 respectively. If 80 volt

A.C Is applied to the primary coil of the transformer, then the potential difference per turn of the secondary coil would be
A. 240 V B. 2400 V C. 24 V D. 0.08 V 45. Two long conductors seperated by a distance d carry currents I1 and I2 in the same direction. They exert force F on

each others. Now the current in one of them is increased to two times and the direction is reversed. The distance is also increased to 3d. The new value of force between then is
A. -2/3 F B. F/3 C. -2 F D. -F/3 46. Two concentric circular coils of 10 turns each are situtated in the same plane. Their radii are 20 and 40 cm and they

carry respectively 0.2 and 0.3 ampere current in opposite directions. The magnetic field in weber /m2 at the centre is 35 7 80 7 80 5 4

A. B. C. D.

47. Neutron was discovered by A. Rutherford B. Thomson

C. Chadwick D. Anderson 48. A electron revolves around a nucleus of charge Ze. In order to excite the electron from the state

n = 2 to n =3, the energy required is 4.72 eV. Z is

A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 5 49. Which one of the following pair of nuclei are isotopes? A. 1H3 and 2H3 B. 2He4 and 2He3 C. 2He4 and 3Li6 D. none of these 50. Raman frequency depends on A. nature of substance only B. frequency of incident radiation C. both 1 and 2 D. None of these 51. A radio active element has a decay constant of 1.1 10-9 sec-1. Then its half life in seconds is A. 0.63 108 B. 6.3 108 C. 6.3 10-8 D. 5.5 108 52. The easily fissionable isotope of uranium has mass number of A. 235 B. 237 C. 236 D. 238 53. In common emitter amplifier circuit phase reversal takes place when output is taken between A. base and collector B. collector and emitter C. base and collector as well as collector and emitter D. none of the above 54. Polonium was discovered by

A. Piere Curie B. Madam curie C. Irene Curie D. Rutherford 55. The only function of NOT gate is A. stop signal B. recornplement a signal C. act as universal gate D. invert an input signal 56. A scientist wants an alarm to sound in his laboratory if the air temperature decreases below 15C or rises above

30C, then he would make use of

A. an 'OR' gate B. an 'AND' gate C. a 'NOT' gate D. a truth table 57. The above diagram shows an adiabatic curve and an isothermal curve for an ideal gas
X Y

A. X represents isothermal expansion B. Y represents isothermal compression C. X represents adiabatic expansion D. Y represents adiabatic compression 58. A body of mass 5 kg has thermal capacity of 10,000 J/K. The specific heat of the material will be (in J / kg / K) A. 50,000 B. 2000 C. 10,000 D. 400 59. Convection takes place A. only in gases B. only in liquids C. in solids and liquids D. in liquids and gases

60. An engine having an efficiency of 0.6 has an exhaust which is used to drive another engine with an efficiency of 0.4.

The efficiency of the system of two engines as a whole is

A. 0.24 B. 0.5 C. 0.76 D. 1.0