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PHYSICS Max Marks: 62
SECTION – I
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 4 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE option can be
correct.
Marking scheme: +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and –1 in all other cases.
Section 1 (Max Marks: 12)
Section 1 contains Four questions
Each Question has Four Options and Only One of these four will be the correct answer.
For each question, choose the option corresponding to the correct answer
The Marking scheme to evaluate Answer to each question will be :
Full Marks: +3 (If the answer is correct)
Zero Marks: 0 (If the question is unanswered)
Negative Marks: -1 (In all other cases)
1. Two bodies of equal masses are heated up at a uniform rate under identical conditions.
The change in temperature in two cases are shown in figure. Given that specific heat for
body I and body II is C1 and C 2 respectively and latent heat is L1 and L 2 respectively.
C1 L
Then value of and 1 is
C2 L2

1 1 1 4 2 2 2 4
A) , B) , C) , D) ,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2. Two rods of same lengths are fixed between rigid supports as shown in figure. Initial
lengths of the rods is 10 cm and they are just touching the rigid supports. Value of young’

modulus, coefficient of linear expansion and area of cross section for rod 1 is 10 1010 Pa ,

2 10 5 k 1
and 20 cm 2 respectively and that for rod 2 are 2.5 1010 Pa , 4 10 5 k 1
and

30 cm 2 respectively. If temperature of rods is increased by 50 K then the resultant force

exerted by rods on the upper support is
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4 4 4
A) 25 10 N B) 0 N C) 20 10 N D) 50 10 N
3. At low temperatures, the molar heat capacity of solids at constant pressure depends on the
3
T
absolute temperature T according to the law CT CT0 . One mole (40 g) of solid
T0
argon at temperature 8K is brought into thermal contact with two kilograms of solid argon
at a temperature of 1K and they insulated everything together. What will be the
temperature (in K) of the substance when thermal equilibrium is established ? Round off
to nearest integer.
A) 2K B) 3K C) 6K D) 5K
4. A light uniform rod of Young’s modulus Y, cross sectional area A, coefficient of linear

expansion and 0 is rigidly connected to support at one end and the other end of the rod

is connected to the spring as shown in the figure. The temperature of the rod is increased

by with supports remaining fixed. Initially, the spring is in natural length position.

Spring force on the rod acts uniformly over the cross section during elongation of the rod.

Find the net elongation of the rod. (Assume thermal strain to be small)
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K 0 YA YA
A) B) C) YA D)
K YA / 0 K YA / 0 K A/ 0

SECTION – II
(ONE OR MORE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
This section contains 8 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 options (A), (B), (C) and (D) for its answer, out of which ONE OR MORE than ONE
option can be correct.
Marking scheme: +4 for all correct options & +1 partial marks, 0 if not attempted and -1 in all wrong cases
Section 2 (Max Marks: 32)
Section two contains Eight (8) questions
Each Question has Four Options and One Or More Than One of these four will be the correct answer.
For each question, choose the option(s) corresponding to all the correct answer(s)
The Marking scheme to evaluate Answer to each question will be :
Full Marks: +4 (If the answer is correct)
Partial Marks: +3 (If all the four options are correct but only 3 are chosen)
Partial Marks: +2 (If THREE or More options are correct but only 2 correct answers are chosen)
Partial Marks: +1 (If TWO or More options are correct but only 1 correct answer is chosen)
Zero Marks: 0 (If the question is unanswered)
Negative Marks: -1 (In all other cases)

5. A rod of length , has linear coefficient of thermal expansion which is given as

0 1x 2T . The rod is heated from temperature T0 to T1 . Then choose the

INCORRECT statement(s) :-

A) Dimensional formulae of 0, 1 and 2 are different.

B) Change in length of small element of length ‘dx’ is different for different portion of
rod.
C) Total elongation in the rod varies linearly with length ‘ ’ of the rod.
D) Net elongation in the rod is given by

0 T1 T0 1 T1 T0 2 T12 T02
2

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6. A vessel is partly filled with liquid. When the vessel is cooled to a lower temperature, the
space in the vessel, unoccupied by the liquid remains constant. Then the volume of the
liquid VL , volume of the vessel VV , the coefficient of cubical expansion of the

material of the vessel V and of the liquid L are related as

A) L V B) L V C) V / L VV / VL D) V / L VL / VV
7. Objects A and B that are initially separated from each other and well isolated from their

surroundings are then brought into thermal contact. Initially TA 00 C and TB 1000 C .
The specific heat of A is less than the specific heat of B. After some time, the system
comes to an equilibrium state. The final temperature are :

A) TA TB 500 C B) TA TB 500 C

C) TA TB 500 C D) TB TA 500 C

8. How much ice at 200 C can be mixed with 2.5 litre water at 200 C so that final

temperature of the mixture is 00 C ? w

1002.5 kg / m3 ,Lice 80 cal / gm,
0
2 Sice Sw 1 Cal / gm C
A) 500 gm B) 1 kg C) 5 kg D) 20 kg

9. A steel ring with 2.00000 cm inner diameter at 200 C is to be slipped over a brass shaft

with 2.00048 cm outer diameter at 200 C .

50 1 50
( Steel 1.2 10 C and Brass 2.0 10 C 1 ). The ring can slip over the brass
shaft if
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A) It is warmed to temperature 400 C (approx.)

B) The brass shaft is cooled to temperature 80 C (approx.)
C) It is warmed to temperature 240 C (approx.)
D) The brass shaft is cooled to temperature 00 C (approx.)
10. There is a rectangular metal plate in which two cavities in the shape of rectangle and circle
are made, as shown with dimensions. P and Q are centres of these cavities. On heating the
plate, which of the following quantities increase ?
b
a P

R
Q
r

A) r2 B) ab C) R D) b
11. A uniform cylinder of steel of mass M, radius R is placed on frictionless bearings and set
to rotate about its vertical axis with angular velocity 0. After the cylinder has reached
the specified state of rotation it is heated without any mechanical contact from
I
temperature T0 to T0 T . If is the fractional change in moment of inertia of the
I

cylinder and be the fractional change in the angular velocity of the cylinder and
0

be the coefficient of linear expansion, then :

I 2 R I I 2 R
A) B) C) 2 T D)
I R I 0 0 I R
12. A constant volume gas thermometer shows pressure reading of 50 cm and 90 cm of

mercury at 00 C and 1000 C respectively. When the pressure reading is 60 cm of mercury,

the temperature is :

A) 250 C B) 400 C C) 150 C D) 12.50 C

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SECTION – III
(NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE)
This section contains 6 questions. Each question is numerical value type. For each question, enter the correct numerical value (e.g. 003.2343,
6.250023, 7.000000, 0.33, .30, 30.27000, 127.0030).
Marking scheme: +3 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and 0 in all other cases.
Section 3 (Max Marks: 18)
This Section contains Six (06) Questions. The answer to each question is a Numerical Value
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numerical keypad in the place
designated to enter the answer. If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, round off the value to TWO decimal places.
The Marking scheme to evaluate Answer to each question will be :
Full Marks: +3 (If ONLY the correct numerical value is entered)
Zero Marks: 0 (In all other cases)

13. Two rigid walls at a distance of 1 m act as a heat reservoir at 1000 C and 00 C . A well

lagged uniform rod having length of 1 m at 00 C is held between both the walls. It is
found that when the system reaches steady state, the supporting force can be removed and
5 0
limiting friction acts on the rod at both the ends. Here for rod = 10 / C,

Y 2 1011 N / m 2 , walls = 0.3 and area = 4 mm 2 . What is the mass of the rod
(in Kg) ? (Assume temperature on the rod varies linearly at steady state)

14. A vessel contains 6 kg water at 00 C . Water equivalent of vessel at 00 C is 2 kg and it

increases linearly with temperature such that it becomes 4 kg at 1000 C . The temperature

of the system is raised from 00 C to 1000 C . If Q1 is the energy consumed by water and
Q1
Q 2 is the energy consumed by vessel than is (Assume all relations in 0 C)
Q2

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15. A cubical block of coefficient of linear expansion s is submerged partially inside a
liquid of coefficient of volume expansion . On increasing the temperature of the

system by T , the height of the cube inside the liquid remains unchanged. Find
/ S
=?

16. In the determination of J by Joule’s experiment, two weights of mass 1 kg each were
allowed to fall through 1 m. When they fell 80 times the temperature of the water in the
calorimeter increased by 3.20 C . Calculate J if the time taken for each fall was

1 second and the water equivalent of the calorimeter and its contents 100 10 3 kg.

Specific heat capacity of water = 1000 cal kg 1 K 1 . (Take resistive forces constant)

17. We would like to increase the length of a 15 cm long copper rod of cross-section 4 mm 2
by 1 mm. The energy absorbed by the rod if it is heated is E1 . The energy absorbed by the

rod if it is stretched slowly is E 2 . The ratio of E1 and E 2 is . The value of is

100
[Various parameters of Copper are : Density = 9 103 kg / m3 , Thermal coefficient of

linear expansion = 16 10 6 K 1 , Young’s modulus = 135 109 Pa , Specific heat = 400

J/kg-K]
18. A solid metal sphere of radius r and specific heat S is rotated about an axis passing
through its center at a speed f rotations per second. It is suddenly stopped and half of
kinetic energy causes its temperature to rise. Find rise in temperature of sphere, in the

r 2f 2 2
form x . Find x (taking = 10)
s

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