General Instructions

1. The test is of 3 hours duration and the maximum marks is 300.

2. The question paper consists of 3 Parts (Part I: Physics, Part II: Chemistry, Part III: Mathematics). Each Part
has two sections (Section 1 & Section 2).

3. Section 1 contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of
which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

4. Section 2 contains 5 Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is an integer ranging
from 0 to 99.
5. No candidate is allowed to carry any textual material, printed or written, bits of papers, pager, mobile phone,
any electronic device, etc. inside the examination room/hall.

6. Rough work is to be done on the space provided for this purpose in the Test Booklet only.

7. On completion of the test, the candidate must hand over the Answer Sheet to the Invigilator on duty in the
Room/Hall. However, the candidates are allowed to take away this Test Booklet with them.

8. Do not fold or make any stray mark on the Answer Sheet (OMR).

Marking Scheme
1. Section – 1: +4 for correct answer, –1 (negative marking) for incorrect answer, 0 for all other cases.

2. Section – 2: +4 for correct answer, 0 for all other cases. There is no negative marking.

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PART - I : PHYSICS 100 MARKS

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

1. 
A force of 2i  3j   
k N and another force of i  j   
k N are acting on a body. The magnitude of total

force acting on the body is:

(A) 3N (B) 14 N (C) 17 N (D) 29 N
   
2. If P . Q  0, then P  Q is :
 
(A) P Q (B) zero (C) 1 (D) PQ

3. A force of 10N is applied as shown on a 1 kg block which is kept on a horizontal ground. The block is held
at rest against a vertical wall. The normal reaction by the ground and the normal reaction by the wall will
4
respectively be: (Take g  10 ms 2 & cos 37   )
5

(A) 5 2N , 5 2N (B) 10 2 N , 10 2 N
(C) 16 N, 8 N (D) 8 N, 16 N

4. A block of mass 5 kg is at rest on a sufficiently rough surface. A vertical force F1  30 N and a horizontal
force F2  40 N is acting on it (as shown in the figure). What will be the magnitude of net force applied by
the ground on the block ? ( g  10 m / s 2 )

(A) 40 5N (B) 50 N (C) 80 N (D) 50 2N

5. In the given arrangement, what will be the value of tension in the string connecting the two blocks?
(Take g  10 m/s 2 . The system is in equilibrium.)

(A) 70 N (B) 20 N (C) 50 N (D) 30 N

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6. A block of mass 5kg is pressed against a wall as shown. If coefficient of static friction between the block
and wall is 0.2 and the block is at rest, the magnitude of friction acting between the block and wall is:

(A) 100 N (B) 50 N (C) 25 N (D) None of these

7. A block of mass 5 kg is being held on a fixed, rough inclined plane (  0.2) of angle of inclination 37° by
applying a force F parallel to the plane as shown in the figure. What should be the minimum value of F to

hold the block stationary? cos 37 o  0.8, sin 37o  0.6, g  10 m/s 2 

(A) 30 N (B) 22 N (C) 8N (D) 5N

   
8. If P  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ, Q  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and P  Q is parallel to the vector iˆ  ˆj  6kˆ, then values of  and
 are respectively:
(A) 2,  8 (B) 3, 4 (C) 3,  4 (D) 2, 8

9. Two cars A and B move on two straight roads, both at speed 40 km/h. If the angle between the velocities of
the cars is 60, the velocity of A relative to B is:
40
(A) 10 5 km/h (B) 40 3 km/h (C) 40 km/h (D) km/h
3

10. When a person is at rest, he observes rain falling with velocity of 20 3 m/s at an angle 60º with the
vertical. The velocity (in m/s) at which he should run so that rain appears to fall vertically is:
(A) 30 (B) 10 (C) 10 3 (D) 20 3
  
11. Three forces act on a particle: F1  piˆ  ˆj  kˆ, F2  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ and F3  4iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ . If the net force on
the particle has magnitude 5 units, the value of p is:
(A) 2 (B) –4 (C) 3 (D) 4
12. A force P is applied on a block of mass m placed on a horizontal floor with friction coefficient  at an
angle   45o with the horizontal as shown. The minimum value of P required to move the block is:

     
(A)   mg (B)   mg
 2    1 
   2   1 
 2  2
(C)   mg (D)   mg
  1    1 

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   
13. If a  iˆ  2 ˆj  2 kˆ and b  iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ , the component of b along the direction of a has magnitude:
5 2 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 9 9
14. If we change unit of a physical quantity, then:
(A) Its dimension changes (B) Its dimension remains same
(C) Its dimension may or may not change (D) None of the above

15. When 96.54 is divided by 2.40, the correct result is :

(A) 40.2250 (B) 40.225 (C) 40.23 (D) 40.2
16. If the speed of light (c), acceleration due to gravity (g) and pressure (p) are taken as fundamental units, the
dimensional formula of gravitational constant (G) will be:
(A) c 0 g p 3 (B) c 2 g 3 p 2 (C) c 0 g 2 p 1 (D) c 2 g 2 p 2

17. The resistive force (F) on a very-high-velocity object of area A passing through a gas of density  at a
velocity v is F  Ar  s v t . Then :
(A) r  2, s  1, t  1 (B) r  2, s  1, t  2
(C) r  1, s  1, t  2 (C) r  1, s  1, t  1

18. A wire is of mass (0.3  .003) gm. The radius is (0.5  0.005) cm and length is (6  .06) cm. The
maximum percentage error in density is :
(A) 3% (B) 4% (C) 8% (D) 16%

19. If f  x 2 , then the relative error in ƒ is :

2x (x) 2 x
(A) (B) (C) (D) ( x )2
x x x
a bt
20. The velocity 'v' of a particle at time t is given by, v   2 . The dimensions of a, b, c are
t t c
respectively:
(A) LT 2 , L, T (B) L , L, T 2 (C) L, LT , T 2 (D) L, L, LT 2

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SECTION-2
This section contains Five (05) Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is an integer
ranging from 0 to 99 (both inclusive).

21. A block rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of 37° with horizontal. If friction force acting on
block is 12 N, then find mass of block in kg ( g  10 ms 2 )
 
22. For what value of m, the vector E  3iˆ  mjˆ  2kˆ and vector B  miˆ  7 ˆj  5kˆ are orthogonal ?
 
23. If vectors m  (2iˆ  3 ˆj ) m and n  ( 5iˆ  7 ˆj ) m represent two adjacent sides of a parallelogram, then the
area of the parallelogram will be _____________ (in m 2 ).

24. A swimmer crosses a river of width d flowing at velocity v0 . The swimmer’s velocity in still water is
2v0
. While swimming, he orients his effort in a direction at an angle 127° with the river flow. Upon
3
reaching the other bank, he finds that he has drifted a distance L in the direction of flow of the river.


1

If L  1   d , then N is _______________. cos 37o  0.8, sin 37 o  0.6
N

25. In the figure shown, the inclined plane is fixed and frictionless, the string is massless and inextensible, and
the pulley is light and frictionless. If M1  6 kg , find M 2 (in kg) required to keep the system in
equilibrium.

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PART - II : CHEMISTRY 100 MARKS

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of
which ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

1. In the reaction : 4A  2B  3C 
 A 4 B2C3 , what will be the number of moles of product formed,
starting from 1 mole A, 0.6 mol of B and 0.72 mol of C ?
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.3 (C) 0.24 (D) 2.32

2. 40% (w/v) of NaOH solution (specific gravity = 1.12) is equivalent to : ( M o of NaOH = 40 g/mol)
(A) 8.9 molal (B) 0.01 molal (C) 13.8 molal (D) 0.08 molal

3. Which is/are correct graph ?

(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(A) I, III and IV (B) II and III (C) II, III and IV (D) Only II

4. 20.0 g of a magnesium carbonate sample decomposes on heating to give carbon dioxide and 8.0 g
magnesium oxide. What will be the percentage purity of magnesium carbonate in the sample?
( M o of Mg = 24 g, C = 12 g, O = 16 g)
(A) 60 (B) 84 (C) 75 (D) 96

5. Suppose the elements X and Y combine to form two compounds XY2 and X 3Y2 . When 0.1 mole of
XY2 weighs 10 g and 0.05 mole of X3Y2 weighs 9 g, the atomic weight of X and Y are :
(A) 40, 30 (B) 60, 40 (C) 20, 30 (D) 30, 20

6. Which of the following concentration terms is dependent on temperature :

(A) Molarity (B) Molality (C) Mole fraction (D) Mass fraction

7. Of the following, electromagnetic radiation with maximum wavelength is :

(A) UV (B) Radio wave (C) X-ray (D) IR

8. A gas absorbs a photon of 355 nm and emits two wavelengths. If one of the emission is at 680 nm, the
other is at :
(A) 1035 nm (B) 325 nm (C) 743 nm (D) 518 nm

9. The number of gm-atom and gm-moles in 93 gm of phosphorus (P4) are respectively :

[Molar mass of P = 31]
(A) 0.25, 0.25 (B) 3, 3 (C) 0.25, 3 (D) 3, 0.75

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10. If a solution is labelled as containing y% (w/v) with a density as d gm/cc, then molality (m) of this solution
will be : (Assume M : be the molecular mass of solute)
100yd y  
(A) (B)   1000
M M  100 d  y 
 y  y  
(C)   1000 (D)  
 100  dy  M  100d  y 

11. Arrange the following (I – IV) in order of increasing masses.

[Atomic mass of O = 16, Cl = 35.5, P = 31, Cu = 63.5, C = 12]
I. 1 molecule of chlorine II. 1 atom of phosphorus
III. 1 mole of CO 2 IV. 1 1010 gm of copper
(A) II < I < III < IV (B) I < II < IV < III
(C) II < I < IV < III (D) I < II < III < IV

12. Certain amount of NaOH is dissolved in water such that mole fraction of NaOH is 0.2. Molality of solution
is : (Molecular mass of NaOH = 40)
(A) 5.10m (B) 13.8m (C) 7.7m (D) 8.1m

13. There are two isotopes of an element with average atomic mass z. The heavier one has atomic mass ‘z + 1’
and lighter one has ‘z – 2’, then abundance of lighter one is :
(A) 66.6% (B) 96.7% (C) 6.67% (D) 33.3%

14. The volume of water to be added to decinormal H2SO4 to prepare 200 ml 0.005 M H2SO4 solution.
(A) 20 ml (B) 180 ml (C) 10 ml (D) 190 ml

15. 50 ml 0.1 M H3PO3, 200 ml 0.1 N H2SO4 and 100 ml 0.2 M HCl were mixed together. The normality of
the solution w.r.t. H+ will be :
1 8 9 1
(A) N (B) N (C) N (D) N
7 35 35 5

16. 68 g AgNO3 is heated strongly to leave residue behind. Find volume of gases collected at STP.

[Molar mass of AgNO3 = 170] [ AgNO3 
 Ag  NO2  O 2 ] ]
(A) 134.4 L (B) 1.344 L (C) 17.92 L (D) 13.44 L

17. Find the weight of H 2SO 4 in 1200 mL of a solution of 0.2 N strength :

(M 0 weight of H  1u, S  32u, O  16u)
(A) 23.52 g (B) 2.52 g (C) 3.52 g (D) 11.76 g

18. Percentage loss in mass, when NaHCO3 (s) is heated in open vessel. (M 0 of NaHCO3  84 g)
(A) 21.12% (B) 36.9% (C) 30% (D) 32.23%

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19.

For the above transitions in hydrogen like atoms, select the correct relation:
a  b a  b
I. c   a   b II. c  III.  c   a   b IV. c 
a  b a  b
(A) Only II, III (B) Only I (C) Only I, IV (D) Only II, IV

20. The triad of nuclei that is isotonic is :

14 15 17 12 14 19 14 14 17 14 14 19
(A) 6 C, 7 N, 9 F (B) 6 C, 7 N, 9 F (C) 6 C, 7 N, 9 F (D) 6 C, 7 N, 9 F

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SECTION-2
This section contains Five (05) Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is an integer
ranging from 0 to 99 (both inclusive).

21. A 20 ml sample of 0.2 molar AgNO3 solution is added to 30 ml of 0.4 molar KI solution to give a yellow
ppt of AgI. The reaction is as follows :
AgNO3  KI 
 AgI   KNO3
The concentration of Ag  ions in the solution is :


22. NH 4 NO 2 
 N 2  H 2O 50% yield

N 2  Mg 
 Mg3 N 2 25% yield

Mg 3 N 2  H 2 O 
 Mg(OH) 2  NH3 100% yield
Find the number of moles of NH4NO2 required to produce 2 moles ammonia (NH3) :

23. The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is found to be 6.63  1019 J , when the metal is

irradiated with a radiation of frequency 2 1015 Hz. The threshold frequency of the metal is about,

x  1015. Value of x is:

24. The number of photons emitted per second by a 60 W source of monochromatic light of wavelength 663
nm is x 1020. Value of x is: ( h  6.63  1034 Js)

25. The total number of moles of water present in 108 mL of H 2O () is x. Value of x is :
(Density of H 2O  1g / mL)

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PART - III : MATHEMATICS 100 MARKS

SECTION-1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which ONLY
ONE CHOICE is correct.

1. If , ,  are the roots of 2 x3  x  1  0 then the value of 3  3   3 is :

1 1 3 5
(A)  (B) (C)  (D) 
2 2 2 4

2. If  and  are roots of the equation x 2  6 x    0 and 3  2  20, then  

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 16 (D) 8

3. If the roots of the equation x 2  px  q  0 are cubes of the roots of the equation x 2  mx  n  0, , then :

(A) p  m3  3mn (B) p  m3  3mn

3
3 p m
(C) pq m (D)  
q n

4. The sum of the first and fifth terms of an AP is 26 and the product of the second and fourth is 160. Then
the sum of the first six terms of the progression is :
(A) 59 or 69 (B) 69 or 87 (C) 87 or 109 (D) 69 or 87

20 1
5. The sum  k 2k is equal to :
k 1
11 11 21 3
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2
219 2 20 2 20 217

6. Three distinct numbers a , b, c form a GP in that order and the numbers a  b, b  c, c  a form an AP in
that order. Then the common ratio of the GP is :
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/ 2 (C) 2 (D) 2

1
7. Let a, b and c in G.P. with common ratio r , where a  0 and 0  r  . If 3a, 7b and 15c are the first
2
three terms of an A.P., then the 4th term of this A.P. is :
2 7
(A) a (B) a (C) 5a (D) a
3 3

8. If x 2  (a  b) x  1  a  b  0, where a and b are real numbers, has distinct real roots for all values of
b, then :
(A) a 1 (B) a 1 (C) a0 (D) 0  a 1

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9. The sum to n terms of the series 12  104  1006  .... is :

1 1
(A) (10n  1)  n 2  n (B) (10n  1)  2n
9 9
10 10
(C) (10n  1)  n 2  n (D) (10n  1)  2n
9 9
n  1
10. If  Tr  (n2  3n) 2  2  (n2  3n), then  Tn
is ______.
r 1 n 1
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 8 16
11. Let a, b c are three arithmetic means between two numbers such that a  b  c  30 and p, q, r be
1 1 1 5
harmonic means between same numbers such that    , then the numbers are :
p q r 6
(A) 3, 10 (B) 3, 12 (C) 18, 2 (D) 9, 1

12. The positive integers are written in a triangular array as shown :

1
23
456
7 8 9 10
Then row in which the number 100 will be, is :
(A) 20 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 22

575  1 
13.   
n 9  n n  1  ( n  1) n 
7 23 7 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
24 24 8 12

14. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0, then the quadratic equation whose roots   , 
is :
(A) a 2 x 2  a (b  c) x  bc  0 (B) a 2 x 2  a (b  c) x  bc  0
(C) ax 2  (b  c) x  bc  0 (D) ax 2  (b  c) x  bc  0

15. If  ,  are the roots of ax 2  2bx  c  0 and   ,    are the roots of Ax 2  2 Bx  C  0, then

b 2  ac
is equal to :
B 2  AC
2 2
a  A
(A) a/ A (B) A/ a (C)   (D)  
 A a

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16. If the quadratic equations 3x 2  ax  1  0 and 2 x 2  bx  1  0 have a common root, then the value of
the expression 5ab  2a 2  3b 2 is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) None of these

x2  6x  5
17. If x  R, the least value of the expression is :
x2  2 x  1
(A) 1 (B) 1/ 2 (C) 1/ 3 (D) None of these

( x  b) ( x  c ) ( x  c) ( x  a) ( x  a ) ( x  b)
18. The quadratic equation    1 has :
(b  a ) (c  a) (c  b ) ( a  b) (a  c) (b  c)
(A) Two real and distinct roots (B) Two equal roots
(C) Non-real complex roots (D) Infinite roots
n
19.  r (r  1) (r  2) (r  3) is equal to :
r 1
1 1
(A) n( n  1) (n  2) (n  3) (n  4) (B) n( n  1) (n  2) (n  3) (n  4)
5 7
1 1
(C) n( n  1) (n  2) ( n  3) ( n  4) (D) n( n  1) (n  2) (n  3) (n  4)
10 2
44
20. If 3  5 x  7 x2  .... terms  , then x is equal to :
9
(A) 1/ 4 (B) 3/ 4 (C) 17 /11 (D) None of these

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SECTION-2
This section contains Five (05) Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is an integer
ranging from 0 to 99 (both inclusive).

21. Given that ,  are roots of the equation Ax 2  4 x  1  0 and ,  the roots or the equation of

Bx 2  6 x  1  0 , such that , ,  and  are in H.P., then A  B is :

22. Find the greatest integer value of c so that both the roots of the equation (c  5) x 2  2cx  (c  4)  0 are
positive, one root is less than 2 and other root is lying between 2 and 3.

23. The first term of a geometrical progression is equal to p  2, the third term is p  6 and the arithmetic
mean of first and third term to the second term is in the ratio 5 : 3. Find positive integral value of p.

1 a b c d 2
24. If a, b, c, d are positive numbers such that abcd  and     , then a  b  c  d
6 2 3 4 9 3
is_____.

p a
25. If 13  23  33  ....  p and 13  33  53  ....  q, then is (where a, b are positive co-
q b
prime integers), then a  b is :

SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK

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