IAPT National Standard Examination In Astronomy 2015 -16 : Indian Association of Physics Teachers
Name of the Organisation : Indian Association of Physics Teachers
Name of the Paper : National Standard Examination In Astronomy 2015 -16
Year : 2015 – 16
Name of the Subject : Astronomy
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National Standard Examination In Astronomy :
Q. Paper Code: A 454
Instructions to Candidates :
1. Use of mobile phones, smartphones, ipads during examination is Strictly Prohibited.
2. In addition to this question paper, you are given answer sheet along with Candidate’s copy.
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3. On the answer sheet, make all the entries carefully in the space provided ONLY in BLOCK CAPITALS as well as by properly darkening the appropriate bubbles. Incomplete/ incorrect/carelessly filled information may disqualify your candidature.
4. On the answer sheet, use only BLUE or BLACK BALL POINT PEN for making entries and filling the bubbles.
5. Question paper has two parts. In Part A1(Q. Nos 1 to 60) each question has four alternatives, out of which only one is correct. Choose the correct alternative and fill the appropriate bubble, as shown.
6. For Part A1, each correct answer gets 3 marks. A wrong one gets a penalty of 1 mark. Part A2 full marks are 6 for each question, you get them when ALL correct answers are marked.
7. Any rough work should be done only in the space provided.
8. Use of non-programmable calculator is allowed.
9. No candidate should leave the examination hall before the completion of the examination.
10. After submitting your answerpaper, take away the Candidate’s copy for your reference.
Answer all the question :
1) If high tides are observed on a particular date at a place in India, one may observe
a) low tides in the United States
b) low tides in Australia
c) high tides in both United States and Australia
d) low tides in India after half a month.
2. A particle of mass 1 kg is moving along a line y = x +2 (here x and y are in metre) with speed 2 ms-1. The magnitude of angular momentum of particle about the origin is
a) 4kgms2s-1 b) 2kgm2s-1 c) 2kgm2s-1s d) 2kgm2s-1
3. Compared with others, the planets Earth and Venus have nearly same size and density. But strength of the magnetic field of Venus is negligibly small compared to that of the Earth. This is due to
a) larger orbital speed of Venus
b) the absence of atmosphere around Venus
c) absence of metallic rocks inside Venus
d) very slow rotation of Venus
4. The sum of the cubes of three successive integers is always divisible by
a) 4 b) 8 c) 9 d)12
5. The circles x+y = 400 and x+y-10x-24y+80=0 are in same plane. Which of the following statement is true?
a) They do not touch each other
b) They intersect each other in two points.
c) They touch each other externally
d) They touch each other internally
6. A 40 Kg slab S rests on frictionless floor and a 10 Kg block B rests on the top of the slab. The coefficient of friction between them is µs =0.45 and µk=0.4. If the force applied on the block is 75N, the accelerations of the slab and the block respectively are ( g= 10 ms?2).
a) 3.5 ms-2 ,1.0 ms-2 b) 1.0 ms-2 , 1.0 ms-2 c) 3.5 ms-2, 3.5 ms-2 d) 1.0ms-2, 3.5 ms-2
7. Sun spots are used in the study of
a) rotation of the Sun
b) size of the Sun
c) variation in the luminosity of Sun
d) variation in the gravitational field around the Sun.
8. Five (5) parallel lines in a plane are intersected by set of four (4) parallel lines. The number of parallelogram is
a) 12 b)20 c)25 d)60
9. A horizontal platform at rest starts ascending from the ground with a constant acceleration of . After 2 seconds a stone is thrown vertically upwards from the platform with aspeed of 2ms-1 relative to the platform. The maximum height from the ground attained by the stone is (g = 10 ms-2)
a) 2.8 m b) 2.2 m c) 2.4 m d) 2.6 m
10. The efficiency of carnot’s heat engine is 0.5 when the temperature of the source is T1 and that of sink is T2. The efficiency of another carnot’s heat engine is also 0.5. The possible temperature of the source and sink of the second engine are respectively.
a) T1 + 5, T2-5 b) T1 + 10, T2 – 10 c) 2T1 , 2T2 d) 2T1,2/T2
11. Two hypothetical stars A and B of same size have apparent magnitudes of – 4.5 and 1.5 and real magnitudes of 1.5 and -4.5 respectively. We conclude that
a) A is much hotter and closer to earth than B
b) B is much hotter and closer to earth than A
c) A is much hotter than B and B is much closer to earth than A
d) B is much hotter than A and A is much closer to earth than B
12. Apart from the earth, Aurora phenomena is observed on which of the following planet
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Mercury and
d) Jupiter
13. The figure shows a pressure vs temperature (P-T) graph for a given mass of an ideal gas undergoing a process from A toB. In this process, volume of the gas
a) is increasing
b)remains constant
c) is decreasing
d) cannot be predicted
14. The International Space Station (ISS) launched in 1998 its satellite orbiting earth with perigee at 422 km and apogee at 425 km above mean sea level. Given mean radius of the earth is 6371 km and acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms-2 , the distance covered by ISS in one hour is about
a) 27500 km b) 766 km c) 4150 km d) 2660km.
15. There are two open organ pipes of exactly the same length and material but of different radii. Then,
a) narrower pipe has lower frequency
b) both the pipes have exactly the same frequency
c) wider pipe has lower frequency
d) either has lower frequency depending on the amplitude of sound waves.