PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)

1. N divisions on the main scale of a vernier callipers coincide with  N  1 divisions of the
vernier scale. If each division of main scale is ' a ' units, then the least count of the
instrument is
a N a
1) a 2) 3) a 4)
N N 1 N 1
2. Initial velocity with which a body is projected is 10 m/sec and angle of projection is 600 .
Find the range R
y

R
300
x
15 3m 40 20
1) 2) m 3) 5 3m 4) m
2 3 3
3. A 40 kg slab rests on a frictionless floor as shown in the figure. A 10 kg block rests on the
top of the slab. The static coefficient of friction between the block and slab is 0.60 while the
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.40. The 10 kg block is acted upon by a horizontal force of

100 N. If g  9.8 m / s 2 , the resulting acceleration of the slab will be

1) 0.98 m / s 2 2) 1.47 m / s 2 3) 1.52 m / s 2 4) 6.1 m / s 2

4. In the figure shown, a particle of mass m is released from the position A on a smooth track.
When the particle reaches at B, then normal reaction on it by the track is
 A
B
3h
h

2 m2 g
1) mg 2) 2mg 3) mg 4)
3 h
5. Given below are two statement:
Statement – I: A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-
versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.
1
Statement – II: In a material medium. The EM wave travels with speed V  .
0 0
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) Both statement I and statement II are true
2) Both statement I and statement II are false
3) Statement I is correct but statement II is false
4) Statement I is incorrect but statement II is true
6. A body starts from rest from a point distance R0 from the centre of the earth. The velocity
acquired by the body when it reaches the surface of the earth will be (R represents radius of
the earth).

1 1   1 1
1) 2GM    2) 2GM   
 R R0   0 R
R

1 1  1 1 
3) GM    4) 2GM   
 R R0   R R0 
7. Statement – I: The stream of water flowing at high speed from a garden hose pipe tends to
spread like a fountain when held vertically up, but tends to narrow down when held
vertically down.
Statement – II: In any steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the volume flow rate of the
fluid remains constant.
 1) Statement – I is True, Statement – II is True, Statement – II is a correct explanation for
Statement – I
2) Statement – I is True, Statement – II is True; Statement – II is NOT a correct explanation
for Statement – I
3) Statement – I is True, Statement – II is False
4) Statement – I is False, Statement – II is True
8. A tank is filled with water upto a height H. Water is allowed to come out of a hole P in one
of the walls at a depth h below the surface of water. Express the horizontal distance X in
terms of H and h.

P
h
H

h
1) X  h  H  h  2) X   H  h
2

3) X  2 h  H  h  4) X  4 h  H  h 

9. An  particle and a proton are accelerated from rest through the same potential difference.
The ratio of linear momenta acquired by above two particals will be:
1) 2 :1 2) 2 2 :1 3) 4 2 :1 4) 8:1
10. If 1 and 2 are the wavelengths of the third member of Lyman and first member of the
Paschen series respectively, then the value of 1 : 2 is
1) 1:3 2) 7:108 3) 7:135 4) 1:9
11. Half – lives of two radioactive elements A and B are 20 minutes and 40 minutes,
respectively. Initially, the samples have equal number of nuclei. After 80 minutes, the ratio
of decayed number of A and B nuclei will be:
1) 1:4 2) 5:4 3) 1:16 4) 4:1
12. Mobility of electrons in a semiconductor is defined as the ratio of their drift velocity to the

applied electric field. If, for an n-type semiconductor, the density of electrons is 1019 m 3

and their mobility is 1.6m2 V .s  then the resistivity of the semiconductor (since it is an n-
type semiconductor contribution of holes is ignored) is close
1) 2m 2) 4m 3) 0.4m 4) 0.2m
13. A square frame of side 10 cm and a long straight wire carrying current 1 A are in the plane
of the paper. Starting from close to the wire, the frame moves towards the right with a

constant speed of 10 ms 1 (see figure).

The e.m.f induced at the time the left arm of the frame is at x  10 cm from the wire is:

I  1A

10 cm

1) 2V 2) 1V 3) 0.75V 4) 0.5V

14. A printed page is pressed by a glass of water. the refractive index of the glass and water is
1.5 and 1.33, respectively. If the thickness of the bottom of glass is 1 cm and depth of water
is 5 cm, how much the page will appear to be shifted if viewed from the top?
1) 1.033 cm 2) 3.581 cm 3) 1.575 cm 4) 1.90 cm
15. Two springs, of force constants k1 and k 2 are connected to a mass m as shown. The
frequency of oscillation of the mass is f . If both k1 and k 2 are made four times their
original values, the frequency of oscillation becomes

k1 m k2

1) 2f 2) f/2 3) f/4 4) 4f
16. A uniform string of length 20m is suspended from a rigid support. A short wave pulse is
introduced at its lowest end. It starts moving up the string. The time taken to reach the

supports is: (take g  10 ms 2 )

1) 2 2s 2) 2s 3) 2 2s 4) 2s

17. A charged oil drop is suspended in a uniform filed of 3  10 4 v / m so that it neither falls nor

rises. The charge on the drop will be (Take the mass of the charge  9.9  10 15 kg and

g  10 m / s 2 )

1) 1.6  10 18 C 2) 3.2  10 18 C 3) 3.3  10 18 C 4) 4.8  10 18 C

18. Concentric metallic hollow spheres of radii R and 4R hold charges Q1 and Q2 respectively.
Given that surface charge densities of the concentric spheres are equal, the potential
difference V  R   V  4 R  is:

3Q1 3Q2 Q2 3Q1

1) 2) 3) 4)
16 0 R 4 0 R 4 0 R 4 0 R
19. Calculate the amount of charge on capacitor of 4 F . The internal resistance of battery is
1 :

1) 8C 2) Zero 3) 16C 4) 4C

20. The resistance of a wire is 5 ohm at 500 C and 6 ohm at 1000 C . The resistance of the wire at

00 C will be
1) 3 ohm 2) 2 ohm 3) 1 ohm 4) 4 ohm
 (NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE)

21. Two identical thin biconvex lenses of focal length 15 cm and refractive index 1.5 are in
contact with each other. The space between the lenses is filled with a liquid of refractive
index 1.25. The focal length of the combination is_______ cm
22. In a double slit experiment with monochromiatic light, fringes are obtained on a screen
placed at some distance from the plane of slits. If the screen is moved by 5  10 2 m towards
the slits, the change in fringe width is 3  10 3 cm . If the distance between the slits is 1 mm,
then the wavelength of the light will be______ nm.
23.  
The electric field in an electromagnetic wave is given by E  50 NC 1 sin   t  x / c 

The energy contained in a cylinder of volume V is 5.5  10 12 J . The value of V

is______________ cm 3 . (given 0  8.8  1012 C 2 N 1m 2 )
24. A non-isotropic solid metal cube has coefficients of linear expansion as: 5  10 5 / 0 C along
the x-axis and 5  10 6 / 0 C along the y and the z-axis. If the coefficient of volume
expansion of the solid is C  10 6 / 0 C then the value of C is________.
25. A diatomic gas    1.4  does 400 J of work when it is expanded isobarically. The heat
given to the gas in the process is________ J.
26. Nitrogen gas is at 3000 C temperature. The temperature (in K) at which the rms speed of a
H 2 molecule would be equal to the rms speed of a nitrogen molecule, is_________. (Molar
mass of N 2 gas 28 g);
27. Four resistances of 15, 12, 4 and 10 respectively in cyclic order to form wheatstone’s
network. The resistance that is to be connected in parallel with the resistance of 10 to
balance the networks is____________  .
28. A closely wounded circular coil of radius 5 cm produces a magnetic field of 37.68  10 4 T
at its center. The current through the coil is___________ A.
[Given, number of turns in the coil is 100 and   3.14 ]
29. In a uniform magnetic field, the magnetic needle has a magnetic moment 9.85  10 2 A / m 2
and moment of inertia 5  10 6 kg m 2 . If it performs 10 complete oscillations in 5 seconds
then the magnitude of the magnetic field is____________ mT.
30. A telegraph line of length 100 km has a capacity of 0.01  F / km and it carries an
alternating current at 0.5 kilo cycle per second. If minimum impedance is required, then the
value of the inductance that needs to be introduced in series is____________ mH.
(if   10 )