General Instructions

1. The test is of 3 hours duration and the maximum marks is 300.

2. The question paper consists of 3 Parts (Part I: Physics, Part II: Chemistry, Part III: Mathematics). Each Part has
two sections (Section 1 & Section 2).

3. Section 1 contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

4. Section 2 contains 5 Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical
value, then round-off the value to TWO decimal places. If the answer is an integer value, then do not add zero
in the decimal places. In the OMR, do not bubble the  sign for positive values. However, for negative values,
Θ sign should be bubbled. (Example: 6, 81, 1.50, 3.25, 0.08)

Marking Scheme
1. Section – 1: +4 for correct answer, –1 (negative marking) for incorrect answer, 0 for all other cases.

2. Section – 2: +4 for correct answer, 0 for all other cases. There is no negative marking.

Syllabus:

Physics : Electrostatics
Chemistry : Solid State
Mathematics : Functions
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SUBJECT I : PHYSICS Suggested Time: 60 Minutes 100 MARKS

SECTION 1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

1. An insulated solid non-conducting sphere of radius R has volume charge density . The electric field at
a distance r from the centre of sphere (r < R) will be:
R r r 3R
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 0 0 3 0 0
2. Two conducting plates X and Y, each having large surface area A (on one side) are Q
placed parallel to each other. The plate X is given a charge Q whereas the other is
neutral. The electric field at a point in between the plates is given by:
Q Q 2Q
(1) (2) (3) (4) Zero
A0 2 A0 A0
3. The electric flux from a cube of edge l is . If edge of the cube is made 2l and the charge enclosed is
halved, its value will be :
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) /2 (4) 
4. Two equal charges q of opposite sign separated by a distance 2a constitute an electric dipole of dipole
moment p. If P is a point at a distance r from the centre of the dipole and the line joining the centre of
the dipole to this point makes an angle  with the axis of the dipole, then the potential at P is given by:
(r >> 2a) (Where p = 2qa)
p cos  p cos  p sin  p cos 
(1) V (2) V (3) V (4) V
40 r 2
4  0 r 4  0 r 20 r 2

5. A point charge q is placed at a distance a/2 directly above the centre of a square of side a. Another
point charge –q is placed at a distance a/2 directly below the centre. The electric flux through the
square is:
q q q
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4)
2 0 3 0 6 0
6. Two infinitely long parallel wires having linear charge densities 1 and  2 respectively are placed at a
 1 
distance of R metres. The force per unit length on either wire will be :  K  .
 40 
2  2   
(1) K 12 2 (2) K 1 2 (3) K 1 22 (4) K 1 2
R R R R
7. The electric field intensity at a point at a distance 2 m from a charge q is E newton/coulomb. The
amount of work done in bringing a charge of 2 coulomb from infinity to this point will be:
E E
(1) 2E joules (2) 4E joules (3) joules (4) joules
2 4
8. A negatively charged nonconducting plate has charge density of 2 106 C /m2 . What should be initial
distance of an electron which is moving perpendicularly towards the plate, such that it cannot strike the
plate, if it is having initial energy of 200 eV ?
(1) 1.77 mm (2) 3.51 mm (3) 1.77 cm (4) 3.51 cm

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9. In the given figure two tiny conducting balls of identical mass m and
identical charge q hang from non-conducting threads of equal length L.
Assume that  is so small that tan   sin , then for equilibrium x is equal
to :
1/3 1/3
 q2L   qL2 
(1)   (2)  
 20 mg   20 mg 
1/3 2/3
 q 2 L2   qL2 
(3)   (4)  
 40 mg   20 mg 
10. The electric potential at a point (x, y) in the x – y plane is given by V = – kxy. The field intensity at a
distance r from the origin varies as :
1 1
(1) r2 (2) r (3) (4)
r r2
11. Two equal charges are separated by a distance d. A third charge placed on a perpendicular bisector at x
distance will experience maximum coulomb force when :
d d d d
(1) x (2) x (3) x (4) x
2 2 2 2 2 3

12. An electric dipole is placed along the x-axis at the origin O. A point P is at a distance of 20cm from the

origin such that OP makes an angle with the x-axis. If the electric field at P makes an angle  with
3
the positive direction of x-axis, the value of  would be:
   3
(1) (2)  tan 1  

3 3  2 
2  3
(3) (4) tan 1  

3  2 
13. A point charge q is placed inside a thick conducting spherical shell of inner radius 2R and outer radius
3R at a distance of R from the centre of the shell. The electric potential at the centre of shell will be
1
times
4 0
q 4q 5q 2q
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2R 3R 6R 3R
14. A linear charge having linear charge density , penetrates a cube diagonally and then it penetrates a
sphere diametrically as shown. What will be the ratio of flux coming out of cube and sphere?

1 2 3 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 3 2 1

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15. Two charges each equal to q(1  3) are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side a.
The electric field at the third corner is E3 where ( E0  q / 40a 2 ). Then :
(1) E3  E0 (2) E3  E0 (3) E3  E0 (4) E3  E0

16. A point charge q is surrounded symmetrically by six identical charges at

distance r as shown in the figure. How much work is done by the forces of
electrostatic repulsion when the point charge q at the centre is removed to
infinity?

(1) Zero (2) 6q 2 /40r (3) 6q 2 /40 r (4) 12q 2 /40r
17. Two point charge –q and +q/2 are situated at the origin and at the point (a, 0, 0) respectively. The point
along the x-axis where the electric field vanishes is :
a 2a 2a
(1) x (2) x  2a (3) x (4) x
2 2 1 2 1
18. The electric field in a region surrounding the origin is uniform and along
the positive x-axis. A small circle is drawn with the centre at the origin
cutting the axes at points A, B, C, D having co-ordinates (a, 0), (0, a),
(– a, 0), (0, – a); respectively as shown in figure then the potential is
minimum at the point :
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
19. In the following figure two parallel metallic plates are maintained at different potential. If an electron
is released midway between the plates, it will move :

(1) Right ward at constant speed (2) Left ward at constant speed
(3) Accelerated right ward (4) Accelerated left ward
20. A metallic shell has a point charge ‘q’ kept inside its cavity. Which one of the following diagrams
correctly represents the electric lines of forces?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

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SECTION 2
Section 2 contains 5 Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For
each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places. If the answer is an integer value, then do not add zero in the decimal
places. In the OMR, do not bubble the  sign for positive values. However, for negative values, Θ sign should be
bubbled. (Example: 6, 81, 1.50, 3.25, 0.08)
21. Two concentric spherical shells of radius R and 2R have initial charges Q and 2Q respectively as
shown. On closing the switch S, charge flow from outer sphere to earth is nQ, where n is ____.

Q 2Q
2R
R
S

22. Five point charges each having charge ‘q’ are placed at the corners of hexagon as shown in figure.
 
Net electric field at the centre ‘O’ is E . To get net electric field at ‘O’ to be 6 E , charge placed on the
remaining sixth corner is nq, then the value of n is ________.

23. In moving from A to B along an electric field line, the electric field does 6.4 1019 J of work on an
electron. If 1, 2 are equipotential surfaces, then the potential difference (VC  VA ) is ________ volts.

24. Two identical conducting balls having like charges and placed at a certain distance apart repel each
other with a certain force. They are brought in contact and then moved apart to a distance equal to half
their initial separation. The force of repulsion between them increases 4.5 times in comparison with the
initial value. If the ratio of the initial charges on each balls is x/y, then xy is _______. (x and y are
coprime)

25. An arc of radius r carries charge. The linear density of charge is  and the arc subtends a angle at
3

the centre. The electric potential at the centre is , then n is _______ .
n0

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SUBJECT II: CHEMISTRY Suggested Time: 45 Minutes 100 MARKS

SECTION 1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

26. How many chloride ions are there around sodium ion in sodium chloride crystals?
(1) 3 (2) 8 (3) 4 (4) 6
27. The coordination number of each sphere in (hcp) arrangement is:
(1) 8 (2) 12 (3) 6 (4) 4
28. In a solid lattice, the cation has left a lattice site and is located at interstitial position, the lattice defect
is:
(1) Interstitial defect (2) Vacancy defect
(3) Frenkel defect (4) Schottky defect
29. Schottky defects occur mainly in ionic compounds where:
(1) Positive and negative ions are of different size
(2) Positive and negative ions are of same size
(3) Positive ions are small and negative ions are big
(4) Positive ions are big and negative ions are small
30. AB crystallizes in a CsCl type structure with edge length ‘a’ equal to 387 pm. The distance between
two oppositely charged ions in the lattice is:
(1) 335 pm (2) 250 pm (3) 200 pm (4) 300 pm
31. A particular solid is very hard and has a high melting point. In solid state it is a non conductor and its
melt is a conductor of electricity. Classify the solid:
(1) Metallic (2) Molecular (3) Network (4) Ionic

32. Analysis shows that nickel oxide has formula Ni0.98O. What fraction of nickel exist as Ni 2 and Ni3
ions?
(1) 0.96, 0.04 (2) 0.04, 0.96 (3) 0.94, 0.06 (4) 0.90, 0.1

33. The Ca 2 and F are located in CaF2 crystal respectively at face-centred cubic lattice points and in:
(1) All Tetrahedral voids (2) Half of tetrahedral voids
(3) All Octahedral voids (4) Half of octahedral voids
34. Which one is called Pseudo solid?
(1) CaF2 (2) Glass (3) NaCl (4) All
35. Which of the crystal systems contains the maximum number of Bravais lattices?
(1) Cubic (2) Hexagonal (3) Triclinic (4) Orthorhombic
36. The edge length of face centred cubic cell of an ionic substance is 508 pm. If the radius of cation is
110 pm, the radius of anion is:
(1) 618 pm (2) 144 pm (3) 288 pm (4) 398 pm
37. Hole occupied by electron is known as:
(1) Schottky defect (2) Frenkel defect
(3) Stoichiometric defect (4) F-centres

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38. The number of atoms in 100 g of a fcc crystal with density d  10 g/cm3 and edge length 200 pm is
equal to:
(1) 3 1025 (2) 5 1024 (3) 11025 (4) 2 1025
39. In a crystalline solid, anions B are arranged in CCP lattice and cations A occupy 50% of the octahedral
voids and 50% of the tetrahedral voids. What is the formula of the solid?
(1) AB (2) A3B2 (3) A3B (4) A 2B3
40. The shortest distance between an octahedral and tetrahedral void in FCC metallic lattice in terms of
radius of FCC packed atom would be:
2 3R 3 3R
(1) R (2) (3) R (4)
3 2 2 2
41. In solid state, the metal ions of a substances are grouped together into small regions called domains.
Each domain acts as a tiny magnet. For which of the following substance when placed in a magnetic
field its domains are oppositely oriented and cancel out each other magnetic moment ?
(1) KO2 (2) CrO2 (3) MnO (4) Fe3O4

42. MgAl2O4 is found in the spinel structure in which O2 ions constitute CCP lattice, Mg 2 ions occupy
1 1
th of the tetrahedral voids and Al3 ions occupy of the octahedral voids.
8 2
Find the total positive charge contained in one unit cell.
7
(1)  electronic charge (2) +6 electronic charge
4
(3) +2 electronic charge (4) +8 electronic charge

43. An ionic compound AB has fluorite type structures. If the radius of B is 200 pm, then the ideal radius
of A  would be:
(1) 82.8 pm (2) 146.4 pm (3) 40 pm (4) 45 pm
44. The coordination number of cation and anion in fluorite CaF2 and anti-fluorite Na 2O are respectively:
(1) 8 : 4 and 6 : 3 (2) 6 : 3 and 4 : 4 (3) 8 : 4 and 4 : 8 (4) 4 : 8 and 8 : 4
45. The fraction of volume occupied by atoms in a face centred cubic unit cell is:
(1) 0.32 (2) 0.48 (3) 0.68 (4) 0.74
SECTION 2
Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For each question, enter the correct
numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then round-off the value to TWO
decimal places. If the answer is an integer value, then do not add zero in the decimal places. In the OMR, do not
bubble the  sign for positive values. However, for negative values, Θ sign should be bubbled. (Example: 6, 81,
1.50, 3.25, 0.08)

46. An element X (atomic mass = 24 gm/mol) forms a face centered cubic lattice. If the edge length of the
lattice is 4  108 cm and the observed density is 2.40  103 kg/m3 , then the percentage occupancy
of lattice points by element X is: (Use NA  6  1023 ):

47. In face-centred cubic (FCC) crystal lattice, edge length of the unit cell is 400 pm. The diameter of the
greatest sphere which can be fitted into the interstitial void without distortion of lattice is ‘x pm’. Then
find value of x.

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48. How many nearest neighbours are there (use 2  1.414 ) for an atom or ion in an octahedral hole of a
closed packed structure?
49. If packing fraction of two dimension unit cell shown in figure is x, then calculate value of 10x.

[Take   3.2, 2  1.4 ]

50. An ionic compound (A B ) crystallizes in rock salt structure. If the ionic radii of A  and B is
200 pm and 400 pm respectively, then calculate distance between nearest cations in Å.

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SUBJECT III: MATHEMATICS Suggested Time: 75 Minutes 100 MARKS

SECTION 1
This section contains 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which
ONLY ONE CHOICE is correct.

51. The domain of the function f ( x)  log1/2 (log5 ([ x 2 ]  3)) ([.] denotes greatest integer function.
(1) [3, 2]  [2,3] (2) (3, 2]  [2,3)
(3) (3,  5]  [ 5,3] (4) (2 2, 2)  (2,2 2)

52. If the function f :[1, )  [1, ) is defined by f ( x)  2 x ( x1) , then f 1 ( x) is :

x ( x1)
1 1
(1)   (2) (1  1  4log 2 x )
2 2
1
(3) (1  1  4log 2 x ) (4) Not defined
2
53. Let g(x) = f (x) –1. If f ( x)  f (1  x)  2 x  R, then g(x) is symmetrical about
1 1 
(1) The origin (2) The line x  (3) The point (1, 0) (4) The point  ,0 
2 2 
54. If f (3x  2)  f (3x  29)  0 x  R, then the period of f (x) is :
(1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 10 (4) None of these
55. If f (x) is defined on [0, 1] then complete set of values of ‘x’ for which f (2 sinx) is defined on
   5 
(1)   2n, 2n     2n  ,(2n  1) 
n  I 
6  6 

 
(2)  2n, 2n  6 
nI

 5 
(3)  2n  6 ,(2n  1) (4) None of these
nI

56. Range of the function f (x) = cos (k sinx) is [–1, 1], then the least positive integral value of k will be
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
1
57. The domain of f ( x)  is :
cos x  cos x
(1) [2n, 2n], n  Z (2) (2n, (2n  1)), n  Z
 (4n  1) (4n  3)   (4n  1) (4n  1) 
(3)  , , n  Z (4)  , , n  Z
 2 2   2 2 
sin 1 (3  x)
58. The domain of the function f ( x)  is :
ln(| x | 2)
(1) [2, 4] (2) (2, 3)  (3, 4]
(3) [2, ) (4) (, 3)  [2, )

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59. The equation x  2  a  4 can have four distinct real solutions for x if a belongs to the interval
(1) (, 4) (2) (, 0] (3) [4, ) (4) None of these

60. If f ( x)  x2  bx  c and f (2 + t) = f (2 – t) for all real numbers t, then which of the following is true?
(1) f (1) < f (2) < f (4) (2) f (2) < f (1) < f (4)
(3) f (2) < f (4) < f (1) (4) f (4) < f (2) < f (1)
sin x  sin 3x  sin 5x  sin 7 x
61. If f ( x)  , then the fundamental period of f (x) is :
cos x  cos3x  cos5 x  cos7 x
 
(1) (2) (3)  (4) None of these
4 2
62. Let f (x) = max {1 + sinx, 1, – cosx}, x [0, 2] and g(x) = max {1, |x – 1|} x  R, then which of the
following is incorrect.
(1) g ( f (0))  1 (2) g ( f (1))  1 (3) f ( g (1))  1 (4) f ( g (0))  1  sin1

xx
63. If f ( x)   then f 1 ( x) equals
1  x2
x x x x
(1) (2) (sgn( x)) (3)  (4) (sgn( x))
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x

 x2
64. If the domain of function f ( x)  log 2   is [a, b), then the value of (2a – b) is :
 3 x 
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5
65. Let f (x) = x and g(x) = |x| for all x  R. Then the function ( x) satisfying
[( x)  f ( x)]2  [( x)  g ( x)]2  0 is
(1) ( x)  x, x [0, ) (2) ( x)  x, x  R
(3) ( x)  x, x  (, 0] (4) ( x)  x  | x |, x  R

 2 f ( x) 
66. If log 4    x, then f (2010) + f (–2009) is equal to
 1  f ( x) 
(1) 0 (2) –1 (3) 1 (4) 2
4
67. If f ( x)  (2 x – 3)5  x  cos x and g is the inverse of f, then g (2) is :
3
7 3 302  4 30
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 7 3 304  4
 x, 0  x  1

68. Let f1 ( x)  1, x 1
0, otherwise

f 2 ( x)  f1( x) for all x ; f3 ( x)   f 2 ( x) for all x ; f 4 ( x)  f3 ( x) for all x.
Which of the following is necessarily true?
(1) f 4 ( x)  f1( x) for all x (2) f1 ( x)   f3 ( x) for all x
(3) f 2 ( x)  f 4 ( x) for all x (4) f1 ( x)  f3 ( x)  0 for all x

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 1 
69. If af ( x  1)  bf    x, x  1, a  b, then f (2) equal to
 x 1 
2a  b a a  2b
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
2(a 2  b 2 ) a  b2
2
a 2  b2

70. The range of the function f ( x)  log 2

(2  log 2 (16sin 2 x  1)) is :
(1) [, log 2 17] (2) (, 2] (3) [2, log 2 17] (4) None of these

SECTION 2
Section 2 contains 5 Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. For
each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places. If the answer is an integer value, then do not add zero in the
decimal places. In the OMR, do not bubble the  sign for positive values. However, for negative values, Θ sign
should be bubbled. (Example: 6, 81, 1.50, 3.25, 0.08)
ax8  bx6  cx 4  dx 2  15x  1
71. Suppose that f (x) is a function of the form f ( x)  ,( x  0).
x
If f (5) = 2, then the value of f (–5) is ______.
log3 ( x  2)
72. If the complete interval of x satisfying the equation [ x]  [ x]  is (a, b), then a + b =
log3 ( x  2)
________.

1 3
73. The function f is continuous and has the property f ( f ( x))  1  x. Then the value of f    f 
4 4
is _______.
n  3, n  odd
74. A function f from integers to integers is defined as f (n)   .
 n /2 n  even
Suppose k  odd and f (f (f (k))) = 27. Then the value of k – 13 is ________ .

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75. If x  satisfies the equation log a ( x2  x  2)  log a ( x2  2 x  3), then the number of integral values
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of x is _______.

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