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BITSAT PRACTICE TEST - 3/2010 (PHYSICS)

1. What are dimensions of Young’s modulus of elasticity ?
(A) ML1T 2 (B) MLT 2 (C) MLT 1 (D) None of these

2. 4.338  4.835  3.88  3.0 is :

(A) 10.6 (B) 10.59 (C) 10.5912 (D) 10.591267

3. The vertices of a quadrilateral are A(1, 2,  1) , B(4,2,  2) , C (4,1,  5) and D(2,  1,3) . Forces of
magnitudes 2, 3, 2 N are acting at point A along the lines AB, AC, AD respectively. Find their
resultant.
10i  9 j  6k  i  9 j  6k  i  9 j 16k i  19 j  6k
(A) (B)   (C) (D)
26  26  26 26

4. A particle moves in a straight line so that after t second, the distance x from a fixed point O on the
line is given by x  (t  2)2 (t  5) . Then
(A) after 2s, velocity of particle is zero (B) after 2s, the particle reaches at O
(C) the acceleration is negative, when t  3s (D) All of these

5. At time t second, a particle of mass 3 kg has position vector r metre where r  3ti  4 cost j .

Find the impulse of the force during the time interval 0  t 
2
(A) 12 j N  s (B) 9j Ns (C) 4j Ns (D) 14 j N  s

6. Three identical cars A, B and C are moving at the same speed on three bridges. The car A goes on a
plane bridge, B on a bridge convex upwards and C goes on a bridge concave upwards. Let FA, FB,
and FC be the normal forces exerted by the cars on the bridges when they are at the middle of the
bridges. Then :
(A) FA is maximum of the three forces (B) FB is maximum of the three force
(C) FC is maximum of the three forces (D) FA = FB = FC

7. A particle moves along a curve of unknown shape but magnitude of force F is constant and always
acts along tangent to the curve. The :
(A) F may be conservative (B) F must be conservative
(C) F may be non-conservative (D) F must be non-conservative

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8. The average human heart forces four litre of blood per minute through arteries a pressure of
125mm. If the density of blood 1.03  103 kg / m3 . Then the power of heart is :
(A) 112.76  106 HP (B) 112.76 HP
(C) 1.03  103 HP (D) 1.03  106 HP

9. A machine gun fires 120 shots per minute. If the mass of each bullet is 10 g and the muzzle
velocity is 800 m / sec. The average recoil force on the maching gun is :
(A) 120 N (B) 8N (C) 16 N (D) 12 N

10. Moment of inertia of a copper sphere

(A) depends upon temperature (B) depends upon angular velocity
(C) depends upon the position of axis of rotation (D) both (A) and (C) are correct

11. The escape velocity on the surface of the earth is 11.2 km/sec. If mass and radius of a planet is
4 and 2 times respectively than that of earth, what is the escape velocity from the planet ?
(A) 11.2 km/sec (B) 1.112 km/sec (C) 15.8 km/sec (D) 22.4 km/sec

12. A particle of mass m is executing oscillation about the origin on the X-axis. Its potential energy is
U(x) = | x |3, where k is a positive constant. If the amplitude of oscillation is a, then its time period
T is :
1
(A) proportional to (B) independent of a
a
(C) proportional to a (D) proportional to a3/2

13. Find the common radius of curvature ‘r’ when two soap bubbles with radii r1 and r2 (r1  r2 ) come
in contact
r1  r2 r1 r2 r1 r2
(A) r (B) r (C) r (D) r  r1r2
2 r1  r2 r1  r2

14. A liquid having area of free surface ‘A’ and has an orifice at a depth of ‘h’ with an area ‘a’ below
the liquid surface, then find the velocity v of flow through the orifice :
A2
(A) v  2 gh (B) v  2 gh
A2  a 2

A A2  a 2
(C) v  2 gh (D) v  2 gh
Aa A2

15. When tension in a metal wire is T1, its length was l1 and when tension is T2, the length is l2. Find its
unstretched length :

(A) l1l2 (B)

l1  l2
(C)
 l1T2  l2T1  (D)
l1T2  l2T1
2 T2  T1 T2  T1

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16. A sonometer wire 65 cm long, is in resonance with a tuning fork of frequency f. If the length of the
sonometer wire is increased by 1 cm and it is vibrated with the same tuning fork, 8 beats are heard
per second. The value of f is :
(A) 256 Hz (B) 512 Hz (C) 260 Hz (D) 520 Hz

17. A piezo electric quartz plate of Young’s modulus of elasticity 8  1010 N / m2 and density
2.65  103 kg / m3 is vibrating in resonant condition. The fundamental frequency of vibrating is
550 kHz. What is thickness of the plate ?
(A) 0.05 cm (B) 0.5 cm (C) 1.25 cm (D) 0.55 cm

18. A thermally insulated piece of metal is heated under atmosphere by an electric current so that it
receives electric energy at a constant power P. This leads to an increase of the absolute temperature
t of the metal with time t as follows : T = at1/4
The heat capacity Cp is :
4PT 3 4PT 2
(A) (B) (C) 4PT2 (D) None of these
a4 a3

19. In troposphere, temperature varies linearly with elevation as T  T0  ay , where T0 is the

temperature at the earth’s surface, then :
(A) the pressure does not change with elevation in troposphere
(B) the variation of pressure with elevation is linear
(C) the dimension of a is  M 0 L1 
(D) the pressure is independent of variation with temperature in the given situation

20. Choose the correct relation between the rms speed (vrms) of the gas molecules and the velocity of
sound in that gas (vs) in identical situations of pressure and temperature :
3  
(A) vrms = vs (B) vrms    vs (C) vrms    vs (D)  vrms  3vs
  3

21. A Carnot engine is made to work first between 200C and 0C , and then between 0C and
 
200C . The ratio of efficiencies  2  of the engine in the two cases is :
 1 
(A) 1 : 15 (B) 1:1 (C) 1:2 (D) 1.73 : 1

22. A block of ice at 0C rests on the upper surface of the slab of stone of area 3600 cm2 and thickness
of 10cm. The slab is exposed on the lower surface to steam at 100C . If 4800 g of ice is melted in
one hour, then calculate the thermal conductivity of stone.
(Given : The latent heat of fusion of ice = 80 cal / gm)
(A) K  2.96  103 cal / cm sC (B) K 1.96  103 cal / cm sC
(C) K  0.96  103 cal / cm sC (D) None of these

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23. Two similar plano convex lens are placed with their convex
surfaces in contact and the space between them is filled with a
liquid of refractive index 1.7, as shown in figure. The focal
length of plano convex lens is 25 cm and radius of curvature of
the curved surface is 12.5 cm and is made of glass of refractive
index 1.5. Find the focal length of the combination.
(A)  31.25 cm (B)  42.05 cm
(C) 37.73 cm (D)  52 .65 cm

24. In Young’s double slit experiment, the distance between silits is 0.0344 mm The wavelength of
light used is 600 nm. What is the angular width of a fringe formed on a distance screen ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

25. Identical charges of magnitude Q are placed at  n  1 corners of a regular polygon of n sides each
corner of the polygon is at a distance r from the centre. The field at the centre is :
kQ kQ n kQ  n  1 Q
(A) (B)  n  1 (C) . 2 (D) k
r2 r2  n 1 r n r2

26. A point charge Q is placed at the centre of a hemisphere. Find the ratio of electric flux passing
through curved surface and plane surface of the hemisphere :
(A) 1:1 (B) 1:2 (C) 2 :1 (D) 4 :1

27. In the given figure the capacitor of plate area A is charged upon
charge q. Find the ratio of elongation (neglect force of gravity) in
spring C and D at equilibrium position.
k1 k2
(A) (B) (C) k1k2 (D) None of these
k2 k1

28. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential difference V0. The charge battery is
disconnected and the capacitor is connected to a capacitor of unknown capacitance Cx.
The potential difference across the combination is V. The value of Cx should be :
C (V0  V ) C (V  V0 ) CV CV0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
V V V0 V

29. There is a current of 1.344 A in a copper wire whose area of cross – section normal to the length of
wire is 1 mm2. If the number of free electrons per cm2 is 8.4  1028 m3, then the drift velocity
would be :
(A) 1 mm / s (B) 1 m/s (C) 0.1 mm/s (D) 0.01 m/s
30. Two long straight parallel conductors are separated by a distance of 5 cm and carrying current
20 A. What work per unit length of a conductor must be done to increase the separation between
conductors to 10 cm, if the current flows in the same direction ?
(A) 8  105 loge 2 (B) loge 2 (C) 107 loge 2 (D) None of these

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31. A thin rectangular magnet suspended freely has a period of oscillation equal to T. Now, it is
broken into two equal halves (each having half of the original length) and one piece is made to
oscillate freely in the same field. If its period of oscillation is T  , the ratio T  / T is
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
4 2 2 2
32. Curie temperature is the temperature above which :
(A) a paramagnetic material becomes ferromagnetic
(B) a ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic
(C) a paramagnetic material becomes diamagnetic
(D) a ferromagnetic material becomes diamagnetic

33. The sum and the difference of self inductances of two coils are 13H and 5 H respectively.
The maximum mutual inductances of two coil is :
(A) 6H (B) 5H (C) 65H (D) 18 H

34. An A.C. is represented by e = 220 sin (100 ) t volt and is applied over a resistance of 110 ohm.
Calculate the heat produced in 7 minutes.
(A) 11  103 cal (B) 22  103 cal (C) 33  103 cal (D) 25  103 cal

35. A radiation of 2000 Å wavelength incident on the metal surface, with work function 5.01eV.
What is the potential difference must be applied to stop the fastest photoelectron emitted by metal
surface ?
(A) 1.19 eV (B) 6.19 eV (C) 3.19 eV (D) 4.19 eV

36. If the radius of first Bohr’s orbit is x, then de Broglie wavelength of electron in 3rd orbit is nearly :
(A) 2 x (B) 6 x (C) 9x (D) x/3

37. The count rate of a radioactive nuclei falls from 992 counts per minute to 62 counts per minute in
10 hour. The half-life of the element is :
(A) 1 hour (B) 2.5 hour (C) 5 hour (D) 6 hour

38. The exclusive – OR of A, B is represented by A  B . An equivalent from is :

(A) AB  AB (B) AB  A  B (C) AB  AB (D) None of these

39. The figure shows a rectifier of alternating current (f = 50c/s).

The number of pulses of rectified current obtained in one second
is :

(A) 50 (B) 25
(C) 100 (D) 200

40. The planet which has no atmosphere is

(A) Venus (B) Mercury (C) Mars (D) Earth

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Answers - BITSAT PRACTICE TEST - 3 (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A A B D A C D A C D

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C A B D C B B A C B

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

D A A A A A B A C A

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

C B A B A B B C C B

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