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JEE Main 2020 Physics Paper: 2 Sep, Shift 2

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These are the 24 physics questions of JEE Main 2020 (2 Sep, Shift 2) 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.

Alternating Current 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q1JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

RL and RC Series Circuits

An inductance coil has an impedance of 100 Ω\Omega. When an AC signal of frequency 1000 Hz is applied to the coil, the applied voltage leads the current by 45°. The self-inductance of the coil is

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Atomic Structure 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q2JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation

In a hydrogen atom the electron makes a transition from (n + 1)th level to the nth level. If n >> 1, the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to:

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Capacitors 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q3JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Capacitors in DC Circuits & RC

An ideal cell of emf 10 V is connected in circuit shown in figure. Each resistance is 2 Ω\Omega. The potential difference (in V) across the capacitor when it is fully charged is ______.

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Q4JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Charge Sharing & Loss of Energy

A 10 μ\muF capacitor is fully charged to a potential difference of 50 V. After removing the source voltage it is connected to an uncharged capacitor in parallel. Now the potential difference across them becomes 20 V. The capacitance of the second capacitor is:

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Centre of Mass 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Composite & Cut-Out Bodies

A square shaped hole of side l = a2\frac{a}{2} is carved out at a distance d = a2\frac{a}{2} from the centre ‘O’ of a uniform circular disk of radius a. If the distance of the centre of mass of the remaining portion from O is −aX-\frac{a}{X}, value of X (to the nearest integer) is:

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Current Electricity 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q6JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Potentiometer

A potentiometer wire PQ of 1 m length is connected to a standard cell E1. Another cell E2 of emf 1.02 V is connected with a resistance ‘r’ and switch S (as shown in figure). With switch S open, the null position is obtained at a distance of 49 cm from Q. The potential gradient in the potentiometer wire is:

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q7JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength

A particle is moving 5 times as fast as an electron. The ratio of the de-Broglie wavelength of the particle to that of the electron is 1.878 ×\times 10–4. The mass of the particle is close to

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Electromagnetic Waves 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q8JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Nature of EM Waves & Wave Equation

In a plane electromagnetic wave, the directions of electric field and magnetic field are represented by k^\hat{k} and 2i^−2j^2\hat{i}-2\hat{j}, respectively. What is the unit vector along direction of propagation of the wave?

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Electrostatics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q9JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Electric Potential & Equipotentials

A charge Q is distributed over two concentric conducting thin spherical shells radii r and R (R > r). If the surface charge densities on the two shells are equal, the electric potential at the common centre is:

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Q10JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Motion of Charges in an Electric Field

A small point mass carrying some positive charge on it, is released from the edge of a table. There is a uniform electric field in this region in the horizontal direction. Which of the following options then correctly describe the trajectory of the mass?

(Curves are drawn schematically and are not to scale).

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Gravitation 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q11JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Acceleration Due to Gravity

The height ‘h’ at which the weight of a body will be the same as that at the same depth ‘h’ from the surface of the earth is (Radius of the earth is R and effect of the rotation of the earth is neglected)

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Kinetic Theory of Gases 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q12JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Mean Free Path & Real Gases

An ideal gas in a closed container is slowly heated. As its temperature increases, which of the following statements are true?

(A) the mean free path of the molecules decreases.

(B) the mean collision time between the molecules decreases.

(C) the mean free path remains unchanged.

(D) the mean collision time remains unchanged.

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q13JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole

A wire carrying current I is bent in the shape ABCDEFA as shown, where rectangle ABCDA and ADEFA are perpendicular to each other. If the sides of the rectangles are of lengths a and b, then the magnitude and direction of magnetic moment of the loop ABCDEFA is

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Q14JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field

The figure shows a region of length ‘l’ with a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T in it and a proton entering the region with velocity 4 ×\times 105 ms–1 making an angle 60° with the field. If the proton completes 10 revolution by the time it cross the region shown, ‘l’ is close to

(mass of proton = 1.67 ×\times 10–27 kg, charge of the proton = 1.6 ×\times 10–19 C)

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Oscillations 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q15JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Velocity & Acceleration in SHM

The displacement time graph of a particle executing S.H.M is given in figure:

(sketch is schematic and not to scale)

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Which of the following statements is/are true for this motion?

(A) The force is zero at t = 3T4\frac{3T}{4}

(B) The acceleration is maximum at t = T

(C) The speed is maximum at t = T4\frac{T}{4}

(D) The P.E. is equal to K.E. of the oscillation at t = T2\frac{T}{2}

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Ray Optics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q16JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Total Internal Reflection

A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive index μ=3\mu = \sqrt{3} at an angle of incidence 60°. The ray is both reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. The angle (in degrees) between the reflected and refracted rays at this surface is ________.

Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.

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Rotational Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q17JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Angular Momentum & its Conservation

Two uniform circular discs are rotating independently in the same direction around their common axis passing through their centres. The moment of inertia and angular velocity of the first disc are 0.1 kg-m2 and 10 rad s–1 respectively while those for the second one are 0.2 kg-m2 and 5 rad s–1 respectively. At some instant they get stuck together and start rotating as a single system about their common axis with some angular speed. The kinetic energy of the combined system is:

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Semiconductor Electronics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q18JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Logic Gates

In the following digital circuit, what will be the output at ‘Z’, when the

input (A, B) are (1, 0), (0, 0), (1, 1,), (0, 1)

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Surface Tension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q19JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Angle of Contact & Capillarity

A capillary tube made of glass of radius 0.15 mm is dipped vertically in a beaker filled with methylene iodide (surface tension = 0.05 Nm–1, density = 667 kg m–3) which rises to height h in the tube. It is observed that the two tangents drawn from liquid-glass interfaces (from opp. sides of the capillary) make an angle of 60° with one another. Then h is close to (g = 10 ms–2)

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Thermodynamics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q20JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law

A heat engine is involved with exchange of heat of 1915 J, – 40J, + 125 J and –Q J, during one cycle achieving an efficiency of 50.0%. The value of Q is

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Thermometry, Thermal Expansion and Calorimetry 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q21JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermometry & Thermal Expansion

When the temperature of a metal wire is increased from 0oC to 10oC, its length increases by 0.02%. The percentage change in its mass density will be closest to:

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q22JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Applications of Dimensional Analysis

If momentum (P), area (A) and time (T) are taken to be the fundamental quantities then the dimensional formula for energy is

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Wave Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q23JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

A wire of density 9 ×\times 10–3 kg cm–3 is stretched between two clamps 1 m apart. The resulting strain in the wire is 4.9 ×\times 10–4. The lowest frequency of the transverse vibrations in the wire is: (Young’s modulus of wire Y = 9 ×\times 1010 Nm–2), (to the nearest integer), _________

Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.

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Wave Optics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q24JEE Main 2020 · 2 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions

In a Young’s double slit experiment, 16 fringes are observed in a certain segment of the screen when light of a wavelength 700 nm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 nm, the number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen would be

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