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1. Following two wave trains are approaching each other. y1 = a sin 200 t y2 = a sin 208 t The number of beats heard per second is : A. 8 B. 4 C. 1 D. 0 One of the geo-stationary satellites of India is vertically above A. New Delhi B. Mumbai C. Allahabad D. None of these Which is not a scalar quantity? A. Work B. Power C. Torque D. GravitationalConstant Which of the following conclusions is correct regarding a stationary body? A. No force is acting on the body B. Vector sum of forces acing on the body is zero C. The body is in vacuum D. The forces acting on the body do not constitute a couple Absolute zero is the temperature at which A. water solidifies B. all gases become liquid C. motion of molecules becomes minimum D. everything solidifies Motion of liquid in a tube is described by A. Bernaulli's Theorem B. Poiseuille Equation C. Stoke's Law D. Archimedes' Principle Molecular motion shows itself as A. Temperature B. Internal Energy C. Friction D. Viscosity A boy of mass M stands on the floor of an elevator moving downwards with an acceleration a which is less than g. The force exerted by the boy on the floor of the elevator is A. Mg x Ma B. g + a C. Mg Ma D. Mg + Ma A body A of mass m1 exerts a force on another body B of mass m2. If the acceleration of B be a2, then the acceleration (in magnitude ) of A is A. m2/m1 (a2) B. m1m2 a2 C. m1/m2 (a2) D. (m1 +m2) a2 What does not change when sound enters from one medium to another ? A. Wavelength B. Speed C. Frequency D. none of these An astronaut of weight Mg is in a rocket accelerating upward with an acceleration of 4g. The apparent weight of the astronaut will be A. 5Kg B. 4Kg C. Mg D. zero If a black body radiates 20 calories per second at 227C, it will radiate at 727C A. 10 calories per second B. 80 calories per second C. 320 calories persecond D. none of these If a carnot engine is working with source temperature equal to 227C and its sink temperature is at 27C, its efficiency will be A. 20% B. 10% C. 67% D. 50% If the frequency of an oscillating particle is n, then the frequency of oscillation of its potential energy is A. n B. 2n C. n/2 D. 4n A body of mass m1 is moving with a velocity V. It collides with another stationary body of mass m2. They get embedded. At the point of collision, the velocity of the system A. increases B. decreases but does not become zero C. remains same D. becomes zero One projectile moving with velocity V in space, gets burst into 2 parts of masses in the ratio

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1:2. The smaller part becomes stationary. What is the velocity of the other part ? A. 4V B. V C. 4V/3 D. 2V/3 A thief steals a box of weight W & jumps from the third floor of a building. During jump, he experiences a weight of A. W B. 3W C. 1.5W D. zero In solids, inter-atomic forces are A. totally repulsive B. totally attractive C. combination of (a) and (b) D. none of these When horse starts running all of a sudden, the rider on the horse back falls backward because A. he is taken aback B. he is afraid C. due to inertia of rest, the upper part of his body remains at rest D. due to inertia of motion, the lower part of his body comes in motion What should be the minimum velocity at the highest point of a body tied to a string, so that the string just does not slack ? A. (Rg) B. (5Rg) C. (R/g)3/2 D. (2Rg) If a person standing on a rotating disc stretches out his hands, the speed will: A. increase B. decrease C. remain same D. none of these Planetary system in the solar system describes A. conservation of energy B. conservation of linear momentum C. conservation of angular momentum D. none of these Unit of power is A. kilowatt hour B. kilowatt per hour C. kilowatt D. erg Power can be expressed as A. F.v B. 1/2 (Fv2) C. F.t D. F x v Units of coefficient of viscosity are A. Nms-1 B. Nm2 s-1 C. Nm-2 s D. Nms-2 Dimensions of torque are A. MLT-2 B. ML2T-2 C. M2L2T-2 D. ML-2T-2 A body of weight mg is hanging on a string, which extends its length by l. The work done in extending the string is A. mg l B. mg l/2 C. 2 mg l D. none of these The water droplets in free fall are spherical due to A. gravity B. viscosity C. surface tension D. inter-molecular attraction A ball of mass 1Kg is accelerating at a rate of 1ms-2. The rate of change of momentum is A. 1 Kg ms-2 B. 2 Kg ms-2 C. 3 Kg ms-2 D. 4 Kg ms-2 A body orbitting around earth at a mean radius which is two times as great as the parking orbit of a satellite. The period of the body is A. 4 days B. 2 2 days C. 16 days D. 64 days If E = at - bt3 , the neutral temperature is A. -2a/b B. -2b/a C. (a/3b) D. -b/2a 8 drops of mercury are combined to form a bigger single drop. The capacitance of a single big drop and of the single small drop will be in the ratio A. 2 : 1 B. 1 : 8 C. 8 : 1 D. 1 : 2 Fundamental frequency of a sonometer wire is n, if the tension is made 3 times and length

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and diameter are also increased 3 times, what is the new frequency ? A. n/3 3 B. 3n C. 3 n D. 3 3 n What is the number of beats heard by the driver of a taxi which is approaching a wall at a speed 30 km/hr and emitting a sound of frequency 300 Hz ? Velocity of sound = 330 m/s. A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25 A person is standing on a railway platform and a train is approaching, what is the maximum wavelength of sound he can hear ? Given wavelength of whistle = 1 m; speed of sound in air = 330 m/s; speed of the train = 36 km/hr. A. 1 m B. 32/33 m C. 33/32 m D. 12/13 m Velocity of sound in open-ended tube is 330 m/s, the frequency of waves is 1.1 kHz and the length of tube = 30 cm, which harmonic will it emit ? A. 2nd B. 3rd C. 4th D. 5th If both sprong constants K1 and K2 are increased to 4K1 and K2 respectively, what will be the new frequency, if f was the original frequency? A. f B. 2f C. (1/2) f D. 4f 38. 39. . The radii of two drops are in the ratio 3 : 2, their terminal velocities are A. 9 : 4 B. 2 : 3 C. 3 : 2 D. 2 : 9 When a body is raised to a height R (which is the radius of earth), the change in its P.E. will be A. mgR B. 2 mgR C. mgR/2 D. 4 mgR If the length of a simple pendulum is tripled, what will be its new time period? (T = original time period) A. 0.7 T B. 1.7 T C. T/2 D. T A pendulum of length 2m left at P. When it reaches Q, it looses 10% of its total energy due to air resistance. The velocity at Q is

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47. A. heat B. couple C. energy D. volume Gravel is dropped on to a conveyor belt at a rate of 0.5Kg s-2. The extra force in Newton required to keep the belt moving at 2 ms-2 is A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5 A car moves from X to Y with a uniform speed vu and returns to Y with a uniform speed vd .The average speed for this round trip is

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