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BITSAT PRACTICE TEST – 1/2010 (PHYSICS)

1. One nautical mile is 6080 ft. The same in kilometer is :
(A) 0.90 km (B) 0.8 km (C) 1.85 km (D) None of these

2. What is the  at the point (0, 1, 0) of a scalar function  , if   2 x2  y 2  3z 2

(A) 2j (B) 3j (C) 4i  2 j (D) 3i  3 j

3. A particle of mass m is initially situated at the point P inside

hemispherical surface of radius r as shown in figure. A horizontal
acceleration of magnitude a0 is suddenly produced on the particle in the
horizontal direction. If gravitational acceleration is neglected, the time
taken by particle to touch the sphere again is :
4r sin  4r tan  4r cos 
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
a0 a0 a0

4. A chain consisting of 5 links each of mass 0.1 kg is lifted vertically with

a constant acceleration of 2.5 m/s2 as shown in the figure. The force of
interaction between the top link and the link immediately below it, will
be :
(A) 6.15 N (B) 4.92 N
(C) 3.69 N (D) 2046 N
3 2
5. The angular displacement of the rod is defined as   t where  is
20
in radian and t is in second. The collar B slides along the rod in such a
way that its distance from O is, r = 0.9  0.12t 2 where r is in metre and t
is in second. The velocity of collar at   30 is :
(A) 0.45 m / s (B) 0.48 m / s
(C) 0.52 m / s (D) 0.27 m / s

6. The potential energy of a particle of mass 5 kg moving in the x  y plane is given by

U  (7 x  24 y) J , x and y being in meter. If the particle starts from rest from origin then speed of
particle at t = 2 sec. is :
(A) 5m/s (B) 14 m / s (C) 17.5 m / s (D) 10 m / s

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7. A smooth steel ball strikes a fixed smooth steel plate at an angle  with vertical. If the coefficient
of restitution is e, the angle at which the rebounce will take place is :
 tan   e 
(A)  (B) tan 1   (C) e tan  (D) tan 1  
 e   tan 

8. If a raw egg and a boiled egg are spinned on the table by applying same torque. Then :
(A) boiled egg will spin faster
(B) raw egg will spin faster
(C) moment of inertia of boiled egg will be lesser than that of the raw egg
(D) both (A) and (C) are correct

9. For the toppling of the shown regular hexagon. The coefficient

of friction must be
(A)  0.21 (B)  0.21
(C) = 0.21 (D)  0.21

10. If a rocket is fired with speed   2 gR near the earth’s surface and coasts upwards, its speed in
the inter – steller space is :
(A) 4 gR (B) 2gR (C) gR (D) 4gR

11. A load of mass m falls from a height h on a scale pan hung from a
spring as shown in the adjoining figure. If the spring constant is
k and mass of the scale pan is zero and the mass m does not bounce
relative to the pan, then the amplitude of vibration is :
mg mg  1  2hk 
(A) (B)  
k k  mg 

mg mg  1  2hk  mg  1  2hk mg 
(C)    (D)   
k k  mg  k  mg k 

12. A drop of radius r is broken into n equal drops. Calculate the work done if surface tension of water
is T :
(A) 4r R2 nT (B) 4 R2T (n2 / 3  1)
(C) 4 R2T (n1 / 3 1) (D) None of these

13. Each of three blocks shown in figure has a mass 3 kg. The wire
connecting blocks A and B has area of cross – section 0.005 cm2 and
Young’s modulus of elasticity Y  2  1011 N / m2 . Neglect friction.
Find the elastic potential energy stored per unit volume in wire
connecting blocks A and B in steady state (Take g = 10m/s2)
(A) 500 J/m3 (B) 1000 J/m3 (C) 2000 J/m3 (D) 3000 J/m3

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14. A transverse wave along a string is given by y  2 sin  2  3t  x    where, x and y are in cm
 4
and t in second. Find acceleration of a particle located at x = 4 cm at t = 1 s
(A) 36 2 2cm / s 2 (B) 36 2cm / s 2 (C) 36 2 2cm / s 2 (D) 36 2cm / s 2

15. When temperature of air is 20C , a tuning fork sounded over the open end of an air column
produces 4 beats per second, the tuning fork given a lower note. If the frequency of tuning fork is
34Hz, then find how many beats will produced by the tuning fork if temperature falls to 5C :
(A) 2 beats / sec. (B) 4 beats / sec. (C) 1 beat / sec. (D) 3 beats / sec.

16. The specific heat of a substance at temperature t C is s = at2 + bt + c. Calculate the amount of
heat required to raise the temperature of m g of the substance from 0C to t0 C :
mt03a bt02 mt03a mbt02
(A)   ct0 (B)   mct0
3 2 3 2
mt03a mbt02
(C)  (D) None of these
3 2
17. Unsaturated vapour obeys
(A) Ideal gas law (B) Van der Waal’s law
(C) Boyle’s law (D) Gay-Lussac law

18. An ideal gas is heated at constant pressure and absorbs amount of heat Q. If the adiabatic exponent
is  , then find the fraction of heat absorbed in raising the internal energy and performing the work.
1 1 2 2
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1
   

19. Calculate the work done (WAB) by the gas, if 5 moles of an ideal
gas is carried by an isothermal process at 500 K to twice its
volume :
(A) 1500 J
(B) 14407 J
(C) 13380 J
(D) 14890 J

20. The propagation of heat in vacuum takes place by :

(A) conduction (B) convection (C) radiation (D) None of these

21. A tank contain two different liquids which do not mix with each
other. The lower and upper liquid are at depth h1 and h2
respectively and of refractive indices 1 and  2 . An object ‘O’
is located at the bottom, when seen vertically from above. Locate
the position of image of the object O as seen from above :
h1 h h1 h h1 h h1 h2
(A)  2 (B)  2 (C)  2 (D) 
1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

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22. Figure shows, a glass prism ABC (refractive index 1.5),

immersed in water (refractive index 4/3). A ray of light incident
normally on face AB. If it is totally reflected at face AC then :
8 2
(A) sin   (B) sin  
9 3
3 2 8
(C) sin   (D)  sin  
2 3 9
23. Two non-coherent sources emit light beam of intensities I and 4I. The maximum and minimum
intensities in the resulting beam are :
(A) 9I and I (B) 9I and 3I (C) 5I and I (D) 5I and 3I

24. Calculate the work done in carrying a charge q once round over a closed circular path of radius ‘r’
and charge Q is at the centre :
qQ qQ qA  1 
(A) (B) (C)   (D) Zero
4  0r 4  0  r 4  0  2  r 

25. Calculate the earth’s potential. Assume earth has a surface charge density of 1 electron/m2
(Given: The electronic charge = 1.6  019 C,
Earth’s radius = 6.4  106 m, 0  8.9 1012 C 2 Nm2 ) :
(A)  0.115V (B) 0.215 V (C)  0.225 V (D) 0.185 V

26. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential difference V0. The charged 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

27. Two cells having an internal resistance of 0.2 and 0.4  are connected in parallel, the voltage
across the battery is 1.5 V. If the emf of one cell is 1.2 V, then the emf of second cell is :
(A) 2.1 V (B) 2.7 V (C) 3V (D) 4.2 V

28. Null point with 1 V cell comes out to be 55 cm and with R  10  , it

is 50 cm. What is the internal resistance of the cell ?
(A) 0.5  (B) 0.4 
(C) 0.1  (D) 0.2 

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29. A charge q( 0) moves towards the centre of a circular loop of

radius R along its axis. The magnitude of B along the periphery of
the loop is :
0 qvR
(A) Zero (B)
4
 
3
R2  x2
qvR
(C) (D) None of these
R2  x2
30. Inside a long solenoid wounded with 300 turns/metre, an iron rod is placed. An iron rod is
0.2 m long, 10mm in diameter and of permeability 103. Calculate the magnetic moment of the rod,
if 0.5 amp of current is passed through the rod.
(A) 2.356 SI units (B) 1.335 SI units (C) 3.664 SI units (D) 1.664 SI units

31. Three resistances of magnitude R each are connected in the form of an

equilateral triangle of side a. The combination is placed in a magnetic
field B  B0et perpendicular to the plane. The induced current in the
circuit is given by :

 a2   
a2
B0  e t  B0  e t
 
(A)  (B)
 2 3R   4 3 R 

 a 2 B0   t  a 2 B0 R   t
(C)  e (D)   e
  4 3R   4 3
1
32. In a circuit consisting a inductor (L), capacitor (C) and resistor (R) are in series, if  L  ,
C
then the emf :
(A) leads the current (B) lags behind the current
(C) is in phase with current (D) is zero

33. Two sources A and B have same power. The wavelength of radiation of A is a and that of B is b .
The number of photons emitted per second by A and B are na and nb respectively, then :
(A) a  b (B) if a  b , na  nb
(C) if a  b , na  nb (D) if a  b , na  nb

34. A perfectly reflecting solid hemisphere of radius R is placed in the path of a parallel beam of light
of large aperture. If the beam carries an intensity I, find the force exerted by the beam on the
hemisphere.
2 R 2 I  R2 I 4 R 2 I
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of theses
c c c

35. An energy of 24.6 eV is required to remove one of the electrons from a neutral helium atom.
The energy (in eV) required to remove both the electrons from a neutral helium atom is :
(A) 38.2 (B) 49.2 (C) 51.8 (D) 79.0

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36. When the nucleus of 238

U92 disintegrates to give one nucleus of Pb82 the number of  - particles
206

emitted and the number of  - particles emitted are :

(A) 4 and 8 respectively (B) 6 and 8 respectively
(C) 8 and 6 respectively (D) 8 and 10 respectively

37. The number of C14 atoms in a sample is 100. The half-life period of C14 is 5730 year. The number
of C14 atoms in the sample after 5730 year :
(A) must be equal to 50 (B) must be equal to 100
(C) may be equal to 90 (D) must be equal to 90

38. Given the following truth table where A, B are inputs and Y the output :

The output Y is :
(A) AB (B) AB (C) AB (D) AB

39. In a 3 phase full-wave rectifier to 50 Hz supply, the ripple frequency is :

(A) 300 Hz (B) 50 Hz (C) 400 Hz (D) 600 Hz

40. The solar constant at earth’s surface is :

(A) 1.4 watt/m2 (B) 14 watt / m2 (C) 0.14 watt / m2 (D) 1400 watt / m2

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Answers - BITSAT PRACTICE TEST - 1 (2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C A C B C D B B A B

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

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

B A D D A A A C B A

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

B B C B D C C D A D

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