Name of the Organisation : Chandigarh University Scholarship Admission Test
Name of the Exam : CUSAT
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year: 2016
Subject: English, Physics, Chemistry, Maths

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CUSAT Sample Question Paper :
Q1. If vectors A, B and C are such that AxB=C, then C is
a. normal to A only.
b. normal to B only.
c. normal to both A and B.
d. neither normal to A nor to B.

Q2. A car accelerates on a straight road from rest to a speed of 50ms-1 in 25s.The distance covered by the car in this time is
a. 1m.
b. 100m.
c. 625m.
d. 1250m.

Q3. On being slightly displaced, if the distance between the centre of gravity of a body and the ground remains unchanged, the body is
a. in stable equilibrium.
b. in neutral equilibrium.
c. in unstable equilibrium.
d. not in equilibrium at all.

Q4. A ball moving to and fro about the lowest point of a smooth hemispherical bowl is able to rise upto a height of 45 cm on either side. Its speed at the lowest point is (g=10ms-2)
a. 0.45ms-1.
b. 3ms-1.
c. 4.5ms-1.
d. 9ms-1.

Q5. The gain in potential energy of a body of masses M raised from the surface of the Earth to a height equal to radius R of the Earth is
a. 2MgR.
b. MgR.
c. MgR/2.
d. MgR/4.

Q7. For a particle executing uniform circular motion
a. velocity is transverse, acceleration is radial.
b. velocity is radial, acceleration is transverse.
c. both velocity and acceleration are transverse.
d. both velocity and acceleration are radial.

Q8. Consider the Earth moving around the Sun in a circular orbit. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The Earth does some work while moving in its orbit.
b. The Earth does no work while moving in its orbit.
c. The kinetic energy of the Earth changes during the motion.
d. The potential energy of the Earth changes during the motion.

Q9. In a thermodynamic process, the pressure of a fixed mass of gas is changed in such a manner that the gas releases 20 J of heat and 8J of work is done on the gas. If the initial internal energy of the gas was 30J, the final internal energy is
a. 2 J.
b. 10 J.
c. 18 J.
d. 58 J.

Q10. The lowest possible temperature on the Kelvin scale is 0K. AT this temperature which of the following statements is true?
a. The volume of the gas becomes zero.
b. The pressure of the gas becomes zero.
c. The mass of the gas becomes zero.
d. All the molecular motion ceases.

Q11. The length of a simple pendulum is increased by 44%. Its time period will increases by
a. 10%.
b. 20%.
c. 40%.
d. 44%.

Q12. If two simple harmonic waves of the same frequency are superimposed, the resultant wave is
a. simple harmonic wave of half the frequency.
b. simple harmonic wave of the same frequency.
c. simple harmonic wave of double the frequency.
d. not a simple harmonic wave.

Q13. The electric field inside a charged metallic hollow sphere is
a. zero.
b. same as that on the surface.
c. less than that on the surface.
d. greater than that on the surface.

Q14. An electric charge in uniform motion produces
a. magnetic field only.
b. electric field only.
c. neither electric field nor magnetic field.
d. both electric field and magnetic field.

Q15. Which of the following statements regarding image formation is true for the laws of reflection?
a. they hold for plane mirror only.
b. they hold for convex mirror only.
c. they hold for concave mirror only.
d. they hold for all-plane, convex and concave mirrors.

Q16. In a double slit interference pattern, the first maxima for infrared light would
a. be at the same place as that for the green light.
b. be farther from the center than that for the green light.
c. be closer to the center than that for the green light .
d. not be formed at all as infrared light does not produce interference pattern.

Q17. After two hours (1/16)th of the initial amount of a radioactive specimen remains undecayed. The half life of the specimen is
a. 15m.
b. 30m.
c. 45m.
d. 1h.

Q18. When a metallic surface is illuminated with a light of frequency ?, the stopping potential for the photocurrent is 3V. When the same surface is illuminated with light of frequency ?/2, the stopping potential becomes 1V. The threshold frequency for the surface is
a. V
b. V/3
c. V/4.
d. V/5.

Q19. The value of equals
a. –i
b. 1
c. -1
d. i

Q20. The condition for polynomial equation to be a quadratic is
a. a>0
b. a<0
c. a=0
d. a=0, b=0