TRIAL CONTEST
1. Which nuclear species is formed when boron-10 is bombarded with a proton to produce
boron-8?
Ans: Tritium
2. Identify the nuclear species formed when oxygen-16 is bombarded with nitrogen-14 to
produce fluorine-16
Ans: carbon-14
3. Identify the nuclear species formed when Neon-20 is bombarded with deuterium to
produce an alpha particle.
Ans: Fluorine-18
4. Identify the nuclide formed when chlorine-33 undergoes a positron decay?
Ans: sulphur-33
PREAMBLE: Given the following reduction enthalpies, write the standard cell notation for
the cell reactions occurring and indicate the value of the emf.
1. Cu2+ / Cu E⁰ = 0.337 V
Ag+ / Ag E⁰ = 0.800 V
Ans: Cu | Cu2+ || Ag+ | Ag emf = 0.468 V
2. Sn2+ / Sn E⁰ = – 0.137 V
3+ 2+
Fe / Fe E⁰ = 0.770 V
Ans: Sn | Sn || Fe2+, Fe3+ | Pt
2+
emf = 0.907 V
3. Sn4+ / Sn2+ E⁰ = 0.148 V
4+ 2+
Pb / Pb E⁰ = 1.667 V
Ans: Pt | Sn , Sn || Pb4+, Pb2+ | Pt
2+ 4+
emf = 1.519 V
4. Ti2+ / Ti E⁰ = – 0.163 V
4+ 3+
U /U E⁰ = – 0.609 V
Ans: Pt | U , U || Ti2+| Ti
3+ 4+
emf = 0.446 V
1. Find the rate of change of current in a 20.0 mH inductor if the voltage across it is 8
volts. Ans: 400 A/s
2. Find the voltage across a 15.0 mH inductor when the current in it is changing at the rate of
700 A/s. Ans: 10.5V
[Link] the rate of change of current in a 50 mH inductor if the voltage across it is 1.5 volts.
Ans: 30 A/s
4. Find the voltage across a 25.0 mH inductor when the current in it is changing at the rate of
500.0 A/s. Ans: 12.5 V
Preamble: Take the Coulomb’s constant = 8.9 x 109 N.m2 /C 2
1. Two-point charges q1 and q2 are 2.0 m apart. Find the magnitude of the force each
charge exerts on the other given that q1 = 2.5 C and q2 = 4.0 nC
Ans: 22 N
2. Point charges q1 = 2.0 C and q2 = 6.0 nC are 4.0 m apart. Find the magnitude of the
force each charge exerts on the other.
Ans: 6.7 N
3. Point charges q1 = 1.0 C and q2 = 6.0 nC are 5.0 m apart. Find the magnitude of the
force each charge exerts on the other.
Ans: 2.1 N
4. Two-point charges q1 and q2 are 4.0 m apart. Find the magnitude of the force each
charge exerts on the other given that q1 = 1.8 C and q2 = 6.0 nC
Ans: 6.0 N
Preamble: Find f(x) if
1. f(x + 3) = 2x – 7 Answer: f(x) = 2x – 13
2. f(x − 2) = 4x + 1 Answer: f(x) = 4x + 9
3. f(x − 1) = 3x + 4 Answer: f(x) = 3x + 7
4. f(x + 2) = 5x – 1 Answer: f(x) = 5x – 11
PREAMBLE: Give the respiratory surface or organ used by the following organisms for
respiration.
[Link]. Ans: Body surface.
2. Shrimps Ans: Gills
3. Woody parts of plants Ans: Lenticels.
4. Scorpions Ans: Book lungs.
PREAMBLE : State one factor that affects the dark stage of photosynthesis.
ANS:
1. Availability of CO2
2. Availability of NADPH2
3. Availability of ATP
4. Availability of enzymes e.g. RUBISCO
Preamble: Find functions g(x) and h(x) such that f(x) = g(h(x))
1. f(x) = (2x + 5)3 Answer: g(x) = x3 and h(x) = 2x + 5
2. f(x) = √4x − 1 Answer: g(x) = √x and h(x) = 4x − 1
3. f(x) =(x-3)-2 Answer: g(x) =x-2 and h(x) = x – 3
3. f(x) = e2x+1 Answer: g(x) = ex and h(x) = 2x + 1
SPEED RACE.
1. Name the primary acceptor of CO2, during CO2 fixation in C3 plants.
Ribulose 1, 5-diphosphate (RuDP) / ribulose biphosphate (RuBP)
2. Calculate the pH of 0.10moldm-3 solution of NH4Cl. The pKb of NH3 is 4.74
Ans: 5.13
[Link] name is given the physiological capacity of organisms to produce their
offspring under natural conditions?
ANS: Biotic potential
Solve the logarithmic equation for x
4. log (3x + 1) – log(x + 5) = log 2
ANSWER: x = 9
[Link] escapes from a small hole near the bottom of a large tank
containing water to a depth of 1. 8 m. Find the speed with which the water
escapes from the hole.
Ans: 6 m s−1
6. Mention the organ in mammals in which urea is produced.
Liver
7. Evaluate (tan67° – tan22°)/(1 + tan67°tan22°)
ANSWER: 1
8.A heat engine absorbs 750 J of heat at a hot reservoir and rejects 450 J of heat
at a cold reservoir. What is the thermal efficiency of the engine?
Ans: 40 %
9. A 2 kg object moving at 5 m s−1 collides head-on with and becomes attached to
a stationary 1 kg object. Give the direction in which the objects move relative to
the velocity of the incoming object.
Ans: They move in the same direction as the incoming object
.
10. The radius of the electron orbit in a Bohr hydrogen atom is 211.6 pm. What is the quantum
number for the energy level occupied by the electron?
Ans: 2
11. Give the oxidation state of oxygen in the ozone molecule, O3. Ans: Zero
12. Determine the percentage by mass of carbon if 0.150 g of a compound is completely
burnt in oxygen to give 0.220 g of carbon dioxide ANS: 40.0%.
TRUE OR FALSE
1. In an isochoric process, the volume of the gas remains constant. TRUE
2. In an isochoric process, no work is done by or on the gas. TRUE
3. The pressure of the gas must remain constant in an isochoric process. FALSE
(The pressure can change as the temperature changes.)
4. During an isochoric process, any heat added to the gas increases its internal
energy. TRUE
1. The mean kinetic energy of all gas molecules is the same, regardless of the
gas's temperature. FALSE (The mean kinetic energy depends on the
temperature, not on the specific type of gas)
2. The mean kinetic energy of an ideal gas is independent of the type of gas
molecules, depending only on the temperature. TRUE
3. The mean kinetic energy of an ideal gas depends on the volume of the gas.
FALSE (The mean kinetic energy of an ideal gas depends only on the
temperature and not on the volume.)
4. The mean kinetic energy of an ideal gas is directly proportional to its
absolute temperature. TRUE
1. Methoxymethane and ethanol are functional group isomers TRUE
2. 2-pentene and 1-pentene are chain isomers FALSE
3. Butanal and 2-butanone are functional group isomers TRUE
4. Propanone and propanal are functional group isomers. TRUE
1. A solution which gives no visible reaction on addition of dilute HNO3
indicates the absence of CO3 2- , SO3 2-and NO3 – FALSE
2. A solution that gives a white precipitate on addition of barium chloride is
likely to contain SO3 2- TRUE
3. Barium nitrate can be used in the identification of SO4 2- TRUE
4. KMnO4 can be used in identification of SO3 2- TRUE
PREAMBLE : The following are factors responsible for evolution
1. Gene flow - True
2. Isolation - True
3. Mutation – True
4. Genetic Drift – True
PREAMBLE : Fruits are classified on the basis of the following:
1. Floral parts that participate in the fruit development – True
2. Nature of pericarp - True
3. Union of carpels – True
4. Type of dehiscence - True
Preamble: n is a natural number:
1. If n2 is divisible by 4, then n is divisible by 4 Answer: False
2. If n2 is divisible by 3, then n is divisible by 3 Answer: True
3. If n2 is divisible by 5, then n is divisible by 5 Answer: True
4. If the product of two integers is odd, then both integers are odd. Answer:
True
Preamble: In the rectangular coordinate plane,
1. If any two lines are parallel, then the product of their slopes is -1, Answer:
False
2. If the product of the slopes of any two lines is -1, then the lines are
perpendicular, Answer: True
3. A line with zero slope is perpendicular to a vertical line with undefined slope.
Answer: True
4. In the top right quadrant both x and y coordinates are positive Answer: True
RIDDLES
1. I was born to a Catholic family to a poor tanner.
2. I live at the time when microbiology was the subject of controversy.
3. I was an average student in my early years, and not particularly academic as
my interests were fishing and sketching.
4. Although I made ground breaking experiments my reputation became
associated with various controversies.
5. I established that fermentation is the result of microbial activity. Who am I?
Louis Pasteur
1. I am a heavy, silvery white metal slightly softer than steel.
2. When I am finely divided, I am attacked by water.
3. Generally I dissolve in acids but I am not affected by alkali.
4. I have as many as 14 isotopes which are all radioactive.
5. My most abundant isotope has a half-line of 4,500 million years. Who am I?
Uranium
I am a 4 – digit number
My digits are distinct even integers.
The number formed by my first two digits is a square.
My last digit is a cube.
My third digit is a prime.
The number formed by my first two digits is the square of my last digit.
Who am I?
ANSWER: 6428
I am a thermodynamic function of state.
In an equilibrium state of a system, my value is the same throughout the
system.
For an ideal gas, I am proportional to pressure times volume divide by number
of particles.
I equal the first derivative of internal energy with respect to entropy evaluated
at constant volume and particle number.
Heat spontaneously flows from regions where my value is high to regions
where my value is low.
Who am I?
Temperature
