MARCH-2014

33. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of 6×10-3 m2 and the
distance between the plates is 3 mm.Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is
connected to a 100 V supply, what is the charge on each plate of the capacitor?
[Absolute permittivity of free space=8.85×10-12 Fm-1]
34. A battery of internal resistance 3 Ω is connected to 20 Ω resistor and potential difference across the
resistor is 10 V. If another resistor of 30 Ω is connected in series with the first resistor and battery is
again connected to the combination, calculate the e.m.f and terminal potential difference across the
combination.
35. Calculate resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series L.C.R circuit containing a pure inductor of
inductance 3 H. capacitor of capacitance 27 μF and resistor of resistance 7.4Ω.
36. Two lenses of focal lengths 0.20 m and 0.30m are kept in contact. Find the focal length of the
combination. Calculate powers of two lenses and combination.
37. Calculate the binding energy and binding energy per nucleon (in MeV) of nitrogen nucleus 147𝑁 from
the following data.
Mass of proton = 1.00783 u
Mass of neutron = 1.00867 u
Mass of nucleus = 14.00307 u
JULY-2014
33. Two charges 3×10-8 C and -2×10-8 C are located 15 cm apart. At what point on the line joining the two
charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to be zero.
34. A network of resistors is connected to a 12 V battery as shown in figure.
a) Calculate the equivalent resistance of the network.
b) Obtain current in 12 Ω and 6 Ω resistors.
35. A pure inductor of 25 mH is connected to a source of 220 V and 50 Hz. Find the inductive reactance,
rms value of current and peak current in the circuit.
36. A prism of angle 600 produces angle of minimum deviation of 400. What is its refractive index?
Calculate the angle of incidence.
37. The work function of caesium metal is 2.14eV. When light of frequency 6×1014 Hz is incident on the
metal surface, photoemission of electron occurs.
Find: a) Energy of incident photons.
b) Maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons
Given Planks constant = ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, 1 𝑒𝑉 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐽
MARCH-2015
33. Two point charges +1 nc and -4 nc are 1 m apart. Find the positions along the line joining the two
charges at which resultant potential is zero.
34. Two cells of emf 2V and 4V and internal resistances 1 Ω and 2Ω respectively are connected in parallel
so as to send the current in the same direction through an external resistance of 10 Ω. Find the potential
difference across 10 Ω resistor.
35. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR circuit which
𝑅 = 3Ω, 𝐿 = 25.48, 𝑚𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝐶 = 786 𝜇𝐹. Find
a) impedance of the circuit,
b) the phase difference between the voltage across the source and the current,
c) the power factor.
36. In a Young’s double slit experiment distance between the slits is 1 mm. The fringe width is found to be
0.6 mm when the screen is moved through a distance of 0.25m away from the plane of the slits, the
fringe width becomes 0.75 mm. Find the wavelength of light used.
37. Determine the mass of Na22 which has an activity of 5 m Ci. Half life of Na22 is 2.6 years. Avogadro
number=6.023×1023 atoms.
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33. ABCD is a square of side 2m charges of +5 nc, +10 nc and -5nc are placed at a corners A, B and C
respectively. What is the work done in transferring a charge of 5 μC from D to the point of intersection
of the diagonals?
34. Two identical cells either in series or in parallel combination, gives the same current of 0.5A through
external resistance of 4Ω. Find emf and internal resistance of each cell.
35. A resistor of 100Ω, a pure inductance coil of L=0.5 H and capacitor are in series in a circuit containing
an A.C. source of 200V, 50 Hz. In the circuit, current is ahead of the voltage by 300. Find the value of the
capacitance.
36. A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 4200 A0 and 5600 A0 is used to obtain interference
fringes in Young’s double slit experiment. The distance between the slits is 0.3 mm and the distance
between the slits and the screen in 1.5 m. compute the least distance of the point from the central
maximum where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide.
37. Calculate the half life and mean life of Radium -226 of activity 1 Ci. Given the mass of Radium -226 is
1g and 226 g of Radium consists of 6.023 ×1023 atoms.
MARCH-2016
33. In Young’s double slit experiment, fringes of certain width are produced on the screen kept at a
distance from the slits. When the screen is moved away from the slits by 0.1 m, fringe width increases
by 6 × 10−5 m. The separation between the slits is 1 mm. Calculate the wavelength of the light used.
34. When two capacitors are connected in series and connected across 4 KV line, the energy stored in the
system is 8 J. The same capacitors, if connected in parallel across the same line, the energy stored is 36 J.
Find the individual capacitances.
35. Calculate the shortest and longest wavelengths of Balmer series of hydrogen atom. Given R=1.097 ×
107 𝑚−1 .
36. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor (quality factor) of a series L-C-R circuit containing a
pure inductor of inductance 4 H, capacitor of capacitance 27𝜇𝐹 and resistor of resistance 8.4Ω.
37. a) Three resistors of resistances 2 Ω ,3 Ω and 4 Ω are connected in series. What is the total
resistance of the combination?
b) If this combination is connected to a battery of emf 10 V and negligible internal resistance, obtain
the potential drop across each resistor.
JULY-2016
33. In Young’s double slit experiment, fringes of certain width are produced on the screen kept at a
distance from the slits. When the screen is moved away from the slits by 0.1 m, fringe width increases
by 6 × 10−5 m. The separation between the slits is 1 mm. Calculate the wavelength of the light used.
34. When two capacitors are connected in series and connected across 4 KV line, the energy stored in the
system is 8 J. The same capacitors, if connected in parallel across the same line, the energy stored is 36 J.
Find the individual capacitances.
35. Calculate the shortest and longest wavelengths of Balmer series of hydrogen atom. Given R=1.097 ×
107 𝑚−1 .
36. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor (quality factor) of a series L-C-R circuit containing a
pure inductor of inductance 4 H, capacitor of capacitance 27𝜇𝐹 and resistor of resistance 8.4Ω.
37. a) Three resistors of resistances 2 Ω ,3 Ω and 4 Ω are connected in series. What is the total
resistance of the combination?
b) If this combination is connected to a battery of emf 10 V and negligible internal resistance, obtain
the potential drop across each resistor.
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33. Charges𝑞𝐴= 3𝜇𝐶and 𝑞𝐵= − 3𝜇𝐶 are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. (a) What is the electric field at the
midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges?
(b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5X10-9C is placed at this point. What is the force
experienced by the test charge?
34. When two resistors are connected in series with a cell of emf 2 V negligible internal resistance, a
2 5
current of 5 𝐴 flows in the circuit. When the resistors are connected in parallel ,the main current is 3 𝐴.
Calculate the resistances.
35. A source of alternating emf of 220 V- 50 Hz is connected in series with a resistance of 220 Ω, an
inductance of 100 mH and a capacitance of 30 𝜇F. Does the current lead or lag the voltage by what
angle?
36. Light of wavelength 6000𝐴0 is used to obtain interference fringes of width 6 mm in a young’s double slit
experiment. Calculate the wavelength of light required to obtain the fringe width 4 mm when the
distance between the screen and slits is reduced to half of its initial value.
37. The first member of Balmer series of hydrogen atom has a wavelength of 6500 𝐴0 . Calculate the
wavelength and frequency of the second member of the same series. Given C=3X108 m/s
JULY-2017
33. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area 8X10-3 m2 and distance
between the plates is 2 mm. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a
50 V supply, What is the charge on each plate of the capacitor?
(Absolute permittivity of free space=8.85X10-12Fm-1)
34. (a) Three resistors 4Ω,6 Ω and 8 Ω are combined in parallel. What is the total resistance of the
combination?
(b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 25 V and negligible internal resistance.
Determine the current through each resistor and total current drawn from the battery.
35. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 285 V is applied to a series LCR circuit in which resistor of
resistance 5 Ω, pure inductor of inductance 28.5 mH and capacitor of capacitance 800 𝜇F are
connected.(a) Find the resonant frequency, (b) Calculate the impedance, current and power dissipated
at the resonance.
36. In Young’s double slit experiment, distance between the slits is 0.5 mm. When the screen is kept at a
distance of 100 cm from the slits, the distance of ninth bright fringe from the center of the fringe system
is 8.835 mm. Find the wavelength of light used.
37. Calculate the binding energy and binding energy per nucleon of an oxygen nucleus 168𝑂 using the
following data in MeV.
Mass of proton=1.007825 u,
Mass of neutron=1.008665 u,
Mass of oxygen nucleus=15.995 u.
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33. Three charges of each equal to +4 nC are placed at the three corners of a square of side 2 cm. Find the
electric field at the fourth corner.
34. 100 mg of nichrome metal is drawn into a wire of area of cross-section 0.05 mm2. Calculate the
resistance of this wire. Given density of nichrome 8.4X103 Kg m-3 and resistivity of the material as
1.2X10-6Ω𝑚.
35. A circular coil of radius 10 cm and 25 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter with an angular speed
of 40 rad s-1, in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 5X10-2 T. Calculate the emf induced in
the coil. Also find the current in the coil if the resistance of the coil is 15 Ω.
36. In Young’s double slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.8 mm and the screen is placed at a
distance of 1.4 m away from the slits. The distance between the central bright fringe and the fifth dark
fringe is measured to be 1.35 cm. Calculate the wavelength of the light used. Also find the fringe width
if the screen is moved 0.4 m towards the slits, for the same experimental setup.
37. Light of frequency 8.41X1014 Hz is incident on a metal surface. Electrons with their maximum speed of
7.5X105 ms-1 are ejected from the surface. Calculate the threshold frequency for photoemission of
electrons. Also find the work function of the metal in electron volt(eV). Given Planck’s constant
h=6.625X10-34 Js and mass of the electron 9.1X10-31 Kg.
JULY-2018
33. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have an area of 100 cm2each and are separated by 3 mm.
The capacitor is charged by connecting it to a 400 V supply.
a) Calculate the electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor,
b) If a dielectric of dielectric constant 2.5 is introduced between the plates of the capacitor, then
find the electrostatic energy stored and also change in the energy stored.
34. In the given circuit diagram, calculate
(i) The main current through the circuit and
(ii) Also current through 9Ω resistor.
35. A 20 Ω resistor, 1.5 H inductor and 35 𝜇𝐹 capacitor are connected in series with a
220 V, 50 Hz ac supply. Calculate the impedance of the circuit and find the current through the circuit.
36. The radii of curvature of two surfaces of a convex lens is 0.2 m and 0.22 m. Find the focal length of the
lens if refractive index of the material of lens is 1.5. Also find the change in focal length, if it is
immersed in water of refractive index 1.33.
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37. The half life of radioactive sample 38 𝑆𝑟 is 28 years. Calculate the rate of disintegration of 15 mg of this
isotope. Given Avogadro’s number =6.023 × 1023 .
MARCH-2019
33. In a circular parallel plate capacitor, radius of each plate is 5 cm and they are separated by a distance of
2 mm. Calculate the capacitance and the energy stored, when it is charged by connecting to a battery of
200 V.(given, 𝜖0 = 8.854 × 10−12 𝐹𝑚−1 )
34. Two resistors are connected in series with 5 V battery of negligible internal resistance. A current of 2 A
25
flows through each resistor. If they are connected in parallel with the same battery a current of 3
A
flows through combination. Calculate the value of each resistance.
35. A conductor of length 3 m moving in a uniform magnetic field of strength 100 T. It covers a distance of
70 m in 5 s. Its motion makes angle of 300with direction of magnetic field. Calculate the emf induced in
it.
36. In a Young’s double slit experiment wave length of light used is 5000 A0 and distance between the slits
is 2 mm, distance of screen from the slits is 1 m. Find fringe width and also calculate the distance of 7th
dark fringe from central bright fringe.
37. Half life of U-238 undergoing 𝛼-decay is 4.5× 109 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. Calculate the activity of one gram of
U-238 sample.
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33. ABCD is a square of side 1m. Charges of +3 nC, -5 nC and +3 nC are placed at the corners
A,B and C respectively. Calculate the work done in transferring a charge of 12 𝜇C from D to the point
of intersection the diagonals.
34. A network of resistors is connected to a 16 V battery with internal
resistance 1Ω as shown in the figure below.
(a) Compute the equivalent resistance of the network.
(b) Calculate the total current in the circuit.
35. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied
to a series LCR circuit in which R=3 Ω ,L=25.48 mH and C=796𝜇F. Find
(a) impedance of the circuit,
(b) the phase difference between the voltage across the source and the current.
36. An object of 3 cm is placed 14 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 21 cm. Find the position,
nature and size of the image formed.
37. Calculate the binding energy of an 𝛼-particle in MeV from the following data.
Mass of Helium nucleus = 4.00260u
Mass of neutron = 1.008662u
Mass of proton = 1.007825u
MARCH-2020
33. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 = 5 𝜇𝐶 and 𝑞𝐵 = −5 𝜇𝐶 are located at A and B separated by 0.2 m in vacuum.
a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line joining the charges?
b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 2 𝑛𝐶 is placed at O, What is the force experienced by the test
charge?
34. a) Three resistors 3Ω, 4Ω and 12Ω are connected in parallel. What is the effective resistance of the
combination?
b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 6V and internal resistance 0.5Ω , find the current
drawn from the battery and terminal potential difference across the battery.
35. A series LCR circuit contains a pure inductor 5.0 H, a capacitor of capacitance 20 𝜇𝐹 and a resistor of
resistance 40 Ω.
a) Find the resonant frequency of the circuit,
b) Calculate the quality factor (Q-factor) of the circuit,
c) What is the impedance at resonant condition?
36. At what angle should a ray of light be incident on the face of an equilateral prism so that it just suffers
total internal reflection at the other face? The refractive index of the prism is 1.5
37. A copper coin has a mass of 63.0 g Calculate the nuclear energy that would be required to separate all
the neutrons and protons from each other. The coin is entirely made of 63 29𝐶𝑢
63
Mass of 29𝐶𝑢 atom = 62.92960 u
Mass of neutron = 1.00866 u
Mass of proton = 1.00727 u
Avogadro’s number =6.022 × 1023
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33. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 = 5 𝜇𝐶 and 𝑞𝐵 = −5 𝜇𝐶 are located at A and B separated by 0.2 m in vacuum.
a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line joining the charges?
b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 2 𝑛𝐶 is placed at O, What is the force experienced by the test
charge?
34. a) Three resistors 3Ω, 4Ω and 12Ω are connected in parallel. What is the effective resistance of the
combination?
b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 6V and internal resistance 0.5Ω , find the current
drawn from the battery and terminal potential difference across the battery.
35. A series LCR circuit contains a pure inductor 5.0 H, a capacitor of capacitance 20 𝜇𝐹 and a resistor of
resistance 40 Ω.
a) Find the resonant frequency of the circuit,
b) Calculate the quality factor (Q-factor) of the circuit,
c) What is the impedance at resonant condition?
36. At what angle should a ray of light be incident on the face of an equilateral prism so that it just suffers
total internal reflection at the other face? The refractive index of the prism is 1.5
37. A copper coin has a mass of 63.0 g Calculate the nuclear energy that would be required to separate all
the neutrons and protons from each other. The coin is entirely made of 63 29𝐶𝑢
63
Mass of 29𝐶𝑢 atom = 62.92960 u Mass of neutron = 1.00866 u
Mass of proton = 1.00727 u Avogadro’s number =6.022 × 1023

MAY-2022
44. Two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10−7 𝐶 and 3 × 10−7 𝐶 are placed 3 cm apart in
vacuum. Find the electrostatic force between them. Find the new force, when the distance between
1
them is doubled. Given: = 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 −1
4𝜋𝜖 0
45. A charge of 8 mC is located at the origin, Calculate the work done in taking a small charge of
−2 × 10−8 C from a point A( 3 cm,0,0) to a point B(0,4cm,0) via a point C(3 cm,4 cm,0).
1
Given:4πϵ = 9 × 109 Nm2 C−1
0

46. In the following circuit, find the current I

47. A circular copper coil of mean radius 6.284 cm has 20 turns. If a current of 2 A is passed through this
coil, find the magnitude of the magnetic field at its center. Also find the magnetic dipole moment of
this coil. Given: 𝜇0 = 4𝜋 × 10−7 𝐻𝑚−1 .
48. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism such that the refracted ray inside the prism is
parallel to its base. Calculate the
a) angle of deviation of the ray and
b) speed of light ray inside the prism.
3
Given: the refractive index of glass= 2 and the speed of light in vacuum=3 × 108 ms −1
49. Two slits separated by 1 mm in young’s double slit experiment are illuminated by the violet light of
wave length 400 nm. The interference fringes are obtained on the screen placed at 1 m from the slits.
Find the fringe width. If the violet light is replaced by the red light of the wavelength 700 nm, find the
percentage change in fringe width.
50. The normal activity of living carbon (C-14) containing matter is found to be 15 decays per
minute per gram of carbon. A specimen found in an archaeological excavation has an activity of 1.5
decays per minute per gram of carbon matter. Estimate the age of specimen.
Given: the half-life of carbon (C-14) is 5730 years.
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44. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 = 3 𝜇𝐶 and 𝑞𝐵 = −3 𝜇𝐶 are located at A and B separated by 20 cm in vacuum.
a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the twocharges?
b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 𝑛𝐶 is placed at O, What is the force experienced by the test
charge?
45. In a parallel plate capacitor, the area of each plate is 6×10-3 m2 and the distance between the plates is 3
mm.Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 V supply, what is
the charge on each plate of the capacitor?
[Absolute permittivity of free space=8.85×10-12 Fm-1]
46. Two cells of emf 2V and 4V and internal resistances 1 Ω and 2Ω respectively are connected in parallel
so as to send the current in the same direction through an external resistance of 10 Ω. Find the potential
difference across 10 Ω resistor.
47. A 100 turn closely wound circular coil of radius 10 cm carries a current of 3.2 A.
a) What is the magnetic field at the center of the coil ?
b) What is the magnetic moment of this coil ?
48. In Young’s double slit experiment, fringes of certain width are produced on the screen kept at a
distance from the slits. When the screen is moved away from the slits by 0.1 m, fringe width increases
by 6 × 10−5 m. The separation between the slits is 1 mm. Calculate the wavelength of the light used.
49. Light of frequency 7.21 × 1014 𝐻𝑧 is incident on a metal surface. Electrons with a maximum speed of
6 × 105 𝑚𝑠 −1 are ejected from the surface. What is the threshold frequency for photo emission of
electrons? Also find the work function of the metal in electron volt (eV).
Given: planck’s constant, h =6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠
Mass of electron, m = 9× 10−31 Kg
50. The first member of Balmer series of hydrogen atom has a wavelength of 6563 𝐴0 . Calculate the
wavelength and frequency of the second member of the same series. Given: C=3X108 m/s