FACULTY RECRUITMENT

SAMPLE PAPER
PHYSICS
(SAT SUBJECT)
(Category – D)
TIME: 1 HOUR TOTAL NO. OF QUESTIONS: 30
MAXIMUM MARKS: 60

INSTRUCTIONS

I. GENERAL
1. This booklet is your Question Paper contains only Objective Type.
2. All the questions are COMPULSORY.
3. Answer of MCQ need to write on the given answer sheet.
4. Separate sheet has been provided for rough work.
5. Blank papers, clip boards, log tables, slide rule, cellular phones, pagers and electronic gadgets, in any form
are not allowed.
6. Write your Name in the space provided at the bottom of this sheet.

II. MARKING SCHEME

 For each correct answer to a question, you receive +2 Marks.
 For questions you omit, you receive no Marks.
 For a wrong answer to a multiple-choice question, you lose -1 Mark.

Name of the Candidate :

Date of Examination : Centre:

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1. An object is thrown with velocity v from the edge of a cliff above level ground. Neglect air resistance. In
order for the object to travel a maximum horizontal distance from the cliff before hitting the ground, the
throw should be at an angle  with respect to the horizontal of

A. greater than 60° above the horizontal

B. greater than 45° but less than 60° above the horizontal
C. greater than zero but less than 45° above the horizontal
D. zero
E. greater than zero but less than 45° below the horizontal
2. A cannon fires projectiles on a flat range at a fixed speed but with variable angle. The maximum range of
the cannon is L. What is the range of the cannon when it fires at an angle  / 6 above the horizontal?
Ignore air resistance.

3 1
A. L B. L
2 2
1 1
C. L D. L
3 2
1
E. L
3
3. A ball is launched upward from the ground at an initial vertical speed of v0 and begins bouncing
vertically. Every time it rebounds, it loses a proportion of the magnitude of its velocity due to the inelastic
nature of the collision, such that if the speed just before hitting the ground on a bounce is v, then the
speed just after the bounce is rv, where r  1 is a constant. Calculate the total length of time that the ball
remains bouncing, assuming that any time associated with the actual contact of the ball with the ground
is negligible.
2 v0 1 v0 r
A. B.
g 1r g 1r

2 v0 1  r 2 v0 1
C. D.
g r g 1  r2

2 v0 1
E.
g 1   1  r 2

4. Two masses, m1 and m2 , are connected by a cord and arranged as shown in the diagram with m1 sliding
along on a frictionless surface and m2 hanging from a light frictionless pulley. What would be the mass
of the falling mass, m2 , if both the sliding mass, m1 , and the tension, T, in the cord were known?

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1 m1 g  T
A. B.
  1
g g

1 m1 T  g 
C. Tg D.
2  gm1  T 
Tm1
E.
 gm1  T 
5. A ball of mass m is launched into the air. Ignore air resistance, but assume that there is a wind that exerts
a constant force F0 in the –x direction. In terms of F0 and the acceleration due to gravity g, at what angle
above the positive x-axis must the ball be launched in order to come back to the point from which it was
launched

A. tan 1  F0 / mg  B. tan 1  mg / F0 

C. sin 1  F0 / mg  D. the angle depends on the launch speed

E. no such angle is possible

6. Three blocks ( m1 , m2 , and m3 ) are sliding at a constant velocity across a rough surface as shown in the
diagram below. The coefficient of kinetic friction between each block and the surface is  . What would
be the force of m1 on m2 ?

A.  m2  m3  g B. F   m2  m3  g

C.  m1  m2  m3  g D. F

E. m1 g   m2  m3  g

7. The escape speed for a rocket at Earth’s surface is ve . What would be the rocket’s escape speed from the
surface of a planet with twice Earth’s mass and the same radius as Earth?

A. 2 ve B. 2 ve
ve
C. ve D.
2
E. 1
2 ve

8. A rocket is in a circular orbit with speed v and orbital radius R around a heavy stationary mass. An
external impulse is quickly applied to the rocket directly opposite to the velocity and the rocket’s speed is
slowed to v/2, putting the rocket into an elliptical orbit. In terms of R, the size of the semi-major axis a of
this new elliptical orbit is
A. a  41 R B. a  21 R

C. a 7
11 R D. a  3
8
R

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E. a  74 R

9. Kepler’s Second Law about “sweeping out equal areas in equal time” can be derived most directly from
which conservation law?
A. energy B. mechanical energy
C. angular momentum D. mass
E. linear momentum
10. Three equal mass satellites A, B, and C are in coplanar orbits around a planet as shown in the figure. The
magnitudes of the angular momenta of the satellites as measured about the planet are LA , LB , and LC .
Which of the following statements is correct?

A. LA  LB  LC B. LC  LB  LA

C. LB  LC  LA D. LB  LA  LC

E. The relationship between the magnitudes is different at various instants in time

Questions 11–12
Two stars orbit their common center of mass as shown in the diagram below. The masses of the two stars are
3M and M. The distance between the stars is d.

11. What is the value of the gravitational potential energy of the two star system?

GM 2 3GM 2
A.  B.
d d

GM 2 3GM 2
C.  D. 
d2 d

GM 2
E. 
d2
12. Determine the period of orbit for the star of mass 3M.

d3 3 d3
A.  B.
GM 4 GM

d3 d3
C.  D. 2
3GM GM

 d3
E.
4 GM

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13. A mass m is attached to a vertical spring stretching it distance d. Then, the mass is set oscillating on a
spring with an amplitude of A, the period of oscillation is proportional to

d g
A. B.
g d

d m2 g
C. D.
mg d

m
E.
g

14. At particular instant, a stationary observer on the ground sees a package falling with speed v1 at an angle
to the vertical. To a pilot flying horizontally at constant speed relative to the ground, the package appears
to be falling vertically with a speed v2 at this instant. What is the speed of the pilot relative to the
ground?
A. v1  v2 B. v1  v2

C. v2  v1 D. v12  v22

E. v12  v22

Questions 15–16

Two large, flat, parallel, conducting plates are 0.04 m apart, as shown above. The lower plate is at a potential
of 2 V with respect to ground. The upper plate is at a potential of 10 V with respect to ground. Point P is
located 0.01 m above the lower plate.
15. The electric potential at point P is
A. 10 V B. 8 V
C. 6 V D. 4 V
E. 2 V
16. The magnitude of the electric field at point P is
A. 800 V/m B. 600 V/m
C. 400 V/m D. 200 V/m
E. 100 V/m
17. The electric field of two long coaxial cylinders is represented by lines of force as shown below. The charge
on the inner cylinder is +Q. The charge on the outer cylinder is

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A. +3Q B. +Q
C. 0 D. –Q
E. –3Q
18. Two concentric, spherical conducting shells have radii r1 and r2 and charges Q1 and Q2 , as shown
below. Let r be the distance from the center of the spheres and consider the region r1  r  r2 . In this
region the electric field is proportional to

A. Q1 / r 2 B. Q1  Q2  / r 2
C. Q1  Q2  / r D. Q1 / r1  Q2 / r

E. Q1 / r  Q2 / r2

19. Suppose that an electron (charge –e) could orbit a proton (charge +e) in a circular orbit of constant radius
R. Assuming that the proton is stationary and only electrostatic forces act on the particles, which of the
following represents the kinetic energy of the two-particle system?

1 e 1 e2
A. B.
4 0 R 8 0 R

1 e2 1 e2
C.  D.
8 0 R 4 0 R 2

1 e2
E. 
4 0 R 2

20. A battery having emf  and internal resistance r is connected to a load consisting of two parallel resistors
each having resistance R. At what value of R will the power dissipated in the load be a maximum?

A. 0 B. r/2
C. r D. 2r
E. 4r
21. Four infinitely long wires are arranged as shown in the accompanying figure end-on view. All four wires
are perpendicular to the plane of the page and have the same magnitude of current I. The conventional
current in the wire in the upper right-hand corner is directed into the palne of the page. The other
conventional currents are out of the plan of the page. Point P is a distance a from all four wires. What is
the total magnetic field at point P?

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0 I
A. toward the upper left hand corner
2 a
0 I
B. toward the lower left hand corner
2 a
0 I
C. 2 toward the upper left hand corner
2 a
0 I
D. 2 toward the lower left hand corner
2 a
E. 0
22. The conventional current I in a long straight wire flows in the upward direction as shown in the figure.
(Electron flow is downward.) At the instant a proton of charge +e is a distance R from the wire and
heading directly toward it, the force on the proton is:

0 2
A. I toward the wire
2

0 I 2 L
B. upward (in the same direction as I)
2 R

0 I 2 L
C. downward (in the opposite direction as I)
2 R
0 I
D. ev upward (in the same direction as I)
2 R
0 I
E. ev downward (in the opposite direction as I)
2 R
23. Two very long current-carrying wires as shown end on in the figure. The wire on the left has a 4 A
current going into the plane of the paper and the wire on the right has a 3 A current coming out of the
paper. Disregarding the case of x   , in which region(s) could the magnetic field from these two wires
add to zero on the x-axis.

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A. Region I only B. Region II only

C. Region III only D. Regions I and III only
E. None
24. A negatively charged particle in a uniform magnetic field B moves with constant speed v in a circular
path of radius r, as shown. Which of the following graphs best represents the radius r as a function of the
magnitude of B, if the speed v is constant?

A. B.

C. D.

E.

25. A wire of constant length is moving in a constant magnetic field, as shown. The wire and the velocity
vector are perpendicular to each other and are both perpendicular to the field. Which of the following
graphs best represents the potential difference E between the ends of the wire as a function of velocity?

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A. B.

C. D.

E.

26. The diagram shown two transverse pulses moving along a string. One pulse is moving to the right and
the second is moving to the left. Both pulses reach point x at the same instant. What would be the
resulting motion of point x as the two pulses pass each other?

A. up then down B. down then up

C. up, down, up D. down, up, down
E. there would be no motion, the pulses cancel one another
Questions 27–28
The diagrams below represent 5 different standing sound waves set up inside of a set of organ pipes 1 m
long.

27. What is the length of the longest wavelength shown?

A. 0.5 m B. 0.75 m
C. 1 m D. 2 m
E. 4 m

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28. Which organ pipe(s) shows a standing wave which has twice the frequency of one of the other waves
shown?
A. Cy B. Cz

C. Ox D. O y

E. C y , Cz , O x , O y

Questions 29–30 relate to the photoelectric effect. For each question, choose an answer from the following
graphs.

A. B.

C. D.

E.

29. Which graph shows the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons versus the frequency of the
light?
A. A B. B
C. C D. D
E. E
30. Which graph shows the total photoelectric current versus the intensity of the light for a fixed frequency
above the cutoff frequency?
A. A B. B
C. C D. D
E. E

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