Month: December 2017

AIEEE 2002

Sample Questions

1. Which statement is incorrect ?
(a) all reversible cycles have same efficiency
(b) reversible cycle has more efficiency than an irreversible one
(c) Carnot cycle is a reversible one
(d) Carnot cycle has the maximum efficiency in all cycles

2. Length of a string tied to two rigid supports is 40 cm. Maximum length (wave length in cm) of a stationary wave produced on it is
(a) 20 (b) 80 (c) 40 (d)120

3. The power factor of an AC circuit having resistance (R) and inductance (L) connected in series and an angular velocity w is
(a) R/wL (b) R/(R² +w²L²)^1/2 (c) wL/R (d) R/(R² -w²L²)^1/2

4. An astronomical telescope has a large aperture to
(a) reduce spherical aberration (b) have high resolution
(c) increase span of observation (d) have low dispersion

5. The kinetic energy needed to project a body of mass m from the earth surface (radius R) to infinity is
(a) mgR/2 (b) 2mgR (c) mgR (d) mgR/4

6. If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter, then we must connect with the ammeter a
(a) low resistance in parallel (b) high resistance in parallel
(c) high resistance in series (d) low resistance in series

7. If in a circular coil A of radius R, current I is flowing and in another coil B of radius 2R a current 2I is flowing, then the ratio of the magnetic fields B_A and B_B, produced by them will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 4

8. If two mirrors are kept at 60⁰ to each other, then the number of images formed by them is
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

9. A wire when connected to 220 V mains supply has power dissipation P₁. Now the wire is cut into two equal pieces which are connected in parallel to the same supply. Power dissipation in this case is P_2. Then P₂ : P₁ is
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3

10. If 13.6 eV energy is required to ionize the hydrogen atom, then the energy required to remove an electron from n = 2 is
(a) 10.2 eV (b) 0 eV (c) 3.4 eV (d) 6.8 eV

11. Tube A has both ends open while tube B has one end closed, otherwise they are identical. The ratio of fundamental frequency of tube A and B is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 1

12. A tuning fork arrangement (pair) produces 4 beats / sec with one fork of frquency 288 cps. A little wax is placed on the unknown fork and it then produces 2 beats /sec. The frequency of the unknown fork is
(a) 286 cps (b) 292 cps (c) 294 cps (d) 288 cps

13. A wave y = a sin(wt – kx) on a string meets with another wave producing a node at x = 0. Then the equation of the unknown wave is
(a) y = asin(wt + kx) (b) y = -asin(wt + kx)
(c) y = asin(wt – kx) (d) y = -asin(wt – kx)

14.  On moving a charge of 20 coulombs by 2cm, 2 J of work is done, then the potential difference between the points is
(a) 0.1 V (b) 8 V (c) 2 V (d) 0.5 V

15. If an electron and a proton having same momenta enter perpendicular to a magnetic field, then
(a) curved path of electron and proton will be same (ignoring the sense of revolution)
(b) they will move undeflected
(c) curved path of electron is more curved than that of the proton
(d) path of proton is more curved

16. In a simple harmonic oscillator, at the mean position
(a) kinetic energy is minimum, potential energy is maximum
(b) both kinetic and potential energies are maximum
(c) kinetic energy is maximum, potential energy is minimum
(d) both kinetic and potential energies are minimum

17. Initial angular velocity of a circular disc of mass M is w₁. Then two small spheres of mass m are attached gently to diametrically opposite points on the edge of the disc. What is the final angular velocity of the disc?

18. The minimum velocity (in ms^-1) with which a car driver must traverse a flat curve of radius 150 m and coefficient of friction 0.6 to avoid skidding is
(a) 60 (b) 30 (c) 15 (d) 25

19. A cylinder of height 20 m is completely filled with water. The velocity of efflux of water (in ms^-1) through a small hole on the side wall of the cylinder near its bottom is
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 25.5 (d) 5

20. A spring of force constant 800 N/m has an extension of 5 cm. The work done is extending it from 5 cm to 15 cm is
(a) 16 J (b) 8 J (c) 32 J (d) 24 J

21. Two identical particles move towards each other with velocity 2v and v respectively. The velocity of centre of mass is
(a) v (b) v/3 (c) v/2 (d) zero

22. If a current is passed through a spring then the spring will
(a) expand (b) compress (c) remains same (d) none of these

23. Heat given to a body which raises its temperature by 1⁰C is
(a) water equivalent (b) thermal capacity (c) specific heat (d) temperature gradient

24. At absolute zero, Si acts as
(a) non metal (b) metal (c) insulator (d) none of these

25.  Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature is evident by
(a) polarization (b) interference (c) reflection (d) diffraction

26. Wires 1 and 2 carrying currents i₁ and i₂ respectively are inclined at an angle 0 (theta) to each other. What is the force on a small element dI of wire 2 at a distance of r from wire 1 (as shown in the figure) due to the magnetic field j₁ of wire 1?

27. At a specific instant emission of radioactive compound is deflected in a magnetic field. The compound can emit
(i) electrons (ii) protons (iii) He²⁺ (iv) neutrons
The emission at instant can be
(a) i, ii, iii (b) i, ii, iii, iv (c) iv (d) ii, iii

28. Sodium and copper have work functions 2.3 eV and 4.5 eV respectively. Then the ratio of the wave lengths is nearest to
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 4

29.  Formation of covalent bonds in compounds exhibits
(a) wave nature of electron (b) particle nature of electron (c) both wave and particle nature of electron (d) none of these

30. A conducting square loop of side L and resistance R moves in its plane with a uniform velocity v perpendicular to one of its sides. A magnetic induction B constant in time and space, pointing perpendicular and into the plane at the loop exists everywhere with half the loop outside the field, as shown in figure. The induced emf is

(a) zero (b) RvB (c) VBL/R (d) VBL

31. Infra red radiation is detected by
(a) spectrometer (b) pyrometer (c) nanometer (d) photometer

32. If N₀ is the original mass of the substance of half- life period t_1/2 = 5 years, then the amount of substance left after 15 years is
(a) N₀/8 (b) N₀/16 (c) N₀/2 (d)N₀/4

33. By increasing the temperature, the specific resistance of a conductor and a semiconductor
(a) increases for both (b) decreases for both  (c) increases, decreases (d) decreases, increases

34. If there are n capacitors in parallel connected to V volt source, then the energy stored is equal to

35. Which of the following is more closed to a black body?
(a) black board paint (b) green leaves (c) black holes (d) red roses

36. The inductance between A and D is

(a) 3.66 H (b) 9 H (c) 0.66 H (d) 1 H

37. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of 45⁰ to the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be
(a) E (b) E/2^1/2 (c) E/2 (d) zero

38. From a building two balls A and B are thrown such that A is thrown upwards A and B downwards (both vertically). If v_A and v_B are their respective velocities on reaching the ground, then
(a) v_B >v_A (b) v_B =v_A (c) v_B <v_A (d) their velocities depend on their masses

39. If a body looses half of its velocity on penetrating 3 cm in a wooden block, then how much will it penetrate more before coming to rest?
(a) 1 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 4 cm

40. If suddenly the gravitational force of attraction between Earth and a satellite revolving around it becomes zero, then the satellite will
(a) continue to move in its orbit with same velocity
(b) move tangentially to the originally orbit in the same velocity
(c) become stationary in its orbit
(d) move towards the earth.

41. Cooking gas containers are kept in a lorry moving with uniform speed. The temperature of the gas molecules inside will
(a) increase (b) decrease (c) remain same (d) decrease for some, while increase for others

42. When temperature increases, the frequency of a tuning fork
(a) increases (b) decrease (c) remains same (d) increases or decreases depending on the material

43. If mass-energy equivalence is taken into account, when water is cooled to form ice, the mass of water should
(a) increase (b) remain unchanged (c) decrease (d) first increase then decrease

44. The energy band gap is maximum in
(a) metals (b) superconductors (c) insulators (d) semiconductors

45. The part of a transistor which is most heavily doped to produce large number of majority carriers is
(a) emmiter (b) base  (c) collector (d) can be any of the above three

46. Energy required to move a body of mass m from an orbit of radius 2R to 3R is
(a) GMm/12R² (b) GMm/3R² (c) GMm/8R (d) GMm/6R

47. If a spring has time period T, and is cut into n equal parts, then the time period of each part will be
(a) T/n^1/2 (b) T/n^1/2 (c) nT (d) T

48. A charged particle q is placed at the centre O of cube of length L (A B C D E F G H). Another same charge q is placed at a distance L from O. Then the electric flux through ABCD is

49. If in the circuit, power dissipation is 150 W, then R is

(a) 2 W (b) 6 W (c) 5 W (d) 4 W

50. Wavelength of light used in an optical instrument are Lambda₁ = 4000A and Lambda₂ = 5000A, then  ratio of their respective resolving powers (corresponding to Lambda₁ and Lambda₂) is
(a) 16 : 25 (b) 9 : 1 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 5 : 4

51. A child swinging on a swing in sitting position, stands up, then the time period of the swing will
(a) increase (b) decrease (c) remains same (d) increases if the child is tall and decreases if the child is short

52. A lift is moving down with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift. The acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the ground are respectively
(a) g, g (b) g – a, g – a (c) g – a, g (d) a, g

53. The mass of product liberated on anode in an electrochemical cell depends on
(a) (It)^1/2 (b) IT (c) I/t (d) I²t
(where t is the time period, for which the current is passed)

54. At what temperature is the r.m.s. velocity of a hydrogen molecule equal to that of an oxygen molecule at 470 C?
(a) 80 K (b) – 73 K (c) 3 K (d) 20 K

55. The time period of a charged particle undergoing a circular motion in a uniform magnetic field is independent of its
(a) speed (b) mass (c) charge (d) magnetic induction

56. A solid sphere, a hallow sphere and a ring are released from top of an inclined plane (frictionless) so that they slide down the plane. Then maximum acceleration down the plane is for (no rolling)
(a) solid sphere (b) hollow sphere (c) ring (d) all same

57. In a transformer , number of turns in the primary coil are 140 and that in the secondary coil are  280. If current in primary coil is 4A, then that in the secondary coil is
(a) 4 A (b) 2 A (c) 6 A (d) 10 A

58. Even Carnot engine cannot give 100% efficiency because we cannot
(a) prevent radiation (b) find ideal sources (c) reach absolute zero temperature (d) eliminate friction

59. Moment of inertia of a circular wire of mass M and radius R about its diameter is
(a) MR²/2 (b) MR² (c) 2MR² (d) MR²/4

60. When forces F₁, F₂, F₃ are acting on a particle of mass m such that F₂ and F₃ are mutually perpendicular, then the particle remains stationary. If the force F₁ is now removed then the acceleration of the particle is
(a) F1/m (b) F2F3/mF1 (c) (F2 – F3)/m (d) F2/m

61. Two forces are such that the sum of their magnitudes is 18 N and their resultant is 12 N which is perpendicular to the smaller force. Then the magnitudes of the forces are
(a) 12 N, 6 N (b) 13 N, 5 N (c) 10 N, 8 N (d) 16 N, 2 N

62. Speeds of two identical cars are u and 4u at the specific instant. The ratio of the respective distances in which the two cars are stopped from that instant is
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 8 (d) 1 : 16

63.  1 mole of a gas with γ = 7/5 is mixed with 1 mole of a gas with γ = 5/3, then the value of γ for the resulting mixture is
(a) 7/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 24/16 (d) 12/7

64. If a charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q such that the system is in equilibrium then the value of q is
(a) Q/2 (b) -Q/2 (c) Q/4 (d) -Q/4

65. Capacitance (in F) of a spherical conductor with radius 1 m is
(a) 1.1 x 10^-10 (b) 10^-6 (c) 9 x 10^-9 (d) 10^-3

66. A light string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses m₁ and m₂ (vertically). If the acceleration of the system is g/8, then the ratio of the masses is
(a) 8 : 1 (b) 9 : 7 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 5 : 3

67. Two spheres of the same material have radii 1 m and 4m and temperatures 4000 K and 2000 K respectively. The ratio of the energy radiated per second by the first sphere to that by the second is
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 16 : 1 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 9

68. Three identical blocks of masses m = 2kg are drawn by a force F = 10.2 N with an acceleration of 0.6 ms^-2 on a frictions surface, then what is the tension (in N) in the string between the blocks B and C ?

(a) 9.2 (b) 7.8 (c) 4 (d) 9.8

69. One end of a massless rope, which passes over a massless and frictionless pulley P is tied to a hook C while the other end is free. Maximum tension that the rope can bear is 360 N. With what value of maximum safe acceleration (in ms-2) can a man of 60 kg climb on the rope?

(a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8

70. A particle of mass m moves along line PC with velocity v as shown.
What is the angular momentum of the particle about P?
(a) mvL (b) mvl (c)  mvr (d) zero

71. Which of the following is used in optical fibres ?
(a) total internal reflection (b) scattering (c) diffraction  (d) refraction

72. The escape velocity of a body depends upon mass as
(a) m⁰ (b) m¹ (c) m² (d)m³

73. Which of the following are not electromagnetic waves?
(a) cosmic rays (b) gamma rays (c) beta- rays (d) X-Rays

74. Identify the pair whose dimensions are equal
(a) torque and work (b) stress and energy (c) force and stress (d) force and work

75. If θ_i is the inversion temperature , θ_n is the neutral temperature, θ_c is the temperature of the cold junction, then
(a) θ_i+θ_c =θ_n (b) θ_i-θ_c =2θ_n (c) θ_i+θ_c =2θ_n (d) θ_c – θ_i=2θ_n

76. When H₂S is passed through Hg₂S we get
(a) HgS (b) HgS + Hg₂S (c) Hg₂S (d) Hg₂S₂

77. Alum helps in purifying water by
(a) forming Si complex with clay particles
(b) sulphate part which combines with the dirt and removes it
(c) coagulating the mud particles
(d) making mud water soluble

78. A square planar complex is formed by hybridisation of which atomic orbitals ?
(a) s, p_x,p_y,d_yz (b) s, p_x,p_y,d_x²–_y²  (c) s, p_x,p_y,d_z² (d)s, p_x,p_y,d_xy

79. Polymer formation from monomers starts by
(a) condensation reaction between monomers
(b) coordinate reaction between monomers
(c) conversion of monomer to monomer ions by protons
(d) hydrolysis of monomers

80. The type of isomerism present in nitropentamine chromium (III) chloride is
(a) optical (b) linkage (c) ionization (d) polymerisation

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