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1. The constant of proportionality in Coulomb’s law has the following units

4 π ε0
a)C−2 N m 2 b)C 2 N −1 m−2 c)C 2 N m 2 d)C−2 N −1 m−2
2. If the units of length, mass and time are doubled, the unit of angular momentum will be
a) Doubled b) Tripled
c) Quadrupled d) Eight times the original value
∆V
3. A quantity X is given by ε 0 L , where ε 0 is the permittivity of free space, L is a length, ∆ V
∆t
is potential difference and ∆ t is a time interval. The dimensional formula for X is the same as
that of
a)electrical resistance b)electric charge
c)electric voltage d)electric current
4. If the velocity of light c, gravitational constant G and Planck’s constant h are chosen as
fundamental units, the dimensions of length L in the new system is
1 1 −1 1 −3 1
a)¿ b)[h 2 c 2 G 2
] c)[h c−3 G1 ] d)[h 2 c 2 2
G ]
5. Density of liquid in CGS system is 0.625 gcm-3. What is its magnitude in SI system?
a)0.625 b)0.0625 c)0.00625 d)625
6. The energy(E), angular momentum (L) and universal constant (G) are chosen as fundamental
quantities. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant in the dimensional formula of
Planck’s constant (h) is
a)zero b)-1 c)5/3 d)1
7. The density of a solid ball is to be determined in an experiment. The diameter of the ball is
measured with a screw gauge, whose pitch is 0.5mm and there are 50 divisions on the
circular scale. The reading on the main scale is 2.5mm and that on the circular scale is 20
divisions. If the measured mass of the ball has a relative error of 2%, the relative percentage
error in the density is
a)0.9% b)2.4% c)3.1% d)4.2%
8. While measuring acceleration due to gravity by a simple pendulum, a student makes a
positive error of 2% in the length of the pendulum and a positive error of 1% in the value of
time period. His actual percentage error in the measurement of the value of g will be
a)3% b)0% c)4% d)5%
9. Which of the following numbers has least number of significant figures?
a)0.80760 b)0.80200 c)0.08076 d)80.267
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10. The dimensional formula for a physical quantity x is [M L T ]. The errors in measuring the
quantities M,L and T ,respectively, are 2%, 3% and 4%. The maximum percentage of error
that occurs in measuring the quantity x is
a)9 b)10 c)14 d)19
11. If the body travels half its total path in the last second of its fall from rest, find the time and
height of its fall. Take g=10m/s2.
a)58 and 3.4s b) 38 and 4.4s c) 28 and 1.4s d) 88 and 5.4s
12. A stone is dropped from rest from the top of cliff. A second stone is thrown vertically down
with a velocity of 30m/s two seconds later. Where does the stones collide from the top of a
cliff?
a)90m b)80m c)100m d)70m
13. A bus travelling the first one third distance at a speed of 10 km/h, the next one third at 20
km/h and the last one-third at 60km/h. The average speed of the bus is
a)9km/h b)16km/h c)18km/h d)48km/h
14. A car moves a distance of 200m. It covers the first half of the distance at speed 40km/h and
the second half of distance at speed v. The average speed is 48km/h. Find the value of v
 a)56km/h b)60km/h c)50km/h d)48km/h
15. The motion of a particle along a straight line is described by equation: x=8+12 t−t 3 where
x is in metre and t in second. The retardation of the particle when its velocity becomes zero,
is:
a)24m/s2 b)zero c)6 m/s2 d)12 m/s2
16. A body is moving with velocity 30m/s towards east. After 10 seconds its velocity becomes
40m/s towards north. The average acceleration of the body is
a)1m/s2 b)7m/s2 c)9m/s2 d)5m/s2
17. Two balls are dropped to the ground from different heights. One ball is dropped 2s after the
other but they both strike the ground at the same time. If the first ball takes 5s to reach the
ground, then the difference in initial heights is(g=10m/s2)
a)20m b)80m c)170m d)40m

18. The velocity-time graph of a body is shown in figure. The

displacement of the body in 8s is
a)9m b)12m
c)10m d)28m
19. A car moving with a speed of 40km/h can be stopped by
applying brakes at least after 2m. if the same car is moving
with a speed of 80km/h, what is the minimum stopping distance?
a)8m b)6m c)4m d)2m
20. A balloon is rising vertically up with a velocity of 29m/s. A stone is dropped from it and it
reaches the ground in 10s. The height of the balloon when the stone was dropped from it
is(g=9.8m/s2)
a)400m b)150m c)100m d)200m
21. A bullet moving with a speed of 100m/s can just penetrate two planks of equal thickness.
Then the number of such planks penetrated by same bullet when the speed is doubled will
be
a)6 b)10 c)4 d)8
22. Two boys are standing at the ends A and B of a ground where AB=a. The boy at B starts
running in a direction perpendicular to AB with velocity v1. The boy at A starts running
simultaneously with velocity v and catches the other boy in a time t, when t is
a
a)
√(v + v )
2 2
1
√
b) a2 /(v 2−v 21) c)a /(v−v 1 ) d)a /(v+ v 1)

23. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus time (t) is
as shown in the figure. The maximum speed of the particle will
be
a)110ms-1 b)55ms-1
c)550ms-1 d)660ms-1
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24. A force is inclined at 60 to the horizontal. If its rectangular components in the horizontal
direction is 50N, then magnitude of the force in the vertical direction is
a)25N b)75N c)87N d)100N
25. Two equal forces(P each) act at a point inclined to each other at an angle of 1200. The
magnitude of their resultant is
a)P/2 b)P/4 c)P d)2P
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26. The angle subtended by the vector A=4 i+3 j+12 k with the x-axis is

a)sin
−1
( 133 ) b)sin
−1
( 134 ) c)cos
−1
( 134 ) d)cos
−1
( 133 )
27. A train is moving slowly on a straight track with a constant speed of 2ms-1 . A passenger in
the train starts walking at a steady speed of 2ms-1 to the back of the train in the opposite
 direction of the motion of the train. So to an observer standing on the platform directly in
front of that passenger, the velocity of the passenger appears to be
a)4ms-1 b)8ms-1
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c)2ms in the opposite direction of the train d)zero
28. A bridge is in the form of a semi circle of radius 40m. The greatest speed with which a motor
cycle can cross the bridge without leaving the ground at the highest point is
(g=10ms-2)(frictional force is negligibly small)
a)40m/s b)20m/s c)30m/s d)15m/s
29. A body is just being revolved in a vertical circle of radius R with a uniform speed. The string
breaks when the body is at the highest point. The horizontal distance covered by the body
after the string breaks is
a)2R b)R c)R√ 2 d)4R
30. The height y and the distance x along the horizontal plane of a projectile on a certain
planet(with no surrounding atmosphere) are given by y=8t−5 t 2 m and x=6 t m, where t
is in seconds. The velocity with which the projectile is projected, is
a)14ms-1 b)10ms-1 c)8ms-1 d)6ms-1
31. The horizontal range of a projectile is 4 √ 3 times its maximum height. Its angle of projection
will be
a)450 b)600 c)900 d)300

32. The equation of trajectory of a projectile is y=10 x− ( 59 ) x . If we assume g=10ms , the

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range of the projectile( in metres) is

a)36 b)24 c)18 d)9
33. Two bodies are projected from ground with equal speed 20ms-1 from the same vertical
plane to have equal range but at different angles above the horizontal. If one of the angle is
30 ° the sum of their maximum heights is (g=10ms-2)
a)400m b)20m c)30m d)40m
34. A ball thrown by one player reaches the other in 2s. The maximum height attained by the
ball above the point of projection will be (g=10ms-2)
a)2.5m b)5m c)7.5m d)10m

35. Two masses m 1=1 kg and m 2=2 kg are connected by a light

inextensible string and suspended by means of a weightless pulley as
shown in the figure.
Assuming both the masses start from rest, the distance travelled by the
centre of mass 2s is (g=10ms-2)
a)20/9m b)40/9m
c)2/3m d)1/3m
36. A bullet of mass 0.05kg moving with a speed of 80ms-1 enters a wooden block and is stopped
after a distance of 0.40m. The average resistive force exerted by the block on the bullet is
a)300N b)20N c)400N d)40N
37. A spring balance is attached to the ceiling of a lift. A man hangs his bag on the spring and the
spring reads 49N, when the lift is stationary. If the lift moves downward with an acceleration
of 5ms-2, the reading of the spring balance will be
a)24N b)74N c)15N d)49N
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38. A shell of mass 10kg is moving with a velocity of 10ms when it blasts and forms two parts of
mass 9kg and 1kg respectively. If the 1st mass is stationary, the velocity of the 2nd is
a)1ms-1 b)10ms-1 c)100ms-1 d)1000ms-1
39. A ball of mass m moves with speed v and it strikes normally with a wall and reflected back
normally. If its time of contact with wall is t, then find force exerted by ball on the wall
 2mv mv mv
a) b) c)mvt d)
t t 2t
40. A bullet is fired from a gun. The force on the bullet is given by F=600−2× 105 t where F is
in newton and t is in second. The force on the bullet becomes zero as soon as it leaves the
barrel. What is the average impulse imparted to the bullet?
a)9Ns b)1.8Ns c)0.9Ns d)0.3Ns
41. A steel wire withstand a load up to 2940N. A load of 5Kg is suspended from a rigid support.
The maximum angle through which the wire can be displaced from the mean position, so
that the wire does not break when the load passes through the position of equilibrium is
a)300 b)600 c)800 d)850
42. Block A of mass 2kg is placed over block B of mass 8kg. The
combination is placed over a rough horizontal surface. Coefficient of
friction between B and the floor is 0.5. Coefficient of friction
between A and B is 0.4. A horizontal force of 10N is applied on block
B. The force of friction between A and B is
a)zero b)50N c)40N d)100N
43. Two masses 8kg and 12kg are connected at the two ends of a string that goes over a
frictionless pulley. Calculating the acceleration of the masses and the tension in the
string(g=10ms-2)
a)8 ms-2, 144N b)4 ms-2, 112N c)6 ms-2, 128N d)2 ms-2, 96N
44. In the figure shown, m1=10kg, m2=6kg, m3=4kg. If T3=40N, T2=?

a)13N b)32N c)25N d)35N

45. The pulleys and strings shown in the figure are smooth and
negligible mass. For the system to remain in equilibrium, the angle
θ should be
a)00 b)300
c)450 d)600

46. Two masses m1=5kg and m2=4.8kg tried to a string are hanging over a light
frictionless pulley. What is the acceleration of the masses when lift is free to
move? (g=9.8 ms-2)
a)0.2ms-2 b)9.8 ms-2
c)5 ms-2 d)4.8 ms-2
47. A body of mass 5kg is suspended by a spring balance on an inclined plane as
shown in figure. The spring balance measure
a)50N b)25N
c)500N d)10N

48. The work done by a force acting on a body is as shown in the graph.
The total work done in covering an initial distance of 20m is

a)225J b)200J c)400J d)175J

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49. A particle acted upon by constant forces 4 i+ j−3 k and 3 i+ j− k is displaced from the
^ ^j+3 k^ to the point 5 i+
point i+2 ^ 4 ^j+ k^ . The total work done by the forces in SI units is
a)20 b)40 c)50 d)30
50. A spring of force constant 800Nm-1 has an extension of 5cm. The work done in extending it
from 5cm to 15cm is
a)16J b)8J c)32J d)24J
51. A body of mass 5kg is thrown vertically up with a kinetic energy of 490J. The height at which
the kinetic energy of the body becomes half of the original value is
a)12.5m b)10m c)2.5m d)5m
52. Two balls of masses 2g and 6g are moving with KE in the ratio of 3:1. What is the ratio of
their linear momenta?
a)1:1 b)2:1 c)1:2 d)None of these
53. If the kinetic energy of a body is increased 2 times, its momentum will
a)half b)remain unchanged c)be doubled d)increase √ 2 times
54. A particle is projected at 600 to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. The kinetic energy at
the highest point is
a)K b)zero c)K/4 d)K/2
55. An engine pumps up 100kg of water through a height of 10m in 5s. Given that the efficiency
of engine is 60%. If g=10ms-2, the power of the engine is
a)3.3kW b)0.33kW c)0.033kW d)33kW
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56. A block of mass 0.50kg is moving with a speed of 2ms on a smooth surface. It strikes
another mass of 1kg and then they move together as a single body. The energy loss during
the collision is
a)0.16J b)1.00J c)0.67J d)0.34J
57. A body of mass m1 collides elastically with another body of mass m2 at rest. If the velocity of
m1 after collision becomes 2/3 times its initial velocity, the ratio of their masses, is
a)1:5 b)5:1 c)5:2 d)2:5
58. In a head on elastic collision of a very heavy body moving at v with a light body at rest,
velocity of heavy body after collision is
a)v b)2v c)zero d)v/2
59. A shell fired from a cannon, explodes in mid-air, then
a)its total kinetic energy increases b)its total momentum increases
c)its total momentum decreases d)None of the above
60. A space craft of mass M and moving with velocity v suddenly breaks in two pieces of same
mass m. After the explosion one of the mass m becomes stationary. What is the velocity of
the other part of craft?
Mv M −m
a) b) v c) Mv /m d) v
M −m m