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01 E I Grade 13
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Physics I D Two hours

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Instructions:
 Answer all questions g =10N / kg

01. The unit of the electric potential is,

(1) Kgm 2 S 2 (2) Kgm1 S 2 (3) Kgm 2 S 3 (4) Kgm S 3 (5) Kgm 2 S 4

02. Which of the following quantity is dimensionless?

(1) Velocity
(2) Frequency
(3) Electric potential
(4) Intensity level of sound
(5) Linear expansion

03. Figure shows zero error of a micrometer screw gauge which has least count 0.01 mm. If the
reading of this instrument is 2.54 mm the correct value should be,
(1) 2.58 mm
(2) 2.56 mm
(3) 2.50 mm
(4) 2.54 mm
(5) 2.49 mm

04. A rocket rises vertically upwards with constant force. The mass of the rocket gradually decreases
due to the fuel burns. The variation of the velocity (V) with the time (t) is represented by,

(1) (2) V (3) V (4) (5)

V
V V

t t t t t
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05. Period of a simple pendulum swings at an angle 20is T. If it starts moving at an angle 1º rad, the
period should be,

(1) T (2) T (3) T (4) T (5) Cannot be decided

2  2

06. A swan in a wooden block is floating in a pond. If the swan drinks some water from the pond.
(1) The water level of the pond falls'
(2) The immersed portion of the wooden block remains unchanged.
(3) Up thrust on the system remains unchanged.
(4) Water level of the pond remains unchanged.
(5) Water level depends on the height of the pond.

07. A ping pong ball is in equilibrium in a funnel inclined as shown. Air flowing at a uniform rate.
Consider the following statements
(A) Velocity of the air at P is greater than Q.
(B) The ball wish to rotate counter clockwise. air
(C) Air flowing speed around the ball is constant.
Correct statement is / are P

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) A and C (5) B and C Q

08. diagram shows water of density 1000 kgm-3 and oil of density
800kgm-3 are in the tube. If length of the water column is 10cm,
The length of the oil column is equal to,

(1) 25cm (2) 50cm (3) 12cm

(4) 12.5 cm (5) 10cm

09. Two different masses are in thermal equilibrium when they in contact. The equal quantity /
quantities must be ,

(1) Heat capacity and temperature

(2) Internal energy and temperature
(3) Internal energy only
(4) Temperature only
(5) Any quantity not equal

10. A swimmer can swim 3 ms-1 in still water. How long it takes for him to reach a point 30m away
upstream along a river bank, if the river flows at 1 ms-1 downstream?

(1) 30S (2) 15 S (3) 10 S (4) 7.5 S (5) he cannot swim to upstream.

11. A body of mass 2g moves along a circular path of radius 2m. if the period is 2s, the force acting
on the mass will be,

2
 (1) 0.01N (2) 0.02N (3) 0.03N (4) 0.04N (5) 0.05N

12. Graph (a) shows the variation of displacement against time of

a simple harmonic motion. The Y axis of the graph (b) and (c)
should be,

(1) Velocity, Kinetic energy (2) Acceleration, Force (3) Acceleration, Force
(4) Velocity, Force (5) Velocity, Potential energy

13. Figure shows the displacement- time graph of a stone

projected vertically under gravity. The gradients of the
graph at the beginning and after 1s are respectively,

(1) (20,10) (2) (10,6) (3) (20,5)

(4) (20,20) (5) (10,10)

14. A disc has a moment of inertia I about the horizontal axis AB is rotating with an angular
velocity 𝜔 as shown. Now it is inclined to 𝜃 to the horizontal axis. The change of angular
momentum

𝜃 𝜃
(1) 𝐼𝜔 sin 𝜃 (2) 2𝐼𝜔 cos 𝜃 (3) 2𝐼𝜔 cos 2 (4) 2𝐼𝜔 sin 2 (5) 2𝐼𝜔

15. A glass prism is placed in air andits angle of refraction is r1 for an angle of incidence i1 at the
minimum deviation. If the glass prism is placed in a medium rarer than glass its angle of
incidence (i2) and angleof refraction (r2) are related by

(1) i1 = i2, r1 = r2 (2) i1>i2 r1 = r2 (3) i1<i2 r1< r2

(4) i1<i2, r1 = r2 (5) i1 = i2, r1> r2

16. Figure shows a stationary wave on a vibrating string.Consider the following statements about the
amplitude, frequency and phase at the points x, y and z.
x y

3 A B
z
 Same Amplitude Same Phase Same frequency
1) x and y x and z y and z
2) x and z y and z x and z
3) x ,y and z x and y x, y and z
4) x and z x and y x, y and z
5) x and z x and y None'

17. Abody of mass m moves in a circular path at constant speed v. The change
in momentum of the object when it moves from point A to B is,

mv
(1) mv (2) 2mv (3) 0 (4) 2 mv (5)
2

18. Diagram shows a simple pendulum released from point A at t =0. Which of the
following graph shows the correct variation of the tension T with time (t)

t=0 C
T T T A
A B
B A B C B B B
B

A C
C
t t t
1 2 3
T T
A
B B
B C B

t A C1 5 A t
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19. Correct ray diagram of an incident ray into a rectangular glass block of reflective index of 1.5 is

1 2 3

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20. A conical flask is filled with a liquid of density ρ upto height h.If the base area of the flask is A
and the volume of the liquid is V, the total force acting on the curved

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surface is, (1) (hgA-Vg) horizontally

(2) (hgA-Vg) vertically upwards

(3) (hgA-Vg) vertically downwards
(4) (hgA+Vg) vertically upwards
(5) (hgA+Vg) vertically downwards

21. Two parallel light rays incident on the curved surface of a plano-convex lens focused at 10 cm as
shown in figure(a). if the parallel rays incident on the flat surface of the same lens as shown
in figure (b),then the new focusing point will be,

(1) 10cm away from the right side of the lens.

(2) More than 10cm away from the right side of the lens.

(3) Less than 10cm away from the right side of the lens.

(4) More than 10cm away from the left side of the lens.

(5) 10cm away from the left side of the lens.

22. A man lifted an object of mass 20kg as shown. The work done by the man in lifting the weights
from the ground is 400J. The work has to be done to replace it on the ground again is,

(Neglect the speed of moving the weights)

(1) 0
(2) lesstha400 J
(3) more than 400 J
(4) + 400J (a) (b)

(5) -400J

23. Primary(p) and secondary (s) waves are formed in earthquake is recorded in a sheet of paper as
shown in the figure. The distance between points A and B is 3.6 cm and the speed of waves P and
S are 400 kmh-1 and 300 kmh-1 respectively. If the sheet moves with a speed of 10-4 ms-1 then the
distance from the point where earthquake started to the recording Centre will be

(1) 50 km V = 10-4 ms-1

(2) 75 km Record
sheet
(3) 120 km B A

(4) 180 km 3.6 cm

vibrator
(5) 240 km

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24. A longsighted eye can see an object beyond 40cm to infinity. A lens is used to bring his near
point to 30cm. the range of distance he can see objects after using the lens is,

(1) 30 cm and 120 cm (2) 30 cm and infinity (3) 25 cm and infinity

(4) 25 cm and 120 cm (5) 30 cm and 200 cm

25. A compound microscope is used to see two points separated by 0.001cm distinctively in normal
adjustment. If the minimum angle subtended at the eye is 0.008 rad , then the angular
magnification of the compound microscope will be,

(1) 20 (2) 40 (3) 100 (4) 200 (5) 400

26. the circuit shown in the figure above consist of 8 resistors , each with
resistance R , and a battery with terminal voltage V and negligible internal
resistance .the current flowing through the battery is

1V 1V V
^1& ^2& ^3&
3R 2R R
3V V
^4& ^5& 3
2R R

27. Consider the closed cylindrical Gaussian surface. Suppose that the net charge
enclosed within this surface is + 1 x 10-9 C and the electric flux out through the
portion of the surface marked A is – 100 N m2/C. The flux through the rest of the
surface is most nearly given by

^1&  100 Nm 2 0 Nm 2 10 Nm 2
C ^2& C ^3&
C
^4& 100 Nm 2 ^5& 200 Nm 2
C C

(28)A wire loop that encloses an area of 10 cm2 has a resistance of 5 Ώ. The
loop is placed in a magnetic field of 0.5 T with its plane perpendicular to
the field. When the loop is suddenly removed from the field, the
chargeflows past a given point in the wire is (A)

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29) Two thin concentric spherical conducting shells are arranged as shown in the figure. inner shell has radius
a , charge +Q and is at zero electric potential. The outer shell has radius b and charge –Q , if r is the radial
distance from the center of the spheres , the electric potential in region I and in region II are

Region 1 Region 2

^1&

^2&

^3&

^4&

^5&

(1)

(1)

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 (4)

(2)
34. Figure shows a cyclic process of an ideal gas. When the gas expands from A to
B it absorbs 50 J of heat. The path B to A is adiabatic and the work done on the
gas is 60 J. The change in the internal energy of the gas in the path A to B is

(1) - 60 J (2) -30 J (3) -10 J (4) 60 J (5) 110 J

^1& 2 J
^2& 8 J
^3& 12  J
^4& 16  J
^5& 32  J
36. A student needs a capacitor of capacitance 3 μF but he has several 2 μF capacitors only. Which of the
following combination will make 3μF capacitor.

(4)

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 37. Which of the following statements is not true about electric field lines?

(1) Electric field lines always point from high electric potential to low electric potential.
(2) Electric field lines are closer to each other where the electric field is stronger.
(3) Work has to be done externally in moving an electron along the direction of an electric field line.
(4) Electric field lines tend to attract one another.
(5) Electric field lines are always perpendicular to equipotential surfaces.

38. If there is no power dissipation in the 12 Ώ resistor in the circuit shown, The power dissipation
through the resistor R will be
(1) 0
(2) 2.5 W
(3) 5 W
(4) 10 W
(5) 90 W

39. An ideal gas of volume V and pressure P undergoes a change from state A
to state C via state B along the path as shown in the P-V graph. If the
absolute temperatures of the gas corresponding to the states A, B and C are
TA, TB and TC respectively, the correct statement regarding temperature is

(1) TA<TB<TC (2) TA<TC<TB (3) TB<TA<TC (4) TB<TC<TA

(5) TC<TA<TB

40. The potentiometer wire has AB has length 400 cm and resistance 20 Ώ. A 2 V cell a variable resistor of
resistance 3980 Ώ is used to determine the emf of a thermocouple. If the balance length across the
thermocouple is 168 cm then the emf of the thermocouple is
(1)16.8 mV
(2) 8.4 mV
(3) 4.2 mV
(4) 3.6 mV
(5) 2.1 mV

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41.Three bulbs X ,Y and Z of resistance 1Ώ , 2 Ώ and 2 Ώ respectively are connected to a battery as shown.
The ratio of power dissipation in the three bulbs x,y and z are
(1)1:2:2
(2) 2:1:1
(3) 4:2:1
(4) 9:4:2
(5) 2:4:9

(5)

(4)

(3)

(3)

(2)

47. It is observed that water vapour has condensed on inner sides of glass walls of a closed room.
Which of the following processes might remove water vapour condensed on glass walls?
(1) Switching off a computer located inside the room.
(2) Keeping a vessel inside the room containing boiling water.
(3) Switching on an air conditioner located inside the room.

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 (4) Switching off a refrigerator kept inside the room.
(5) Keeping a vessel containing ice inside the room.

48. The resistance of a coil at 100°C is 4.2 Ω. If temperature coefficient of resistance is

0.004 0C-1 ,the resistance at 0°C is

( 1 ) 6.5 Ω ( 2) 5 Ω ( 3) 3 Ω ( 4) 2.5Ω (5) 8 Ω

49. In the network shown in the circuit, each resistance is R Ω. The effective resistance between A
and B is

2
^1& R
3
3
^2& R
2
^3& 7R
8
^4& R
7
^5& 8R

50. In the figure a capacitor of capacitance 2µF is connected to a cell of emf

20 V. The plates of the capacitor are drawn apart slowly to double the
distance between them. The work done by the external agent on the plates
is:
^1& 100  J
^2& 200 J
^3& 300 J
^4& 400 J
^5& 500 J

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