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Prakash Academy Sample Questions For Entrance Examination 2012

Physics
Q1. Two particles are dropped from the top of a tower. Particle A is released from rest at time t = 0. Particle B is released from rest at t = 1 second. What is the distance between the particles at t = 3 second? Take g = 10 m/s2 and neglect air resistance. Express your answer in meter. Q2. A passenger sitting in a train notices a train coming in the opposite direction. The approaching train consisting of an engine and ten carriages takes 10 seconds to cross him. The length of each carriage is 16.5 meter, the length of the engine is 20 meter and the distance between the carriages is 1.5 meter. Distance between the engine and the carriage behind it is also 1.5 meter. Assume that both the trains are travelling at the same speed v . Calculate v in meter/second. Q3. Two blocks A and B are kept touching each other on a frictionless horizontal surface. Block A has mass 10 kg and block B has mass 15 kg. A constant horizontal force F = 100 N begins to act on block B as shown. Calculate the force exerted by block A on block B during the motion. Express your answer in Newton.
A B F

Q4. A boy of mass 40 kg is standing on a weighing machine xed to the oor of an elevator. When the elevator begins to move up with constant acceleration a, the machine shows weight of the boy to be equal to 800 N . Calculate the value of a in m/s2 . Given g = 10 m/s2 . Q5. As shown in the gure, a man is running towards left with constant velocity of 7m/s. Also, a at vertical mirror is moved to the right with constant velocity of 9 m/s. Calculate the relative velocity between the man and his image. Express your answer in meter/second.
7 m/s 9 m/s

Q6. A hole of area 5 cm2 is formed in the side of a ship. The hole is 3 meters below the water level. What is the minimum force required to hold a patch covering the hole from the inside the ship? Take g = 10 m/s2 and density of water = 1000 kg/m3 . Express your answer in Newton. Q7. A resistor R1 having resistance 10 and another resistor R2 , are connected in series across a battery having voltage 12.25 volt (i.e. 150 volt). The total power dissipated in the two resistors is found to be 6 watts. R1 and R2 are now connected in parallel across the same battery. What will be the total power dissipated in the new situation? Express your answer in Watt. Write the answer to the nearest integer.
33 25

Q8. Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B shown in the circuit shown in the gure. Express your answer in Ohm.

30

30

10

10

Q9. An object is placed on the optic axis and in front of a converging lens of focal length 38 cm such B that its image size is 1.5 times the object size. Calculate the distance of the image from the lens. Express your answer in centimeter. Q10. When a point object is placed on the optic axis of a concave mirror at 40 cm from its pole, the image is observed to coincide with the object. Determine the distance of the image from the pole of the mirror if the object is now placed at 30 cm from the pole of the same mirror. Express your answer in centimeter.

Q11. A block A of mass MA = 10 kg is placed on a smooth xed incline of angle = 30 . It is held in place at rest by applying a force F acting upward along the incline as shown in f igure(1). Another block B of mass MB = 50 3 kg is at rest on a smooth horizontal surface. A horizontal force of same magnitude as F is now applied to block B as shown in f igure(2). Find the work done by this force on the block B in 1 second. Express your answer in Joule.
A 10 kg F 50/3 kg 30 Figure(1)
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F Figure(2)

Q12. A particle starts from rest and moves along a straight line. The variation of its velocity (expressed in meter/second) over time (expressed in second) is shown in the graph. Calculate the average velocity of the particle in the rst six seconds on its motion. Express your answer in meter/second. v (m/s) Q13. A solid cubical block B is oating in water. Sides of the block are 10 cm long. When an object of mass 650 gm is placed 84 on the upper surface of the block, it is observed to just completely submerge in water. Let the density, expressed in gm/cc, of the t material of the block be . Calculate the mass of another block of 6 (s) 2 volume 100 cc and made up of the same material as that of block B . Given density of water = 1 gm/cc. Express your answer in gram. Q14. A part of an electric circuit is shown in the gure. Given R2 = 20 , R3 = 15 and the current owing through resistor R2 is 0.3 A. The ideal ammeter shown in the gure indicates a current of 0.8 A. Find value of resistance R1 in Ohm.
R1 R2 R3 ammeter

Q15. A block of mass 2 kg starts from rest and begins to move at time t = 0 along a straight line on a smooth horizontal surface. The displacement of the block, s, depends on time, t, given by s = 3 + 2t + t3 . t is expressed in second and s in meter. Calculate the average force acting on the block during the rst 3 seconds of its motion. Express your answer in Newton. Q16. A block of mass 3 kg is placed on a smooth horizontal table. A constant force F is applied to the block at an angle 60 to the horizontal, as shown in the gure. The acceleration of the block, along the table, is observed 3 m/s2 . Calculate the reaction force exerted by the table surface on the block. Express your answer in Newton.
F 3 m/s
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60 3 kg

Q17. The light rope is attached to the ceiling of a room. The maximum tension that can be developed in the rope without breaking it is 945 N . A girl wants to climb the rope, as fast as possible, without breaking it. Calculate the maximum acceleration with which she can climb the rope, if her mass is 45 kg . Take g = 10 m/s2 . Express your answer in m/s2 . Q18. Consider a smooth xed incline of length 10 m making 2 2 m/s angle 30 with the horizontal. A block of mass 1 kg at rest at the bottom of the incline is pushed up with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 . Find the work done by the pushing force when the block reaches the top of the incline. Take g = 10 m/s2 and assume that the size of the block is very small compared to the length of the incline. Express your answer in Joule.
10m

30

Q19. Victoria Falls in Africa is 121.8 meter in height. The temperature of the water at the bottom of the Fall is greater than that at the top, since its potential energy after the fall gets converted into heat. Let T (expressed in C ) be the rise in temperature of water if all the potential energy lost in the fall is converted to heat. On a given day, temperature of the air surrounding the fall is 100 times that of T calculated above. Find this temperature. Express your answer in degree Celsius. Take g = 10 m/s2 , Specic heat capacity of water = 4200 J/kg C . Q20. A submarine is oating at rest at point A. A warship is travelling with constant velocity of 10 3 m/s towards exact north. As the ship crosses point B , the submarine res a torpedo at 30 north of east. The torpedo travels with constant velocity and hits the ship after 1.5 second. Calculate the distance d between the submarine and the ship at the time of ring. Express your answer in meter.
North 10 3 m/s A 30o d B East

Mathematics
Q1. Segments BE and CF are the altitudes in ABC. E is on line AC and F is on line A(ABC ) . AB . BC = 65, BE = 60 and CF = 56. Find 100 Q2. In ABC, AB = AC, BC = 48 and inradius r = 12. Find the circumradius R.

Q3. D and E are midpoints of BC and AC respectively, in ABC . BF is the internal bisector of B. F is on AC. I is the incenter of ABC. J is the incenter of CDE. DJ = 4. I (1, 4), F (5, 7). If B (x0 , y0 ). Find 5|x0 | + 10|y0 |. Q4. ABCD is a trapezium. AB CD. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at P. Area of AP D = 10. Area of P DC = 20. Find the area of ABCD. Q5. A is an acute angle. If tan A 10 cot A = 3. Find the value of 104 (sec A + sin A). Q6. A regular 12 sided polygon is inscribed in a circle of radius 10. A, B, C, D, E are its consecutive vertices taken in that order. Find the area of ABDE. B
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Q7. Consider sector of a circle OAB. Circle with center M touches OA at P, OB a Q and arc AB at N. Circle with center at L touches OA at C, OB at D and circle with center M at K. OA = 98. M P = 21. Find LC. Q8. In ABC, mB = 30 , BC = 6 and CA = 4. Two triangles exist satisfying above measurements. Let K be the dierence between their areas. Find K 2. Q9. Compute (tan(22.5 ))4 + 12 2.

M D K L A

Q10. All the sides of an isoseceles trapezium touch a circle. The lengths of the parallel sides are 4 and 9 units. Find the area of the trapezium. Q12. x and y satisfy x + y = 6 and 2x3 + 2y 3 = 1629, such that x > y. Find 4x 2y. Q11. u, v are the roots of 2x2 + 24x k = 0, such that u > v. If u v = 14. Find k.

Q13. If a, b, c are the roots of x3 27x2 3081x 3053 = 0 such that a > b > c then nd the value of 2a + 7b + c. Q14. p(x) = 2x3 5x2 + ax + b. p(x) leaves remainder 28 when divided by x 3. p(x) leaves remainder 7 when divided by x 2. Find a2 + b2 . Q15. Let k be the sum of the roots of x2 18x + 77 = |3x 31|. Find 2k + 41.

Q16. x is a positive real number such that x4 14x2 + 1 = 0. 1 Find the value of x3 + 3 . x Q17. Find the remainder when (15)2010 + (16)2011 is divided by 7. Q18. x1 and x2 are the roots of the equation 3x2 + 5x + 8 3x2 + 5x + 1 = 1 with x1 > x2 . Find x1 9x2 . x y 3 = and x + yx + y = 9. Find Q19. (x1 , y1 ) and (x2 , y2 ) satisfy the equations y x 2 |x1 | + |x2 |.

Q20. p(x) = x4 +10x3 +26x2 +10x +1. p(x) = a(x)b(x) where a(x) and b(x) are quadratic polynomials with integer coecients. It is given that b(1) > a(1). Find a(3) + b(2).

Chemistry
Q1. , weight of Y ? Q3.
6.9 X, Y 39 Z

are three elements which form a Dobereiner triad, What is the atomic

Q2. What is the atomic weight of the element below hydrogen in the Newlands octave ?
10 B , 14 N , C 12 , C 14 , 4 He 5 7 6 6 2

From the above given elements choose the elements which would not nd a place in th Mendleevs periodic table and write the sum of their atomic numbers. Q4. X is an element in the period 4 & group 2, Y is an element in the period 6 & group 1 What is the sum of the valence electrons of X & Y ? Q5. An element of group IIA reacts with another element of group V IIA of the modern periodic table. How many electrons are shared in a molecule ? Q6. An element A is in the group IV A of the modern periodic table & in the period III . An atom of the element A takes x electrons if it were to form an ionic bond & it shares y electrons if it were to form covalent bonds . What is x + y ? Q7. The element with the highest ionization energy is in Group a , & period b . If a + b is a single digit answer What is a + b ? Q8. A sample of impure aluminium has 2.4x103 atoms of which 60% of the atoms are of aluminium . The aluminium atoms react to give aluminium oxide . The number of molecules of aluminium oxide formed are xyz . What is x + y + z ? Q9. What are the number of ionizable hydrogen atoms in phosphorus acid H3 P O3 ? Q10. 690 molecules of SO2 Are heated to 2500o C ,the SO2 breaks as sulphur & oxygen. The oxygen formed is cooled and subjected to silent electrical discharge. 20% of the oxygen molecules change to ozone . What is the total number of oxygen molecules formed? Q11. What are the total number of oxygen atoms in a molecule of gypsum ? Q12. XY is a compound used in photography. XY undergoes photochemical decomposition to give X and Y . X reacts with oxygen to form the oxide . How many atoms of X react with an atom of oxygen ? Q13. Charring of sucrose with conc H2SO4 is due to the formation of X . What is the atomic weight of X ? Q14. A solution of HCl of volume 2ml is added to 1000ml water . The pH of the resulting solution would approach x What is x ? Q15. Bleaching powder reacts with CO2 to give o a gas X . X reacts with iron llinge. What is the valency of iron used when it reacts with X ? Answers are available on website www.mprakashacademy.co.in