These are the 25 physics questions of JEE Main 2025 (22 Jan, 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.
A parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance 40μ F is connected to a 100 V power supply. Now the intermediate space between the plates is filled with a dielectric material of dielectric constant K=2. Due to the introduction of dielectric material, the extra charge and the change in the electrostatic energy in the capacitor, respectively, are
An electron is made to enter symmetrically between two parallel and equally but oppositely charged metal plates, each of 10 cm length. The electron emerges out of the electric field region with a horizontal component of velocity 106 m/s. If the magnitude of the electric field between the plates is 9.1 V/cm, then the vertical component of velocity of electron is (mass of electron =9.1×10−31 kg and charge of electron =1.6×10−19 C)
A bob of mass m is suspended at a point O by a light string of length l and left to perform vertical motion (circular) as shown in figure. Initially, by applying horizontal velocity v0 at the point ' A ', the string becomes slack when, the bob reaches at the point ' D '. The ratio of the kinetic energy of the bob at the points B and C is _________.
Statement-I: The equivalent emf of two nonideal batteries connected in parallel is smaller than either of the two emfs.
Statement-II: The equivalent internal resistance of two nonideal batteries connected in parallel is smaller than the internal resistance of either of the two batteries.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Sliding contact of a potentiometer is in the middle of the potentiometer wire having resistance Rp=1Ω as shown in the figure. An external resistance of Re=2Ω is connected via the sliding contact. The electric current in the circuit is:
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 2 questions · chapter PYQs
Q7JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium
Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
An electron in the ground state of the hydrogen atom has the orbital radius of 5.3×10−11 m while that for the electron in third excited state is 8.48×10−10 m. The ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of electron in the ground state to that in the excited state is
The work functions of cesium (Cs) and lithium (Li) metals are 1.9 eV and 2.5 eV, respectively. If we incident a light of wavelength 550 nm on these two metal surfaces, then photo-electric effect is possible for the case of
A line charge of length 2a is kept at the center of an edge BC of a cube ABCDEFGH having edge length ' a ' as shown in the figure. If the density of line charge is λ C per unit length, then the total electric flux through all the faces of the cube will be ___________. (Take, ϵ0 as the free space permittivity)
A small point of mass m is placed at a distance 2R from the centre ' O ' of a big uniform solid sphere of mass M and radius R. The gravitational force on ' m ' due to M is F1. A spherical part of radius R/3 is removed from the big sphere as shown in the figure and the gravitational force on m due to remaining part of M is found to be F2. The value of ratio F1:F2 is
Heat Transfer and Radiation 2 questions · chapter PYQs
Q11JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Difficult
Heat Conduction
Three conductors of same length having thermal conductivity k1,k2 and k3 are connected as shown in figure.
Area of cross sections of 1st and 2nd conductor are same and for 3rd conductor it is double of the 1st conductor. The temperatures are given in the figure. In steady state condition, the value of θ is _________ ∘C. (Given: k1=60 J s−1 m−1 K−1,k2=120 J s−1 m−1 K−1,k3=135 J s−1 m−1 K−1)
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Two spherical bodies of same materials having radii 0.2 m and 0.8 m are placed in same atmosphere. The temperature of the smaller body is 800 K and temperature of the bigger body is 400 K. If the energy radiated from the smaller body is E, the energy radiated from the bigger body is (assume, effect of the surrounding temperature to be negligible),
A particle is projected at an angle of 30∘ from horizontal at a speed of 60 m/s. The height traversed by the particle in the first second is h0 and height traversed in the last second, before it reaches the maximum height, is h1. The ratio h0:h1 is __________.
[Take, g=10 m/s2 ]
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Given is a thin convex lens of glass (refractive index μ) and each side having radius of curvature R. One side is polished for complete reflection. At what distance from the lens, an object be placed on the optic axis so that the image gets formed on the object itself?
In the diagram given below, there are three lenses formed. Considering negligible thickness of each of them as compared to ∣R1∣ and ∣R2∣, i.e., the radii of curvature for upper and lower surfaces of the glass lens, the power of the combination is
The driver sitting inside a parked car is watching vehicles approaching from behind with the help of his side view mirror, which is a convex mirror with radius of curvature R=2 m. Another car approaches him from behind with a uniform speed of 90 km/hr. When the car is at a distance of 24 m from him, the magnitude of the acceleration of the image of the car in the side view mirror is ' a '. The value of 100a is __________ m/s2.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
The position vectors of two 1 kg particles, (A) and (B), are given by
rA=(α1t2i^+α2tj^+α3tk^) m andrB=(β1ti^+β2t2j^+β3tk^) m, respectively;
(α1=1 m/s2,α2=3n m/s,α3=2 m/s,β1=2 m/s,β2=−1 m/s2,β3=4p m/s), where t is time, n and p are constants. At and velocities VA and VB of the particles are orthogonal to each other. At t=1 s, the magnitude of angular momentum of particle (A) with respect to the position of particle (B) is L kg m2 s−1. The value of L is _________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
A uniform circular disc of radius ' R ' and mass ' M ' is rotating about an axis perpendicular to its plane and passing through its centre. A small circular part of radius R/2 is removed from the original disc as shown in the figure. Find the moment of inertia of the remaining part of the original disc about the axis as given above.
Two soap bubbles of radius 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively, are in contact with each other. The radius of curvature of the common surface, in cm, is _________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Thermometry, Thermal Expansion and Calorimetry 1 questions · chapter PYQs
Q21JEE Main 2025 · 22 JAN · SHIFT 1Medium
Calorimetry, Latent Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
An amount of ice of mass 10−3 kg and temperature −10∘C is transformed to vapour of temperature 110∘C by applying heat. The total amount of work required for this conversion is, (Take, specific heat of ice =2100 J kg−1 K−1, specific heat of water =4180 J kg−1 K−1, specific heat of steam =1920 J kg−1 K−1, Latent heat of ice =3.35×105 J kg−1 and Latent heat of steam =2.25×106 J kg−1)
A closed organ and an open organ tube are filled by two different gases having same bulk modulus but different densities ρ1 and ρ2, respectively. The frequency of 9th harmonic of closed tube is identical with 4th harmonic of open tube. If the length of the closed tube is 10 cm and the density ratio of the gases is ρ1:ρ2=1:16, then the length of the open tube is: