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PRACTICE PAPER TIME : 60 MIN

MARKS : 50 (PCM) Sound (XI & XII), Thermal Properties of Matter, Wave Optics
DATE : 02/03/2025 & Current Electricity P.P.NO.: 01

1. The distance between two consecutive (1) 334 Hz (2) 332 Hz

crests in a wave train produced in a string (3) 232 Hz (4) 348 Hz
is 5 cm. If 2 complete waves pass through
any point per second, the velocity of the 6. A tuning fork C produces 8 beats per sec
wave is with a tuning fork D of frequency 350 Hz.
(1) 10 cm/sec (2) 2.5 cm/sec When the prongs of fork C are loaded with
(3) 5 cm/sec (4) 15 cm/sec wax, the number of beats heard is 10 per
second. The original frequency of fork C is
2. The ratio of the speed of sound in nitrogen- (1) 342 Hz (2) 358 Hz
gas to that in helium gas, at 300 K is (3) 328 Hz (4) 312 Hz
(1) 2/7 (2) 1/7 7. A Radar propagates electromagnetic wave
(3) 3 /5 (4) 6 /5 of frequency 710 MHz. The frequency of a
reflected wave from an aeroplane is found
3. The equation of a sound wave is y = 0.0015 to be 709 MHz. The aeroplane is moving
sin (62.8 x + 316 t). Find the wavelength of (1) towards the Radar
this wave (2) away from the Radar
(1) 0.2 unit (2) 0.3 unit (3) perpendicular to a line joining the Radar
(3) 0.1 unit (4) 0.4 unit and plane
(4) in any direction which can not be
4. The forks are in unison. When prongs of detected
one fork are filed a little and sounded 8. Write down the equation of a transverse
together wave travelling along the negative
(1) they will still in unison x-direction of a reference frame with a
(2) they will produce beats velocity of 350 m/s, if its wavelength is 25
(3) they may or may not in unison cm and amplitude 1 cm.
(4) they will produce resonance
(1) y = 0.01 sin 8  [400 t + x]
(2) y = 0.01 sin 8  [350 t + x]
5. A tuning fork C produces 8 beats per
 x 
second with fork D of frequency 340 Hz. (3) y  0.01sin 8 1400t  
When the prongs of fork C are filed a little,  25 
the beats per second decreases to 4. The (4) y = 0.01 sin 8  [350 t + x/25]
frequency of fork C before filing is
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9. Two forks produce in 4 beats/sec. When 14. The equation of a stationary wave is given
wax is attached to one fork, the beat cease.  x 
Now the forks have frequencies in the ratio by y = 6sin   cos(40 t)cm . Amplitude of
 3 
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 1
progressive wave is
(3) 2 : 1 (4) 1 : 4
(1) 3 cm (2) 6 cm
(3) 12 cm (4) 2 cm
10. The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s. Sound
waves of wavelength 0.8 m, produced by a
15. A cylindrical tube, open at both ends has a
certain tuning fork pass from air to water.
fundamental frequency f in air. The tube is
What is the wavelength of these waves in
dipped vertically in water so that half of it
water, if the speed of sound in water is
is in water. The fundamental frequency of
1360?
air column is now
(1) 1.8 m (2) 2.4 m
(1) f/2 (2) 3f / 4
(3) 3.2 m (4) 3.8 m
(3) f (4) 2 f
11. The distance between any two successive
16. A 5.5 m length of string has a mass of 0.035
nodes or antinodes in a stationary wave is
kg. If the tension in the string is 77 N, the
(1)  (2) /2 speed of wave on the string is
(3) /4 (4) /8 (1) 110 m/s (2) 165 m/s
(3) 77 m/s (4) 102 m/s
12. Phase difference between two particles of a
medium lying between two consecutive 17. Temperature at which the Fahrenheit scale
nodes is reading equal to twice of Celsius is
(1) /2 (2) /3 (1) 200°C (2) 160°C
(3)  (4) 0 (3) 260°C (4) 300°C

13. If a node is to be formed at the origin due to 18. A steel rod of diameter l cm is clamped
a standing wave, its equation should be firmly at each end when its temperature is
 2x 
 sin  2  nt 
25°C so that it cannot contract on cooling.
(1) y = 2acos 
 λ  The tension in the rod at 0°C is
 2x  approximately
(2) y  2a cos   tan  2nt  ( = 105/C, Y = 2  1011 N/m2)
 λ  (1) 4000 N (2) 7000 N
 2x 
 sin  2nt 
(3) y  2a sin  (3) 7400 N (4) 4700 N
 λ 
 2x  19. An aluminium rod (length 1 and coefficient
(4) y  2a sin   cos  2nt 
 λ  of linear expansion A and steel rod (length
2 and coefficient of linear expansion  )
are joined together. If the length of .each
rod increased by same amount when their

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temperatures are raised by t° C, then (1) 75 C
1 (2) 67 °C
is
1  2
(3) 25 °C
B A (4) 33 C
(1) (2)
A B 25. Three rods of same dimensions have
B B thermal conductivities 3K, 2K and K. They
(3) (4)
 A  B  A  B are arranged as shown, with their ends at
150°C, 50°C and 0°C. The temperature of
20. If 1 gm of water having volume 1 cm3 their junction is
500C
occupies 1671 cm3 when converted into
2K
steam at its boiling point at 1 atm, then
external latent heat of water is 3K
(1) 4.027 cal/gm (2) 402.7 cal/gm
1500C
(3) 40.27 cal/gm (4) 4027 cal/gm
K
0 0C
21. It takes 15 minutes for an electric heater to
heat certain quantity of water from 0°C to (1) 75C (2) 91.6C
100°C. It takes 80 minutes to boil this water (3) 40C (4) 200°C
into steam. Then latent heat of steam is
(1) 540 kcal/gm (2) 533.3 cal/gm 26. A charge of 2  102 C moves at 30
(3) 533.3 cal/kg (4) 540 cal/kg revolutions per sec in a circle of diameter
80 cm. The current linked with the circuit
22. If 10 gm of water at 50C is mixed with 30 is
gm of water at 10C, then the final (1) 0.02A (2) 20 A
temperature of the mixture will be (3) 0.6 A (4) 60 A
(1) 10°C (2) 15°C
(3) 20°C (4) 25°C 27. Two wires of the same material and
having lengths in the ratio of 2:3 are
23. Steam is passed into 22 g of water at 20°C. connected in series. The p.d. across the
The mass of water that will be present wires are 4.2 V and 3.6 V respectively.
when the water acquire a temperature of Compare their radii
90°C (latent heat of steam is 540 cal/g ) is (1) 3:7 (2) 3: 7
(1) 24.8 g (2) 24 g (3) 7: 3 (4) 3 : 7
(3) 36.6 g (4) 30 g
28. The length of a conductor is doubled and its
24. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of radius is halved, its resistance is
copper is 9 times that of steel. In the (1) unchanged
composite cylindrical bar shown in the (2) doubled
figure, what will be temperature at the (3) quadrupled
junction of copper and steel (4) eight times its value

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29. A wire lm long has a resistance of 1 . If it

is uniformly stretched, so that its length
increases by 25%, then its resistance will
increase by
(1) 25 % (2) 50 %
(3) 56.25 % (4) 77.33 %
(1) increasing S by 3
30. What length of the wire (specific resistance (2) increasing Q by 20 
48  108 m is needed to make a resistance (3) increasing R by 50 
of 4.2  (Diameter of wire = 0.4 mm) (4) both '1' and '2'
(1) 1.1 m (2) 2.1 m
(3) 3.1 m (4) 4.1 m 35. With resistances P and Q in the left and
right gaps of meter bridge respectively, the
31. Masses of the three wires of same material null point divides the wire in the ratio 1 : 2.
are in the ratio of 1:2:3 and their lengths in If P and Q are increased by 20  each, the
the ratio of 3:2:1. Electrical resistance of null point divides the wire in the ratio 3:4,
these wires will be in the ratio of then the resistances P and Q are given as
(1) 1 : 1 :1 (2) 1 : 2 : 3 (1) P = 10 , Q = 20 
(3) 9 : 4 : 1 (4) 27 : 6 : 1 (2) P = 20 , Q = 40 
(3) P = 10 , Q = 10 
32. The temperature coefficient of resistance (4) P = 40 , Q = 10 
for a wire is 0.00125 C1. At 300 K its
resistance is 1 ohm. The temperature at 36. AB is potentiometer wire of length 100 cm
which the resistance becomes 1.5 ohm is and its resistance is 10 ohm. It is connected
(1) 450 K (2) 727 K in series with a resistance R = 40 ohm and a
(3) 454 K (4) 900 K battery of emf 2 V and negligible internal
resistance. If a source of unknown emf E is
33. A cell supplies a current of 0.9 A through a balanced by 40 cm length of the
2 resistor. The same cell supplies a potentiometer wire, the value of E is
current of 0.3 A through a 7 resistor. The (1) 0.2 V
internal resistance of the cell is
(1) 0.1  (2) 0.3  (2) 1.6 V
(3) 0.5  (4) 0.7 
(3) 0.08 V
34. Fig. below shows a balanced Wheatstone's
network. If it is disturbed by changing P to (4) 0.16 V
22, then which of the following steps will
bring the bridge to balanced again

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37. A potentiometer has a uniform wire of 42. Which of the following relation is called
length 10 m and resistance 5. The Brewester’s law
potentiometer is connected to an external (1)  = tan ip (2) ip = tan ()
battery of e.m.f. 10 V and negligible 1 
internal resistance and an external (3) = tan ip (4) ip = tan  
 2
resistance of 995  in series. The potential
gradient along the wire is 43. A parallel beam of monochromatic,
(1) 1 mV/m (2) 5 mV/m unpolarised light is incident on a
(3) 0.1 mV/m (4) 4 mV/cm
1
transpaent dielectric plate of R.I. . The
38. The critical angle of a certain medium is 3
sin1(3/5). The polarizing angle of the reflected beam is completely polarised . The
medium is angle of incidence is
(1) sin1(4/5) (2) tan1(5/3) (1) 45 (2) 60
(3) tan1(3/4) (4) tan1(4/3) (3) 90 (4) 30

39. Two linear polarizers are crossed at an 44. In Young's double-slit experiment using
angle of 60°. The fraction of intensity of monochromatic light of wavelength , the
light transmitted by the pair is intensity of light at a point on the screen
1 1 where path difference is  is K units. What
(1) (2) is the intensity of light at a point where
4 8
3 1 path difference is /3
(3) (4) K
8 2 (1) K (2)
4
40. Light travels in two media A and B with K
(3) (4) 4K
speeds 1.8  108 m s1 and 2.4  108 m s1 3
respectively. Then the critical angle
between them is 45. In Young's double slit experiment, distance
2 3 between two slits is d and D is the distance
(1) sin 1   (2) tan 1   between screen and slits. P is a point on the
3 4
screen directly infront of one of the slits.
2 3
(3) tan 1   (4) sin 1   The path difference between the waves
3 4 arriving at P from the two slits is
D2 d2
41. Red shift takes place when apparent (1) (2)
2d 2D
wavelength 2
2D 2d 2
(1) increases (2) decreases (3) (4)
(3) remains same (4) either '1' or '2' d D

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46. In Young's double-slit experiment, when 50. In a biprism experiment the slit is
light of wavelength 0 is used, the distance illuminated with a light of wavelength 4800
of the 8th bright fringe from the central A°. The distance between the slit and the
bright is x0, when light of wavelength , is eyepiece is 80 cm. The source is then
used, the distance of the 6th bright fringe is replaced by another source with a light of
x wavelength 5400 A°. The slit and biprism
x. The ratio 0 is equal to are not disturbed and virtual images of slit
x
4 λ 3 λ are at same distance apart. The distance
(1) (2) between the slit and eyepiece so that the
3 λ0 4 λ0 band width increases by 8% as compared
4 λ0 3 λ0 to earlier band width is
(3) (4)
3 λ 4 λ (1) 1.17 m (2) 2.76 m
(3) 7.77 m (4) 0.77 m
47. A slit 5 cm wide is irradiated normally with
microwaves of wavelength 1 cm. Then the
angular spread of the central maxima on
either side of incident light is nearly
(1) 1/5 rad (2) 5 rad
(3) 6 rad (4) 2 rad

48. In Young's experiment, light of wavelength

6000A is used to get an interference
pattern on a screen. The fringe width
changes by 1.5 mm, when the screen is
moved towards the slit by 50 cm. The
distance between the two slits is
(1) 0.1 mm (2) 0.3 mm
(3) 0.4 mm (4) 0.2 mm

49. Two interfering waves (having intensities

are 9 I and 4 I) path difference between
them is 11 . The resultant intensity at this
point will be
(1) I (2) 9 I
(3) 4 I (4) 25 I

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