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MHT CET 2023 Physics Paper: 14 May, Shift 2

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These are the 50 physics questions of MHT CET 2023 (14 May, 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 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q1MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current

What will be the phase difference between virtual voltage and virtual current when current in the circuit is wattless?

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Q2MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current

The power factor of an R-L circuit is 12\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}. If the frequency of ACAC is doubled the power factor will now be

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Q3MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Pure R, L and C Circuits

An alternating voltage E=2002sin⁡(100t)E = 200\sqrt{2} \sin(100t) volt is connected to a 1 μF1\ \mu F capacitor through an a.c. ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall be

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Q4MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

RL and RC Series Circuits

A coil having an inductance of 1π H\frac{1}{\pi}\text{ H} is connected in series with a resistance of 300 Ω300\ \Omega. If 20 V20\text{ V} from a 200 Hz200\text{ Hz} source are impressed across the combination, the value of the phase angle between the voltage and the current is

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Atomic Structure 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Hydrogen Spectrum & Spectral Series

Ratio of longest wavelength corresponding to Lyman and Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum is

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Capacitors 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q6MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Combination of Capacitors

Two condensers one of capacity C2\frac{C}{2} and other capacity CC are connected to a battery of voltage VV as shown. The work done in charging fully both the condensers is

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Q7MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Dielectrics

A parallel plate capacitor with air medium between the plates has a capacitance of 10μF10\mu\text{F}. The area of capacitor is divided into two equal halves and filled with two media (as shown in figure) having dielectric constant K1=2K_1 = 2 and K2=4K_2 = 4. The capacitance of the system will be

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Current Electricity 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q8MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments

When moving coil galvanometer (MCG) is converted into a voltmeter, the series resistance is 'nn' times the resistance of galvanometer. How many times that of MCG the voltmeter is now capable of measuring voltage?

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Q9MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Potentiometer

In potentiometer experiment, the balancing length is 8 m8\text{ m} when two cells E1E_1 and E2E_2 are joined in series. When two cells are connected in opposition the balancing length is 4 m4\text{ m}. The ratio of the e.m.f. of the two cells (E1E2)\left(\frac{E_1}{E_2}\right) is

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q10MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

When radiation of wavelength 'λ\lambda' is incident on a metallic surface, the stopping potential is 4.8 V. If the surface is illuminated with radiation of double the wavelength then the stopping potential becomes 1.6 V1.6\text{ V}. The threshold wavelength for the surface is

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Electromagnetic Induction 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q11MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law

A coil having effective area A, is held with its plane normal to magnetic field of induction B. The magnetic induction is quickly reduced by 25%25\% of its initial value in 2 second. Then the e.m.f. induced across the coil will be

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Q12MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Self-Inductance & Energy

A long solenoid has 1500 turns. When a current of 3.5 A3.5\text{ A} flows through it, the magnetic flux linked with each turn of solenoid is 2.8×10−32.8 \times 10^{-3} weber. The self-inductance of solenoid is

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Q13MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Self-Inductance & Energy

The self induction (L) produced by solenoid of length 'll' having 'NN' number of turns and cross sectional area 'AA' is given by the formula (ϕ=\phi = magnetic flux, μ0=\mu_0 = permeability of vacuum)

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Electrostatics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q14MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Electric Dipole

If EaE_a and EqE_q represent the electric field intensity due to a short dipole at a point on its axial line and on the equatorial line at the same distance 'rr' from the centre of the dipole, then

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Q15MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Electric Flux & Gauss's Law

A charge 17.7×10−4 C17.7 \times 10^{-4}\text{ C} is distributed uniformly over a large sheet of area 200 m2200\text{ m}^2. The electric field intensity at a distance 20 cm20\text{ cm} from it in air will be [ε0=8.85×10−12 C2/N m2]\left[\varepsilon_0 = 8.85 \times 10^{-12}\text{ C}^2/\text{N m}^2\right]

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Gravitation 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q16MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Acceleration Due to Gravity

Earth is assumed to be a sphere of radius R. If 'gϕg_\phi' is value of effective acceleration due to gravity at latitude 30∘30^\circ and 'gg' is the value at equator, then the value of ∣g−gϕ∣|g - g_\phi| is (ω\omega is angular velocity of rotation of earth, cos⁡30∘\cos 30^\circ =32= \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2})

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Q17MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Escape Velocity

A body (mass mm) starts its motion from rest from a point distant R0 (R0>R)R_0\ (R_0 > R) from the centre of the earth. The velocity acquired by the body when it reaches the surface of earth will be ( G=G = universal constant of gravitation, M=M = mass of earth, RR = radius of earth)

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Heat Transfer and Radiation 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q18MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Newton's Law of Cooling

A metal rod cools at the rate of 4∘C/min4^\circ\text{C/min} when its temperature is 90∘C90^\circ\text{C} and the rate of 1∘C/m1^\circ\text{C/m}in when its temperature is 30∘C30^\circ\text{C}. The temperature of the surrounding is

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Kinetic Theory of Gases 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q19MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

The molecular mass of a gas having r.m.s. speed four times as that of another gas having molecular mass 32 is

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Q20MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

The temperature of a gas is measure of

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Laws of Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q21MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation

A machine gun fires bullets of mass 30 g30\text{ g} with velocity of 1000 m/s1000\text{ m/s}. The man holding the gun can exert a maximum force of 300 N300\text{ N} on it. How many bullets can he fire per second at most?

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Magnetic Properties of Materials 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q22MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Hysteresis, Soft Iron vs Steel & Shielding

In the hysteresis curve the value of magnetization (B) which will be present in a substance when value of magnetizing force (H)(\mathrm{H}) is made zero (H=0)(\mathrm{H} = 0) is called as

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Motion in One Dimension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q23MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Velocity, Acceleration & Variable Motion

The position 'xx' of a particle varies with a time as x=at2−bt3x = at^2 - bt^3 where 'aa' and 'bb' are constants. The acceleration of the particle will be zero at

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q24MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils

A long wire is bent into a circular coil of one turn and then into a circular coil of smaller radius having nn turns. If the same current passes in both the cases, the ratio of magnetic fields produced at the centre for one turn to that of nn turns is

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Q25MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils

Figure shows two semicircular loops of radii R1R_1 and R2R_2 carrying current II. The magnetic field at the common centre 'OO' is

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Nuclear Physics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q26MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Law of Radioactive Decay

Half life of radio-active element is 1600 years. The fraction of sample remains undecayed after 6400 years will be

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Oscillations 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q27MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Spring Systems

A light spring is suspended with mass m1m_1 at its lower end and its upper end fixed to a rigid support. The mass is pulled down a short distance and then released. The period of oscillation is TT second. When a mass m2m_2 is added to m1m_1 and the system is made to oscillate, the period is found to be 32T\frac{3}{2}T. The ratio m1:m2m_1 : m_2 is

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Q28MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Spring Systems

A uniform circular disc of mass 12 kg12\text{ kg} is held by two identical springs. When the disc is slightly pressed down and released, it executes S.H.M. of period 2 second. The force constant of each spring is (nearly) (Take π2=10\pi^2 = 10)

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Q29MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Velocity & Acceleration in SHM

A block of mass 'MM' rests on a piston executing S.H.M. of period one second. The amplitude of oscillations, so that the mass is separated from the piston, is (acceleration due to gravity, g=10 m s−2, π2=10g = 10\text{ m s}^{-2},\ \pi^2 = 10)

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Ray Optics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q30MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Prism, Dispersion & Scattering

When a monochromatic ray of light is passed through an equilateral glass prism, it is found that the refracted ray in glass is parallel to the base of the prism. If 'ii' and 'ee' denote the angles of incidence and emergence respectively, then

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Q31MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses

Refractive index of a glass convex lens is 1.5. The radius of curvature of each of the two surfaces of the lens is 20 cm20\text{ cm}. The ratio of the power of the lens when immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.25 to that when placed in air is

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Rotational Motion 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q32MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Angular Momentum & its Conservation

A mass 'MM' is moving with constant velocity parallel to X\mathrm{X}-axis. Its angular momentum with respect to the origin is

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Q33MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration

Four identical uniform solid spheres each of same mass 'MM' and radius 'RR' are placed touching each other as shown in figure, with centres A, B, C, D. IA,IB,ICI_A, I_B, I_C and IDI_D are the moment of inertia of these spheres respectively about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane. The difference in IAI_A, and IBI_B is

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Q34MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Rolling Motion

A solid cylinder and a solid sphere having same mass and same radius roll down on the same inclined plane. The ratio of the acceleration of the cylinder 'aca_c' to that of sphere 'asa_s' is

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Semiconductor Electronics 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q35MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors

When the conductivity of a semiconductor is only due to the breaking of the covalent bonds, the semiconductor is called

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Q36MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Junction Transistor

In an n-p-n transistor, the collector current is 28 mA28\text{ mA}. If 80%80\% of electrons reach the collector, its base current in mA\text{mA} is

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Surface Tension 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q38MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

Two spherical soap bubbles of radii 'aa' and 'bb' in vacuum coalesce under isothermal conditions. The resulting bubble has a radius equal to

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Q39MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Molecular Theory & Factors

It is easier to spray water to which soap is added because addition of soap to water

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Q40MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Splitting & Merging of Drops

1000 small water drops of equal size combine to form a big drop. The ratio of final surface energy to the total initial surface energy is

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Thermodynamics 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q41MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation

At constant temperature, increasing the pressure of a gas by 5%5\% its volume will decrease by

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Q42MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law

An ideal refrigerator has freezer at a temperature of −13∘C-13^\circ\text{C}. The coefficient of performance of the engine is 5. The temperature of the air (to which heat is rejected) is

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Q43MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

The pressure and density of a diatomic gas (γ=75)\left(\gamma = \frac{7}{5}\right) changes adiabatically from (P,ρ)(P, \rho) to (P′,ρ′)(P', \rho'). If ρ′ρ=32\frac{\rho'}{\rho} = 32 then P′P\frac{P'}{P} should be

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Wave Motion 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q44MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Beats

A sonometer wire 49 cm49\text{ cm} long is in unison with a tuning fork of frequency 'nn'. If the length of the wire is decreased by 1 cm1\text{ cm} and it is vibrated with the same tuning fork, 6 beats are heard per second. The value of 'nn' is

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Q45MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Doppler Effect

A source of sound is moving towards a stationary observer with (110)\left(\frac{1}{10}\right)th the of the speed of sound. The ratio of apparent to real frequency is

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Q46MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Difficult

Speed of Waves

A wire PQPQ has length 4.8 m4.8\text{ m} and mass 0.06 kg0.06\text{ kg}. Another wire QR has length 2.56 m2.56\text{ m} and mass 0.2 kg0.2\text{ kg}. Both wires have same radii and are joined as a single wire. This wire is under tension of 80 N80\text{ N}. A wave pulse of amplitude 3.5 cm3.5\text{ cm} is sent along the wire PQPQ from end PP. the time taken by the wave pulse to travel along the wire from point P to R is?

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Q47MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

Sound waves of frequency 600 Hz600\text{ Hz} fall normally on a perfectly reflecting wall. The shortest distance from the wall at which all particles will have maximum amplitude of vibration is (speed of sound =300 m s−1= 300\text{ m s}^{-1})

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Wave Optics 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q48MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Diffraction at a Single Slit

Two wavelengths of sodium light 590 nm590\text{ nm} and 596 nm596\text{ nm} are used one after another to study diffraction due to single slit of aperture 2×10−6 m2 \times 10^{-6}\text{ m}. The distance between the slit and the screen is 1.5 m1.5\text{ m}. The separation between the positions of first maximum of the diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases is

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Q49MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Easy

Superposition, Coherence & Intensity

When two light waves each of amplitude 'AA' and having a phase difference of π2\frac{\pi}{2} superimposed then the amplitude of resultant wave is

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Q50MHT CET 2023 · 14 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths

On placing a thin film of mica of thickness 12×10−5 cm12 \times 10^{-5}\text{ cm} in the path of one of the interfering beams in Young's double slit experiment using monochromatic light, the fringe pattern shifts through a distance equal to the width of bright fringe. If λ=6×10−5 cm\lambda = 6 \times 10^{-5}\text{ cm}, the refractive index of mica is

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