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Prakash Institute
STD XI

Test-25 Mains F2 Batch 13/1/2024

Marking Scheme

Sec 1: 20 questions Single Choice 4, -1

Sec 2: 5/10 questions Numerical Type 4, 0

Syllabus

Physics Chemistry Maths

No Maths Paper
Std:XI (F1) Mains Date - 4/11/2023 M. Prakash Institute
Section I - Single Option correct - 20 questions

1. In the figure, the optical fiber is l = 2 m long and has a diameter of d = 20 µm. If
a ray of light is incident on one end of the fiber at angle θ1 = 40◦ , the number of
reflections it makes before emerging from the other end is close to:
(refractive index of fiber is 1.28 and sin 40◦ = 0.64)

(A) 55000 (B) 66000 (C) 45000 (D) 57000

2. A ray falls on an object ABC (AB = BC) and travels as shown in figure. The
minimum refractive index of the object should be

√ √
(A) 4/3 (B) 2 (C) 1.5 (D) 3
3. A transparent cube of side d, made of a material of refractive index µ2 , is immersed
completely in a liquid of refractive index µ1 (µ1 < µ2 ). A ray is incident on the face
AB at an angle θ as shown. Total internal reflection takes place at point E on the
face BC. Then θ must satisfy

s
µ1 µ22
(A) θ < sin−1 (B) θ > sin−1 −1
µ2 µ21
s
−1 µ22 µ1
(C) θ < sin −1 (D) θ > sin−1
µ21 µ2

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4. An observer can see (through a pin hole), the top end of a thin rod of height h
placed as shown. The pin hole is at height 3h and radius of beaker is h. When the
beaker is filled with a liquid upto height 2h, he can see the lower end of the rod.
Then the refractive index of the liquid is

q q
(A) 5/2 (B) 5/2 (C) 3/2 (D) 3/2

5. A point object is moving along principal axis of a concave mirror (radius 15cm)
with uniform velocity towards pole. Initially the object is at infinite distance from
pole. Before the object collides with mirror, how many times the distance between
the object and image becomes 40 cm?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

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6. A ray of light originates from inside a glass slab and is incident on its inner surface
at an angle θ as shown.

In this experiment, the location x of the spot where the ray hits the screen is
recorded. Which of the following correctly shows the plot of variation of x with the
angle θ

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7. A girl sees through a circular glass slab (refractive index 1.5) of thickness 20 mm
and diameter 60 cm to the bottom of a swimming pool. Refractive index of water
is 1.33. The bottom surface of the slab is in contact with the water surface.

The depth of swimming pool is 6 m. The area (in m2 ) of bottom of swimming pool
that can be seen through the slab is approximately
(A) 100 (B) 160 (C) 190 (D) 220
8. In the figure given below, a ray of light travelling in a medium of refractive index
µ passes through two different connected rectangular blocks of refractive indices µ1
and µ2 (µ2 > µ1 ).

If the angle of incidence θ1 is increased slightly. Then, the angle θ2

(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains same
(D) increases or decreases depending on the value of µ2 and/or µ1
9. Frosted glass is widely used for translucent windows. The region, where a trans-
parent adhesive tape is stuck over the frosted glass becomes transparent. The most
reasonable explanation for this is
(A) diffusion of adhesive glue into glass
(B) chemical reaction at adhesive tape-glass interface
(C) refractive index of adhesive glue is close to that of glass
(D) adhesive tape is more transparent than glass

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10. A water-proof laser pointer of length 10 cm placed in a water tank rotates about
a horizontal axis passing through its centre of mass in a vertical plane as shown
in the figure. The time period of rotation is 60 s. Assuming the water to be still
and no reflections from the surface of the tank, the duration for which the light
beam escapes the tank in one time period is close to (Take, refractive index of water
= 1.33)

(A) 8.13 s (B) 14.05 s (C) 16.67 s (D) 23.86 s

11. A glass beaker is filled with water up to 5 cm. It is kept on top of a 2 cm thick glass
slab. When a coin at the bottom of the glass slab is viewed at the normal incidence
from above the beaker, its apparent depth from the water surface is d cm. Value of
d is close to (the refractive indices of water and glass are 1.33 and 1.5, respectively)
(A) 2.5 cm (B) 5.1 cm (C) 3.7 cm (D) 6.0 cm
12. The eye can be regarded as a single refracting surface. The radius of curvature of
this surface is equal to that of cornea (7.8 mm). This surface separates two media
of refractive indices 1 and 1.34. Calculate the distance from the refracting surface
at which a parallel beam of light will come to focus.
(A) 1 cm (B) 2.5 cm (C) 4.2 cm (D) 3.1 cm

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13. A parallel beam of light falls axially on a thin converging lens of focal length 20 cm.
The emergent light falls or a screen placed 30 cm beyond the lens. An opaque plate
with a equilateral triangular aperture, side 1 cm, is in contact with the lens.

Which of the following diagram best shows to appearance of the patch of light seen
on the screen

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14. A glass hemisphere of radius R and of material having refractive index 1.5 is silvered
on its flat face as shown in figure. A small object of height h is located at a distance
2R form the surface of hemisphere as shown in figure. The final image will form

(A) At a distance of R from silvered surface, on the right side

(B) On the object itself
(C) At hemisphere surface
(D) At a distance of 2R from the silvered surface, on left side
15. An equiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX ′ and (ii) Y OY ′ as shown
in figure. Let f, f ′ , f ′′ be the focal length of the lens, of each half in case (i), and of
each half in case (ii) respectively,

Choose the correct statement from the following

(A) f ′ = f, f ” = 2f (B) f ′ = 2f, f ” = f
(C) f ” = f, f ′′ = f ′ (D) f ′ = 2f, f ” = 2f
16. A ray enters a glass slab at an angle θ from air and the refractive index varies along
the slab as µ = µ◦ − kt2 , where ‘t′ is the distance measured along the normal, µ◦
and k are positive constants. If the glass slab is sufficiently thick, how far along the
normal will the ray go before it reflects back?
µ◦ − sinθ µ◦ + sinθ
(A) (B)
k k
s s
µ◦ − sinθ µ◦ + sinθ
(C) (D)
k k

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17. A convex lens of focal length 10 cm is painted black at the middle portion as shown.
An object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from the lens. Then,

(A) Only one image will be formed by the lens

(B) The distance between the two images formed by such a lens is 6 cm
(C) The distance between the images is 4 mm
(D) The distance between the images is 2 mm
18. An astronomical telescope is used to project a real image of the moon on a screen
25 cm from the eyepiece of 5 cm focal length. How far must the eyepiece be moved
from its normal position?
(A) 1.25 cm away from the objective (B) 1.25 cm towards the objective
(C) 2.5 cm away from the objective (D) none of these
19. The following figure shows different arrangements of two identical pieces of thin
plano-convex lenses. The refractive index of the liquid used is less than that of the
glass. The effective focal lengths in the three cases are related as :

(A) f1 = f2 > f3 (B) f1 ̸= f2 ̸= f3 (C) f1 = f2 < f3 (D) f1 = f2 = f3

20. Lateral magnification produced by astronomical telescope for normal adjustment is
10 and length of telescope is 1.1 m. The magnification when the image is formed at
least distance of distinct vision (D = 25 cm) is -
(A) 14 (B) 6 (C) 16 (D) 18

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 Section II - Numerical - 5 questions

21. A fish and a bird are moving as shown in figure. Find the upward velocity of bird
as observed by fish (in m/s).

22. A convex lens is in contact with concave lens. The magnitude of the ratio of their
focal length is 2/3. Their equivalent focal length is 30cm. Calculate the magnitude
focal length (in cm) of the concave lens.
23. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and it makes a sharp image on a
screen, kept 10 cm from the lens. Now a glass block (refractive index 1.5) of 1.5 cm
thickness is placed in contact with the light source. To get the sharp image again,
the screen is shifted by a distance d cm. Determine 9d
24. A clear transparent glass sphere (µ = 1.5) of radius R is immersed in a liquid of
refractive index 1.25. A parallel beam of light incident on it will converge to a point.
The distance of this point from the center will be nR. Determine n.
25. A very thin plano-convex lens having focal length 30 cm is kept fixed as shown. A
point object P starts moving with constant speed 4 cm/s parallel to optical axis
from the shown position at t = 0. Let distance traveled by the image in 6 seconds
be d cm. Calculate d2

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26. A ray of light enters a spherical drop of refractive index (µ = 5/4) as shown in the
figure. Calculate the value of 100 cos β.

27. The focal length of the objective and eyepiece of a microscope are 2 cm and 5 cm
respectively and the distance between them is 20 cm. The final image seen by the
eye is 25 cm from the eyepiece. Find magnifying power of the microscope.
28. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images of the same magnification 2
when an object is kept at two distances x1 and x2 (x1 > x2 ) from the lens. Calculate
x1
the ratio .
x2
29. In given set up,
focal length of mirror = 20 cm,
focal length of lens = 15 cm
and separation of mirror and lens = 40 cm.
A point source of light S is placed on principal axis at distance d from lens. If the
final beam comes out parallel to the principal axis, Calculate value of d in cm.

30. A man with normal near point (25 cm) reads a book with small print using a
magnifying thin convex lens of focal length 5 cm. Find the closest (d1 ) and farthest
(d2 ) distance (in cm) at which he can read the book when viewing through the
magnifying glass. Calculate (d2 − d1 ).

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 Single Correct Type
Q31) The aqueous solution of a salt having cation M 2+ + (NH4 )2 S →precipitate that is soluble in
acetic acid. Then cation M2+ is
(A) Hg 2+ (B) Zn2+
(C) Ni2+ (D) Mn2+

Q32) The gas evolved in which of the following reactions forms the iodide of Millon's base on
being passed through a solution of [HgI4]
2−
in KOH ?
(A) CaSO4 treated with dilute HCl
(B) NH 4 Cl boiled with NaOH
(C) ZnS treated with dilute H2SO4
(D) MgCO3 heated alone

Q33) K 4[Fe(CN)6] + Mx+(a q . ) ⟶ M4[Fe(CN)6]

x
Which of the following cation responds to the above reaction?
(A) Ca2+(a q) (B) Fe 3+(a q)
(C) Z n 2+(a q) (D) Fe 2+(a q)

Q34) An aqueous solution of volume 500ml , when the reaction: 2Ag+(aq) + Cu(s) ⇌
Cu2+(aq) + 2Ag(s), reached equilibrium, the concentration of Cu2+ ions was x M. To this solution,
500ml of water is added. At the new equilibrium, the concentration of Cu2+ ions would be:
(A) 2x M (B) x M
(C) between x and 0.5x M (D) less than 0.5x M

Q35) Which of the following pair of cations can be separated by excess NaOH solution?
(A) Fe3+ (aq), Zn2+ (aq) (B) Ba2+(aq), Sr 2+(a q)
(C) Mg 2+ (aq), Be2+(aq) (D) Al3+(aq), Zn2+(a q)

Q36) XeF6 + H2O ⇌ XeOF4 + 2HF; equilibrium constant = K1.

XeO4 + XeF6 ⇌ XeOF4 + XeO3 F2 equilibrium constant = K2.
Then equilibrium constant for the following reaction will be:
XeO4 + 2HF ⇌ XeO3 F2 + H2O

K1
(A) (B) K1 + K2
K2
K2
(C) (D) K2 − K1
K1
Q37) Which statement is incorrect for Fe2+ and Fe3+ ?
(A) Fe3+ gives brown solution with potassium ferricyanide.
(B) Fe2+ gives blue precipitate with potassium ferricyanide.
(C) Fe3+ gives red solution with excess potassium cyanide.
(D) Fe2+ gives brown colour with ammonium thiocyanate.

Q38) Calculate the equilibrium constant in mol/L for the reaction that takes place at 300 K.
Cu(s) + 2Ag+(aq) ⇌ Cu2+(aq) + 2Ag(s)
Given: equilibrium concentrations are [Ag+] = 10−11molL−1; [Cu2+] = 2 × 10−7molL−1
(A) 2×1014 (B) 2×1015
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(C) 5×10 (D) 5×1015

Q39) Cobalt salt +KNO2 + CH3COOH ⟶ yellow ppt. The yellow precipitate is:
(A) Potassium cobaltonitrate (B) Potassium cobaltinitrite
(C) Cobalt nitrite (D) Cobalt nitrate

Q40) Which of the following ions is responsible for the brown colour in the ring test of nitrate ion?
(A) [Fe(H2O) NO]
2+
(B) [Fe(CN)5NO]
2−
5

(C) [Fe(NO2) ] (D) [Fe(H2O) NO2]

4− +

6 5

Q41) Three compounds X, Y and Z were taken into three different laboratory vessels and they were
carried out by a chemist in his car. The car caught fire due to short circuit and the chemist came out
of the car and noticed following observations :
Compound X changed into white substance along with liberation of neutral oxide and then white
substance decomposed into three products among which two are acidic oxides. Among these oxides
non-polar oxide can undergo polar cyclic polymer on cooling. The compound X will be :
(A) MgSO4 ⋅ 7H2O (B) ZnSO4 ⋅ 7H2O
(C) CaSO4 ⋅ 2H2O (D) FeSO4 ⋅ 7H2O

Q42) For which of the following reactions, the degree of dissociation cannot be calculated from the
vapour density data
I. 2HI(g) ⇌ H2( g) + I2( g)
II. 2NH3( g) ⇌ N2( g) + 3H2( g)
III. 2NO(g) ⇌ N2( g) + O2( g)
IV . PCl5( g) ⇌ PCl3( g) + Cl2( g)

(A) I and III (B) II and IV

(C) I and II (D) III and IV
Q43) Select the ion exchange reaction, which proceeds to forward direction in aqueous medium :
(A) 2AgCl + CaF2 2AgF + CaCl2
(B) BaSO4 + 2NaOH Ba(OH)2 + Na2SO4
(C) Pb(NO3) + 2CH3COONa Pb(OAc)2 + 2NaNO3
2
(D) Na2 CrO4 + BaCl2 BaCrO4 + 2NaCl

Q44) A compound ' X ' on heating gives a colourless gas. The residue is dissolved in water to obtain
' Y '. Excess CO2 is passed through aqueous solution of ' Y ' when ' Z ' is formed. ' Z ' on gentle
heating gives back ' X '. The compound ' X ' is:
(A) NaHCO3 (B) Na2 CO3
(C) Ca(HCO3) (D) CaCO3
2

Q45) Chocolate brown precipitate is formed by mixing solutions containing:

(A) Cu2+ and [Fe(CN)6] ion (B) Cu2+ and Fe(CN)6] ions
3− 4−

(C) Pb2+ and SO2−

4 ions (D) Pb2+ and I−ions

Q46) Consider the following equilibrium in a closed container N2O4( g) ⇌ 2NO2( g) . At a fixed
temperature, the volume of the reaction container is halved, for this change, which of the following
statements holds true regarding the equilibrium constant (K ) and degree of dissociation (α) :
(A) neither Kp nor α changes
(B) both K and α changes
(C) Kp changes but α does not
(D) K does not change but α changes

Q47) An inorganic salt is strongly heated. The residue is yellow when hot and white when cold. The
salt contains:
(A) Pb2+ (B) Zn2+
(C) Hg 2+ (D) NH+ 4

Q48) For the reversible reaction, N2( g) + 3H2( g) ⇌ 2NH3( g) at 500∘C , the value of K p is
1.44 × 10−5, when partial pressure is measured in atmosphere. The corresponding value of K C ,
with concentration in mol−1, is
1.44 × 10−5 1.44 × 10−5
(A) (B)
(0.082 × 500)−2 (8.314 × 773)−2
1.44 × 10−5 1.44 × 10−5
(C) (D)
(0.082 × 773)2 (0.082 × 773)−2
Q49) To avoid the precipitation of hydroxides of Ni2+, Co2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ along with those of
Fe3+, Al3+ and Cr 3+ the third group solution should be:
(A) Heated with a few drops of conc. HCl
(B) Treated with excess of NH 4 Cl
(C) H2 S gas is passed into solution
(D) NH3 gas is passed into solution

Q50) A doctor by mistake administers a Ba(NO3) solution to a patient for radiography

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investigations. Which of the following should be given as the best to prevent the absorption of
soluble barium?
(A) NaCl (B) Na2SO4
(C) Na2 CO3 (D) NH 4 Cl

Numerical Type

Useful Data: NA : 6 × 10 23
Atomic numbers:
H: 1, Li: 3, B: 5, C: 6, N: 7, 0: 8, Na: 11, Mg: 12, Al: 13, S: 16, Cl: 17, Ar: 18,
K: 19, Ca: 20, Cu: 29, Br: 35, I: 53
Atomic masses: H: 1, Li: 7, B: 11, C: 12, N: 14, O: 16, Na: 23, Mg: 24, Al: 27, S: 32, Cl: 35.5
Ar:40, K:39, Ca:40, Cr : 52, Fe: 56, Mn: 55, Cu: 63.5, Zn: 65, Br: 80, I: 127, Ba: 137

Q51) When a solution of Na2 Cr2O7 is treated with amyl alcohol and acidified H2O2 , the layer of
amyl alcohol turns blue. The blue coloration is due to formation of chemical X. What is the molar
mass of chemical X?

Q52) Kp for the reaction N2O4( g) ⇌ 2NO2( g) is 640 mmHg at 775 K. Calculate the percentage
dissociation of N2O4 at equilibrium pressure of 160 mmHg . At what pressure (in mm of Hg), the
dissociation will be 50%?

Q53) A white solid forms Riemann's green in the charcoal cavity test in an oxidising flame. On
treatment with dilute H2 SO4 , this solid produces a gas that turns an acidified dichromate paper
green and lead acetate paper black. What is the molar mass of the solid?

Q54) Calculate the volume percent of chlorine at equilibrium in PCl5 under a total pressure of
1.5 atm(Kp = 0 ⋅ 202).

Q55) Consider the following reaction

Na3PO4 + (NH 4 )2 MoO4 + HNO3( dil. ) → ′X′ (Canary yellow ppt)
Then calculate total number of atoms of 15th group elements which are sp 3 hybridized in compound
‘X’ thus obtained.


Q56) Ammonium carbamate when heated to 200∘C gives a mixture of vapours
(NH2 COONH 4 ⇌ 2NH3 + CO2) with a density 13. What is the degree of dissociation of
ammonium carbamate?

Q57) When NaOH is added to K 2 Cr2O7 solution, it becomes yellow. What is the change in
oxidation state of Cr in this phenomenon?

Q58) What is the atomic number of cation which imparts lilac colour to the flame?

Q59) N2O4 dissociates as N2O4 ⇌ 2NO2. At 55∘C and one atmosphere, % decomposition of N2O4
is 50.3% . At what pressure and same temperature, the equilibrium mixture will have the ratio of
N2O4 : NO2 as 1: 8 ?

Q60) Write the number represented by the hottest region of Bunsen flame shown in the figure: