1.

When a mirror is rotated by an angle θ, the (a) Twice as large as it is now

reflected ray will rotate by: (b) Four times as large as large as it is now
(c) One fourth of what it is now
(a) 0 (b) θ /2 (d) Half of what it is now
(c) θ (d) 2 θ
8. Which physical quantity is represented by
2. The speed of light will be minimum while the ratio of momentum and velocity of the
passing through – body?

(a) Glass (b) Vacuum (a) Velocity (b) Acceleration

(c) Water (d) Air
(c) Mass (d) Force
3. Which of the following does not change
when light travels from one medium to 9. The ratio of kinetic energies of two bodies
another? of same mass is 4 : 9, the ratio of their
(a) Velocity velocities will be
(b) Wavelength
(c) Frequency (a) 4 : 9 (b) 2 : 3
(d) Refractive Index
(c) 16 : 81 (d) √2 : √3
4. The reason of mirage is
10. A truck, a car, and a motorcycle have equal
(a) Interference of light kinetic energies. If equal stopping forces
(b) Diffraction of light are applied and they stop after travelling a
(c) Polarization of light distance of X, Y and Z respectively, then –
(d) Total internal reflection of light
(a) X > Y > Z (b) X < Y < Z
5. The image formed on retina is:
(c) X = Y = Z (d) X ≈ 4Y ≈ 8Z
(a) Equal to object but inverted
(b) Smaller than object but straight 11. A fuse wire is characterized by:
(c) Smaller than object but inverted
(d) Equal to object but straight (a) Low resistance and high melting point
(b) Low resistance and low melting point
6. A light-year is the – (c) High resistance and low melting point
(d) High resistance and high melting point
(a) Energy (b) Intensity
(c) Age (d) distance 12. An electric bulb of 100 watt is used for 4
hours. The unit of electric used is –
7. If the distance between the Earth and the
Sun were twice what is it now, the (a) 400 (b) 25
gravitational force exerted on the Earth by
the Sun would be – (c) 4 (d) 0.4
13. If a clock based on oscillating pendulum is (b) Heat
taken from the earth to moon, it will (c) Sound
(d) Electromagnetic
(a) become slow
(b) become fast 18. The velocity of sound is maximum in –
(c) give same time as on the earth
(d) stop working (a) Air (b) Liquid

14. Transfer of heat by convection can take (c) Metal (d) Vacuum
place in
19. Steel is more elastic than rubber, because
(a) Solids and liquids it
(b) Solids and vacuum
(c) Gases and liquids (a) is deformed very easily
(d) Vacuum and gases (b) is harder than rubber
(c) required larger deforming force
15. Assertion (A): A piece of copper and a (d) is never deformed
piece of glass are heated to the same
temperature. When touched, thereafter, 20. A liquid drop tends to assume a spherical
the copper piece appears hotter than the shape, because of
glass piece.
(a) surface tension
Reason (R) : The density of copper is more (b) elastic force
than that of glass (c) gravitational force
(d) viscous force
Code :
21. When a body falls freely towards the
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the earth, then its total energy
correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the (a) increases
correct explanation of A (b) decreases
(c) A is true but R is false (c) remains constant
(d) A is false but R is true (d) first increases and then decreases

16. The cooling by a desert cooler is based on 22. Match the following lists.
(a) Hot air replacement
(b) Air dehydration List I List II
(c) Evaporative cooling A. In an elec- 1. Chemical energy is
(d) Air rehydration tric heater converted into heat
energy
17. Which waves cannot be transmitted B. In an elec- 2. Heat energy is conve-
through vacuum? tric bulb rted into mechanical
energy
(a) Light C. In burning 3. Electrical energy is
 of coal converted into light
energy (a) Composition is variable.
D. In steam 4. Electrical energy is (b) All particles of compound are of only
engine converted into heat one type.
energy (c) Particles of compound have two or
more elements.
Codes (d) Its constituents cannot be separated by
simple physical methods.
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2 27. A mixture of sand and naphthalene can be
(b) 3 4 1 2 separated by –
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 4 3 2 1 (a) Fractional distillation
(b) Sublimation
23. On which of the following principles does a (c) Chromatography
rocket work? (d) Any of them

(a) Conservation of momentum 28. Atoms are composed of –

(b) Conservation of Inertia
(c) Conservation of Mass (a) Electrons and protons
(d) Conservation of Energy (b) Electrons only
(c) Protons only
24. A car starts from Bengaluru, goes 50 km in (d) Electrons and nuclei
a straight line towards south, immediately
turns around and returns to Bengaluru. 29. “The position and velocity of a small
The time taken for this round trip is 2 particle like electron can not be
hours. The magnitude of the average simultaneously determined.” This
velocity of the car for this round trip statement –

(a) is 0. (a) Heisenberg uncertainty principle

(b) is 50 km/hr. (b) Pauli’s exclusion principle
(c) is 25 km/hr. (c) Aufbau principle
(d) cannot be calculated without knowing (d) de-Broglie wave nature of electron
acceleration.
30. Which of the following acids is present in
25. Definition of force comes from Newton’s- Red Ants:

(a) first law of motion (a) Malic acid (b) Formic acid
(b) second law of motion
(c) third law of motion (c) Oxalic acid (d) Tannic acid
(d) law of gravitation
31. Which one of the following does not
26. Which one of the following is not a represent the salt, Calcium carbonate?
characteristic of a compound?
 (a) Lime water (b) Limestone (a) carborundum (b) tungsten

(c) Chalk (d) Marble (c) cast iron (d) nichrome

32. Match List I with List II and select the 36. Isotopes of an element do not have…..
correct answer using the code given below
the Lists: (a) Same number of electrons
(b) Same physical properties
List I List II (c) Same chemical properties
(Compound) (Use) (d) Same number of protons

A. Boric acid 1. Antiseptic 37. Acid rain is caused by the pollution of

B. Citric acid 2. Food environment by –
preservative
C. Magnesium 3. Antacid (a) carbon dioxide and nitrogen
hydroxide (b) carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
D. Acetic acid 4. Pickle (c) ozone and carbon dioxide
(d) nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide
Codes :
38. Which one of the following is a reduction
A B C D reaction?
(a) 1 2 3 4 (a) 2Mg(s) + O2 (g)→2MgO (a)
(b) 1 3 2 4 (b) S(s) + O2(g) → SO2 (g)
(c) 4 3 2 1 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡
(c) 2 MgO(s) → 2Mg (l) + O2 (g)
(d) 4 2 3 1 (d) Mg(s) + S(s) → MgS (s)

33. Which one of the following types of coal 39. Which one of the following causes
contains a higher percentage of Carbon minimum air pollution?
than the rest type of?
(a) Kerosene oil (b) Hydrogen
(a) Bituminous coal (b) Lignite
(c) Coal (d) Diesel
(c) Peat (d) Anthracite
40. The α – particles are –
34. Which of the following metals do not form
amalgam? (a) high energy electrons
(b) positively charged hydrogen ions
(a) Zinc (b) Copper (c) high energy X – ray radiations
(d) double positively charged helium
(c) Magnesium (d) Iron nuclei

35. Which one of the following materials is 41. What is not found in the animal cell?
very hard and very ductile?
(a) Cell wall of cellulose
 (b) Nucleus (c) Phosphorus-32 (d) Cobalt-60
(c) Mitochondria
(d) None of these 48. Which among the following is the
lowermost plants of the plant kingdom?
42. The powerhouse of a cell is
(a) Thallophyta
(a) cell wall (b) Pteridophyta
(b) mitochondria (c) Phanerogamae
(c) ribosome (d) Bryophyta
(d) nucleus
49. The vitamin which is water soluble and
43. Which of the following tissue take part in generally excreted in urine is
the healing of the wounds –
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin C
(a) Epithelium tissue
(b) Muscular tissue (c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin E
(c) Connective tissue
(d) Nervous tissue 50. Which of the following vitamin is
transformed in golden rice?
44. The non-green heterotrophic plants of
plant kingdom are – (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B12

(a) algae (b) fungi (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin D

(c) mosses (d) ferns

45. Which of the following is a female sex

hormone?

(a) Estrogen (b) Androgen

(c) Auxin (d) Insulin

46. Corpus luteum is a mass of cells found in –

(a) Brain (b) Ovary

(c) Pancreas (d) Spleen

47. Which one of the following is used in the

treatment of blood cancer?

(a) Iodine-131 (b) Sodium-24