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Part-I&II (PHYSICS)
(1) In an experiment, the uncertainty in the value of a resistor is 2%. Furthermore, the
uncertainty in the potential difference across the same resistor is 1%. The uncertainty
in the power loss in the resistor is:
(a) Approximately 3% (b) Approximately 5%
(c) Approximately 4% (d) Approximately 6%
(2) A shell is fired at an angle of 45 degrees above ground with an initial velocity of 100
m sec-1. It will hit the ground, assuming g = 10 m sec-2, after about:
(a) 7 seconds (b) 10 seconds
(c) 14 seconds (d) 20 seconds
(3) Find the average speed of a car whose velocity-time graph is shown in the figure:

(a) 10 m sec–1 (b) 15 m sec–1

(c) 17.5 m sec –1 (d) 20 m sec–1
(4) Two satellites are to be launched into space from the surface of earth. Satellite 1 has
mass 10 kg and volume 1500 cm3 while satellite 2 has mass 5 kg and volume 1000
cm3. Assume the required escape velocities of Satellite 1 and Satellite 2 are v1 and
v2, respectively. The relation between v1 and v2 is:
(a) Relation depends on the launch (b) v1 = v2
(c) v1 > v2 (d) v1 < v2
(5) Young’s double slit experiment is used to study interference of:
(a) Microwaves (b) Radio waves
(c) Sound waves (d) Visible light
(6) The temperature of 1 kg of hydrogen gas is the same as that of 1 kg helium gas if:
(a) The gases have same internal energy
(b) The gas molecules occupy equal volume
(c) The gas molecules have the same root mean square speed
(d) The gas molecules have the same mean translational kinetic energy
(7) The period of oscillation of a pendulum is T = 2 L / g . Measured value of L is 10
cm known to 1 mm accuracy and time for 100 oscillation is observed to be 100 sec
correct to the nearest second. The accuracy in determination of g is:
(a) Approximately 3% (b) Approximately 5%
(c) Approximately 15% (d) Approximately 10%
(8) Which of the following experimental techniques reduce the systematic error of
quantity being investigated?
(a) Timing a large number of oscillations to find a period
(b) Measuring several intermodal distances on a standing wave to find mean intermodal
distance
(c) Measuring the diameter of a wire repeatedly and calculating the average
(d) Adjusting an ammeter to remove its zero error before measuring current
(9) When you drop a ball, it accelerates downward at 9.8 m/s2. If you instead throw
it downward, then its acceleration immediately after leaving your hand, assuming
no air resistance, is:
(a) 9.8 m/s2 (b) More than 9.8 m/s2
2
(c) Less than 9.8 m/s (d) Depends on throwing speed

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(10) A 1000 Kg truck carrying a load of 500 Kg travels on a mountain for 5 minutes at
constant speed. Its power output is 2500 watts. Assuming g=10 m/sec2, it will achieve
a vertical height of:
(a) 75 m (b) 50 m
(c) 1.2 m (d) 100 m
(11) A solar panel delivers 100 watts for one minute. How much energy does it deliver
during this period?
(a) 60 J (b) 6 kJ
(c) 100 J (d) 3.6 kJ
(12) An electric fan attains its maximum angular velocity of 5 revolutions per sec after 15
revolutions. Assume constant acceleration, how much time will the fan take to attain
its maximum angular velocity?
(a) 3 seconds (b) 6 seconds
(c) 4 seconds (d) 5 seconds
(13) White light is directed at a diffraction grating at an angle normal to the grating.
Starting at the normal to the grating (0°), the order of red, green and blue lights in
the diffracted spectrum is:
(a) Red, green, blue (b) Green, blue, red
(c) Red, blue, green (d) Blue, green, red
(14) A current carrying wire loop is placed in between the poles of a magnet as shown in
the figure below. The direction of current flow is also shown in the figure. With
respect to the axis, the wire loop will tend to:

(a) Rotate clockwise (b) Rotate anti-clockwise

(c) Not move at all (d) Move towards magnetic north
(15) If a material has superconducting properties at temperature T1 and T2, then:
(a) T1 = T2
(b) T1 < T2
(c) T1 > T2
(d) T1 and T2 are less than some critical temperature TC
(16) The mass of an object at rest is m. According to special relativity, as the speed of the
object increase, the mass of the objective:
(a) Increase (b) Decrease
(c) Approaches zero (d) Approaches 2m
(17) The electron energy in hydrogen atom in its third orbit is -1.51 eV. The energy emitted by
the electron to make transition to the second orbit
(a) 0.51 eV (b) 0.76 eV
(c) 0.84 eV (d) 1.89 eV
(18) When a spring is stretched through distance x, the restoring force F acts on it given
by F = –Kx where K is spring constant given by the relation
(a) [MLT–2] (b) [MLoT–2]
–1 –1
(c) [ML T ] (d) [ML–1T–2]
(19) If R x = +13i and R y = −7 j then the resultant will be in the quadrant
(a) 1st (b) 2nd
rd
(c) 3 (d) 4th
(20) The rain drops falling from the sky reach the ground with
(a) Constant terminal velocity (b) Constant gravitational acceleration
(c) Variable acceleration (d) Acceleration greater than g
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(21) A charged particle enters a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to it. The
magnetic field
(a) Increases the kinetic energy of the particle
(b) Changes the direction of motion of the particle
(c) Decreases the kinetic energy of the particle
(d) Does both “a” and “c”
(22) Which of the following can’t be described only by the wave theory of
electromagnetic radiations?
(a) Diffraction (b) Interference
(c) Photoelectric effect (d) Polarization
(23) Length of a string tied to two rigid supports is 40cm. Maximum length (wavelength
in cm) of a stationary wave produced on it, is
(a) 20 (b) 40
(c) 80 (d) 120
(24) An object of mass 0.5 kg, moving in a circular path of radius 0.25 m, experiences a
centripetal acceleration of constant magnitude 9 m/s2. What is the object’s angular
speed?
(a) 2.3 rad/s (b) 4.5 rad/s
(c) 6 rad/s (d) 12 rad/s
(25) Two protons are at a distance of ‘r’ the force between them is proportional to
(a) r (b) r2
(c) r–2 (d) r–1
(26) First law of thermodynamics implies that
(a) No heat enters or leave the system (b) The temperature remains constant
(c) All work is mechanical (d) Energy is conserved
(27) If X-rays pass through crack of body, then crack on the photographic film will be
(a) Bright area (b) Dark area
(c) Red area (d) Blue area
(28) The numbers of significant figures in the measurement of 5.05 ×10–6 ms–1 is
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 8
(29) Laser is an acronym for
(a) Light annihilation by stimulated emission of radiation
(b) Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
(c) Light amplitude of stimulated emission of radiation
(d) Light amplification of stimulated emission of radio
(30) The net magnetic field created by the electrons with in an atom is due to the field
created by their______ motion
(a) Orbital (b) Orbital × spin
(c) Spin (d) Orbital and Spin

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