12-07-2025

1001CJA10TIPS25001 JA

PART-1 : PHYSICS

SECTION-I (i)

1) To measure the radius of curvature (R) with a spherometer, we use a formula involving quantities
h and ℓ which are basically some lengths. Which of the following can be a good guess for the
formula?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

2) Two balls are rolling on a flat smooth table. One ball has velocity components and while the
other has components and . If both start moving simultaneously from the same point, the angle
between their paths is :-

(A) 15°
(B) 30°
(C) 45°
(D) 60°

3) Find a unit vector which makes an angle (π/4) with axis of z & is such that is a unit
vector.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

4) Determine vector of magnitude 9 which is perpendicular to both the vectors :

and

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

5) A rectangle has one side on the positive y-axis and one side on the positive x-axis. The upper right

hand vertex of the rectangle lies on the curve . The maximum area of the rectangle is :-

(A) e–1
(B) e–1/2
(C) 1
(D) e1/2

6) A particle is moving on a circular path of radius 5m. Light beam is incident from left as shown.

Find speed (in m/s) of it's shadow on the wall when angle θ is 53°. It's angular velocity is .

(A) 3.14 m/s

(B) 6.28 m/s
(C) 1.57 m/s

(D)
m/s

SECTION-I (ii)

1) If , where y is in meter. Then :

0 0
(A) the dimensions of a is (M L1/3T ).

(B)
the unit of is radian.
(C) the dimensions of x are same as those of b.
(D) the unit of a is meter.

2) In a new system of units, let the units of force, energy and velocity be 10 N, 0.1 J and 100 m/s
respectively. In this new system :-

(A) the unit of length is 0.50 m.

(B) the unit of length is 10–2 m.
(C) the unit of mass is 10–5 kg.
(D) the unit of mass is 10–2 kg.

0
3) , where n is number of moles, P is pressure, T is temperature, V is volume, M is
mass, g represents acceleration due to gravity and h is height. Which of the followings are correct?

(A) [x] = M L2 T–2 K–1 mol–1

(B) [x] = M2 L2 T–2 K–1 mol–1

(C)

(D) y = 1

4) The figure shown here gives us a vector of length 12 m making an angle of 60° with z-axis and its

projection on x-y plane making an angle of 30° with x-axis.

(A) Its z-component is 6 m.

(B) Its x-component is 9 m.
(C) Its y-component is m.
(D) Its component on xy-plane is m.

5) Figure shows four vectors. Which of the following magnitudes are correctly matched? One

division on each axis represent one unit.

(A)
units

(B)
units

(C)
units
(D)
units

6) The velocity of a particle moving on the x axis is given by . Here x refers to the x
coordinate of the particle. Choose the correct statement(s).

(A) The velocity of particle is always decreasing with increase in x when x > 1.
(B) The velocity of particle has a local maxima at x = 0.

(C)
The acceleration of particle is –2 m/s2 when .
(D) The acceleration of the particle is minimum at .

SECTION-II

1) Consider the assumption that the normal walking speed υ of any two-legged animal is a function
of the length ℓ of its leg, its mass m and the acceleration of gravity g. A normal human being has a
leg of length 0.5 m, and a walking speed of 1.41 m/s. What should be the walking speed (in m/s) of a
chimpanzee whose leg is of length 0.25 m?

2) Assume that you are standing on the equator. You walk 1 km north, then turn to your right and
walk another 1 km. Then you again turn to your right and walk another 1 km. Then you again turn to
your right and walk another 1 km. If the radius of the earth is 6400 km, how far (in µm) are you from
your starting position now?

3) The derivative of with respect to x at , is :-

4) Ram and Shyam are running on a rectangular field whose sides are parallel to x and y axes. The
coordinates of Ram are (2t –1, 3t) in m & coordinates of Shyam are (t + 4, 5t –1) in m. The minimum
distance between them is _______ m.

5) A smooth thin rod is fixed along body diagonal of a room of size 2m × 2m × 8m. A small sleeve of
weight 10 N is threaded in it and is held at the centre of the room by a light inextensible thread as
shown. The smooth rod only exerts a force perpendicular to itself. Find the tension force developed

in the thread (in N).

6) A squirrel is climbing up a tree at constant velocity of 4.03 m/s starting from the ground. A rat is
running away from the same tree at a velocity of 2.97 m/s starting from the same spot as the
squirrel. Find the distance between them (in m) at t = 1 sec.

PART-2 : CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I (i)

1) Which of the following statement is true?

(A) Zeff decreases on moving left to right in a period

(B) For isoelectronic species as Z increases, Zeff decreases.
(C) Screening effect decreases down the group.
(D) Zeff increases on moving left to right in a period.

2) Metal ion having a magnetic moment of 2.84 BM can be :-

(A) Ti+3
(B) Cr+2
(C) Co+2
(D) Pd+2

3) According to Mendeleev table, the triad of VIII group will be :

(A) Ru , Rh , Pd
(B) Cu , Ag , Au
(C) N , O , F
(D) Tℓ , Pb , Bi

4) Which of the following statement regarding the quantum numbers is false?

(A) n gives idea of the size of an orbital.

(B) ℓ gives the shape of an orbital.
(C) ms gives the energy of the electron in the orbital in absence of magnetic field.
(D) ms gives the direction of spin angular momentum of the electron in an orbital.

5) What would be the electronic configuration of Tennessine [Ts or Uus] :-

(A) [Rn] – 7s2 5f14 6d10 7p3

(B) [Rn] – 7s2 4f14 6d10 7p5
(C) [Rn] – 7s2 4f14 6d10 6p5
(D) [Rn] – 7s2 5f14 6d10 7p5

6) Which of the following is not a Dobereiner's Triad?

(A) Ca , Sr , Ba
(B) Cl , Br , I
(C) S , Se , Te
(D) Co , Ni , Cu

SECTION-I (ii)

1) Correct statement(s) among the following are :

(A) Li shows similarity in properties with Mg.

(B) IUPAC symbol for element with atomic number 109 is Uun.
(C) The fifth period of modern periodic table ends at Xe with the filling up to the 5p orbitals.
(D) In the Lother Meyer's curve alkaline earth metals occupy the ascending position of the curve.

2) The correct statement among the following are :

+2
(A) Zeff on 'd' electrons of Sc is 18.
(B) The difference of Zeff in N and O for last electron is 0.65.
(C) Mn and Zn have the same value of shielding constant for 3s electron.
(D) Effective nuclear charge on last electron of Fe+2 is 6.25

3) If an element with atomic 121 [Hypothetical superheavy element] is discovered , then the correct
statement(s) will be :

(A) It would belong to 'g' block.

(B) Its IUPAC symbol would be Ubu.
(C) It will have 28 electrons in f-subshell.
(D) Principal quantum number for its last electron will be n = 6

4) Elements for which Mendeleev left spaces are :

(A) Sc
(B) B
(C) Ge
(D) Mn

5) Correct statement(s) among the following are :

(A) Be and Mg have similarities in properties due to comparable charge to radius ratio.
(B) Np is a transuranic element.
(C) Position of H is not fixed in modern periodic table.
(D) Sulfur is an example of typical element of group 15.

6) Species having magnetic moment greater than 4 Bohr magneton are :

(A) Fe+3
(B) Mn+4
(C) V+3
(D) Ru+2

SECTION-II

1) If number of unpaired electron in ground state of N is 'x' and maximum number of unpaired
electrons in parallel spin in ground state of Ni atom is 'y'.

Report for .

2) Atomic number of second period representative element having maximum value of spin
multiplicity is :

3) Find total number of electrons in 'd' and 'f' subshell for Flerovium [ununquadium].

4) An element 'X' has outermost configuration given as [M-5]s2 with its outermost , penultimate and
antipenultimate shells having 2, 8, 25 electrons respectively.
Find total number of electrons in the ground state of element 'X' for which ℓ < 2.
If , ℓ ⇒ azimuthal quantum number
M ⇒ Total number of electrons present in non-directional orbitals in ground state of element with
Z = 55

5) If group number of elements with atomic number 66 , 92 , 120 are x, y and z respectively.

Report for

6) In a parallel universe if all quantum number except spin quantum number remains same and rules
for filling electrons remains same. where spin quantum number can have values as ms = +1, 0,
–1. In this universe if electronic configuration is filled for an element with Z = 50. Then the number
of electrons with ℓ ≥ 1 will be :-

PART-3 : MATHEMATICS

SECTION-I (i)

1) If and , where P\Q = P ∩ QC. If , then

the value of is - (where n(X) denotes the cardinal number of set X)

(A) 63
(B) 72
(C) 90
(D) 70

2) In a city, three daily newspaper A, B, C are published, 42% of the people in that city read A, 51%
read B and 68% read C. 30% read A and B; 28% read B and C; 36% read A and C; 8% do not read
any of three newspapers. The percentage of persons who read all the three papers is

(A) 25%
(B) 18%
(C) 20%
(D) None of these

3) Consider the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4}.

Total number of subsets of S × S containing the elements (1, 2), (2, 3) and (3, 4) is :

(A) 4096
(B) 8192
(C) 16384
(D) None of these

4) A survey shows that 61% of Indian like cheese where as 72% like mangoes. If µ% of the Indian
like both cheese and mangoes then

(A) µ < 61
(B) µ < 33
(C) µ > 61
(D) 33 ≤ µ ≤ 61

5) If A = {x : –2 < x < 4, x ∈ I} then the number of proper subset of A is

(A) 30
(B) 31
(C) 32
(D) 64

6) Which of the following Venn Diagram represent A ∪ B :

(A)
(B)

(C)

(D)

SECTION-I (ii)

1)

Which of the following is/are true ?

(A) = n(A) + n(B) –

(B) n(A – B) = n(A) – n(B)
(C) n(B – A) = n(B) –
(D) If n(A – B) = n(A), then =0

2) If A = {1, 2, 3, {5, 7}, 8}, then correct statement is/are

(A) {5} ∈ A
(B) {5, 7} ∈ A
(C) {1, 2, 3} ∈ A
(D) {{5, 7}} ⊂ A

3) Let , then

(A) n(A) = 1
(B) n(A) = 2
(C) sum of all distinct elements of A is 0.
(D) Sum of all distinct elements of A is 2.
4) If A, B & C are three sets, such that A = ,B= ,C= , then which of the
following option(s) is(are) not true

(A) A ⊆ B ⊆ C
(B) C ⊆ B ⊆ A
(C) A ⊆ C
(D) C ⊆ A

5) Let M = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and N = {2, 4, 6, 8} then

(A) 1 ∈ M – N
(B) 2 ∈ M – N
(C) 6 ∈ (M – N) ∪ (N – M)
(D) 5 ∈ M – N

6) Ri denotes region for i = 1, 2, ..., 8 as shown in figure. Which

of the following option(s) is/are true ?

(A) R7 = A ∩ B ∩ C
(B) R7 = (A' ∪ B' ∪ C')'
(C) R3 = (A' ∩ B') ∩ C
(D) R5 = (B\C') ∩ A'

SECTION-II

1) In a survey among 230 students in Nilgiri house of IIT MADRAS, the following data were found :
* 90 students have Hotstar subscription
* 110 students have Netflix subscription
* 120 students have Amazon Prime suscription.
* 30 students have both Hotstar and netflix subscription whereas 30 students have both Hotstar and
Amazon Prime and 40 students subscribe to both Netflix and Amazon Prime. Find number of
students having all three subscription.

2) If A = {(x, y)|xy = 8 and x, y ∈ I} then n(A) equal to

3) Let S = {1, 2, 3}, number of elements in the set {(A, B, C) : (A Δ B) Δ C = S} is

4) Let A = {1, 2, 3, ... 10}, B = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4} and C = {(a, b) ∈ A × A : 2a2 + 2b2 + 3a – 3b – 4ab ∈
B}. Then |C| is equal to

5) In a class of 100 students, 73 like coffee, 80 like tea and 52 like lemonade. It may be possible that
some students do not like any of these three drinks. Then the difference between the maximum and
minimum possible number of students who like all the three drinks is

6) Let a, L, e, n be real numbers with (a + L) (L + e) (e + a) ≠ 0 that satisfy

and . The value of is

 ANSWER KEYS

PART-1 : PHYSICS

SECTION-I (i)

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6
A. B A A A A A

SECTION-I (ii)

Q. 7 8 9 10 11 12
A. A,B,C B,C A,D A,B,C,D A,B,D A,B,C

SECTION-II

Q. 13 14 15 16 17 18
A. 0.99 to 1.00 12.20 -2.00 4.01 to 4.02 2.62 to 2.65 5.00 to 5.01

PART-2 : CHEMISTRY

SECTION-I (i)

Q. 19 20 21 22 23 24
A. D D A C D D

SECTION-I (ii)

Q. 25 26 27 28 29 30
A. A,C B,C,D A,B,C A,C B,C A,D

SECTION-II

Q. 31 32 33 34 35 36
A. 1.50 7.00 68.00 36.00 3.00 38.00

PART-3 : MATHEMATICS

SECTION-I (i)

Q. 37 38 39 40 41 42
A. A A B D B C

SECTION-I (ii)

Q. 43 44 45 46 47 48
A. A,C,D B,D B,C A,B,C,D A,C,D A,B,C,D
 SECTION-II

Q. 49 50 51 52 53 54
A. 10.00 8.00 64.00 18.00 47.00 12.30
 SOLUTIONS

PART-1 : PHYSICS

1)

Using dimension analysis

[R] = [L]

∴ (B) Ans.

2)

3)

(a + 1)2 + (b + 1)2 + =1

a2 + 2a + 1 + b2 + 2b + 1 =

a2 + b2 + =1

a2 + b2 =
2a + 2b = – 2
a + b = –1

4)

5)

⇒ x=e
6) ℓ = Rcosθ

= π m/s

7)

Given :

[y] = [a3] = [L]

0 0
[a] = [L1/3] = [M L1/3 T ]
(A) Correct

⇒ [x] = [b] (C) correct

0 0 0

= [M L T ]
Radian is dimensionless quantity
Hence (B) correct

8)

9)
ML2T–2 = mol x × k
x = ML2T–2 mol–1 k–1
[x] = R
PV = nRT

10)

x-z component

z-component

rz = rcosθ = 12 cos60° =
y-component
ry = rsinθ sinϕ

= =
x-component
rx = rsinθcosϕ
= rsin60° cos30°

11)

1 division = 1 unit

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

12)

when x > 1, a < 0

∴ when
a = –2 m/s2

13) v = kmxℓygz
14)

R' = R cos θ

x = (θ' – θ")R

15)

16) ℓ2 = x2 + y2 = (t – 5)2 + (–2t + 1)2 = (t – 5)2 + (2t – 1)2

t – 5 + 4t – 2 = 0
5t = 7
t = 1.4 sec
ℓ2 = 3.62 + 1.82
⇒
 17)

18)

= t(16 + 0.24 + 9 × 10–4 + 9 – 0.18 + 9 × 10–4)1/2

ℓ = (25 + 0.06 + 18 × 10–4)1/2

PART-2 : CHEMISTRY

19) On moving left to right in a period Zeff increases.

20) Ion should have 2 unpaired electron

21) Ru, Rh, Pd are part of VIII group of Mendeleev periodic table.

22) The correct answer is option (C)

23) Atomic number is 117

 24) Co, Ni, Cu belongs to same period [3d series]

25) Li and Mg shows diagonal relationship.

26) Sc+2 , Zeff on 3d electron will be 3.

27) The correct answer is option (A), (B), (C)

28) EKa - Boron = Sc and EKa - Silicon = Ge

29) The correct answer is option (B) , (C)

30) Ionz having number of unpaired electrons ≥ 4

31) x = 3 , y = 2

32) Elements is N = [He] 2s2 2p3

33) The correct answer is 68.00

34) The correct answer is 36.00

35) The correct answer is 3.00

36) The correct answer is 38.00

PART-3 : MATHEMATICS

37)

⇒
8n(B) = 9n(A)

k=1
38) Let the no. of persons in the city be 100.
Then we have
n(A) = 42, n(B) = 51, n(C) = 68

Using

Substituting the above values, we have

92 = 42 + 51 + 68 – 30 – 28 – 36 +

Hence, 25% of the people read all the three papers.

39) Set S × S will have 4 × 4 = 16 elements.

Number of elements except (1, 2), (2, 3) and (3, 4) in S × S = 16 – 3 = 13

40) Let total number of Indians be 100, let X, C, A be the sets of all Indians, Indians liking
cheese, Indian liking mangos respectively.
n(X) = 100 n(C) = 61
n(A) = 72 n(C ∩ A) = µ
n(A ∪ C) = n(A) + n(C) – n(A ∩ C)
n(A ∪ C) = 72 + 61 – µ
n(A ∪ C) = 133 – µ
n(A ∪ C) ≤ 100
133 – µ ≤ 100
µ ≥ 33
Also then n(C ∩ A) ≤ n(A)
µ ≤ 61
∴ 33 ≤ µ ≤ 61

41) A = {–1, 0, 1, 2, 3}
number of proper subsets = 2n – 1
= 25 – 1
= 31

42)

As we know that
A ∪ B = {x : x ∈ A or x ∈ B}
∴ A ∪ B contains all elements which are in A or B.
Hence option (C) is correct.

43)

Let n(A) = x, n(B) = y, n(A ∩ B) = z

∴ n(A – B) = x – z, n(B – A) = y – z
∴ n(A ∪ B) = n(A – B) + n(B – A) + n(A ∩ B)
=x+y–z
44) (A) {5} ∈ A is wrong since there is no element 5 in set A
(B) {5, 7} ∉ A is wrong since {5, 7} ∈ A
(C) {1, 2, 3} is subset of A have wrong
(D) {{5, 7}} ∈ A is correct

45) Let and

ab = 1
Let ax = t
Given equation become

or

Solutions of the given equation is x = 2 or –2.

⇒ A = {–2, 2}

46) Element of A is { } ...(1)

Element of B is {{ }} ...(2)
Element of C is {{{ }}} ...(3)
from (1), (2) & (3) A ⊄ B, A ⊄ C, B ⊄ C
A ∈ B, B ∈ C

47) M – N = {1, 3, 5}
N – M = {6, 8}
∴ 1∈M–N,2∉M–N
∴ A, C, D

48)

As we know that
A ∩ B ∩ C is region common to all three
∴ R7 = A ∩ B ∩ C
and (A' ∪ B' ∪ C')' = A ∩ B ∩ C = R7
For option (C)
(A' ∩ B') ∩ C = (A ∪ B)' ∩ C
∴ Clearly it is R3
For option (D)
(B\C') ∩ A'
= B ∩ C ∩ A'
Clearly it is R5
∴ A, B, C, D all are correct.
49) Let H be the set of the 90 students who have Hotstar subscription.
Let N be the set of the 110 students who have Netflix subscription.
Let A be the set of the 120 students who have Amazon Prime subscription.
Now for three sets,
n(H ∪ N ∪ A) = n(H) + n(N) + n(A) – n (H ∩ A) – n (H∩N) + n (H∩N∩A)
Putting the values, we get,
230 = 90 + 120 + 110 – 30 – 40 – 30 + x [where n(H∩N∩A) = x]
Solving this equation, we get,x = 230 – 220 = 10. Hence there are 10 students who have all 3
subscriptions. This can be represented with Venn diagram as shown here

50) xy = 8
A = {(1, 8), (2, 4), (4, 2), (8, 1), (–1, –8),
(–2, –4), (–4, –2), (–8, –1)}

51)
For 1 there are 4 choices
Similarly 2 & 3 have also 4 choices
so number of subsets = 4 × 4 × 4
= 43

52) 2(a – b)2 + 3(a – b) = (a – b) (2(a – b) + 3)

a = b or a – b = –2
a = b ⇒ 10 ordered pairs
a – b = –2 ⇒ 8 ordered pairs
|C| = 18

53) Total students = 100

Students liking coffee (C) = 73
Students liking tea (T) = 80
Students liking lemonade (L) = 52
Let n, s, d and t be the number of students who like none of the drinks, exactly one drink,
exactly two drinks, and all three drinks, respectively.
It is given,
n + s + d + t = 100 ...(1)
s + 2d + 3t = 73 + 80 + 52
s + 2d + 3t = 205 ...(2)
Subtracting Equation (1) from equation (2), we get
d + 2t – n = 105
1. maximum value of t
Let d = 1 and n = 0
1 + 2t = 105
2t = 104
t = 52
2. Minimum value of t
Let d = 95 and n = 0
95 + 2t = 105
2t = 10
t=5

54) ....(1)

....(2)

....(3)
Add (1), (2) and (3)

a – L + L – e + e – a = n – 123

∴ n = 123 or