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(1)When a spherical body is falling through air, the friction force acting on it varies directly as the
square of the objects speed. What are the units of the constant of proportionality relating friction
force and speed?

(1). kg m
-1
(2) kg m
-1
s
-1
(3). kg m s
-1
(4). kg m
2
s
-3
(5). No unit
(2) The depth of a lake can be found by the method of echo- sounding. The echo of a short pulse sent
vertically down to the bottom of the lake was received after 0.6 s. Given that the speed of sound in
water is 1440 m/s, the depth of the lake will be

(1). 7.2 m (2). 14.4 m (3). 432 m (4). 864 m (5). 1728 m

(3) When light enters from one medium into another, which of the following will be changed?

(1) the frequency of light (2) the wavelength of light (3) the velocity of light

(1). (1) only (2). (3) Only (3). (1) and (2) only (4). (2) and (3) only (5). (1), (2) and (3)

(4) The dimensional formula of electric field strength is:

1. MLT
-2
I
-1
2. MLT
-3
A
-1
3. T
-2
A
-1
4. MLTA
-2
5. TML
(5) A string can withstand a tension of 25 N. What is the greatest speed at which a body of mass 1
kg can be whirled in a horizontal circle using 1 m length of the string?

1. 25 ms
-1
2. 5 ms
-1
3. 75 ms
-1
4. 10 ms
-1
5. 76ms
-1

(6) A ray incident on a 60 prism of refractive index 2 suffers minimum deviation. The angle of
incidence is

1. 0 2. 45 3. 60 4. 75 5. 40
0



(7) The K.E. needed to project a body from the earth's surface to infinity is( R is earth radius)

1. mgR 2.2 mgR 3. 1/2 (mgR) 4. 1/4 (mgR) 5.0

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(8) A particle P is moving in a horizontal circle in a clockwise direction as shown (top view). The
following diagrams show the direction of the acceleration a of the particle. Which of them is/are possible?

1. (1) only
2. B. (3) only
3. C. (1) and (2) only
4. D. (2) and (3) only
5. All

(9) An object in equilibrium has three forces, F1 of 30 N, F2 of 50 N, and F3 of 70 N, acting on it. The
magnitude of the resultant of F1 and F2 is

(1). 10 N (2). 20 N (3). 40 N (4). 70 N (5). 80 N

(10) A rotating fan blade has kinetic energy K when rotating with constant angular velocity. When the angular
velocity is reduced to one-third, the kinetic energy becomes

(1). 9K (2). 3K (3). K (4). K/3 (5). K/9

(11) A cork has weight mg and density 25% of water density. A string is tied around the cork and attached to the
bottom of a water-filled container. As shown in the accompanying figure, the cork is totally immersed in the
water. Expressed in terms of the cork weight mg, the tension in the string is:

1). 0 2). mg 3). 2 mg
4). 3 mg 5). 4 mg

(12) Three uniform wires, of same length and mass but with different shapes, are hinged to an axis passing
through O and perpendicular to the plane of the paper as shown. Arrange their moments of inertia about O in
ascending order of magnitude.

(1). (1), (2), (3) (4). (2), (1), (3)
(2). (1), (3), (2) (5). (2), (3), (1)

(3). (3), (2), (1)
(13) A far sighted person can see clearly
beyond 100 cm distance. If he wants to see clearly an object at 40 cm distance, then the power of the
lens he shall require is

1. + 1.5 D 2. 1.5 D 3. + 3.0 D 4. 3.0 D 5. +2 D


(14) The distances of two planets from the sun are 10
13
and 10
12
meters respectively. The ratio of
time period of these two planets is

1. 10 2. 1/10 3. 100 4. 1010 5. 10



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(15) The above figure shows a Pitot-static tube situated in a moving fluid.
Which of the following graphs best shows the relation between the speed v
of the fluid and the difference in manometer levels h?















(16) In the figure above, block A has mass m
A
= 25 kg and block B has mass m
B
= 10 kg. Both blocks
move with constant acceleration a = 2 m/s2 to the right, and the coefficient of static friction between
the two blocks is= 0.8. The static frictional force acting between the blocks is

(1) 20 N (3) 50 N (4) 78 N

(2) 196 N (5) 274


(17) A glass vessel in the shape of a triangular prism is filled with water, and light is incident
normally on the face XY. If the refractive indices for water and glass are 4/3 and 3/2 respectively,
total internal reflection will occur at the glass-air surface XZ only for sin greater than

1. 1/2.
2. 2/3.
3. 3/4.
4. 8/9.
5. 16/27.



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(18) A beam of monochromatic light passes through three media of refractive indexes n
1
, n
2
and n
3

respectively as shown. The boundaries between the media are parallel

Which of the following relations between n
1
, n
2
and n
3
is correct?



(19) A thin circular ring of mass M and radius R rotating about its axis with a constant angular speed
w. Two blocks, each of mass m are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. The
angular speed of the ring, will be

(e) none of these

(20) A particle starts simple harmonic motion from the mean position. Its amplitude is a and total
energy E. At one instant its kinetic energy is 3E/4. Its displacement at that instant is


(21) A mango tree is at the bank of a river and one of the branch of tree extends over the river. A
tortoise lives in river. A mango falls just above the tortoise. The acceleration of the mango falling
from tree appearing to the tortoise is (Refractive index of water is 4/3 and the tortoise is stationary)
(1) g (2) 4g/3 (3) 3g/4 (4) none of these (5)

(22) A ray falls on a prism ABC (AB // BC) and travel as shown in figure. The least
value of refractive index of material of the prism, should be

(1) 1.5 (2) (3) 1.33 (4) 1/3

(5) 1

(23) Escape velocity from a planet is ve If its mass is increased to 8 times and its radius is increased to
2 times, then the new escape velocity would be

(1) ve (2) 2ve (3) 2ve (4) 1/2ve (5) 2 2ve
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(24) Two springs, S
1
and S
2
, have negligible masses and the spring constant of S
1
i s 1/3 that of
S
2
. When a block is hung from the springs as shown above and the springs come to equilibrium
again, the ratio of the work done in stretching S1 to the work done in stretching S
2
is
(1) 1/9 (2) 1/3 (3) 1 (4) 3 (5) 9

(25) A cylindrical tank of height 2 m and cross section area A = 4000 cm
2
is initially empty when it is
kept under a tap of cross sectional area 1 cm
2
. Water starts flowing from the tap at t = 0, with a speed
= 2 m/s. There is a small hole in the base of the tank of cross-sectional area 0.5 cm
2
. The variation of
height of water in tank (in meters) with time t is best depicted by

2

t
(26) A thin converging lens produces an inverted real image of an object on a screen. The size of the
image is the same as that of the object. When the upper half of the lens is covered by an opaque sheet
of paper,
(1) the image disappears (2) the lower half of the image disappears
(3) the upper half of the image disappears (4) full image with reduced intensity is obtained
(5) full image having half the size of the object is obtained
(27) A slab of mass 50 kg is placed on frictionless horizontal floor and a block of mass 10 kg is placed
on the slab as shown. The coefficient of static friction and the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the slab and the block are respectively 0.4 and 0.2 and the acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms
2
. A
horizontal force equal to 30 N acts on the block. The acceleration of the slab will be
(a) 0.1 ms
2

(b) 0.2 ms
2
(c) 0.3 ms
2

(d) 0.5 ms
2
(e) 1.2 ms
2

(28) Two bodies of masses m and 4m are placed at a distance r. The gravitational potential at a point
on the line joining them where the gravitational field is zero is:

(5) GM/r
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(29)Two satellites A and B of the same mass are moving in circular orbits round the earth. The radius
As orbit is r and that of Bs orbit is 2r. Their total mechanical energies are E
A
and E
B
respectively.
Which of the following descriptions about E
A
and E
B
is correct? (Gravitational potential energy is
taken to be zero at infinity

1. EA > 0 and EB = 2EA 4. EA > 0 and EB = EA
2. EA > 0 and EB = -2EA 5. EA < 0 and EB = 2EA
3. EA < 0 and EB = EA

(30) The above figure shows a transverse wave propagating along a string.
At the instant shown, the particle D on the string is moving downward.
Which of the following deductions is/are correct?

1) The wave is propagating to the left.
(2) Particle B takes longer than particle A to return for the first time to the
respective equilibrium positions along the dotted line.
(3) Particles C and D are moving in opposite directions at the instant shown

1. (1) only
2. (3) only
3. (1) and (2) only
4. (2) and (3) only
5. (1), (2) and (3)
(31) A screw gauge gives the following reading when used to measure the diameter of a wire Main
scale reading: 0 mm. Circular scale reading: 52 division Given that 1 mm on main scale corresponds
to 100 divisions of the circular scale. The diameter of wire from the above data is

1.0.005 cm 2.0.52 cm 5. 0.0125cm
3.0.052 cm 4.0.026 cm

(32) A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. Howmuch
further it will penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constantresistance to motion?

1 3.0 cm 2 2.0 cm 5 0 .5cm
3 1.5 cm 4 1.0 cm
(33) As shown above, a beam of white light is separated into separate colors when it passes through a
glass prism. Red light is refracted through a smaller angle than violet light because red light has a

(A) Slower speed in glass than violet light
(B) Faster speed in glass than violet light
(C) Slower speed in the incident beam than violet light
(D) faster speed in the incident beam than violet light
(E) Greater intensity than violet light

(34) In the figure ABC is the cross section of a right angled prism and BCDE is the cross section of a
glass slab. The value of so that light incident normally on the face AB does not cross the face BC is
(given sin
1 (
3/5) = 37)

(1) 37 (2) > 37 (3) 53 (4) < 53 (5) none
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(35) Parallel beam of light is incident on a system of two convex lenses of focal lengths f
1
= 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 5) 10cm
(3) 90 cm (4) 40 cm


(36) Calculate the kinetic energy of a tractor crawler belt (see figure) of mass m if the tractor moves
with velocity v. There is no slipping. The dimensions of the wheels are as shown in the figure
1) mv
2
2) 2mv
2
3) 1/2mv
2


4) 1/4mv
2
5) 4mv


(37) The power and type of the lens by which a person can see clearly the distant objects, if a person
cannot see objects beyond 40 cm, are :

(1) - 2.5 D and concave lens 2) - 2.5 D and convex lens (5) +2.5 concave lenses
(3) - 3.5 D and concave lens (4) - 3.5 D and convex lens

(38) The distance between an object and a screen is 100 cm. When a lens is placed in between the
object and the screen, an image which is real and of the same size as the object is formed on the
screen. Which lens is used?

1 A concave lens with a focal length of 25 cm
2 A concave lens with a focal length of 50 cm
3 A convex lens with a focal length of 25 cm
4 A convex lens with a focal length of 50 cm
5 A convex lens with a focal length of 20 cm

(39) A small bead of mass m moving with velocity v gets threaded on a stationary
semicircular ring of mass m and radius R kept on a horizontal table. The ring can freely
rotate about its centre. The bead comes to rest relative to the ring. What will be the final
angular velocity of the system(moment of inertia of th ring is 1/2 MR
2
)

(1) v/R (2) 2v/R (3) v/2R (4) 3v/R (5) 0



40) A light, rigid rod of length 1 m is hinged smoothly at P at one end. Two small
masses m and 2m are fixed to the midpoint and the other end of the rod respectively. The
rod is held vertically above P and is released from rest. What is the total rotational
energy of the system when the rod rotates to the position vertically below P? (Neglect air
resistance)

1. 2.5 mg 2. 4.5 mg
3. 5 mg 4. 7.5 mg 5. 9 mg
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41) An object of mass 2.0 kg undergoes a simple harmonic motion according to the equation x = 5.0
cos 100t, where x is the displacement in metres and t is the time in seconds. What is the frequency and
kinetic energy of the object when the displacement is 3.0 m? Frequency Kinetic energy
1 16 Hz 160 kJ 2 16 Hz 250 kJ 3) 20Hz 100Hz
4100 Hz 160 kJ 5 100 Hz 250 kJ

(42) A fish rising vertically up towards the surface with speed 3ms
1
observe a bird
diving vertically down towards it with speed 9 m/s. The actual velocity of bird is

(1) 4.5 ms
1
(2) 5.4 ms
1
(3) 3.0 ms
1
(4) 3.4 ms
1

(5) 2.5ms
-1

(43)
(e) 0

(44) An empty open box of mass M (Fig.) is sliding along a smooth horizontal surface with constant
velocity v
1
. An object of mass M/4 is dropped vertically into the box and the box continues to move
forward with velocity v
2
. After some time another object of mass 3M/4 is dropped vertically into the
box and then the box moves forward with velocity v
3
. Which one among the following is correct?

(a) v1 = v2 = v3 (b) v2 = v1/4

(c) v2 = 3 v1/4 (d) v3 = v1/4

(e) v3 = v1/2


(45) Water drops from a leaking overhead tank falls on the ground 5 m below, at regular intervals, the
11th drop just beginning to fall when the first drop strikes the ground. What will be the height of the
9th drop when the first drop strikes the ground? (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms
2
)

(a) 4.9 m (b) 4.8 m (c) 4.6 m (d) 4.4 m (e) 4.2 m