Bangladesh Physics Olympiad

Sample Problems
 For"rn,rjc. SbteeL fop Gt4aPY B '

ssu^*g
A
trtr #c-o.bruafuorc, n: jn"i.tia,{ sp^L
s= uLL* $a* V = ft"af ,p*tl
V2= #+?0s g
= 6Ihhwa enu*A

@ Nar,{ton'g eod Laco

i r lrr :

or*7=*# or F' -
*-
f =rna. ^u
1l- &fJ*rrt'aL xilvel- + ,#:d, ,* e.r' x-
'e1u-aE'ot+t vttur\ -lta-
u4
'4h"dL -lt" ; "tl*Hilf fi'L f"r"ot-
l,r4r^L[,enr--
is rypfr*n;';;*f"*o'^
oi + oT v'
'tn4-A
2A L*'e iw ?-b;-
I\ie'^rbn'l
ennA"rnzd i'to
TI,w d'o|= *6 ;Y'x:+*,
w\Q- ; --Jt'uz
W'*
wo'.' -fto WJhf*" -effA^ilrtrt
f,= nft- F6=
n="^^A ^oy

F Ab = P '
t*rarnr*io bdfu@-dip-
*+ : q^rh"fl-.kff
^

e) rr,p-
b ffr"nw-*droru -fuEfi^
T: ffi
&= ryf \^' 0'r a- 'P*'6Rt Tl
6,r.avito[t onaL pd,^tiot. *tt] if ^* .-
otho,|q- tt^r- Qg.nt6'g racl.tue &r o
6,F8. = -6\ : El+k-=-
icry
@ fr*ah^v frr drw poulb,rv "p a puwholo- ,Lndep cL ra$b^ri tucl/
Mea is
?(= As*t'df f e)
-i1 = Awoo*@+S)

alurutir"'j
ffiT*'
1e -= CD,.I At-f '

drn* = al A
zlT
g)=. anr'6*rw vry*y =
T
,0.^{.t- ,pt/IAilwt* ts
IF" dr4+iu''*iaL {q}o*'h= SY
ct
@
ffi71-y- +
#*= O

, T **znrftrt-
uf-
+
@ ltr .ffi*n nnlr"U c4^atior, .ftr cL- ,Vna/u0-${-}"t$ 's6ruhrrt t"s
i+*{=0
coz= Lyn T= tnrF 1

n#^n^fr JUgdYfi ' 6*r"ffi*trl,tr'Tn'

th^b t'^r
cgvL'he' dp/\a'
&rivc- S.ilttt.
.wu- elurtrru
o'^d- fraF u^oq]
cor.,s^fur,* pt-;; '
; tut* 01^ fr* )t"tttr
-- F= n^i or --t =Jx
 E

@ K.r= {rnul
Contof wlur^" ggf A .6%^r
t(s-F Kr+ RE: C
@ P= 4E_
db

A,,

v2- fr^vi+*'3h, ={wr$tth.

h1
hL

r vut^'
@ r=j-
@ f,r te a s*atrbvra-nr* . ,u;" tyr,o- /^d"{rtq$hit" Ia,;-- ts G+$i'c&l['a- '

.Fl'fn
-' --" pF)= rto) -uf1
tu"rif a-t cl""
I Bftz) .o-^ urott-,n-^ssrin, il^ph
l_lt"- ^.^.
t-+ p\.oJ
e;a.-t t" cswMvb' rr"t',qna"r ff- '$^'i'1"
 Pl
rf\ p
\pJ bryat cw +*- a- pqSrzes\vc. t"ravoa

'd = cto\^('t-kq h= +-
a
ft= afr aL rrlfu;aiL aL a,yive-;^ poinF i^j ( l'ndi{'n^ '
fuspfarurrul''b
co; a,n5*wr ;ftryt^g of ost*ltrd^,-atuJ oJ fu@- pru'tuclr '
(x*= dx!^r"c-!- eow; .'^W fi^!'uu-uvz- ala^4- lfu' x--direth"crn '
w&va- wlodtS (u):fZ =
fix T= fr
? = ^tinbt-kt
fid = a.ar cr,s(3,'t -kD
:- * Na?si n@:t-kf
Y
vrtqxi rl\r^nv banttctJl \^e,Loci f1 =
ac,c
YvraXirrrrurn. ' pnrrhUr- arc-erdarticr" = 4c,.2

ThB pryak;ort- relfris *l,rt, ^rnptbn o$ a pcud;L irt.Hrv'ffvJlx'nN-

tD ,fr\b c'noh'0ru ctf *r.,c- v\ra-v a '
@ hruo:t a*t * oxPwt'aiun' {"*-l*
il_
,xg

t/= b%

ts
@ ftrw hhD{$'L e'v?tuvsian
Aa= A,(1 ops) f = 5e
--A*
ES-

@ \hfu-tfrcrrnaL exPaA'siol'u' I

5V
Vs= U(1+Ye) Y=-v.
&s.

@ p=zd. -}/=3d
 gpepnaL conJu*Atm)
O fu$sw,J*"
a,
-T k A fg:-' )
\7c /
* W = u*fty **yq P$u L^v,,.U b{a- .

k = -WwrnaL csnd'u*nnZ

T:W O1 a^d %,

QD q =rn,[-'
@ E=rnc/tT
c\ a'^l'fir" i=r
@ f*
qV
r{V*)rw
"
(9@
A;l"r*r- fiunL tu--#ry
*^A <"di"'rn "f e'*r^f'-l
\j,.^ ^*-r (- t-
J
Y

\__/ r*
6tA J- =-
s'5.r g,
r

Siw uwveninns i'

fD iS pesit"ra for ^
I
cnncLv€' rnirrrof a^L ou Cffr.VOc

ywLt ( o r,

$n&, -fi^L ob;rqf [s re-a.L t s is .pasib.ve ,

A na*C,r-ve
u
s' infucqlas v-rrahra]- i*ofr".
- I
Lg-nS

F ,, vnali"rra.S" q c.nv\LaVB' Jens]

:r

l-r I I

5'S, s
=-\

DYa
N.>( -{' ur?*pe- X = d"isfur'r1ap-- rl]r,k'{-c"b &n* Sq*-
n*vtC n/ r.tr f
 @ f"n au *hine )ans,

t =G 9tt" +)
fr>= relrm*;,te- uAr{ o} le-o's
h r = r€d6+ fe'm&*e- L*Azx *
€t,r-frou^e% n."L"''.' .

( and A. es(w r"dn 4 ,f*. sa|"a qf fl^!' Jj'r"J '

@
'\--/ Ra"Eut*rr^
-=---- . o
.^ =_ sln I

5i^ t,

@ rf =
# , L-- u,iJL(eL **,i* aeuoa\&#ffirr-.

c
Fk^f{'icilv
_ __v, - _ - a o

$= IR [ov''*it

@fu &,=*
h
@ ZRr
+!
n
[**']

g_t
@ (- R;
t:l
t P-x"rut] ,

@ P= f V =T'R

@ !"Laflr\rfik-
#r* &^a- b a,. s rnaJl u'{rerf .rr*rr"t : -
du tv
dL x
lA^ i _- f Sava-tV *{ '
fe,'oU-
4x hz
6n lrl B\
l*r
I)'o i Ll'sin9
'4F Y'L raLw
 |4terAr*- t^ )"w2 etutevtt- -tilt'Yi9
,t'4aq,r\pI^D d'9 qL a- l
Adba,ha-e- n '4rrrn $'.r- " t
^H,c.
B=&t
z[r, ' , ,

)iuLL oh U^, o!-- ^ s6b-n"iA

@ [\ap,rah-L
uB
eu'$'t-
r+
= ry Tf=lra -rturil,nh- ry.,^v',
L
@ f = --lrf$! fta,vA^1'a W,^r of dtrt,,"noT&'/ i-fu{
t^ri-l€- r'n a'n e*hnA
b dzlA'
,,futes- a- errrant ,Cgrr$i,,h
@ ouv\)

F = Bi,l-siruS '
\naBe4,
@F=b%uin$E"'*av*a--/d'-':("J-Parrrr'clo--'
Idr^r- of radtoo^,t'*\ d

.. AN *?N
= d,V

@r^r{,trunk
*/tt\L aJevo %.*I^;^ flu*
\\I &l = Nto) do"
BANGLADESH PHYSICS OLYMPIAD
2014

National Round
Category C
 National Physics Olympiad, 2014

BdPhO, Group-C
March 7, 2014
Total time - 2hrs , Marks -24

You have to show all your intermediate calculations on the pages provided. Otherwise you will
not get awards for your efforts.

Various Physical Constants

• Avogadro’s Number NA = 6.02 × 1023 mole−1

• electronic charge e = 1.6 × 10−19 C

• Planck’s constant h = 6.63 × 10−34 J s

1. Heavenly Collisions (total 3 marks)

Two identical heavy point-like objects with mass M each are at rest , separated by a distance
D.
(a) What is the total energy of the system initially? (0.5 marks )

(b) Find the expression for the speed of the individual particle once they start moving and
have a separation x between them ( 0.5 marks )
(c) Find the time for them to collide under the influence of mutual gravitational force. ( 2
marks )
2. Einstein deHass experiment ( Total 5 marks ) (a) Consider a particle of mass m and with
charge q moving with uniform speed in a circle ( as in the Bohr model for hydrogen atom )
whose radius is R. Then a crude approximation for the current is given by

I = q/T

where T is the period of revolution for the charged particle along the circle.
Find the relation between the angular momentum of the particle and the magnetic moment
of the “loop”. ( 1 mark)

(b) An unmagnetized iron magnet do not carry any net magnetic moment as all the atomic
magnets are oriented in a random direction. However if a strong magnetic field along the
axis of an unmagnetized iron bar the magnetic moments all get oriented ( assuming very
low temperature for the rod). Consider one such iron rod suspended vertically using a very
fine thread and inside a long solenoid which produces a uniform magnetic field inside it ( as
shown in the figure ). The white dots denote current going into the plane of the figure while
the black dots represent current coming out of the plane of the figure. In what direction
will the suspended vertical iron rod will rotate if the magnetic field is applied to the rod
using the current configuration shown in the figure? ( You might want to state in terms of
angular momentum pointing up of down on the figure ). Provide a physical reason behind
your answer. ( 2 Mark)
 (c) If the radius of the suspended (cylindrical ) iron bar is R=1.0 mm, estimate T - the period
of rotation of the cylinder. Assume that iron atoms each have an orbital angular momentum
h
of ( in accordance with Bohr model ) h̄ ≡ 2π and they become completely alligned in the
external magnetic field. The molar mass of iron is given as M = 0.0558 kg/mol. ( 2 marks )

3. Coupled Pendulum (Total 6 marks)

Two identical simple pendula A and B are suspended next to each other from a room where
the separation between their suspension points is x0 . The effective length for each of the
pendulum is l. The point masses are also attached by a massless spring with a spring constant
k. Let the angular displacements from the vertical position for A and B be θA and θB .
(a) Evaluate the potential energy of the system as a function of θA and θB , assuming the
potential energy to be zero when θA = θB = 0. ( 1 Mark)

(b) Since this is a conservative system, the energy of this system will be a constant. Differenti-
ate the total energy with respect to time t ( noting that both θA , θB both vary independently
as functions of t) and find the equations of motion for the system. ( 2 marks )
(c) For small oscillations we can replace the trigonometric functions by their Taylor expan-
sions. Find the oscillation frequencies of this system of double pendula and identify the modes
of oscillation. ( 3 marks )
4. Blurred Images (Total 3 marks)

An opaque screen has two very narrow parallel slits which are separated by a distance d.
The screen is illuminated by a straight bright tube of width W which is placed at a distance
L away from the screen with the parallel slits. A filter is placed in between them so that
only light of wavelength λ falls on the slits. Now if one changes the separation between the
slits is changed continually, then it is found that for d = d0 the interference fringes on the
observation screen, placed at a large distance disappears. What is the value of W (in terms
of other quantities)?
5. Freezing and Boiling ( Total 4 marks )
The heat released by the cooling of one mole of H2 O from 250 C to 00 C and subsequent freezing
in a refrigerating machine ( which has the maximum theoretical efficiency) is transferred to
a second mole of H2 O at 250 C - heating it to 100O C.
(a) How many moles of H2 O is converted to steam at 100O C?( 2.5 marks )
(b) How much work must be done by the refrigerator? ( 1.5 marks )
The latent heat of fusion for H2 O is 6.02 kJ/mole while the latent heat of boiling for H2 O is
40.68 kJ/mole.
6. Data Analysis (Total 3 marks )
Given the following set of data find the best graphical fit according to the relation
y = Ax2 + b. You have to show all your intermediate steps and the results in this page and
plot the data in the provided graph sheet in the next page

x 0.5 1 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

y 1.20 1.10 2.35 3.05 4.40 5.50
 I I

   è
       

ӎ
 é 

é   


 B  
/ /
  é    


    
º   é    

       é 
    

I  è   

„b  B   I   I   I  !"#8
 / / 
 

/  

  $

„„ b  %& I %  ' ( 'B)*+  ,- . /   0 *12   
   / //  /
/  / /º º
/   / ºº / º/ 
  /  ºº/ $

„„„ b I 3   * I I
)  ,I&II 4"' 56' 78 9)*+I

*& * B  :;  "#B/  / / /  / 
//  /  
/     ºº/ B  /     /   / /   / /  
/ 
/ 

„
b )!    *   ( I-I<5II7 = I I I> 6B8 & 6 !/   / /
 

/  / /   / / /   /  / 8
 " º   //




     
×"  ' II*( ?<I ' I'@ # II&$* '  IAI   
 B# C  "'@ I 3 D 5 /  IAI II& *  I&D ' B8 E
5IF   C  G" IAIBI 3 5 / '@ *  H
I GI  
 I    B !     G J º/ / / # /
      
 
   /
   /
   /     ºº 
º / !  / 
 /
/ º   /    / /º / /
  / º/ / /  /
 „ / º/ /
/
      /   /
    / /// / / º   / /  
  /
 // / /  

b  
b 

b #
b # 
/b 

K"3 I 9 L  ,IF    M+I  18 +  B  J $
  /


/ /    / %/ 
  / 
  ///  º  º
/ 
b I/ NO 3 I  & /

&/ 
b , P9  '   (
/

b '     5IQE B º 
 
/ /  
b RP9  
  
/ 
/b S   )/

/ 

T"
8 I  94 RP99 1 9 
 - *  ' ' I3 P   GI& "
  /U    ,*' (I/ / V   8 EGI&*& *   
 W XI
   
 /         
  / º / 
/    /   / /
  „ /    /
 / 
 /
   *    º//  /      
/
  / º      /  / 

b <   Æ

b <*   Æ

b <*   Æ
·
b <    Æ 
·
/b < *   Æ Æ





Y"I-I<5II7 =Z 4F 6'  + é +   %  G     I
 ' I[  
 ;    D IG    G "BI[ !   \RP9 ]9 ^ # [ I 
E 9 J /
/  º
 " º  /  
/   /  %    / é + 
º      
 
 /
/      „ /
/
/  
  /// /
 
  /
/    #   /  /  /  
, 

/ /  

b  
b  

b # 
b  
/b



†"' 3 % _' I   , %   `  I a 7 ^  bccc  "%  3 %I _  
IBI'B _ ` R  deRfccI  A `  G J „  /  
/   / / / / / //
    
/     # - $/ / /  
º/ /    / / / / ºº/  / /  / /    
 $  / º//
   /   
b  
b 

b #
b 
/b 
'"BI     I/ 5 / #
I
* D   \I     5I6  G
J„  º      /  

/ //     /  //
/  #
/    
/ 
 
b # # 
b   

b  
b #  
/b #  
>"' II*     I-gI*  -3. 3 Ehs deR 4 IBI*I i II S
II 3 I*  -3.     „ /  
/ /// /  /  /  
º  /
/  . / / º   //  /  /  / º   / / /   /
º//     
/   / / s  /
b BD j I a    º  /
b s

b .
b s . 
/b s.

±" G 4 P9    8 B      I I   1 kIl GI I * I 
8 B  *M I I m G* n   #I op $" 1 kI GI8 B  *MI I m' (
 8 B I 'BI DIq - -GI*DI+ 3 B 8 B  *M  8 B I 5I6  G  J
! /
º/ / 
   /   /  º
/ º   /
/   /    / º / º /
    / 

º  /      / 
   //   /º/
  / 
„ / / 
  º / //  / / /      /º/
  /   / º
/ º
  / º    / / /  /  /
    /  º//  /
º
/ º   //   /º/
  /  

b  
b  

b # 
b  
/b 

;"' I   *I i * I   * +  % 4' ( ' - .   I- II78 9
  I&*&# C I  "* I  * + BI    II' B
 I&*& 
 I  J / /  /º      //   º   /  / / # /
 
 º//
º //     / /  ºº/  / / „ / / /º//    / /
 
  /     / / /  º   º//  / / / 
b  
b 

b #
b # 
/b 
 
× " '  *1 2I C' M+-I 9IA  8 B 3 × ] r
' (8 B *1 2 * + sccct* A *1 2 * +  J „ / º/  / º/   / 
/  
/       /     / /º//     
/    /  
/  
/ /º//  / /  

b  
b 


b # 
b  
/b # 



××"I a I+' I  9I+
3 5I
3 3  D   u % 4' (5*  9 v 
  4"I+
3 5I
3 5* 3 I w BORx"5I
3  , I y3I    v
  *   8   „ /    /   /  /   /
/  / º 
/ 
/
/ 
/
/  / º// !/ /  / /   / /  /   $

/ º 
/  /
//  / º/// 
/ / / 
/  /
/ 0    
 
b !
b 

b 
b O! 
/b 
×K"*  I   #B%   I  $O 3 I I/IIA J $  / 
/ /

//  /
    /   
/  
/ 
Y d

b ² 
1 
ý¢
!d
Y d
 ²d 

b ² 
1 O !  

ý¢
!d
Y d
²d 


b ² 
O !  

ý¢

Y d

b ² 1 
ý¢
 
Y d
² 
 
/b ² 
O!  
1 
ý¢
!d

×T"I a #= I I Q1 $5   z!{I y3  \ 3 , J|%   II , 

}m~"  $  / /  / / 
/ /// / º     /// /   /

  
///  /   %/  /
  /   / 
/  /

   /  * 
 
Y!
b é   
d
!
Y
b é d 

b *
b *
/b 2* 


×Y"I   G 5  I B  I y3I „  I&    ' (*  I y3
 I„  I&      " *D      3/ 
/ „ / /  /
/   /     / /  / /
/ „  /   / / / /
4
/ /  $  /
/ 
 /   

b 
b „

b „
b „
/b „
׆"I a I+' I3   1 ' II&  %  4B ' I5, 1   D3 I  
5   (B  € O "I&   5, 1   W1 p{M+   J#
 º  º/

    / 

º  / /  
//  
  
  /   /  / /   /

/ $  /  /  /  / 
// /
// 
/ /

/ $

b ú„  2 *
b 
} ¢

b d¢
 1d 
b ú„  *
}
/b  12 
d¢

×'"*8   ) 5, 1   W IBI' Iu B3A 9  ‚ G   S 3 & 
  9 I * B3 A    J „ 
/      / º/º/
   / º /

   /

  /
//  / /

/   / / 
/ ///   
b 
b  ú„  2 *
}

b  d¢
 12 
} ¢
b  d¢
 1d 
}
/b  d¢
 12 

×>"' I     D' I , }!' I, ƒII  G  4" :;, I I  !
  I  I B3A5 /  "   IB3 A *   1 pI&      D
*I  %I+ I   /  *  
º
  /
/
/  / /    / !/
/      
/
/  /

   /
º

/    
/ $
  /
   º /
 / /
/  /

    /  / / 
/
/  /

  

b  
  / 







×±" B„  * 93 
 W B  * 5 I/' (  78 9
 4I   
/

NT×
IA   "B  I *  U*I B 
B   5D ;
×†×  II ‡
 78 9I * "' *I !B  ' I & IB*II  * 93O    
78 9
 4I    3 3 IA    J!/
//    / /  /
/ /
 /   / º  /
//  / / / 
/
 //   / !/  º
/ 
/ /
  º  /   / /  / /
 /    
   /
/  ºº /
$  / // / /   / / º    / º   / /
 º  º  

b 
/

b
/


b  /

b   /

/b   /

×;"3 11  5é
 4 ' IB é  M*Dé
 M*Dˆ\ *‰I "I 9IA  
I&NS  d   J / /
  3 11 5é
 4º  é    / é
  $
 º
 / / /
/
    / / /    /   
b 5  I „ /
b '<N 6 

b 4   / 
b 5IN ] 7   /
/b  3 4 '// 

K "*8   ) 5 3 AI&NS  d -  ] BI'% ' ' I, 3 * 4*IB 
BN4*M    /
 , 3I GB    ŠGIIA J „ /  / º 
/ º/  /      / /  
     /
  /    /

//  / / // / /
 
b  /

b 
/


b  /

b /

/b /


1. একটি a দৈঘ্যবিবলষ্ট সমবাহু টিভুজের দু ই শীজষে দু টি ভর M রাখা আজে এবং অন্য শীজষে আররকবি
ভর m রাখা আরে। [Mass points M and m are kept at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
whose sides are of length a]
a) m ভর ঵রে ব঴রেরের ভররকরের ৈূ রত্ব বির কর । [ Find the distance between the center
of mass of the system and mas point m ] ( 2 marks )

b) ভররকরের ঴ারেরে ব঴রেরের জড়োর ভ্রােক বির্্য় কররা। [ Determine the moment of
Inertia of the system about the center of mass ] ( 1.5 marks )

2. a) ঵াইররারজি বিউবিয়ার঴র চারোরল ইর঱ক্ট্ররির েবরিরে্ যবৈ েযযয়ি ( muon) কর্া েবরভ্রের্ করর
েরি এই েযযয়বিক ঵াইররারজরির জিয বিার িযা঴ারধ্র বির্্য় করার জিয প্ররযাজিীয় ঴েীকরি বির
কররা। েযযয়ি কর্ার ভর ইর঱ক্ট্ররির ভররর ২৩৬ গুি এিং এর চাজ্ ইর঱ক্ট্ররির চারজ্র ঴োি।
[The muonic hydrogen consists of a muon encircling the hydrogen nucleus. Find the
expression for determining the Bohr radius of this muonic hydrogen. The mass of muon
 is 236 times that of the electron and it carries the same charge as electron.] (me = 9.1 x
10-31 kg, e= 1.6 x 10-19 C, h= 6.62x10-34 Js ) ( 2 marks)

b) েযযয়বিক ঵াইররারজরির জিয বিার িযা঴ারধ্র োি কে? [ What is the numerical value of the
Bohr radius for the muonic hydrogen ] ( 1 Mark)

c) এই েযযয়বিক ঵াইররারজি েরোর্যরক েূ র্্ আযবিে কররে কে বভাল্ট বিভি প্ররয়াজি? [ What is
the ionization potential for this muonic hydrogen ] ( 1 Mark )

3. একবি িগ্াকৃবের চেযভয্রজর চারবি েয্ায়ক্রবেক িাহুর বরাধ R, 2R, 2R, R এিং প্ররেযক িাহুর দৈঘ্য L।
R ও 2R বরাধবিবলষ্ট িাহুগুব঱র বয ৈয বি বিন্দযরে বেব঱ে ঵য় (ধরা যাক ব঴গুর঱ার িাে A ও B ) ব঴ ৈয ’বি
বিন্দযর োরে V বিভি োর্্কয প্ররয়াগ করা ঵র঱া। [ Consider a square whose successive sides of
length L has resistances R, 2R, 2R, R respectively. If a potential difference V is applied
between the points (call them , say , A and B) where the sides with R and 2R meet.]

a) িাহুগুব঱রে েবড়ৎ প্রিার঵র োি বির কররা। [ Find the currents in the individual sides of
the square ] ( 1 mark )
 b) িরগ্র বকরে B বেরের োি বির্্য় কররা। [ Find the B field at the center of the square ] ( 3
Marks)

c) যবৈ একই বিভি োর্্কয A ও B এর েবরিরে্ অিয ৈয ই বিন্দযর োরে প্ররয়াগ করা ঵য় ো঵র঱
উেররর উত্তররর বক বকারিা েবরিে্ি ঵য়? উত্তররর ঴েরে যয বি ৈাও। [ If now the same
potential applied in the remaining pair of vertices instead of A and B , then will there
be any change in the answers obtained above . Justify your answer ] ( 2 Marks )

4. M ভর ও L দৈরঘ্যর একবি ঴র঱ বৈা঱করক E োরির উর্ধ্্েযখী একবি ঴য ঳ে দিৈয যবেক ি঱রেরে রাখা
঵র঱া। [ A simple pendulum of mass M and length L is kept in a uniform electric field E
which points upward]
 a) ঴র঱ বৈা঱রকর েয঱ন্ত ভরর Q েবরোর্ চাজ্ বৈয়া ঵র঱, ঴র঱ বৈা঱রকর বৈা঱িকা঱ বির কর। [ If a
charge Q is deposited on the suspended mass, find the period of the oscillation of the
simple pendulum ] ( 2 Marks)

b) Q এর োি কে ঵র঱ বৈা঱কবি আর ৈয ঱রি িা?[ For what value of Q will the pendulum
stop oscillating? ] ( 1 Mark )

5. একবি ঴োন্তরা঱ োে ধাররকর োরের োরের ৈূ রত্ব d ও োরের প্রস্থরেৈ A। এখি চাজ্লূিয
অিস্থায় ধাররকর ৈয প্রারন্ত V েবড়ৎ চা঱ক ির঱র একবি িযািারীর ঴ারর্ যয ি করা ঵র঱া। [ A parallel
plate capacitor has a plate separation of d and plate cross section A. The two ends of
capacitor are now connected to a battery of EMF V while being initially uncharged. ]
a) িযািারীবক বিবেন্ন করর োরের োরের ৈূ রত্ব চারগুর্ িৃ বি কররে বক েবরোর্ কাজ কররে ঵রি? [
What would be the work done to separate the plates by a factor of 4 if the capacitor is
separated from the battery after initial charging?] ( 1 Mark)

b) িযািারীরক বিবেন্ন িা করর঱ কারজর েবরোর্ বক একই র্াকরি িা েবরিবে্ে ঵রি?

েবরিবে্ে ঵র঱ বক েূ রি্র েয঱িায় িড় িা বোি? উত্তররর ঴েরে িযাখযা ৈাও। [ If the battery
remains connected during the above process, will the work done be any different? If
different, will the work be greater or less than the disconnected case? Justify your
answer ] ( 2.5 Marks )
1. Given the acceleration vs. time graph for a car shown above, at what time will
be moving with the greatest velocity?

A) 0 seconds B) 2seconds C) 4 seconds D) 6 seconds E) 8 seconds

2. A car is moving at a constant velocity to the right along a straight level

highway. Just as the car passes a cliff, a rock falls straight down in the cliff’s
reference system. Which of the accompanying curves best depicts the path the
rock takes in the car’s reference system?

A) B) C) D) E)

3. Two identical masses m are connected to a massless string, which is hung over
two frictionless pulleys as shown.

If everything is at rest, what is the tension in the cord?

A) Less than mg,

B) Exactly mg,
C) More than mg but less than 2mg,
D) Exactly 2mg,
E) More than 2mg.

4. A 60 kg farmer ropes a 300 kg ox. Both are initially at rest, 24 m apart on a

frictionless level surface. When farmer ends up pulling the ox towards him, the ox
will move

A) 4m, B) 5m, C) 12m, D) 20m, E) 24m

5. A small bird with a mass of 0.5 kg takes off from the ground and flies with an
upward velocity of 3 m/sec for 10 seconds. Which of the following is closest to the
minimum power that must be developed by the bird?

A) 60 watts B) 15 watts C) 9 watts D) 6 watts E) 1.5 watts

6. A solid cylinder weighing 200 N has a fixed axis and a string wound around it.
The string is pulled with a force equal to the weight of the cylinder. The acceleration
of the string is approximately  
 
A) 10 m/s2 B) 20 m/s2 C) 30 m/s2 D) 40 m/s2 E) 50 m/s2
 
7. A ball of mass m is tied to a string. The ball is then rotated in a vertical circle
of radius R with the other end of the string fixed. Neglecting air resistance, the
difference between the string’s tension at the bottom of the circle and the top of the
circle is

A) mg B) 2mg C) 4mg D) 6mg E) 8mg

8. Suppose you hold a ball in your hand. The Newton’s third law companion
force to the force of gravity on the ball is the force exerted by the

A) Ball on the Earth

B) Ball on the hand
C) Hand on the ball
D) Earth on the ball
E) Earth on the hand.

9. A ball is tossed straight up, reaches a highest point, and falls back down. Air
resistance is not negligible. Which of the following statements are true?  
 
I) The balls speed is zero at the highest point.  
II) The ball's acceleration is zero at the highest point.  
III) The ball takes longer time to travel up to the highest point than to fall back
down.  
 
A) I only
B) II only
C) I & II only
D) I & III only
E) I,II & III  
 
10. Two iron spheres separated by some distance have a minute gravitational
attraction F. If the spheres are moved to one half their original separation and allowed
to rust so that the mass of each sphere increases 41% , what would be the resulting
gravitational force?

A) 2F B) 4F C) 6F D) 8F E) 10F
11. A block of ice with mass m falls into a lake. After impact, a mass of ice m/5
melts. Both the block of ice and the lake have a temperature of 0o C. If L represents
the heat of fusion, the minimum distance the ice fell is

A) L/5g B) 5L/g C) gL/5m D) mL/5g E) 5gL/m

12. On all the PV diagrams shown above the lighter curve represents an
isothermal process, a process for which the temperature remains constant. Which dark
curve best represents an adiabatic process where no heat enters or leaves the system?

A) B) C) D) E)

13.    For  the  diagram  given  above,  what  is  the  efficiency  of  the  heat  engine?                                                                                    
       
A)  300%   B)  133%   C)  75%   D)  33%   E)  25%  
 

14. If heat is added at constant volume, 6300 joules of heat are required to raise
the temperature of an ideal gas by 150K. If instead, the heat is added at constant
pressure, 8800 joules are needed for the same temperature change. When the
temperature of the gas changes by 150K, the internal energy of the gas changes by  
 
A) 2500J B) 6300J C) 8800J D) 11300J E) 15100J  

15. One object has twice the temperature of a second identical object. How does the
rate R1 at which the first object radiates energy compare to the rate R2 at which the
second object radiates energy?

A) R1 =R2 B) R1 =2R2 C) R1 =4R2 D) R1 = 8R2 E) R1 =16R2

16. A pipe, which is open at both ends, resonates with fundamental frequency 300
Hz. If one end of the pipe is closed, it will resonate with a fundamental frequency of

A) 75 Hz, B) 150 Hz, C) 300 Hz, D) 600 Hz, E) 1200 Hz.

17. A wave is described by the equation y(x,t) = 0.05 . cos ( 10 π x + 8 π t) where

x and y are in meters and t is in seconds. The +x direction is to the right. What is the
velocity of the wave?

A) 0.80 m/s to the left

B) 1.25 m/s to the right
C) 0.12π m/s to the right
D) 0.80 m/s to the right
E) 1.25 m/s to the right

18. The length of the most effective transmitting antenna is equal to one-quarter the
wavelength of the transmitted wave. If a radio station has an antenna 4.5 m long then
what is the broadcast frequency of the radio station?

A) 1.5 x 10-8 Hz B) 6.0 x 10-8 Hz C) 1.7 x 107 Hz D) 6.7 x107 Hz E) 3 x108 Hz

19. You are given two identical Plano-convex lens. When an object is placed 20
cm to the left of a single such lens, the image appears 40 cm to the right of the lens.
Then you decide to form a double convex lens by placing the two Plano-convex
lenses back-to-back.

If an object is placed 20 cm to the left of this new lens, the image is formed at a
distance

A) 6.7cm to the right of the lens.

B) 10 cm to the right of the lens.
C) 20 cm to the right of the lens.
D) 80 cm to the right of the lens.
E) 80 cm to the left of the lens.
The questions 20 and 21 refer to the system, shown in the accompanying diagram. A
spherical shell of inner surface radius a and an outer surface radius b is made of
conducting material. A point charge +Q is placed at the center of the spherical shell
and a total charge -q is placed on the shell.  
 

 
 
20. How is the charge -q distributed after it has reached equilibrium?  
 
A) Zero charge on the inner surface, -q charge on the outer surface.  
 
B) -Q charge on the inner surface, -q charge on the outer surface.  
 
C) -Q charge on the inner surface, -q+Q charge on the outer surface.  
 
D) +Q charge on the inner surface, -q -Q charge on the outer surface.  
 
E) The -q charge is spread uniformly between the inner and outer surface.  
 
21. Assume that the electrostatic potential is zero at an infinite distance from the
shell. What is the electrostatic potential at a distance R from the center of the shell
where b > R > a?  
 
A) 0 B) k Q/a C) k Q/R D) k (Q-q)/R E) k (Q-q)/b  
 
 
22. An alpha particle is accelerated to a velocity v in a particle accelerator by a
potential difference of 1200 V. Which of the following potential differences would be
needed to give the alpha particle twice the velocity?

A) 7200V B) 4800V C) 4100V D) 2400V E) 1700V

 
23. An alpha particle and a proton are placed equal distance between two large
charged plates as shown in the figure.

Which of the following would best describe the motion of the two particles if they
were free to move?
A) The alpha particle will travel upwards with the twice the velocity of the proton.
B) Both particles will travel upwards with the same velocity.
C) The alpha particle will accelerate upwards with twice the acceleration of the
proton.
D) Both particle will accelerate upwards with the same acceleration
E) The alpha particle will accelerate upwards with half the acceleration of the proton.

24. The longest wavelength photon in the visible Balmer series for the hydrogen
atom is

A) 0.66 nm B) 6.56 nm C) 65.6 nm D) 656 nm E) 6560 nm

25. Which of the following wiring diagrams could be used to experimentally

determine R using Ohm’s law? Assume an ideal voltmeter and an ideal ammeter.

A 9-volt battery is connected to four resistors to form a simple circuit as shown

below.

26. What would be the current at point E in the circuit?

A) 2amp B) 4amp C) 5amp D) 7amp E) 9amp

27. What would be the potential at point B with respect to point D?

A) +2V B) +4V C) +5V D) +7V E) +9V

28. The most common isotope of Uranium, 23892U radioactively into 20682 Pb ,
Lead through a series of alpha and beta particle emissions. How many of each particle
must be emitted?

A) 32 alphas and 10 betas

B) 16 alphas and 16 betas
C) 16 alphas and 8 betas
D) 8 alphas and 6 betas
E) 4 alphas and 16 betas

29. Identical currents flow in two perpendicular wires, as shown in the

accompanying figure. The wires are very close but do not touch ( you can think of
them being insulated).

The magnetic field can be zero

A) At a point in region 1 only

B) At a point in region 2 only
C) At points in both regions 1 and 2.
D) At points in both regions 1 and 4.
E) At points in both regions 2 and 4.

30. A wire moves with a velocity v through a magnetic field and experiences an
induced charge separation as shown in the figure

What is the direction of the magnetic field?

A) Into the page.

B) Out of the page
C) Towards the bottom of the page
D) Towards the right
E) Towards the top of the page.
Second  Round  Question    (  45  or  60  minutes  )    /  50  marks    
 
Show  all  your  work  in  the  pages  provided.    Don’t  forget  to  write  your  name  and  
your  academic  institution  
 
 
 
1.     A  Simple  pendulum  as  shown  in  the  figure  has  a  period  T  of  1.00  s  
 

 
a) Calculate  the  length  L    of  the  pendulum.    
b) A  small  horizontal  rod  is  now  placed  at  a  distance  L/2  below  the  point  of    
suspension  of  the  pendulum.    

 
The  string  collides  with  the  rod  once  in  each  oscillation.  Calculate  the  new  period  
T’  of  the  pendulum.                  
 
[7  points]  
 
 
2. A white light shines vertically down on a horizontal CD ROM disc. A person
whose eye is at a horizontal distance 0.50 m from the disc and 0.35 m vertically above
its horizontal plane views the disc. A yellow light of wavelength 590 nm is observed
due to first order diffraction.

a) Deduce the spacing d between adjacent tracks of the CD ROM. The CD ROM is
tilted, clockwise through an angle of 5o.
b) Determine the wavelength now observed.  
 
 

 
(12  points)  
3. A metal ring of mass m, radius r with a small radius of the cross sectional
area, and resistance R falls, symmetrically, from rest, at time t = 0, in a horizontal
radial magnetic field of magnitude B. At time t it has a vertical velocity v, an
acceleration a and a current I.

N  

a) Show that, due to the rate at which the magnetic flux is cut, the current induced
on the ring is
I= 2π r Bv / R
b) Deduce that
ma = mg – (2π r B)2v/R

c) Derive the initial variation of v with t. Also find the terminal velocity of the ring.

d) Sketch  graphically  the  variation  of  a  and  v  with  t.      

 
(  10  points  )  

4. Determine the current I through the ammeter A in each of the four circuits in
the figures below . The ammeter has zero resistance. The voltmeter, in (ii), has infinite
resistance and a reading 8V. The resistance R has not been specified.

(6 points )

 
5.    This  question  comprises  of  several  independent  parts.    
 
A  star,  which  is  more  massive  than  our  sun,  typically  collapses  under  its  own  
gravity  to  form  neutron  stars.    In  this  case  the  electrons  collapses  into  the  
nucleus  and  form  neutrons  after  fusing  with  protons.    Stars  that  are  initially  
rotating  will  rotate  faster  after  the  collapse  due  to  the  conservation  of  angular  
momentum.  Let  us  recall  that  angular  momentum  is  given  by  J  =  R2Ω  (omitting  
some  constants)  where  R  is  the  radius  of  the  star  and  Ω  is  the  angular  rate  of  
rotation  in  radians  per  second.    
 
a) If  the  volume  of  the  star  decreases  by  15  orders  of  magnitude,  and  the  shape  
of  the  star  remains  the  same  then  what  is  the  ratio  of  the  final  to  initial  radii,    
Rfinal  /  Rinitial?  
 
b) If  the  rotation  period  of  star  before  the  collapse  was  20  days,  calculate  the  
new  period  of  rotation  in  seconds  and  also  Ωfinal.  
 
c)  When  the  core  of  the  star  collapses  to  form  neutron  star,  the  electrical  
conductivity  becomes  very  high.  In  this  case  the  star’s  magnetic  field  becomes  
frozen  into  the  material  of  the  star  and  collapse  down  with  the  star,  
increasing  the  flux  density.  The  resulting  neutron  stars  therefore  have  very  
strong  magnetic  field  associated  with  them.  If  the  magnetic  field  for  the  star  
before  the  collapse  is  10-­‐2  T,  determine  the  final  magnetic  field  strength  near  
the  surface  of  the  resulting  neutron  star.    
 
d) If  the  neutron  star  spins  too  fast,  it  will  start  losing  material  from  its  
equatorial  region.  Show  that  this  implies  a  minimum  period,  Tmin  given  by    
 
!!
Tmin  =  √!  M-­‐1/2  R2/3  
           Taking  M  =  1.4  Solar  Masses  and  R=  10  km,  find    Tmin  .    
         (Note  Solar  Mass=2.0  x  1030  kg)  
 
e)    The  binding  energy  of  a  neutron  star  is  the  gravitational  potential  energy  lost  
when  it  is  formed  from  a  cloud  of  atom  all  separated  at  far  distances  apart.  The  
!! !
binding  energy  of  a  star  of  mass,  M  and  radius  R  is  given  by  U=  k1   !  where  k1  is  
a  numerical  constant.  The  behavior  of  the  neutron  stars  is  quite  different  from  
ordinary  matter  and  they  satisfy  the  mass-­‐radius  relationship  given  by  RM1/3=  
k2,  with  k2  being  another  numerical  constant.    Now  assume  two  neutron  stars  of  
identical  mass  fuse  and  form  another  more  massive  star.    Assuming  the  mass-­‐
radius  relationship  to  be  valid  in  this  process,  what  is    the  ratio  of  the  final  
binding  energy  of  the  star  to  the  total  initial  binding  energy?    
 
(15  marks)  
 
 
Group-C (Chittagong division)
Answer all of the following. If the exact number is not given, pick the answer that is the closest to the
8
correct answer. (Choose c=3x10 m/s, e=1.6 x 1019 C, h=6.62x10-34 Js, g=9.8m/s2)

1) A small ball with a mass of 1 kg rolls down a long frictionless inclined ramp, which is at an angle 30o
above the horizon. A linear spring, whose length is not negligible, is attached to the bottom of the
ramp. The ball is released from a distance of 1 m above the spring, measured along the plane and
the spring constant is 1N/m, then the spring is depressed by

a) 1.6m ( Answer)
b) 1.8m
c) 0.5m
d) The answer cannot be determined from the given data.
e) 2m

2) In a sporting meet a hammer thrower spins a mass of 5 kg attached to a chain of 1m length at a

frequency of 0.75 revolutions per second. What is the tension in the chain?

a) 100N
b) 200N
c) 110N ( Answer)
d) 150N
e) 130N
3) What is the power spent by the athlete to rotate the “hammer”?

a) 1 Watt
b) 20Watt
c) 100 Watt
d) 0 Watt ( Answer)
e) .2 Watt

4) A hunter sees a monkey, at a height 5m, hanging from a horizontal branch of a tree which is 10 m
away and thus aims to shoot it with a tranquilizing dart whose muzzle speed is 200m/s. The clever
monkey sees the hunter and drops vertically downward right at the moment the dart escapes the
hunter’s gun. What happens then after?

a) The monkey escapes.

b) The dart hits the monkey. (Answer)
c) The hunter should get a gun with higher muzzle speed.
d) The hunter should get a gun with lower muzzle speed.
e) This cannot be determined as this is not a physics problem.

5) An elevator lift is being lifted up an elevator shaft at a constant speed by a steel cable. All frictional
effects are negligible. In this situation, forces on the elevator are such that:

(a) the upward force by the cable is greater than the downward force of gravity.
(b) the upward force by the cable is equal to the downward force of gravity. ( Answer)
(c) the upward force by the cable is smaller than the downward force of gravity.
(d) the upward force by the cable is greater than the sum of the downward force of gravity and a
downward force due to the air.
(e) none of the above. (The elevator goes up because the cable is being shortened, not because an
upward force is exerted on the elevator by the cable).
6) A woman exerts a constant horizontal force on a large box. As a result, the box moves across a
horizontal floor at a constant speed “v 0”. The constant horizontal force applied by the woman:

a) has the same magnitude as the weight of the box.

b) is greater than the weight of the box.
c) has the same magnitude as the total force which resists the motion of the box. ( Answer)
d) is greater than the total force which resists the motion of the box.
e) is greater than either the weight of the box or the total force which resists its motion.

7) If the woman in the previous question doubles the constant horizontal force that she exerts on the
box to push it on the same horizontal floor, the box then moves:

a) With a constant speed that is double the speed “v 0” in the previous question.
b) With a constant speed that is greater than the speed “v 0” in the previous question, but not
necessarily twice as great.
c) For a while with a speed that is constant and greater than the speed “v 0” in the previous
question, then with a speed that increases thereafter.
d) For a while with an increasing speed, then with a constant speed thereafter.
e) With a continuously increasing speed. ( Answer)

8) Think of an ideal gas contained inside a vessel which has a piston on its side so that the volume of
the gas inside can be changed but the gas cannot escape. We have a pressure gauge in the system.
The temperature of the surrounding in fixed on any day and an experimenter measures the pressure
of the gas by varying the volume of the gas by pushing/pulling the piston. The experimentalist plots
the pressure against the volume recorded in the experiments that are recorded over a week. The
temperatures recorded in those days are not equal to each other. What is the observation regarding
the graphs?
 a) They are straight lines crossing each other.
b) They are concentric circles
c) They are parallel straight lines
d) They are non intersecting hyperbolas ( Answer)
e) They are non intersecting parabolas

9) A person is standing in front of a large and high wall which is 100m away and holds a microphone
that is emitting a loud sound of frequency 110 Hz. After moving forward a few paces towards the
wall, the person finds a spot where the perceived sound is minimized. How much further the person
should move forward so that again the sound is minimized again? (The speed of sound can be taken
to be equal to 330 m/s).

a) 1.5m (Answer)
b) .75m
c) 3m
d) 6m
e) 1m

10) Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves. Which of the following phenomenon supports this
fact:

a) Interference
b) Refraction
c) Reflection
d) Polarization ( Answer)
e) Diffraction
11) The plane interface between two transparent media, which we call A and B, is illuminated whose
refractive indices are 1.2 and 1.6 respectively. Light will be reflected from the interface as it moves
from B to A at an incident angle greater than

a) 30 degrees
b) 60 degrees
c) 15 degrees
d) 10 degrees
e) 50 degrees ( Answer)

12) To improve the transmission of their program, a radio broadcasting company decides to install two
identical transmission towers which are separated by 10 m in the North – South direction. Both the
towers are fed by a transmission line which feeds the antenna with a signal of frequency 1.5 x108Hz.
The received signal is strongest along the east –west direction. The next strongest signal points
along

a) North-South
b) 100 from east-west (Answer)
c) 300 from east-west
d) 700 from north-south
e) 450 from east-west.

13) Consider a battery of internal resistance 1 Ohm and EMF 24V, connected to a coil of resistance 19
Ohms. What is the Voltage that one measures at the end points of the coil?

a) 23V (Answer)
b) 22V
c) 21V
d) 20V
 e) 24V

14) If one has the choice of changing the coil so that it emits the maximum joule heat across it then one
should choose a coil whose resistance is

a) .5 Ohm
b) 40 Ohm
c) 1.1 Ohm (Answer)
d) 5 Ohm
e) This cannot be determined.

15) A .3 m long rod, made of copper and held horizontally, is suddenly dropped vertically from the
height of 10m while pointing along north-east direction. The horizontal component of the Earth’s
magnetic field is 10-3T is that point. What is the maximum possible voltage induced across the
copper rod?

a) 1 mV
b) 2mV
c) 4mV
d) 5mV
e) 3mV (Answer)
16) Consider a circuit shown in the accompanying figure where the resistances are shown. What is the
equivalent resistance across the points A and B?

a) 2R
b) 1R
c) 3R
d) 1.5R (Answer)
e) 7R

17) To “see” atoms one should use electromagnetic radiation ( light ) from the frequency range:

a) 1018Hz (Answer)
b) 1020Hz
c) 1012Hz
d) 1014Hz
e) 1016Hz
18) A metal is radiated with a light of wavelength 300nm. If the work function for the metal is 5eV , the
maximum energy of the ejected electron is

a) 1eV
b) Electrons won’t be emitted (Answer)
c) 2eV
d) 5eV
e) 12eV

19) The ionization energy of Hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. A rough value of the Voltage difference
required for ionizing Helium singly ( that is too strip off a single electron from its orbit ) is around

a) 10V
b) 5V
c) 3.5V
d) 60V
e) 25V (Answer)
20) Which of the following particles is not a fundamental particle:

a) Electron
b) Muon
c) Neutrino
d) Neutron (Answer)
e) Photon.
Group-C (Chittagong division)
Answer all of the following. If the exact number is not given, pick the answer that is the closest to the
8
correct answer. (Choose c=3x10 m/s, e=1.6 x 1019 C, h=6.62x10-34 Js, g=9.8m/s2)

1) A small ball with a mass of 1 kg rolls down a long frictionless inclined ramp, which is at an angle 30o
above the horizon. A linear spring, whose length is not negligible, is attached to the bottom of the
ramp. The ball is released from a distance of 1 m above the spring, measured along the plane and
the spring constant is 1N/m, then the spring is depressed by

a) 1.6m ( Answer)
b) 1.8m
c) 0.5m
d) The answer cannot be determined from the given data.
e) 2m

2) In a sporting meet a hammer thrower spins a mass of 5 kg attached to a chain of 1m length at a

frequency of 0.75 revolutions per second. What is the tension in the chain?

a) 100N
b) 200N
c) 110N ( Answer)
d) 150N
e) 130N
3) What is the power spent by the athlete to rotate the “hammer”?

a) 1 Watt
b) 20Watt
c) 100 Watt
d) 0 Watt ( Answer)
e) .2 Watt

4) A hunter sees a monkey, at a height 5m, hanging from a horizontal branch of a tree which is 10 m
away and thus aims to shoot it with a tranquilizing dart whose muzzle speed is 200m/s. The clever
monkey sees the hunter and drops vertically downward right at the moment the dart escapes the
hunter’s gun. What happens then after?

a) The monkey escapes.

b) The dart hits the monkey. (Answer)
c) The hunter should get a gun with higher muzzle speed.
d) The hunter should get a gun with lower muzzle speed.
e) This cannot be determined as this is not a physics problem.

5) An elevator lift is being lifted up an elevator shaft at a constant speed by a steel cable. All frictional
effects are negligible. In this situation, forces on the elevator are such that:

(a) the upward force by the cable is greater than the downward force of gravity.
(b) the upward force by the cable is equal to the downward force of gravity. ( Answer)
(c) the upward force by the cable is smaller than the downward force of gravity.
(d) the upward force by the cable is greater than the sum of the downward force of gravity and a
downward force due to the air.
(e) none of the above. (The elevator goes up because the cable is being shortened, not because an
upward force is exerted on the elevator by the cable).
6) A woman exerts a constant horizontal force on a large box. As a result, the box moves across a
horizontal floor at a constant speed “v 0”. The constant horizontal force applied by the woman:

a) has the same magnitude as the weight of the box.

b) is greater than the weight of the box.
c) has the same magnitude as the total force which resists the motion of the box. ( Answer)
d) is greater than the total force which resists the motion of the box.
e) is greater than either the weight of the box or the total force which resists its motion.

7) If the woman in the previous question doubles the constant horizontal force that she exerts on the
box to push it on the same horizontal floor, the box then moves:

a) With a constant speed that is double the speed “v 0” in the previous question.
b) With a constant speed that is greater than the speed “v 0” in the previous question, but not
necessarily twice as great.
c) For a while with a speed that is constant and greater than the speed “v 0” in the previous
question, then with a speed that increases thereafter.
d) For a while with an increasing speed, then with a constant speed thereafter.
e) With a continuously increasing speed. ( Answer)

8) Think of an ideal gas contained inside a vessel which has a piston on its side so that the volume of
the gas inside can be changed but the gas cannot escape. We have a pressure gauge in the system.
The temperature of the surrounding in fixed on any day and an experimenter measures the pressure
of the gas by varying the volume of the gas by pushing/pulling the piston. The experimentalist plots
the pressure against the volume recorded in the experiments that are recorded over a week. The
temperatures recorded in those days are not equal to each other. What is the observation regarding
the graphs?
 a) They are straight lines crossing each other.
b) They are concentric circles
c) They are parallel straight lines
d) They are non intersecting hyperbolas ( Answer)
e) They are non intersecting parabolas

9) A person is standing in front of a large and high wall which is 100m away and holds a microphone
that is emitting a loud sound of frequency 110 Hz. After moving forward a few paces towards the
wall, the person finds a spot where the perceived sound is minimized. How much further the person
should move forward so that again the sound is minimized again? (The speed of sound can be taken
to be equal to 330 m/s).

a) 1.5m (Answer)
b) .75m
c) 3m
d) 6m
e) 1m

10) Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves. Which of the following phenomenon supports this
fact:

a) Interference
b) Refraction
c) Reflection
d) Polarization ( Answer)
e) Diffraction
11) The plane interface between two transparent media, which we call A and B, is illuminated whose
refractive indices are 1.2 and 1.6 respectively. Light will be reflected from the interface as it moves
from B to A at an incident angle greater than

a) 30 degrees
b) 60 degrees
c) 15 degrees
d) 10 degrees
e) 50 degrees ( Answer)

12) To improve the transmission of their program, a radio broadcasting company decides to install two
identical transmission towers which are separated by 10 m in the North – South direction. Both the
towers are fed by a transmission line which feeds the antenna with a signal of frequency 1.5 x108Hz.
The received signal is strongest along the east –west direction. The next strongest signal points
along

a) North-South
b) 100 from east-west (Answer)
c) 300 from east-west
d) 700 from north-south
e) 450 from east-west.

13) Consider a battery of internal resistance 1 Ohm and EMF 24V, connected to a coil of resistance 19
Ohms. What is the Voltage that one measures at the end points of the coil?

a) 23V (Answer)
b) 22V
c) 21V
d) 20V
 e) 24V

14) If one has the choice of changing the coil so that it emits the maximum joule heat across it then one
should choose a coil whose resistance is

a) .5 Ohm
b) 40 Ohm
c) 1.1 Ohm (Answer)
d) 5 Ohm
e) This cannot be determined.

15) A .3 m long rod, made of copper and held horizontally, is suddenly dropped vertically from the
height of 10m while pointing along north-east direction. The horizontal component of the Earth’s
magnetic field is 10-3T is that point. What is the maximum possible voltage induced across the
copper rod?

a) 1 mV
b) 2mV
c) 4mV
d) 5mV
e) 3mV (Answer)
16) Consider a circuit shown in the accompanying figure where the resistances are shown. What is the
equivalent resistance across the points A and B?

a) 2R
b) 1R
c) 3R
d) 1.5R (Answer)
e) 7R

17) To “see” atoms one should use electromagnetic radiation ( light ) from the frequency range:

a) 1018Hz (Answer)
b) 1020Hz
c) 1012Hz
d) 1014Hz
e) 1016Hz
18) A metal is radiated with a light of wavelength 300nm. If the work function for the metal is 5eV , the
maximum energy of the ejected electron is

a) 1eV
b) Electrons won’t be emitted (Answer)
c) 2eV
d) 5eV
e) 12eV

19) The ionization energy of Hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. A rough value of the Voltage difference
required for ionizing Helium singly ( that is too strip off a single electron from its orbit ) is around

a) 10V
b) 5V
c) 3.5V
d) 60V
e) 25V (Answer)
20) Which of the following particles is not a fundamental particle:

a) Electron
b) Muon
c) Neutrino
d) Neutron (Answer)
e) Photon.
 িবিভন্ন েভৗত ধৰ্ুবেকর মান ( Different Physical Constants)

c= 3x108m/s, h=6.6x10-34 Js, e=1.6x10-19 C,

me ( ইেলকটৰ্েনর ভর, electron mass ) = 9.1 x 10-31kg

mp ( েপৰ্াটেনর ভর, proton mass ) = 1.6 x 10-27kg

Barisal Division : Category-C

১। একিট সরল েদালেকর ববেক ভূ িমর সমান্তরাল তল বরাবর ω েকৗিণক েবেগ একিট বৃ ত্তপেথ েঘারােনা হেচ্ছ। বৃ েত্তর
ব%াসাধর্ r এবং বেবর ভর M হেল েদালেকর সূ তায় টান কত? (The bob of a simple pendulum is rotating on a
circle with an angular frequency ω on a horizontal plane. If the radius of the circle is r and the mass of the
bob is M, what is the tension on the rope of the pendulum?)

a) Mg ,
b) Mω2r,
c) M [ ( ω2r)2 + g2 ]1/2,
d) M (ω2r + g)
e) িনণর্য় করা সম্ভব নয়। ( cannot be determined )
২। ধরা যাক, একিট বন% হািত পৰ্িত েসেকেন্ড ৫ িম েবেগ ধাবমান অবস্থায় বায়ু েত ভাসমান িকন্তু িস্থর এক মািছেক আঘাত
করেলা। মািছিট কত েবেগ িছটেক পড়েব? (Consider a feral elephant that charges a hovering stationary fly with
a speed of 5m/s at a hovering fly. What is the speed with which the fly will recoil? )
a) 0 m/s
b) 5m/s
c) 20m/s
d) 10m/s
e) িনেণর্য় নয়। ( Indeterminate )
৩। েকপলােরর িদব্তীয় সূ তৰ্ আদেত িনেম্নর েকান নীিতর ফলসৰ্ুিত: (Which of the following laws leads to the second
law of Kepler? )

a) শিক্তর িনত%তার সু তৰ্ ( Conservation of Energy )

b) ৈরিখক ভরেবেগর িনত%তার সু তৰ্ ( Conservation of linear momentum)
c) বেলর এটা একিট েমৗিলক সব্ীকাযর্ ( The Kepler’s 2nd law is itself a fundamental law )
d) মাধ%াকষর্ন বেলর িনত%তার কারেণ ( Conservation of Gravity )
e) শূ ন% বল ভৰ্ামেকর কারেণ ( Due to zero torque )
৪। যিদ েকােনা ইেলJনেক একিট ক%ােথাড ের িটউেবর মেধ% 3000 েভাল্ট িবভব পাথর্েক%র মাঝ িদেয় চালনা করা হয়
তাহেল ইেলJনিট েথেক সেবর্াচ্চ কত কম্পােঙ্কর েফাটন িবিকিরত হেত পাের? (If an electron is accelerated within a
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) using a voltage difference of 3000 V then what is the maximal frequency for
the photon that can be radiated from the electron?)
a) 300 x 10 3 GHz
b) 750 x10 3 GHz
c) 500x 106 MHz
d) 750 MHz,
e) 6000 MHz

৫। একজন প%ারাশ‌ুট জাম্পার একিট িবমান হেত ভুিম লমব্ বরাবর লাফ িদেলা। ধরা যাক বায়ু র বাধার কারেণ উদ্ভূত বল
জাম্পােরর েবেগর সমানু পািতক। জাম্পােরর পতেনর েবগ সমেয়র সােথ িকভােব পিরবিতর্ত তা েকান িচতৰ্িট পৰ্কাশ কের?
(A parachute jumper jumps vertically from an aircraft. Let the drag force due to air resistance be
proportional to the velocity of the jumper. Which of the following graphs describe the variations of the
velocity of the jumper with respect to time? )

a) b) c) d) e)

৬। ইকিথয়ন নােমর এক িবজ্ঞানী D ব%াসােধর্র এবং ধৰ্ুব ঘনতব্ ρ মােনর িবটা জাই (βξ) নােমর এক গৰ্েহ বাস কেরন।
িতিন তার েরাবট বািহনী িদেয় গৰ্েহর অভ%ন্তের d ( েযখােন d < D ) ব%াসােধর্র গৰ্েহর সমেকিন্দৰ্ক একিট গহব্র ৈতরী
কেরন। এখন গৰ্হপৃ ষ্ঠ হেত h উচ্চতায় অনু ভূত উক্ত গৰ্েহর অিভকষর্জ তব্রণ কত? ( Ichthyion, a mad scientist, lives
on planet Beta-Xi (βξ) which has a radius D and a constant density ρ. He now employs his robot army to
dig a spherical hollow which has a radius d < D and whose center coincides with that of Beta-Xi. What is
now the gravitational acceleration due to the planet at a height h above the planet surface? )
a) 4 ρ π G d3/ 3 h2
b) 0
c) 4 π G ρ ( D3 – d3 ) /3 (D+h)2
d) 4 ρ π G D3/ 3 h2
e) 4 ρ π G d2/ 3 D3

৭। (উপেরর পৰ্েশ্ন) যিদ গৰ্হেকন্দৰ্ েথেক মাপা দূ রতব্ x হয়, তাহেল x এর মান পিরবতর্েনর সােথ g এর মােনর পিরবতর্ন
িনেচর েকান গৰ্াফ িদেয় সিঠক ভােব পৰ্কাশ করা সম্ভব? (If x is the distance measured from the center of the
planet Beta-Xi, which of the following graphs describe the variation of g with respect to x as described
in the previous problem ? )
a) b) c) d) e)
৮। শj িনেম্নর েকান সূ তৰ্ বা নীিত েমেন চেল না: (Which of the following laws are not obeyed by sound?)
a) পৰ্িতফলেনর সূ তৰ্ ( Laws of reflection)
b) পৰ্িতসরেণর সূ তৰ্ ( Laws of refraction )
c) অপবতর্েনর নীিত ( Laws of Diffraction )
d) হাইেগেনর নীিত ( Huygen’s principle )
e) সমবতর্েনর সূ তৰ্ ( Laws of Polarization )
৯। হুবহু একই রকেমর রাবার েবলু েন সমান তাপমাতৰ্া ও বায়ু চােপ িবিভন্ন গ%াস রাখা আেছ। এেদর মেধ% েকান গ%ােস ভরা
েবলু নিট সবেচেয় দৰ্ুতহাের চুপেস েযেত থাকেব? (If identical rubber balloons are inflated with gases kept at the
same temperature and pressure, then the balloon containing which gas will deflate the fastest?)
a) অিক্সেজন ( Oxygen )
b) আগর্ন ( Argon )
c) নাইেটৰ্ােজন ( Nitrogen )
d) হাইেডৰ্ােজন ( Hydrogen )
e) েক্লািরন ( Chlorine )
১০। পািনর স্ফুটেনর সু প্ততােপর মান 2260 J/Kg। 100o েসলিসয়াস তাপমাতৰ্ার 2 েকিজ পািনেক বাষ্পীভূ ত করেল
এনেটৰ্ািপর কত পিরবতর্ন হেব? (The Latent heat of Boiling for Water is 2260 J/Kg. If 2 kg water at 100o
Celsius is boiled then what is its change in entropy?)

a) 10 SI units
b) 20 SI units
c) 4520 SI units
d) 450 SI units
e) 0 SI units

১১। আদশর্ গ%ােসর জন% িনেচর েকান বক্তব%িট সত%? (Which of the following statements is true for Ideal gases?)

a) Cp > 0 , Cv < 0
b) Cp > Cv > 0
c) Cv > C p > 0
d) Cp < 0, Cv > 0
e) Cp > 0 , Cv < 0
১২। িনেচর বতর্নীেত A ও B িবন্দুর মােঝ সমতুল% েরাধ কত? (What is the equivalent resistance between the
points A and B in the following circuit?)

a) R
b) R/2
c) 2R/3
d) 3R/2
e) 0
১৩। a ব%াসােধর্র ও r েরােধর একিট বৃ ত্তাকার তামার িরংেক B েচৗমব্ক পৰ্াবেল%র েক্ষেতৰ্র মেধ% ω েকৗিণক েবেগ ভূ িমর
সমান্তরাল একিট অেক্ষর চারিদেক ঘুরােনা হেচ্ছ । িরং-এর মােঝ আিবষ্ট সেবর্াচ্চ তিড়ত্ চালক বেলর মান কত? ( A
circular copper ring, of radius a and with resistance r, is being rotated with an angular frequency ω about
an horizontal axis. What is the maximum value of the induced EMF? )
a) ωa2 π B
b) a2 π Bωr
c) 0
d) ωa2 π
e) ωB

১৪। উপেরর পৰ্েশ্নর িরংিটেক েঘারােনার জন% পৰ্িত েসেকেন্ড গেড় কতটুকু কাজ করা পৰ্েয়াজন? ( What is the power
required to rotate the ring in the above question? )
a) a4 π2 B2 ω2 / r
b) 0
c) a4 π2 B2 ω2 / 2r
d) a4 π2 B2 ω2
e) a4 π2 B2 ω2 / 2

১৫। ১০ Tesla পৰ্াবেল%র েচৗমব্ক েক্ষেতৰ্ েপৰ্াটেনর আবতর্েনর েকৗিণক েবগ কত? (What is the angular velocity of the
orbital motion of protons in a magnetic field of 10Tesla?)
a) 106 rad/s
b) 107 rad/s
c) 1010 rad/s
d) 109 rad/s
e) 1011 rad/s
 ৩
১৬। ৩০ েসিম লমব্া একিট (বাদ%যেন্তৰ্র) তােরর সবর্িনম্ন কম্পােঙ্কর মান ১০ হাজর্ । তােরর টান িদব্গ‌ুন করা হেল, তারিটেত
এখন ধাবমান তরেঙ্গর েবগ কত? ( In a 30 cm long string of a musical instrument, the fundamental note has
the frequency equal to 103Hz. If now the tension in the string is double what is the speed of travelling
waves on the string? )

a) 300 m/s
b) 600m/s
c) 840m/s
d) 420m/s
e) 150m/s

-৩১
১৭। ইেলJেনর িবপরীত কনা হেচ্ছ পিজটৰ্ন, যার ভর ইেলJেনর সমান অথর্াত্ ৯.১ x ১০ েকিজ িকন্তু চাজর্ সম্পূ ণর্
িবপরীত। এরকম পিজটৰ্ন ও ইেলJেনর একিট েজাড়া ৈতরী করেত নূ ন%তম কতটুকু শিক্তর পৰ্েয়াজন হেব? ( The
antiparticle of electron is positron, whose mass is the same as electrons, i.e. 9.1 x 10-31 kg but the charge
is opposite. What is the minimum energy required to produce a electron-positron pair? )

a) 2.2 MeV
b) 5.0MeV
c) 1.7MeV
d) 0.85MeV
e) 1.1 MeV

১৮। k1 ও k2 িস্পৰ্ং ধৰ্ুবেকর দু িট িস্পৰ্ংেক এমনভােব লাগােনা হেলা যােত তােদর পৰ্েত%েকর একিট কের েখালা পৰ্ান্ত থােক
েযগ‌ুিল ধের সংযু ক্ত িস্পৰ্ংিটেক পৰ্সািরত করা যায়। সংযু ক্ত িস্পৰ্ংিটর িস্পৰ্ং ধৰ্ুবেকর মান কত? (Two springs with
spring constants k1 and k2 are attached together in a manner so that each of them has one end attached to
the other and the remaining end is free for stretching under the action of external forces. What is the
equivalent spring constant for the joined spring? )

a) k1
b) k2
c) k1 + k2
d) (k12 + k22 )1/2
e) k1 k2/ (k1 + k2)

১৯। অসীম ৈদেঘর্%র একিট েসাজা তাের I মােনর তিড়ত্ উপর েথেক িনেচর িদেক পৰ্বাহমান। যিদ q চােজর্র একিট কণােক
v েবেগ তােরর পুবর্ িদেক d দু রেতব্ অবিস্থত েকােনা িবন্দু হেত তােরর েকন্দৰ্ তাক কের ভূ -সমান্তরােল পৰ্িক্ষপ্ত করা হয়,
উক্ত চােজর্র উপর অনু ভূত বেলর মান কত? (An infinite wire carries a current I along the vertical direction. If a
charge q is projected horizontally towards the center of the wire from a point which is east of the wire at a
distance d away, what is the force felt on the charge? )
 a) µ 0 qvI/2πd
b) 0
c) µ 0 qvI/4π
d) µ 0q2I/2πd
e) µ 0 qvI/4πd

২০। উপেরর পৰ্েশ্ন বল েকান িদক বরাবর কাজ করেব? (What is the direction of the force exerted on the charge
in the above problem?)

a) িনম্নিদেক ( Downward )
b) উধব্র্ িদেক ( Upward )
c) উত্তরিদেক ( Towards North )
d) দিক্ষণিদেক ( Towards South )
e) পিশ্চমিদেক ( Towards West )

Barisal Answer Sheet Category C

Ques no. Answer

1 c
2 d
3 e
4 b
5 a
6 c
7 d
8 e
9 d
10 a
11 b
12 c
13 a
14 c
15 d
16 c
17 e
18 e
19 a
20 b