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- Question 1Physics· Fluid Mechanics
A train with cross-sectional area is moving with speed inside a long tunnel of cross-sectional area . Assume that almost all the air (density ) in front of the train flows back between its sides and the walls of the tunnel. Also, the air flow with respect to the train is steady and laminar. Take the ambient pressure and that inside the train to be . If the pressure in the region between the sides of the train and the tunnel walls is , then . The value of is
Answer: 9Step-by-step solution → - Question 2Physics· Electrostatics
Two large circular discs separated by a distance of 0.01 m are connected to a battery via a switch as shown in the figure. Charged oil drops of density are released through a tiny hole at the center of the top disc. Once some oil drops achieve terminal velocity, the switch is closed to apply a voltage of 200 V across the discs. As a result, an oil drop of radius stops moving vertically and floats between the discs. The number of electrons present in this oil drop is . (neglect the buoyancy force, take acceleration due to gravity and charge on an electron (e) )
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 3Physics· Fluid Mechanics
A hot air balloon is carrying some passengers, and a few sandbags of mass 1 kg each so that its total mass is 480 kg . Its effective volume giving the balloon its buoyancy is V. The balloon is floating at an equilibrium height of 100 m . When N number of sandbags are thrown out, the balloon rises to a new equilibrium height close to 150 m with its volume V remaining unchanged. If the variation of the density of air with height from the ground is , where and , the value of N is
Answer: 4Step-by-step solution → - Question 4Physics· Electrostatics
A point charge of mass is suspended vertically by a string of length l. A point dipole of dipole moment is now brought towards from infinity so that the charge moves away. The final equilibrium position of the system including the direction of the dipole, the angles and distances is shown in the figure below. If the work done in bringing the dipole to this position is , where g is the acceleration due to gravity, then the value of N is . (Note that for three coplanar forces keeping a point mass in equilibrium, is the same for all forces, where F is any one of the forces and is the angle between the other two forces)
Answer: 2Step-by-step solution → - Question 5Physics· Thermodynamics
A thermally isolated cylindrical closed vessel of height 8 m is kept vertically. It is divided into two equal parts by a diathermic (perfect thermal conductor) frictionless partition of mass 8.3 kg . Thus the partition is held initially at a distance of 4 m from the top, as shown in the schematic figure below. Each of the two parts of the vessel contains 0.1 mole of an ideal gas at temperature 300 K . The partition is now released and moves without any gas leaking from one part of the vessel to the other. When equilibrium is reached, the distance of the partition from the top (in m ) will be (take the acceleration due to gravity and the universal gas constant ).
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 6Physics· Horizontal Circular Motion
A student skates up a ramp that makes an angle with the horizontal. He/she starts (as shown in the figure) at the bottom of the ramp with speed and wants to turn around over a semicircular path xyz of radius R during which he/she reaches a maximum height (at point ) from the ground as shown in the figure. Assume that the energy loss is negligible and the force required for this turn at the highest point is provided by his/her weight only. Then ( g is the acceleration due to gravity)

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the centripetal force required at points x and z is zero
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the centripetal force required is maximum at points x and z
Answer: A, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 7Physics· Rotational Dynamics
A rod of mass and length L, pivoted at one of its ends, is hanging vertically. A bullet of the same mass moving at speed strikes the rod horizontally at a distance from its pivoted end and gets embedded in it. The combined system now rotates with angular speed about the pivot. The maximum angular speed is achieved for . Then

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Answer: A, C, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 8Physics· Atomic Physics
In an X-ray tube, electrons emitted from a filament (cathode) carrying current I hit a target (anode) at a distance d from the cathode. The target is kept at a potential V higher than the cathode resulting in emission of continuous and characteristic X-rays. If the filament current I is decreased to , the potential difference is increased to , and the separation distance is reduced to , then
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the cut-off wavelength will reduce to half, and the wavelengths of the characteristic X -rays will remain the same
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the cut-off wavelength as well as the wavelengths of the characteristic X-rays will remain the same
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the cut-off wavelength will reduce to half, and the intensities of all the X -rays will decrease
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the cut-off wavelength will become two times larger, and the intensity of all the X-rays will decrease
Answer: A, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 9Physics· Capacitors and R-C Circuits
Two identical non-conducting solid spheres of same mass and charge are suspended in air from a common point by two non-conducting, massless strings of same length. At equilibrium, the angle between the strings is . The spheres are now immersed in a dielectric liquid of density and dielectric constant 21. If the angle between the strings remains the same after the immersion, then
- Option A:
electric force between the spheres remains unchanged
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electric force between the spheres reduces
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mass density of the spheres is
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the tension in the strings holding the spheres remains unchanged
Answer: A, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 10Physics· Motion in one Dimension
Starting at time from the origin with speed , a particle follows a two-dimensional trajectory in the plane so that its coordinates are related by the equation . The and components of its acceleration are denoted by and , respectively. Then
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implies that when the particle is at the origin,
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implies at all times
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at , the particle's velocity points in the x -direction
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implies that at , the angle between the particle's velocity and the x axis is
Answer: A, B, C, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 11Physics· Thermodynamics
A spherical bubble inside water has radius R. Take the pressure inside the bubble and the water pressure to be . The bubble now gets compressed radially in an adiabatic manner so that its radius becomes ( ). For the magnitude of the work done in the process is given by , where X is a constant and . The value of is
Answer: 2.05Step-by-step solution → - Question 12Physics· Current Electricity
In the balanced condition, the values of the resistances of the four arms of a Wheatstone bridge are shown in the figure below. The resistance has temperature coefficient . If the temperature of is increased by , the voltage developed between S and T will be volt.
Answer: 0.27Step-by-step solution → - Question 13Physics· Units, Dimensions & Error Analysis
Two capacitors with capacitance values and are connected in series. The voltage applied across this combination is . The percentage error in the calculation of the energy stored in this combination of capacitors is
Answer: 1.3Step-by-step solution → - Question 14Physics· Mechanical Properties of Matter
A cubical solid aluminium (bulk modulus ) block has an edge length of 1 m on the surface of the earth. It is kept on the floor of a 5 km deep ocean. Taking the average density of water and the acceleration due to gravity to be and , respectively, the change in the edge length of the block in mm is
Answer: 0.238Step-by-step solution → - Question 15Physics· Electromagnetic Induction
The inductors of two LR circuits are placed next to each other, as shown in the figure. The values of the self-inductance of the inductors, resistances, mutual-inductance and applied voltages are specified in the given circuit. After both the switches are closed simultaneously, the total work done by the batteries against the induced EMF in the inductors by the time the currents reach their steady state values is mJ .
Answer: 55Step-by-step solution → - Question 16Physics· Heat Transfer
A container with 1 kg of water in it is kept in sunlight, which causes the water to get warmer than the surroundings. The average energy per unit time per unit area received due to the sunlight is and it is absorbed by the water over an effective area of . Assuming that the heat loss from the water to the surroundings is governed by Newton's law of cooling, the difference (in ) in the temperature of water and the surroundings after a long time will be . (Ignore effect of the container, and take constant for Newton's law of cooling , Heat capacity of water )
Answer: 8.33Step-by-step solution → - Question 17Chemistry· Periodicity of Elements and Periodic Properties
The , and the ionization enthalpies, , and , of four atoms with atomic numbers , , and , where , are tabulated below. What is the value of ?
Atomic Number {Ionization Enthalpy (kJ/mol)} 1681 3374 6050 2081 3952 6122 496 4562 6910 738 1451 7733 Answer: 9Step-by-step solution → - Question 18Chemistry· Chemical Bonding
Consider the following compounds in the liquid form:
, .
cWhen a charged comb is brought near their flowing stream, how many of them show deflection as per the
following figure?
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 19Chemistry· Redox Reactions
In the chemical reaction between stoichiometric quantities of and KI in weakly basic solution, what is the number of moles of released for 4 moles of consumed?
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 20Chemistry· Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry (Mole Concept) + Stoichiometry
An acidified solution of potassium chromate was layered with an equal volume of amyl alcohol. When it was shaken after the addition of 1 mL of , a blue alcohol layer was obtained. The blue color is due to the formation of a chromium (VI) compound ' '. What is the number of oxygen atoms bonded to chromium through only single bonds in a molecule of ?
Answer: 4Step-by-step solution → - Question 21Chemistry· Biomolecules
The structure of a peptide is given below:
If the absolute values of the net charge of the peptide at , and are , and , respectively, then what is ?
Answer: 5Step-by-step solution → - Question 22Chemistry· Isomerism
An organic compound rotates plane-polarized light. It produces pink color with neutral solution. What is the total number of all the possible isomers for this compound?
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 23Chemistry· Chemical Bonding
In an experiment, grams of a compound (gas/liquid/solid) taken in a container is loaded in a balance as shown in figure below. In the presence of a magnetic filed, the pan with is either deflected upwards (figure II), or deflected downwards (figure III), depending on the compound . Identify the correct statements(s).

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If is , deflection of the pan is upwards.
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If is (s), deflection of the pan is upwards.
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If is , deflection of the pan is downwards.
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If is , deflection of the pan is downwards.
Answer: A, B, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 24Chemistry· Chemical Kinetics
Which of the following plots is (are) correct for the given reaction? is the initial concentration of )

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Answer: AStep-by-step solution → - Question 25Chemistry· Metallurgy
Which among the following statement(s) is(are) true for the extraction of aluminium from bauxite?
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Hydrated precipitates, when is bubbled through a solution of sodium aluminate.
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Addition of lowers the melting point of alumina
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is evolved at the anode during electrolysis.
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The cathode is a steel vessel with a lining of carbon.
Answer: A, B, C, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 26Chemistry· p-Block (I) (Grp. 13, 14)
Choose the correct statement(s) among the following
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is a reducing agent.
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reacts with KOH to form .
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A solution of in HCl contains and ions.
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The reaction of with hot dilute nitric acid to give is a redox reaction.
Answer: A, BStep-by-step solution → - Question 27Chemistry· General Organic Chemistry
Consider the following four compounds I, II, III and IV. Choose the correct statement(s).

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The order of basicity is II I III IV.
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The magnitude of difference between I and II is more than that between III and IV.
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Resonance effect is more in III than in IV.
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Steric effect makes compound IV more basic than III.
Answer: C, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 28Chemistry· Ionic Equilibrium
A solution of 0.1 M weak base (B) is titrated with 0.1 M of a strong acid (HA). The variation of pH of the solution with the volume of HA added is shown in the figure below. What is the of the base? The neutralization reaction is given by .
Answer: 3Step-by-step solution → - Question 29Chemistry· Solutions and Colligative Properties
Liquid and form ideal solution for all compositions of and at . Two such solutions with 0.25 and 0.50 mole fractions of have the total vapour pressures of 0.3 and 0.4 bar, respectively. What is the vapour pressure of pure liquid in bar?
Answer: 0.2Step-by-step solution → - Question 30Chemistry· Structure of Atom
The figure below is the plot of potential energy versus internuclear distance (d) of molecule in the electronic ground state. What is the value of the net potential energy (as indicated in figure) in , for at which the electron-electron repulsion and the nucleus-nucleus repulsion energies are absent? As reference, the potential energy of H atom is taken as zero when its electron and the nucleus are infinitely far apart.
Use Avogadro constant as .
Answer: -5246.50Step-by-step solution → - Question 31Chemistry· Nitrogen Containing Organic Compounds
Consider the reaction sequence from to shown below. The overall yield of the major product from is
. What is the amount in grams of obtained from 9.3 mL of ? (Use density of ;
Molar mass of and )
Answer: 18.6Step-by-step solution → - Question 32Chemistry· Thermodynamics & Thermochemistry
Tin is obtained from cassiterite by reduction with coke. Use the data given below to determine the minimum
temperature (in K ) at which the reduction of cassiterite by coke would take place.
At ,
,
,
Assume that the enthalpies and the entropies are temperature independent.
Answer: 935Step-by-step solution → - Question 33Chemistry· Ionic Equilibrium
An acidified solution of is saturated with . What is the minimum molar concentration
(M) of required to prevent the precipitation of ZnS ?
Use and overall dissociation constant of
Answer: 0.2Step-by-step solution → - Question 34Mathematics· Complex Numbers
For a complex number z , let denote the real part of z . Let S be the set of all complex numbers z satisfying , where . Then the minimum possible value of , where with and , is
Answer: 8Step-by-step solution → - Question 35Mathematics· Probability
The probability that a missile hits a target successfully is 0.75 . In order to destroy the target completely, at least three successful hits are required. Then the minimum number of missiles that have to be fired so that the probability of completely destroying the target is NOT less than 0.95 , is
Answer: 6Step-by-step solution → - Question 36Mathematics· Circles
Let be the centre of the circle , where . Suppose PQ is a chord of this circle and the equation of the line passing through and is . If the centre of the circumcircle of the triangle OPQ lies on the line , then the value of is
Answer: 2Step-by-step solution → - Question 37Mathematics· Determinants
The trace of a square matrix is defined to be the sum of its diagonal entries. If A is a matrix such that the trace of is 3 and the trace of is -18 , then the value of the determinant of is
Answer: 5Step-by-step solution → - Question 38Mathematics· Functions
Let the functions and be defined by where ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x . Let fog : be the composite function defined by . Suppose c is the number of points in the interval at which fog is NOT continuous, and suppose is the number of points in the interval at which fog is NOT differentiable. Then the value of is
Answer: 4Step-by-step solution → - Question 39Mathematics· Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
The value of the limit is
Answer: 8Step-by-step solution → - Question 40Mathematics· Application of Derivatives
Let b be a nonzero real number. Suppose is a differentiable function such that . If the derivative of satisfies the equation for all , then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
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If , then f is an increasing function
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If , then f is a decreasing function
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for all
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for all
Answer: A, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 41Mathematics· Hyperbola
Let a and b be positive real numbers such that and . Let P be a point in the first quadrant that lies on the hyperbola . Suppose the tangent to the hyperbola at passes through the point , and suppose the normal to the hyperbola at P cuts off equal intercepts on the coordinate axes. Let denote the area of the triangle formed by the tangent at P , the normal at P and the x -axis. If e denotes the eccentricity of the hyperbola, then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Option A:
- Option B:
- Option C:
- Option D:
Answer: A, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 42Mathematics· Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
Let and be functions satisfying for all . If , then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
- Option A:
is differentiable at every
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If , then is differentiable at every
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The derivative is equal to 1
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The derivative is equal to 1
Answer: A, B, DStep-by-step solution → - Question 43Mathematics· 3D Geometry
Let be real numbers such that and . Suppose the point (3, 2, -1 ) is the mirror image of the point with respect to the plane . Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
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- Option B:
- Option C:
- Option D:
Answer: A, B, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 44Mathematics· Vector Algebra
Let and be positive real numbers. Suppose and are adjacent sides of parallelogram PQRS. Let and be the projection vectors of along and , respectively. If and if the area of the parallelogram PQRS is 8 , then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
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- Option B:
- Option C:
The length of the diagonal PR of the parallelogram PQRS is
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is an angle bisector of the vectors and
Answer: A, CStep-by-step solution → - Question 45Mathematics· Binomial Theorem
For nonnegative integers s and r, let For positive integers m and n, let where for any nonnegative integer p,
- Option A:
for all positive integers
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for all positive integers
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for all positive integers
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for all positive integers
Answer: A, BStep-by-step solution → - Question 46Mathematics· Permutations and Combinations
An engineer is required to visit a factory for exactly four days during the first 15 days of every month and it is mandatory that no two visits take place on consecutive days. Then the number of all possible ways in which such visits to the factory can be made by the engineer during 1-15 June 2021 is
Answer: 495Step-by-step solution → - Question 47Mathematics· Permutations and Combinations
In a hotel, four rooms are available. Six persons are to be accommodated in these four rooms in such a way that each of these rooms contains at least one person and at most two persons. Then the number of all possible ways in which this can be done is
Answer: 1080Step-by-step solution → - Question 48Mathematics· Probability
Two fair dice, each with faces numbered and 6 , are rolled together and the sum of the numbers on the faces is observed. This process is repeated till the sum is either a prime number or a perfect square. Suppose the sum turns out to be a perfect square before it turns out to be a prime number. If is the probability that this perfect square is an odd number, then the value of 14 p is
Answer: 8Step-by-step solution → - Question 49Mathematics· Sequence and Series
Let the function be defined by
Then the value of
is
Answer: 19Step-by-step solution → - Question 50Mathematics· Definite Integration
Let be a differentiable function such that its derivative is continuous and . If
: , is defined by , and if then the
value of is
Answer: 4Step-by-step solution → - Question 51Mathematics· Application of Derivatives
Let the function be defined by Suppose the function f has a local minimum at precisely when , where . Then the value of is
Answer: 0.5Step-by-step solution → - Question 52Physics· Geometrical Optics
A beaker of radius r is filled with water up to a height H as shown in the figure on the left. The beaker is kept on a horizontal table rotating with angular speed . This makes the water surface curved so that the difference in the height of water level at the centre and at the circumference of the beaker is h as shown in the figure on the right. Take this surface to be approximately spherical with a radius of curvature R. Which of the following is/are correct? (g is the acceleration due to gravity)

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- Option B:
- Option C:
Apparent depth of the bottom of the beaker is close to
- Option D:
Apparent depth of the bottom of the beaker is close to
Answer: A, DStep-by-step solution →
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