PAPER B

WRITTEN TEST PAPER FOR SELECTION OFTEACHERS : CSB 2011

PHYSICS (TGT) : SUBJECT CODE: (T32)

1. Which one of the following is not a unit of length?

(a) Angstrom (b) light year (c) Fermi (d) Radian
2. Given P=A+B and Q=A-B. If the magnitudes of
vectors P and Q are equal, what is the angle between
vectors A and B?
(a) Zero
(b) /4
(c) /2
(d)
3. Motion of the earth around the sun is a
(a) uniform motion
(b) uniformly accelerated motion
(c) non uniformly accelerated motion
(d) retarded motion
4. The acceleration a (in ms-2) of a body, starting from
rest varies with time t (in seconds) according to the
relation
a =3t + 4
The velocity of the body at time t = 2s will be
(a) 10 ms-1 (b) 12 ms-1 (c) 14 ms-1 (d) 16 ms-1
5. A freely falling body, falling from a tower of height
h covers a distance h/2 in the last second of its
motion. The height of the tower is (take g = 10 ms-2)
nearly equal to
(a) 58 m
(b) 50 m
(c) 60 m
(d) 55m
6. A 150 m long through train having a constant
acceleration crosses a 300 m long platform. It enters the
platform at a speed of 40 ms-1 and leaves it at a speed of
50ms-1. What is the acceleration of the train?
(a) 0.6 ms-2 (b) 0.8 ms-2 (c) 1.0 ms-2 (d) 1.2 ms-2
7. Which of the following remains constant during the
motion of a projectile fired from a planet?
(a) Kinetic energy
(b) momentum
(c) Vertical component of velocity
(d) horizontal component of velocity
8. A bullet of mass m moving with a velocity v hits
and gets embedded in wooden block of mass m
resting on a horizontal frictionless surface. The velocity
of the composite system is
(a) mv/M m
(b) Mv / M-m
(c) Mv/M+m
(d) mv/M+m
9. A truck carrying sand is moving on a smooth
horizontal road with a uniform speed u. If a mass m
of sand leaks in a timet from the bottom of the truck,

the force needed to keep the truck moving as its

uniform speed u is given by
(a) mu / t
(b) mu/ 2 t
2
(c) mu / t
(d) zero
10. The kinetic energy of a body decreases by
36%. What is the percentage decrease in its
momentum?
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 28
(d) 36
11. The linear momentum p of a body of mass 2
Kg varies with timet as
P = 3t2 + 4
Where p andt are in SI units. It follows that the
body is moving with a
(a) constant speed
(b) constant acceleration
(c) variable acceleration
(d) variable retardation
12. A man sitting in a boat which is floating on a
pond. If the man drinks some water from the
pond, the level of water in the pond
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged
(d) depends upon the weight of the man
13. A moving bullet hits a solid target resting on a
frictionless surface and gets embedded in it. What
is conserved in this process?
(a) momentum and kinetic energy
(b) kinetic energy alone
(c) momentum alone
(d) neither momentum nor kinetic energy
14. A gun of mass 5 Kg fires a bullet of mass 10.2
Kg with a speed of 500 ms-1.The ratio of the
kinetic energy of the bullet to that of the gun is
(a) 0.5x103
(b)1.0x103
(c) 1.5x10-3
(d) 2.0x10-3
15. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 5 m
on a planet, where the acceleration due to gravity
is not known. On bouncing it rises to 1.8 m. The
ball loses it velocity on bouncing by a factor of
(a) 16/25
(b) 2/5
(c) 3/5
(d) 9/2

16. A cylinder of mass m and radius r is rotating about

its axis with a constant speed v. Its kinetic energy is
(a) 2 mv2
(b) mv2
(c) mv2
(d) mv2
th
17. The mass of a planet is 1/10 that of earth and its
diameter is half that of earth. The acceleration due to
gravity at the planet will be
(a) 1.96 ms-2
(b) 3.92ms-2
-2
(c) 9.8ms
(d)19.6ms-2
18. Pressure at a point in a liquid is proportional to its
(a) depth only
(b) density only
(c) acceleration due to gravity only
(d) all the above
19. The ratio of the escape velocity of an earth satellite
to its orbital velocity is very nearly equal to
(a) 2
(b) 2
(c)
(d) 1/2
20. The temperature of a body is an indicator of
(a) the total energy of the molecules of the object
(b) the average energy of the molecules of the object
(c) the total velocity of the molecules of the object
(d) the average velocity of the molecules of the object
21. The two most commonly used thermometric liquids
are
(a) water and mercury (b) mercury and ethyl alcohol
(c) mercury and benzene (d) none of the above
22. When water solidifies to ice then heat is
(a) absorbed
(b) evolved
(c) neither absorbed nor evolved
(d) none of the above
23. A spring balance A reads 2 Kg with a block
suspended from it. Another balance B reads 5 Kg
when a beaker with liquid is put on the pan of the
balance. When the block is immersed in water
(a) the balance A will read more than 2 Kg
(b) the balance B will read more than 5 Kg
(c) the balance A will read zero
(d) the balance A will read 2 Kg and the balance B will
read 5 Kg
24. The direction of flow of heat between two bodies is
determined by
(a) kinetic energy
(b) total energy
(c) internal energy
(d) none of the above
25. The human ear can hear sounds having frequencies
ranging between

(a) 20 Hz 200 Hz
(c) 20 Hz 20000 Hz

(b) 20 Hz 2000 Hz
(d) none of the above

26. An ideal black-body at room temperature is

thrown into a furnace. It is observed that
(a) initially it is the darkest body and at later times
the brightest
(b) it is the darkest body at all times
(c ) it cannot be distinguish at all times
(d) initially it is the darkest body and at later times
it cannot be distinguish
27. A simple pendulum with a brass bob has a
time period T. The bob is now immersed in a nonviscous liquid and oscillated. If the density of the
liquid is 1/8 that of brass, the time period of the
same pendulum will be
(a) 8/7 T
(b) 8/7 T
(c) 82/72 T
(d) T
28. A spring of force constant k is cut into two
equal halves. The force constant of each half is
(a) k/2
(b) k/2
(c) k
(d) 2k
29. A source of sound vibrates according to the
equation y = 0.05 Cos t. It sends out eaves of
velocity 1.5ms-1. The wavelength of the waves is
(a) 1.5 m (b) 3.0 (c) 4.5 m
(d) 6.0 m
30. When a wave is refracted into another
medium, which of the following will change?
(a) Amplitude
(b) Nature
(c) Frequency
(d) Phase
31. Two Sound waves of equal intensity I produce
beats. The maximum intensity of sound produced
in beats will be
(a) I
(b) 4I
(c) 2I
(d) I/2
32. Two charges are placed a certain distance
apart in air. When a metallic sheet is placed
between them, the electrostatic force between
them will
(a) decrease
(b) increase
(c) remain unchanged
(d) become zero
33. Two point charges +4q and +q are placed 30
cm apart. At what point on the line joining them is
the electric field zero?
(a) 15 cm from charge 4q
(b) 20cm from charge 4q
(c) 7.5 cm from charge q
(d) 5 cm from charge q

34. What is the velocity of electromagnetic wave?

(a) 3x108 m/s
(b) 3x107 m/s
(c) 3x106 m/s
(d) 3x105 m/s
35. If three bulbs of 40 W, 60 W and 100 W are
connected in series with a 200 V power supply, then
(a) the potential difference will be minimum across the
40 w bulb
(b) the current will be maximum through the 100 W
bulb
(c) the 40 W bulb has the maximum resistance
(d) the current in the circuit is 1.2 A
36. The terminal voltage of a battery is
(a) always equal to its e.m.f.
(b) always more than its e.m.f.
(c) greater or less than its e.m.f depending on the
direction of the current through the battery
(d) greater or less than its e.m.f. depending on the
magnitude of its internal resistance
37. A piece of copper and another of germanium are
cooled from room temperature to 40 K. The resistance
of
(a) each of them decreases
(b) each of them increases
(c) copper increases and of germanium decreases
(d) copper decreases and of germanium increases
38. A horizontal overhead power line carries a current
of 90 A in the east to west direction. What is the
direction of the magnetic field due to the current below
the line?
(a) towards north
(b) towards east
(c) towards west
(d ) towards south
39. The magnetic field inside a straight solenoid
(a) depends on the radius of the solenoid
(b) depends on the number of turns and current in the
solenoid
(c) is uniform throughout the solenoid
(d) is perpendicular to the axis of the solenoid
40. A proton moving with a constant velocity passes
through a region of space without any change in its
velocity. If E and B represent the electric and magnetic
fields respectively, this region of space may have
(a) E = 0, B = 0
(b) B E
(c) E 0, B = 0
(d) none
41. A bar magnet of pole strength q and magnetic
moment m is divided into two equal pieces by cutting it
along its length. Then
(a) q is halved and m is doubled

(b) q and m both are halved

(c) q is halved but m remains the same
(d) q remains the same but m is halved
42. The magnitude of the induced e.m.f. produced
in a coil when a magnet is inserted into it does
NOT depend upon the
(a) number of turns in the coil
(b) resistance of the coil
(c) magnetic moment of the magnet
(d) speed of approach of the magnet
43. Which liquid has maximum specific heat
(a) Mercury
(b) Water
(c) Kerosene oil
(d) Petrol
44. Choose the only correct statement out of the
following.
(a) The size of virtual image can be determined by
receiving it on a screen and measuring its
dimensions.
(b) Under all circumstances, light travels in
straight lines.
(c) Given a point source of light, a convex mirror
can produce a parallel beam of light.
(d) In vacuum, light travels with the fastest speed.
45. The refractive index of a glass prism depends
upon
(a) the angle of the prism
(b) the angle through which it deviates an incident
beam of light
(c) the colour of the incident light
(d) the intensity of the incident light
46. The dispersion of light in a medium implies
that
(a) lights of different wavelengths travel with
different speeds in the medium
(b) lights of different frequencies travel with
different speeds in the medium
(c) the refractive index of the medium is different
for different wavelengths of light
(d) all of the above.
47. An air buddle under water shines brightly
because of the phenomenon of
(a) dispersion
(b) interference
(c) diffraction
(d) total internal reflection
48. In a compound microscope, the intermediate
image is
(a) real, inverted and magnified
(b) real, erect and magnified

(c) virtual, erect and magnified

(d) virtual, erect and reduced

(d) the strength of the nuclear force between the

nucleons of its atoms.

49. Which one of the following phenomena cannot be

explained by the wave theory of light?
(a) Refraction
(b) Total internal reflection
(c) Diffraction
(d) Photoelectric effect

58. In conductors
(a) the valence bands are not filled
(b) the valence and conduction bands may overlap
(c) the valence and conduction bands are
separated by an energy gap of the order of 1eV
(d) the valence and conduction bands are
separated by an energy gap of the order of 1eV

50. Sound travels through the air in the form of

(a) crests and troughs
(b) compressions only
(c) rarefactions only
(d) compressions and rarefactions
51. The repeated reflections of sound is called ------- of
sound
(a) reverberation
(b) reflection
(c) refraction
(d) interference
52. If vx vm and vr respectively are the speeds of Xrays, microwaves and radio waves in air, then
(a) vx> vm>vr
(b) vx <vm<vr
(c) vx = vm >vr
(d) vx =vm =vr
53. The force exerted by a magnetic field on a charged
particle depends upon the
(a) charge of the particle
(b) mass of the particle
(c) velocity of the particle
(d) density of the particle.
54. The first scientist to measure the charge of an
electron was
(a) Max Planck
(b) James Chadwick
(c) Henri Becquerel
(d) R A Millikan
55. Can two protons ever attract each other?
(a) Yes, when the distance between them is 1 m
(b) Yes, when the distance between them is 10-8 m
(c) Yes, when the distance between them is 10-15 m
(d) No, two protons always repel each other
56. A real image, equal in size to the object, is obtained
when the object is placed at the centre of curvature in
front of a
(a) concave mirror
(b) plane mirror
(c) convex mirror
(d) none of these
57. The half life of a radioactive substance depends
upon
(a) its temperature
(b) the external pressure on it
(c) the mass of the substance

59. Choose the correct statement from the

following
(a) The resistivity of a semiconductor increases
with increase in temperature
(b) the resistivity of a semiconductor decrease
with increase in temperature
(c) The conductivity of a semiconductor decreases
with increase in temperature
(d) none
60. The width of depletion region in a pn junction
diode
(a) increases when a reverse bias is applied
(b) increases when a forward bias is applied
(c) decreases when a reverse bias is applied
(d) remains the same, irrespective of the bias
voltage.
61. In a system of units in which the unit of mass
is a Kg, unit of length is b metre and the unit of
time is c second, the magnitude of a calorie is
(a) 4.2c
(b) 4.2c2 (c) abc
(d) 4.2
ab2
ab2
4.2
abc
62. A swimmer can swim in still water with a
speed of 5 ms-1. While crossing a river his
average speed is 3 ms-1. If he crosses the river in
the shortest possible time, what is the speed of
flow of water?
(a) 2 ms-1 (b) 4 ms-1 (c) 6 ms-1 (d) 8 ms-1
63. A body, projected with a certain kinetic
energy, has a horizontal range R. The kinetic
energy will be minimum at a position of the
projectile when its horizontal range is
(a) R
(b) 3R/4
(c) R/2
(d) R/4
64. A ray of light is incident on a convex mirror at
an angle incidence 30o. What is the angle of
reflection?
(a) 15 o
(b) 30 o
(c) 60 o
(d) none of these

65. N bullets each of mass m Kg are fired with a

velocity v ms-1, at the rate of n bullets per second, upon
a wall. The reaction offered by the wall to the bullets is
given by
(a) nNmv
(b) Nmv
(c) nNm
(d) nNv
n
v
m
66. A stream of a liquid of density flowing
horizontally with a speed b gushes out of tube of radius
r and hits at a vertically wall nearly normally.
Assuming that the liquid does not rebound from the
wall, the force exerted on the wall by the impact of
liquid is given by
(a) rv
(b) rv2
(c) r2v
(D) r2v2
67. How will the image formed by a convex lens be
affected if the central portion of the lens is wrapped in
the black paper?
(a) No image is formed by the remaing portion of the
lens.
(b) The central portion of the image will be absent.
(c) There will be no effect
(d) The full image will be formed but it will be less
bright
68. In optical instruments, the lenses are used to form
images by
(a) convex
(b) concave
(c) dispersion
(d) none of these
69. a ray of light coming parallel to the principal axis
after passing through a convex lens, passes through its
(a) optical centre
(b) centre of curvature
(c) focus
(d) none of these
70 The weight of an object will be
(a) zero at the centre of the earth
(b) one fourth of its vale at sea level at a height equal
to the radius of the earth above its surface
(c) same at all points on the surface of the earth
(d) none
71. Two planets of radii R1 and R2 are made from the
same material. The ratio of the accelerations due to
gravity g1/g2 at the surfaces of the planets is
(a) R1
R2

(b) R2
R1

(c) R1
R2

(d) R2
R1

72. A body is projected up with a velocity equal to of

the escape velocity form the surface of the earth. The
height it reaches is (here R is the Radius of the earth)
(a) 10 R
(b) 9R
(c) 9R
(d) 10R

73. A hydraulic lift is used to lift a car of mass

3000 Kg. The cross sectional area of the lift on
which the car is supported is 5 x 10-2 m2. What is
the pressure on the smaller piston, if both the
pistons are at the same horizontal level? Take g =
10 ms-2
(a) 6 x 105 Pa
(b) 5 x 105 Pa
(c) 4 x 105 Pa
(d) 3 x 105 Pa
74. The height to which a liquid rises or falls in a
capillary tube is directly proportional to
(a) the radius of the capillary
(b) the surface tension of the liquid
(c) the density of the liquid
(d) the angle of contact
75. Water is flowing through a tube of radius r
with a speed v. If this tube is joined to another
tube of radius r/2, what is the speed of water in
the second tube?
(a) v/4 (b) v/2
(c) 2 v
(d) 4v
76. If the magnification of a lens has a negative
value, the image is
(a) virtual
(b) erect
(c) inverted
(d) none of these
77. A mercury barometer is enclosed in a tall
glass cylinder. What happens to the level of
mercury if air is slowly removed from the
enclosure by means of vacuum pump? The level
(a) steadily falls
(b) steadily rises
(c) remains unchanged
(d) suddenly falls to zero
78. Electron volt is the unit of
(a) energy
(b) charge
(c) potential difference
(d) charge to mass ratio
79. A body floats in a liquid contained in a
beaker. The whole system falls freely under
gravity. The upthrust on the body due to the liquid
is
(a) zero
(b) equal to the weight of the liquid displaced
(c) equal to the weight of the body in air
(d) equal to the weight of the immersed portion of
the body

80. The ends of a metal rod are kept at temperatures 1

and 2 with 2 > 1. The rate of flow of heat along the
rod is directly proportional to
(a) the length of the rod
(b) the diameter of the rod
(c) the cross sectional area of the rod
(d) none
81. Which one of the following statements is NOT true
about the energy of the molecules?
(a) Evaporation takes place from the surface of a liquid
at all temperatures
(b) The rate of evaporation depends upon the area of the
exposed surface of the liquid, nature of the liquid and
its temperature
(c) The rate of evaporation is independent of the
pressure to which the liquid is subjected
(d) The cooling produced in evaporation is a
consequence of the fact that a liquid has latent heat.
82. The reciprocal of resistivity of a conductor is called
as
(a) conductance
(b) capacitance
(c) conductivity
(d) none of these
83. The length of a simple pendulum is increased by
44%. What is the percentage increase in its time period?
(a) 10%
(b) 20% (c) 40%
(d) 44%
84. The time period of a system executing simple
harmonic motion depends upon
(a) amplitude
(b) force constant
(c) total energy
(d) none
85. Which of the following waves can be polarized?
(a) Transverse waves on a string
(b) Sound waves in a gas
(c) Longitudinal waves in spring
(d) none of the above
86. The potential energy of an article executing simple
harmonic motion at a distance x from the equilibrium
position is proportional to
(a) x

(b) x

(c) x2

(d) x3

87. The number of divisions in between 0 to 0.5 of an

ammeter are 20. If the reading on the ammeter is 24
divisions, the magnitude of current will be
(a) 0.55 A
(b) 0.60 A
(c) 0.48 A
(d) 0.62 A

88. A current of 1 A flows through a copper wire.

How many electrons pass through any cross
section of the wire in 1.6s? Charge on an electron
= 1.6 x 10-19 C.
(a) 1019
(b) 1020
(c) 1021
(d) 1022
89. To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter,
we should connect
(a) a low resistance in series with it
(b) a high resistance in series with it
(c) a low resistance in parallel with it
(d) a high resistance in parallel with it
90. A 100 watt bulb and a 200 watt bulb are
designed to operate at 110 V and 220 V
respectively. The ratio of their resistances is
(a) 1
(b)
(c) 1/3
(d)
91. Rp is the equivalent resistance of n resistors,
each equal to R when they are connected in
parallel and Rs when they are connected in series.
The ration Rs/Rp is
(a) n

(b) n2

(c) 1/n

(d) 1/n2

92 The force on a charged particle moving with a

velocity v in a magnetic field B is
(a) parallel to both v and B
(b) maximum if v is perpendicular to B
(c) maximum if v is parallel to B
(d) none
93. Which of the following is not a vector
quantity?
(a) Magnetic dipole moment
(b) Moment of inertia
(c) Torque
(d) Horizontal component of earths magnetic
field.
94. Choose the incorrect statement
(a) Evaporation is a slow process
(b) Evaporation is a silent-process
(c) Evaporation takes place at all temperatures
(d) Evaporation takes place over the entire mass
of the liquid
95. A choke is used as a resistance in
(a) dc circuits
(b) ac circuits
(c) both ac and dc circuits
(d) full wave rectifier circuits

96. An illuminated object is placed between two plane

mirrors mutually perpendicular to each other. How
many images are formed?
(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) six
97. A lens of power +2.0D is placed in contact with
another lens of power -1.0D. The combination will
behave like
(a) a converging lens of focal length 100 cm
(b) a diverging lens of focal length 100 cm
(c) a converging lens of focal length 50 cm
(d) a diverging lens of focal length 50 cm
98. When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air
(a) its wavelength decreases
(b) its wavelength increases
(c) its frequency increase
(d) neither wavelength nor frequency changes
99. The radius of a nucleus is
(a) proportional to its mass number
(b) inversely proportional to its mass number
(c) proportional to the cube root of its mass number
(d) not related to its mass number
100. A raft of wood (density 600 kg/m3) of mass 120kg
floats in water. How much weight can be put on the raft
to make it just sink?
(a) 80 kg
(b) 120 kg
(c) 200 kg
(d) 300 kg