KCET EXAMINATION – 2020

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  AT 4
EA
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)
240 60 720
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 60
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 20C charge kept at
B?

a) 50 Nm-1 b) 0 c) 105 Nm-1 d)  a) 4x10-4 Vm-1 b) 8x10-4 Vm-1

Ans. c c) 16x10-4 Vm-1 d) 1x10-4 Vm-1
m Ans. a
Sol. T  2
k eff Sol. F  Eq

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 cm1 . 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 
20 .r
a) b)
1 102
   18  109  5
4 102
 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 6F. 1
across 10 cm  cm faces
The value of capacitance of each capacitor is 2
a) 2F b) 3F c) 4F d) 6F c) maximum when the battery is connected
Ans. c across 10 cm x 1 cm faces
Sol. CP  CS  6F d) same irrespective of the three faces
Ans. a
C
2C   6  C  4F 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

5 6 5 12 26. A long cylindrical wire of radius R carries a

a)  b)  c)  d) 
6 5 12 5 uniform current I flowing through it. The
Ans. a variation of magnetic field with distance ‘r’
5 5 from the axis of the wire is shown by
Sol. R eff  r 
6 6
a) b)
23. I-V characteristic of a copper wire of length L
and area of cross-section A is shown in figure.
The slope of the curve becomes
c) d)

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

28. A paramagnetic sample shows a net

magnetization of 8 Am-1 when placed in an
external magnetic field of 0.6T at a
3  0I  0 I 3 0I 0I temperature of 4K. When the same sample is
a)  b)  placed in an external magnetic field of 0.2 T at
4 r 4r 10 r 4r
a temperature of 16 K. the magnetization will
3  0I  0 I 3  0I  0I
c)  d)  be
8 r 4r 8 r 4r
32 2
Ans. c a) Am1 b) Am1
3 3
Sol. Bnet  B1  B2  B3
c) 6 Am1 d) 2.4 Am1
3  0I  0I
  0 Ans. b
8 r 4r
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B 32. The current in a coil of inductance 0.2 H
Sol. I
T changes from 5A to 2A in 0.5sec. The
I2 B2 T1 I2 0.2 4 2 magnitude of the average induced emf in the
    I2  Am1 coil is
I1 B1 T2 8 0.6 16 3
a) 0.6 V b) 1.2 V c) 30 V d) 0.3 V
Ans. b
29. The ratio of magnetic field at the centre of a
di
current carrying circular coil to its magnetic Sol. e  L
moment is ‘x’ if the current and the radius both dt
are doubled. The new ratio will become 5 2
 0.2  
x x  0.5 
a) 2x b) 4x c) d)
4 8 2
  3  1.2 V
Ans. d 5
B  0 IN / 2r 
Sol.  33. In the given circuit the peak voltage across C,
M NIr2
L and R are 30 V, 110 V and 60 V respectively.
B 1
 3 The rms value of the applied voltage is
M r
B
x  let 
M
3
x2  r  x
 
x  2r  8 a) 100 V b) 200 V c) 70.7 V d) 141 V
Ans. c
30. In a permanent magnet at room temperature 2
Sol. V0  VR2   VL  VC 
a) Magnetic moment of each molecule is zero
b) The individual molecules have non-zero   60 
2
 110  30 
2

magnetic moment which are all perfectly

 100
aligned
V0 100 2
c) Domains are partially aligned Vrm s   
2 2 2
d) Domains are all perfectly aligned
 2
Ans. d  100 
 2 
Sol. Domains are all perfectly aligned  
 1.414 
 100  
31. A rod of length 2 m slides with a speed of  2 
5 ms-1 on a rectangular conducting frame as  70.7 V
shown in figure. There exists a uniform
magnetic filed of 0.04 T perpendicular to the 1
34. The power factor of R-L circuit is . If the
plane of the figure. If the resistance of the rod 3
is 3 . The current through the rod is inductive reactance is 2 . The value of
resistance is
1
a) 2  b) 2 c) 0.5  d) 
2
Ans. b
1
Sol. cos  
a) 75 mA b) 133 mA c) 0.75 A d) 1.33 A 3
Ans. b 2
tan  
Blv 0.04  2  5 1
Sol. i  
R 3 X
tan   L
 133 mA R
2
2 
R
2
R  2 
2
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35. In the given circuit, the resonant frequency is 38. The refracting angle of prism is A and
A
refractive index of material of prism is cot .
2
The angle of minimum deviation is
a) 180 0  3A b) 180 0  2A
0
c) 90  A d) 180 0  2A
Ans. d
a) 15.92 Hz b) 159.2 Hz  A  dm 
sin  
c) 1592 Hz d) 15910 Hz  2 
Sol. n 
Ans. c A
sin
1 2
Sol. V 
2 LC  A  dm 
sin  
1 A  2 
 cot 
2 A
2 0.5  10 3  20  10 6 sin
2
 1592 Hz
A sin  A  dm 
cos  2 
2   
36. A light beam of intensity 20 W/cm2 is incident A A
normally on a perfectly reflecting surface of sin sin
2 2
sides 25 cm×15 cm. The momentum imparted  A  A  dm 
to the surface by the light per second is sin  90    sin  
 2   2 
a) 2  105 kg ms 1 b) 1  105 kg ms 1 A A  dm
90  
c) 5  10 5 kg ms 1 d) 1.2  10 5 kg ms 1 2 2
Ans. c 180  A  A  d m
E 180  2A  dm
Sol. I
A
E  IA 39. The following figure shows a beam of light
2E converging at point P. When a concave lens of
P focal length 16 cm is introduced in the path of
C
2IA the beam at a place shown by dotted line such
P that OP becomes the axis of the lens, the beam
C
2  20  25  15 converges at a distance x from the lens. The
 value of x will be equal to
3  108
 5  105 kg ms 1

37. An object approaches a convergent lens from

the left of the lens with a uniform speed 5 m/s
a) 12 cm b) 24 cm c) 36 cm d) 48 cm
and stops at the focus, the image
Ans. d
a) Moves away from the lens with an uniform
1 1 1
speed 5 m/s Sol.   f=16 cm, u= 12 cm
b) Moves away from the lens with an uniform f v u
acceleration
40. Three polaroid sheets P1, P2 and P3 are kept
c) Moves away from the lens with a non- parallel to each other such that the angle
uniform acceleration between pass axes of P1 and P2 is 450 and that
d) Moves towards the lens with a non-uniform between P2 and P3 is 450. If unpolarised beam
acceleration of light of intensity 128 Wm-2 is incident on P1.
Ans. c What is the intensity of light coming out of P3?
Sol. Moves away from the lens with a non-uniform a) 128 Wm2 b) 0
acceleration. c) 16 Wm2 d) 64 Wm2
Ans. c
I0 2
Sol. I
2
 cos2  
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41. Two poles are separated by a distance of 3.14 45. The period of revolution of an electron
m. The resolving power of human eye is 1 revolving in nth orbit of H-atom is proportional
minute of an arc. The maximum distance from to
which he can identify the two poles distinctly 1
a) n2 b)
is n
a) 10.8 km b) 5.4 km c) 188 m d) 376 m c) n3 d) Independent of n
Ans. a Ans. c
d Sol. Tn3
Sol.  
D
46. Angular momentum of an electron in hydrogen
42. In young’s Double Slit Experiment, the
3h
distance between the slits and the screen is 1.2 atom is (h is the Planck’s constant). The
2
m and the distance between the two slits is 2.4
K.E. of the electron is
mm. If a thin transparent mica sheet of
a) 4.35 eV b) 1.51 eV c) 3.4 eV d) 6.8 eV
thickness 1 m and R.I. 1.5 is introduced
Ans. b
between one of the interfering beams, the shift
nh
in the position of central bright fringe is Sol. mvr 
a) 2 mm b) 0.5 mm 2
c) 0.125 mm d) 0.25 mm n=3
Ans. d
47. A beam of fast moving alpha particles were
D
Sol. Shift   M  1 t =0.25 mm directed towards a thin film of gold. The parts
d
A, B and C of the transmitted and reflected
beams corresponding to the incident parts A,
43. The de-Broglie wavelength associated with
B and C of the beam are shown in the adjoining
electron of hydrogen atom in this ground state
diagram. The number of alpha particles in
is
0 0 0 0
a) 0.3 A b) 3.3 A c) 6.26 A d) 10 A
Ans. b
Sol. E=13.6 V
12.27 12.27
   3.33A 0
13.6 3.68

44. The following graph represents the variation of

a) B' will be minimum and in C' maximum
photo current with anode potential for a metal
b) A ' will be maximum and in C' minimum
surface. Here I1, I2 and I3 represents intensities
and 1 ,  2 ,  3 represent frequency for curves 1, c) A ' will be minimum and in B' maximum
d) C' will be minimum and in B' maximum
2 and 3 respectively, then
Ans.
Sol. A ' will be maximum
B' will be Minimum

48. Two protons are kept at a separation of 10 nm.

Let Fn and Fe the nuclear force and the
   2 and I1  I2    3 and I1  I3 electromagnetic force between them
a) 1 b) 1
c) 1   2 and I1  I2 d)  2   3 and I1  I3 a) Fe  Fn

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)

51. A 220 V A.C supply is connected between

points A and B as shown in figure what will be
Ans. b
the potential difference V across the capacitor?
0 i
Sol. B
2r
1
B
r

55. A cylindrical wire has a mass  0.3  0.003 g,

a) 220 V b) 110 V
radius  0.5  0.005  mm and length
c) 0 d) 220 2 V
Ans. d  6  0.06 cm . The maximum percentage error
Sol. The potential difference a cross the capacitor in the measurement of its density is
is peak voltage. a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
Vmax  Vrms  2  220 2V Ans. d
m m
Sol. d   2
52. In the following circuit what are P and Q: v r l
d m r l
 100%   100%  2  100%   100%  4
d m r l

56. At a metro station, a girl walks up a stationary

escalator in 20 sec. If she remains stationary
on the escalator, then the escalator take her
up in 30 sec. The time taken by her to walk up
on the moving escalator will be
a) P  1, Q  0 b) P  0, Q  1
a) 25 sec b) 60 sec c) 12 sec d) 10 sec
c) P  0, Q  0 d) P  1, Q  1 Ans. c
Ans. b tt
Sol. t  1 2  12
Sol. P=0, Q=1 t1  t2
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57. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 60. A thin uniform rectangular plate of mass 2 kg
12 ms-1. A woman rides a bicycles with a speed is placed in X-Y plane as shown in figure. The
of 12 ms-1 in east to west direction. What is the moment of inertial about x-axis is
direction in which she should hold her Ix  0.2 kg m2 and the moment of inertia
umbrella?
about y-axis is Iy  0.3 kg m2 . The radius of
a) 300 towards East b) 450 towards East
0
c) 30 towards West d) 450 towards West gyration of the plate about the axis passing
Ans. b through O and perpendicular to the plane of
Sol. the plate is

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

59. A body is initially at rest. It undergoes one-

dimensional motion with constant
acceleration. The power delivered to it at time
‘t’ is proportional to
a) t1/2 b) t c) t 3/2 d) t 2
Ans. b
2
1 mv2 1 m   at 
Sol. P 
2 t 2 t
pt