List of practice Questions

At 345 K, the half life for the decomposition of a sample of a gaseous compound initially at 55.5 kPa was 340 s. When the pressure was 27.8 kPa, the half life was found to be 170 s. The order of the reaction is ________. [integer answer]

The electronic configuration of Pt(atomic number 78) is:

2.2 g of nitrous oxide (N₂O) gas is cooled at a constant pressure of 1 atm from 310 K to 270 K causing the compression of the gas from 217.1 mL to 167.75 mL. The change in internal energy of the process, ΔU is ‘–x’ J. The value of ‘x’ is ____. [nearest integer]
(Given : atomic mass of N = 14 g mol^–1 and of O = 16 g mol^–1
Molar heat capacity of N₂O is 100 J K^–1 mol^–1)

Let A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and B = {3, 6, 7, 9}. Then the number of elements in the set {C ⊆ A :Cߏ∩B ≠ φ} is _____________.

A body is projected from the ground at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. Its velocity after \(2\) \(s\) is \(20\) \(ms^{–1}\). The maximum height reached by the body during its motion is ________ m. (use \(g\) = \(10\) \(ms^{–2}\))

An ideal gas of density $\rho=02 \,kg \, m ^{-3}$ enters a chimney of height $h$ at the rate of $\alpha=08 \,kg \,s ^{-1}$ from its lower end, and escapes through the upper end as shown in the figure The cross-sectional area of the lower end is $A_1=01 \, m ^2$ and the upper end is $A_2=04 \, m ^2$ The pressure and the temperature of the gas at the lower end are $600 \,Pa$ and $300 \,K$, respectively, while its temperature at the upper end is $150 \,K$ The chimney is heat insulated so that the gas undergoes adiabatic expansion Take $g=10 \,ms ^{-2}$ and the ratio of specific heats of the gas $\gamma=2$ Ignore atmospheric pressure Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

Let the matrix \(A=\begin{bmatrix}0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 0\end{bmatrix}\) and the matrix \(B_0=A^{49}+2 A^{98}\) If \(B_n=\text{Adj}\left(B_{n-1}\right)\) for all \(n \geq 1\), then \(\text{det}\left( B _4\right)\) is equal to :

Among the given oxides of nitrogen; N₂O, N₂O₃, N₂O₄ and N₂O₅, the number of compound/(s) having N – N bond is:

An object is thrown vertically upwards. At its maximum height, which of the following quantity becomes zero?

The velocity of upper layer of water in a river is \(36\ kmh^{–1}\). Shearing stress between horizontal layers of water is \(10^{–3} Nm^{–2}\). Depth of the river is ______ m. (Co-efficient of viscosity of water is \(10^{–2} Pa.s\))

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d = 2 m has a capacitance of 4 μF. The new capacitance of the system, if half of the space between them is filled with a dielectric material of dielectric constant K = 3 (as shown in figure), will be :

The susceptibility of a paramagnetic material is \(99\). The permeability of the material in Wb/A-m, is 
[Permeability of free space \(μ_0\) = \(4π × 10^{–7}\) Wb/A-m]

A mass of \(10\) kg is suspended vertically by a rope of length \(5\) m from the roof. A force of \(30\) N is applied at the middle point of rope in horizontal direction. The angle made by upper half of the rope with vertical is \(θ\) = \(tan^{–1} (x × 10^{–1})\). The value of \(x\) is _______.(Given, \(g = 10\; m/s^2\))

Two point charges A and B of magnitude \(+8 \times 10^{–6} C\) and \(-8 \times 10^{–6} C\) respectively are placed at a distance d apart. The electric field at the middle point O between the charges is \(6.4 \times 10^{4} NC^{–1}\). The distance ‘d’ between the point charges A and B is:

When a gas filled in a closed vessel is heated by raising the temperature by 1ºC, its pressure increases by 0.4%. The initial temperature of the gas is _____ K.

A transistor is used in an amplifier circuit in common emitter mode. If the base current changes by 100μA, it brings a change of 10mA in collector current. If the load resistance is 2kΩ and input resistance is 1kΩ, the value of power gain is \(x×10^4\). The value of x is _______.

Two point charges Q each are placed at a distance d apart. A third point charge q is placed at a distance x from mid-point on the perpendicular bisector. The value of x at which charge q will experience the maximum Coulombs force is :

The activity of a radioactive material is 2.56 × 10^–3 Ci. If the half life of the material is 5 days, after how many days the activity will become 2 × 10^–5 Ci?

300 cal. of heat is given to a heat engine and it rejects 225 cal. of heat. If source temperature is 227°C, then the temperature of sink will be _______°C.

Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 30 kg are placed on the same straight line with coordinates(0, 0) cm and (x, 0) cm respectively. The block of 10 kg is moved on the same line through a distance of 6 cm towards the other block. The distance through which the block of 30 kg must be moved to keep the position of Centre of mass of the system unchanged is

Which of the following statement is correct ?

Two light beams of intensities in the ratio of 9 : 4 are allowed to interfere. The ratio of the intensity of maxima and minima will be: