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Roll No.

JEE MAIN 2018

Sample Question Paper
PHYSICS (Theory)
General Instructions
(i) This test consists of 30 question.
(ii) Each question is allotted 4 marks for correct response.
(iii) Candidates will be awarded marks as stated above in instruction no. 2 for correct
response of each question. 1 mark will be deducted for indicating incorrect response
of each question. No deduction from the total score will be made if no response is
indicated for an item in the answer sheet.
(iv) There is only one correct response for each question. Filling up more than one
response in any question will be treated as wrong response and marks for wrong
response will be deducted according as per instructions.

1. The electric field 

E  Ey
j acts in the space in which a cylinder or radius r and length l is placed
with its axis parallel to y-axis. The charge inside the volume of cylinder is :-

 (3) Er
(1) E 
 (4) Er
(2) Er

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2. If a particle moves along a straight line according to the law v=2 (x sin x + cos x) then find its
dv
acceleration (i.e.  ) at x  :-
dt

 
(1)  (3) 
  
 (4) zero
(2) 


3. The horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field at a place is 3 × 10－4 T and the dip is
tan－1(4/3). A thin metal rod of length 0.25m placed in the north-south position is moved at a
constant speed of 10 cm/s towards the east. Find the e.m.f. induced in the rod across its ends.

(1) 7 µV (3) 10 µV
(2) 8 µV (4) 20 µV

4. Find the average acceleration of the block from time t=2 sec to t=4 sec.
v(ms)-1

10

t
1 2 3 4

(1) 5 m/s2 (3) －5 m/s2

(2) 10 m/s2 (4) －10 m/s2

5. For a carrier frequency of 100 kHz and a modulating frequency of 5kHz, what is the band width
of AM transmission?

(1) 5 kHz (3) 20 kHz

(2) 10 kHz (4) 200 kHz

6. An observer finds the magnitudes of the acceleration of two bodies to be the same. This necessary
implies that the two bodies.
(1) are at rest with respect to each other
(2) are at rest or move with constant velocities with respect ot each other
(3) are accelerated with respect to each other
(4) may be at rest, moving with constant velocities or accelerated with respect to each other

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7. If the voltage between the terminals A and B is 17 V and zener breakdown voltage is 9V, then the
potential voltage across R is :-
I
A

~
△ 2R
B

(1) 6V (3) 9V
(2) 8V (4) 17V

8. A nucleus at rest splits into two nuclear parts having same density and radii in the ratio 1:2. Their
velocities are in the ratio

(1) 2:1 (3) 6:1

(2) 4:1 (4) 8:1

9. A horizontal wire is free to slide on the vertical rails of a conducting frame as shown in figure.
The wire has a mass m and length l and the resistance field B is directed perpendicular to the
frame, then find the terminal speed of the wire as it falls under the face of gravity.
l
× × × × m
×
× × × × ×
× ×  × × ×
B
× × × × ×
× × × × ×
× × R × ×
× × × × ×
mgR mgR
(1)  (3) 
B  B 
mg (4) 
(2) 
B

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10. The P-V diagrams of two different masses m1 and m2 for and ideal gas at constant temperature T
is given in figure. Then
P

m1
m2
V

(1)    (3)   
(2)    (4) Data is insufficient

11. Two equal positive point charges are kept at points A and B. The electric potential, while moving
from A to B along straight line :

(1) continuously increases (3) decreases then increases

(2) remains constant (4) increases then decreases

12. The kinetic energy of a body decreases by 19% what is the percentage decrease in momentum ?

(1) 20 % (3) 10 %
(2) 15 % (4) 5 %

13. The main difference in the phenomenon of interference and diffraction is that :-
(1) diffraction is due to interaction of light from the same wavefront whereas interference is the
interaction of (light) waves from two isolated sources.
(2) diffraction is due to interaction of light from same wavefront, whereas the interference is
the interaction of two waves derived from the same source.
(3) diffraction is due to interaction of waves derived from the same source, whereas the
interference is the bending of light from the same wavefront.
(4) diffraction is caused by the reflected waves from a source whereas interference is caused
due to refraction of waves from a sources.

14. While sitting on a tree branch 20m above the ground, you drop a chestnut. When the chestnut has
fallen 5m, you throws a second chestnut straight down. What initial speed must you give the
second chestnut if they are both to reach the ground at the same time ? (g=10ms－2)

(1) 5 ms－1 (3) 10 ms－1

(2) 15 ms－1 (4) None of these

15. The YDSE is made in a liquid. The 10th bright fringe in the liquid lies where the 6th dark fringe
lies in vacuum. The refractive index of the liquid is approximately.

(1) 1.81 (3) 1.67

(2) 1.54 (4) 1.20

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16. In the arrangement shown in figure, coefficient of friction between the two blocks is     The

force of friction acting between the two blocks is (g = 10 ms－2)
2kg F=2N

F2=20N 4kg
smooth

(1) 8 N (3) 6 N
(2) 10 N (4) 4 N

17. A fly F is sitting on a glass slab A, 45 cm thick and of refractive index 3/2. The slab covers the

 

top of a container B containing water    upto a height of 20 cm. The bottom of container

is closed by a concave mirror ‘C’ of radius of curvature 40 cm. The position of final image formed
by all refractions and reflection, assuming paraxial rays is
F

 45 cm
  


C B 
   20 cm


(1) at the refractions and reflection, assuming paraxial rays is

(2) in the bottom of glass slab
(3) in the middle of glass slab
(4) none of these

18. A disc having a thread tightly wound on it is being pulled upwards by the thread such that the disc
starts moving upwards with an acceleration g. if angular acceleration is α and radius R, then the
value of Rα is-
F

(1) g (3) 3g
(2) 2g (4) 4g

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19. Consider the following reaction;
   
H  C→  N  n
The atomic masses of the nuclei are
MH  u Mn   u MC   u MN   u and amu
  MeV. The kinetic energy of proton H required to initiate the reaction is

(1) 1.99 MeV (3) 3.99 MeV

(2) 2.99 MeV (4) 4.99 MeV

20. A tuning fork arrangement (pair) produces 4 beats/s with one fork of frequency 288 cps. A little
wax is placed on the unknown fork and it then produces 2 beats/s. The frequency of the unknown
fork is-

(1) 286 cps (3) 294 cps

(2) 292 cps (4) 288 cps

21. A light ray is incident an angle 45º with the normal to a    thick transparent plate   .
The lateral shift of the light as it emerges out from the plate is
 sin   
[Given: Lateral shift,    ]
cos

     
(1)   (3)  
  
  
(2)    
(4)  
 

22. In a certain system, the units of length, mass and time are chosen to be 1 cm, 100 g and 10 s. The
unit of kinetic energy will be

(1) 0.1 erg (3) 10 erg

(2) 1 erg (4) None of these

23. A capacitor of 10 µF and an inductor of 1H are joined in series. An ac of 50 Hz is applied to this

combination. The impedance of the combination is

(1) 5.67 Ω (3) 7.02 Ω

(2) 4.16 Ω (4) 3.21 Ω

24. Two particles P and Q move in a straight line towards each other at initial velocities v1 and v2 and
with constant accelerations a1 and a2 directed against the corresponding velocities at the initial
instant. What must be the maximum initial separation between them for which they meet during the
motion ?

v  v v  v

(1)  (3) 
a  a a  a
v v (4) None of these
(2)   
a a
 

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25. A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I0 is passed through a polaroid A and then through another
polaroid B which is oriented so that its principal plane males an angle of 45º relative to that of A.
The intensity of the emergent light is :

(1) I (3) I

(2) I (4) I

26. The v-t graph of the motion of a wooden block of mass 1 kg is shown in figure. It is given and
initial push at t=0, along a horizontal table. The coefficient of friction between the block and table
is (g= 10 ms－2)
v(ms)－1

14

0 t(S)
14

(1) 0.2 (3) 0.4

(2) 0.1 (4) 1.4

27. Photoelectric effect experiments are performed using three different metal plates p, q and r having
work functions p   eV q   eV and r   eV respectively. A light beam containing
wavelengths of 550 nm, 450 nm and 350 nm with equal intensities illuminates each of the plates.
The correct I-V graph for the experiment is (Take hc = 1240 eV nm)

I I
p r
q q
r p

(1) (3)
V V
I I

p r
q q
(2) r (4) p
V V

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28. A wave y = asin(ωt －kx) on a string meets with another wave producing a node at x = 0. Then
the equation of the unknown wave is-

(1) y = asin(ωt + kx) (3) y = asin(ωt － kx)

(2) y = －asin(ωt + kx) (4) y = －asin(ωt － kx)

29. Which one of the following statements is WRONG in the context of X-rays generated from a X-ray
tube?
(1) Wavelength of characteristic X-rays decreases when the atomic number of the target
increases.
(2) Cut-off wavelength of the continuous X-rays depends on the atomic number of the target
(3) Intensity of the characteristic X-rays depends on the electrical power given to the X-rays
tube
(4) Cut-off wavelength of the continuous X-rays depends on the energy of the electrons in the
X-ray tube

a a  t
30. The dimensions of  in the relation P   where P is the pressure, x is the distance and t
b bx
is the time, is-

(1) M－1L0T－2 (3) M0L0T－2

(2) M L0T－2 (4) MLT－2

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