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TIFR model question paper 1 1. If by applying a force, the shape of a body is changed, then the corresponding stress is known as a) Tensile stress b) Bulk stress c) Shearing stress d) Compressive stress 2. Two wires have the same material and length, but their masses are in the ration of 4:3. If they are stretched by the same force, their elongations will be in the ratio of a) 2:3 b) 3:4 c) 4:3 d) 9:16 3. A plano-concave lens is made of glass of refractive index 1.5 and the radius of curvature of its curved face is 100 cm. What is the power of the lens? a) + 0.5 D b) -0.5 D c) -2 D d) + 2 D 4. If the change in the value of g at the height h above the surface of the earth is the same as at depth x below it, then (both x and h being much smaller than the radius of the earth) a) x = h b) x = 2 h c) x = h/2 d) x = h2 5. If the surface of a liquid is plane, then the angle of contact of the liquid with the walls of container is a) Acute angle b) Obtuse angle c) 90 d) 0 6. When the angle of contact between a solid and a liquid is 90, then a) Cohesive force>dhesive force b) Cohesive force<Adhesive force c) Cohesive force=Adhesive force d) Cohesive force>>Adhesive force 7. The maximum velocity for particle in SHM is 0.16 m/s and maximum acceleration is 0.64 m/s2. The amplitude is a) 410-2m b) 410-1m c) 410 m d) 4100m

8. Loudness of a note of sound is a) Directly proportional to amplitude of the wave b) Directly proportional to square of amplitude of wave c) Directly proportional to velocity of the wave d) Directly proportional to square of velocity of the wave 9. A siren emitting a note of frequency n is fitted on a police van, traveling towards a stationary listener. What is the velocity of the van, if the frequency of he note heard by the listener is double the original frequency? a) VS= V b) VS = V/2 c) VS= 2V d) VS = V/3 10. A man, standing between two cliffs, claps his hands and starts hearing a series of echoes at intervals of one second. If the speed of sound in air is 340 ms-1, the distance between the cliffs is _______. a) 340 m

b) 1620 m c) 680 m d) 1700 m 11. A In Young's double slit experiment if monochromatic light used is replaced by white light, then _______. a) all bright fringes become white. b) all bright fringes have colours between violet and red. c) no fringes are observed. d) only central fringe is white, all other fringes are coloured. 12. The ratio of angular speeds of secondhand and hour hand of a watch is a) 1 : 720 b) 60 : 1 c) 1 : 60 d) 720 : 1 13. Two cars C1 and C2 are going round concentric circles of radii R1 and R2. They complete the circular paths in the same time. Then Speedof C 1/Speedof C2= a) 1 b) R1/R2 c) R2/R1 d) data insufficient

Given, the refractive index of the film = 1.5, wavelength of the light incident on the film = 600 nm. a) 50 nm b) 200 nm c) 100 nm d) 300 nm

Chemistry 16. In aqueous solution glucose remains as a) Only in open chain form b) Only in pyranoze form c) Only in furanose forms d) In all three forms in equilibrium 17. The artifical sweetener containing chlorine that has the appearance and taste as that of sugar and is stable at cooking temperature is a) aspartame b) saccharin c) sucralose d) alitame 18. In hydrogen atom, energy of first excited state is -3.4 eV. Then find out KE of same orbit of hydrogen atom a) +3.4 eV b) +6.8 eV c) -13.6 eV d) +13.6 eV 19. Identify the wrong statement in the following a) Atomic radius of the elements increases as one moves down the first group of the periodic table b) Atomic radius of the elements decreases as one moves across from left to right in the 2nd period c) Amongst isoelectronic species, smaller the positive charge on the cation, smaller is the ionic radius

14. A current flows in a conductor from east to west. The direction of the magnetic Held at a point above the conductor is _______. a) towards north b) towards south c) towards east d) towards west 15. What is the minimum thickness of a thin film required for constructive interference in the reflected light from it?

d) Amongst isoelectric species, greater the negative charge on the anion, larger is the ionic radius 20. Density of a 2.05M solution of acetic acid in water is 1.20g/mL. The molarity of the solution is a) 3.28 mol/kg b) 2.28 mol/kg c) 0.44mol/kg d) 2.14 mol/kg 21. An increase in equivalent conductance of a strong electrolyte with dilution is mainly due to a) increase in both i.e. Number of ions and ionic mobility of ions b) increase in number of ions c) increase in ionic mobility of ions d) 100% ionization of electrolyte at normal dilution 22. Saturated solution of KNO3 is used to make 'salt bridge' because a) velocity of K+ is greater than that of NO3 b) velocity of NO3- is greater than that + of K c) velocity of both K+ and NO3- are nealy the same d) NO3- is highly soluble in water 23. A reaction involving two different reactants can never be a) Unimolecular reaction b) First order reaction c) Second order reaction d) Bimolecular reaction

c) These give unionised acid or base on reaction with added acid or alkali d) Acids and alkalies in these solutions are shielded from attack by other ions 25. The method of concentrating the ore which makes useof the difference in density between ore and impurities is called a) liquation b) leaching c) levigation d) magnetic separation

26. What volume of 12.0 M HCl is required to make 75.0 mL of 3.5 M HCl a) 21.9 mL b) 0.560 mL c) 257 mL d) 75.0 mL 27. What is the pH of a 0.00001 molar HCl solution? a) 4 b) 8 c) 5 d) 2 28. What is the percent by mass of water in the hydrate Na2CO3*10H2O (formula mass = 286)? a) 6.89 b) 14.5 c) 26.1 d) 62.9 29. In general, for a diprotic acid, Ka1>> Ka2. This is reasonable because: a) b) Diprotic acids have 2 protons to donate. It is more difficult to remove a proton from the -1 ion that it is from the neutral acid.

24. Buffer solutions have constant acidity and alkalinity because a) They have large excess of H+ and OH- ions b) They have fixed value of pH

c)

Ka1xKa2= K for the combined equilibrium.

d) Ka1corresponds to a strong acid while Ka2 corresponds to a weak acid. 30. A _____ M solution of Ba(OH)2has a pH of 12.7. a) b) c) d) 1.27 x 101M 2.0 x 10-13M 2.5 x 10-2M 5.0 x 10-2M

is influenced by environmental variation. c) Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity d) All of the above 33. You cross a truebreeding normal corn plant with a true breeding plant with variegated seed coat and colorless endosperm. You suspect the genes are linked, so you cross one of the resulting normal offspring to a true breeding variegated, colorless plant. What are your expected results if the genes are completely linked? a) 1normal: 1 Variegated: 1 Colorless: 1 Variegated and colorless b) 9 normal: 3 Variegated: 3 Colorless: 1 Variegated and colorless c) 3 normal: 1 Variegated and colorless d) 3 Variegated and colorless : 1 normal 34. You set up a mapping cross involving your favorite gene (YFG) in Neurospora and determine the following octad types: 4:4 arrangement 83; 2:4:2 arrangement 7; 2:2:2:2 arrangement 10. What is the distance between your gene and the centromere? a) 7 cm b) 10cm c) 17 cm d) 83 cm 35. A researcher would like to map the location of galE and trp A genes in a new species of bacterium that appears to be closely related to E.coli. He decides to use cotransduction, and generates appropriate donor and recipient strains. He is disappointed

Biology 31. The release of which one of the following into ponds and wells helps in controlling mosquitoes? a) Gambusia fisha b) Dogfish c) Whiptail catfish d) Mosshead warbonnet 32. Sarah has chronic bronchitis and frequently ends up hospitalized with pneumonia. She has no family history of cystic fibrosis, a serious recessive genetic disorder which affects the respiratory and digestive tracts. She and her husband, Greg, have one child after undergoing fertility treatments to overcome Gregs infertility. They are surprised when the child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and the genetic counselor tells them that they each also have the condition, which causes their bronchitis and infertility. Which of the following explanations would be a reasonable explanation of their situation? a) There are several different alleles of cystic fibrosis, which cause differing forms of the disease b) Although the underlying disease is genetic, the severity of the disorder

when cotransductionis not seen in his experiment. What is the most reasonable explanation for this situation? a) His new bacterial species does not have gal E or trp A genes b) His new bacterial species cannot survive galE or trp A mutations c) These two genes are too far apart to be mapped by cotransduction d) These two genes are too close together to be mapped by contransduction 36. Cephaleoures is a) An epiphytic green algae b) A parasitic green algae c) A freshwater green algae d) A colorless red algae 37. Zygotic meiosis is a characteristic feature of a) Algae b) Bryophytes c) Pteridophytes d) Gymnosperms 38. Frogs tadpole are a) Ammonotelic b) Uricotelic c) Ureotelic d) None of these 39. Which of the following is a pair of homologous organs? a) Pectoral fin of rohu and forelimb of horse b) Wings of grasshopper and wings of crow c) Lungs of rabbit and gills of rohu d) Wings of bat and wings of butterfly 40. Which of the following is correct order of the evolutionary history of man

a) Peking man, Neanderthal man, Homosapiens, Heidelberg man b) Peking man, Neanderthal man, Heidelberg man, Cromagnon man c) Peking man, Heidelberg man, Neanderthal man, Cromagnon man d) Peking man, Heidelberg man, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal man 41. Hairy root cultures for secondary metabolite production are induced by transforming plant cells with a) Virus b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens c) Bacillus thuringiensis d) Agrobacterium rhizogenes 42. An enzyme catalyzed reaction was carried out with the substrate concentration initially a thousand times greater than the Km for that substrate. After 9 minutes, 1% of the substrate had been converted to product, and the amount of product formed in the reaction mixture was 12mol. If, in a separate experiment, one-third as much enzyme and twice as much as substrate had been combined, how long would it take for the same amount of product (12 mol) to be formed a) 1.5 min b) 13.5 min c) 27 min d) 3 min 43. Which of these statements about enzyme-catalyzed reactions is false? a) At saturating level of substrate, the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is proportional to the enzyme concentration b) If enough substrate is added, the normal Vmax of a reaction can be attained even in the presence of a competitive inhibitor c) The rate of a reaction decreases steadily with time as substrate is depleted

d) The activation energy for the catalyzed reaction is the same as for the uncatalyzed reaction, but the equilibrium constant is more favorable in the enzyme-catalyzed reactions 44. In a plot of 1/V against 1/[S] for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction, the presence of a competitive inhibitor will alter the : a) Curvature of the plot b) Intercept on the 1/[S] axis c) Intercept on the 1/V axis d) pK of the plot 45. In DNA tertiary structure, what is histone octamer a) A complex consisting of eight positively charged histone proteins (two of each H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that aid in the packaging of DNA b) A complex consisting of eight negatively charged histone proteins (two of each H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that aid in the packaging of DNA c) A complex consisting of nine positively charged histone proteins (H1 and two of each H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that aid in the packaging of DNA. d) A complex consisting of nine negatively charged histone proteins (H1 and two of each H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that aid in the packaging of DNA.

c) Charged molecules are generally insoluble in water d) Hydrogens bonds form readily in aqueous solutions 47. A 1.0 M solution of a compound with 2 ionizable groups (pKas = 6.2 and 9.5; 100mL total) has a pH of 6.8. If a biochemist adds 60mL of 1.0 M HCl to this solution, the solution will change to pH: a) 5.6 b) 8.9 c) 9.13 d) 9.32 48. In a binomial probability distribution it is impossible to find a) P(X<0) b) P(X=0) c) P(X>0) d) P(0Xn) 49. Serum cholesterol levels for two groups of Americans were recorded in 1989. The mean cholesterol levels of the two groups were compared. To determine whether the measurements were significantly different or not, the most appropriate statistical test would be: a) Chi-square test b) Correlation analysis c) Students T test d) F test (ANOVA) 50. What comes next in the series? 144, 173, 140, 169, 136 ? a) 157 b) 148 c) 164 d) None of these 51. The length of a rectangle is three-fifths of the side of a square. The radius of a circle is equal to side of the square. The circumference of the circle is 132 cm. What is the area of the rectangle if the breadth of the rectangle is 8 cm?

General 46. Which of the following is true about the properties of aqueous solutions? a) A pH change from 5.0 to 6.0 reflects an increase in the hydroxide ion concentration of 20% b) A pH change from 8.0 to 6.0 reflects a decrease in the proton concentration by a factor of 100

a) b) c) d)

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52. Five-ninths of a number is equal to twenty five percent of the second number. The second number is equal to one-fourth of the third number. The value of the third number is 2960. What is 30 percent of the first number? a) 88.8 b) 99.9 c) 66.6 d) 55.5 53. In what ratio must tea atRs.62 /kg be mixed with tea at Rs. 72/kg so that the mixture must be worth of Rs. 64.5 a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 3:1 d) 1:3 54. During malting, barley and other grains are broken down by a) Heating at 950 C b) Lagering c) Amylases d) Yeasts 55. The flash method or high temperature short time method exposes fluids to a) Heat below 100 b) 62.30 C for 30 min c) 720 C for 15 sec d) 1340 C for 1 sec 56. Drug effectively used in treatment of cushings syndrome is a) Insulin b) Prednisolone c) Ketoconazole d) High dose multivitamin

57. Hormone responsible for stimulating appetite is a) Ghrelin b) Obestatin c) Motilin d) Leptin 58. For a reaction involving only gases at 25C the equilibrium constant can be expressed in terms of molarity Kc or partial pressure Kp. Which is true about the numerical value of Kp? a) Kc is generally greater than Kp b) Kc is generally less than Kp c) Kc is generally equal to Kp d) Kc is equal to Kp if the total moles of reactants and products are equal 59. Imagine youre standing on the surface of a shrinking planet. If it shrinks to onetenth its original diameter with no changes in mass, on the shrunken surface youd weigh a) 1/100 as much b) 10 times as much c) 100 times as much d) 1000 times as much

60.In a mixture of hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen gases at a given temperature, the molecules having the greatest average speed are those of a) b) c) d) Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen All have the same speed on average