M.C.

Q : Alternating Current ( 1 to 10)

LEVEL I
1. The frequency for which a 5.0F capacitor has a reactance of 1000 is given by
(A) 1000/ cycle /sec
(B) 100/ cycle /sec
(C) 200 cycle /s
(D) 5000 cycles /sec
2. In an a.c. circuit V and I are given by V = 50 sin50t volt and I = 100 sin(50t + /3) mA. The
power dissipated in the circuit
(A) 2.5 kW
(B) 1.25 kW
(C) 5.0 kW
(D) 500 watt
3. The average power dissipation in pure inductance in ac circuit, is
(A) 1/2Li2
(B) 2Li2
(C) Li2/4
(D) zero.
4. Circuit as shown in figure below, choose the correct statement.

(A) current in resistance R and current in inductor L will be in 90 phase difference.

(B) potential drop across R and potential drop across L will be in same phase.

(C) current through C and current through L will be in 90 phase difference.

(D) current in R and current in L will be in same phase.
5. In a series L, R, C, circuit which is connected to a.c. source. When resonance is obtained then
net impedance Z will be
(A) Z = R
(B) Z = L -1/C
(C) Z = L
(D) Z = 1/C
6. An L,C, R series circuit is connected to a.c. source. At resonance, the applied voltage and the
current flowing through the circuit will have a phase difference of
(A) /4
(B) zero.
(C)
(D) /2
7. The reciprocal of impedance is called
(A) reactance.
(B) admittance.
(C) inductance.
(D) conductance.
8. The root-mean-square value of an alternating current of 50Hz frequency is 10 ampere. The
time taken by the alternating current in reaching from zero to maximum value and the peak value
of current will be
(A) 210-2 sec and 14.14 amp.
(B) 1 10-2 sec and 7.07 amp.
(C) 5 10-3 sec and 7.07 amp.

(D) 510-3 sec and 14.14 amp.

9. A coil of resistance 2000 and self-inductance 1.0 Henry has been connected to an a.c. source
of frequency 2000/2 Hz. The phase difference between voltage and current is
(A) 30
(B) 60
(C) 45
(D) 75
10. In a series resonant circuit, the a.c. voltage across resistance R, inductance L and capacitance
C are 5V, 10V and 10V, respectively. The a.c. voltage applied to the circuit will be
(A) 20V
(B) 10V
(C) 5V
(D) 25V

ANSWER:
1. (B)

2. (B) 3. (D)

4. (A)

5. (A)

6. (B)

7. (D)

8. (D)

9. (C)

10. (C)

11. In the given figure, which voltmeter will read zero voltage at resonant frequency rad/sec ?

(A) V1
(B) V2
(C) V3
(D) V4

12. A resistance R is connected in series with capacitance C Farad value of impedance of the
circuit is 10 and R = 6 so, find the power factor of circuit.
(A) 0.4
(B) 0.6
(C) 0.67
(D) 0.9
13. In a R, L, C circuit, three elements is connected in series by an a.c. source. If frequency is
less than resonating frequency then net impedance of the circuit will be
(A) capacitive
(B) inductive
(C) capacitive or inductive.
(D) pure resistive.
14. Using an A.C. voltmeter, the potential difference in the electrical line in a house is read to be
234 volts. If the line frequency is known to be 50 cycles per second, the equation for the line
voltage is
(A) V = 165 sin(100t)
(B) V = 331 sin(100t)
(C) V = 234 sin(100t)
(D) V = 440 sin(100t)
15. In an a.c. circuit, containing an inductance and a capacitor in series, the current is found to be
maximum when the value of inductance is 0.5henry and of capacitance is 8F. The angular
frequency of the input A.C. Voltage must be equal to
(A) 500
(B) 5104
(C) 4000

(D) 5000
16. An alternating voltage E (in volts) = 2002 sin (100t) is connected to a 1 F capacitor
through an a.c. ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be
(A) 10mA
(B) 20mA
(C) 40mA
(D) 80mA
17. In a series R, L, C circuit XL = 10 , XC = 4 and R = 6. Find the power factor of the
circuit.
(A) 1/2
(B) 3/2
(C) 1/2
(D) none of the these.
18. In LCR circuit the capacitance is changed from C to 4C. For the same resonant frequency, the
inductance should be changed from L to
(A) 2L
(B) L/2
(C) L/4
(D) 4L
19. A resistance (R) = 12; inductance (L) = 2 henry and capacitive reactance C = 5 mF are
connected in series to an ac generator
(A) at resonance, the circuit impedance is zero.
(B) at resonance, the circuit impedance is 12.
(C) the resonance frequency of the circuit is 1/2.

(D) at resonance, the inductive reactance is less than the capacitive reactance.
20. In an A.C. circuit, the current is I = 5 sin(100 /2) amp and the A.C. potential is V = 200
sin(100t) volt. Then the power consumption is
(A) 20 watts
(B) 40 watts
(C) 1000Watts
(D) 0 watts
ANSWER:

11. (D)

12. (B) 13. (A)

14. (B)

15. (A)

16. (B)

17. (A)

18. (C)

19. (B)

20. (D)

M.C.Q : Ray Optics

LEVEL I
1. If the behavior of light rays through a convex lens is as shown in the adjoining figure, then;

(A) = 2
(B) < 2
(C) > 2
(D) 2
2. A ray of light is incident at the glass-water interface at an angle i , it emerges finally parallel to
the surface of water, then the value of g would be

(A) (4/3)sin(i)
(B) [1/sin(i)]
(C) 4/3
(D) 1
3. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When the upper half
of the lens is covered by an opaque screen :

(A) half of the image will disappear

(B) image will not form on the screen.
(C) intensity of image will increase
(D) intensity of image will decrease
4. A spherical convex surface separates object and image space of refractive
index 1 and 4/3 respectively. If radius of curvature of the surface is 0.1 m, its
power is :

(A) 2.5 D
(B) -2.5 D
(C) 3.3 D
(D) -3.3 D
5. A ray of light passes through an equilateral prism such that the angle of
incidence is equal to the angle of emergence and latter is equal to 3/4 th the
angle of prism. The angle of deviation is :

(A) 45o
(B) 39o

(C) 20o
(D) 30o
6.A liquid is placed in a hollow prism of angle 60o. If angle of the minimum deviation is 30o,
what is the refractive index of the liquid?
(A) 1.41
(B) 1.50
(C) 1.65
(D) 1.95
7. A prism can produce a minimum deviation d in a light beam. If three such prisms are
combined, the minimum deviation that can be produced in this beam is:
(A) 0
(B)
(C) 2
(D) 3
8. The face PR of a prism QPR of angle 30o is silvered. A ray is incident on face PQ at an angle
of 45o as shown in figure. The refracted ray undergoes reflection on face PR and retraces its path.
The refractive index of the prism is :

(A) 2
(B) 3/2
(C) 1.5

(D) 1.33
9. A particle moves towards a concave mirror of focal length 30 cm along its axis and with a
constant speed of 4 cm/ sec. What is the speed of its image when the particle is at 90 cm from the
mirror?
(A) 2 cm/ sec.
(B) 8 cm/sec.
(C) 1 cm/sec.
(D) 4 cm/sec.
10.A thin prism of glass is placed in air and water successively. If ag = 3/2 and aw = 4/3, then
the ratio of deviations produced by the prism for a small angle of incidence when placed in air
and water is :
(A) 9 : 8
(B) 4 : 3
(C) 3 : 4
(D) 4 : 1
11. A thin prism P1 with angle 4o and made from glass of refractive index 1.54 is combined with
another thin prism P2 made from glass of refractive index 1.72 to produce dispersion without
deviation. The angle of the prism P2 is :
(A) 5.33o
(B) 4o
(C) 3o
(D) 2.6o
Answer:

1. (B) 2. (B)
3. (D) 4. (A)
5. (D) 6. (A)

7. (B) 8. (A)
9. (C) 10. (D)
MCQ : Modern Physics (1 to 10)

1. The total energy of the electron in the hydrogen atom in the ground state is -13.6 eV. Which of
the following is its kinetic energy in the first excited state?
(A) 13.6 eV
(B) 6.8 eV
(C) 3.4 eV
(D) 1.825 eV
2.A freshly prepared radioactive source of half life 2 hrs emits radiation of intensity which is 32
times the permissible safe value of intensity. Which of the following is the minimum time after
which it would be possible to work safely with this source?
(A) 16 hrs
(B) 5 hrs
(C) 10 hrs
(D) 32 hrs
3.The ionisation potential of a hydrogen atom is 13.6 volt. The energy required to remove an
electron from the second orbit of hydrogen is:
(A) 3.4 eV
(B) 6.8 eV
(C) 13.6 eV
(D) 27.2 eV
4.The radius of the first Bohr orbit is ao. The nth orbit has a radius:
(A) nao
(B) ao/n
(C) n2ao
(D) ao/n2
5.The ionisation energy of the ionised sodium atom Na+10 is :
(A) 13.6 eV
(B) 13.6 x 11 eV
(C) (13.6/11) eV
(D) 13.6 x (112) eV
6.Radius of the second Bohr orbit of a singly ionised helium atom is
(A) 0.53 Ao
(B) 1.06 Ao

(C) 0.265 Ao
(D) 0.132 Ao
7.The potential difference applied to an X-ray tube is increased. As a result, in the emitted
radiation:
(A) the maximum wavelength increases
(B) the minimum wave length increases
(C) the minimum wavelength remains unchanged
(D) the minimum wave length decreases
8.A beam of electrons accelerated by a large potential difference V is made to strike a metal
target to produce X-rays. For which of the following values of V, the resulting X-rays have the
lowest minimum wave length:
(A) 10 KV
(B) 20 KV
(C) 30 KV
(D) 40 KV
9.The X-ray beam emerging from an X-ray tube
(A) is monochromatic
(B) contains all wavelengths smaller than a certain maximum wavelength
(C) contains all wave lengths larger than a certain minimum wavelength
(D) contains all wave lengths lying between a minimum and a maximum wavelength.
10.The relation between half-life T of a radioactive sample and its mean life is:
(A) T = 0.693
(B) = 0.693 T
(C) = T
(D) = 2.718 T
Answer:

1. C
3. A
5. D
7. D
9. C

2. C
4. C
6. B
8. D
10. A

11. The stopping potential for the photo electrons emitted from a
metal surface of work function 1.7 eV is 10.4 V. Identify the energy levels corresponding to the

transitions in hydrogen atom which will result in emission of wavelength equal to that of incident
radiation for the above photoelectric effect
(A) n = 3 to 1
(B) n = 3 to 2
(C) n = 2 to 1
(D) n = 4 to 1
12. An electron collides with a fixed hydrogen atom in its ground
state. Hydrogen atom gets excited and the colliding electron loses
all its kinetic energy. Consequently the hydrogen atom may emit a
photon corresponding to the largest wavelength of the Balmer
series. The K.E. of colliding electron will be
(A) 10.2 eV
(B) 1.9 eV
(C) 12.1 eV
(D) 13.6 eV
13. When a radioactive isotope 88Ra228 decays in series by the emission of three -particles and a
particle the isotope finally formed is :
(A) 84X220
(B) 86X222
(C) 83X216
(D) 83X215
14.Photo electric effect supports the quantum nature of light
because:
(A) there is a minimum frequency of light below which no photo
electrons are emitted.
(B) the maximum K.E. of photoelectrons depends only on the
frequency of light and not on its intensity.
(C) even when the metal surface is faintly illuminated by light of
the approximate wavelength, the photo electrons leave the surface
immediately.
(D) electric charge of photoelectrons is quantized.
15. If the electron in the hydrogen atoms is excited to n = 5 state, the number of frequencies
present in the radiation emitted is :

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
16.The ratio of magnetic dipole moment of an electron of charge e and mass m in the Bohr orbit
in hydrogen to the angular momentum of the electron in the orbit is:
(A) e/m
(B) e/2m
(C) m/e
(D) 2m/e
17. The wave length of K-ray line of an anticathode element of atomic number Z is nearly
proportional to:
(A) Z2
(B) (Z 1)2
(C) 1/(Z 1)
(D) 1/(Z 1)2
18.If 1 and 2 are the wavelengths of characteristic X-ray and gamma rays respectively, then the
relation between them is :
(A) 1 2
(B) 1 = 2
(C) 1 > 2
(D) 1 < 2
19.In the nuclear reaction given by 2He4 + 7N14 1H1 + X then the nucleus X is :
(A) Nitrogen of mass 16
(B) Nitrogen of mass 17
(C) Oxygen of mass 16
(D) Oxygen of mass 17
20.If 10% of a radioactive material decays in 5 days, then the amount of the original material left
after 20 days is approximately:
(A) 60%
(B) 65%
(C) 70%
(D) 75%

Answer :

11. A 12. C
13. C 14. C
15. D 16. B
17. D 18. C
19. D 20. B