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Kcet-2020 Physics PDF
Kcet-2020 Physics PDF
SUBJECT : PHYSICS
DATE :- 31-07-2020 TIME : 10.30 AM TO 11.50 AM
1. The value of acceleration due to gravity at a 4. Iceberg floats in water with part of it
height of 10km from the surface of earth is x. submerged. What is the fraction of the volume
At what depth inside the earth is the value of of iceberg submerged if the density of ice is
the acceleration due to gravity has the same i=0.917 g cm-3 ?
value x ? a) 0.917 b) 1 c) 0.458 d) 0
a) 5 km b) 20 km c) 10 km d) 15 km Ans. a
Ans. b Sol. Vb . b Vi . l
2h Vi 0.917
Sol. g h g 1 b 0.917
R Vb l 1
d
g d g 1
R 5. A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate all
gh gd of same material and same mass initially
2h d heated to same high temperature are allowed
g 1 g 1 to cool down under similar conditions. Then
R R
the
d 2R
a) plate will cool the fastest and cube the
2 10 20 km
slowest
b) sphere will cool the fastest and cube the
2. Young’s modulus of a perfect rigid body is slowest
a) Zero b) Unity c) Infinity c) plate will cool the fastest and sphere the
d) Between zero and unity slowest
Ans. c d) cube will cool the fastest and plate the
Sol. For a perfect rigid body elongation l 0 slowest
f l Ans. c
y becomes infinity
A l Sol. From E AT 4
EA
3. A wheel starting from rest gains an angular Surface area is more for plate and less for
velocity of 10 rad/s after uniformly accelerated sphere. Hence plate will cool the fastest and
for 5 sec. The total angle through which it has sphere the slowest
turned is
a) 25 rad 6. In an adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas the
b) 100 rad product of pressure and volume
c) 25 rad a) Decreases
d) 50 rad about a vertical axis b) Increases
Ans. a c) Remains constant
Sol. 1 0 d) At first increases and then decreases
2 10 rad / sec Ans. a
Sol. In an adiabatic expansion as temperature
t 5 sec
decreases from ideal gas equation PV=nRT the
2 product of pressure and volume decreases
1 t
2
0 10 5
25 rad
2
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7. A certain amount of heat energy is supplied to 10. A point charge ‘q’ is placed at the corner of a
a monoatomic ideal gas which expands at cube of side ‘a’ as shown in the figure. What is
constant pressure. What fraction of the heat the electric flux through the face ABCD ?
energy is converted into work ?
2 2 5
a) 1 b) c) d)
3 5 7
Ans. c
dW 1 1
Sol. 1 1
dQ / 3
5
2
q q q
5 a) 0 b) c) d)
240 60 720
Ans. c
8. A tray of mass 12 kg is supported by two
identical springs as shown in figure. When the q
Sol. ABCD
tray is pressed down slightly and then 6 60
released, it executes SHM with a time period of
1.5s. The spring constant of each spring is 11. The electric field lines on the left have twice the
separation on those on the right as shown in
figure. If the magnitude of the field at A is 40
Vm-1, what is the force on 20C charge kept at
B?
3 12 20 20 10 6
2
2 2k 4 10 4 v / m
9 12
4 2
4 2k 12. An infinitely long thin straight wire has
k 105 n / m 1
uniform charge density of 10 2 cm1 . What
4
9. A train whistling at constant frequency ‘n’ is is the magnitude of electric field at a distance
moving towards a station at a constant speed 20 cm from the axis of the wire ?
V. The train goes past a stationary observer on a) 1.12x108 NC-1 b) 4.5x108 NC-1
the station. The frequency ‘n’ of the sound as c) 2.25x108 NC-1 d) 9x108 NC-1
heard by the observer is plotted as a function Ans. c
of time ‘t’. Identify the correct curve
Sol. E
20 .r
a) b)
1 102
18 109 5
4 102
2.25 108 N / C
c) d)
Ans. d
Sol. Conceptual
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13. A dipole moment ‘P’ and moment of inertia I is 1 2Vq
Sol. mv2 Vq v 2.1 107
placed in a uniform electric field E . If it is 2 m
displaced slightly from its stable equilibrium
position, the period of oscillation of dipole is 18. A metal rod of length 10 cm and a rectangular
PE I 1 PE I 1
a) b) 2 c) d) cross – section of 1cm cm is connected to a
I PE 2 I PE 2
Ans. b battery across opposite faces. The resistance
I will be
Sol. T 2 a) maximum when the battery is connected
PE
1
across 1cm cm faces
2
14. The difference between equivalent
capacitances of two identical capacitors b) maximum when the battery is connected
connected in parallel to that in series is 6F. 1
across 10 cm cm faces
The value of capacitance of each capacitor is 2
a) 2F b) 3F c) 4F d) 6F c) maximum when the battery is connected
Ans. c across 10 cm x 1 cm faces
Sol. CP CS 6F d) same irrespective of the three faces
Ans. a
C
2C 6 C 4F l
2 Sol. R
A
Maximum when the battery is connected
15. Figure shows three points A, B and C in a
1
region of uniform electric field E . The line AB across 1cm cm faces
2
is perpendicular and BC is parallel to the field
lines. Then which of the following holds good ?
19. A car has a fresh storage battery of e.m.f 12V
(VA, VB and VC represent the electric potential
and internal resistance 2x10-2. If the starter
at points A, B and C respectively)
motor draws a current of 80A. Then the
terminal voltage when the starter is on is
a) 12V b) 8.4V c) 10.4V d) 9.3V
Ans. c
Sol. V E ir 10.4 V
a) VA=VB=VC b) VA=VB>VC
20. A potentiometer has a uniform wire of length
c) VA=VB<VC d) VA>VB=VC
5m. A battery of emf 10V and negligible
Ans. b
internal resistance is connected between its
Sol. VA VB VC
ends. A secondary cell connected to the circuit
gives balancing length at 200 cm. The emf of
16. When a soap bubble is charged ? the secondary cell is
a) Its radius increases a) 4V b) 6V c) 2V d) 8V
b) Its radius decreases Ans. a
c) The radius remains the same E1 l1 10 5
d) Its radius may increase or decrease Sol. E2 4 V
E2 l 2 E2 2
Ans. a
Sol. Its radius increases
21. The colour code for a carbon resistor of
resistance 0.28k+10% is
17. A hot filament liberates an electron with zero
a) Red, Grey, Brown, Silver
initial velocity. The anode potential is 1200V.
b) Red, Green, Brown, Silver
The speed of the electron when it strikes the
c) Red, Grey, Silver, Silver
anode is
d) Red, Green, Silver
a) 1.5x105 ms-1 b) 2.5x106 ms-1
7 -1 Ans. a
c) 2.1x10 ms d) 2.5x108 ms-1
Sol. Red, Grey, Brown, Silver
Ans. c
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22. Each resistance in the given cubical network 25. The magnetic field at the origin due to a
has resistance of 1 and equivalent resistance current element idl placed at a point with
between A and B is
vector position r is
0 i dl r 0 i r dl
a) b)
4 r 3 4 r 3
0 i dl r 0 i r dl
c) d)
4 r 2 4 r 2
Ans. a
0 i dl r
Sol.
4 r 3
Ans. c
Sol. Conceptual
a) More if experiment is performed at higher
temperature
b) More if a wire of steel of same dimension is
27. A cyclotron is used to accelerate protons H ,
1
1
used Deuterons H
2
1 and -particles 4
2
He . While
c) Less if the area of the wire is increased exiting under similar conditions, the minimum
d) Less if the length of the wire is increased
K.E. is gained by
Ans. d
a) -particle b) Proton
1 A c) Deuteron d) Same for all
Sol. Slope
R l Ans. c
Less if the length of the wire is increased q 2 B2 r q2
Sol. K.E K.E
2m m
24. In the given figure, the magnetic field at ‘O’.
Minimum K.E is gained by deuteron
Ans. a b) Fe Fn
Sol. Stopping potential same c) Fe Fn
So frequencies same r1 r2 d) Fe and Fn differ only slightly
Currents are different Ans. b
So intensity are different Sol. Conceptual
I1 I2
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49. During a decay 53. A positive hole in a semiconductor is
a) An atomic electron is ejected a) An anti-particle of electron
b) An electron which is already present within b) A vacancy created when an electron leaves
the nucleus is ejected a covalent bond
c) A neutron in the nucleus decays emitting an c) Absence of free electrons
electron d) An artificially created particle
d) A proton in the nucleus decays emitting an Ans. b
electron Sol. A vacancy created when an electron leaves a
Ans. c covalent bond.
Sol. A neutron in the nucleus decays emitting an
electron 54. Two long straight parallel wires are a distance
2 d part. They carry steady equal currents
50. A radio-active elements has half-life of 15 flowing out of the plane of the paper. The
years. What is the fraction that will decay in variation of magnetic field B along the line xx’
30 years? is given by
a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c) 0.75 d) 0.85
Ans. c a) b)
Sol. Fraction of remaining element
t/T
N 1
1 100 100 0.25
N0 2
The fraction that will decay in 30 years is 0.75
c) d)
a) 50 cm b) 5 cm c) 38.7 cm d) 31.6 cm
vr 12 Ans. a
tan 1
vm 12 Sol. Iz Ix I y 0.5 Kg m2
450 towards east I mK 2
K 0.5 m 50cm
58. One end of a string of length ‘ l ’ is connected
to a particle of mass ‘m’ and the other to a
small peg on a smooth horizontal table. If the
particle moves in a circle with speed ‘v’, the net
force on the particle (directed towards the
centre) is : (T is the tension in the string)
m 2
a) T b) T
l
m 2
c) T d) 0
l
Ans. a
Sol. The net force on the particle (directed towards
the centre) is tension (T) in the string