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[Link] 2. METERBRIDGE [Link] [Link] 5. CAPACITORS 6. RESISTERS 7. KirchhoffS

SECOND LAW 8. JUNCTION TEMPERATURE 9. AMMETER AND VOLTMETER 10. PROJECTILE 11. MOMENT
OF INERTIA 12. OPEN AND CLOSED PIPES 13. MAGNETIC INDUCTION FIELD 14. NEWTONS LAW OF
COOLING 15. THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS.

1. The velocity of sound in air is 330 m/s. The fundamental frequency of an organ pipe open at
both ends and of length 0.3 m will be :
(1) 200 Hz (2) 550 Hz
(3) 330 Hz (4) 275 Hz
2. A pipe of length 85 cm is closed from one end. Find the number of possible natural
oscillations of air column in the pipe whose frequencies lie below 1250 Hz. The velocity of
sound in air is 340 m/s.
(1) 6 (2) 4
(3) 12 (4) 8
3. 56 tuning forks are so arranged in increasing order of frequencies in series that each fork
gives 4 beats per second with the previous one. The frequency of the last fork is the octave of
the first. The frequency of the first fork is
(1) 220 Hz (2) 224 Hz
(3) (220/7) Hz (4) 110 Hz
4. The tension of a stretched string is increased by69%. In order to keep its frequency of
vibration constant, its length must be increased by

(1) 30% (2) 20%

(3) 69% (4)

5. If the current in a heater increases by 10% the percentage change in the power
consumption
1) 19% 2) 21% 3) 25% 4) 17%

6. A tuning fork arrangement (pair) produces 4 beats/s with one fork of frequency 288 cps. A
little wax is placed on the unknown fork and it then produces 2 beats/s. The frequency of the
unknown fork is-

(1) 286 cps (2) 292 cps

(3) 294 cps (4) 288 cps

7. The vibrations of four air columns of same length are represented in figure. The ratio of
frequencies np :nq : nr : ns is:
 (1) 12 : 6 : 3 : 4 (2) 1 : 2 : 4 : 3 (3) 4 : 2 : 3 : 1 (4) 6 : 2 : 3 : 4

8. When a guitar string is sounded with a 440 Hz tuning fork a beat frequency of 5 Hz is heard. If
the experiment is repeated with a tuning fork of 437 Hz, the beat frequency is 8 Hz. The
string frequency (Hz) is –
(1) 445 (2) 435
(3) 429 (4) 448
9. When current is passed through a galvanometer of , it gives a full scale
deflection. The external resistance need to be connected to measure 5V.
1) parallel 2) parallel 3) series 4) series

10. A galvanometer has coil of resistance and shows full deflection at The
resistance to be added for the galvanometer to work as an ammeter of range 10mA is
nearly

1) in series 2) in parallel 3) in series 4) in parallel

11. Two equal resistances are connected in the gaps of a meter bridge. If the resistance in the
left gap is increased by 10%, the balancing point shift
1) 10% to right 2) 10% to left 3) 9.6 to right 4) 4.8% to right
12. The balancing length for a cell is 560 cm in a potentiometer experiment. When an

external resistance of is connected in parallel to the cell, the balancing length

changes by 60cm. The internal resistance of the cell in ohms is
1) 1.6 2) 1.4 3) 1.2 4) 0.12

13. When two resistors are connected in the left and right gaps of a meter bridge, the
balancing point is at 25 cm. Now a resistance equal to that in left gap is connected in
parallel to the one in the right gap. The new balancing position will be nearly at
1) 43 cm 2) 67 cm 3) 20 cm 4) 57 cm
14. In a potentiometer a wire of length ‘l’ is used. A given cell is balanced against the
length of l/3 on the wire. If the length of the wire is increased by l/2, the new balancing
length for the same cell will be
1) 2 l /3 2) l /2 3) l /6 4) 4l/3
15. The resistance in the left and right gaps of a meter bridge are in the ratio 2 : 3. A
balance point is obtained at P on the wire. Now, the gap resistances are interchanged and the
new balance point is at Q. The distance between P and Q in cm is
1) 40 2) 60 3) 20 4) 50
16. The colour coded resistance of carbon resistance is (Initial three bands are red and fourth
band is silver)
1) 2) 3) 4)
17. A current of 3A flows in a circuit shown in the figure. The potential difference between
A and B is

1) 4 V 2) 3 V 3) 2 V 4) 5 V
18. Twelve resistances each of resistance R are connected in the circuit as shown in fig. Net
resistance
between points A and C would be

1) 2) 3) R 4)
19. ‘n’ identical resistors are taken ‘n/2’ resistors are connected in series and the remaining
are connected in parallel. The series connected group is kept in the left gap of a meter
bridge and the parallel connected group in the right gap. The distance of the balance point
from the left end of the wire is

1) 2) 3) 4)

20. In the given circuit which is a part of closed circuit the current are respectively

1) 0.4 A 2) 1.6 A 3)0.6A 4) 0.2A

21. A potentiometer wire 10 m long has a resistance of .It is connected in series with a
resistance box and 2 v storage cell. If the potential gradient along the wire is 0.01V/m the
resistance unplugged in the box is
1) 2) 3) 4)

22. A uniform wire of resistance is bent in the form of a circle of radius ‘r’. A speciment of
the same wire is connected along the diameter of the circle. What is the equivalent
resistance between the ends of this wire

1) 2) 3) 4)

23. A micro ammeter has a resistance of 100  and a full scale range of 50 μA. It can be used as
a voltmeter or as a high range ammeter provided a resistance is added to it. Pick the correct
range and resistance combination :-

(1) 50 V range with 10 k resistance in series

(2)10Vrange with 200 k resistance in series

(3) 5mA range with 10 resistance in parallel

(4)5mA range with 0.1 resistance in parallel

24. A and B are two concentric circular loop carrying current i 1 and i2 as shown in figure. If ratio
of their radii is 1:2 and ratio of the flux densities at the centre O due to A and B is 1:3 then

the value of will be :-

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

25. Magnetic field at the centre C of circular arc is:-

26. The horizontal range and the maximum height of a projectile are equal. The angle of
projection of the projectile is :

27. . A ball is thrown at an angle and another ball is thrown at an angle with the
–1
horizontal from the same point with same speed 40ms . The second ball reaches 50m higher
than the first ball. Find their individual heights?

(1) 15m, 65m (2) 25m, 75m

 (3) 10m, 60m (4) 20m, 70m

28. The equation of projectile is The horizontal range is :

(1) 16 m (2) 8 m

(3) 3.2 m (4) 12.8 m

29. Eight condensers each of 12 µF capacitance are connected as shown in the diagram. The
equivalent capacity between the terminals A and D is A
o
C
o

1) 36 µF 2) 12 µF
3) 4 µF 4) 8 µF B
o
D
o

30. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d has a capacity C. Three
dielectric slabs with K1 = 3, K2 = 6 and K3 = 4 are arranged as shown in the figure. The
capacity now will be
d /2 d /2

K 1= 3 K 2= 6

K 3= 4

1) 18C/11 2) 2C 3) 4C 4) 10C
31. Identical capacitors rated 10 F – 5 V are available. To get a capacitor of rating 30 F
– 20 V, the minimum number of capacitors required
1) 4 2) 48 3) 32 4) 24
32. In the circuit, if the potential difference across 4 F is 15 V, then charge deposited on 5
F is 3 F 4 F

1) 60 C
5 F
2) 120 C
3) 175 C V volt

4) 35 C
33. In the given figure magnetic field at centre will be-
34. Four particles each of mass ‘m’ are placed at the four corners of a square of side ‘l’. The
M.I. of the system about a normal axis through centre of square is

1) 4ml2 2) 8ml2 3) 2ml2 4)

35. Two discs have the same mass and thickness. Their materials are of densities d1 and d2.
The ratio of their M.I about their central axis is

1) 2) 3) 4)
36. The diameter of a flywheel is R. Its coefficient of linear expansion is . If its

temperature is increased by , the fractional change in its M.I is

1) 2) 3) 4)
37. A spinning person when folds his hands his M.I. decreased by 25%. The increase in his
kinetic energy .
1) 12.5% 2) 33.3% 3) 50% 4) 17.3%
38. Three rods of same dimensions have thermal conductivity 3k,, 2k and K . They are arranged
as shown in figure. Then the temperature of the junction in steady state is
 1) 2) 3) 4)
39. A hot body cools in the atmosphere from 80C to 40C in two minutes. In the next two
minutes it is found to cool from 40C to 20C. The temperature of the surroundings is
1) 10C 2) 5C 3) 0C 4)  10C
40. A body at 90C cools in a surrounding maintained at 30C. The temperature of the body
when the rate of cooling is half that at the beginning is
1) 45C 2) 40C 3) 50C 4) 60C
41. A bucket full of hot water is kept in a room and it cools from 75 C to 700C in T1 minute,
0

from 700C to 650C in T2 minute and from 650C to 600C in T3 minute; then
1) T1=T2=T3 2) T1<T2<T3 3) T1>T2>T3 4) T1<T2>T3

42. For isothermal change is equal to

2) 3) 4)
1)
43. The pressure and density of a diatomic gas change adiabatically from (P, d) to

(P1,d1). If , then should be

1) 1/128 2) 1/34 3) 128 4) 64
44. In an isochoric change, there is no:
1) work done 2) change in volume only
3) change in volume and work done 4) change in pressure
45. Three rods made of same material and having the same cross-section have joined shown in
the figure. Each rod is of same length. The left and right ends are kept at 0oC and 90oC
respectively. The temperature of the junction of the three rods will be

1) 20oC 2) 60oC 3) 45oC 4) 30oC