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JEE Main 2020 Physics Paper: 5 Sep, Shift 2

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These are the 24 physics questions of JEE Main 2020 (5 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.

Capacitors 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q2JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Dielectrics

A parallel plate capacitor has plate of length 'l', width ‘w’ and separation of plates is ‘d’. It is connected to a battery of emf V. A dielectric slab of the same thickness ‘d’ and of dielectric constant k = 4 is being inserted between the plates of the capacitor. At what length of the slab inside plates, will the energy stored in the capacitor be two times the initial energy stored?

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Current Electricity 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q3JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments

A galvanometer is used in laboratory for detecting the null point in electrical experiments. If, on passing a current of 6 mA it produces a deflection of 2°, its figure of merit is close to:

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Q4JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments

In the circuit, given in the figure currents in different branches and value of one resistor are shown. Then potential at point B with respect to the point A is:

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

The surface of a metal is illuminated alternately with photons of energies E1 = 4 eV and E2 = 2.5 eV respectively. The ratio of maximum speeds of the photoelectrons emitted in the two cases is 2. The work function of the metal in (eV) is _____.

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Electromagnetic Induction 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q6JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Motional EMF

An infinitely long, straight wire carrying current I, one side opened rectangular loop and a conductor C with a sliding connector are located in the same plane, as shown, in the figure. The connector has length ll and resistance R. It slides to the right with a velocity v. The resistance of the conductor and the self inductance of the loop are negligible. The induced current in the loop, as a function of separation r, between the connector and the straight wire is:

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Electromagnetic Waves 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q7JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Electromagnetic Spectrum & Atmosphere

The correct match between the entries in column I and column II are:

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Electrostatics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q8JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Electric Field & Field Lines

Ten charges are placed on the circumference of a circle of radius R with constant angular separation between successive charges. Alternate charges 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 have charge (+q) each, while 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 have charge (–q) each. The potential V and the electric field E at the centre of the circle are respectively.

(Take V = 0 at infinity)

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Gravitation 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q9JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Acceleration Due to Gravity

The acceleration due to gravity on the earth’s surface at the poles is g and angular velocity of the earth about the axis passing through the pole is ω\omega. An object is weighed at the equator and at a height h above the poles by using a spring balance. If the weights are found to be same, then h is (h << R, where R is the radius of the earth)

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Kinetic Theory of Gases 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q10JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

Nitrogen gas is at 300oC temperature. The temperature (in K) at which the rms speed of a H2 molecule would be equal to the rms speed of a nitrogen molecule, is _______.

(Molar mass of N2 gas 28 g).

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Motion in One Dimension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q11JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Graphs of Motion

The velocity (v) and time (t) graph of a body in a straight line motion is shown in the figure. The point S is at 4.333 seconds. The total distance covered by the body in 6 s is:

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q12JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Ampere's Law, Cylinders, Solenoid & Toroid

An iron rod of volume 10–3 m3 and relative permeability 1000 is placed as core in a solenoid with 10 turns/cm. If a current of 0.5 A is passed through the solenoid, then the magnetic moment of the rod will be:

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Nuclear Physics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q13JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Law of Radioactive Decay

A radioactive nucleus decays by two different processes. The half life for the first process is 10 s and that for the second is 100 s. The effective half life of the nucleus is close to:

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Ray Optics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q14JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Easy

Prism, Dispersion & Scattering

A prism of angle A = 1° has a refractive index μ\mu = 1.5. A good estimate for the minimum angle of deviation (in degrees) is close to N10\frac{N}{10}.

Value of N is ____.

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Rotational Motion 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q15JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Angular Momentum & its Conservation

A thin rod of mass 0.9 kg and length 1 m is suspended, at rest, from one end so that it can freely oscillate in the vertical plane. A particle of mass 0.1 kg moving in a straight line with velocity 80 m/s hits the rod at its bottom most point and sticks to it (see figure). The angular speed (in rad/s) of the rod immediately after the collision will be _________.

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Q16JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration

A ring is hung on a nail. It can oscillate, without slipping or sliding

(i) in its plane with a time period T1 and,

(ii) back and forth in a direction perpendicular to its plane,

with a period T2. The ratio T1T2\frac{T_1}{T_2} will be:

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Semiconductor Electronics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q17JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Special Purpose Diodes

Two Zener diodes (A and B) having breakdown voltages of 6 V and 4 V respectively, are connected as shown in the circuit below. The output voltage V0 variation with input voltage linearly increasing with time, is given by:

(Vinput = 0 V at t = 0)

(figures are qualitative)

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Thermodynamics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q18JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

In an adiabatic process, the density of a diatomic gas becomes 32 times its initial value. The final pressure of the gas is found to be n times the initial pressure. The value of n is:

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Thermometry, Thermal Expansion and Calorimetry 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q19JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermometry & Thermal Expansion

Two different wires having lengths L1 and L2, and respective temperature coefficient of linear expansion α\alpha1 and α\alpha2, are joined end-to-end. Then the effective temperature coefficient of linear expansion is:

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q20JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Units & Dimensions

The quantities x = 1μ0ε0\frac{1}{\sqrt{\mu_0\varepsilon_0}}, y = EB\frac{E}{B} and z = lCR\frac{l}{CR} are

defined where C-capacitance, R-Resistance, l-length, E-Electric field, B-magnetic field and ε0,μ0\varepsilon_0, \mu_0, - free space permittivity and permeability respectively. Then:

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Viscosity 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q21JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Terminal Velocity

In an experiment to verify Stokes law, a small spherical ball of radius r and density ρ\rho falls under gravity through a distance h in air before entering a tank of water. If the terminal velocity of the ball inside water is same as its velocity just before entering the water surface, then the value of h is proportional to:

(ignore viscosity of air)

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Wave Motion 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q22JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Doppler Effect

A driver in a car, approaching a vertical wall notices that the frequency of his car horn, has changed from 440 Hz to 480 Hz, when it gets reflected from the wall. If the speed of sound in air is 345 m/s, then the speed of the car is:

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Q23JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Difficult

Reflection, Superposition & Interference

Two coherent sources of sound, S1 and S2, produce sound waves of the same wavelength, λ\lambda = 1 m, in phase. S1 and S2 are placed 1.5 m apart (see fig). A listener, located at L, directly in front of S2 finds that the intensity is at a minimum

when he is 2 m away from S2. The listener moves away from S1, keeping his distance from S2 fixed. The adjacent maximum of intensity is observed when the listener is at a distance d from S1. Then, d is:

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Work, Energy and Power 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q24JEE Main 2020 · 5 SEP · SHIFT 2Medium

Power

A body of mass 2 kg is driven by an engine delivering a constant power of 1 J/s. The body starts from rest and moves in a straight line. After 9 seconds, the body has moved a distance (in m) _______.

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

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