Model Test - II

1. Two hot spheres A and B have their radii in the ratio 3 : 1 and their absolute temperatures in the ratio 1 : 3.
the amount of energy radiated by the spheres are in the ratio (assume that these are blackbodies)
(a) 1 : 34 (b) 1 : 33
2
(c) 1 : 3 (d) 1 : 3
2. A sound waveform of wavelength 3m is traveling in air. The number of compression and rarefaction crossing
a person in 6 min is
(a) 19800 (b) 660
(c) 39600 (d) 118800
Assume velocity of sound in air = 330 m/s.
3. Moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc about its diameter is I. Its moment of inertia about an axis,
perpendicular to its plane and passing through a point on its rim, will be
(a) 5 I (b) 6 I
(c) 3 I (d) 4 I
4. The conversion of a galvanometer into a voltmeter is done by connecting a
(a) low resistance is series.
(b) low resistance in parallel.
(c) high resistance in series.
(d) high resistance in parallel.
5. An isotropic source of electromagnetic radiation dissipates 1 kW. The radiation pressure is, at a distance of 10
m from the source,
(a) (b)

(c) (d) none of these

6. A particle is acted upon by forces that give it S.H.Ms in two perpendicular directions, when the forces act
separately.

The path traced by the particle is

(a) a parabola (b) a straight line
(c) a circle (d) an ellipse
7. The escape velocity for a body projected vertically upward from the earth’s surface is
11 km/s. If the body projected at an angle of 60o with the vertical the escape velocity will be
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
8. A radioactive sample has a disintegration rate of disintegration per minute, the sample itself
consisting of  mole of the active nucleus. The disintegration constant,  is given by
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
9. To demonstrate the phenomenon of interference, one needs two sources which emit radiation of
(a) nearly the same frequency.
(b) the same frequency.
(c) same frequency but slightly different wavelengths.
(d) the same frequency and the sources maintain a constant phase relationship with each other.
10. Which of the following quantities, does not depend upon the orbital radius of a satellite ?
(T : Time period, R : orbital radius)
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

11. The displacement of a particle undergoing S.H.M at the instant when its K.E. = P.E. (assuming that the
amplitude is A) is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

12. Lines of magnetic field (B)

(a) originate at the north pole of a solenoid and end at its south pole.
(b) form closed loops in the case of a solenoid.
(c) don’t exist inside a solenoid.
(d) circulate around the axis of the solenoid.
13. A photon of energy E is travelling along the positive x-axis in vacuum. It is observed from a frame of
reference (K) which is traveling along the positive x-axis with velocity v. Then
(a) the speed of the photon is (c-v) w.r.t K.
(b) the energy of the photon in
(c) the energy of the photon in
(d) the energy of the photon in K is E.

14. A particle undergoes SHM with an amplitude A. At what distance from the mean position is the ratio
equal to n ?
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

15. A charge –q is placed at the centre of a cube of side L as shown in the figure but displaced slightly
towards the face ABCD. No charge exists any where else. The magnitude of the net electrostatic flux
passing through the face ABCD satisfies

(a)

(b)

(c)
 (d) none of the above (since these cannot be concluded.)
16. A parallel plate air capacitor of capacitance C is connected between the terminals of a battery of emf E. A
dielectric of relative permittivity 10 is slowly introduced between the plates. The additional charge following
through the battery is

(a) 10 CE (b) 11 CE
(c) 9 CE (d) CE
17. TV signals cannot be received at distances greater then 100 km from transmission stations one the earth’s
surface. This is due to the fact that
(a) the receiver antenna is unable to detect the signal at a distance greater then 100 km.
(b) the T.V programme consists of both audio and video signals.
(c) the T.V. signals are less powerful then radio signals.
(d) the surface of the earth is curved like a sphere.
18. The thermal conductivity of a metal A is twice that of another metal B. Two rods of A and B, having equal
lengths and cross-sections are joined end-to-end and their sides are insulated. The free ends are kept at 0 C
(for A) and 100C (for B) respectively. The temperature of their function is
(a) 33.3C (b) 67.7C
(c) 25C (d) 50C
19. Two soap bubbles of difference radii are connected by means of a tube. Then
(a) the larger bubble grows larger while the smaller becomes smaller.
(b) the smaller bubble grows larger while the larger one grows smaller till they attain the same size.
(c) either (a) or (b) cold occur depending on the atmospheric pressure.
(d) both bubbles burst as they become totally unstable.
20. A coil having single turn of wire and a total resistance of R is connected to a galvanometer of resistance 4R. It
is oriented in the direction of a magnetic field B and then suddenly flipped (i.e. turned through 180). The
cross-sectional area of the coil is A. The total charge passing through the galvanometer is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

21. A charged oil drop is suspended in a uniform electric field of so that it neither falls nor rises. The
charge on the drop is
(take mass of drop = 9.910-16kg and g = 10 m/s 2;
-19
electronic charge = 1.6×10 C. exactly known)
(a) 3.3  10-19 C (b) 1.65  10-19 C
(c) 6.6  10 C
-19
(d) 3.2  10-19 C
22. The long conductors, separated by a distance d carry currents and in the same direction. They exert a
force F on each other. The current in one of them is increased to twice its initial value and its direction is
reversed. The distance between them is increased to 4d. The new force between them is
(a) , attractive (b) , attractive

(c) , repulsive (d) none of these

23. A piece of silver and another of silicon are both cooled to 77 K. The resistance of
(a) both decrease (b) both increase
(c) silver piece decreases while that of the silicon piece increases
 (d) silver piece increases while that of the silicon piece decreases.
24. If the temperature of the sun were to increase by a factor of two, by what factor should its radius change so
that the total radiant energy received on the earth’s surface remains constant ?
(a) The radius should decrease by a factor of 4
(b) The radius should increase by a factor of 4
(c) The radius should increase by a factor of 41/3; since
(d) The radius should decreases by a factor of 41/3.
25. The ratio of the terminal velocities of two spherical water droplets of radii and falling in air is
(a) 2 (b) 1/2
(c) 1/4 (d) 4.
26. A p-n junction is highly conducting in one direction, while it resists the flow of an electric current in the
opposite direction. This property is used in
(a) rectifier (b) amplifier
(c) oscillator (d) none of these.
27. The Kinetic Energy of the fastest photoelectron emitted using light of wavelength is ; while the K.E. of
the fastest photoelectron using light of wavelength is . The photocathode is the same in both the cases.
Then,
(a) (b)

(c)
(d) Any of the above may be true.
28. In a Fresnel’s Biprism experiment, the intensity of the central fringe is I m, while the dark fringe is completely
dark. The intensity at a point which is away (where is the fringe width) from the central bright fringe is

(a) (b)

(c) (d) .

29. A particle attached to a spring executes SHM with a period , while the corresponding period when it is
attached to another spring is . If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is , then:
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) .

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1. The speed of an electron, in the nth circular Bohr orbit of an atom of atomic number Z, is (c is the velocity of
light)
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
2. A Carnot engine takes heat from a reservoir at 627C and rejects it at 127C, the total heat rejected is 4 105
cal. The net work done by the engine is
(a) 2.1106 J (b) 5105 J
(c) 15.75105 J (d) 6.6106 J
3. The maximum charge that resides on a capacitor in an oscillating LC circuit is Q max. The maximum current in
the circuit is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

4. The minimum horizontal force F required to hold the block on the wall is

(a) 100 N (b) 250 N

(c) 500 N (d) none of these
5. Assuming that the initial charge on the capacitor is zero in the circuit given above, the initial current through
the battery is given by
(a) 1 A, as the capacitor circuit does not allow DC to pass.
(b) infinite, since the capacitor gets charged initially.
(c) zero, as the net impedance is infinite due to the presence of the capacitor.
(d) 1.8 A, as the capacitor is effectively a short-circuit initially.
6. Which, of the following pairs, have different units ?
(a) Impedance and reactance
(b) RC and
(c) Resistance and Impedance
(d) EMF and work
7. A galvanometer has a resistance of G ohms and range of V volts. The value of the resistance used in series to
convert it into a voltmeter of range nV volts is
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

8. Wattless current is a current flowing through

(a) a resonant LCR series circuit
(b) a resonant LCR parallel circuit
(c) an oscillatory LC circuit
(d) a pure non-ohmic conductor
9. The equation is valid
(a) for an electron as well as for a photon
(b) for an electron but not for a photon
(c) for a photon but not for an electron
(d) neither for photons nor for electrons
10. The current through the 5 resistance is equal to
 (a) (b)
(c) zero (d) none of these
11. A charge of 4.810-5C passes through an electrolytic solution of copper sulphate. The number of Cu ++ ions
liberated from the electrolyte is nearly
(a) 3  1024 (b) 1.5  1024
(c) 7.68  1014 (d) 1.5  1014
12. Huygen’s wave theory of light cannot explain
(a) superposition principle
(b) diffraction.
(c) interference.
(d) photoelectric effect.
13. Velocity of electromagnetic waves through a medium depends upon
(a) the speed of the medium w.r.t the source.
(b) amplitude of the waves.
(c) refractive index of the medium.
(d) density of the medium.
14. A convergent beam of light in air is intercepted by a plane sheet of glass of thickness t and refractive index .
As a result, the point of convergence.

(a) is shifted away from the sheet by

(b) is shifted towards the sheet by

(c) remains unchanged.

(d) is shifted towards the sheet by

15. A block of mass m lies on a rough horizontal plane where the coefficient of static friction is 0.2 and that of
kinetic friction is 0.15. The force F which should be applied at 30 to the horizontal so that the block moves
with uniform speed is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
16. A light wire of uniform cross-section is suspended vertically from a fixed point with a load attached to its
lower and. When the temperature is raised by the frequency of transverse vibrations changes. If the
coefficient of linear expansion is , the fractional change in the frequency is :
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
17. If the earth shrinks to half its radius without any change in its mass, the duration of one day will be
(approximately)
(a) 6 hr (b) 96 hr
(c) 12 hr (d) 48 hr
18. A refrigerator is
(a) an electric motor.
(b) an air cooler.
(c) a heat engine working in reverse.
(d) a heat engine working together with another heat engine.
19. According to Botzmann’s law of equipartition of energy, the energy per degree of freedom is
(a) (b)

(c)
(d) an integral multiple of kT
20. The ratio of the speed of sound to the rms speed of molecules in a gas in . The ratio for the gas is
(a) (b)

(c) (d) none of these