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NTA JEE Main 15th April 2018 Shift 1

For the following questions answer them individually

The relative error in the determination of the surface area of a sphere is $$\alpha$$. Then the relative error in the determination of its volume is:

The velocity-time graphs of a car and a scooter are shown in the figure. (i) the difference between the distance travelled by the car and the scooter in 15 s and (ii) the time at which the car will catch up with the scooter are, respectively.

A given object takes n times more time to slide down a 45$$^\circ$$ rough inclined plane as it takes to slide down a perfectly smooth 45$$^\circ$$ incline. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the incline is:

A uniform rod AB is suspended from a point X, at a variable distance x from A, as shown. To make the rod horizontal, a mass m is suspended from its end A. A set of (m, x) values is recorded. The appropriate variable that give a straight line, when plotted, are:

A force of 40 N acts on a point B at the end of an L-shaped object, as shown in the figure. The angle $$\theta$$ that will produce maximum moment of the force about point A is given by:

A body of mass m is moving in a circular orbit of radius R about a planet of mass M. At some instant, it splits into two equal masses. The first mass moves in a circular orbit of radius $$\frac{R}{2}$$, and the other mass, in a circular orbit of radius $$\frac{3R}{2}$$. The difference between the final and initial total energies is:

Take the mean distance of the moon and the sun from the earth to be $$0.4 \times 10^6$$ km and $$150 \times 10^6$$ km respectively. Their masses are $$8 \times 10^{22}$$ kg and $$2 \times 10^{30}$$ kg respectively. The radius of the earth is 6400 km. Let $$\Delta F_1$$ be the difference in the forces exerted by the moon at the nearest and farthest points on the earth and $$\Delta F_2$$ be the difference in the force exerted by the sun at the nearest and farthest points on the earth. Then, the number closest to $$\frac{\Delta F_1}{\Delta F_2}$$ is:

A thin uniform tube is bent into a circle of radius r in the vertical plane. Equal volumes of two immiscible liquids, whose densities are $$\rho_1$$ and $$\rho_2$$ ($$\rho_1 > \rho_2$$) fill half the circle. The angle $$\theta$$ between the radius vector passing through the common interface and the vertical is:

A Carnot's engine works as a refrigerator between 250 K and 300 K. It receives 500 cal heat from the reservoir at the lower temperature. The amount of work done in each cycle to operate the refrigerator is:

One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is compressed isothermally in a rigid vessel to double its pressure at room temperature, 27$$^\circ$$C. The work done on the gas will be:

A tuning fork vibrates with frequency 256 Hz and gives one beat per second with the third normal mode of vibration of an open pipe. What is the length of the pipe? (Speed of sound in air is 340 ms$$^{-1}$$)

A body of mass M and charge q is connected to a spring of spring constant k. It is oscillating along x-direction about its equilibrium position, taken to be at x = 0, with an amplitude A. An electric field E is applied along the x-direction. Which of the following statements is correct?

A charge Q is placed at a distance a/2 above the centre of the square surface of edge a as shown in the figure. The electric flux through the square surface is:

In a meter bridge, as shown in the figure, it is given that resistance Y = 12.5 $$\Omega$$ and that the balance is obtained at a distance 39.5 cm from end A (by jockey J). After interchanging the resistances X and Y a new balance point is found at a distance $$l_2$$ from end A. What are the values of X and $$l_2$$?

The B-H curve for a ferromagnet is shown in the figure. The ferromagnet is placed inside a long solenoid with 1000 turns/cm. The current that should be passed in the solenoid to demagnetize the ferromagnet completely is:

A Helmholtz coil has pair of loops, each with N turns and radius R. They are placed coaxially at distance R and the same current I flows through the loops in the same direction. The magnitude of magnetic field at P, midway between the centres A and C, is given by (Refer to figure):

An ideal capacitor of capacitance 0.2 $$\mu$$F is charged to a potential difference of 10 V. The charging battery is then disconnected. The capacitor is then connected to an ideal inductor of self inductance 0.5 mH. The current at a time when the potential difference across the capacitor is 5 V, is:

A monochromatic beam of light has a frequency $$\nu = \frac{3}{2\pi} \times 10^{12}$$ Hz and is propagating along the direction $$\frac{\hat{i}+\hat{j}}{\sqrt{2}}$$. It is polarized along the $$\hat{k}$$ direction. The acceptable form for the magnetic field is:

A planoconvex lens becomes an optical system of 28 cm focal length when its plane surface is silvered and illuminated from left to right as shown in Fig. A. If the same lens is instead silvered on the curved surface and illuminated from other side as in Fig. B, it acts like an optical system of focal length 10 cm. The refractive index of the material of lens is:

A particle is oscillating on the X-axis with an amplitude 2 cm about the point $$x_0 = 10$$ cm with a frequency $$\omega$$. A concave mirror of focal length 5 cm is placed at the origin (see figure). Identify the correct statements: (A) The image executes periodic motion (B) The image executes non-periodic motion (C) The turning points of the image are asymmetric w.r.t the image of the point at x = 10 cm (D) The distance between the turning points of the oscillation of the image is $$\frac{100}{21}$$ cm.

Light of wavelength 550 nm falls normally on a slit of width $$22.0 \times 10^{-5}$$ cm. The angular position of the second minima from the central maximum will be (in radians):

Two electrons are moving with non-relativistic speeds perpendicular to each other. If corresponding de Broglie wavelengths are $$\lambda_1$$ and $$\lambda_2$$, their de Broglie wavelength in the frame of reference attached to their centre of mass is:

The energy required to remove the electron from a singly ionized Helium atom is 2.2 times the energy required to remove an electron from Helium atom. The total energy required to ionize the Helium atom completely is:

A solution containing active cobalt $$^{60}_{27}$$Co having activity of 0.8 $$\mu$$Ci and decay constant $$\lambda$$ is injected in an animal's body. If 1 cm$$^3$$ of blood is drawn from the animal's body after 10 hrs of injection, the activity found was 300 decays per minute. What is the volume of blood that is flowing in the body? (1 Ci = $$3.7 \times 10^{10}$$ decay per second and at t = 10 hrs the value of $$e^{-\lambda t}$$ = 0.84)

In a common emitter configuration with suitable bias, it is given than $$R_L$$ is the load resistance and $$R_{BE}$$ is small signal dynamic resistance (input side). Then, voltage gain, current gain and power gain are given, respectively, by: [$$\beta$$ is current gain, $$I_B$$, $$I_C$$, $$I_E$$ are respectively base, collector and emitter currents]

In a screw gauge, 5 complete rotations of the screw cause it to move a linear distance of 0.25 cm. There are 100 circular scale divisions. The thickness of a wire measured by this screw gauge gives a reading of 4 main scale divisions and 30 circular scale divisions. Assuming negligible zero error, the thickness of the wire is:

A sample of NaClO$$_3$$ is converted by heat to NaCl with a loss of 0.16 g of oxygen. The residue is dissolved in water and precipitated as AgCl. The mass of AgCl (in g) obtained will be: (Given: Molar mass of AgCl = 143.5 g mol$$^{-1}$$)

Ejection of the photoelectron from metal in the photoelectric effect experiment can be stopped by applying 0.5 V when the radiation of 250 nm is used. The work function of the metal is:

For Na$$^+$$, Mg$$^{2+}$$, F$$^-$$ and O$$^{2-}$$; the correct order of increasing ionic radii is:

Identify the pair in which the geometry of the species is T-shape and square pyramidal, respectively:

The decreasing order of bond angles in BF$$_3$$, NH$$_3$$, PF$$_3$$ and I$$_3^-$$ is:

For which of the following reactions, $$\Delta H$$ is equal to $$\Delta U$$?

An ideal gas undergoes a cyclic process as shown in Figure.

$$\Delta U_{BC} = -5$$ kJ mol$$^{-1}$$, $$q_{AB} = 2$$ kJ mol$$^{-1}$$
$$W_{AB} = -5$$ kJ mol$$^{-1}$$, $$W_{CA} = 3$$ kJ mol$$^{-1}$$
Heat absorbed by the system during process CA is:

In which of the following reactions, an increase in the volume of the container will favour the formation of products?

The minimum volume of water required to dissolve 0.1 g lead (II) chloride to get a saturated solution ($$K_{SP}$$ of PbCl$$_2$$ = $$3.2 \times 10^{-8}$$; atomic mass of Pb = 207 u) is:

A white sodium salt dissolves readily in water to give a solution which is neutral to litmus. When silver nitrate solution is added to the aforementioned solution, a white precipitate is obtained which does not dissolve in dil. nitric acid. The anion is:

The correct match between items of List-I and List-II is:

The increasing order of nitration of the following compounds is:

(A) Aniline, (B) Chlorobenzene, (C) Anisole, (D) Toluene

When an electric current is passes through acidified water, 112 mL of hydrogen gas at N.T.P. was collected at the cathode in 965 seconds. The current passed, in ampere, is:

N$$_2$$O$$_5$$ decomposes to NO$$_2$$ and O$$_2$$ and follows first order kinetics. After 50 minutes, the pressure inside the vessel increases from 50 mm Hg to 87.5 mm Hg. The pressure of the gaseous mixture after 100 minutes at constant temperature will be:

Which of the following statements about colloids is false?

Xenon hexafluoride on partial hydrolysis produces compounds 'X' and 'Y'. Compounds 'X' and 'Y' and the oxidation state of Xe are respectively:

The correct combination is:

The reagent(s) required for the following conversion are:

Which of the following will not exist in zwitter ionic form at pH = 7?

If $$\lambda \in R$$ is such that the sum of the cubes of the roots of the equation, $$x^2 + (2 - \lambda)x + (10 - \lambda) = 0$$ is minimum, then the magnitude of the difference of the roots of this equation is:

The set of all $$\alpha \in R$$, for which $$w = \frac{1+(1-8\alpha)z}{1-z}$$ is a purely imaginary number, for all $$z \in C$$ satisfying $$|z| = 1$$ and Re(z) $$\neq$$ 1, is:

If $$x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$$ and $$\frac{1}{h_1}, \frac{1}{h_2}, \ldots, \frac{1}{h_n}$$ are two A.P.s such that $$x_3 = h_2 = 8$$ and $$x_8 = h_7 = 20$$, then $$x_5 \cdot h_{10}$$ equals:

If n is the degree of the polynomial, $$\left[\frac{1}{\sqrt{5x^3+1} - \sqrt{5x^3-1}}\right]^8 + \left[\frac{1}{\sqrt{5x^3+1} + \sqrt{5x^3-1}}\right]^8$$ and m is the coefficient of $$x^n$$ in it, then the ordered pair (n, m) is equal to:

If $$\tan A$$ and $$\tan B$$ are the roots of the quadratic equation, $$3x^2 - 10x - 25 = 0$$ then the value of $$3\sin^2(A+B) - 10\sin(A+B) \cdot \cos(A+B) - 25\cos^2(A+B)$$ is:

In a triangle ABC, coordinates of A are (1, 2) and the equations of the medians through B and C are $$x + y = 5$$ and $$x = 4$$ respectively. Then area of $$\triangle ABC$$ (in sq. units) is:

Two parabolas with a common vertex and with axes along x-axis and y-axis, respectively, intersect each other in the first quadrant. If the length of the latus rectum of each parabola is 3, then the equation of the common tangent to the two parabolas is:

If $$\beta$$ is one of the angles between the normals to the ellipse, $$x^2 + 3y^2 = 9$$ at the points $$(3\cos\theta, \sqrt{3}\sin\theta)$$ and $$(-3\sin\theta, \sqrt{3}\cos\theta)$$; $$\theta \in (0, \frac{\pi}{2})$$; then $$\frac{2\cot\beta}{\sin 2\theta}$$ is equal to:

If the tangents drawn to the hyperbola $$4y^2 = x^2 + 1$$ intersect the co-ordinate axes at the distinct points A and B, then the locus of the mid point of AB is:

The mean of a set of 30 observations is 75. If each observation is multiplied by a nonzero number $$\lambda$$ and then each of them is decreased by 25, their mean remains the same. The $$\lambda$$ is equal to $$\{0\}$$:

An aeroplane flying at a constant speed, parallel to the horizontal ground, $$\sqrt{3}$$ km above it, is observed at an elevation of 60$$^\circ$$ from a point on the ground. If, after five seconds, its elevation from the same point is 30$$^\circ$$, then the speed (in km/hr) of the aeroplane is:

Consider the following two binary relations on the set $$A = \{a, b, c\}$$: $$R_1 = \{(c, a), (b, b), (a, c), (c, c), (b, c), (a, a)\}$$ and $$R_2 = \{(a, b), (b, a), (c, c), (c, a), (a, a), (b, b), (a, c)\}$$. Then:

Let A be a matrix such that $$A \cdot \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 3 \end{bmatrix}$$ is a scalar matrix and $$|3A| = 108$$. Then $$A^2$$ equals:

If $$f(x) = \begin{vmatrix} \cos x & x & 1 \\ 2\sin x & x^2 & 2x \\ \tan x & x & 1 \end{vmatrix}$$, then $$\lim_{x \to 0} \frac{f'(x)}{x}$$:

Let S be the set of all real values of k for which the system of linear equations
$$x + y + z = 2$$
$$2x + y - z = 3$$
$$3x + 2y + kz = 4$$
has a unique solution. Then S is:

Let $$S = \{(\lambda, \mu) \in R \times R : f(t) = (|\lambda|e^t - \mu) \cdot \sin(2|t|), t \in R$$, is a differentiable function$$\}$$. Then S is a subset of?

If a right circular cone having maximum volume, is inscribed in a sphere of radius 3 cm, then the curved surface area (in cm$$^2$$) of this cone is:

If $$f\left(\frac{x-4}{x+2}\right) = 2x + 1$$, $$(x \in R - \{1, -2\})$$, then $$\int f(x)dx$$ is equal to (where C is a constant of integration):

The value of the integral $$\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} \sin^4 x\left(1 + \log\left(\frac{2+\sin x}{2-\sin x}\right)\right)dx$$ is:

The area (in sq. units) of the region $$\{x \in R : x \geq 0, y \geq 0, y \geq x - 2$$ and $$y \leq \sqrt{x}\}$$, is:

Let $$y = y(x)$$ be the solution of the differential equation $$\frac{dy}{dx} + 2y = f(x)$$, where $$f(x) = \begin{cases} 1, & x \in [0, 1] \\ 0, & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$. If $$y(0) = 0$$, then $$y\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)$$ is:

If $$\vec{a}$$, $$\vec{b}$$, and $$\vec{c}$$ are unit vectors such that $$\vec{a} + 2\vec{b} + 2\vec{c} = \vec{0}$$, then $$|\vec{a} \times \vec{c}|$$ is equal to:

A variable plane passes through a fixed point (3, 2, 1) and meets x, y and z axes at A, B and C respectively. A plane is drawn parallel to yz-plane through A, a second plane is drawn parallel zx plane through B and a third plane is drawn parallel to xy-plane through C. Then the locus of the point of intersection of these three planes, is:

An angle between the plane, $$x + y + z = 5$$ and the line of intersection of the planes, $$3x + 4y + z - 1 = 0$$ and $$5x + 8y + 2z + 14 = 0$$, is:

A box 'A' contains 2 white, 3 red and 2 black balls. Another box 'B' contains 4 white, 2 red and 3 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, without replacement, from a randomly selected box and one ball turns out to be white while the other ball turns out to be red, then the probability that both balls are drawn from box 'B' is: