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JEE Main 2020 Physics Paper: 2 Sep, Shift 1

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These are the 23 physics questions of JEE Main 2020 (2 Sep, Shift 1) that are in the Physics Circle question bank, arranged chapter by chapter. Tap an option to check your answer; every question links to its full solution.

Capacitors 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q1JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Charge Sharing & Loss of Energy

A 5 μ\muF capacitor is charged fully by a 220 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected in series to another uncharged 2.5 μ\muF capacitor. If the energy change during the charge redistribution is X100 J\frac{X}{100}\text{ J} then value of X to the nearest integer is _____.

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Circular Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q2JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Difficult

Conical Pendulum & Funnel

A bead of mass m stays at point P(a, b) on a wire bent in the shape of a parabola y = 4Cx2 and rotating with angular speed ω\omega (see figure). The value of ω\omega is (neglect friction):

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Current Electricity 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q3JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature

Consider four conducting materials copper, tungsten, mercury and aluminium with resistivity ρ\rhoC, ρ\rhoT, ρ\rhoM and ρ\rhoA respectively. Then:

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q4JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

When radiation of wavelength λ\lambda is used to illuminate a metallic surface, the stopping potential is V. When the same surface is illuminated with radiation of wavelength 3λ\lambda, the stopping potential is V4\frac{V}{4}. If the threshold wavelength for the metallic surface is nλ\lambda then value of n will be __________.

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Electromagnetic Induction 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Rotating Conductors & AC Generator

A circular coil of radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 3.0 ×\times 10–5 T with its plane perpendicular to the field initially. It is rotated at constant angular speed about an axis along the diameter of coil and perpendicular to magnetic field so that it undergoes half of rotation in 0.2 s. The maximum value of EMF induced (in μ\muV) in the coil will be close to the integer _______.

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Electromagnetic Waves 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q6JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Energy Density & Intensity

A plane electromagnetic wave, has

frequency of 2.0 ×\times 1010 Hz and its energy density is 1.02 ×\times 10–8 J/m3 in vacuum. The amplitude of the magnetic field of the wave is close to

( 14πε0=9×109Nm2C2\frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0} = 9 \times 10^{9} \frac{Nm^2}{C^2} and speed of light

= 3 ×\times 108 ms–1)

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Electrostatics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q7JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Motion of Charges in an Electric Field

A charged particle (mass m and charge q)

moves along X-axis with velocity V0. When it

passes through the origin it enters a region having uniform electric field

E⃗=−Ej^\vec{E} = -E\hat{j} which extends upto x = d.

Equation of path of electron in the region x > d is

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Fluid Statics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q8JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Difficult

Pressure in a Fluid

A cylindrical vessel containing a liquid is rotated about its axis so that the liquid rises at its sides as shown in the figure. The radius of vessel is 5 cm and the angular speed of rotation is ω\omega rad s–1. The difference in the height, h (in cm) of liquid at the centre of vessel and at the side will be:

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Gravitation 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q9JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Difficult

Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period

The mass density of a spherical galaxy varies as Kr\frac{K}{r} over a large distance ‘r’ from its centre. In that region, a small star is in a circular orbit of radius R. Then the period of revolution, T depends on R as:

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Magnetic Properties of Materials 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q10JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Hysteresis, Soft Iron vs Steel & Shielding

Magnetic materials used for making permanent magnets (P) and magnets in a transformer (T) have different properties of the following, which property best matches for the type of magnet required?

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Motion in One Dimension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q11JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Relative Velocity

Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in the opposite directions with speeds of 36 km/hour and 72 km/hour, respectively. A person is walking in train A in the direction opposite to its motion with a speed of 1.8 km/ hour. Speed (in ms–1) of this person as observed from train B will be close to:

(take the distance between the tracks as negligible)

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q12JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field

A beam of protons with speed 4 × 105 ms–1 enters a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T at an angle of 60° to the magnetic field. The pitch of the resulting helical path of protons is close to: (Mass of the proton = 1.67 ×\times 10–27 kg, charge

of the proton = 1.69 ×\times 10–19 C)

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Nuclear Physics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q13JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Nuclear Fission & Fusion

In a reactor, 2 kg of 92U235 fuel is fully used up in 30 days. The energy released per fission is 200 MeV. Given that the Avogadro number, N = 6.023 ×\times 1026 per kilo mole and 1 eV = 1.6 × 10–19 J. The power output of the reactor is close to

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Ray Optics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q14JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

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A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is positioned in front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object?

(Figure drawn as schematic and not to scale)

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Rotational Motion 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q15JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics

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Shown in the figure is rigid and uniform one meter long rod AB held in horizontal position by two strings tied to its ends and attached to the ceiling. The rod is of mass ‘m’ and has another weight of mass 2 m hung at a distance of 75 cm from A. The tension in the string at A is:

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Q16JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Difficult

Torque, Couple & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

A uniform cylinder of mass M and radius R is to be pulled over a step of height a (a < R) by applying a force F at its centre ‘O’ perpendicular to the plane through the axes of the cylinder on the edge of the step (see figure). The minimum value of F required is:

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Thermodynamics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q17JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Degrees of Freedom & Internal Energy

A gas mixture consists of 3 moles of oxygen and 5 moles of argon at temperature T. Assuming the gases to be ideal and the oxygen bond to be rigid, the total internal energy (in units of RT) of the mixture is:

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Q18JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

An engine takes in 5 moles of air at 20oC and 1 atm, and compresses it adiabatically to 1/10th of the original volume. Assuming air to be a diatomic ideal gas made up of rigid molecules, the change in its internal energy during this process comes out to be X kJ. The value of X to the nearest integer is________.

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q19JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Applications of Dimensional Analysis

If speed V, area A and force F are chosen as fundamental units, then the dimension of Young’s modulus will be

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Q20JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Difficult

Least Count, Vernier Callipers & Screw Gauge

The least count of the main scale of a vernier callipers is 1 mm. Its vernier scale is divided into 10 divisions and coincide with 9 divisions of the main scale. When jaws are touching each other, the 7th division of vernier scale coincides with a division of main scale and the zero of vernier scale is lying right side of the zero of main scale. When this vernier is used to measure length of a cylinder the zero of the vernier scale between 3.1 cm and 3.2 cm and 4th VSD coincides with a main scale division. The length of the cylinder is: (VSD is vernier scale division)

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Wave Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q21JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

Two identical strings X and Z made of same material have tension TX and TZ in them. If their fundamental frequencies are 450 Hz and 300 Hz, respectively, then the ratio TX/TZ is

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Wave Optics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q22JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions

Interference fringes are observed on a screen by illuminating two thin slits 1 mm apart with a light source (λ\lambda = 632.8 nm). The distance between the screen and the slits is 100 cm. If a bright fringe is observed on a screen at a distance of 1.27 mm from the central bright fringe, then the path difference between the waves, which are reaching this point from the slits is close is

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Work, Energy and Power 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q23JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 1Medium

Conservation of Energy

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A small block starts slipping down from a point B on an inclined plane AB, which is making an angle θ\theta with the horizontal section BC is smooth and the remaining section CA is rough with a coefficient of friction μ\mu. It is found that the block comes to rest as it reaches the bottom (point A) of the inclined plane. If BC = 2AC, the coefficient of friction is given by μ\mu = ktan θ\theta. The value of k is _________.

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