DPMT - 2006

PHYSICS MEMORY BASED QUESTIONS

1. Two circular coils whose radii are in ratio of 1 : 3, are joined

O1
as shown in the figure. What is ratio of magnetic field at R1 = 3r
their centres.
(1) 1 : 1
O2
R2 = r
(2) 1 : 3
(3) 9 : 1
(4) 1 : 9
Sol: Ans [1]

2. Which of the following is true for rays coming from infinity

(1) Two image are formed
(2) Continuous image is formed between focal points of µ1
upper and lower lens
(3) One image is formed µ2

(4) None of these

Sol: Ans [1]
f1 and f2 will be different, so we get images at two separate points.

3. What is dimension of thermal conductivity

(1) [MLT–1 K –1] (2) [MLT –3K –1] (3) [M 2LT –3K –2 ] (4) [ML 2T–2 K]
Sol: Ans [2]
∆Q ∆T
= KA
∆t ∆X
∆Q∆X [ML2 T −2 ] [L]
⇒ K = ∆t · A · ∆Τ = [T] [L2 ] [K] = MLT–3K–1

4. A block C of mass m is moving with velocity V0 and collides elastically with block A of mass m and
connected to another block B of mass 2m through spring of spring constant K. What is K if x0 is
compression of spring when velocity of A and B is same
m V0 2 m V0 2
(1) 2 (2) 2 v0 B
x0 2 x0 C A
2 2
3 m V0 2 m V0
(3) (4)
2 x0 2 3 x0 2
Sol: Ans [4]
Using conservation of momentum and conservation of energy gives

1 1 1
mV02 = Kx02 + (3m)VC2 ...(i)
2 2 2

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where mV0 = 3mVc ...(ii)

2
V0 2 m V0
⇒ Vc = ∴ K=
3 x0 2
3

5. Two masses of 2 kg and 4 kg are tied to a string passing over frictionless and massless pulley. A
force of 50 N is applied on pulley in upward direction. The acceleration of masses are (initially masses
are resting on ground)
(1) 0, 0 (2) 0, 5 m/sec2
(3) 0, 2.5 m/sec2 (4) +5 m/sec2, –5 m/sec2
Sol: Ans [3] 50 N

50
T= = 25 N
2
T
25 – 2g = 2a T = 25 N
2 kg
5
⇒ a = m/s2 4 kg
2
20 N
Since T is less than 4g hence it will not move i.e. acceleration is zero

6. A bullet of mass 20 gm and moving with 600 m/sec collides with a block of mass 4 kg hanging with
the string. What is velocity of bullet when it comes out of block, if block rises to height 0.2 m after
collision
(1) 200 m/sec (2) 150 m/sec (3) 400 m/sec (4) 300 m/sec
Sol: Ans [3]
0.02 × 600 = 0.02 V + 2 V ′

where V′ = 2 gh = 2 × 10 × 0.2 = 2m/s

∴ 0.02 × 600 = 0.02 V + 2 × 2

⇒ 400 m/s

7. What is moment of inertia in terms of angular momentum (L) and kinetic energy

L2 L2 L L
(1) (2) (3) (4)
K 2K 2 K2 2K

Sol: Ans [2]

1
K= I ω2 & L = Iω
2

L2
⇒ K=
2I
L2
⇒ I=
2K

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8. A disc of mass 2 kg is rotating with angular velocity 30 rev/sec. What is angular velocity, if a mass
of 0.25 kg is put on periphery of the disc
(1) 24 rev/sec (2) 36 rev/sec (3) 15 rev/sec (4) 26 rev/sec
Sol: Ans [1]

2 × (0.2) 2  2 × ( 0 .2 ) 2 
× 30 =  + 0.25 × (0.2) 2  ω f
2  2 

1 .2
ωf = = 24 rad/sec.
0.05

9. If a body is raised from the surface of the Earth upto height R. What is change in potential energy?

3 mg R mg R
(1) mgR (2) mgR (3) (4)
2 2 4

Sol: Ans [3]

∆ U = Uf – Ui

GM m  GM m  GM m ( g R 2 )m
= − 2 R −  − R  = =
  2R 2R

mg R
=
2

10. A piston of cross section area A is fitted in cylinderd and gas of volume V at pressure P is enclosed.
Gas obeys Boyle’s Law, what is angular frequency if piston is displaced slightly

Ag Ag 2A g 3A g
(1) (2) 2 (3) (4)
V V V V

Sol: Ans [1]

∆P
B = P = − (∆ V/V)

P
⇒ ∆P = − V ∆V

F P
= − Ax
A V

PA 2
F= − x
V

 PA 2 
−  
a =  mV x
 

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a = − ω2 x

PA 2 (mg / A )A 2
⇒ ω = = (since mg = PA)
mV mV

Ag
=
V

11. What maximum frequency can be reflected from ionosphere

(1) 5 MHz (2) 5 GHz (3) 5 KHz (4) 50 MHz
Sol: Ans [1] Factual

12. Leakage current in n-p-n transistor flows through flow

(1) electron from emitter to base (2) electrons from collector to base
(3) holes from emitter to base (4) holes from collector to base
Sol: Ans [4] Holes from C to B

13. De Broglie wavelength of photo electrons is 1Å what is stopping potential

(1) 151 V (2) 15.3 V (3) 12.3 V (4) 13.6 V
Sol: Ans [1]
eVs = Ke

h
λe =
2m K e

h2
⇒ = eVs
2mλ e
2

h2
Vs = = 151 volt
2mλ e
2

14. A piston filled in cylindrical pipe is pulled as shown in the figure. A tuning fork is sounded at open
end and loudest sound is heard at open length 13 cm, 41 cm and 69 cm, the frequency of tuning fork
if velocity of sound is 350 m/sec is
(1) 1250 Hz (2) 625 Hz
(3) 417 Hz (4) 715 Hz
Sol: Ans [3]

λ
= (13 + e)
4

3λ
= (41 + e)
4

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2λ
⇒ = 28
4

⇒ λ = 56 cm

V 350
∴ f= = = 625 Hz
λ 0.56

15. A man is standing on the plateform and one train is approaching and another train is going away with
speed of 4 m/sec, frequency of sound produced by train is 240 Hz. What will be the no beats heard
by him
(1) 12 Hz (2) zero (3) 6 Hz (4) 3 Hz
Sol: Ans [3]

 300 
f1 = 240  300 − 4 
 

 300 
f2 = 240  300 + 4 
 

240 × 300 × 8
f1 – f2 = (300) 2 − 4 2 = 6.4 Hz

16. A capacitor having capacitor 1 µF with air is filled with two dielectric as shown. How many times
capacitance will increase
(1) 12 (2) 6 K1 = 8 K2 = 4
(3) 8/3 (4) 3
Sol: Ans [2]

ε0 A
C=
D

ε 0 8(A/ 2) ε 0 4(A/ 2) ε0 A
C′ = + = 6
D D D

=6C
= 6 times

17. In a transformer loss due to eddy currents is minimized by

(1) laminating the core (2) laminating the core of steel
(3) increasing the no. of turns of primary coil (4) lubricating the core
Sol: Ans [1] Factual

18. Permanent magnet has properties - retentivity and ceoricitivty respectively

(1) high-high (2) low-low (3) low-high (4) high-low
Sol: Ans [1] Factual

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19. Hydrogen bomb is based upon

(1) fission (2) fusion (3) chemical reaction (4) transmutation
Sol: Ans [2] Factual

20. Six moles of O2 gas is heated from 20° to 35°C at constant volume if specific heat capacity at constant
pressure is 8 cal/mole–°K and R = 8.31 J/mole-K. What is change in internal energy of gas
(1) 180 cal (2) 300 cal (3) 360 cal (4) 540 cal
Sol: Ans [4]

∆ U = n C v ∆ T , CV = CP – R
= 6 × 6 × (35 – 20)
= 540 cal

21. In carnot engine efficiency is 40% at reservoir temperature T. For efficiency 50% what will be
temperature of reservoir.

T 2T 6T
(1) (2) (3) 6T (4)
5 5 5

Sol: Ans [4]

Ts
0.4 = 1 –
T
Ts
0.5 = 1 –
T′

6T
⇒ T′ =
5

22. A ball of mass 2 kg is moving with velocity 3 m/sec, collides with spring of natural length 2 m and
force constant 144 N/m. What will be length of compressed spring
(1) 2m (2) 1.5 m (3) 1 m (4) 0.5 m
Sol: Ans [2]

1 1
× 2 × 32 = × 144 × x2
2 2
9
= x2
72
1
x= m
2 2

1 4 2 −1
∴ length = 2 –
2 2
= = 1.5 m
2 2

23. A proton moving vertically downward enters in a magnetic field pointing towards north. In which
direction proton will deflect
(1) East (2) West (3) North (4) South

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Sol: Ans [1]

F = q(V × B)
∴ Force is along east direction
∴ Deflection is along East

24. Induced emf in the coil depends upon

(1) conductivity of coil (2) amount of flux
(3) rate of change of linked flux (4) resistance of coil
Sol: Ans [3]
dφ
e= − Faraday’s law of e.m.f
dt
∴ it depends on rate of change of flux.

25. Within depletion region of p-n function of diode

(1) p side is positive and n side is negative (2) p side is negative and n side is positive
(3) both side positive or both negative (4) both side neutral
Sol: Ans [2]
p side negative and n side positive p n

Due to immobile changes present

26. 27 small drops each having charge q and radius r form by drop. How many times charge and
capacitance will become
(1) 3, 27 (2) 27, 3 (3) 27, 27 (4) 3, 3
Sol: Ans [2]
q′ = 27(q) due to conservation of charge

4 4 3
π R 3 = 27  π R 
3 3 

⇒ R = 3r

∴ C ′ = 4πε 0 (R) = 4πε 0 (3r ) = 3(4πε 0 r ) = 3C

27. Which of the following is not a process involved in fabrication of I.C?

(1) Polymerization (2) Diffusion (3) Photography (4) Mask
Sol: Ans [1]
Polymerisation is not done in IC fabrication.

28. X-rays are used in determining the molecular structure of crystalline because its
(1) energy is high
(2) it can penetrate the material
(3) its wavelength is comparable to interatomic distance
(4) its frequency is low

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Sol: Ans [3]

We use Bragg’s diffraction to determine the crystalline structure, since wavelength of X-rays is
comparable to interatomic distance.

29. Magnetic moment of H-atom is

µB
(1) ε 0µ 0 B . M . (2) µB (3) (4) zero
2
Sol: Ans [2]

30. A telescope has focal length of objective and eyepiece are 200 cms and 5 cms respectively. What is
magnification of telescope
(1) 40 (2) 80 (3) 50 (4) 0.01
Sol: Ans [1]
f0 200
m= f = = 40
c 5

31. A string has tension T. For tripling the frequency, the tension in string will become
T T
(1) 3 T (2) (3) (4) 9 T
9 3
Sol: Ans [4]
1 T
f = 2l µ

1 T′
3f = 2l µ
⇒ T′ = 9 T

32. A steel ball of mass 5 gm is thrown downward with velocity 10 m/sec from height 19.5 m. It penetrates
sand by 50 cms. The change in mechanical energy will be (g = 10 m/sec2)
(1) 1 J (2) 1.25 J (3) 1.5 J (4) 1.75 J
Sol: Ans [2]

1
∆ U = mg(19.5 + 0.5) + 2 m(10)2

= 20 mg + 50 m
= 20 × 0.005 × 10 + 50 × 0.005
= 1.25 J

33. Two identical spring are connected in series and parallel as

shown in the figure. If fs and fp are frequency of series
fs
and parallel arrangement what is f
p
m
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1
(3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1 m

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Sol: Ans [1]

1 (K/ 2)
fs =
2π m

1 2K
fp =
2π m

fs 1
⇒ fp = 2

34. Light of frequency v falls on material of threshold frequency v0. Maximum kinetic energy of emitted
electron is proportional to

(1) v – v0 (2) v (3) v − v0 (4) v 0

Sol: Ans [1]

Kemax = hv – hv0
Ke ∝ (v – v0)

35. Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of the distance. The time period of
a planet in circular orbit of radius R around Sun will be proportional to
(1) R (n–1)/2 (2) R (n+1)/2 (3) R n–1 (4) R n+1
Sol: Ans [2]

m V2 GM m
=
r rn

GM
⇒ v=
r n −1

( n −1) n +1
2π R 2π 1+ 2π 2
T= = R 2
= R
GM GM GM
R n −1

T ∝ R(n+1)/2

36. A wave equation is given by

 t x 1 
y = 4 sin π − + 
  5 9 6 

which of the following is true

(1) λ = 18 cm (2) v = 4 m/sec (3) a = 0.04 m/sec (4) f = 50 Hz
Sol: Ans [1]

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  2t 2x  
y = A sin π T − λ  + φ
   

By comparing it, we get

2 1
=
T 5

⇒ T = 10 sec

2 1
=
λ 9

⇒ λ = 18

37. A light moves from denser to rares medium, which of the following is correct?
(1) Energy increases (2) Frequency increases
(3) Phase changes by 90° (4) Velocity increases
Sol: Ans [4] When light moves from denser to rares medium, its velocity increases.

38. A small disc of radius 2 cm is cut from a disc of radius 6 cm, if the distance between their centers is
3.2 cm, what is shift in the centre of mass of the disc.
(1) 0.4 cm (2) 2.4 cm (3) 1.8 cm (4) 1.2 cm
Sol: Ans [1]

σ( π · 2 2 ) × 3.2 − σ( π · 6 2 − π · 2 2 ) x1
0=
σ · π · 62

⇒ x1 = 0.4 cm

39. A particle accelerating uniformly has velocity V at time t1. What is work done in time t.

1 m V2 2 1  mV  m V2 2m V 2
(1) t (2)  t 2 (3) t2 (4) t2
2 t12 2  t1  t1
2
t1
2

Sol: Ans [1]

V = at1
V
⇒ a=
t1
V
V = at = t
t1
2
1  Vt 
= ∆ K = m  −0
2  t1 
Wext

1 m V2 2
= 2 2
t
t1

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40. Which of the following does’t belong to category of others

(1) cosmic rays (2) X-rays (3) γ -rays (4) β -rays

Sol: Ans [4]

These are particles where as others are e.m. waves.

41. γ -rays are originated from

(1) nucleus (2) outermost shell of nucleus
(3) inner most shell of nucleus (4) none of these
Sol: Ans [1] γ -rays comes out of excited nucleus.

42. What is not true for equipotential surface for uniform electric field
(1) equipotential surface is flat
(2) equipotential surface is spherical
(3) electric lines are perpendicular to equipotential surface
(4) work done is zero
Sol: Ans [2]
Uniform electric field has its equipotential surface flat workdone = q· ∆ V
= 0, at equipotential surface.
Lines of field are perpendicular to equipotential surface.

43. Two copper wires of length l and 2l have radii r and 2r respectively. What is ratio of their specific
resistances
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 1 : 1 (4) 1 : 3
Sol: Ans [3] Specific resistance does not depends on slope and size.

44. A metro train starts from rest and in five seconds achieves 108 km/hr. After that it moves with constant
velocity and comes to rest after travelling 45 m with uniform retardation. If total distance travelled is
395 m, find total time of travelling
(1) 12.2 sec (2) 15.3 sec (3) 9 sec (4) 17 sec
Sol: Ans [4]
V = 108 km/hr = 30 m/s 0 = 302 – 2 a′ × 45
30 × 30
30 = 0 + a × 5 ⇒ a′ = = 10
2 × 45
30
a = 6 m/s2 ∴ t3 = = 3 sec
10

1
∴ S1 = × 6 × (5)2 = 75 m
2

∴ Total distance = 75 + 45 + S4 = 395

⇒ S4 = 275

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275
∴ t2 = = 9.2
30

∴ Total time = 5 + 9.2 + 3 = 17.2 sec

≈ 17 sec.

45. Which of the following is correct

(1) R ∝ A2/3 (2) R ∝ A1/3 (3) R ∝ A (4) R ∝ A3
Sol: Ans [2]
4
M= ρ π R3
3
4
NA = ρ π R
3
3
⇒ R ∝ A1/3

46. A closed organ pipe of length 20 cm is sounded with tuning fork in resonance. What is frequency of
tuning fork (v = 332 m/sec)
(1) 300 Hz (2) 350 Hz (3) 375 Hz (4) 415 Hz
v v 332
Sol: Ans [4] f = = = = 415 Hz
λ 4L 9 × 0.2

47. The displacement of particle is given by

a1t a t2
X = a0 + − 2
2 3
What is its acceleration
2a 2 2a 2
(1) (2) – (3) a 2 (4) zero
3 3
Sol: Ans [2]

dx a1 2a 2
v= = − t
dt 2 3
dv 2a 2
a= =0–
dt 3

48. If X · Y = 0, X · Z = 0. X is parallel to
(1) Y × Z (2) Y · Z (3) Y (4) Z
Sol: Ans [1] X, Y and Z are perpendicular, hence X is parallel to Y × Z

49. Pressure of an ideal gas is increased by keeping temperature constant. What is effect on kinetic
energy of molecules
(1) increase (2) decrease
(3) no change (4) can’t be determined
Sol: Ans [3] Ke of ideal gas depends only on its temperature.

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