B2S CAREER

SIMON'S TEST PAPER7

MHT - CET - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 50

1. When 'W' joule of work is done on a flywheel, its frequency of rotation increases from 'n1' Hz to 'n2' Hz. The [1]
M.I. of the flywheel about its axis of rotation is given by

a) 2
W

2 2
b) 2
W

2 2
4π ( n −n ) 2π ( n −n )
2 1 2 1

c) d)
W W

2 2 2 2 2 2
2π ( n +n ) 4π ( n +n )
2 1 2 1

2. The dimensions of torque are [1]

a) [M1L2T-1] b) [M1L1T-1]

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c) [M1L2T2] d) [M1L2T-2]

3. A wheel of diameter 20 cm is rotating at 600 rpm. The linear velocity of particle at its rim is [1]

a) 6.28 cm/s

c) 62.8 cm/s
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b) 0.628 cm/s

d) 628.4 cm/s
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4. A car is moving at a speed of 72 km/hr. The diameter of its wheel is 0.5 m. If the wheels are stopped in 20 [1]
rotations applying brakes, then angular retardation produced by the brakes would be

a) -33.5 rad/s2 b) -45.5 rad/s2

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c) -50.9 rad/s2 d) -25.48 rad/s2

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5. A flywheel rotates at a constant speed of 3000 r.p.m. The angle described by the shaft in one second is [1]

a) 100π rad b) 3π rad

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c) 3000π rad d) 30π rad

6. The reactance of a capacitor in an A.C. circuit is 10 Ω . If the frequency of A.C. is doubled, its reactance will [1]
become

a) 15 Ω b) 20 Ω

c) 5 Ω d) 10 Ω
7. An alternating e.m.f. of frequency f = 1
is applied to a series LCR circuit. For this frequency of the applied [1]
2π√LC

e.m.f.,
a. the circuit is at resonance and its impedance is made up only of a reactive part.
b. the current in the circuit is in phase with the applied e.m.f. and the voltage across R equals this applied e.m.f.
c. the sum of the potential differences across the inductance and capacitance equals the applied e.m.f. which is
180° ahead of phase of the current in the circuit.
d. the quality factor of the circuit is ω

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and is a measure of the voltage magnification produced by the circuit at
resonance.

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 a) Option (c) b) Option (d)

c) Option (b) d) Option (a)

8. Which of the following represents the variation of inductive reactance (XL) with the frequency of voltage source [1]
(f)?

a) b)

c) d)

9. A 20 volt A.C. is applied to a circuit consisting of a resistance and a coil with a negligible resistance. If the [1]
voltage across the resistance is 12 volt, the voltage across the coil is

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a) 8 volt b) 16 volt

c) 6 volt d) 10 volt
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A transmitter transmits at a wavelength of 300 m. A condenser of capacitance 2.4 μ F is being used. The value of [1]
the inductance for the resonant circuit is approximately
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a) 10-6 H b) 10-8 H

c) 10-4 H d) 10-10 H
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11. When the velocity of flow of liquid is greater than critical velocity, the liquid is said to have [1]

a) turbulent flow b) viscous flow

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c) streamline flow d) laminar flow

12. The pressure at a point in a fluid is independent of ________. [1]
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a) area b) direction

c) force d) height of liquid

13. Water and gasoline surfaces are open to the atmosphere at the same elevation. Find the height h of the third [1]
liquid in the right leg. (Density of gasoline 600 kg/m3 and of liquid is 1600 kg/m3)

a) 1.9 m b) 2.5 m

c) 0.45 m d) 3.8 m
14. The most appropriate graph between height (h) of the liquid column in a capillary tube and the radius (r) of the [1]
tube for a given liquid will be

a) b)

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15. Two spherical soap bubbles of radii r1 and r2 in vacuum coalesce under isothermal conditions. The resulting [1]
bubble has the radius R such that
r1 +r2
a) R = r1 + r2 b) R =
2

r1 r2

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c) R = r1 +r2
d) R
2
= r
2
1
2
+ r
2

16. In a resonance tube experiment, resonance occurs when length of air column is 0.2 m and again when it is 0.62 [1]
m. The internal diameter of the pipe is

a) 2.33 cm
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b) 4.33 cm

c) 5.33 cm d) 3.33 cm
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17. A wave represented by the equation y = a cos (kx - ωt) is superposed with another wave to form stationary wave [1]
such that the point x = 0 is a node. The equation for the other wave is:
to

a) -a cos (kx - ωt) b) -a cos (kx + ωt)

c) -a sin (kx - ωt) d) a sin (kx + ωt)

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18. A closed organ pipe of length L and an open organ pipe contain gases of densities ρ and ρ respectively. The
1 2 [1]
compressibility of gases are equal in both the pipes. Both the pipes are vibrating in their first overtone with same
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frequency. The length of the open organ pipe is

−−
a) L

3
b) 4 L
√
ρ2

3 ρ1

−−
c) 4L

3
d) 4 L
√
ρ1

3 ρ2

19. A pipe of length 85 cm is closed from one end. Find the number of possible natural oscillations of air column in [1]
the pipe whose frequencies lie below 1250 Hz. The velocity of sound in air is 340 m/s.

a) 4 b) 12

c) 6 d) 8

20. The vibrations of a string of length 60 cm fixed at both ends are represented by displacement y = 4 sin ( πx

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) cos [1]
(96πt) where x and y are in cm and t in second. The particle velocity at x = 22.5 cm and t = 0.25 s is

a) 100 cm s-1 b) 4 × 96 cm s-1

c) 96 cm s-1 d) Zero

21. A gas mixture consists of 3 moles of H2 and 6 moles of He at temperature T. Neglecting all vibrational modes, [1]

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 the total internal energy of the system is

a) 16.5RT b) 9RT

c) 7.5RT d) 15RT
22. At what temperature is the R.M.S. speed of gas molecules half the value at N.T.P.? [1]

a) 0 K b) 345 K

c) 68.25 K d) 273 K

23. A black rectangular surface of area 'A' emits energy 'E' per second at 27 oC. If length and breadth are reduced to [1]

of initial value and temperature is raised to 327 oC then energy emitted per second becomes
rd
1

a) b)
4E 16E

9 9

c) d)
10E 7E

9 9

24. A gas mixture consists of 2 moles of O2 and 4 moles of Ar at temperature T. Neglecting all vibrational modes, [1]

the total internal energy of the system is

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a) 15RT b) 11RT

c) 9RT d) 4RT

25.
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The number of degrees of freedom of a gas whose specific heat capacity at constant pressure is 33.24 J mol-1 K-

is (universal gas constant = 8.31 J mol-1 KT-1)

[1]
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a) 8 b) 2

c) 6 d) 3
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26. An air capacitor of capacity C = 10 μ F is connected to a constant voltage battery of 12 V. Now the space [1]
between the plates is filled with a liquid of dielectric constant 5. The charge that flows now from battery to the
capacitor is
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a) 120 μ C b) 480 μ C
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c) 699 μ C d) 24 μ C
27. A parallel plate capacitor is made of two circular plates separated by a distance 5 mm and with a dielectric of [1]

dielectric constant 2.2 between them. When the electric field in the dielectric is 3 × 104 V/m, the charge density
of the positive plate will be close to

a) 3 × 10-7 C/m2 b) 3 × 104 C/m2

c) 6 × 104 C/m2 d) 6 × 10-7 C/m2

28. When a conducting slab fills the space between the two plates of a capacitor, its capacitance [1]

a) becomes infinite. b) becomes four times the original one.

c) remains same. d) becomes zero.

29. Cylinder is charged by 10 mC. Length of cylinder is 1 km and radius is 1 mm. Surface charge density of cylinder [1]
is

a) 1.59 × 10-3 C/m2 b) 1.59 × 10-4 C/m2

c) 1.59 × 10-6 C/m2 d) 1.59 × 10-2 C/m2

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30. In the circuit shown in the figure, the potential difference across the 4.5 μ F capacitor is [1]

a) 8 volts b) 6 volts

c) 4 volts d) volts
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31. The penetration of waves into the region of geometrical shadow is due to [1]

a) diffraction of waves. b) absorption of waves.

c) polarisation of waves. d) dispersion of waves.

32. The wavefront obtained from a source of light is cylindrical at time t, when the source of light is [1]

a) a thin linear source. b) a point source at infinite distance.

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c) a point source at finite distance. d) of a large size and of any shape.
33. The intensity at the maximum in a Young’s double slit experiment is I0. Distance between two slits is d = 5λ , [1]

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where λ is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front of one of the slits
on the screen placed at a distance D = 10 d?
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I0
a) b) I0
2

I0
c) d)
3
I0
4 4

34. The diffraction fringes obtained by a single slit are of [1]

to

a) equal width and equal intensity. b) equal width and unequal intensity
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c) unequal width and unequal intensity. d) unequal width and equal intensity.
35. When light of an unknown polarization is examined with a polaroid, it is found to exhibit maximum intensity I0 [1]
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along x-axis. The intensity transmitted through a polaroid with pass axis at 45o to
2I0
along y-axis and minimum 3

y-axis (in xy plane) is

I0
a) b)
5
I0
6 4

I0
c) d) 5

8
I0
2

36. A galvanometer of resistance 50 Ω is connected to a battery of 3 V along with a resistance of 2950 Ω in series. [1]
A full scale deflection of 30 divisions is obtained in the galvanometer. In order to reduce this deflection to 20
divisions, the resistance in series should be

a) 5550 Ω b) 4450 Ω

c) 5050 Ω d) 6050 Ω
37. ________ are commonly used in modern low power audio systems as audio control devices. [1]

a) Post office box b) Sliding potentiometer

c) Metrebridge d) Wheatstone
38. In a metrebridge, copper strips are used to [1]

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 a) to increase grip of wire. b) to reduce thermoelectric effect.

c) decrease contact resistance. d) to decrease grip of wire.

39. In the given current distribution, what is the value of I? [1]

a) 5 A b) 2 A

c) 3 A d) 8 A
40. A potentiometer circuit has been set up for finding the internal resistance of a given cell. The main battery, used [1]
across the potentiometer wire, has an e.m.f. of 2.0 V and a negligible internal resistance. The potentiometer wire
itself is 4 m long. When the resistance, R, connected across the given cell, has values of

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(i) Infinity (ii) 9.5 Ω
the ’balancing lengths', on the potentiometer wire are found to be 3 m and 2.85 m, respectively.
The value of internal resistance of the cell is

a) 0.5 Ω
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c) 0.75 Ω d) 0.95 Ω
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41. A long straight conductor AB, carrying a current of 25 A is fixed horizontally. Another long conductor XY is [1]
kept parallel to AB at a distance of 4 mm, in air. Conductor XY is free to move and carries current I. Then the
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magnitude and direction of current I for which the magnetic repulsion just balances the weight of conductor XY
is (Mass per unit length for conductor XY is 5 × 10-2 kg/m).
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a) 392 A b) 3.98 A

c) 300 A d) 32.67 A
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42. For a given perimeter in plane, following are some shapes mentioned. Choose the shape for the loop such that [1]
which when placed inside magnetic field will have maximum torque acting on it.

a) Rectangle b) Sphere

c) Circle d) Square

43. An electron is moving in a circular path under the influence of a transverse magnetic field of 3.57 × 10-2 T. If [1]

the value of is 1.76 × 1011 C/kg, the frequency of circulation of the electron is
e

a) 1 GHz b) 62.8 MHz

c) 6.28 MHz d) 100 MHz

44. When the magnetic dipole is rotated through angle θ , work done in rotating dipole is given by -mB cos θ . Now, [1]
a magnetic needle lying parallel to a magnetic field requires W units of work to turn it through 60°. What will be
the value of torque needed to maintain the needle in same position?
–
a) √3 W b) (
√3
) W
2

c) 0 d) W

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45. The electron in the hydrogen atom circles round the proton with a speed of 2.2 × 106 ms-1 in an orbit of radius 5 [1]
× 10-11 m. What magnetic field does it produce at the proton?

a) 12.08 T b) 13.08 T

c) 10.08 T d) 14.08 T
46. An element X decays into element Z by two - steps process [1]
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X → Y+ He
2

Y → Z + 2e then

a) X and Y are isotopes b) X and Z are isobars

c) X and Z are isotones d) X and Z are isotopes

47. The area of the electron orbit for the ground state of hydrogen atom is A. What will be the area of the electron [1]
orbit corresponding to the second excited state?

a) 81 A b) 9 A

c) 27 A d) 3 A

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48. A radioactive element has rate of disintegration 10,000 disintegrations per minute at a particular instant. After [1]
four minutes it becomes 2500 disintegrations per minute. The decay constant per minute is

a) 0.2 loge 2
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c) 0.5 loge 2 d) 0.6 loge 2

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49. In Bohr’s atomic model, the lowest orbit corresponds to [1]
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a) maximum energy b) zero energy

c) minimum energy d) infinite energy

50. Binding energy of a nucleus is equivalent to [1]
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a) mass of the proton b) mass of the nucleus

c) mass defect of the nucleus d) mass of the neutron

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