KCET 2022 PHYSICS B3 Question Paper

1. The centre of mass of an extended body on the and the density of oil is 900 kg m-3. The
surface of the earth and its centre of gravity magnitude of ‘q’ is
1) Can never be at the same point 1) 1.6 1019 C 2) 3.2 1019 C
2) Centre of mass coincides with the centre of 3) 0.8 1019 C 4) 8 1019 C
gravity of a body if the size of the body is Ans. 4
negligible as compared to the size (or radius) of Sol. F=mg, Eq=mg
the earth F  6nr vt
3) Are always at the same point for any size of 2r2   .g
the body
vt 
4) Are always at the same point only for 9
spherical bodies
Ans. 2 4. “Heat cannot be itself flow from a body at lower
Sol. Conceptual temperature to a body at higher temperature”.
This statement corresponds to
2. A metallic rod breaks when strain produced is 1) Conservation of mass
0.2%. The Young’s modulus of the material of 2) First law of thermodynamics
the rod is 7 109 N/ m2 . The area of cross 3) Second law of Thermodynamics
section of support a load of 104 N is 4) Conservation of momentum
Ans. 3
1) 7.1104 m2 2) 7.1102 m2
Sol. Conceptual
3) 7.1108 m2 4) 7.1106 m2
Ans. 1 5. A smooth chain of length 2 m is kept on a table
Fℓ
Sol. Y   A  Fℓ such that its length of 60 cm hangs freely from
A. Y ℓ the edge of the table. The total mass of the
chain is 4 kg. The work done in pulling the
3. A tiny spherical oil drop carrying a net charge entire chain on the table is, (Take g=10 m/s2)
q is balanced in still air, with a vertical uniform 1) 3.6J 2) 2.0 J 3) 12.9 J 4)6.3 J
81 Ans. 1
electric field of strength  105 V / m . When
7 mgℓ
Sol. W 
the field is switched off, the drops is observed 2n2
to fall with terminal velocity 2 103 ms1 . Here
g=9.8 m/s2, Viscosity of air is 1.8 105 Ns / m2
6. The angular speed of a motor wheel is 10. The electric field and the potential of an electric
increased from 1200 rpm to 3120 rpm in 16 dipole vary with distance r as
seconds. The angular acceleration of the moto 1 1 1 1
1) 2 and 3 2) 3 and 2
wheel is r r r r
1) 6 rad /s2 2) 8 rad /s2 1 1 1 1
3) and 2 4) 2 and
3) 2rad /s2 4) 4 rad /s2 r r r r
Ans. 2
Ans. 4 2p 1
W W 2n  2n Sol. E  K 
Sol.  2 1
 2 1
r3 r3
t t
p cos  1
VK  2
r2 r
7. Four charges +a, +2q, +q and -2q are placed at
the corners of a square ABCD respectively. The
11. The displacement of a particle executing SHM
force on a unit positive charge kept at the

centre ‘O’ is is given by X  3 sin 2t   where ‘x’ is in
 4
1) Along the diagonal AC
2) Perpendicular to AD meters and ‘t’ is in seconds. The amplitude and
3) Zero maximum speed of the particle is
4) Along the diagonal BD 1) 3m,6 ms1 2) 3m,8 ms1
Ans. 4 3) 3m,2 ms1 4) 3m,4 ms1
Sol. Conceptual
Ans. 1
Sol. A  3m
8. An electric dipole with dipole moment
Vmax  A  3  2  6
4  109 C m is aligned at 300 with the direction
of a uniform electric field of magnitude
12. Electric as well as gravitational affects can be
5  104 NC1 , the magnitude of the torque
thought to be caused by fields. Which of the
acting on the dipole is
following is true for an electrical or
1) 105 Nm 2) 10  103 Nm gravitational field?
3) 104 Nm 4) 3 104 Nm 1) Fields are useful for understanding forces
Ans. 3 acting through a distance
Sol.   P.E.sin  2) There is no way to verify the existence of a
force field since it is just a concept
9. A charged particle of mass ‘m’ and charge ‘q’ is 3) The field concept is often used to describe
released from rest in an uniform electric field contact forces
E . Neglecting the effect of gravity, the kinetic 4) Gravitational or Electric fields does not exist
energy of the charged particle after ‘t’ seconds in the space around an object
is Ans. 1
Eqm E2q2t2 2 2 Sol. Conceptual
1) 2) 3) 2E t 4) E2q2m
t 2m mq 2t2
13. A charged particle is moving in an electric field
Ans. 2 of 3 1010 Vm1 with mobility
1
Sol. K.E mv2 2.5 106 m2 / v / s , its drift velocity is
2
1  Eq 2 1) 2.5 104 m/s 2) 1.2 104 m/ s
 m 0  t 3) 7.5 104 m/s 4) 8.33 104 m/s
2  m 
Ans. 3
Vd
Sol.    V  E
d
E
14. Wire bound resistors are made by 19. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by
1) Winding the wires of an alloy of Ge, Au, GA connecting a 2V battery across it. It is then
2) Winding the wires of an alloy of Manganin, disconnected form the battery and a glass slab
constantan, Nichrome is introduced between plates. Which of the
3) Winding the wires of an alloy of Cu, Al, Ag following pairs of quantities decrease?
4) Winding the wires of an alloy of Si, Tu, Fe 1) Energy stored and capacitance
Ans. 2 2) Capacitance and charge
Sol. Conceptual 3) Charge and potential difference
4) Potential difference and energy stored.
15. Ten identical cells each of potential ‘E’ and Ans. 4
internal resistance ‘r’, are connected in series Sol. Conceptual
to form a closed circuit. An ideal voltmeter
connected across three cells, will read 20. A proton moves with a velocity of 5  106 ˆj ms1
1) 13E 2) 7E 3) 10E 4) 3E through the uniform electric field,
Ans. 4 → 6 ˆ ˆ
E  4 10 2 i  0.2 j  0.1k̂  Vm1
and the
Sol. V=NE →
ˆ ˆ ˆ
uniform magnetic field B  0.2 i  0.2 j  k T.
16. In an atom electron revolve around the
0 The approximate net force acting on the proton
nucleus along a path of radius 0.72 A making is
9.4 1018 revolutions per second. The 1) 2.2 1013 N 2) 20 1013 N
equivalent current is
3) 5 1013 N 4) 25 1013 N
[Given e=1.6x10-19C]
Ans. 14.4 1013 N
1) 1.4A 2) 1.8A 3) 1.2A 4) 1.5A → → →
Ans. 4 
Sol. F  q E  V  B 
e =14.4 1013 N
Sol. i   ef
T
21. A solenoid of length 50cm having 100 turns
17. When a metal conductor connected to left gap carries a current of 2.5 A. The magnetic field
of a meter bridge is heated, the balancing point at one end of the solenoid is
1) Remains unchanged
1) 1.57 104 T 2) 9.42 104 T
2) Shifts to the center
3) Shifts towards right 3) 3.14 104 T 4) 6.28 104 T
4) Shifts towards left Ans. 3
Ans. 3 0 ni
Sol. B 
R S 2
Sol. 
ℓ 100  ℓ
If temperature increases, resistance increases. 22. A galvanometer of resistance 50  is
As R increases, balancing length also connected to a battery of 3 V along with a
increases. It will shift towards Right resistance 2950  in series. A full scale
deflection of 30 divisions is obtained in the
18. Two tiny spheres carrying charges 1.8C and galvanometer. In order to reduce this
deflection to 20 divisions, the resistance in
2.8C are located at 40 cm apart. The
series should be
potential at the mid-point of the line joining the 1) 5050  2) 4450 
two charges is 3) 6050  4) 5550 
1) 4.3 104 V 2) 3.6 105 V Ans. 2
3) 3.8 104 V 4) 2.1105 V Sol. R '  n  1 G  R
Ans. 4  30 
   
Sol. V  kq1  kq2 20 1 3000 1500
 
r1 r2
Total resistance  2950  1500  4450 
 1 1 1
23. A circular coil of wire of radius ‘r’ has ‘n’ turns LI2   LI2
and carries a current ‘I’. The magnetic 2 2 2
max

induction ‘B’ at a point on the axis of the coil Imax

I
at a distance 3r from its centre is 2
 nI 2) 0 nI 3) 0 nI 4) 0 nI Imax
1) 0 Imax sin t 
4r 32r 8r 2
16r

Ans. 1 t 
0 nir2 4
Sol. B 
2  x 2  r2  t
3/2
LC
4

24. If voltage across a bulb rated 220V, 100 W 27. A magnetic field of flux density 1.0 Wb m2 acts
drops by 2.5 % of its rated value, the normal to a 80 turn coil of 0.01 m2 area. If this
percentage of the rated value by which the coil is removed from the field in 0.2 second, the
power would decrease is emf induced in it is
1) 5% 2) 10% 3) 20% 4) 2.5% 1) 0.8V 2) 5V 3) 4V 4) 8v
Ans. 1 Ans. 3
V2
Sol. P Sol. 1  BAN  1 0.01 80
R   0.8 wb
1
P  V2
P V 2  0
(  1 )  0  0.8 
P 100  2 V 100  2  2.5  5% e  2   4V
t  2 
25. A wore of certain material is stretched slowly  
by 10%. Its new resistance and specific
resistance becomes respectively 28. An alternating current is given by
1) 1.21 times, same i  i1 sin t i2 cos t. The r.m.s current is given
2) both remains the same by
3) 1.1 times, 1.1 times
i12  i22 i12  i22
4) 1.2 times, 1.1 times 1) 2)
2 2
Ans. 1
Sol. Let l1  100 , l2  110 i1  i2 i1  i2
3) 4)
R  l2 2 2
R 2  l2 
2
110 
2
Ans. 1
      1.21
i21  i22
R1  l1  100  Sol. irms 
R  1.21R 2
2 1

Specific resistance remains same

29. Which of the following statements proves that
26. A fully charged capacitor ‘C’ with initial charge
Earth has a magnetic field?
‘ q0 ’ is connected to a coil of self inductance ‘L’ 1) Earth is surrounded by ionosphere
at t=0. The time at which the energy is stored 2) A large quantity of iron-ore is found in the
equally between the electric and the magnetic Earth
field is 3) The intensity of cosmic rays stream of
 charged particles is more at the poles than at
1)  LC 2) LC 3) 2 LC 4) LC
4 the equator.
Ans. 2 4) Earth is a planet rotating about the North
1 LI 2  q 2 south axis
Sol. 2 max 2C Ans. 3
Sol. Conceptual
30. A long solenoid has 500 turns, When a current 34. A convex lens of focal length ‘f’ is placed
of 2 A is passed through it, the resulting somewhere in between an object and a screen,
magnetic flux linked with each turn of the the distance between the object and the screen
solenoid is 4 103 Wb, then self induction of is ‘x’. If the numerical value of the
the solenoid is magnification produced by the lens is ‘m’, then
1) 2.0 henry 2) 1.0 henry the focal length of the lens is
m  1  x m  1  x
2 2
3) 4.0 henry 4) 2.5 henry
1) 2)
Ans. 2 m m
Sol.   500  4 103  2Wb 3) mx 4) mx
m  1 m  1
2 2

Li  N
2 Ans. 3
L  1H Sol. u  v  x
2
v
m
31. Which of the following radiations of u
electromagnetic waves has the highest
1 1 1
wavelength?  
v u f
1) IR-rays 2) Microwaves
3) X-rays 4) UV-rays
35. A series resonant ac circuit contains a
Ans. 2
Sol. Micro waves capacitance 106 F and an inductor of 104 H.
The frequency of electrical oscillations will be
32. The power of a equi-concave lens is -4.5 and is 105 10
1) Hz 2) Hz 3) 105 Hz 4) 10Hz
made of an material of R.I. 1.6, the radii of 2 2
curvature of the lens is Ans. 1
1) -2.66 cm 2) 115.44cm 1
Sol. f 
3) -26.6 cm 4) +36.6 cm 2 LC
Ans. 3
1  1 1
Sol. p     1  36. In a series LCR circuit R  300 , L  0.9H,
f  R R 
  C  2.0F and   1000 rad/sec., then
impedance of the circuit is
33. A ray of light passes through an equilateral
1) 500  2) 400  3) 1300  4) 900 
glass prism in such a manner that the angle of
Ans. 1
incidence is equal to the angle of emergence
R 2  X C  X L 
2
3 Sol. Z
and each of these angles is equal to of the
4
angle of the prism. The angle of deviation is 37. For light diverging form a finite point source
1) 200 2) 300 3) 450 4) 390 1) The wave front is parabolic
Ans. 2 2) The intensity at the wave front does not
Sol. i1  i2  A  D depend on the distance
3) the wave front is cylindrical
4) the intensity decreases in proportion to the
distance squared.
Ans. 4
1
Sol. I 
d2
38. The fringe width for red colour as compared to 42. Focal length of a convex lens will be maximum
that for violet colour is approximately for
1) 4 times 2) 8 times 1) Green light 2) Red light
3) 3 times 4) Double 3) Blue light 4) Yellow light
Ans. 4 Ans. 2
D 1 1 1
Sol.   ,  Sol. f  ,  
d 2 2    1 v r
39. In case of Fraunhoffer diffraction at a single
slit the diffraction pattern on the screen is 43. The de-Broglie wavelength of a particle of
correct for which of the following statements? kinetic energy ‘K’ is  ; the wavelength of the
1) Central dark band having uniform K
particle, if its kinetic energy is is
brightness on either side. 4
2) Central bright band having dark bands on 
1) 2) 4 3)  4) 2
either side. 2
3) Central dark band having alternate dark Ans. 4
and bright bands of decreasing intensity on 1
either side. Sol. 
k
4) Central bright band having alternate dark
1 k2 k 1
and bright bands of decreasing intensity on  ,
either side. 2 k1 4k 2
Ans. 4 2  2
Sol. Conceptual
44. The radius of hydrogen atom in the ground
40. When a Compact Disc (CD) is illuminated by 0
state is 0.53 A . After collision with an electron,
small source of white light coloured bands 0
observed. This due to it is found to have a radius of 2.12 A , the
1) Interference 2) Reflection principle quantum number ‘n’ of the final state
3) Scattering 4) Diffraction of the atom is
Ans. 4 1) n  3 2) n  4 3) n  1 4) n  2
Sol. Conceptual Ans. 4
Sol. r  n2
2
41. Consider a glass slab which is silvered at one r1  n1 
 
side and the other side is transparent. Given r2  n2 
the refractive index of the glass slab to be1.5.
If a ray of light is incident at an angle of 450 on 1
0.25 
the transparent side, the deviation of the ray n22
1 100
of light from its initial path, when it comes out n2  4 
of the slab is 2
0.25 25
1) 1200 2) 450 3) 900 4) 1800 n2  2
Ans. 3 45. In accordance with the Bohr’s model, the
Sol. quantum number that characterises the
Earth’s revolution around the sun in an orbit
of radius 1.5 1011m with orbital speed
3  104 ms1 is
[given mass of Earth  6  1024 kg ]
1) 8.57 1064 2) 2.57 1074
3) 5.98 1086 4) 2.57 1038
Ans. 2
h
Sol. mv r  n
0
2
46. If an electron is revolving in its Bohr orbit 51. The forbidden energy gap for ‘Ge’ crystal at ‘0’
0
K is
having Bohr radius of 0.529 A , then the radius
1) 2.57 eV 2) 6.57 eV
of third orbit is
0
3) 0.071 eV 4) 0.71 eV
1) 4.761A 2) 5125 nm Ans. 4
0 Sol. Conceptual
3) 4234 nm 4) 4496 A
Ans. 1 52. Which logic gate is represented by the
n2 following combination of logic gates?
Sol. rn  0.529  n3
z
0
 0.529  9  4.761A

Binding energy of a Nitrogen nucleus  7N ,

14
47. 1) AND 2) NOR 3) OR 4) NAND
Ans. 1
given m  N  14.00307u
14
7
Sol. Conceptual
1) 206.5 MeV 2) 78 MeV
3) 104.7 MeV 4) 85 MeV
Ans. 3 53. A metallic rod of mass unit length 0.5 kg m1
is lying horizontally on a smooth inclined plane
Sol. BE  Zmp  A  Z mn  mX   931.5 which makes an angle of 300 with the horizontal.
Be  7.05481  7.06069  14.0030  931.5 A magnetic field of strength 0.25 T is acting on
it in the vertical direction. When a current ‘T’ is
 104.7MeV
flowing through it, the rod is not allowed to
slide down. The quantity of current required to
48. In a photo electric experiment, if both the keep the rod stationary is
intensity and frequency of the incident light 1) 14.76 A 2) 11.32 A
are doubled, then the saturation photo electric 3) 7.14 A 4) 5.98 A
current Ans. 2
1) Is doubled 2) Becomes four times Sol. F  Bil
3) Remains constant 4) Is halved
Bil cos   mg sin 
Ans. 1
3 1
Sol. i  Intensity 0.25  I   0.5 10 
2 2
49. The kinetic energy of the photoelectrons 5 100 20
I  A
increases by 0.52 eV when the wavelength of 25  3 3
incident light is changed from 500 nm to I  11.32 A
another wavelength which is approximately
1) 1250 nm 2) 1000 nm 54. A nuclear reactor delivers a power of 109 W ,
3) 700 nm 4) 400 nm
the amount of fuel consumed by the reactor in
Ans. 3
one hour is
Sol. KE  KE  hc  hc 1) 0.72 g 2) 0.96 g 3) 0.04 g 4) 0.08 g
1 2
1 2 Ans. 3
1  m  9 1016
KE  hc   1  E mv2 9
  Sol. P  t  t  10  3600
 1 2 

m  4 105 kg
50. The resistivity of a semiconductor at room m  4 105 103 g
temperature is in between
m  4 102 g
1) 106 to 108  cm 2) 1010 to 1012  cm m  0.04 g
3) 102 to 105  cm 4) 103 to 106  cm
Ans. 4
Sol. Conceptual
55. Which of the following radiations is deflected 59. The Vernier scale of a travelling microscope
by electric field? has 50 divisions which coincides with 49 main
1)   rays 2)   particles scale divisions. If each main scale division is
3) X  rays 4) Neutrons 0.5 mm, then the lease count of the
Ans. 2 microscope is
Sol. Conceptual 1) 0.01 mm 2) 0.5 cm
3) 0.01 cm 4) 0.5 mm
Ans. 1
56. Two objects are projected at an angle 00 and Sol. L.C  1MSD  1VSD
(90  )0 , to the horizontal with the same
or
speed. The ratio of their maximum vertical L.C 
1MSD

0.05 mm
heights is No.of.vernier scale division 50

1) 1 : tan  2) tan2  :1 L.C  0.01mm

3) 1:1 4) tan  :1
Ans. 2 60. The displacement ‘x’ (in meter) of a particle of
H tan2  mass ‘m’ (in kg) moving in one dimension
Sol. 1
 under the action of a force, is related to time ‘t’
H2 1
(in sec) by, t  x  3 . The displacement of the
particle when its velocity is zero, will be
57. A car is moving in a circular horizontal track
1) 6 m 2) 2 m 3) 4 m 4) 0 m
of radius 10 m with a constant speed of
Ans. 4
10 ms1 . A bob is suspended from the roof of
Sol. t x 3
the car by a light wire of length 1.0m. The angle
made by the wire with the vertical is (in radian) x t3
   x  t2  6t  9
1) 0 2) 3) 4)
3 6 4 dx
V  2t  6
Ans. 4 dt
V2 10 10 As V  0
Sol. tan   1
2g 10 10 2t  6  0
 t  3 sec

4 x  (3)2  6(3)  9  0 m

58. Two masses of 5 kg and 3 kg are suspended

with the help of massless inextensible strings
as shown in figure, when whole system is going
upwards with acceleration 2 m / s2 , the value
of T1 is (use g  9.8 m / s2 )

1) 23.6 N 2) 59 N 3) 94.4 N 4) 35.4 N

Ans. 3
Sol. T1  m1  m2  g  a 