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1. An object is placed 10 cm in front (c) Light can travel through the fibres
of a convex lens of focal length 15 because of their ductility.
cm. The image produced will be
(d) Light can travel through the fibres
(a) real and magnified due to multiple total internal
reflection.
(b) virtual and magnified
(c) virtual and reduced in size
4. Light waves are
(d) real and reduced in size
(a) electromechanical waves
(b) electromagnetic waves
2. A ray of light when refracted
suffers change in velocity. In this (c) electrooptical waves
context, which one among the
(d) magnetooptical waves
following statements is correct?
(a) Velocity increases as the ray
passes from a rarer to a denser 5. A ray of light travels from a
medium. medium of refractive index n1 to a
medium of refractive index n2. If
(b) Velocity decreases as the ray
angle of incidence is i and angle of
passes from a denser to a rarer
sin i
medium. refraction is r, then is equal to
sin r
(c) Velocity decreases as the ray (a) n1 (b) n2
passes from a rarer to a denser
medium. n2 n1
(c) (d)
n1 n2
(d) Change of velocity does not
depend on the nature of medium.
6. The dimension of 'impulse' is the
same as that of
3.Optical fibres, though bent in any
manner, allows light to pass through. (a) pressure
What is the inference that one can (b) angular momentum
draw from it?
(c) work
(a) The concept that light travels in
straight path is wrong. (d) linear momentum
(b) Light can flow through the optical
fibres. 7. Planet A has double the radius than
that of planet B. If the mass of planet
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A is 4 times heavier than the mass of to the time-axis in a distance-time
planet B, then which of the following graph, then the object undergoes
statements regarding weight an
(a) an accelerated motion
object is correct?
(b) a decelerated motion
(a) Heavier on planet A than on
planet B. (c) a uniform non-zero velocity
motion
(b) Heavier on planet B than on
planet A. (d) a zero-velocity motion
(c) Same on both the planets.
(d) Cannot be measured on planet B. 11.The electric field inside a
perfectly conducting hollow object is
(a) 4 (b) infinite
8. A passenger in a moving train
tosses a coin upward which falls (c) zero (d) dependent upon
behind him. It implies that the motion the shape of the a object
of the train is
(a) accelerated 12. Two conducting wires A and B
(b) uniform are made of same material. If the
length of B is twice that of A and the
(c) retarded
radius of circular cross-section of A
(d) along the circular tracks is twice that of B, then their
resistances RA and RB are in the ratio
(a) 2:1 (c) 1:8
9. If the distance s covered by a
(b) 1:2 (d) 1:4
moving car in rectilinear motion with
a speed v in time t is given by s = vt,
then the car undergoes
13. Which one among the following
(a) a uniform acceleration happens when a swing rises to a
certain height from its rest position?
(b) a non-uniform acceleration
(a) Its potential energy decreases
(c) a uniform velocity
while kinetic energy increases.
(d) a non-uniform velocity
(b) Its kinetic energy decreases while
potential energy increases.
10. If the motion of an object is (c) Both potential and kinetic energy
represented by a straight line parallel decreases.
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(d) Both potential and kinetic energy (b) its amplitude
increases.
(C) its speed
(d) its pitch
14. Which one of the following
statements is not correct?
18. Ultrasonic waves of frequency
(a) The Kelvin scale of temperature is
3x105 Hz are passed through a
called the absolute scale.
medium, where speed of sound is 10
(b) Visible light radiation has times that in air (speed of sound in air
wavelength range of 400-700 nm. is 300 m/s). The wavelength of this
wave in that medium will be of the
(c) The capacity to do work is called
order of
power.
(a) 1 cm
(d) The wavelength of y-rays is less
than the wavelength of X-rays. (b) 10 cm
(c) 100
15. The silvering in thermo flask is (d) 0.1 cm
done to avoid heat transfer by
(a) convection
19. Bernoulli's principle based on
(b) conduction which of among the following laws?
(c) Both (a) and (b) (a) Conservation of mass
(d) radiation (b) Conservation of momentum
(c)Conservation
of angular momentum
16. Density of water is
(d) Conservation of energy
(a) maximum at 0°C
(b) minimum at 0°C
20. A balloon filled up with gas
(c) maximum at 4°C
would only go up in air it is filled up
(d) minimum at - 4°C with
(a) a gas whose density is lower than
17. The loudness of sound is related air
to (b) a gas whose density is higher than
(a) its frequency air
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(c) cold air 24.The ionisation energy of hydrogen
atom in the ground state is
(d) water vapour
(a) 13.6 MeV
(b) 13.6 eV
21. Which one of the following is a
conventional energy source? (c) 13.6 J
(a) Tidal energy (d) zero
(b) Geothermal energy
(c) Solar energy 25. The majority charge carriers in a
p-type semiconductor are
(d) Bio-mass energy
(a) free electrons
(b) conduction electrons
22. A given conductor carrying a
current of I ampere. It produces an (c) ions
amount of heat equal to 2000 J. If the
(d) holes
current through the conductor is
doubled, then the amount of heat
produced will be 26. The latest discovered state of
(a) 2000 J matter is
(b) 4000 J (a) solid
(c) 8000 J (b) Bose-Einstein condensate
(d) 1000 J (c) plasma
(d) liquid
23. How is the kinetic energy of a
moving object affected if the net 27. When a solid is heated, it turns
work done on it is positive? directly into a gas. This process is
(a) Decreases called
(b) Increases (a) condensation
(c) Remains constant (b) evaporation
(d) Becomes zero (c) sublimation
(d) diffusion
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28. The number of valence electrons Codes
in the O2-ion is
ABCD ABCD
(a) 4
(a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 2 4 3 1
(b) 6
(c) 1 4 3 2 (d)1 3 4 2
(c) 8
(d) 10
32. Which of the following properties
is true for a tooth paste?
29. The most of the mass of an atom (a) It is acidic
can be found in
(b) It is neutral
(a) electrons
(c) It is basic
(b) charges
(d)It is made up of calcium
(c) nucleus phosphate, the material of tooth
enamel
(d) electron cloud

33. How is carbon black obtained?

30. Which of the following acids is a
mineral acid? (a) By heating wood at high
temperature in absence of air
(a) Citric acid
(b) By heating coal at high
(b) Hydrochloric acid
temperature in absence of air
(c) Ascorbic acid
(c) By burning hydrocarbons in a
(d) Tartaric acid limited supply of air
(d) By heating coal at high
31. Match List I with List II and temperature in presence of air
select the correct answer using the
codes given below the Lists.
34. Which one of the following alkali
List I List II metals has lowest melting point?
(Compound) (Nature)
A. Sodium hydroxide 1. Strong acid (a) Sodium
B. Calcium oxide 2. Alkali
C. Acetic acid 3. Weak acid (b) Potassium
D. Hydrochloric acid 4. Base
(c) Rubidium
(d) Caesium
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35. Which one of the following gases (b) Cu + 4HNO3 (conc.)
is placed second in respect of
(c) 4Zn + 10HNO3 (dil.)
abundance in the Earth's atmosphere?
(d) Zn + 4HNO3 (conc.)
(a) Oxygen
(b) Hydrogen
39. Which one of the following will
(c) Nitrogen
not produce carbon dioxide on
(d) Carbon dioxide reacting with an aqueous solution of
hydrochloric acid?
(a) Limestone
36. How much CO2 is produced
heating of I kg of carbon? (b) Quicklime
11 (c) Chalk
(a) kg
3 (d) Marble
3
(b) kg
11
40. Which one of the following is an
4 organic acid?
(c) kg
3
(a) Hydrochloric acid
3
(d) kg (b) Nitric acid
4
(c) Acetic acid

37. Which one of the following called (d) Sulphuric acid

'syn gas'?
(a) C (s) + H2O(g) 41. Which one of the following cell
(b) CO(g)+ H2O(g) organelles is absent in animal cell?

(c) CO(g)+ H2(g) (a) Cell membrane

(d) NO2(g)+ H2(g) (b) Endoplasmic reticulum

(c) Cell wall

38. Which one of the following (d) Mitochondria

reactions will give NO (nitric oxide)
gas as one of the products?
42. The site of cellular respiration in
(a) 3Cu + 8HNO3 (dil.) animal cell is
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(a) ribosome (d) Absorption of food and excess
water from the undigested food
(b) mitochondria
(c) endoplasmic reticulum
46. 'Lubb-Dupp' sound produced due
(d) lysosome
to action of
(a) large intestine
43.Muscle fatigue is due to the
(b) lungs
accumulation of
(c) heart
(d) oesophagus
(a) cholesterol
(b) lactic acid
47. What is 'breakbone fever' most
(c) lipoic acid
commonly known as?
(d) triglycerides
(a) Typhoid
(b) Rhinitis
44.Which one of the following is not
(c) Yellow fever
an example of eukaryotic organism?
(d) Dengue

(a) yeast
48. Which one among the following
(b) Bacteria
is a plant hormone?
(c) plant
(a) Insulin
(d) Human being
(b) Thyroxine
(c) Gibberellin
45. Which one of the following is not
(d) Oestrogen
a function of liver?
(a) Conversion of glucose into
glycogen 49. Growth and repair of damaged
tissue involves
(b) Production of urea
(a) mitotic cell division only
(c) Destruction of dead and worn-out
red blood cells (b) Both mitotic and meiotic cell
divisions
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(c) meiotic cell division only
(d) amitotic cell division only

50. Which one of the following is not

a greenhouse gas?
(a) Water vapour
(b) Methane
(c) Ozone
(d) Carbon monoxide