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1. A solid of mass m starts from rest and travels and the centripetal force is F. Which of the
for a given time under the action of a given following statements is true?
force. The speed which it acquires is
A. F = w + T.
A. proportional to m. B. F = w - T.
B. proportional to 1/m. C. The net force acting downwards on the
C. proportional to Öm. stone is F + T + w.
D. proportional to 1/Öm. D. The net force acting downwards on the
E. independent of m. stone is F - T + w.
E. The net force acting downwards on the
stone is F - T - w.
2. A communication satellite in a circular orbit
of radius R has a period of 24 hours. The
period of a satellite in a circular orbit of radius 6.
P
R/4 is
m m
X
A. 3 hours
B. 6 hours d d
3m 3m
C. 12 hours Y
D. 24 hours 5d 5d
E. 96 hours Q
A. 3 A. 9
2mE
B. 15
B. 4 2mE C. 25
C. 5 2mE D. 45
D. 15 2mE E. 75
E. 17 2mE
7.
4 m/s
4. A builder using a pulley system to lift a bucket
of cement of weight 150 N exerts a steady 3 m/s
X Y
force F and pulls 30 m of rope through the
6m
system in order to raise the bucket 10 m. The
friction in the system is small but NOT
negligible. The value of the force F is most Two bodies X and Y are moving with constant
probably velocities in the directions indicated by the
arrows. At time t = 0, they are at the positions
A. less than 50 N. shown. At time t = 2 s, the magnitude of the
B. exactly equal to 50 N. velocity of Y relative to X is
C. between 50 N and 150 N.
D. between 150 N and 450 N. A. 4 m/s.
E. more than 450 N. B. 5 m/s.
C. 6 m/s.
D. 8 m/s.
5. A stone of weight w tied to a piece of string is E. 10 m/s.
swung in a vertical circle. At the topmost
point of its path, the tension in the string is T
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A. increases increases
B. increases no change 11. A mass m of an ideal gas initially has volume
C. increases decreases V0 and temperature T0. When it is kept at
D. no change increases
E. no change decreases constant volume V0, heat Q is required to
increase its temperature to T0 + DT. If the
volume is not kept constant, but the gas
10. expands from V0 to 3V0 when the temperature
X P Q Y
increases from T0 to T0 + 2DT, then the heat
supplied must be
(diagram not to scale)
A. less than 2 Q.
PQ is a metal bar with thin layers of plastic B. equal to 2 Q.
XP and QY attached to each end. The whole C. more than 2 Q.
apparatus is well lagged. X is maintained at D. more than 3 Q.
100 ºC and Y at 0 ºC. Which of the graphs E. more than 6 Q.
below best represents the variation of
temperature T along XY?
12. Mass M of an ideal gas at pressure p occupies
A. volume V. The r.m.s. speed of its molecules is
T
A. pV / 3 M .
B. pV / M .
C. 3 pV / M .
X Y
D. pVM .
B. E. 3 pVM .
T
13.
L1 L2
X Y O
C. 55 cm 100 cm
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16. A plane mirror is rotating with angular speed A. electrons and protons, travelling at the
w. When pulses of light, of pulse frequency f, same speed
strike the mirror, they are reflected such that B. electrons and alpha particles, travelling at
the angle between successive reflected pulses the same speed
is q. If the direction of the incident pulses C. electrons of speed v and protons of speed
2v
remains constant, the value of q is
D. protons and alpha particles, travelling at
the same speed
w
A. E. protons travelling with speed v and alpha
f particles travelling with speed 2v
w
B.
2 f 19.
w P Q
C.
4 f
w
D. X Y
f
2w
E.
f R S
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22.
E.
P Q
R1 = 1 A.
X Y
R2 = 3
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I
A. 24 mW.
B. 57.6 mW.
C. 144 mW.
D. 0.6 mW.
0 V E. 3.6 mW.
B.
I 25.
L2
S L2
S
0 V
C. L1
I L1
E. 26.
I V/V
8
t / ms
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
0 V
27.
24. In a circuit with a vibrating reed switch, a 2
mF capacitor is charged from a battery of
e.m.f. 12 V and completely discharged
through a resistor with a frequency of 25 Hz.
The average power dissipated as heat in the
resistor is
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5 E
v
1 0 x
s
2 3 E
E D.
E
The diagram shows an electron in a uniform,
vertical electric field E. At the instant shown,
the electron is travelling in the direction of the
arrow v. Which of the arrows 1 to 5 gives the
direction of the acceleration of the electron at 0 x
this instant? s
A. 1 E.
B. 2 E
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
0 x
28. s
A B
29.
V1
+ P _ B
x e- e-
V2
s
cathode anode
The figure above shows a charged parallel In Thomson’s method of measuring e/m,
plate capacitor. P is a point between the plates electrons are accelerated by a potential
and its distance from plate A is x. If E is the difference V1, then passed undeviated through
electric field at point P, which of the following a region with a magnetic flux density B and an
graphs best represents the variation of E with electric field E. E is provided by a potential
x? (The separation of the plates is s.) difference V2 between the two plates. If V1 is
increased to 16 V1, in order for the electron
A. beam to remain undeviated, V2 must be
E changed to
A. 4 V2.
B. 8 V2.
C. 16 V2.
0 x D. 32 V2.
s E. 256 V2.
B.
E 30. With the time base switched off, a cathode ray
oscilloscope can be used to display graphically
A. r/6.
B. r/3.
C. 2 r/3.
D. 3 r/2.
0 f E. 6 r.
B.
v 35. A radioactive source with a half-life t½
initially contains N atoms of the radioactive
element. The energy released in each
disintegration is E. What is the total energy
released in time 2 t½?
0 f A. ¼ NE
B. ½ NE
C. C. ¾ NE
v D. ½ NEt½
E. NEt½
C. (2) and (3) only (2) at which the densities of its liquid and
D. (1) only saturated vapour are equal.
E. (3) only (3) at which solid, liquid and gaseous phases
of the substance can exist together in
equilibrium.
37. A bob of mass m supported by an elastic string
performs simple harmonic oscillations in a A. (1), (2) and (3)
vertical plane. The tension in the string B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
(1) is independent of m. D. (1) only
(2) is proportional to the amplitude of the E. (3) only
oscillations.
(3) has its maximum value when the bob is at
its lowest point. 41.
38. ‘The volume of a fixed mass of an ideal gas at The figure above shows each of the stationary
constant pressure is proportional to its traces S1 and S2 observed on the screen of a
temperature.’ The statement above is true only cathode ray oscilloscope connected to a
when microphone, when two tuning forks F1 and F2
respectively are sounded in turn. (The time
(1) an absolute temperature scale is used. base remains the same in each case.) Which
(2) the gas is at a very low pressure. of the following statements is/are correct?
(3) the gas is at a very high pressure.
(1) The period of F1 is greater than the period
A. (1), (2) and (3) of F2.
B. (1) and (2) only (2) The pitch of F1 is greater than the pitch of
C. (2) and (3) only F2.
D. (1) only (3) The speed of sound from F1 is greater
E. (3) only than the speed of sound from F2.
E. (3) only
46.
43. A very long solenoid with a metallic core has a P S
radius r and n turns per unit length. It carries
a current I. The magnetic flux density B on its
axis is G
(1) independent of r. Q R
(2) proportional to n.
(3) independent of the material of the core.
(1) A thermionic diode can be used to convert A. (1), (2) and (3)
a.c. into d.c. B. (1) and (2) only
(2) Increasing the filament current will C. (2) and (3) only
increase the saturation current. D. (1) only
(3) The current flow to the anode increases E. (3) only
linearly with the anode voltage within a
certain range.
50. In the Rutherford experiment on alpha particle
A. (1), (2) and (3) scattering, an alpha particle strikes a thin
B. (1) and (2) only metal foil X and is deflected through an angle
C. (2) and (3) only q.
D. (1) only
E. (3) only
q
49. An electron travelling with velocity v enters a
region with a uniform electric field E and a
uniform magnetic flux density B. E, B and v
are mutually perpendicular, as shown in the X
diagram.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
E
(1) q cannot be greater than 90º.
B into the paper
(2) The closer the alpha particle approaches
to a nucleus, the greater is the value of q.
v
(3) For the same approach path, q is larger
Which of the following statements is/are for slower alpha particles than for faster
correct? ones.
(1) When B = 0, the path of the electron is A. (1), (2) and (3)
parabolic. B. (1) and (2) only
(2) When E = 0, the path of the electron is C. (2) and (3) only
circular. D. (1) only
(3) The curvature of the electron’s path is E. (3) only
independent of v.
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1. B 26. D
2. A 27. E
3. A 28. A
4. C 29. A
5. A 30. E
6. E 31. D
7. B 32. C
8. D 33. B
9. A 34. D
10. B 35. C
11. C 36. C
12. C 37. E
13. C 38. D
14. D 39. E
15. C 40. B
16. E 41. D
17. E 42. E
18. D 43. B
19. A 44. B
20. C 45. D
21. C 46. B
22. A 47. E
23. E 48. A
24. E 49. B
25. C 50. C