(2) A particle moves in a plane under the action of a force of constant magnitude.

If the direction of the force is always at right angles to the direction of motion of the particle, it follows that (a) the momentum of the particle is constant (b) the velocity of the particle is constant (c) the kinetic energy of the particle is constant (d) the acceleration of the particle is constant (e) the particle moves along a straight line with increasing speed (3) A ball of mass 0.5 kg is thrown vertically downwards from the edge of a building of height 65 m. The initial speed of the ball is 20 ms1. If the ball strikes the ground with a speed of 40 m/s, the energy lost by the ball because of air resistance is (gravitational acceleration, g = 10 ms 2 ) (a) 10 J (c) 30 J (e) 45 J (b) 25 J (d) 40 J

(4) Two blocks A and B of masses m and 3m respectively (Fig.) travel in opposite directions with the same speed v along a smooth surface. They collide head-on and stick together. Mechanical energy lost during the collision is (a) mv2 (c) (3/2) mv2 (b) mv2 (d) 2 mv2 (e) 3 mv2

5) The adjoining figure shows a disc of radius R rolling without slipping along a horizontal surface. Assume that the centre of mass C of the disc is displaced along the positive x-direction. If the angular velocity of the disc is , what is the velocity VA of the point A of the disc at the instant it is in contact with the horizontal surface? (a) R directed along the positive x-direction (b) 2R directed along the positive x-direction (c) R directed along the negative x-direction (d) 2R directed along the negative x-direction (e) Zero

(6) A source producing sound of wave length 0.6 m is moving away from a stationary listener with speed V/6 where V is the speed of sound in air. The wave length of sound heard by the listener is (a) 0.5 m (b) 0.54 m (c) 0.66 m (d) 0.7m (e) 0.8 m

(7) Two steel wires A and B of the same length are vibrating under the same tension. If the first overtone of wire A has the same frequency as the fundamental note of wire B, the area of cross section of wire A is (a) twice that of B (b) three times that of B (c) four times that of B (d) half that of B (e) one third that of B

8) Two sound notes of wave lengths 1 and 2 in air produce n beats per second. If 1 < 2 the speed of sound in air is (a) 12n /(2 + 1) (b) (1 + 2)n (c) (12 /n )(2 + 1) (d) 12n / 1 (e) 12n /(2 1) (4) A glass tube is open at both ends. The minimum frequency of a tuning fork which vibrates in resonance with the air column in this tube is f. If this tube is held vertically with half its length submerged in water, what will be the minimum frequency of a tuning fork that will vibrate in resonance with the air column in the tube?

(a) f/3 (b) f/2 (c) f (d) 2f (e) 3f

9) A rectangular block of refractive index placed on a printed page lying on a horizontal surface as shown in fig. The minimum value of F so that the letter L on the page is not visible from any of the vertical sides is

10) In the figure shown the plate parallel plate capacitor have unequal charges. Its capacitance is C. P is a point outside the capacitor and close to the plate of charge-Q. The distance between the plates is d

(a) The potential difference between the plates will be 3Q/2C (b) A point charge at point P will experience electric electric force due to capacitor (c) The energy stored in the electric field in the region between the plates is 9Q 2/8C (d)The force on one plate due to the other plate is Q2/d2 (e) none of the above 11) There exists a uniform electric field in the space as shown. Four points A, B, C and D are marked which are equidistant from the origin. If VA, VB Vc and Vd are their potentials respectively, then (a) VB > VA> VC> VD (b) VA > VB> VD> VC (c) VA = VB> VC= VD (d) VB > VC > VA> VD (e) VB = VA= VC=VD

12) A rod of length and cross section area A has a variable thermal conductivity given by k = T, where a positive constant is and T is temperature in Kelvin. Two ends of the rod are maintained at temperatures T1 and T2 (T1>T2)Heat current flowing through the rod will be

13) The adjacent graph shows the extension (l) of a wire of length 1 m suspended from the top of a roof at one end and with a load W connected to the other end. If the cross-sectional area of the wire is 106 m2, calculate the Youngs modulus of the material of the wire. (A) 2 1011 N/m (B) 2 1011 N/m (C) 3 1012 N/m (D) 2 1013 N/m (e) zero

15) Two capacitors C1 and C2 are identical in all respects except for the dielectric media between their plates. C1 has air as dielectric where as C2 has a medium of dielectric constant K in place of air. The capacitor C1 is charged to V1 volt and the charging battery is disconnected. Then the uncharged capacitor C2 is connected across C1. If the common voltage across the capacitors is V2, the value of the dielectric constant K is (a) V1/ V2 (e) (V1 V2)/ V2 (16) Two thin metal plates of the same area are given positive charges Q1 and Q2 and kept parallel to each other to form a capacitor of capacitance C. If Q2 > Q1 what will be the potential difference between the plates? (a) (Q2 Q1) /2C (e) (Q2 + Q1) /4C (b) (Q2 + Q1) /2C (c) (Q2 + Q1) /C (d) (Q2 Q1) /C (b) V2/ V1 (c) (V1 + V2)/ (V1 V2) (d) (V1 V2)/ V1

(17) Two small identical conducting spheres of radius R carrying charges Q1 and Q2 (Q1 > Q2) attract each other with a force of magnitude F when they are separated by a distance r (between their centres) in air. When the spheres are brought into contact and then separated to the initial distance r, they repel each other with a force of the same magnitude F. Now, answer the following questions:

(a) It is given that the charge Q1 is positive. Calculate the electric potential difference between the centres of the spheres before bringing them into contact. (b) What are the charges on the two spheres after bringing them into contact? Justify your answer. (c) Calculate the electric field midway between the spheres after bringing the spheres into contact and separating them to the distance r. (d) Calculate the ratio of the initial charges (Q1/Q2) on the spheres. (e) Keeping the separation at r itself, the charges on the spheres are now changed so that one sphere carries positive charge +4q and the other sphere carries negative charge q. Calculate the distance of the null point (where the electric field is zero) from the centre of the negatively charged sphere. 18) For transferring a charge +Q coulomb from point A to point B separated by a distance d, the work required to be done by an external agency is W joule. If the potential of A is V volt, the potential of B will be (in volt) (a) V + (W/Q) (e) V (W/Q) (19) Four cylindrical rods of different radii and lengths are used to connect two heat reservoirs at fixed temperatures t1 and t2 respectively. From the following pick out the rod which will conduct the maximum quantity of heat: (a) Radius 1 cm, length 1 m (b) Radius 1 cm, length 2 m (b) V + (Q/Wd) (c) V + (W/Qd) (d) V (W/Qd)

(c) Radius 2 cm, length 4 m (e) Radius 0.5 cm, length 0.5 m

(d) Radius 3 cm, length 8 m

(20) When the amplitude of a wave is increased by 50%, its intensity will be increased by (a) 50% (b) 100% (c) 125% (d) 150% (e) 200% (21) A fixed mass of an ideal gas at pressure P is contained in a closed vessel of volume V. It is heated so that the root mean square velocity of the gas molecules is doubled. The thermal expansion of the vessel is negligible. Then the increase in pressure (P) of the gas is (a) P (b) 2P (c) 3P (d) 4P (e) 2 P (22) Equal number of oxygen molecules (molar mass m1) and helium molecules (molar mass m2) are kept in two identical vessels. If they are at the same temperature, their pressures will be in the ratio (a) m1/m2 (b) m2/m1 (c) (m1/m2) (d) (m2/m1) (e) 1 23)There is a metal cube inside a block of ice which is floating on the surface of water. The ice melts completely and metal falls in the water. Water level in the container (A) Rises (B) Falls (C) Remains same (D) Nothing can be concluded (E) Rise up then fall 24) A cylindrical tank of height 2 m and cross section area A = 4000 cm2 is initially empty when it is kept under a tap of cross sectional area 1 cm2. Water starts flowing from the tap at t = 0, with a speed = 2 m/s. There is a small hole in the base of the tank

of cross-sectional area 0.5 cm2. The variation of height of water in tank (in meters) with time t is best depicted by

25) If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube, (A) air flows from the bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes become equal (B) air flows from bigger bubble to the smaller bubble till the sizes are interchanged (C) air flows from the smaller bubble to the bigger (D) there is no flow of air. (E) information not enough to get a decision 26) There is a 1mm thick layer of glycerine between a flat plate of area 100 cm2 & a big fixed plate. If the coefficient of viscosity of glycerine is 1.0 kg/m-s then how much force is required to move the plate with a velocity of 7 cm/s? (A) 3.5 N (B) 0.7 N (C) 1.4 N (D) None

27) A metal wire is clamped between two vertical walls. At 20 C the unstrained length of the wire is exactly equal to the separation between walls. If the temperature of the wire is decreased the graph between elastic energy density (u) and temperature (T) of the wire is

28) The load versus strain graph for four wires of the same material is shown in the figure. The thickest wire is represented by the line (A) OB determine (B) OA (C) OD (D) OC (E) cannot

29) A metal ball immersed in Alcohol weights W 1 at 0C and W 2 at 50C. The coefficient of cubical expansion of the metal ()m is less than that of alcohol ()Al. Assuming that density of metal is large compared to that of alcohol, it can be shown that (A) W 1 > W 2 (E) A and B (B) W 1 = W 2 (C) W 1 < W 2 (D) any of (A) , (B) or (C)

30) Three processes compose a thermodynamics cycle shown in the PV diagram. Process 12 takes place at constant temperature. Process 23 takes place at constant volume, and process 31 is adiabatic. During the complete cycle, the total amount of work done is 10 J. During process 23, the internal energy decrease by 20J and during process 31, 20 J of work is done on the system. How much heat is added to the system during process 12? (A) 0 (B) 10 J (C) 20 J (D) 30 J (E) 40J

31) A wave pulse on a string has the dimension shown in figure. The waves speed is v = 1 cm/s. If point O is a free end. The shape of wave at time t = 3 s is

(E) none 32) In a test of subsonic Jet flies over head at an altitude of 100 m. The sound intensity on the ground as the Jet passes overhead is 160 dB. At what altitude should the plane fly so that the ground noise is not greater than 120 dB. (A) above 10 km from ground (B) above 1 km from ground (C) above 5 km from ground (D) above 8 km from ground (E) 3 km above

33) Two identical point charges are placed at a separation of l. P is a point on the line joining the charges, at a distance x from any one charge. The field at P is E. E is plotted against x for values of x from close to zero to slightly less than l. Which of the following best represents the resulting curve?

34) Two identical capacitors 1 and 2 are connected in series to a battery as shown in figure. Capacitor 2 contains a dielectric slab of dielectric constant k as shown. Q 1 and Q2 are the charges stored in the capacitors. Now the dielectric slab is removed and the corresponding charges are Q1 and Q2. Then