Physics Olympiad Practice Paper 01

Duration: 2 Hour

Section – A: Numerical (0 to 9)
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1. Point ‘A’ moves uniformly with speed V1   20 m / sec  so that vector V1 is continuously ‘aimed’ at
point ‘B’ which in turn moves rectilinearly and uniformly with velocity V 2   10 m / s  along the
3k
path P  Q as shown in the figure. If the time (in sec) when the points A and B converge is .
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Then, find the value of k?
Q
A

V1  20 m / sec

l  300 / 7 m

37
V2  10 m / sec
B
P
ANS: 4

2. When the sun rays pass through a small opening (can be assume to be a small circular hole) in the
foliage at the top of a high tree, they produce an elliptical spot on the ground. The major and minor
axes of the ellipses are a = 12 cm and b = 10 cm respectively. If the angular dimensions of the sun’s
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disc is   rad, find the height of tree (in metre). (Assume height of the tree is very large
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compared to linear dimensions of the elliptical spot on the ground)
Ans: 9

3. An insect is moving uniformly at speed 2 cm/s on outer surface of a vertical, right circular cone.
Without changing its sense of motion about axis of cone it completes a round trip and reaches to
starting point ‘A’ in minimum time. Find the time in seconds.
Given : Apex angle of cone  60
Height of cone  3 cm

Ans: 2

4. A particle is projected from the point Gon the horizontal ground in the vertical plane such that it grazes
the points B, C, D and E of a regular hexagon of side 2√3𝑚. Find the maximum height reached by the
projectile.
 C D

B E

G A F H
Ans: 7

5. Figure shows a cylinder A of mass M which is resting on two smooth edges, one fixed and other is
that of a block of B. At an instant block B is pulled toward left with a constant speed v  2 Rg .
The force exerted by the cylinder on the fixed edge after sometime when the distance between the
two edges will become x  2R is.
[At t  0 the distance between the two edges was zero].

Ans: 0

6. One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas undergoes a linear reversible process A  B shown in the P-
V0 2014
V indicator diagram. (Initial and final volume of the gas during the process are & V0
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respectively)

KV0
The volume of the gas when the process turns from an endothermic to an exothermic one is
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where K = _______
Ans: 5

7. A cone of mass m is tightly fitted inside a thin massless spherical shell of radius R = 6 m.
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The apex angle of the cone is 60 and density g / cm3 . The system is kept immersed
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inside water so that the axis of the cone lies in a horizontal plane shown. If it is released
from this position, net torque about centre of mass of the system immediately after the
release is 10 12x  N  m . Find the value of x.  g  10 m / s 2 
3

Ans: 5
8. Steinmetz Solid is the name given to the shape formed from the intersection of two right circular
cylinders. Assume the axis of two cylinders are perpendicular. The material density is uniform. Each
Cylinder is made of material of density   106 kgm 3 and radius R = 3cm. The region of intersection
of the two cylinders is considered as shown in figure ii. The mass of the portion formed as shown in
figure-ii is 24(x) kg. Find x.

Ans-6

9. A thin walled hemispherical shell with a light circular lid contains no trapped air
and is fully filled with an incompressible liquid of certain man such that in figure
i) position, the hydrostatic pressure force on curved surface is 2 N. The shell is
now inverted and placed on floor again as shown in figure ii) the hydrostatic
pressure force n curved surface now will be _______________ N.

ii)
i)
Ans: 5

10. A bob of mass m = 4 kg is suspended from a massless string of length l. Other end of the string is
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fixed from the ceiling. A horizontal force F  mg is applied on the bob when it at rest at the
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lowest position. The maximum tension (in Newton) in the string during the motion. is 10x. Then the
value of x is (Take g  10 m / s 2 )

3mg
F
4
Ans: 7

Section – B: Multiple Correct (Mark all correct options)

1. A small bead starts sliding down a rigid helical wire frame. The axis of the helix is vertical,
radius R and pitch is h. The motion of the bead is a combination of horizontal motion and vertical
motion. In one complete rotation , it travels 2πR horizontal distance and h vertical distance . The
total distance travelled can be given by a right angled traiangle as shown in figure. The height of the
triangle is h.
Consider
Case-a: friction less helical wire frame
Case-b: bead slides down the helical wire frame with a constant speed v such that the turns in the
helix are tilted by angle θ with horizontal
 Then identify the correct statements from the following:
2 H (4 2 R 2  h 2 )
a*)if the total height descended by the bead is H, it takes a time in case-a
gh 2
2 H (4 2 R 2  h 2 )
b)if the total height descended by the bead is H, it takes a time in case-b
gh 2
Rg tan 
c*) in case-b coefficient of kinetic friction between the wire and the bead is
g R  v 4 cos2 
2 2

d)in case-a, if the total height descended by the bead is H , the speed after descended by H is
2 ghH
(h 2  4 2 R 2 )

2. Two observers ‘A’ and ‘B’ are moving with constant speeds V1 and V2 . ‘A’ is moving on the Y-axis
and ‘B’ on the circle. At t = 0 observer ‘A’ is at origin and ‘B’ is at opposite end of the diameter
joining observer ‘A’ as shown in the figure. Instantaneously (Consider OC = PB = d)
Y

V1 A C V2
O P B X

a) Acceleration of ‘B’ with respective ‘A’ is zero

2V 2
b) Acceleration of ‘A’ with respective ‘B’ is 2
3d
2V22
c*) The magnitude of acceleration of ‘B’ with respect to ‘A’ is
d
d*) A linear momentum of the ‘B’ with respect to ‘A’ along x-direction is zero

3. In the circuit shown below, the key is pressed at time t  0 .Which of the following
statement(s) is (are) true?

a*) The voltmeter display -5 V as soon as the key is pressed and displays +5V after a long
time
b*) The voltmeter will display 0V at time t  ln 2 seconds
c*) The current in the ammeter becomes 1/e of the initial value after 1 second
d*) The current in the ammeter becomes zero after a long time
4. A cavity is made inside a solid uncharged conducing sphere and a charge q is placed inside the cavity
at centre of cavity. A charge q1 is placed outside the sphere at a distance a from centre of sphere, as
shown in the figure. Point A is inside the sphere (at a distance x from centre of sphere) and point B is
inside the cavity (at a distance y from centre of cavity). Then

Kq
A*) Electric field at point A is zero B*) Electric field at point B is
y2
q q q q q q
C*) Potential at point A is K  1   D*) Potential at point B is K  1    
 a R a R y r

5. A very long straight current carrying wire I is along z axis passing through origin as
shown. It applies a magnetic force of interaction on a quarter elliptical segment, given by
x2 y2
  1 with a > b in the first quadrant of xy plane carrying a current i,
a 2 b2
y

(0, b)
i

x
I (a, 0)
0 I i  a  0 I i  a 2 
A) of magnitude ln   B*) of magnitude ln  2 
 b 4 b 
iˆ iˆ
C) in the direction of k̂ D) in the direction of 
a b

6. In the setup shown, loop 1 has self-inductance L1 and total resistance R1 whereas loop 2 has
L2 and R2 respectively. Both the loops are in same plane and have a mutual inductance M.
When the switch of loop 1 is closed, a current i1 develops in loop 1 as shown and
correspondingly a current i2 in clockwise sense develops in loop 2. After a long time when
switch is opened slowly, current in loop 2 is taken as i3 in clockwise sense and the current
in loop 1 is i1 as shown in the diagram. The correct equation(s) depicting above parameters
is (are)
L2 , R2
Loop 2
M

i1 Loop 1
L1

R1
V1
di1 Mdi2 Mdi1 di
A) V1  L1   i1 R1  0 B*)  L2 2  i2 R2  0
dt dt dt dt
 Mdi1 di di3 di
C)  L2 2  i2 R2  0 D*) L2  M 1  i3 R2  0
dt dt dt dt

7. A flat mirror M is arranged parallel to a wall W at a distance l from it. The light produced
by a point source S kept on the wall is reflected by the mirror and produces a light spot on
the wall. The mirror moves with velocity v towards the wall.

(A) The spot of light will move with the speed v on the wall.
(B*) The spot of light will not move on the wall.
(C) As the mirror comes closer the spot of light will become larger and shift away from the
wall with speed larger then v.
(D*) The size of the light spot on the wall remains the same.

8. The figure shows a ray incident at an angle i =  /3. If the plot drawn shown the variation

of | r – i | versus 1 = k, (r = angle of refraction)
2

2
(A) the value of k1 is (B*) the value of 1 = /6
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(C*) the value of 2 =  /3 (D*) the value of k 2 is 1

9. A thin uniform rod is supported by a vertical string and by a hinge H is at equilibrium as

  x
 
shown in figure. In space gravity varies as g  g 0 1   ˆj m / s 2 . Vessel is completely
 L
filled with water. Density of material of rod is two times the density of water. ‘L’ is the
length of rod. Rod is free to rotate about the hinge ‘H’, mass of rod is ‘m’ kg.

mg 0
A) Initially tension in string is
2
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B*) Initially tension in string is mg 0
12
5g 0
C*) Just after cutting string angular accelerating of rod is
4L
5g
D) Just after cutting string angular acceleration of rod is 0
2L
10. Two blocks A (5kg) and B(2kg) attached to the ends of a spring of stiffness constant 1120N/m are
placed on a smooth horizontal plane with the spring being initially un-deformed. At time t= 0,
velocities of 3 m/s and 10m/s along the line of the spring in the same direction are simultaneously
imparted to A and B respectively as shown. Then,
3m/s 10m/s
k=1120N/m
A 5kg 2kg B

A) when the extension of the spring is maximum the velocities of A and B are zero.
B*) the maximum extension of the spring is 25 cm
C*) the first maximum compression occurs at t  3 /56 sec
D*) maximum extension and maximum compression occur alternately