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Marks 30
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. DO NOT write your answers on the
question paper.
3. There are 100 answer numbers on the answer sheet. Use answer numbers 1 to 30 only.
4. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, D. Choose ONE. On the answer grid black out
the box for your choice with a pencil as shown below.
Correct Way
A B C D
Incorrect Way
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
5. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new box.
6. DO NOT write anything in the answer grid. The computer only records what is in the boxes.
7. You may use a scientific calculator if you wish.
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1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
B.
C.
D.
4.
0.005
0.0050
0.0500
0.00500
Which of the following pairs of physical quantities has identical dimensional formula?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
1
up to three significant figures is
200
r
r
The given diagram shows two vectors P and Q having an angle between them. How is the
r
r
scalar product of vectors P and Q maximized?
r
P
r
i
By maximizing the magnitude of P
r
ii
By maximizing the magnitude of Q
iii
By setting angle = 90
r
Q
A. i only.
B. i and ii only.
C. iii only.
D. i, ii and iii.
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5.
The given figure shows two vectors lying on the plane of the page.
r
A
r
B
Which of the following vector points will lie into the page?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
A cricket ball is hit by a batsman and reaches its maximum height in 3 seconds. Its initial
velocity will be equal to
A.
B.
C.
D.
7.
209,000 Ns
373,000 Ns
427,000 Ns
104,5000 Ns
9.
10.0 m/s
15.0 m/s
29.4 m/s
42.2 m/s
A lorry of mass 20,000 kg is travelling at 20.0 m/s. A car of mass 900 kg is travelling at
30.0 m/s towards the lorry. At collision what will be the magnitude of total momentum?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
r r
AB
r r
AB
r r
AB
r r
AB
0.125 J
62.5 J
125 J
1250 J
The absolute potential energy of a body in the earths gravitational field depends upon its
A.
B.
C.
D.
size.
mass.
shape.
distance from the earths centre.
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10.
11.
A.
B.
C.
D.
12.
1.05 10 1
2.05 10 1
1.05 10 2
2.05 10 2
Second hand
rad/sec.
rad/sec.
rad/sec.
rad/sec.
Vertical
Forward
Backward
Horizontal
Which of the following is insignificant in describing the orbit of the earths satellite?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15.
4m
Which of the following components of the lift force is used to provide centripetal force for
turning an aircraft?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14.
2m
The mean angular velocity of the second hand of the given clock is
A.
B.
C.
D.
13.
500 J
1000 J
1500 J
2000 J
volume.
velocity.
pressure.
temperature.
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16.
If a small sphere is falling down, in which of the following fluids will it experience a maximum
drag force?
A.
B.
C.
D.
17.
18.
0.894
81
985
1490
Water
Olive oil
Glycerol
Castor oil
i.
ii
iii
Mass
Amplitude
Spring constant
A.
B.
C.
D.
i only
ii only
i and ii only
i and iii only
A mass-spring system
A simple pendulum has a time period T when suspended from the ceiling of a stationary lift. If
the lift descends with constant acceleration, then its time period T will
be zero.
increase.
decrease.
remain same.
A girl on a swing increases the amplitude of the swings oscillations. If she moves her legs at
the natural frequency of the swing, then it is an example of
A.
B.
C.
D.
20.
Viscosity
Water
Olive oil
Castor oil
Glycerol
A.
B.
C.
D.
19.
Liquids (at 25 C)
resonance.
the Doppler Effect.
wave transmissions.
destructive interference.
To avoid damage in suspension bridges, soldiers are ordered not to march in unison on them
because of
A.
B.
C.
D.
free vibrations.
force vibrations.
damped vibrations.
resonant vibrations.
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21.
According to the Dopplers effect, if a source of sound moves away from a stationary listener,
then there is a decrease in
A.
B.
C.
D.
22.
pitch.
velocity.
frequency.
wavelength.
If a stretched string vibrates in maximum loops, then keeping other things constant its
A.
B.
C.
D.
speed increases.
frequency increases.
amplitude increases.
wavelength becomes longer.
Vibrated stretched string in maximum loops
23.
What is the path difference of two incident rays in the given figure?
A.
B.
C.
D.
d
2d
d sin
2 d sin
X-ray diffraction
24.
25.
Transverse
Mechanical
Longitudinal
Compressional
Which of the following materials allows light to pass with a specific angle of vibration?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Polymer
Polarizer
Amorphous
Semiconductor
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26.
27.
isobaric cooling.
isochoric heating.
adiabatic heating.
isothermal cooling.
28.
In the given figure, if a thermodynamic system is in equilibrium, then which of the following
quantities will remain constant?
A.
B.
C.
D.
29.
30.
A.
B.
C.
D.
i only
ii only
i and ii
ii and iii
If the final thermodynamic state of the universe is suggested as heat death, then the entropy will
be
A.
B.
C.
D.
zero.
minimum.
maximum.
equal to one.
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