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Physical constants you may need….

-31 -19
Mass of electron me = 9.10 10 kg Magnitude of charge on electron e = 1.60 10 C

Permittivity of free space ƒ0 =8.85 10 C N m

-27 -12 2 -1 -2
Mass of proton mp = 1.67 10 kg

Permeability of free space →= 4±  10 Hm

-2 -7 -1
Acceleration due to gravity g = 9.8 ms 0

Planck's constant h = 6.625  10 Js

-11 2 -2 -34
Universal gravitational constant G = 6.67 10 Nm Kg
-1 -1 -1
Universal gas constant R = 8.31 Jmol K Faraday constant = 96,500 Cmol

Rydberg constant R = 1.097  107 m-1

-23 -1
Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 10 JK

Stefan's constant × = 5.67 10 Wm K Speed of light in free space c = 3  108 ms-1

-8 -2 -4

Avogadro's constant NA = 6.023  10 mol

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Question Paper Code: 61

Time: 60 Minute Max. Marks: 120

Attempt All Thirty Two Questions
A-1
ONLY ONE OUT OF FOUR OPTIONS IS CORRECT. BUBBLE THE CORRECT OPTION.

1. If speed of light c, Planck's constant h and gravitational constant G are chosen as fundamental
quantities, dimensions of time in this system of units is
(a) ch3/2 G–3/2 (b) c–2 G1/2 h (c) c2 G1/2 h5/2 (d) c–5/2 G1/2 h1/2

2. A solid hemisphere is cemented on the flat surface of a solid cylinder of same radius R and same
material. The composite body is rotating about the axis of the cylinder of length l with angular
speed w. The radius of gyration K is

2  15R  8l  1  15l  8R R

(a) R   (b) R  
5  3R  2l  10  3l  2R


3  15R  8l  1  3l  2R 
(c) R   (d) R   R
10  3R  2l  10  15l  8R

3. The shortest period of rotation of a planet (considered to be a sphere of uniform density r) about its
own axis, such that any mass m kept on its equator is just to fly off the surface, is

5  3 5
(a) T  (b) T  (c) T  (d) T 
G 3 G G 3 G

4. A body of mass 10 kg at rest explodes into two fragments of masses 3 kg and 7 kg. If the total
kinetic energy of two pieces after explosion is 1680 J, the magnitude of their relative velocity
in m/s after explosion is:
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 70 (d) 80

5. A shot is fired at an angle a to the horizontal up a hill (Considered to be a long straight incline
plane) of inclination b to the horizontal. It will strike the hill horizontally if
(a) tan a = 2 tan b (b) sin a = sin 2 b (c) sin a = 2 sin b (d) tan a = 4 tan b

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6. A particle is executing Simple Harmonic Motion of time period T  4 in a straight line. Starting
from rest, it travels a distance 'a' in the first second and distance 'b' in the next second travelling in
the same direction. The amplitude of SHM is
2a2 3a2 2a2
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3ab 3a2b 2ab

7. The kinetic energy of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends upon the distance
covered 's' as KE = as2 where a is a constant. The magnitude of the force acting on the particle as a
function of 's' is
2
2as
2
2as
2
s
(a) (b) (c) 2as (d) 2as 1  
R m R
8. The flow of water in a horizontal pipe is stream line flow. Along the pipe, at a point, where cross -
sectional area is 10 cm2, the velocity of water flow is 1.00 ms-1 and the pressure is 2000 Pa. The
pressure of water at another point where cross - sectional area is 5 cm2 is
(a) 2000 Pa (b) 1500 Pa (c) 3500 Pa (d) 500 Pa

9. Three containers A, B and C are filled with water at different temperature. When 1 litre of water
from A is mixed with 2 litre of water from B, the resulting temperature of mixture is 520 C.
When 1 litre of water from B is mixed with 2 litre of water from C, the resulting temperature of
mixture is 400 C. Similarly when 1 litre of water from C is mixed with 2 litre of water from A, the
resulting temperature of mixture is 340 C. Temperature of mixture when one litre of water from
each container is mixed (neglect the water equivalent of container) is
(a) 400 C (b) 420 C (c) 380 C (d) 450 C

10. Point charge q is kept at each corner of a cube of edge length l . The resultant force of repulsion on
any one of the charges due to all others is expressed as q q

 1 1  2  1 1  2 q
(a)  1   q (b)  1 q
q
 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3
 0 l 2  0 l 2
q
q

(c) 10.1775 q 2 (d) none of these q q

2
 0 l
11. In an experiment with potentiometer, the balancing length is 250 cm for a cell. When the cell is
shunted by a resistance of 7.5 W, balancing point is shifted by 25 cm. If the cell is shunted by a
resistance of 20 W, the balancing length will be nearly
(a) 240 cm (b) 236 cm (c) 232 cm (d) 230 cm

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12. One mole of a gas with   is mixed with two moles of another non-interacting gas with  
3 5
CP
The ratio of specific heats   of mixture is approximately
CV
(a) 1.50 (b) 1.46 (c) 1.49 (d) 1.53

13. An ideal gas is expanding such that PT3 = constant. The coefficient of volume expansion of the
gas is
1 2 3 4
(a) T (b) T (c) T (d) T

14. What is the magnetic induction B at the centre O of the semicircular arc if a current carrying wire
has shape of an hair pin as shown in figure? The radius of the curved part of the wire is R, the linear
parts are assumed to be very long.
0 I 0 I
(a) B  2    (b) B  2    I
4 R 4R R
O
3 I  2I
(c) B  0 2    (d) B  0
4R 4 R

15. A thin semi-circular metal ring of radius R has a positive charge q distributed uniformly over its
curved length. The resultant electric field E at the center O is j

q q
(a)  j (b) + j
2  0 R2
2
2  0 R2
2

q q
(c) + j 2 (d)  j
4  0 R2 4  0 R2
2 i

16. An Alternating Current is expressed as i = i1 cos wt + i2 sin wt. The RMS value of current is

2 2
(a) i1  i2  (b) i1 i2 (c) i12  i22 (d) i1 i2 
2 2 2 2

17. A charge + q is placed at each of the points x = x0, x = 3x0, x = 5x0, x = 7x0 ..............¥ on the x-axis
and a charge -q is placed at each of the points x = 2x0, x = 4x0, x = 6x0, x = 8x0 .......¥ here x0 is a
positive constant. Take the electric potential at a point due to a charge q at a distance r from it to be
1 q
V . The electric potential at the origin due to the above system of charges is
40 r
1 q 1 q
(a) zero (b) ln 2 (c) (d) infinite
40 x0 40 x0 2ln 2

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18. The Nucleus 10 Ne decays by b - emission through the reaction
23 23
10 Ne  Na  10    energy The atomic masses are 10
11
23
Ne  22.994466 u and
0
23
11 Na  22.989770 u, 1
 = 0.000549 u. The maximum kinetic energy that the emitted electron
can ever have is
(a) 4.374 MeV (b) 3.862 MeV (c) 2.187 MeV (d) 1.931 MeV

19. The distance between two slits in Young's double slits experiment is d = 2.5 mm and the distance
of the screen from the plane of slits is D = 120 cm. The slits are illuminated with coherent beam of
light of wavelength  = 600 nm. The minimum distance (from the central maximum) of a point
where the intensity reduces to 25% of maximum intensity is
(a) 24 µm (b) 48 µm (c) 96 µm (d) 120 µm

20. What amount of heat will be generated in a coil of resistance R (ohm) due to a total charge Q
(coulomb) passing through it if the current in the coil decreases down to zero halving its value
every Dt second?
2 2 2
(a) 1 Q R (d) 1 Q R
2
(b) Q R ln2 (c) 1 Q R ln2
2 t t 2 t 4 t

21. In the L R circuit shown in figure, switch S is closed at time t = 0, the charge that passes through the
battery of emf E in one time constant is (e being the base of natural logarithm).

(a) EL (b) EL
eR2 eR
2
(c) eER (d) EL E s
L R
22. Natural Uranium is a mixture of 238
92 U
and 235
92 U
with a relative mass abundance of 140 : 1. The ratio
of radioactivity contributed by the two isotopes of natural uranium, if their half-lives are 4.5 ´ 109
8
years and 7.0 ´ 10 years respectively is
(a) 99.3 : 0.7 (b) 50.3 : 49.7 (c) 95.6 : 04.4 (d) cannot be estimated

23. A cylinder of length l > 1m filled with water ( = 43 ) up to the brim, kept on a horizontal table is
covered at its top by an equiconvex glass ( = 1.5) lens of focal length 25 cm when in air. At mid
day, 12.00 noon, Sun is just overhead and light rays comes parallel to the principal axis of the lens.
The sun rays will be focused
(a) 25 cm behind the lens in the water (b) 37.5 cm behind the lens in the water
(c) 50 cm behind the lens in the water (d) 100 cm behind the lens in the water

24. Even the radiation of highest wave length in the ultraviolet region of hydrogen spectrum is just
able to eject photoelectrons from a metal. The value of threshold frequency for the given metal is
(a) 3.83 ´ 1015 Hz (b) 4.33 ´ 1014 Hz (c) 2.46 ´ 1015 Hz (d) 7.83 ´ 1014 Hz

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A-2
ANY NUMBER OF OPTIONS 4, 3, 2 or 1 MAY BE CORRECT
MARKS WILL BE AWARDED ONLY IF ALL CORRECT OPTIONS ARE BUBBLED AND NO WRONG OPTION

25. A parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and plate separation d is charged to potential V. Then the
battery is disconnected. A slab of dielectric constant k is then inserted between the plates of the
capacitor so as to fill the space between the plates completely. If Q, E and W denote respectively,
the magnitude of charge on each plate, the electric field between the plates (after the slab is
inserted) and work done on the system, in question, in the process of inserting the slab, then
 kAV V  AV 2 1
(a) Q  k 0 AE (b) Q  0 (c) E  (d) W  0 (1  )
d kd 2d k

26. The magnitudes of the gravitational field at distances r1 and r2 from the centre of a uniform solid
sphere of radius R and mass M are F (r1) and F (r2) respectively. Such that

F r1  r1
(a)  if r1  R and r2  R
F r2  r2
F r1  r22
(b)  if r1 R and r2 R
F r2  r12
F r1  r1
(c)  if r1 R and r2 R
F r2  r2
F r1  r12
(d)  if r1  R and r2  R
F r2  r22
27. The intensity of sound at a point P is I0, when the sounds reach this point directly and in same phase
from two identical sources S1 and S2. The power of S1 is now reduced by 64 % and the phase
difference (f) between S1 and S2 is varied continuously. The maximum and minimum intensities
recorded at P are now Imax and Imin such that
I 16
(a) Imax = 0.64 I0 (b) I min  0.36 I 0 (c) I max = 16 (d) max 
I min I min 9

28. An ideal monatomic gas is confined within a cylinder by a spring loaded piston of cross-sectional
area 4 ´10-3 m2. Initially the gas is at 400 K and occupies a volume 2 ´10-3 m3 and the spring is in
its relaxed position. The gas is heated by an electric heater for some time. During this time the gas
expands and the piston moves out by a distance 0.1 m. The spring connected to the rigid wall is
massless and frictionless. The force constant of the spring is 2000 Nm-1 and atmospheric pressure
is 105 Nm-2 then
T=400K
(a) The final temperature of the gas is 720 K.
(b) The work done by gas in expanding is 50 J
(c) The heat supplied by heater is 190 J
(d) The heat supplied by heater is 290 J

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29. A particle of mass m is located in a one dimensional potential field U (x) = U0 (1 - cos ax);
U0 and a are constants. Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
(a) The particle will execute Simple Harmonic Motion for small displacements.
(b) The stable equilibrium condition is x = 0
2 m
(c) The time period of small oscillations is
a U0
U0
(d) The angular frequency for small oscillations is   a
m

30. A ray of light is incident on an equilateral prism made of flint glass (refractive index 1.6) placed in
air.
(a) The ray suffers a minimum deviation if it is incident at angle 530.
(b) The minimum angle of deviation suffered by the ray is 460.
(c) If prism is immersed in water (  4
0
3 ) the minimum deviation produced by the prism is 14 .
(d) The minimum deviation produced by the prism is 23.60 if it is immersed in a liquid of refractive
index  = 1.2

31. In a p-n junction diode, the current (i) varies with applied biasing voltage (V) and can be expressed
as i  i0 e qV/kT  1 where i0 = 5 x 10 A is reverse saturation current, k is Boltzmann constant
-12

and q is the charge on the electron

At Absolute Temperature T = 300K
(a) The forward current is approximately 59.5 mA for a forward bias of 0.6 volt
(b) The current increases approximately by 2.75A if the biasing voltage changes from 0.6 V to 0.7 V
(c) The dynamic resistance of p-n junction is approximately 435 m  at the biasing voltage of 0.6 V
(d) The change in reverse bias current when biasing voltage change from -1 volt to -2 volt happens
to be practically zero.

32. A charged oil (density 880 kg m-3) drop is held stationary between two parallel horizontal metal
plates 6.0 mm apart when a potential difference of V = 103 volt is applied between the two plates.
When the electric field is switched off, the drop falls. At a certain time the drop is seen to fall a
distance of 2.0 mm in 35.7 s and next 1.2 mm in 21.4 s. (The upper plate in the experiment is at
higher potential).
Given that the viscosity of air = 1.80×10-5 Nsm-2 and density of air = 1.29 kg m-3
(a) The radius of the drop is a = 7.25 × 10-7m
-19
(b) The charge on the drop is q = 8.0 × 10 C
(c) The terminal velocity of the oil drop, under its free fall, is 5.6 × 10-5 ms-1
(d) The oil drop carries 5 excess electrons

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Paper code 61 Solutions: (1.3.2021)

1. Let time t depend on c, h and G such that

t  c x h yG z Taking dimensions on both sides
M 0 L0T 1   LT 1   ML2T 1   M 1L3T 2 
x y z

or M 0 L0T 1  Lx2 y 3 z M y  z T  x y 2 z
Giving y  z  0 (1) x  2 y  3z  0 (2)  x  y  2 z  0 (3)
Or y  z Putting in (2) we get x  5 y then from (3) 5 y  y  2 y  1
5 1 1
1 5 1  hG
 2 y  1  y  , x   and z  So we get t  c 2 h 2 G 2 
2 2 2 c5
Ans: d

2 2  3 
2. The mass of the composite system is M   R3    R 2   R3  1  
3 3  2R 
2 2 1 4  15 
The moment of Inertia is I    R3  R 2   R 2 R 2   R5  1   using now
5 3 2 15  8R 
4  15 
 R 5  1  
I=MK2 we get K 
15  8R   R 1  8R  15 
2 3  3  10  2 R  3 
 R  1  
3  2R 
Ans: b

2
3. g /  g   2 R where g / is apparent acceleration due to gravity and   is the
T
2
 2 
angular velocity at the verge of fly off means g /  0 or g   2 R    R Thereby
 T 
2
G 4 3  2  3
R    R T 
2
R 3  T  G
Ans: c

4. Let the stationary mass m explodes in to m1 and m2

By conservation of momentum m1v1  m2v2  0 (1) and Energy is
1 1 1  m 
m1v12  m2v22  1680  m1v12 1  1   1680
2 2 2  m2 
 v1  12 ms 1 and  v2  28 ms 1 Thereby v1  v2  12   28 ms 1  40 ms 1
Thus we get vrel  40 ms 1
Ans: a

1
 u 2 sin 2  u 2 sin 2
5. For a projectile the maximum height is H  and the range is R 
2g g
H sin 2 
For the given problem  tan    tan   tan   2 tan 
R/2 sin 2
Ans: a

6. As particle starts from rest, it must have started from extreme position. So equation of
SHM is x  A cos t , where A is amplitude and x displacement from Centre.
Given that at t  1, x  A  a  A  a  A cos ( 1)..............(1) and
at t  2, x  A  a  b  A  a  b  A cos (  2)................(2)
2a 2
Using cos 2  2 cos   1 one obtains A 
2

3a  b
Ans: a

7. The velocity is changing on circular path so centripital acceleration and tangential acceleration
1 2 2 mv 2 2as 2
both Further Given is that mv  as   centripetal force
2 R R
2a dv 2a ds 2a 2a
Also mv 2  2as 2  v  s   s
m dt m dt m m
dv 2a dv
  s  m  2as  tangential force
dt m dt
2
2 2 s
Net force as a function of s is F  F  F  2as 1   
T R
R
Ans: d

8. From eq. of continuity A1v1 = A2 v2. ------(1)

Given that A1 =10 cm2 and A2 = 5 cm2 and v1 = 1 m/sPutting in (1) gives v2 = 2m/s
For horizontal tube from Bernoulli eq.
P1 + 2 ρv12 = P2 + 2 ρv22.----------(2)
1 1

Now put in eq (2)P1= 2000 Pa, ρ = 103 kg/m3. Also v1 = 1 m/s and v2 = 2m/s
And get P2 = 500 Pa.
Ans: d

9. Let 1 , 2 and 3 be the temperature of water in the three containers.

When one litre from A and two litre from B is mixed, we get
1  52  2 52  2   1  22  3 52
When one litre from B and two litre from C is mixed, we get
2  40  2  40  3   2  23  3  40

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3  34  2 34  1   3  21  3 34
Adding the three, we get 3 1  2  3   3   52  40  34   1  2  3  126 If  0 is
the temperature when one litre from each A, B and C is mixed then
1  0   0  2   0  3   1  2  3  30  0  42
Ans: b

10. The force along x axis is

 
1  q2 q2 1 q2 1  1 q2  1 1 
Fx   2   1   Similar
4 0  
     4 0  
2 2 2 2
 2 2  3 3 2 3 3 
 
expressions are held along y and z axes. Hence the resultant force is
F  Fx2  Fy2  Fz2 
1 q2  1 1  1 q2  3 1  0.8225 q 2
F 1    1  1  1   3  
4 0  2  2 3 3 4 0  2  2 3  0 2

Or F 
1  0.1775 q 2
 0 2
Ans: c

11. The internal resistance ‘r’ of a cell is measured by a potentiometer as

L L
r = L − 1 R1 = L − 1 R 2 where L is the balancing length when cell is in open
1 2
circuit and L1 when the cell is shunted by resistance R1 and L2 when cell is shunted by
resistance R2. Given thatL=250cm, R1= 7.5 Ω, L1= 250 – 25 = 225cm, R2= 20Ω, This
gives L2= 240 cm
Ans: a
R R n C  n2CP 2
12. Knowing that CV  , CP  and  mix  1 P1 with
  1   1 n1CV 1  n2CV 2
5 7
 1  and  2  and n1  1, & n2  2, we get
3 5
3 5 5 7
CV 1  R, CP1  R and CV 2  R, CP 2  R and obtain
2 2 2 2
nC n C 19
 mix  1 P1 2 P 2   1.46
n1CV 1  n2CV 2 13
Ans: b

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  RT
13. Given that PT 3  K , using PV   RT or P  we get
V
 RT KV KdV
T 3  K or T 4  differentiating we get 4T 3 dT 
Thereby
V R R
dV 4 RT .T 2 4V 1 dV 4
  so coefficient of volume expension 
dT K T V dT T
Ans: d

14. Magnetic field at the centre of arc O is due to semi-circular part and to two semi infinite
straight lines.
I  I   I 2
So B  0  2  0  sin 0  sin 90    0 1  
R

4R  4 R  4R   
 I
B  0   2 
4 R
Ans: a

15. By symmetry net electric field along X-axis at the centre O is zero and the electric field
along y axis will be added up
 1 dq
dE y    j  cos  j
4 0 R 2

q q
where dq    Rd    Rd   d dq
R  R
d  d
  q 
2  cos  d  d d
 1   
Ey    j  2 
i
4 0 0 R 2 dE

Ey    j  2
q d
2  0 R 2
Ans: a

 i2 
16. The current is i  i1 cos  t  i2 sin  t = i1  cos  t  sin  t  let us put
 i1 
i2 cos  i1
 cot   then i =  cos  t sin   sin  t cos   or
i1 sin  sin 
i1
i= sin  t   or i =  i12  i22  sin t   Thereby rms current is
i1
i12  i22

i rms =
i2
1  i22 
2
Ans: c

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17. The potential at the origin may be expressed as
1 q q q q q 
V0       ............ 
4 0  x0 2 x0 3x0 4 x0 5 x0 
1 q 1 1 1 1 1 
V 1       ...........  using now
4 0 x0  2 3 4 5 6 
x 2 x3 x 4 x5 x 6
log e 1  x   x      ......... for  1  x  1
2 3 4 5 6
1 1 1 1 1
ln 2  1      ........
2 3 4 5 6
1
q
One obtains V  ln 2
4 0 x0
Ans: b

18. The mass defect m  (mass of 10 23

Ne - mass of 10 electrons) - (mass of 11
23
Na - mass of
11 electrons) – mass of one electron
Or m  (mass of 10 23
Ne ) - (mass of 11
23
Na ) = (22.994466) - (22.989770)=0.004696 amu
Thereby E  0.004696  931.5  4.374 MeV This energy is shared between the electron and
the neutrino. In an extreeme situation the electron can take the wholeof this energy so the
maximum energy the electron can have is 4.374 MeV
Ans:a

 y  1
19. The resultant intensity on the screen is given by I  I m cos 2  d   I m
 D 4
 y  1  y  D
Thereby cos 2  d    d   y 
 D 4  D 3 3d
1.20  600 109
y 3
 96 106 m  96 m
3  2.5 10
Ans: c

20. Let the initial current through the coil be I 0 at t  0 . The current decrease down to zero
halving after each t second This means that the current at any time t is expressed as
ln 2
 t
i  I 0e t
. The heat produced in time dt in the coil is dH  i 2 Rdt . The total heat

produced will be H   i 2 Rdt Substituting the values
0

I 02 Rt  
 ln 2  ln 2 ln 2 
2
2 t 2 t   2 t t  I 0 Rt
H  I e 2
0
t
Rdt  I R  e
2
0
t
dt  e  ………(1) Also we know
2ln 2  0 
2ln 2
0 0  

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 dQ
q  

ln 2
t  ln 2
 I 0 t  t t


 I 0 t
i or dQ  idt or Q   dQ   idt   I 0e t
dt   e  or
dt  ln 2 0 
ln 2
0 0  
2
 Q ln 2 
Q ln 2   Rt 1 Q 2 R
 t 
I0  Substituting in (1) H   ln 2 Ans
t 2 ln 2 2 t
Ans: c

21. When switch S is closed, current starts flowing and is given by

 
t
E t
 dq E  t

I  I 0 (1  e  )  1  e    Therefore q   I dt  q   1  e   dt
R  dt 0
R 0 
L
Where charge q flows in time  (   = time constant)
R

 t 

E E
 t
E E  e  E E  t 
q     e  dt          e  
R R0 R R   1   R R  0
    
0

L
E 
E  E
   2
E E R EL
q      e1   e0  
R R R  eR eR eR
Ans: a

22. In a sample of uranium of mass M, the masses of the two isotopes are
140 1
M1  M and M 2  M The number of atoms of the two isotopes are
141 141
140 N 1 N
N1  M A and N 2  M A Knowing further that N  N0e t gives the Activity
141 238 141 235
dN1 ln 2 140 N dN ln 2 1 N
as A1     N1  M A and A2   2   N 2  M A The
dt T1 141 238 dt T2 141 235
A1 A2
relative contribution of Activity thus turns out to be : 
A1  A2 A1  A2
1 140 1 1
 : 
4.5 238 0.7 235
0.1307 0.0061
 0.1307 : 0.0060 :: 100 : 100  95.6% and 4.4%
0.1367 0,1367
Ans: c

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 2   1   2
23. The focal length of a lens is obtained by   …..(1) where  , 1 & 2
f2 R1 R2
are the refractive indices of the material of lens, the object space and the image space
respectively. R1 & R 2 are the two radii of the lens. f 2 is the second focal length. When the lens is
1 1 1.5  1 1.5  1
placed in air   1.5, 1  1& 2  1 and then     R  25
25 f R R
3 3 4
1 
4 4
In the present case   1.5, 1  1& 2  Then equation (1) yields 2 2 3
3 3 f2 25 25
 f 2  50 cm Hence the sun will be focused 50 below the lens.
Ans: c
24.Lymen series of hydrogen spectrum falls in ultra violet region. Minimum energy
photon of Lymen series is emitted for transition from n=2 to n=1 and has an energy
1 1
13.6 − eV = 10.2 eV. All other spectral lines will be of higher energies and so
12 22
the frequencies. Therefore if this 10.2 eV photon can eject photo electron then other
will definitely. So required threshold frequency  is
10.2 1.6 1019
 Hz  2.46 1015 Hz
6.63 10 34
Ans : c
Multiple choice questions (Any number of options may be correct)
25. When battery has been disconnected, the charge Q remains unchanged
 A
Q  CairV   0 V  k 0 AE
 d 
 E V
Electric field in dielectric between plates of capacitor E   air 
K 0 K Kd
Q2 Q2 Q2  1 1 
Work done on the system =     
2Cair 2Cdielectric 2  Cair Cdielectric 
2
1   0 AV   d d   0 AV 2  1 
W      1
2  d    0 A k 0 A  2d  k 
Ans: a, & c

26. The gravitational field due to a uniform solid sphere of mass M and radius R at
a distance r from its centre is
 GM 
F  r    3  r if r  R and F  R   2 if r  R Thereby
GM
 R  r
F  r1  r1 F  r1  r22
 for r1  R and r2  R and  for r1  R and r2  R
F (r2 ) r2 F (r2 ) r12
Ans: a & b

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27.The resultant intensity is I 0  I  I  2 I  I cos 0  4I when the intensity of one source is
reduced by 64 % it becomes I  0.64I  0.36I Then the resultant intensity becomes
I Re sult  0.36I  I  2 0.36I  I cos   I 0  0.34  0.30cos   where phase  is now varied.
When   0 , The intensity at P is I Re sult  0.64 I 0  I max Ans a

When   . The intensity at P is I Re sult  0.34I 0
2
When    The intensity at P is I Re sult  0.04I 0  I min
I max 0.64
This shows that   16 Ans c
I min 0.04
Ans: a & c

28. The given parameters are Pi  1105 N/ m2 , Vi  2 10 3 m3 ,

kx PF  V f
Pf  Po   1.5 105 N / m2 and V f  V0  Ax  2.4 103 m3 Now T f  Ti  720 K
A PV
i i
nR PV dT 1
And U  nCV dT  dT  i i  240 J W  P0 Ax  kx 2  50 J Then
 1  1 T 2
Q  U  W  290 J
Ans: a, b & d

dU x
29. Given that U x  U 0 (1  cos ax) The force F    aU 0 sin ax For small displacement x it
dx
dU x
turns out to F    a 2U 0 x Obviously the force is zero at x = 0showing that x = o is the
dx
equilibrium position. The equilibrium is stable as the second derivative of potential function is
d 2x m
negative. Once again m 2  a 2U 0 x is the equation of SHM whose time period is T  2 2
dt a U0
a 2U 0 U
and its angular frequency is   a 0
m m
Ans: a, b, c & d

 A  m 
sin  
2 
30. The refractive index of the prismis µ  1.6   where  m is the angle of
A
sin
2
minimum deviation. Using   1.6 and A  60 One gets,
0

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 A  m A  m
sin  0.8   53   m  46 AnsbAlso the angle of incidence here is
2 2
 A   m  60  46
i    53 Ans a
 2  2
4
Nowthe prism is immersed in water of refractive index a  w  , the angle of minimum deviation may
3
 A  m 
sin  
µ 1.6  2   A  m 
   1.2     37   m  14 A
 
a g
now be obtained from w g µ
a µw
4 A  2 
3 sin
2
When immersed in a liquid of refractive index a l  1.2 , The deviation may be obtained from
A  A   m  1.6 60  60   m 
µg sin  sin   or sin  sin     m  23.6


2  2  1.2 2  2 
l

Ans: a, b, c & d

31.The current in a p – n junction diode is expressed as

1.6 1019  0.6
i  i0  e eV / kT  1 At 300 K, the value of
qV
  23.2 Therefore the current
kT 1.38 1023  300
i  5 1012  e 23.2  1  5.0 1012 1.190 1010 or i  0.0595 A  59.5 mA Now when
1.6 1019  0.7
 27.053 and the current i  i0  e 27.053 1
qV
V  0.7 V The value of  23
kT 1.38 10  300
i  5.0 10  5.610 1011  i  2.805 A
12

Thereby the change in current when voltage is changed from 0.6 V to 0.7 V is
i  2.805  0.0595 A  2.75 A


For dynamic resistance, using now i  i0 e qV / kT  1 we get  di
dV

kT
e  .
qi0 qV / kT
T

1.6  5 10
At V = 0.6 volt,
di
dV

kT
 e 
qi0 23.2
1.38  3
10 1.19 1010  2.3
T 300 K
Therefore the dynamic resistance of the diode at a biasing voltage of 0.6 volt is
dV 1
Rd    0.435 435 m 
di V  0.6V ,T 300 K 2.3
In the reverse bias the current practically remains constant up to a large value known as break down
voltage so no change in reverse bias current occurs when voltage changes from -1V to -2V

Ans: a, b, c & d

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 average
32.In the absence of electric field, when the drop falls under gravity alone, its
dis tan ce cov ered 2.0 103 m mm
speed is v  v  0.056 Also the next
time 35.7 s s
1.2 103 m mm
v  0.056 This shows that this is the terminal velocity.
21, 4 s s
Therefore the apparent weight of the drop of radius r and density  equals the viscous force, that
4 3
is,  r      g  6 rv Where  is the density and  the viscosity of air.
3
9 v 9  1.80 105    0.056 103 
Thus, r  or r   r  7.26 107 m
2    g 2   880  1.29   9.81

When the drop is held stationary in the electric field, the upward electric force on the drop equals the
apparent weight of the drop. That is,
4 4 r 3      g V 103
qE   r 3      g or q  Here E   Vm1
3 3E d 6.0 103
4  3.14   7.26 107    880  1.29   9.81
3

 q
3 103 / 6.0 103
4  3.14   7.26   878.71 9.81 6.0
3
19
or q  1024  8.045 10 C to achieve equilibrium this
3 103
chage must be negative
Now q = ne, where n is the number of excess electrons on the drop. Therefore,
q 8.045 1019
n   5 Thus the drop carries 5 excess electrons.
e 1.6 1019
Ans: a,c &d

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 Final Answer Key IOQP 2020-21 Part I (NSEP)
held on 7.2.2021

Question no. Set 61 Set 62 Set 63 Set 64

1 d b a a
2 b d d c
3 c a d c
4 a a b a
5 a c c c
6 a b d c
7 d a b c
8 d c c b
9 b c a d
10 c a a a
11 a c a a
12 b c a c
13 d c c b
14 a d c a
15 a b a d
16 c c c d
17 b a c b
18 a a c c
19 c a b a
20 c d d d
21 a d a b
22 c b a c
23 c c c a
24 c a b a
25 a,c a,c a,b,c,d a,c
26 a,b a,b a,b,c,d a,b
27 a,c a,c a,b,c,d a,c
28 a,b,d a,b,d a,c,d a,b,d
29 a,b,c,d a,b,c,d a,c a,b,c,d
30 a,b,c,d a,b,c,d a,b a,b,c,d
31 a,b,c,d a,b,c,d a,c a,b,c,d
32 a,c,d a,c,d a,b,d a,c,d