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Solutions to JEE(Main)-2020
Test Date: 8th January 2020 (First Shift)

PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS

Paper - 1

Time Allotted: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300

 Please read the instructions carefully. You are allotted 5 minutes specifically for this
purpose.
Important Instructions:
1. The test is of 3 hours duration.

2. This Test Paper consists of 75 questions. The maximum marks are 300.

3. There are three parts in the question paper A, B, C consisting of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
having 25 questions in each part of equal weightage out of which 20 questions are MCQs and 5
questions are numerical value based. Each question is allotted 4 (four) marks for correct response.

4. (Q. No. 01 – 20, 26 – 45, 51 – 70) contains 60 multiple choice questions which have only one correct
answer. Each question carries +4 marks for correct answer and –1 mark for wrong answer.

5. (Q. No. 21 – 25, 46 – 50, 71 – 75) contains 15 Numerical based questions with answer as numerical
value. Each question carries +4 marks for correct answer. There is no negative marking.

6. Candidates will be awarded marks as stated above in instruction No.3 for correct response of each
question. One mark will be deducted for indicating incorrect response of each question. No deduction
from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer box.

7. There is only one correct response for each question. Marked up more than one response in any
question will be treated as wrong response and marked up for wrong response will be deducted
accordingly as per instruction 6 above.

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PART – A (PHYSICS)
1. The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has relative
4
permittivity 3 and relative permeability for this wavelength, will be
3
(A) 60° (B) 15°
(C) 45° (D) 30°

2. Boolean relation at the output state-Y for the following circuits is:

(A) A  B (B) A + B
(C) A  B (D) A  B

3. A thermodynamic cycle xyzx is shown on a V-T diagram.

The P-V diagram that best describes this cycle is:
(diagrams are schematic and not to scale)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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4. A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring having force constant k and
unstretched length . The other end is fixed. The system is given an angular speed 
about the fixed end of the spring such that it rotates in a circle in gravity free space.
Then the stretch in the spring is:
m 2 m2
(A) (B)
k  m k  m2
m2 m2
(C) (D)
k  m k  m2

5. The coordinates of centre of mass of a uniform

flag shaped lamina (thin flat plate) of mass 4
kg. (the coordinates of the same are shown in
figure) are:
(A) (0.75 m, 0.75 m)
(B) (0.75 m, 1.75 m)
(C) (1.25 m, 1.50 m)
(D) (1 m, 1.75 m)

6. When photon of energy 4.0 eV strikes the surface of a metal A, the ejected
photoelectrons have maximum kinetic energy TA eV and de-Broglie wavelength A. The
maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons liberated form another metal B by photon of
energy 4.50 eV is
TB = (TA – 1.5)eV. If the de-Broglie wavelength of these photoelectrons B = 2A, then
the work function of metal B is
(A) 4 eV (B) 1.5 eV
(C) 2 eV (D) 3 eV

 q
7. In finding the electric field using Gauss law the formula E  enc is applicable. In the
0 A
formula 0 is permittivity of free space, A is the area of Gaussain surface and q enc is
charge enclosed by the Gaussian surface. This equation can be used in which of the
following situation? Only when the Gaussian surface is an

(A) equipotential surface and E is constant on the surface.
(B) For any choice of Gaussian surface.

(C) Only when E = constant on the surface.
(D) Only when the Gaussian surface is an equipotential surface.

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8. The plot that depicts the behavior of the mean free time  (time between two successive
collisions) for the molecules of an ideal gas, as a function of temperature (T),
qualitatively, is: (Graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

9. At time t = 0 magnetic field of 1000 Gauss is

passing perpendicularly through the area defined
by the closed loop shown in the figure. If the
magnetic field reduces linearly to 500 Gauss, in the
next 5s, then induced EMF in the loops is:
(A) 28 V (B) 56 V
(C) 48 V (D) 36 V

10. The dimension of stopping potential V0 in photoelectric effect in units of Planck’s

constant ‘h’, speed of light ‘c’ and Gravitational constant ‘G’ and ampere A is:
(A) h1/3 G2/3 c1/3 A–1 (B) h–2/3 c–1/3 G4/3 A–1
(C) h2/3 c5/3 G1/3 A–1 (D) h2 G3/2 c1/3 A–1

11. Consider a uniform rod of mass M = 4 m and length  pivoted about its centre. A mass m

moving with velocity v making angle   to the rod’s long axis collides with one end of
4
the rod and sticks to it. The angular sped of the rod-mass system just after the collision
is
3v 3 2 v
(A) (B)
7  7 
4v 3 v
(C) (D)
7  7 2 

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12. The graph which depicts the results of Rutherford gold foil experiment with -particles is
 : Scattering angle
Y : Number of scattered -particles detected
(Plots are schematic and not to scale)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

13. The length of a potentiometer wire is 1200 cm and it carries a current of 60 mA. For a
cell
of emf 5 V and internal resistance of 20 , the null point on it is found to be at 1000 cm.
The resistance of whole wire is:
(A) 60  (B) 100 
(C) 80  (D) 120 
14. Proton with kinetic energy of 1 MeV moves from south the north. It gets an acceleration
of 1012 m/s2 by an applied magnetic field (west to east). The value of magnetic field:
(Rest mass of proton is 1.6 × 10–27 kg)
(A) 0.71 mT (B) 7.1 mT
(C) 0.071 mT (D) 71 mT
15. The magnifying power of a telescope with tube length 60 cm is 5. What is the focal
length of its eye piece?
(A) 40 cm (B) 10 cm
(C) 20 cm (D) 30 cm
 r2 
16. Consider a solid sphere of radius R and mass density p(r)  p0  1  2  , 0 < r  R. The
 R 
minimum density of a liquid in which it will float is
p 2p0
(A) 0 (B)
5 5
2p0 p
(C) (D) 0
3 3
17. Effective capacitance of parallel combination of two capacitors C1 and C2 is 10 F. When
these capacitor are individually connected to a voltage source of 1 V, the energy stored
in the capacitor C2 is 4 times that of C1. If these capacitors are connected in series, their
effective capacitance will be
(A) 3.2 F (B) 8.4 F
(C) 1.6 F (D) 4.2 F

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18. A leak proof cylinder of length 1 m, made of a metal which has very low coefficient of
expansion is floating vertically in water at 0°C such that its height above the water
surface is 20 cm. When the temperature of water is increased to 4°C, the height of the
cylinder above the water surface becomes 21 cm. The density of water at T = 4°C,
relative to the density at T = 0°C is close to:
(A) 1.01 (B) 1.26
(C) 1.04 (D) 1.03

19. Three charged particles A, B and C with

charges –4q, 2q and –2q are present on
the circumference of a circle of radius d.
The charged particles A, C and centre O
of the circle formed an equilateral
triangle as shown in figure. Electric field
at O along x-direction is:

2 3q 3q
(A) (B)
0 d2 0 d2
3 3q 3q
(C) (D)
4 0 d2 4 0 d2

20. Consider two solid spheres of radii R1 = 1m,

R2 = 2m and masses M1 and M2,
respectively. The gravitational field due to
sphere (1) and (2) are shown. The value of
M1
is:
M2
1
(A)
2
1
(B)
3
1
(C)
6
2
(D)
3

21. Four resistances of 15 , 12 , 4  and 10  respectively in cyclic order to form

Whetstone’s network. The resistance that is to be connected in parallel with the
resistance of 10  to balance the network is ___________.

22. A particle is moving along the x-axis with its coordinate with time ‘t’ given by
x(t) = 10 + 8t – 3t2. Another particle is moving along the y-axis with its coordinate a
function of time given by y(t) = 5 – 8t3. At t = 1 s, the speed of the second particle as
measured in the frame of the first particle is given as v. Then v (in m/s) is
___________.

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23. A body A, of mass m = 0.1 kg has an initial velocity of 3iˆ ms1. It collides elastically with
another body, B of the same mass which has an initial velocity of 5 ˆj ms1. After collision,
 x
 
A moves with a velocity v  4 ˆi  ˆj . The energy of B after collision is written as
10
J.
The value of x is ___________.

24. A one metre long (both ends open) organ pipe is kept in a gas that has double the
density of air at STP. Assuming the speed of sound in air at STP is 300 m/s, the
frequency difference between the fundamental and second harmonic of this pipe is
___________ Hz.

25. A point object in air is in front of the curved surface of a plano-convex lens. The radius of
curvature of the curved surface is 30 cm and the refractive index of the lens material is
1.5, then the focal length of the lens (in cm) is ___________.

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PART –B (CHEMISTRY)
26. The complex that can show fac- and mer-isomers is :
(A) [CoCl 2(en)2] (B) [Co(NH3)3(NO2)3]
(C) [Pt(NH3)2Cl 2] (D) [Co(NH3)4Cl2]+

27. Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of C – OH bond length:

methanol, phenol, p-ethoxyphenol
(A) phenol < methanol < p-ethoxyphenol (B) methanol < p-ethoxyphenol < phenol
(C) methanol < phenol < p-ethoxyphenol (D) phenol < p-ethoxyphenol < methanol

28. Among the gases (a) – (e), the gases that cause greenhouse effect are :
(a) CO2 (b) H2O
(c) CFCs (d) O2

(A) (a), (b), (c) and (d) (B) (a), (b), (c) and (e)
(C) (a) and (d) (D) (a), (c), (d) and (e)

29. The third ionization enthalpy is minimum for :

(A) Ni (B) Co
(C) Mn (D) Fe

30. A graph of vapour pressure and temperature for three different liquids X, Y, and Z is
shown below:

The following inferences are made :

(a) X has higher intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
(b) X has lower intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
(c) Z has lower intermolecular interactions compared to Y.
The correct inference (s) is / are :
(A) (c) (B) (a) and (c)
(C) (b) (D) (a)

31. When gypsum is heated to 393 K, it forms :

(A) CaSO4 .0.5H2O (B) Dead burnt plaster
(C) Anhydrous CaSO4 (D) CaSO4 . 5 H2O

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32. The major products A and B in the following reactions are :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

33. As per Hardy-Schulze formulation, the flocculation values of the following for ferric
hydroxide sol are in the order :
(A) AICl3 > K3[Fe(CN)6] > K2CrO4 > KBr = KNO3
(B) K3[Fe(CN)6] < K2CrO4 < KBr = KNO3 = AlCl3
(C) K3[Fe(CN)6] < K2CrO4 < AlCl 3 < KBr < KNO3
(D) K3[Fe(CN)6 > AlCl3 > K2CrO4 > KBr > KNO3

34. The most suitable reagent for the given conversion is :

(A) LiAlH4 (B) B2H6

(C) H2/Pd (D) NaBH4

35. The predominant intermolecular forces present in ethyl acetate, a liquid, are:
(A) hydrogen bonding and London dispersion
(B) Dipole-dipole and hydrogen bonding
(C) London dispersion, dipole-dipole and hydrogen bonding
(D) London dispersion and dipole-dipole

36. A flask contains a mixture of isohexane and 3-methylpentane. One of the liquids
boils at 63 °C while the other boils at 60 °C. What is the best way to separate the
two liquids and which one will be distilled out first?
(A) fractional distillation, 3-methylpentane (B) simple distillation, isohexane
(C) simple distillation, 3-methylpentane (D) fractional distillation, isohexane

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37. The major product of the following reaction is :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

38. The stoichiometry and solubility product of a salt with the solubility curve given
below is, respectively:

(A) XY, 2  10–5 M3 (B) XY3, 1  10–9 M3

(C) XY2, 4  10–9 M3 (D) X2Y, 2  10–9 M3

39. The rate of a certain biochemical reaction at physiological temperature (T) occurs
106 times faster with enzyme than without. The change in the activation energy upon
adding enzyme is :
(A) – 6 (2.303)RT (B) + 6RT
(C) – 6RT (D) + 6(2.303)RT

40. The strength of an aqueous NaOH solution is most accurately determined by titrating
: (Note : consider that an appropriate indicator is used)
(A) Aq. NaOH in a burette and aqueous oxalic acid in a conical flask
(B) Aq. NaOH in a pipette and aqueous oxalic acid in a burette
(C) Aq. NaOH in a volumetric flask and concentrated H2SO4 in a conical flask
(D) Aq. NaOH in a burette and concentrated H2SO4 in a conical flask

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1 1
41. For the Balmer series in the spectrum of H atom,   RH  2  2  the correct
 n1 n2 
statements among (I) to (IV) are :
(I) As wavelength decreases, the lines in the series converge
(II) The integer n1 is equal to 2
(III) The lines of longest wavelength corresponds to n2 = 3
(IV) The ionization energy of hydrogen can be calculated from wave number of these
lines
(A) (II), (III), (IV) (B) (I), (III), (IV)
(C) (I), (II), (III) (D) (I), (II), (IV)

42. The number of bonds between sulphur and oxygen atoms in S 2O8 and the number
of bonds between sulphur and sulphur atoms in rhombic sulphur, respectively, are :
(A) 4 and 8 (B) 4 and 6
(C) 8 and 6 (D) 8 and 8

43. Which of the following statement is not true for glucose?

(A) Glucose exists in two crystalline forms  and 
(B) Glucose gives Schiff's test for aldehyde
(C) Glucosse reacts with hydroxylamine to form oxime
(D) The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine to give oxime

44. The first ionization energy (in kJ/mol) of Na, Mg, Al and Si respectively, are :
(A) 496, 577, 786, 737 (B) 786, 737, 577, 496
(C) 496, 577, 737, 786 (D) 496, 737, 577, 786

45. The decreasing order of reactivity towards dehydrohalogenation (E 1) reaction of the

following compounds is :

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

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

46. The volume (in mL) of 0.125 M AgNO3 required to quantitatively precipitate chloride
ions in 0.3 g of [Co(NH3)6]Cl 3 is ––––––
M
[Co(NH3)6Cl3] = 267.46 g/mol
M
AgNO3 = 169.87 g/mol

47. The number of chiral centres in penicillin is ––––––-

48. What would be the electrode potential for the given half cell reaction at pH = 5 ?

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49. The magnitude of work done by a gas that undergoes a reversible expansion along
the path ABC shown in the figure is ––––––––––

50. Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate is used to fortify foods with iron. The amount (in
grams) of the salt required to achieve 10 ppm of iron in 100 kg of wheat is –––––––

Atomic weight : Fe = 55.85; S = 32.00; O = 16.00

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PART–C (MATHEMATICS)
51. Let the volume of a parallelepiped whose coterminous edges are given by
  
u  ˆi  ˆj  k,
ˆ v  ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ and w  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ be 1 cu. Unit. If  be the angle between
 
the edges u and w , then cos  can be:
7 5
(A) (B)
6 3 7
5 7
(C) (D)
3 3 6 6

  
52. Let f  x   x cos1  sin x , x    ,  , then which of the following is true?
  2 2  

(A) f '  0   
2
(B) f is not differentiable at x = 0
    
(C) f’ is decreasing in   ,0  and increasing in  0, 
 2   2
    
(D) f’ is increasing in   ,0  and decreasing in  0, 
 2   2

dy
53. Let y  y  x  be a solution of the differential equation, 1 x2  1  y 2  0, x  1 . If
dx
 1 3  1 
y   , then y   is equal to:
2 2  2
3 1
(A)  (B) 
2 2
1 3
(C) (D)
2 2

1/x2
 3x 2  2 
54. lim  2  is equal to:
x 0 7x  2 
 
1
(A) (B) e
e
1
(C) e2 (D)
e2

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55. Let two points be A (1, –1) and B (0, 2). If a point P  x ',y '  be such that the area of
PAB  5 sq. units and it lies on the line, 3x  y  4   0 , then a value of  is:
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 1 (D) –3

2
56. If the equation, x  bx  45  0  b  R  has conjugate complex roots and they satisfy
z  1  2 10 , then:
(A) b2  b  12 (B) b2  b  42
(C) b2  b  30 (D) b2  b  72

57. For a  0, let the curves C1 :y 2  ax and C2 :x 2  ay intersect at origin O and a point
P. Let the line x  b  0  b  c  intersect the chord OP and the x- axis at points Q and
R, respectively. If the line x  b bisects the area bounded by the curves, C1 and C2 ,
1
and the area of OQR  , then ‘a’ satisfies the equation:
2
(A) x 6  12x3  4  0 (B) x 6  12x3  4  0
(C) x 6  6x 3  4  0 (D) x 6  6x 3  4  0

x3 y8 z3

58. The shortest distance between the lines   and
3 1 1
x3 y7 z6
  is:
3 2 4
7
(A) 30 (B) 3 30
2
(C) 3 (D) 2 30

59. Which one of the following is a tautology?

(A) P   P  Q  (B) P   P  Q 


(C) P   P  Q   Q  
(D) Q  P   P  Q  
60. For which of the following ordered pairs  ,   , the system of linear equations
x  2y  3z  1
3x  4y  5z   is inconsistent?
4x  4y  4z  
(A) (3, 4) (B) (1, 0)
(C) (4, 3) (D) (4, 6)

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cos x dx 1/ 
61. If  2 
 f  x  1  sin6 x   c where c is a constant of integration,
3

sin x 1  sin x6
 3

then f   is equal to:
3
9
(A) –2 (B) 
8
9
(C) (D) 2
8

82x  8 2x
62. The inverse function of f  x   2x ,x   1,1 , is
8  82x
1  1 x  1  1 x 
(A)  log8 e  loge   (B) loge  
4  1 x  4  1 x 
1  1 x  1  1 x 
(C) loge   (D)  log8 e  loge  
4  1 x  4  1 x 

1 1
63. Let A and B be two independent events such that P  A   and P B   . Then,
3 6
which of the following is TRUE?
A 2  A' 1
(A) P   (B) P  
B 3  B'  3
A 1  A  1
(C) P   (D) P  
B'  3   A  B   4
 

64. The locus of a point which divides the line segment joining the point (0, –1) and a point
on the parabola, x 2  4y , internally in the ratio 1 : 2, is
(A) 9x 2  12y  8 (B) 4x 2  3y  2
(C) x 2  3y  2 (D) 9x 2  3y  2

65. The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10 observations are 20 and 2
respectively. Each of these 10 observations is multiplied by p and then reduced by q,
where p = 0 and q  0 . If the new mean and new s.d. become half of their original
values, then q is equal to:
(A) –5 (B) 10
(C) –10 (D) –20

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 x2   
66. If c is a point at which Rolle’s theorem holds for the function, f  x   loge  in the
 7x 
 
interval  3,4 , where   R, then f "  c  is equal to:
1 1
(A)  (B) 
12 24
3 1
(C) (D)
7 12
19 21
67. If a, b and c are the greatest values of Cp , 20Cq and Cr respectively, then:
a b c a b c
(A)   (B)  
10 11 42 11 22 21
a b c a b c
(C)   (D)  
11 22 42 10 11 21

68.  
Let f :R  R be such that for all x  R 21 x  21 x ,f  x  and 3 x  3 x   are in A.P.,
then the minimum value of f  x  is:
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 2 (D) 0

69. Let the line y  mx and the ellipse 2x 2  y 2  1 intersect at a point P in the first
 1 
quadrant. If the normal to this ellipse at P meets the co – ordinate axes at   ,0 
 3 2 
and  0,  then  is equal to:
2 2 2
(A) (B)
3 3
2 2
(C) (D)
3 3

2 dy 1 d
70.   
Let f  x   sin tan 1 x  sin cot 1 x   1, x  1 . If 
dx 2 dx

sin1  f  x    and

y  3   6 , then y   3  is equal to
5 
(A) (B)
6 3
2 
(C) (D) 
3 6

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71. Let the normal at a point P on the curve y 2  3x 2  y  10  0 intersect the y – axis at
 3
 0,  . If m is the slope of the tangent at P to the curve, then m is equal to
 2
_________.

72. An urn contains 5 red marbles, 4 black marbles and 3 white marbles. Then the number
of ways in which 4 marbles can be drawn so that the most three of them are red is
________

33
73. The least positive value of ‘a’ for which the equation, 2x 2   a  10  x   2a has
2
real root is ________

20
74. The sum  1  2  3  ....  k  is __________________
k 1

75. The number of all 3  3 matrices, A, with enteries from the set 1,0,1 such that the
sum of the diagonal elements of AA T is 3, is ______________.

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JEE (Main) – 2020

ANSWERS
PART A – PHYSICS

1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D
5. B 6. A 7. A 8. D
9. B 10. Bonus 11. B 12. A
13. B 14. A 15. B 16. B
17. C 18. A 19. B 20. C
21. 10 22. 580 23. 1 24. 106
25. 60

PART –B (CHEMISTRY)

26. B 27. D 28. B 29. D

30. C 31. A 32. C 33. B
34. B 35. D 36. D 37. D
38. C 39. A 40. A 41. C
42. D 43. B 44. D 45. A
46. 26.92 47. 3.00 48. 1.52 49. 48.00
50. 496.00

PART–C (MATHEMATICS)

51. D 52. B 53. C 54. D

55. A 56. C 57. B 58. B
59. C 60. C 61. A 62. D
63. C 64. A 65. D 66. D
67. C 68. A 69. D 70. A
71. 4 72. 490 73. 8 74. 1540
75. 672

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HINTS AND SOLUTIONS

PART A – PHYSICS
1. D
1
Sol. V ; n  r r  2

1
sin c  ; c = 30°
2

2. A
Sol. First part of figure shown is OR gate and
Second part of figure shown is NOT gate
So, YP = OR + NOT = NOR gate
Y  A  B  A B

3. B
Sol.

4. D
Sol. m2 ( + x) = kx
  k
 x  1  m  2
 
m2
x
k  m2

5. B
Sol.

 ˆi   5ˆj 
1   ˆj   1  ˆi  
 2  2
rcm   
2
 3ˆ 7ˆ
rcm  i  j
4 4

6. A
Sol. Relation between De-Broglie wavelength and K.E. is
h 1
 
2(KE)me KE

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A KEB 1 TA  1.5
  
B KE A 2 TA
 TA 2 eV
 KEB = 2 – 1.5 = 0.5 eV
B = 4.5 – 0.5 = 4 eV

7. A
Sol. Magnitude of electric field is constant & the surface is equipotential.

8. D
1
Sol. 
T

9. B
Sol. d Ad B
   
dt dt
(1000  500)
= (16  4  4  2)  10 4  10 4
5
500
= 56   108  56  10 6 V
5

10. Bonus
Sol. V = K (h)a (I)b (G)c (C)d (V is voltage)
2 –1
We know, [h] = ML T
[I] = A
[G] = M–1 L3 T–2
[C] = L T–1
[V] = M L2 T–3 A–1
M L2 T–3 A–1 = (M L2 T–1)a (A)b (M–1L3T–2)c (LT–1)d
M L2 T–3 A–1 = Ma–c L2a + 3c + d T–a – 2c – d Ab
a–c=1 …(1)
2a + 3c + d = 2 …(2)
–a –2c – d = –3 …(3)
b = –1 …(4)
On solving,
c = –1
a=0
d = 5, b = –1
V = K(h)o (I)–1 (G)–1 (C)5

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11. B
Sol. Loi = Lof
mv   4m2 m 2 
   
2 2  12 4 
6v 3 2v
 
7 2 7

12. A
Sol. 1
N

sin 4  
2

13. B
Sol.

5 V
Potential gradient =  P
1000 1200
VP = 6 V
V 6
and RP  P  = 100 
I 60  103

14. A
Sol. 1
 K.E. = 1.6  1013   1.6  10 27 v 2
2
7
v = 2 10 m/s
 Bqv = ma
1.6  10 27  10 12
B
1.6  10  19  2  10 7
–3
= 0.71 × 10 T
So, 0.71 mT

15. B
fo
Sol. m  ; 5  fo
fe fe
fo = 5 fe ; f o + fe = 60
6fe = 60 ; f e = 10

16. B
 r2 
Sol.   0 1  2  0<rR
 R 

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mg = B
R
4  r2  4
 2

  4r dr  L 3
R3 ;
2
0 0  R2  4r dr  L 3 R
  1  3

R R
 2 r4   r3 r5  4 2
4  r
0 0  R 2 
  dr   0 4    2 
  L R 3 ; 0  L
 3 5R  0 3 5

17. C
Sol. Given: c1 + C2 = 10 F …(i)
1  1
4  C1V 2   C 2 V 2
2  2
 4C1 = C2 …(ii)
From equation (i) and (ii)
C1 = 2F
C2 = 8F
If they are in series
C1C 2
C eq  = 1.6 F
C1  C 2

18. A
Sol.

mg = A(80) 0oC g
mg = A(79) 4oC g
 4o C 80
 = 1.01
 0o C 79

19. B
Sol.
4kq q 3
Enet  2
 2cos30o 
d 0d2

20. C
Gm2 Gm1
Sol. 3 ; 2
22 12
 3 1 m2

2 4 m1
m1 1

m2 6

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21. 10
Sol. 10 R
 12  15  4
10  R

on solving

R = 10 

22. 580
Sol. X1 = –3t2 + 8t + 10

v1  (6t  8)iˆ = 2iˆ
3
Y2 = 5 – 8t

v2 24t2 ˆj
 
v  v 2  v 1   24 ˆj  2 ˆi

v  242  22
v = 580

23. 1
Sol. For elastic collision KEi = KEr
1 1 1 1
m  25   m  9  m  32  mv 2
2 2 2 2
34 = 32 + v2
1 1
KE   0.1 2  0.1 J 
2 10
x = 1.

24. 106
B
Sol. V

B
Vpipe 2 1
 
Vair B 2

Vair
Vpipe 
2
(n  1)Vpipe Vpipe 300
fn  ; f1  f0  
2 2 2 2
= 105.75 Hz (If 2  1.41)
= 106.05 Hz (If 2  1.414 )

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25. 60
1  1 1 
Sol.  (  1)   
f  R1 R2 
R1 = 
R2 = –30 cm
1 1 1 
 (1.5  1)   
f    30 
1 0.5
 ; f = 60 cm
f 30

PART –B (CHEMISTRY)
26. B
Sol. [M a3b3] – type complex compound show fac-and mer-isomer.
 [Co(NH3)3(NO2)3]

27. D
Sol. OH OH

CH 3 - OH
Phenol
O - CH2 - CH 3 Methanol

Resonance possible P-ethoxy phenol Resonance absence

Resonance possible

C – OH bond length: CH3 – OH > P – ethoxy phenol > Phenol

28. B

Sol. Except O2, remarginal CO2, O3, H2O, CFCs are green house gases.

29. D

Sol. 26Fe= [Ar]3d64S2

Among Ni, Co, Mn, Fe
Fe having minimum third ionization energy

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30. C

Sol. At a fixed temperature, X having more vapour pressure as compared to Y. So,

intermolecular interaction is lower as compared to Y.

31. A

393 K 1
Sol. Gypsum   CaSO4 H2O
2

32. C
Sol.

33. B
Sol. According to Hardy-Schulze Rule coagulation value  1 .
Coagulation Power

34. B

Sol. Diborane(B2H6) is used to reduced carboxylic acid to alcohol.

35. D

Sol. Ethyl acetate is polar molecule, so dipole-dipole and

London

Forces will be present between them.

36. D

Sol. Isohexane and 3-Methylpentane having same molecular formula. Isohexane boil at 60oC
and 3-Methyul pentane boils at 63oC. Both having low boiling point difference so
fractional distillation is useful for separation and isohexane having low boiling point so
comes out first.

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37. D
Sol.

38. C
Sol.

39. A

Sol. Without catalyst: K = Ae-Ea/RT . . . . . (A)

Presence catalyst: 106 K = Ae-Ec/RT . . . . . (B)
Eq (B) – Eq(A) 106 = e–(E - Ec)/RT
E  Ec
 2.303  6
RT
E = Ec – E = (-2.303)  6RT

40. A
Sol. Aq. NaOH in a burette and aqueous oxalic acid in a conical flask.

41. C
1  1 1
Sol.   Rz 2  2  2 
  n1 n2 
For H atom z = 1

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 1 1
  R 2  2 
 n1 n2 
For Balmer series: n1 = 2
If n2 = 3  1  Rz 2  1  1 
 4 9
 
1 5
R
 36
36
 max 
5R

42. D
Sol.

Number of bond between sulphur and oxygen = 8

Number of bond between sulphur and sulphur = 8

43. B
Sol. Open chain form of glucose not give schiff’s test.

44. D
Sol. Order of I.E: Na < Al < Mg < Si

   

496 577 737 786

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45. A
Sol.

46. 26.92

Sol. Co NH3 6  Cl3  3 AgNO3   3 AgCl

Mole of  Co NH3 6  Cl3 Mole of AgNO3

1 3
3
0.3 0.125  v  10

267.46 3
V = 26.92 mL

47. 3.00
Sol.

48. 1.52

0.0591 4
Sol. E  E0  log H 
4
E = 1.23 + 0.0591  pH
E = 1.23 + 0.0591  (5)
E = 1.52

49. 48.00
1
Sol. | w |  6  10   48 J
2

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50. 496.00
Sol. Mass of Iron
PPM   10 6
Mass of wheat
Mass of Iron
10   10 6
100  103
Mass of Fe = 1 gm
1
Mole of Fe =
56
FeSO4 7H2O contain = 1 mole of Fe atom
 56 g in 1 mole
1
1 g in mole
56
1
Mass =  277.85 = 496
56

PART–C (MATHEMATICS)
51. D
1 1 
Sol. 1  1 1 3    3  1
2 1 1
   2 or   4
For   4
2  1 4 7
cos   
6 18 6 3

52. B
    
Sol.  
f '  x   x   cos1  sin x   x      sin1  sin x     x   x 
 2  2 
  
x  2  x  x  0
  
f x  
x    x  x  0
  2 


 2  2x x  0
f 'x  
   2x x  0
 2
    
f '  x  is increasing in  0,  and decreasing in  , 0 
 2  2 

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53. C
dy dx
Sol.   0  sin 1 y  sin 1 x  c
2 2
1 y 1 x
1 3 
At x  ,y  c   sin1 y  cos1 x
2 2 2
 1   1 1  1
Hence y    sin  cos 
 2  2 2

54. D
1 1  3x2 2  1  4x2 
2 lim 1 lim 4
 3x  2  x2 
x 0 x2  7x2  2 
 
x 0 x 2  7x 2  2 
Sol. Let lim  2  e   e    e2  e2
x0  7x  2 
 

55. A
0 2 1
1
Sol. D  1 1 1
2
x' y' 1
2 1 x'    y' x'   10
 2  2x '  y '  x '   10
3 x '  y '  12 or 3 x ' y '   8
  3,  2

56. C
Sol. Let z    i be roots of the equation
2
So 2  b and  2  2  45,    1   2  40
2
So    1   2  5
 2  1  5
 2  6
So b = 6
Hence b 2  b  3 0

57. B
b
 x2  a2
Sol.   ax   dx 
0
a  6
3
2 b3 a2
 a .b 2   …….(i)
3 3a 6
1
also area of  OQR 
2

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1 2 1 
b  b 1
2 2
Put in (i)
4a a  2  a3
 a 6  4 a 3  4  1 6a 3
 a 6  1 2a 3  4  0

58. B

Sol. w  ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ

p  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ

q  3iˆ  2jˆ  4kˆ
i j k
 
pq  3 1 1  6iˆ  15ˆj  3kˆ
3 2 4
  
S.D. 
AD p  q
 


36  225  9
 3 30
pq 36  225  9

59. C
Sol.
P Q P  Q P  P  Q P  P  Q   Q Q  P   P  Q 
  
T T T T T T
T F F F T T
F T T F T F
F F T F T T

P  Q P  P  Q P  Q P  P  Q

T T T T
F T T T
F F T F
F F F F

60. C
3 4 5
Sol. Note D  1 2 3 R3  R3  2R1  3R2 
4 4 4

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3 4 5
 1 2 3 0
0 0 0
Now let P3  4x  4y  4z    0 . If the system has solutions it will have infinite

solution, so P3  P1 P2

Hence 3     4 and 4   2   4    2 and    2
So for infinite solution 2   2    for 2     2
System inconsistent

61. A
Sol. sin x  t
co s x d x  d x
dt dt
I  2
 2
3
t 1 t 6 3
  1 3
t7 1  6 
 t 
Put 1  1  t 3  dt   1 r 2 dr
t6 t7 2
1 r 2 dr 1
  2   r c
2 r 2
1
6
1  sin x  1 3
    c
2  sin6 x 
1
1

2 sin2 x
 1  sin6 x  3 c
1
f x    cos ec 2 x and   3
2

  f    2
3

62. D
82x  8 2x
Sol. y  2x
8  8 2x
1  y 82x

1  y 82x
1 y
84x 
1 y
 1 x 
4x  log8  
 1 y 

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1  1 y 
x log8  
4  1 y 
1  1 x 
f 1  x   log8  
4  1 x 

63. C
A 1
Sol. A and B are independent events so P  
 B'  3

64. A
Sol.  
Let point P be 2t, t 2 and Q be (h, k).

2t 2  t2
h  ,k 
3 3
2
 3h  2
Hence locus is 3k  2     9x  12y  8
 2 

65. D
Sol. If each observation is multiplied with p and then q is subtracted
New mean x1  px  q
 10  p  20   q …….(1)
and new standard deviations
2  p 1  1  p  2
1 1
 p  p
2 2
1
If p 
2
then q  0 (from equation (1))
1
If p  
2
q   20

66. D
Sol. f  3  f  4    12
x 2  12
f '  x 

x x2  12 
 f ' c   0
 c  12

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1
 f " c  
12

67. C
n
Sol. We know, Cr is max at middle term
a  19Cp  19C10  19C19
b  20Cq  20C10
c  1C6  21C10  21C11
a b c
19
 
20 19
C9 21 20 19
. C9 . C9
10 11 10
a b c
 
1 2 42 / 11
a b c
 
11 22 42

68. A
 21x  21x  3x  3x 
Sol. f  x    
 2 
Using AM  GM
f  x  3

69. D
Sol. Let P be  x1,y1
x y 1
Equation of normal at P is  
2x1 y1 2
 1  1 1 1
It passes through   , 0     x1 
 3 2  6 2x1 2 3 2
2 2
So y1  (as P lies in 1st Quadrant)
3
y1 2
So   
2 3

70. A
Sol. Let ta n  1 x  
x
  tan   sin  
1  x2

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2 2

y
x 1   x  1  1

   1  y 
 1 x
2
1 x2  1 x2
2x
 y  f x 
1  x2

Now
dy 1 1
  f 'x 
1 1
f x 
1  x  f '  x 
2

dx 2 1  f 2 2 4x 2 2  x  1
2
1
2 2
1  x 
1 x2 1  x 2  2x 2
 2

2 x2  1  1  x 
2
2

y   tan1 x  c
given y  3   6  6   3  c  c  2

y   tan  1 x   cot  1 x
2
5
 
Now y  3  cot  1 x  3    6

71. 4
Sol. P   x1,y1
 6x1 
2yy ' 6x  y '  0  y '   
 1  2y1 
3 
 2  y1   1  2y1 
    
 x1   6x1 
 
9  6y1  1 2y1 y1 1
x1  2
 12 
 Slope of tangent   
 3 
 4
n  4

72. 490
Sol. 0 Red, 1 Red, 2 Red, 3 Red
7 5 7 5 7 5 7
Number of ways  C4  C1. C3  C2 . C2  C3 C1  35  175  210  70  490

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73. 8
Sol. D0
33
 a  102  4  2  
 2a   0
 2 
 a  10 2  4  33  4a   0
a2  4a  32  0  a   ,  4  8,  

74. 1540
50 k  k  1
Sol. 
k 1 2
1 20 2
  k k
2 k 1
 
1  20  21 41 20  21 
   
2 6 2 
1  420  41 20  21
  
2 6 2 
1

2
 2870  210 
= 1540

75. 672
Sol. Let A   a jj 
  33

tr AA T  3 
2 2 2 2 2
a11  a12  a13  a21  ........  a33 3
Possible cases
0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1  1
0,0,0,0,0,0,  1,  1,  1  1 9
 C6  8  84  8  672
0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,  1  3
0,0,0,0,0,0,  1,1,  1  3 

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