Consider a concave mirror and a convex lens (refractive index = 1.5) of focal length 10 cm each, separated by a distance of 50 cm in air (refractive index = 1) as shown in the figure. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from the mirror. Its erect image formed by this combination has magnification . When the set-up is kept in a medium of refractive index , the magnification becomes . The magnitude is
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Physics — JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1
An infinitely long uniform line charge distribution of charge per unit length lies parallel to the y-axis in the y-z plane at (see figure). If the magnitude of the flux of the electric field through the rectangular surface ABCD lying in the x-y plane with its center at the origin is ( = permittivity of free space), then the value of is
Consider a hydrogen atom with its electron in the orbital. An electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 90 nm is used to ionize the atom. If the kinetic energy of the ejected electron is 10.4 eV, then the value of is (hc = 1242 eV nm)
A bullet is fired vertically upwards with velocity from the surface of a spherical planet. When it reaches its maximum height, its acceleration due to the planet's gravity is of its value at the surface of the planet. If the escape velocity from the planet is , then the value of is (ignore energy loss due to atmosphere)
Two identical uniform discs roll without slipping on two different surfaces AB and CD (see figure) starting at A and C with linear speeds and , respectively, and always remain in contact with the surfaces. If they reach B and D with the same linear speed and m/s, then in m/s is ( m/s)
Two spherical stars A and B emit blackbody radiation. The radius of A is 400 times that of B and A emits times the power emitted from B. The ratio of their wavelengths and at which the peaks occur in their respective radiation curves is
A nuclear power plant supplying electrical power to a village uses a radioactive material of half life T years as the fuel. The amount of fuel at the beginning is such that the total power requirement of the village is 12.5 % of the electrical power available form the plant at that time. If the plant is able to meet the total power needs of the village for a maximum period of years, then the value of is
A Young's double slit interference arrangement with slits and is immersed in water (refractive index = 4/3) as shown in the figure. The positions of maxima on the surface of water are given by , where is the wavelength of light in air (refractive index = 1), is the separation between the slits and is an integer. The value of is
For photo-electric effect with incident photon wavelength , the stopping potential is . Identify the correct variation(s) of with and .
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
Consider a Vernier callipers in which each 1 cm on the main scale is divided into 8 equal divisions and a screw gauge with 100 divisions on its circular scale. In the Vernier callipers, 5 divisions of the Vernier scale coincide with 4 divisions on the main scale and in the screw gauge, one complete rotation of the circular scale moves it by two divisions on the linear scale. Then:
- (A)If the pitch of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier callipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.01 mm.
- (B)If the pitch of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier callipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.005 mm.
- (C)If the least count of the linear scale of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier callipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.01 mm.
- (D)If the least count of the linear scale of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier callipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.005 mm.
Planck's constant h, speed of light c and gravitational constant G are used to form a unit of length L and a unit of mass M. Then the correct option(s) is(are)
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Two independent harmonic oscillators of equal mass are oscillating about the origin with angular frequencies and and have total energies and , respectively. The variations of their momenta with positions are shown in the figures. If and , then the correct equation(s) is(are)
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
A ring of mass M and radius R is rotating with angular speed about a fixed vertical axis passing through its centre O with two point masses each of mass at rest at O. These masses can move radially outwards along two massless rods fixed on the ring as shown in the figure. At some instant the angular speed of the system is and one of the masses is at a distance of from O. At this instant the distance of the other mass from O is
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
The figures below depict two situations in which two infinitely long static line charges of constant positive line charge density are kept parallel to each other. In their resulting electric field, point charges and are kept in equilibrium between them. The point charges are confined to move in the x direction only. If they are given a small displacement about their equilibrium positions, then the correct statement(s) is(are)
- (A)Both charges execute simple harmonic motion.
- (B)Both charges will continue moving in the direction of their displacement.
- (C)Charge executes simple harmonic motion while charge continues moving in the direction of its displacement.
- (D)Charge executes simple harmonic motion while charge continues moving in the direction of its displacement.
Two identical glass rods and (refractive index = 1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10 cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance as shown in the figure, with their axes (shown by the dashed line) aligned. When a point source of light P is placed inside rod on its axis at a distance of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside . The distance is
- (A)60 cm
- (B)70 cm
- (C)80 cm
- (D)90 cm
A conductor (shown in the figure) carrying constant current I is kept in the x-y plane in a uniform magnetic field . If F is the magnitude of the total magnetic force acting on the conductor, then the correct statement(s) is(are)
- (A)If is along ,
- (B)If is along ,
- (C)If is along ,
- (D)If is along ,
A container of fixed volume has a mixture of one mole of hydrogen and one mole of helium in equilibrium at temperature T. Assuming the gases are ideal, the correct statement(s) is(are)
- (A)The average energy per mole of the gas mixture is 2RT.
- (B)The ratio of speed of sound in the gas mixture to that in helium gas is .
- (C)The ratio of the rms speed of helium atoms to that of hydrogen molecules is .
- (D)The ratio of the rms speed of helium atoms to that of hydrogen molecules is .
In an aluminium (Al) bar of square cross section, a square hole is drilled and is filled with iron (Fe) as shown in the figure. The electrical resistivities of Al and Fe are m and m, respectively. The electrical resistance between the two faces P and Q of the composite bar is
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Match the nuclear processes given in column I with the appropriate option(s) in column II
| Column I | Column II |
|---|---|
| A.Nuclear fusion | P.Absorption of thermal neutrons by |
| B.Fission in a nuclear reactor | Q. nucleus |
| C.-decay | R.Energy production in stars via hydrogen conversion to helium |
| D.-ray emission | S.Heavy water |
| T.Neutrino emission |
A particle of unit mass is moving along the x-axis under the influence of a force and its total energy is conserved. Four possible forms of the potential energy of the particle are given in column I ( and are constants). Match the potential energies in column I to the corresponding statement(s) in column II.
| Column I | Column II |
|---|---|
| A. | P.The force acting on the particle is zero at . |
| B. | Q.The force acting on the particle is zero at . |
| C. | R.The force acting on the particle is zero at . |
| D. | S.The particle experiences an attractive force towards in the region . |
| T.The particle with total energy can oscillate about the point . |
Chemistry — JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1
If the freezing point of a 0.01 molal aqueous solution of a cobalt (III) chloride-ammonia complex (which behaves as a strong electrolyte) is C, the number of chloride(s) in the coordination sphere of the complex is
[ of water = 1.86 K kg mol]
The total number of stereoisomers that can exist for is
The number of resonance structures for is
The total number of lone pairs of electrons in is
For the octahedral complexes of in (thiocyanato-S) and in ligand environments, the difference between the spin-only magnetic moments in Bohr magnetons (When approximated to the nearest integer) is
[Atomic number of Fe = 26]
Among the triatomic molecules/ions, , , , , , , , and , the total number of linear molecule(s)/ion(s) where the hybridization of the central atom does not have contribution from the -orbital(s) is
[Atomic number: S = 16, Cl = 17, I = 53 and Xe = 54]
Not considering the electronic spin, the degeneracy of the second excited state () of H atom is 9, while the degeneracy of the second excited state of is
All the energy released from the reaction , kJ mol is used for oxidizing as , V.
Under standard conditions, the number of moles of oxidized when mole of is converted to is
[F = 96500 C mol]
If the unit cell of a mineral has cubic close packed (ccp) array of oxygen atoms with fraction of octahedral holes occupied by aluminium ions and fraction of tetrahedral holes occupied by magnesium ions, m and n, respectively, are
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Compound(s) that on hydrogenation produce(s) optically inactive compound(s) is (are)
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
The major product of the following reaction is
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
In the following reaction, the major product is
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
The structure of D-(+)-glucose is
The structure of L-(−)-glucose is
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
The major product of the reaction is
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
The correct statement(s) about and is(are)
[Atomic numbers of Cr = 24 and Mn = 25]
- (A) is a reducing agent
- (B) is an oxidizing agent
- (C)Both and exhibit electronic configuration
- (D)When is used as a reducing agent, the chromium ion attains electronic configuration
Copper is purified by electrolytic refining of blister copper. The correct statement(s) about this process is(are)
- (A)Impure Cu strip is used as cathode
- (B)Acidified aqueous is used as electrolyte
- (C)Pure Cu deposits at cathode
- (D)Impurities settle as anode – mud
is reduced to by using
- (A) in presence of NaOH
- (B) in water
- (C) in presence of
- (D) in presence of
The % yield of ammonia as a function of time in the reaction
,
at (P, ) is given below:
If this reaction is conducted at (P, ), with , the % yield of ammonia as a function of time is represented by
- (A)(A)
- (B)(B)
- (C)(C)
- (D)(D)
Match the anionic species given in Column I that are present in the ore(s) given in Column II
| Column I | Column II |
|---|---|
| A.Carbonate | P.Siderite |
| B.Sulphide | Q.Malachite |
| C.Hydroxide | R.Bauxite |
| D.Oxide | S.Calamine |
| T.Argentite |
Match the thermodynamic processes given under Column I with the expression given under Column II:
| Column I | Column II |
|---|---|
| A.Freezing of water at 273 K and 1 atm | P. |
| B.Expansion of 1 mol of an ideal gas into a vacuum under isolated conditions | Q. |
| C.Mixing of equal volumes of two ideal gases at constant temperature and pressure in an isolated container | R. |
| D.Reversible heating of at 1 atm from 300 K to 600 K, followed by reversible cooling to 300 K at 1 atm | S. |
| T. |
Mathematics — JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1
Let for all and be a continuous function. For , if is the area of the region bounded by , , and , then is
The number of distinct solutions of the equation
in the interval is
Let the curve C be the mirror image of the parabola with respect to the line . If A and B are the points of intersection of C with the line , then the distance between A and B is
The minimum number of times a fair coin needs to be tossed, so that the probability of getting at least two heads is at least 0.96 is
Let be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that all the girls stand consecutively in the queue. Let be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of is
If the normals of the parabola drawn at the end points of its latus rectum are tangents to the circle , then the value of is
Let be a function defined by , where is the greatest integer less than or equal to . If , then the value of is
A cylindrical container is to be made from certain solid material with the following constraints: It has a fixed inner volume of V mm, has a 2 mm thick solid wall and is open at the top. The bottom of the container is a solid circular disc of thickness 2 mm and is of radius equal to the outer radius of the container.
If the volume of the material used to make the container is minimum when the inner radius of the container is 10 mm, then the value of is
Let be a triangle. Let , and . If , and , then which of the following is (are) true ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Which of the following values of satisfy the equation
?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
In , consider the planes and . Let be a plane, different from and , which passes through the intersection of and . If the distance of the point from is 1 and the distance of a point from is 2, then which of the following relations is (are) true ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
In , let be a straight line passing through the origin. Suppose that all the points on L are at a constant distance from the two planes and . Let be the locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the points on to the plane . Which of the following points lie(s) on ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Let and be distinct points on the parabola such that a circle with as diameter passes through the vertex O of the parabola. If lies in the first quadrant and the area of the triangle is , then which of the following is (are) the coordinates of ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Let be a solution of the differential equation . If , then which of the following statements is (are) true ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C) has a critical point in the interval
- (D) has no critical point in the interval
Consider the family of all circles whose centers lie on the straight line . If this family of circles is represented by the differential equation , where , are functions of , and (here , ), then which of the following statements is (are) true ?
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Let be a differential function with , and . Let and for all . Let denote and denote . Then which of the following is (are) true?
- (A) is differentiable at
- (B) is differentiable at
- (C) is differentiable at
- (D) is differentiable at
Let for all and for all . Let denote and denote . Then which of the following is (are) true ?
- (A)Range of is
- (B)Range of is
- (C)
- (D)There is an such that
Match the entries in Column I with the entries in Column II.
| Column – I | Column – II |
|---|---|
| A.In , if the magnitude of the projection vector of the vector on is and if , then possible value(s) of is (are) | P.1 |
| B.Let and be real numbers such that the function is differentiable for all . Then possible value(s) of is (are) | Q.2 |
| C.Let be a complex cube root of unity. If , then possible value(s) of is (are) | R.3 |
| D.Let the harmonic mean of two positive real numbers and be 4. If is a positive real number such that , 5, , is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of is (are) | S.4 |
| T.5 |
Match the entries in Column I with the entries in Column II.
| Column – I | Column – II |
|---|---|
| A.In a triangle , let , and be the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles , and , respectively. If and , then possible values of for which is (are) | P.1 |
| B.In a triangle , let , and be the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles , and , respectively. If , then possible value(s) of is (are) | Q.2 |
| C.In , let , and be the position vectors of , and with respect of the origin O, respectively. If the distance of from the bisector of the acute angle of with is , then possible value(s) of is (are) | R.3 |
| D.Suppose that denotes the area of the region bounded by , , and , where . Then the value(s) of , when and , is (are) | S.5 |
| T.6 |
Chapters tested in this paper
- Three Dimensional Geometry 176/186
- Matrices and Determinants 180/186
- Coordination Compounds 176/186
- Sets, Relations and Functions 165/186
- Current Electricity 160/186
- Definite Integration 168/186
- Rotational Motion 172/186
- Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry 177/186
- Geometrical Optics 172/186
- Vector Algebra 173/186
- Differential Equations 167/186
- Probability 176/186
- Permutations and Combinations 162/186
- Magnetic Field of Current 147/186
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure 151/186
- Application of Derivatives 139/186
- d- and f-Block Elements 126/186
- Thermodynamics 154/186
- Aldehydes and Ketones 135/186
- Equilibrium 163/186
- Solutions 158/186
- Chemical Thermodynamics 165/186
- Units and Measurements 149/186
- Hydrocarbons 126/186
- Trigonometric Functions 144/186
- Biomolecules 162/186
- Gravitation 152/186
- Electric Field and Coulomb's Law 133/186
- Atomic Structure 161/186
- Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation 155/186
- Amines 133/186
- Work, Energy and Power 132/186
- Wave Optics 130/186
- Kinetic Theory of Gases 135/186
- Oscillations 117/186
- Nuclei 116/186
- Atoms 112/186
- Parabola 101/186
- Isolation of Metals 106/186
- Differentiability 91/186
- Hydrogen 81/186
- Electronic Effects and Stability 74/186
- Experimental Skills 68/186
- Solid State 63/186
- Isomerism 51/186
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