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MHT CET 2025 Physics Paper: 21 Apr, Shift 2

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These are the 50 physics questions of MHT CET 2025 (21 Apr, 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 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q1MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

RL and RC Series Circuits

An ideal inductor of (1π)H\left(\frac{1}{\pi}\right)\text{H} is connected in series with a 300 Ω300\ \Omega resistor. If a 20 V, 200 Hz20\text{ V},\ 200\text{ Hz} alternating source is connected across the combination, the phase difference between the voltage and current is

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Q2MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Series LCR Circuit

An alternating e.m.f. having voltage V=V0sin⁡ωtV = V_0 \sin\omega t is applied to a series L-C-R circuit. Given: ∣XL−XC∣=R|X_L - X_C| = R. The r.m.s. value of potential difference across capacitor will be

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Q3MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Series LCR Circuit

In an electrical circuit ' RR ', ' LL ', ' CC ' and an a.c. voltage source are all connected in series. When ' L ' is removed from the circuit, the phase difference between the voltage and the current in the circuit is π3\frac{\pi}{3}. If instead ' CC ' is removed from the circuit, the phase difference is again π3\frac{\pi}{3}. The power factor of the circuit is (tan⁡π3=3)\left(\tan\frac{\pi}{3} = \sqrt{3}\right)

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Atomic Structure 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q4MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum

Using Bohr's quantization condition, the rotational kinetic energy in the third orbit for a diatomic molecule is ( h=h = Planck's constant, I=I = moment of inertia of diatomic molecule)

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Capacitors 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Dielectrics

A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 50 cm250\text{ cm}^2 and plate separation 3 mm. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric medium of thickness 1 mm and dielectric constant 4. The capacitance becomes ( ε0=\varepsilon_0 = permittivity of free space)

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Q6MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Energy Stored & Force between Plates

If the charge on the capacitor is increased by 3C, the energy stored in it increases by 21%21\%. The original charge on the capacitor is

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Q7MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Energy Stored & Force between Plates

A parallel plate capacitor having plate area ' AA ' and separation ' dd ' is charged to a potential difference ' VV '. The charging battery is disconnected and the plates are pulled apart to four times the initial separation. The work required to increase the distance between the plates is ( ε0=\varepsilon_0 = permittivity of free space)

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Circular Motion 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q8MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Vertical Circle: Speed & Tension

A pendulum bob has a speed 4 m/s4\text{ m/s} at its lowest position. The pendulum is 1 m long. When the length of the string makes an angle of 60∘60^\circ with the vertical, the speed of the bob at that position is (acceleration due to gravity, g=10 m/s2,cos⁡60∘=0.5g = 10\text{ m/s}^2, \cos 60^\circ = 0.5)

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Q9MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Vertical Circle: Speed & Tension

A simple pendulum oscillates with an angular amplitude θ\theta. If the maximum tension in the string is 4 times the minimum tension then the value of θ\theta is

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Current Electricity 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q10MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments

If an ammeter is to be used in place of a galvanometer then we must connect

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Q11MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge

In the circuit shown in the figure, P≠RP \neq R. The reading of the galvanometer remains the same with switch ' SS ' open or closed. Then

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q12MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

When photons of energies twice and thrice the work function of a metal are incident on the metal surface one after other, the maximum velocities of the photoelectrons emitted in the two cases are V1V_1 and V2V_2 respectively. The ratio V1:V2V_1 : V_2 is

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Q13MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

When a light of wavelength λ\lambda falls on the emitter of a photocell, maximum speed of emitted photoelectrons is V. If the incident wavelength is changed to 2λ3\frac{2\lambda}{3}, maximum speed of emitted photoelectrons will be:

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Electromagnetic Induction 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q14MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Lenz's Law, Eddy Currents & Induced Electric Field

A conducting ring of certain resistance is falling towards a current carrying straight long conductor. The ring and conductor are in the same plane. Then

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Q15MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Rotating Conductors & AC Generator

What is the phase difference between the flux linked with a coil rotating in a uniform magnetic field and the induced e.m.f. produced in it?

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Q16MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Self-Inductance & Energy

A coil is wound on a core of rectangular cross-section. If all the linear dimensions of core are increased by a factor 3 and number of turns per unit length of coil remains same, the self- inductance increases by a factor

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Electrostatics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q17MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Electric Flux & Gauss's Law

The electric field intensity on the surface of a solid charged sphere of radius r\mathbf{r} and volume charge density σ\sigma is ( ε0=\varepsilon_0 = permittivity of free space)

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Fluid Dynamics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q18MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Types of Flow, Reynolds Number & Continuity

Water flows through a horizontal pipe of varying cross-section at the rate of π×10−1 m3/s\pi \times 10^{-1}\text{ m}^3/\text{s}. The velocity of water at a point where the radius of the pipe is 10 cm is (π=3.14)(\pi = 3.14)

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Gravitation 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q19MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period

The radii of circular orbits of two satellites AA and BB of the earth are ' 4R4R ' and ' RR ' respectively, where RR is the radius of earth. If the speed of satellite BB is 6 V, then the speed of satellite AA will be

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Heat Transfer and Radiation 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q20MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Newton's Law of Cooling

Hot water cools from 80∘C80^\circ\text{C} to 60∘C60^\circ\text{C} in 1 minutes. In cooling from 60∘C60^\circ\text{C} to 50∘C50^\circ\text{C} it will take (room temperature =30∘C= 30^\circ\text{C})

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Q21MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien

If a black body at 400 K surrounded by atmosphere at 300 K has rate of cooling ' R0R_0 ', the same body at 900 K, surrounded by same atmosphere, will have rate of cooling nearly

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Kinetic Theory of Gases 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q22MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

The r.m.s. speed of gas molecules at 800 K will be

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Q23MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

The temperature of an ideal gas is increased from 100 K to 400 K. If ' xx ' is the R.M.S. velocity of its molecules at 100 K, it becomes

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Laws of Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q24MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Impulse & Momentum Conservation

A conveyor belt is moving with constant velocity (V). Sand is being dropped on the belt at the rate of M kg/sM\text{ kg/s}. The force necessary to keep the belt moving with a constant velocity V m/sV\text{ m/s} will be

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Magnetic Properties of Materials 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q25MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Magnetisation: B, H, M, χ & μ

The space within the current carrying toroid is filled with aluminium of susceptibility ' χ\chi '. The percentage increase in the magnetic field ' BB ' will be

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Motion in One Dimension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q26MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Equations of Kinematics

A body starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration. The ratio of the distance covered by the body in the nnth second of its motion to the total distance travelled in n second is

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q27MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils

A coil having 9 turns carrying current produces magnetic field B1B_1 at the centre. Now that coil is rewounded into 3 turns carrying same current. Then magnetic field at the centre B2B_2 is

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Q28MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils

An electron moves in Bohr orbit. The magnetic field at the centre is proportional to

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Q29MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Magnetic Field of Straight Wires

Two long parallel wires carry currents I1I_1 and I2 (I1>I2)I_2\ (I_1 > I_2). When currents are flowing in the same direction, the magnetic field at a point midway between the wires is 6×10−6 T6 \times 10^{-6}\text{ T}. If the direction of I2I_2 is reversed the field at midpoint becomes 3×10−5 T3 \times 10^{-5}\text{ T}. The ratio I1:I2I_1 : I_2 is

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Oscillations 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q30MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Simple Pendulum

The length of the simple pendulum is made 3 times the original length. If ' T ' is its original time period, then the new time period will be

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Ray Optics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q31MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Combination of Lenses

A plano convex lens fits exactly in to a plano concave lens. Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other. Lenses are made up of different materials of refractive indices ' n1n_1 ' ' n2n_2 ' and ' R ' is the radius of curvature of the curved surface of lenses. Focal length of the combination is

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Q32MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Refraction, Glass Slab & Apparent Depth

A ray of light travelling through rarer medium is incident at a very small angle ' ii ' on a glass slab and after refraction its velocity is reduced by 20%20\%. The angle of deviation is

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Rotational Motion 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q33MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Angular Momentum & its Conservation

The moment of inertia of a ring about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is I. It is rotating with angular velocity ω\omega. Another identical ring is gently placed on it so that their centres coincide. If both the rings are rotating about the same axis then loss in kinetic energy is

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Q34MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration

Moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod rotating about the perpendicular axis passing through its centre is ' II '. If the same rod is bent in the form of ring, its moment of inertia about the diameter is ' I1I_1 '. If I1=xII_1 = xI, then the value of ' x ' is

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Q35MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Rotational Kinetic Energy, Work & Power

A body is rotating about its own axis. Its rotational kinetic energy is ' x ' and its angular momentum is ' yy '. Hence its moment of inertia about its own axis is

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Semiconductor Electronics 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q36MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Junction Transistor

In common emitter mode of a transistor, the current gain is 8. The input impedance is 25 kΩ25\text{ k}\Omega and load resistance is 75 kΩ75\text{ k}\Omega. The power gain is

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Q37MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Logic Gates

In the following combination of logic gates, the output YY can be written in the terms of inputs AA and B as

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Q38MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

P-N Junction Diode

If the internal resistance of cell is negligible then current flowing through the circuit is

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Surface Tension 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q39MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Angle of Contact & Capillarity

Two capillary tubes of same diameter are kept vertically in two liquids whose densities are in the ratio 4:34 : 3. If their surface tensions are in the ratio 6:56 : 5, the ratio of heights (h1h2)\left(\frac{h_1}{h_2}\right) of liquids in the two capillary tubes is (Their angle of contacts are same)

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Q40MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Difficult

Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles

In air, a charged soap bubble of radius R breaks into 64 small soap bubbles of equal radius rr. The ratio of mechanical force per unit area of big soap bubble to that of a small bubble is

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Thermodynamics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q41MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law

A Carnot engine has efficiency 16\frac{1}{6}. It becomes 13\frac{1}{3}, when the temperature of sink\text{sink} is lowered by 57 K. The temperature of the source is

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Q42MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Thermodynamic Processes

Heat is given to an ideal gas in an isothermal process. Then

A. internal energy of the gas will decrease.

B. internal energy of the gas will increase.

C. internal energy of the gas will not change.

D. the gas will do negative work.

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q43MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Errors in Measurement

Error in the measurement of radius of the sphere is 2%2\%. The error in the calculated value of its volume is

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Vectors 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q44MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Vector Basics, Unit Vectors & Components

A unit vector in the direction of resultant vector of A⃗=−2i^+3j^+k^\vec{A} = -2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} + \hat{k} and B⃗=i^+2j^−4k^\vec{B} = \hat{i} + 2\hat{j} - 4\hat{k} is

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Wave Motion 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q45MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Beats

Two strings ' X ' and ' Y ' of a guitar produces a beat frequency of 6 Hz. When the tension of the string ' Y ' is increased, the beat frequency is found to be 4 Hz. If the frequency of string ' X ' is 300 Hz, then the original frequency of string ' Y ' is

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Q46MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Difficult

Doppler Effect

A vehicle starts from rest and accelerates along straight path at 2 m/s22\text{ m/s}^2. At the starting point of the vehicle, there is a stationary electric siren. How far has the vehicle nearly gone when the driver hears the siren at 94%94\% of its value when the vehicle was at rest?

(speed of sound =330 m/s= 330\text{ m/s})

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Q47MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Progressive Wave Equation

The equation of a progressive wave is Y=3sin⁡[π(t3−x5)+π4]Y = 3\sin\left[\pi\left(\frac{t}{3} - \frac{x}{5}\right) + \frac{\pi}{4}\right] where x and y are in meter and time in second. Which of the following is correct?

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Q48MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Progressive Wave Equation

A transverse displacement of vibrating string is y=0.06sin⁡(2π3x)cos⁡(120πt)y = 0.06\sin\left(\frac{2\pi}{3}x\right)\cos(120\pi t).

If the mass per unit length of a string is 4×10−2 kg/m4 \times 10^{-2}\text{ kg/m}, then the tension in the string will be

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Wave Optics 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q49MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Medium

Superposition, Coherence & Intensity

The two coherent sources produce interference with intensity ratio ' bb '. In the interference pattern, the ratio Imax+IminImax−Imin\frac{I_{max} + I_{min}}{I_{max} - I_{min}}maxmaxminmin will be

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Q50MHT CET 2025 · 21 APR · SHIFT 2Easy

Wave Theory, Wavefronts & Doppler Effect

According to Huygen's wave theory of light, which one of the following statements is not correct?

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