In terms of resistance R and time T, the dimensions of ratio of the permeability and permittivity is:

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In terms of resistance R and time T, the dimensions of ratio of the permeability and permittivity is:
The initial speed of a bullet fired from a rifle is 630 m/s. The rifle is fired at the centre of a target 700 m away at the same level as the target. How far above the centre of the target must the rifle be aimed in order to hit the target?
1.0 m
4.2 m
6.1 m
9.8 m
A body of mass 5 kg under the action of constant force has velocity at t = 0 s as m/s and at t = 10 s as m/s. The force is:
N
N
N
N
A small ball of mass m starts at a point A with speed and moves along a frictionless track AB as shown. The track BC has coefficient of friction . The ball comes to stop at C after travelling a distance L which is:

A thin bar of length L has a mass per unit length , that increases linearly with distance from one end. If its total mass is M and its mass per unit length at the lighter end is , then the distance of the centre of mass from the lighter end is:
From a sphere of mass M and radius R, a smaller sphere of radius is carved out such that the cavity made in the original sphere is between its centre and the periphery (see the figure). For the configuration in the figure where the distance between the centre of the original sphere and the removed sphere is 3R, the gravitational force between the two spheres is:

The bulk moduli of ethanol, mercury and water are given as 0.9, 25 and 2.2 respectively in units of Nm. For a given value of pressure, the fractional compression in volume is . Which of the following statements about for these three liquids is correct?
Ethanol > Water > Mercury
Water > Ethanol > Mercury
Mercury > Ethanol > Water
Ethanol > Mercury > Water
The average mass of rain drops is kg and their average terminal velocity is 9 m/s. Calculate the energy transferred by rain to each square metre of the surface at a place which receives 100 cm of rain in a year.
J
J
J
J
A tank with a small hole at the bottom has been filled with water and kerosene (specific gravity 0.8). The height of water is 3 m and that of kerosene is 2 m. When the hole is opened, the velocity of fluid coming out from it is nearly: (take g = 10 ms and density of water = kg m)
10.7 ms
9.6 ms
8.5 ms
7.6 ms
An air bubble of radius 0.1 cm is in a liquid having surface tension 0.06 N/m and density kg/m. The pressure inside the bubble is 1100 Nm greater than the atmospheric pressure. At what depth is the bubble below the surface of the liquid? ( ms)
0.1 m
0.15 m
0.20 m
0.25 m
A hot body, obeying Newton's law of cooling is cooling down from its peak value 80°C to an ambient temperature of 30°C. It takes 5 minutes in cooling down from 80°C to 40°C. How much time will it take to cool down from 62°C to 32°C? (Given ln 2 = 0.693, ln 5 = 1.609)
3.75 minutes
8.6 minutes
9.6 minutes
6.5 minutes
During an adiabatic compression, 830 J of work is done on 2 moles of a diatomic ideal gas to reduce its volume by 50%. The change in its temperature is nearly: (R = 8.3 JK mol)
40 K
33 K
20 K
14 K
An ideal monoatomic gas is confined in a cylinder by a spring loaded piston of cross section m. Initially the gas is at 300 K and occupies a volume of m and the spring is in its relaxed state as shown in figure. The gas is heated by a small heater until the piston moves out slowly by 0.1 m. The force constant of the spring is 8000 N/m and the atmospheric pressure is N/m. The cylinder and the piston are thermally insulated. The piston and the spring are massless and there is no friction between the piston and the cylinder. The final temperature of the gas will be: (Neglect the heat loss through the lead wires of the heater. The heat capacity of the heater coil is also negligible).

300 K
800 K
500 K
1000 K
The angular frequency of the damped oscillator is given by, where k is the spring constant, m is the mass of the oscillator and r is the damping constant. If the ratio is 8%, the change in time period compared to the undamped oscillator is approximately as follows:
increases by 1%
increases by 8%
decreases by 1%
decreases by 8%
Two factories are sounding their sirens at 800 Hz. A man goes from one factory to other at a speed of 2 m/s. The velocity of sound is 320 m/s. The number of beats heard by the person in one second will be:
2
4
8
10
A cone of base radius R and height h is located in a uniform electric field parallel to its base. The electric flux entering the cone is:
EhR
2EhR
4EhR
A parallel plate capacitor is made of two plates of length l, width w and separated by a distance d. A dielectric slab (dielectric constant K) that fits exactly between the plates is held near the edge of the plates. It is pulled into the capacitor by a force , where U is the energy of the capacitor when dielectric is inside the capacitor up to distance x (see the figure). If the charge on the capacitor is Q then the force on the dielectric when it is near the edge is:

In the circuit shown, current (in A) through 50 V and 30 V batteries are, respectively:

2.5 and 3
3.5 and 2
4.5 and 1
3 and 2.5
In the circuit diagrams (A, B, C and D) shown below, R is a high resistance and S is a resistance of the order of galvanometer resistance G. The correct circuit, corresponding to the half deflection method for finding the resistance and figure of merit of the galvanometer, is the circuit labelled as:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Circuit A with
Circuit B with G = S
Circuit C with G = S
Circuit D with
Three identical bars A, B and C are made of different magnetic materials. When kept in a uniform magnetic field, the field lines around them look as follows:
Make the correspondence of these bars with their material being diamagnetic (D), ferromagnetic (F) and paramagnetic (P):
A ↔ D, B ↔ P, C ↔ F
A ↔ F, B ↔ D, C ↔ P
A ↔ P, B ↔ F, C ↔ D
A ↔ F, B ↔ P, C ↔ D
Three straight parallel current carrying conductors are shown in the figure. The force experienced by the middle conductor of length 25 cm is:

N toward right
N toward right
N toward right
Zero
A coil of circular cross-section having 1000 turns and 4 cm face area is placed with its axis parallel to a magnetic field which decreases by Wb m in 0.01 s. The e.m.f. induced in the coil is:
400 mV
200 mV
4 mV
0.4 mV
An electromagnetic wave of frequency hertz is propagating along z-axis. The amplitude of electric field is 4 V/m. If C/N-m, then average energy density of electric field will be:
J/m
J/m
J/m
J/m
An object is located in a fixed position in front of a screen. Sharp image is obtained on the screen for two positions of a thin lens separated by 10 cm. The size of the images in two situations are in the ratio 3 : 3. What is the distance between the screen and the object?
124.5 cm
144.5 cm
65.0 cm
99.0 cm
In a compound microscope the focal length of objective lens is 1.2 cm and focal length of eye piece is 3.0 cm. When object is kept at 1.25 cm in front of objective, final image is formed at infinity. Magnifying power of the compound microscope should be:
200
100
400
150
Two monochromatic light beams of intensity 16 and 9 units are interfering. The ratio of intensities of bright and dark parts of the resultant pattern is:
A photon of wavelength is scattered from an electron, which was at rest. The wavelength shift is three times of and the angle of scattering is 60°. The angle at which the electron recoiled is . The value of is: (electron speed is much smaller than the speed of light)
0.16
0.22
0.25
0.28
Match the List-I (Phenomenon associated with electromagnetic radiation) with List-II (Part of electromagnetic spectrum) and select the correct code from the choices given below this lists:

(I)-(A), (II)-(B), (III)-(B), (IV)-(C)
(I)-(A), (II)-(B), (III)-(C), (IV)-(C)
(I)-(D), (II)-(C), (III)-(A), (IV)-(B)
(I)-(B), (II)-(A), (III)-(D), (IV)-(A)
A radioactive nuclei with decay constant 0.5/s is being produced at a constant rate of 100 nuclei/s. If at t = 0 there were no nuclei, the time when there are 50 nuclei is:
1 s
s
s
s
A Zener diode is connected to a battery and a load as shown below:
The currents, I, I and I are respectively.
15 mA, 5 mA, 10 mA
15 mA, 7.5 mA, 7.5 mA
12.5 mA, 5 mA, 7.5 mA
12.5 mA, 7.5 mA, 5 mA
A gaseous compound of nitrogen and hydrogen contains 12.5% (by mass) of hydrogen. The density of the compound relative to hydrogen is 16. The molecular formula of the compound is:
NH
NH
NH
NH
If and be threshold wavelength and wavelength of incident light, the velocity of photoelectron ejected from the metal surface is:
Based on the equation: J , the wavelength of the light that must be absorbed to excite hydrogen electron from level n = 1 to level n = 2 will be: (h = Js, C = ms)
m
m
m
m
Which of the following series correctly represents relations between the elements from X to Y? X → Y
Li → K Ionization enthalpy increases
F → Br Electron gain enthalpy (negative sign) increases
C → Ge Atomic radii increases
Ar → Xe Noble character increases
The correct order of bond dissociation energy among N, O, O is shown in which of the following arrangements?
N > O > O
O > O > N
N > O > O
O > O > N
Which one of the following does not have a pyramidal shape?
(CH) N
(SiH) N
P(CH)
P(SiH)
In allene (CH), the type(s) of hybridization of the carbon atoms is (are):
sp and sp
sp and sp
only sp
sp and sp
The initial volume of a gas cylinder is 750.0 mL. If the pressure of gas inside the cylinder changes from 840.0 mmHg to 360.0 mmHg, the final volume the gas will be:
1.750 L
3.60 L
4.032 L
7.50 L
The molar heat capacity (C) of CDO is 10 cals at 1000 K. The change of entropy associated with cooling of 32 g of CDO vapour from 1000 K to 100 K at constant pressure will be: (D = deuterium, atomic mass = 2u)
23.03 cal deg
cal deg
2.303 cal deg
cal deg
Consider the following equilibrium:
White precipitate of AgCl appears on adding which of the following?
NH
aqueous NaCl
aqueous HNO
aqueous NHCl
Assuming that the degree of hydrolysis is small, the pH of 0.1M solution of sodium acetate (K = ) will be:
5.0
6.0
8.0
9.0
Which of the following statements about NaO is not correct?
It is diamagnetic in nature
It is derivative of HO
NaO oxidises Cr to CrO in acid medium
It is the super oxide of sodium
The reagent needed for converting:

Cat. Hydrogenation
H/Lindlar Cat.
Li/NH
LiAlH
The gas liberated by the electrolysis of Dipotassium succinate solution is:
Ethane
Ethyne
Ethene
Propene
Which of the following statements about the depletion of ozone layer is correct?
The problem of ozone depletion is less serious at poles because NO solidifies and is not available for consuming ClO• radicals.
The problem of ozone depletion is more serious at poles because ice crystals in the clouds over poles act as catalyst for photochemical reactions involving the decomposition of ozone of Cl• and ClO• radicals.
Freons, chlorofluorocarbons, are inert. Chemically, they do not react with ozone in stratosphere.
Oxides of nitrogen also do not react with ozone in stratosphere.
The appearance of colour in solid alkali metal halides is generally due to:
Schottky defect
Frenkel defect
Interstitial position
F-centres
In some solutions, the concentration of HO remains constant even when small amounts of strong acid or strong base are added to them. These solutions are known as:
Ideal solutions
Colloidal solutions
True solutions
Buffer solutions
Given:
Fe(aq) + e → Fe(aq); E = +0.77 V
Al(aq) + 3e → Al(s); E = V
Br(aq) + 2e → 2Br; E = +1.09 V
Considering the electrode potentials, which of the following represents the correct order of reducing power?
Fe < Al < Br
Br < Fe < Al
Al < Br < Fe
Al < Fe < Br
In the reaction of formation of sulphur trioxide by contact process the rate of reaction was measured as mol L s. The rate of reaction in terms of [SO] in mol L s will be:
For the reaction, , the rate equation can be expressed in two ways:
and . k and k' are related as:
k = k'
2k = k'
k = 2k'
k = 4k'
Shapes of certain interhalogen compounds are stated below. Which one of them is not correctly stated?
IF: pentagonal bipyramid
BrF: trigonal bipyramid
BrF: planar T-shaped
ICl: planar dimeric
Which of the following name formula combinations is not correct?
K[Pt(CN)] - Potassium tetracyanoplatinate (II)
[Mn(CN)] - Pentacyanomangonate (II) ion
K[Cr(NH)Cl] - Potassium diammine tetrachlorochromate (III)
[Co(NH)(HO)I]SO - Tetraammine aquaiodo cobalt (III) sulphate
Consider the coordination compound, [Co(NH)]Cl. In the formation of this complex, the species which acts as the Lewis acid is:
[Co(NH)]
Cl
Co
NH
Chlorobenzene reacts with trichloro acetaldehyde in the presence of HSO. The major product formed is:





Tischenko reaction is a modification of:
Aldol condensation
Claisen condensation
Cannizzaro reaction
Pinacol-pinacolon reaction
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Alcohols are weaker acids than water
Acid strength of alcohols decreases in the following order: RCHOH > RCHOH > RCOH
Carbon-oxygen bond length in methanol, CHOH is shorter than that of C-O bond length in phenol.

The following reaction is known as:

Perkin reaction
Gatterman-Koch Formylation
Kolbe's reaction
Gattermann reaction
An organic compound A, CHO; reacts with HO, NH and CHCOOH as described below:





Complete reduction of benzene-diazonium chloride with Zn/HCl gives:
Aniline
Phenylhydrazine
Azobenzene
Hydrazobenzene
Which one of the following is used as Antihistamine?
Omeprazole
Chloranphenicol
Diphenhydramine
Norethindrone
If and are roots of the equation, for some , and , then is equal to:
If and are 2 pairs of complex conjugate numbers, then equals:
0
An eight digit number divisible by 9 is to be formed using digits from 0 to 9 without repeating the digits. The number of ways in which this can be done is:
72(7!)
18(7!)
40(7!)
36(7!)
In a geometric progression, if the ratio of the sum of first 5 terms to the sum of their reciprocals is 49, and the sum of the first and the third term is 35. Then the first term of this geometric progression is:
7
21
28
42
The sum of the first 20 terms common between the series 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + ... and 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + ... is:
4000
4020
4200
4220
The coefficient of in the binomial expansion of is:
If (), then is equal to:
2
The base of an equilateral triangle is along the line given by . If a vertex of the triangle is , then the length of a side of the triangle is:
The set of all real values of for which exactly two common tangents can be drawn to the circles and is the interval:
(12, 32)
(18, 42)
(12, 24)
(18, 48)
Let L be the length of the common chord of the curves and , and L be the length of the latus rectum of , then:
L > L
L = L
L < L
A stair-case of length rests against a vertical wall and a floor of a room. Let P be a point on the stair-case, nearer to its end on the wall, that divides its length in the ratio 1 : 2. If the staircase begins to slide on the floor, then the locus of P is:
an ellipse of eccentricity
an ellipse of eccentricity
a circle of radius
a circle of radius
Let P() and Q() where , be two distinct points on the hyperbola . Then the ordinate of the point of intersection of the normals at P and Q is:
If , then k is equal to:
0
1
2
3
The proposition is logically equivalent to:
p
q
Two ships A and B are sailing straight away from a fixed point O along routes such that is always 120°. At a certain instance, OA = 8 km, OB = 6 km and the ship A is sailing at the rate of 20 km/hr while the ship B sailing at the rate of 30 km/hr. Then the distance between A and B is changing at the rate (in km/hr):
The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point P on the horizontal ground was observed to be . After moving a distance 2 metres from P towards the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation changes to . Then the height (in metres) of the tower is:
Let A(2, 3, 5), B() and C() be the vertices of a ABC. If the median through A is equally inclined to the coordinate axes, then:
Let A be a matrix such that
Then A is:
Let for i = 1, 2, 3, be a polynomial of degree 2 in , and be the first and second order derivatives of respectively. Let,
and . Then determinant of B(x):
is a polynomial of degree 6 in x
is a polynomial of degree 3 in x
is a polynomial of degree 2 in x
does not depend on x
Let f be an odd function defined on the set of real numbers such that for , . Then at is equal to:
Let , and . Then:
h(x) is not differentiable at x = 0
h(x) is differentiable at x = 0, but h'(x) is not continuous at x = 0
h'(x) is continuous at x = 0 but it is not differentiable at x = 0
h'(x) is differentiable at x = 0
For the curve , , , the tangent is parallel to x-axis when is:
The volume of the largest possible right circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius = is:
The integral () is equal to:
If for , , then is equal to:
10e
10
If the general solution of the differential equation , for some function , is given by , where c is an arbitrary constant, then is equal to:
4
If and , then a value of is:
12
24
The plane containing the line and parallel to the line passes through the point:
(1, , 5)
(1, 0, 5)
(0, 3, )
(, , 0)
A set S contains 7 elements. A non-empty subset A of S and an element x of S are chosen at random. Then the probability that is:
If X has a binomial distribution, B(n, p) with parameters n and p such that P(X = 2) = P(X = 3), then E(X), the mean of variable X, is:
2 p
3 p