Hints & Solutions

Section I (Chemistry)
Part A

1. C (Concept code C120503)

Sol. Eo = EC EA = 0.8 0.34 = 0.46 V

E E
o 0.0591
log
Cu2
E
o 0.0591
log

102 Eo 0 Eo
2

2
2 Ag 2 10 1

E = Eo and EoCell > 0.

2. C (Concept code C111907)

Sol. Go = -2.303 RT log Ksp

or, 63.3 1000 = -2.303 8.314 298 log Ksp

on solving, Ksp = 8 1012

3. D (Concept code C111906)

Sol. Heat is evolved in the reaction and entropy decreases as gaseous reactants give solid product.

4. B (Concept code C120201)

HgI4 2CN
Hg CN2 4I
2
Sol.

5. D (Concept code C120703)

Sol. Extraction of Zn from sulphide ore(ZnS) involves froth flotation, roasting and carbon reduction
and that of from ZnCO3 involves calcination, carbon reduction and a common refining process.
6. B (Concept code C120507)

C 2 0.01 2
Sol. Ka 1.6 105 , 0.04
1 1

m
m = 0.04 380 104 = 15.2 104 S m2 mol1
m0

m C 15.2 104 102

K 3 3
= 15.2 103
100 mL 10 m

K = Conductance Cell constant

K 15.2 103
Conductance = 15.2 101 = 1.52 S
Cell Cons tan t 0.01

7. C (Concept code C120201)

Sol. A = FeSO4

3
Fe2 Fe CN6 Fe4 Fe CN6

3

Fe2+ is oxidized and [Fe(CN)6]3 is reduced

2FeSO4 Fe2O3 SO2 SO3

Cr2 SO4 3 green
K 2Cr2O7 H SO2

BaCl2 H2O SO3

BaSO4 2HCl
White ppt.

8. CD (Concept code C120201)

Sol. Co(BO2)2 and Cu(BO2)2 are blue substances.

9. BD (Concept code C120501)

Sol. Metals having higher reduction potentials are reduced in presence metals having lower
reduction potentials.
10. ABC (Concept code C111905)

Sol. If a solution is prepared with a fixed pH or molarity, it maintains its characteristics whatever
amount of it, are used.

Refractive index is fixed for any substance and is mass independent.

11. BCD (Concept code C120706)

Sol. In(B), the anode carbon reacts with the evolved O2 to form CO2.

In(C) and (D) impure metal is used as anode which produces metal ions when dipped in the
electrolyte.

12. B (Concept code C120205)

Sol. P = Cr2(SO4)3, Q = Na2CrO4, R = Na2Cr2O7, S = PbCrO4

13. C (Concept code C120211)

Sol. P = Cr2(SO4)3, Q = Na2CrO4, R = Na2Cr2O7, S = PbCrO4

14. A (Concept code C120503)

o
Sol. Since the reduction potential EPO3
/HPO2
is lowest the reverse is true for oxidation.
4 3

HPO32 can be oxidized easily.

15. A (Concept code C120503)

Sol. o
Since the reduction potential EIO
/IO
has maximum value, IO3 can be easily reduced and
3

behaves as the strongest oxidizing agent.

Part C
1. 3 (Concept code C120504)

Sol. The cell reaction is:

2H 2I
H2 I2
0.0591 2 2
E Eo log H I
2
0.0591
log H 0.1
2 2
or, 0.7714 0.535
2

On solving, pH = 3

2. 9 (Concept code C111909)

Hr 36
Sol. Hf 9kJ mol1
No. of moles of product 4

3. 1 (Concept code C120207)

Sol. Cl2 H2O 2HCl O

HCl HClO

AgNO3 HCl
AgCl HNO3
AgCl 2NH3 Ag NH3 2 Cl
Ca 2HCl CaCl2 H2

4. 3 (Concept code C120704)

Sol. A = Al2O3, B = Al(OH)3, C = NaAlO2

5. 4 (Concept code C120507)

1000
K
m M N Mn n 4
Sol.
e K 1000 M M
N
Section I (Mathematics)
Part A

1. A M111429

sin xy
Sol. y
cos xy

sin xy xy

xy 0

x 0 or y = 0

But x = 0 is not possible

y = 0 and x = 1, i.e. (1, 0)

2. B M111429

Sol.
y

2
y = 2x x
1

x
O
2 y= In sin x

1
/2

In sin x x x 2
 3
Graphs of y In sin x and y x x 2 meet exactly two times in ,
2 2

3. A M110724

1
Sol. BC h, where h is the distance of vertex A from side BC
2

BC h 2
GBC , where G is the centroid h constant
3 6 BC

Thus, distance of vertex A from side is fixed. This, in turn, implies that distance of centroid from
side BC will be fixed, hence locus of G will be a line parallel to BC.

4. C M111514

c 2 b2 a2 A
Sol. In ABC, AD2 m12
2 4

2
a
AD c
2 2 2
In ABD, AE2 m22
2 4

[Apollonius Theorem] C
B E D F
2
a
AD b
2 2 2
In ADC, AF2 m32
2 4

b2 c 2 a2 a2 a2 a2
m22 m32 AD2 m12 2m12
2 8 4 8 8

a2
m22 m32 2m12
8

5. B M120105

n 12
Sol. We know that adj adj A A

adj adj adj A adj A

n 12

 n 13
A

28 256

6. B M111206

Sol. The total number of third order determinants is 9! Since the number of determinants is even
and in which there are 9!/2 pairs of determinants which are obtained by changing two
consecutive rows,

n
So D
i1
i 0.

7. C M120106

A A
2
1 1
Sol. BA BA A 1BA

A 1B AA 1 BA
A1BIBA A1B2 A

A A
3
1 1
BA B2 A A 1 BA

A 1B2 AA 1 BA
A 1B3 A and so on

A 1BA A 1Bn A
n

8. ABC M111422

Sol. The given inequality can be written as

y 1
2 2
2cosec x
1 2

Since cosec2 x 1 for all real x, we have (i)

 2
2cosec x 2

Also y 1 1 1 y 1
2 2
11 (ii)

From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get

y 1
2 2
2cosec x
1 2

2
Therefore, from Equation (i) and (iv) , equality holds only when 2cosec x 2 and

y 1
2
1 1

cosec 2 x 1 and y 1 1 1
2
sin x 1 and y 1

3
x , and y = 1
2 2

3
Hence, the solution of the given inequality is x , and y = 1
2 2

9. CD M111429

Sol. Abscissa corresponding to the vertex is given

by

1
x 1 is the vertex
sin
vertex
The graph of f x sin x 2 2x b is
shown as x 1
0
1 x = cosec
Therefore, the minimum of
f x sin x 2 2x b 2 must be greater
than zero but minimum is at x = 1, i.e.
sin 2 b 2 0

b 4 sin , 0, b 4 as
sin 0 in (0, )

10. AC M111502
Sol. Sides are in A.P. and a < min{b, c}

Therefore, order of A.P. can be b, c, a or c, b, a.

Case I :

If 2c = a + b

b2 c 2 a2 b c 2c b
2
4b 3c
2 2

cos A
2bc 2bc 2b

Case II

b2 c 2 a2 b c 2b c
2
4c 3b
2 2

cos A
2bc 2bc 2b

11. AC M120202

n n 1 n2 n 1 1
Sol. f n n! n 1! n 2 ! n! nn! n 1n 1!
1 1 1 1 0 0

[Applying C3 C3 C2 and C2 C2 C1 ]

n 1 n 1 ! nn! n! n 1 n n! n! n2 n 1
Thus, f n is divisible by n! and n2 n 1

12. A M111429

13. D M111429

14. D M120111

15. C M120111

Sol. (14 & 15)

 a11 a12 a13
A a21 a22 a23
a31 a32 a33

a12 a13 a11 a13 a11 a12

B a22 a23 a21 a23 a21 a22
a32 a33 a31 a33 a31 a32

X A 1B

C11 C21 C31 a12 a13 a11 a13 a11 a12

1
C12 C22 C32 a22 a23 a21 a23 a21 a22
A
C13 C23 C33 a32 a33 a31 a33 a31 a32

0 A A 0 1 1
1
A 0 A 1 0 1
A
A A 0 1 1 0

A 1 B 2

A1 B 2

B 2 A

Part C

1. 5 M111429

Sol. cos4x 2cos2 2x 1

2
2 2cos2 x 1 1

2 4cos4 x 1 4cos2 x 1
8cos4 x 8cos2 x 1

a0 1, a1 8, a2 8

5a0 a1 a2 5
2. 0 M111423

sin2 x 1 sin x cos x 2 1 sin x cos x
4 2 1
Sol. 2 tan x
cos 2x cos x sin x
2 2
cos x sin x 2 4

tan x 1
2 0.25 2
tan x
Given equation reduces to 2 4 4 1 0

tan x
2 4
1

x / 4 which is not possible as cos 2x 0 for this value of x, which is not defining the
original equation.

3. 6 M111502

Sol. We have AE = EP = AP = 1

AP PT 1

APT is isosceles
A

EAT 90 o
o
1 60 o
30 13
3
AT 3 and ATX 150 o
o o
60
o
60
o 120 o 150
30 X
E T
Since TX = 2, by applying Cosine rule in R
1 P 1
R
2
R
ATX, we get

AX
2
3 4 4 3 cos150o 7 6 13

AX 13

4. 2 M110510

a
Sol. 0abc 1
bc

a b c
3
bc c a ab
 1 1 1
Also b c c a a b 9 A.M. H.M.
b c c a a b

1 1 1 9
a b c
bc c a ab 2

a b c 3

bc c a ab 2

3 a b c
3
2 bc c a ab

a b c
Therefore, integral values of 2
bc c a ab

5. 1 M120111

1 tan x
Sol. A
tan x 1

Hence, det A sec 2 x

det A T sec 2 x

Now f x det. AT A 1

det. A T det. A 1

det. A T det. A 1

det. A T 1
det. A

Hence, f x 1
Section I (Physics)
Part A

1. C (Concept Code: P120618)

Sol. Energy released from n = 5 to n = 1

1 1 24
E 13.6 2 2 = 13.6 eV
1 5 25

24 1.6 1019
Momentum of photon = 13.6
25 3 108

13.6 24 1.6 1019

Momentum of H-atom =
25 3 108

13.6 24 1.6 1019

Velocity of H-atom = 4 m/s
75 108 1.67 1027

2. B (Concept Code: P120540) B M

MP A d
Sol. BP
cos
P
MP
AB BP cos 2 cos 2
cos

AB BP n
2

dcos 2 d d 3
(2cos2 1 1) 2dcos n for n = 1, cos
cos cos cos 2 4d

3. C (Concept Code: P120618)

hc 1 1 3
Sol. R 2 2 R (i)
1 2 4
 hc 1 1 8
R 2 2 R (ii)
' 1 3 9

' 3 9 27
, '
4 8 32

4. B (Concept Code: P120620)

Sol. As accelerating voltage is increased, energy increases; the min decreases and X-rays are getting
harder (less wavelength) and penetrating power increases if filament current increases, more
electrons are emitted.

5. A (Concept Code: P110105)

Y l d
Sol. 2
Y l d

l l

l 0.25

d l l
2 2
d 0.5 0.25

6. B (Concept Code: P120539)

2
Sol. = x = (2n 1)
2

7. C (Concept Code: P120517)

3 1
Sol. = ; V=8 ; m=
2 3

V V
1+m=
f 2R
8. BC (Concept Code: P120620)

hc
Sol. As 0 and as V increases. 0 decreases but characteristic wavelengths do not change so
eV
interval between k & 0 increases and the same for the interval between k & 0

9. ACD (Concept Code: P120620) N

M

M
Sol. E K E L E K E M E K L L
L
Harder X rays have higher frequency than the softer K K K
X-ray. Continuous and characteristic X-rays differ only K
in the method of creation.

10. ACD (Concept Code: P120615)

1
E and p E

1 1 5
Further E 2 b = c and a and c =
n b 27
27
b = c = 5 / 27 and a
5

11. AB (Concept Code: P120539)

Sol. For microwaves,
c 3 108
= 300 m.
f 106
x = d sin
2 2
= dsin = (150 sin ) = sin
300
sin
I I0 cos2
2

12. A (Concept Code: P120611)

hc 12408
Sol. Work function of the metal () = 2.5 eV
green 4963
40
No. of photon emitted from the power source per unit time = 1020
2.5 1.6 1019
photons
 1020 (1 102 )2
No. of photons incident on the metallic surface per unit time = 2.5 1015
4(1) 2

photons
No. of photoelectrons coming out from the metal surface per unit time
2.5 1015
= 6
= 2.5 109 photoelectrons
10

13. B (Concept Code: P120611)

hc
Sol. The emission of photoelectron will stop when eV , where V is the potential of
violet
sphere.
12408
2.5 eV ; V 0.5 V
4136

14. A (Concept Code: P120539)

(D y)
Sol.
d
O X
d dy
= v Initial position
dt d dt d A
of plate
At mean position Mean position
mg k m
v A g
k m k k
d g m

dt d k

15. C (Concept Code: P120539)

(D 2A) D 2 mg
Sol. 1 ; 2 ; 1 2
d d d k

Part C

1. 2 (Concept Code: P110109)

Sol. Least count = Main scale / (number of division on the vernier scale) .

2. 3 (Concept Code: P120604)

dP
Sol. F = rate of change of momentum of the photons. Thus, in case of complete absorption, F
dt
= Intensity of the wave / speed of light.
3. 3 (Concept Code: P120503)

Sol.
2

1 1

i 3 J i 3 J = 1 1 cos( 2)
2

1
cos 2 = ; = 30
2

4. 1 (Concept Code: P120611)

dv h
= constant.
dr e

5. 7 (Concept Code: P120613)

P2 9 109 120e2
KE
2m 10 1015

h h 4.2 1015
= =7
P e 360 10 3 0.6