CET MODEL QUESTION PAPER - PHYSICS

01. The ratio of the maximum acceleration to the maximum velocity of a particle in simple harmonic
motion is 100  rad s –1. The frequency of the oscillation is
(a) 10 Hz (b) 50 Hz (c ) 0.5 Hz (d)5 Hz
02. Two open organ pipes of lengths 50 cm and 50.5 cm when sounded together produce 3 beats per
second. The frequencies (in Hz )are
(a) 400 & 403 (b) 300 & 303 (c) 300 & 297 (d) 400 & 397
03. A progressive wave is represented by y = 0.1 sin (0.5x – 2t ) where x is in meter and t is in second.
The displacement at x =  and t = 0 is
(a) 0.2 m (b) 0.07 m (c) 5m (d) 0.1 m
04. A vessel with 5 litre of a gas at 0.8 unit of pressure is connected to an evacuated vessel of 10 litre.
The pressure after connection is
(a) 1.33 unit (b) 0.75 unit (c) 0.267 unit (d) 0.5 unit
05. The efficiency of a Carnot engine with the sink temperature of 300 K is 40 %.The change in
temperature of the sink required to make the efficiency 60 % is
(a) increase by 100 K (b) increase by 150 K (c) decrease by 100 K (d) increase by 200 K
06. The coefficient of viscosity has the dimension of
(a) M -1 L2 T -3 (b) M L-1 T -2 (c) M L-2 T -1 (d) M L-1 T -1
07. A,B and C are identical conductors arranged as shown. The free ends of A and C are maintained at
temperatures of 1000C and 00C respectively. The conductivities are K, 2K and K/2. At steady state,
the junction between A and B is at ....0C
(a) 71 (b) 29 A B C
(c) 63 (d) 37

08. The number of significant figures in the reading 0.020800 is

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6
09. Three forces F1,F2 and F3 keep a body of mass m in equilibrium. If acceleration of the body when F3
is removed is
(a) F3 / m (b) (F1+ F2) / m (c) (F1 + F2 + F3) / m (d) (F1 + F2 - F3) / m
10. A planet moves around the sun sweeping areas A1 in 2 days, A2 in three days and A3 in 6 days. The
relation connecting A1, A2 and A3 is
(a) 6 A1 = 3 A2 = 2A (b) 2 A1 = 3 A2 = 6A3 (c) 3 A1 = 2 A2 = 6 A3 (d) 3 A1 = 2 A2 = A3
11. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 are acted upon by a constant force F for a time t. They start from
rest and acquire kinetic energies of E1 and E2. Now E1 / E2 is
m1 m 2
(a) m / m
1 2 (b) m / m
2 1 (c) 1 (d) m1 + m 2
12. In Young’s double slit experiment fringes are produced on a screen at a distance of 1 m from the
slits. When the screen is moved away by 5 cms, the fringe width changes by 3 x 10 – 5 m. If the
separation between the slits is 1 mm, the wavelength of the light used is
(a) 400 nm (b) 500 nm (c) 600 nm (d) 700 nm
13. Two sources are said to be coherent if they produce waves
(a) of equal walength (c) of equal speed
(c) of same shape for the wave front (d) having constant phase difference
14. In a CE amplifier the signal is applied between
(a) emitter – collector (b) collector – base (c) base – emitter (d) any where
15. An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror at a distance x from the principal focus
of a concave mirror. The image is formed at a distance y from the focus. The focal length of the
mirror is
x+y x
(a) xy (b) x y (c) 2 (d) y
16. A parachutist bails out of a plane at a height of 2495 m. He drops freely for 10s before opening the
parachute. If he descends with a net retardation of 2.5 ms-1 the velocity on reaching the ground is
(g = 10 ms-2)
(a) 50 ms-1 (b) 40 ms-1 (c) 20 ms-1 (d) 5 ms-1
0
17. A projectile is thrown at an angle 60 to the horizontal has a velocity of 10m/s. The velocity when
the path of the projectile is inclined 300 to the horizontal is
10
(a) 5 m/s (b) 3 m/s (c) 10 3 m /s (d) 7.07 m /s
18. A magnetic field due to a circular coil of radius R carrying current at a point on the axis of the coil
located at a distance r ( r >> R ) varies as
(a) 1 / r (b) 1 / r 3/2 (c) 1 / r 2 (d) 1 / r 3
-1
19. A marble block of mass 2kg lying on ice when given a velocity of 6 ms is stopped by friction in 10
seconds. The coefficient of friction is
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.03 (c) 0.06 (d) 0.01
20. A mass m moving with a horizontal velocity v 0 strikes the bob of a pendulum of mass m. If the two
masses stick together the vertical height reached by the pendulum is
(a) 2 v 02 /g (b) v 02 /4g (c) v02 /8g (d) 4 v 02 /g
21. When a ceiling fan is switched off its angular velocity reduces by 50 % after it makes 48 revolutions.
How many more revolutions will it make before coming to rest if the angular retardation is constant.
(a) 18 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) 16
22. Two blocks A and B of the same volume float in the same liquid. A floats with 2/3 of its volume
immersed while B floats with half of its volume immersed. The ratio of the densities of A and B is
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 3
23. Two identical conducting spheres one hollow and the other solid are raised to the same potential.
Then
(a) both have equal charge (b) hollow sphere has more charge
(c) solid sphere has more charge (d) hollow sphere has no charge
24. Two point charges 5 n C and 10 n C are separated in free space by 3 m. The energy in the system of
charges is
(a) 50 n J (b) 150 n J (c ) 500 n J (d) 100 n J
25. The graph showing the variation of heat produced (U) in a metallic conductor in a given interval of
time as a function of potential difference is (assuming that the resistance remains constant)
U U U U

V V V V
(a) (b) (c) (d)

26. A pith ball carrying a charge of 2 μ C and weighing 10 gms is suspended by a sting in a uniform
electric field. The string is inclined to the vertical by 30 0 . The intensity of the field in N / C is
(a) 10 –5 / √3 (b) 5 x 10 4 / √3 (c ) 10 –5 √3 (d)
10 –5 √ 3
27. A conducting sphere A of radius 0.1 m is charged with 20 mC. Another uncharged metal sphere B of
0.4 m radius is put into contact with A and separated. The surface density of charges on the two
spheres will be in the ratio
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 3 : 1
28. Five identical charges each of q are placed at the corners A,B,C,D, and Eof a regular polygon of side
‘a’. The electric field at the centre of the polygon when the charge at A is removed is (take the
distance between the centre O of the polygon and any corner to be ‘r)’.
1 q 1 q 1 2q
2 2 2
(a) 4πε 0 r along OA (b) 4πε 0 r along AO (c ) 4πε 0 r along OA (d) zero
29. The electric field and electric potential due to point charge Q at a point are 20 V / m and 40 V
respectively. The charge and the distance of the point from Q are
(a) 8.89 nC & 4m (b) 8.89 μ C & 2 m (c ) 88.9 n C &23 m (d) 8.89 n C & 2 m
30. Three capacitors of 2μ F,3 μ F and 5 μ F are in series with a source. The ratio of the energy stored
across the capacitors is approximately
(a) 2: 3: 5 (b) 15 : 10 : 6 (c ) 11:5:3 (d) 6 : 10 : 15
31. An kettle had two heating elements. One brings it to boil in 10 minutes while the other in 15
minutes. If both coils are used the water in the kettle will boil in ….minutes
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 25 (d) 5
32. In the given figure consisting of equal
resistors the effective resistance between R R
the points A and B is
(a) 8 R R
(b) (8/3) R
(c) 5R R R R
(d) (5/3) R A

R
33. A single strand wire of radius 9 mm has a resistance of 4 . This is replaced by 3 wires of the same
length as that of the thick wire, each of radius 6 mm made of the same material.. The resistance of
the cable is
(a) 6  (b) 3  (c) 4.5  (d) 27  B
34. A cell is connected across points A and C of a circular conductor
ABCD with centre at O. Angle AOC = 90 0. The ratio of the
magnetic fields at the centre produced by the segments ABC and
ADC is A C
(a) 2 (b) 2.5 (c) 4 (d) 1 D
35. An ion of mass number 24 and charge + e and another of mass number 22 and charge + 2 e enter a
perpendicular magnetic field with the same velocity. The ratio of the radii of the circular paths will
be
(a) 24 / 11 (b) 22 / 11 (c) 11 / 24 (d) 11 / 22
36. Two long straight parallel wires separated by r carry the same current in the same direction . The
work that has to be done to increase the separation to 2r per unit length is
I2 I2 I2 I2
μ0 μ0 μ0 log e (2) μ0 log e (r)
(a) π (b) 2π (c) 2π (d) 2π
37. The maximum current that can be measured by a galvanometer of resistance 50 Ω is 10 mA. The
resistance required to convert it into a voltmeter of range 100 V is
(a) 995 Ω (b) 9950 Ω (c) 19950 Ω (d) 1950 Ω
38. A magnetic flux of 500 m Wb passing through a 200 turn coil is reversed in 20 milli second. The
average emf induced in the coil in volt is
(a) 2.5 (b) 7.5 (c) 5.0 (d) 10
39. The capacitor plates A and B are connected to a circular loop of wire as shown.
If two magnets are moved in the directions shown B
(a) the capacitor will be charged with B positive with respect to A A
(b) the capacitor will be charged with A positive with respect to B
(c) the capacitor will remain uncharged.
(d) the capacitor will be charged with A and B alternately becoming N S
positive
40. In a series LR circuit the voltage across the resistance of 16 Ω is 19.2 V. The voltage across the
inductor is 24 V. If the frequency is 100 / π Hz, the inductance is
(a) 0.15 H (b) 0.2 H (c) 0.1 H (d) 1.0 H
41. A dc voltage V produces a certain heating effect in a coil. The produce an identical effect, an AC
supply should have a peak voltage of
(a) V (b) V / 2 (c ) 2 V (d) V / p
42. In an A C circuit the r m s values of voltage and current are 200 V and 10 A. The power developed is
1.5 k W. The power factor is
(a) 20 (b) 1.5 (c ) 0.75 (d) 2.0
43. The amplitude of the magnetic field in an electromagnetic wave is 510 nT. The amplitude of the
electric field is nearly
(a) 240 v/m (b) 150 V/m (c) 420 V/M (d) 75 v/m
 
The expression 
B.dA
44. = 0 indicates that
(a) magnetic flux over a surface is always zero
(b) magnetic field is conservative (c) magnetic mono poles do not exist
(d) magnetic field cannot cause any electric field
45 The junction diode which is forward biased is

- 10 V + 10V - 10 V + 10 V

R R

-5 V +5V
(a) (b) (c) (d)
46. In an n-p-n transistor the collector current is 10 mA. If 80 % of the electrons reach the collector
(a) the emitter current is 7.5 mA (b) the emitter current is 12.5 mA
(c) the base current is 3.5 mA (d) the base current is 3.5 μA
47. The conductivity of a semiconductor increase when radiations of wavelength 2480 nm are incident.
The energy gap in eV for the semiconductor is
 (a) 0.7 (b) 0.5 (c) 2.5 (d) 1.1

48. Three fourth of the active nuclei present in a radio active sample decay in 3 / 4 s. The half life of the
sample is
(a) 3 / 8 s (b) 1 s (c) 1 / 2 s (d) 3 / 4 s

49. The mean life of a radioactive sample is 14 days. The half life is
(a) 20 days (b) 28 days (c) 9.8 days (d) 8 days
50. When a certain photosensitive surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength λ ,
the stopping potential for photoelectric current is 2 V 0. When the same surface is illuminated with
monochromatic light of wavelength 2 l, the stopping potential is V0 / 2. The threshold wavelength
for photoelectric emission is
(a) 1.5 l (b) 2.0 l (c) 2.5 l (d) 3 l
51. Radiation of two streams of photons of energy 3 times and 6 times the work function of metal are
incident successively on the metal surface. The ratio of the momentum of the photo electrons ejected
in the two cases will be
5 : 2 2 :1
(a) 2 : 5 (b) (c) (d) 1 : 2
52. If E1, E2 and E3 are the respective kinetic energies of an electron, an alpha particle and a proton each
having the same de-Broglie wavelength then
(a) E1 = E2 = E3 (b) E2 > E3 > E1 (c) E1 > E2 > E3 (d) E1 > E3 > E2
nd st
53. When the electron in the hydrogen jumps from the 2 to the 1 orbit, the wavelength of the emitted
radiation is λ. When the electron in the hydrogen jumps from the 3 rd to the 1 st orbit, the wavelength
of the emitted radiation will be
27 32 3 27
   
(a) 32 (b) 27 (c) 2 (d) 5

54. An object is placed 12 cm to the left of a converging lens of focal length 8 cm. Another converging
lens of focal length 6 cm is placed 30 cm to the right of the first lens. The second lens will produce
(a) a real inverted image (b) a real enlarged image
(c) a virtual enlarged image (d) no image
55. A point object is placed on the axis of a convex lens of focal length 0.2 m at a distance of 0.3 m.
A convex mirror of radius of curvature 0.3 m is to be placed on the other side of the lens so as to get
an inverted image of the object side by side. The distance of the mirror from the lens is
(a) 0.5 m (b) 0.12m (c) 0.3 m (d) 0.6 m
56. Planes waves are produced by
(a) a point source at a finite distance (b) a point source at a infinite distance
(c) a linear source at a infinite distance
(d) either a linear or a point source at a infinite distance
57. A slit of width 0.15 cm is illuminated by light of 500 nm and the diffraction pattern is obtained on a
screen 2.1 m away. The width of the central maximum is
(a) 2.1 mm (b) 1.4 mm (c) 4.5 mm (d) 5.7 mm
58. If λ a and λ m are the wavelengths of light in air and a medium, the polarizing angle is given by
(a) λ m = tan i (b) λ m = λ a tan i (c) λ a = λ m sin i (d) λ m = λ a cot i
59. Which of the following can not be polarised ?
(a) Gamma rays (b) Green light (c) Ultrasonic waves (d) Ultraviolet rays
60. A transformer works on the principle of
(a) self induction (b) mutual induction
(c) magnetic effect of electric current (d) electrical inertia
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