PHYSICS

Time : 1.30 Hrs Practise Test # 4 M.M. : 180

Read the following Instructions very carefully before you proceed.

A. Question paper format:

1. The question paper contains 45 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and
(D) for its answer, out of which only one is correct.
B. Marking scheme:
2. Each question carry 4 marks for correct answer.

1. Two particles P and Q simultaneously start moving from point A with velocities 15 m/s and 20 m/s
respectively. The two particles move with acceleration equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
When P overtakes Q at B then its velocity is 30 m/s The velocity of Q at point B will be
(A) 30 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 20 m/s (D) 15 m/s
2. In the figure shown a swimmer tries to cross a river in minimum time. Has four alternative directions to
swim. In all these alternatives his velocity relative to the water is same. 1 = Q2 = 30 and 3 = 4 = 37.
Which of these alternative units his requirements --

(A) (1) (B) (2) (C) (3) (D) (4)

3. A person climbs up a stalled escalator in 60 seconds. When he stands on it, then he is carried in the
moving escalator in 30 seconds. How much time will he take in climbing up in a moving escalator?
(A) 10 s (B) 20 s (C) 30 s (D) 40 s
4. A 2m wide truck is moving with a uniform speed of 8 m/s along a straight horizontal road. A pedestrian
starts crossing the road at an instant when the truck is 4m away from him. The minimum constant
velocity with which he should run to avoid an accident is–

(A) 1.6 5 m / s (B) 1.2 5 m / s (C) 1.2 7 m / s (D) 1.6 7 m / s

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5. A particle moves along the side AB, BC, and CD of a square of side 25m with a velocity of 15ms–1. Its
average velocity is
(A) 15 ms–1 (B) 10 ms–1 (C) 7.5 ms–1 (D) 5 ms–1
6. A particle moving on a circular path with constant speed v. The change in velocity when its move
through 120 is –
(A) 2v (B) 3v (C) 1.5 v (D) v
7. The velocity acquired by a body moving with uniform acceleration is 30 ms–1 in 2 seconds and 60 ms–1
in four seconds. The initial velocity is
(A) 4 ms–1 (B) 0 ms–1 (C) 2 ms–1 (D) 10 ms–1
8. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the 3 m length of a window
some distance from the top of the building. If the velocities of the ball at the top and at the bottom of the
window are vT and vB respectively, then (take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) vT + vB = 12 ms–1 (B) vT – vB = 4.9 ms–1 (C) vB vT = 1 ms–1 (D) vB / vT = 1 ms–1
9. A body A is projected upwards with a velocity of 9.8 m/s. the second body B is projected upwards with
the same initial velocity but after 4 sec. both the bodies will meet after.
(A) 6 sec (B) 8 sec (C) 10 sec (D) 12 sec
10. The displacement x of a particle along a straight line at time t is given by x = a0 + a1 t + a2t2. The
acceleration of the particle is
(A) a0 (B) a1 (C) 2a2 (D) a2
11. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of time elapsed. The magnitude of
the acceleration of the body is
(A) Increasing with time (B) Decreasing with time
(C) Constant but not zero (D) Zero
12. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate  for some time, after which it decelerates at a constant
rate  and comes to rest. If the total time elapsed in t, then the maximum velocity acquired by the car is
 2  2 
(A)  t (B)
  2  2 
(C)
   t (D)
t
  t
       
13. A ball is projected upwards from a height h above the surface of the earth with velocity v. The time at
which the ball strikes the ground is
v 2hg v 2h  v 2gh  v 2 2g 
(A)  (B) 1  1   (C) 1  1  2  (D) 1  v  
g 2 g g  g v  g h 
14. The acceleration of a moving body can be found from
(A) Area under velocity – time graph (B) Area under distance – time graph
(C) Slope of the velocity – time graph (D) Slope of distance – time graph
15. The initial velocity of the particle is 10 m/sec and its retardation is 2m/sec2. The distance moved by the
particle in 5th second of its motion is
(A) 1 m (B) 19 m (C) 50 m (D) 75 m
16. A particle is projected up with an initial velocity of 80 ft/sec. The ball will be at a height of 96 ft from
the ground after (g = 32 ft/s2)
(A) 2.0 and 3.0 sec (B) Only at 3.0 sec (C) Only at 2.0 sec (D) After 1 and 2 sec.

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17. A particle is projected at an angle of elevation  and after t seconds it appears to have an angle of
elevation  as seen from point of projection. The initial velocity will be -
gt gt cos  sin      2sin     
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2sin      2sin      2gt gt cos 
18. A particle is projected from a tower as shown in figure, then the distance from
the foot of the tower where it will strike the ground will be – (take g = 10
m/s2)
(A) 4000/3 m (B) 5000/3 m
(C) 2000 m (D) 3000 m
19. A ball is projected horizontally with a speed b from the top of a plane inclined
at an angle 45 with the horizontal. How far from the point of projection will
the ball strike the plane–
v2 v2 2v 2  2v 2 
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 2 
g g g  g 
20. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half its initial velocity of projection u. Its range on
the horizontal plane is:
3 u2
(A) (B) u 2 / 3g (C) 3u 2 / 2g (D) 3u 2 / g
2 g
21. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity 2gh from the top of a tower of height h. It strikes the
level ground through the foot of the tower at a distance x from the tower. The value of x is –
(A) h (B) h/2 (C) 2h (D) 2h/3
22. A particle is projected at angle 37 with the incline plane in upward direction with speed 10 m/s. The
angle of incline plane is given 53. Then the maximum height attained by the particle from the incline
3
plane will be – (sin 37° = )
5
(A) 3m (B) 4m (C) 5m (D) Zero
23. A particle P is projected from a point on the surface of smooth
inclined plane (see figure). Simultaneously another particle Q is
released on the smooth inclined plane from the same position. P and Q
collide on the inclined plane after t = 4 second. The speed of
projection of P is –
(A) 5 m/s (B) 10 m/s
(C) 15 m/s (D) 20 m/s
24. A mass of 100 gm is tied to one end of a string 2 m long. The body is
revolving in a horizontal circle making a maximum of 200 revolutions per min. The other end of the
string is fixed at the centre of the circle of revolution. The maximum tension that the string can bear is
(approximately)
(A) 8.76N (B) 8.94N (C) 89.42N (D) 87.64N
25. The dimensional formula of torque is
(A) [ML2T–2] (B) [MLT–2] (C) [ML–1T–2] (D) [ML–2T–2]

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26. The dimensional formula of pressure is

(A) [MLT–2] (B) [ML–1T2] (C) [ML–1T–2] (D) [MLT–2]
27. According to Newton, the viscous force acting between liquid layers of area A and velocity gradient
v dv
is given by F = A , where  is constant called coefficient of viscosity. The dimensional
z dz
formula of  is
(A) [ML–2T–2] (B) [M0L0T0] (C) [ML2T–2] (D) [ML–1T–1]
28. The frequency of vibration f of a mass m suspended from a spring of spring of spring constant k is given
by a relation of the type f = Cmxky, where C is a dimensionless constant. The values of x and y are
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) x  , y  (B) x   , y   (C) x  , y   (D) x   , y 
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
29. In a particular system, the unit of length, mass and time are chosen to be 10 cm, 10 g and 0.1 s
respectively. The unit of force in this system will be equivalent to
(A) 0.1 N (B) 1N (C) 10 N (D) 100 N
30. The percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error in
kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed, will be
(A) 12% (B) 10% (C) 8% (D) 2%
 a  
31. An equation is given as  p  2  = b , where p = pressure, V = volume and θ = absolute
 v  V
temperature. If a and b are constants, then dimensions of a will be
(A) [ML5T–2] (B) [M–1L5T2] (C) [ML–5T–1] (D) [ML5T]
32. The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and length of its sides. If the maximum error in
the measurement of mass and length are 4% and 3% respectively, the maximum error in the
measurement of density will be
(A) 7% (B) 9% (C) 12% (D) 13%
33. A pair of physical quantities having same dimensional formula is
(A) Force and torque (B) Work and energy
(C) Force and impulse (D) Linear momentum and angular momentum
b
34. The velocity v of a particle at time t is given by v  at  , where a, b and c are constants. The
tc
dimensions of a, b and c are respectively
(A) [LT–2], [L] and [T] (B) [L2], [T] and [LT2] (C) [LT2], [LT] and [L] (D) [L], [LT] and [T2]
35. In a vernier calipers N divisions of vernier scale coincide with N – 1 divisions of main scale (in which
length of one division is 1 mm). The least count of the instrument should be
1 1
(A) N (B) N – 1 (C) (D)
10N  N  1
36. Which of the following is a dimensional constant?
(A) Refractive index (B) Poisson’s ratio
(C) Relative density (D) Gravitational constant

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37. Three blocks of masses m1, m2 and m3 kg are placed in contact with each other on a frictionless table. A
force F is

Applied on the heaviest mass m1; the acceleration of m3 will be:

F F F F
(A) (B) (C) (D)
m1 m1  m 2 m 2  m3 m1  m 2  m 3
38. Two bodies of mass 4 and 6 kg are attached to the ends of a string passing over a pulley. A 4 kg mass is
attached to the table top by another string. The tension in this string T1 is equal to:

(A) 19.6 N (B) 25 N (C) 10.6 N (D) 10 N

39. Two bodies of mass 6 kg and 4 kg are tied to a string as shown in the adjoining figure. If the table is
smooth and pulley frictionless, then acceleration of mass 6 kg will be: (g = 10 m s–2)

(A) 60 m s–2 (B) 40 m s–2 (C) 6 m s–2 (D) 4 m s–2

40. Two masses of 8 kg and 4 kg are connected by a string as shown in the figure over a frictionless pulley.
The acceleration of the system is:

(A) 4 m s–2 (B) 2 m s–2 (C) Zero (D) 9.8 m s–2

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41. A mass of 10 kg is suspended by a rope of length 2.8 m from a ceiling. A force of 98 N is applied at the
mid-point of the rope as shown in figure. The angle which the rope makes with the vertical is
equilibrium is:

(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 45 (D) 80

42. Three blocks of masses m1, m2 and m3 are connected by massless strings as shown on a frictionless
table. They are

Pulled with a force T3 = 40 N. If m1 = 10 kg, m2 = 6 kg and m3 = 4 kg, then tension T2 will be:
(A) 20 N (B) 40 N (C) 10 N (D) 32 N
43. Consider the following statements about the blocks shown in the diagram that are being pushed by a
constant force on a frictionless table:

(I) Al blocks move with the same acceleration.

(II) The net force on each block is the same
(A) I only (B) II only (C) Both I and II (D) neither I nor II
44. A player takes 0.1 sec in catching a ball of mass 150 g moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. the force
imparted by the ball on the hands of the player is:
(A) 0.3 N (B) 3 N (C) 30 N (D) 300 N
45. Of the following forces of friction, the one which is self-ad-justing is:
(A) Rolling friction (B) Sliding friction (C) Static friction (D) Dynamic friction
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ANSWERS
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A)

5. (D) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B)

9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (D)

13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (A) 16. (A)

17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (A)

21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (D)

25. (A) 26. (C) 27. (D) 28. (D)

29. (A) 30. (C) 31. (A) 32. (D)

33. (B) 34. (A) 35. (C) 36. (D)

37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (C)

41. (C) 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (C)

45. (C)

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