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BITSAT PRACTICE TEST – 4/2010 (PHYSICS)

a 3b 3
1. The relation gives the value of ‘x’ x  . Find the percentage error in ‘x’, if the percentage error
c d
in a, b, c, d are 2%, 1%, 3% and 4% respectively.
(A)  8% (B)  10% (C)  12% (D)  14%

2. Two forces of magnitudes 3N and 4N are acting on a body. The ratio of magnitude of minimum
and maximum resultant force on the body is :
(A) 3/4 (B) 4/ 3 (C) 1/7 (D) None of these

3. A particle is projected at an angle 60 with the horizontal with a

speed 10 m/sec. Then latus rectum is (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 5m
(B) 15 m
(C) 10 m
(D) 0

4. A cyclist is moving with a content acceleration of 1.2 m/s2 on a

straight track. A racer is moving on a circular path of radius
150 m at constant speed of 15m/s. Find the magnitude of velocity
of racer which is measured by the cyclist has reached a speed of
20 m / s for the position represented in the figure
(A) 18.03 m/s (B) 25 m / s (C) 20 m / s (D) 15 m / s

5. For the equilibrium of a body on an inclined plane of inclination 45 . The coefficient of static
friction will be :
(A) greater than one (B) less than one
(C) zero (D) less than zero

6. A solid body rotates about a stationary axis so that its angular velocity depends on the rotational
angle  as   0  k where 0 and k are positive constants. At the moment t = 0,   0 .
Find the time dependence of rotation angle.
0 0
(A) k0e kt (B)
k
e kt (C)
k
1  e 
 kt
(D)
k
0
e  kt

1

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7. Two small ball of equal mass are joined by a light rigid

rod. If they are released form rest in the position shown
and slide on the smooth track in the vertical plane.
The speed of balls when A reached B’s position and B is
at B is :
(A) 4m/s (B) 4.21 m / s
(C) 2.21 m / s (D) None of these

8. A nucleus moving with a velocity n emits an   particle . Let the velocities of the   particle and
the remaining nucleus be n1 and n2 and their masses be m1 and m2, then
(A) n, n1 and n2 must be parallel to each other
(B) none of the two of n, n1 and n2 should be parallel to each other
(C) n1  n2 must be parallel to n
(D) m1 n1  m2 n2 must be parallel to n

9. Two boys of masses 10 kg and 8 kg are moving along a vertical rope, the former climbing up with
acceleration of 2 m/s2 while later coming down with uniform velocity of 2 m/s. Then tension in rope
at fixed support will be (Taken g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 200 N (B) 120 N (C) 180 N (D) 160 N

10. L = I  formula is :
(A) always correct (B) sometimes correct
(C) always wrong (D) physically correct but dimensionally wrong

11. The gravitational force in a region is given by E  ayi  ax j

Find the work done by gravitational force to shift a point mass m from (0, 0, 0) to (x0, y0, z0)
(A) ma x0y0z0 (B) ma x0y0 (C)  ma x0 y0 (D) zero

12. A satellite is moving on a circular path of radius r around earth has a time period T. If its radius
slightly increases by Δr , determine the change in its time period
3T  T  3T2 
(A)   Δr (B)   Δr (C)   Δr (D) None of these
2 r  r  2  r 2 

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13. Between the plates of the capacitor with potential difference

V across its plate such that upper plate is  ve, a ball with positive
charge ‘q’ and mass ‘m’ is suspended by a thread of length ‘l’.
If the electrostatic force acting on a ball is less than the
gravitational force, what should be the period of the ball ?
 
l  l 
(A) T  2   (B) 2  
 g  qE  
  g  m  
 
 
 l   lm 
(C) T  2   (D) 2  
 qE    gE 
  g  m  
 
14. A pipe GB is fitted with two pipes C and D as shown in the
figure. The pipe has area A = 24m2 at G and velocity of water at
G is 10m / s, and at C is 6 m / s. The velocity of water at D is :
(A) 21 m /s (B) 3.3 m /s
(C) 30 m/s (D) None of these

15. If a conical wire is stretched by two forces F applied parallel to its length and in opposite direction.
Normal to end faces. The length of wire is L and its end radius are r1 and r2. Find out the extension
produced (Given : Y = Young’s modulus of wire)
FL FL FL FLY
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 r1 Y
2
 r1Y  r1r2Y  r1r2
16. In a wave motion y  a sin  kx  t  , y represent
(A) Electric field (B) Magnetic field
(C) Displacement, pressure (D) All of these

 x
17. Equation of a plane wave is given by 4 sin 2t  . The phase difference at any given instant of
4  8 
two particles 16 cm apart is :
(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 30 (D) 120
Air
18. A long tube of length l = 25 cm and diameter equal to 2 cm is
taken and at its mouth air is blown as shown in figure. The sound
emitted by tube will have all the frequencies of the group
(velocity of sound = 330 m/s)
(A) 660, 1320, 2640 Hz (B) 660, 1000, 3300 Hz
(C) 302, 684, 1320 Hz (D) 330, 990, 1690 Hz

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19. Using the following, data, calculate at what temperature will the wood just sink in benzene
Density of wood at 0C  8.8  102 kg / m3
Density of benzene at 0C  9  102 kg / m3
Cubical expansivity of wood = 1.5  104 k 1
Cubical expansivity of benzene = 1.2  103 k 1
(A) 27C (B) 21.7C (C) 31C (D) 31.7C

20. In case of molecules of an ideal gas, which of the following, average velocities cannot be zero ?
(A) v  (B) v3  (C) v 4  (D) v5 

21. If at NTP, velocity of sound in a gas is 1150 m/s, then find out the rms velocity of gas molecules at
NTP (Given : R = 8.3 joule/mol/K, CP = 4.9 cal/mol/K)
(A) 1600 m/s (B) 1532.19 m/s (C) 160 m/s (D) 16 m/s

22. Surface temperature of the sun as estimated is 6032.25 K. Find the wavelength at which sun
radiates maximum energy (Given : Wien’s constant = 0.2898 cm-K)
(A) m  5000Å (B) m  4804.2Å (C) m  3809.5Å (D) m  2891.6Å

23. The shortest height of a vertical mirror required to see the entire image of a man, will be :
(A) one-third the man’s height (B) half the man’s height
(C) two-third the man’s height (D) data insufficient

24. The human eye can be regarded as a single spherical refractive surface of curvature of cornea
7.8 mm. If a parallel beam of light comes to focus at 3.075 cm behind the refractive surface.
The refractive index of the eye is :
(A) 1.34 (B) 1 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.30

25. If white light is used in Young’s double slit experiment, then the central fringe is :
(A) red (B) coloured (C) white (D) blue

m0
26. In relativistic mechanics m  the equivalent relation in electricity for electric charge is :
 v2 
 1  
 c2 
q0 q q0 v
(A) q  q0 (B) q (C) q0  (D) q
 v2   v2  c
 1    1  
 c2   c2 

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27. Find the force of intraction of two dipoles, if the two dipole moments are
parallel to each other and placed at a distance x apart P1
3 p1 p2 p1 p2 P2
(A) (B)
4 0 x 4
4 0 x 4 x

2 p1 p2 p1 p2
(C) (D)
4 0 x 4
3 0 x 4

28. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is :

(A) n2C1 (B) infinite
 2C  n 2C  1 
 
1
(C) (D) zero
 2 

29. The drift speed of electron in a conductor is of the order of :

(A) 103 m / s (B) 102 m / s (C) 1010 m / s (D) 108 m / s

30. A circular coil of 100 turns and effective diameter 20 cm carries a current of 0.5 A. It is to be
turned in a magnetic field B = 2T from a position in which  equals zero to one in which  equals
180 . The work required in this process is :
(A)  joule (B) 2 joule (C) 4 joule (D) 8 joule

31. A magnet of dipole moment 2 Am2 is deflected through 30 from magnetic meridian. The required

deflecting torque is BH  0.4  104 T 
(A) 0.4  104 Nm (B) 0.4 Nm (C) 0.2  104 Nm (D) None of these

32. A non-conducting ring of radius r has charge per unit length  . A magnetic field perpendicular to
plane of the ring changes at rate dB/dt. Torque experienced by the ring is :
dB dB 2 dB
(A)   r3 (B)  2 r 3 (C)  2  2 r  r (D) zero
dt dt dt

33. An output voltage of E = 170 sin 377t is produced by an A.C. generator, where t is in sec, then
calculate the frequency of alternating voltage
(A) 50 Hz (B) 110 Hz (C) 60 Hz (D) 230 Hz

34. How many photons are emitted by a laser source of 5  103W operating at 632.2 nm in 2 seconds

 h  6.63  10 34

Js ?

(A) 3.2  1016 (B) 1.6  1010 (C) 4  1016 (D) None of these

35. In X-ray tube is operating at 15 kV. The lower limit of the wavelength of X-rays produced is :
(A) 0.82  107 m (B) 0.82  108 m (C) 0.83  1010 m (D) 0.82  1013 m

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36. Z component of an orbital angular momentum is h /  , its magnetic quantum number is :

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

37. When an electron jumps from higher orbit to the second orbit in He+ ion, the radiation emitted out

will be in R  1.09  107 m1 
(A) ultraviolet region (B) visible region
(C) infrared region (D) X-ray region

38. O19 
 F19  e  v
In this decay, the rest mass energy of O19 and F19 are 17692.33 MeV and 17687.51 MeV
respectively. The Q factor of the decay is :
(A) 4.82 MeV (B) 7 MeV (C) 17.69 MeV (D) None of these

39. Given figure represents :

A
B
B

y
A

(A) XOR (B) NOR (C) OR (D) NAND

40. One astronomical unit (AU) is equal to :

(A) 1010 m (B) 1.496  1011 m (C) 9.45  1015 m (D) 4.964  1011 m

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Answers - BITSAT PRACTICE TEST - 4 (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D C A A A C C D A B

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B A C A C D B A B C

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

A B B A C A A B A B

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

A A C A C B B A A B

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