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BITSAT 2015

Browse the complete Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics question set from the BITSAT 2015 paper, question by question. Each question shows a quick preview so you can jump straight to the topic or subject you want to revise. Click through to attempt the full question in practice mode, or head back to the paper-wise list to download the entire paper as a PDF.

This paper has 125 questions in total - 43 easy (34%), 65 moderate (52%) and 17 tough (14%). That's a fairly typical mix for this exam. By subject: Physics 25% easy, 55% moderate, 20% tough; Chemistry 50% easy, 40% moderate, 10% tough; Mathematics 29% easy, 60% moderate, 11% tough.

Chemistry questions were spread across 21 chapters, with Coordination Compounds (4), Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (3), and Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties (3) carrying the most weight. Mathematics questions were spread across 26 chapters, with Application of Derivatives (7), Differential Equations (3), and Probability (3) carrying the most weight. Physics questions were spread across 24 chapters, with Laws of Motion (3), Magnetic Effects of Current (3), and Motion In Two Dimensions (3) carrying the most weight.

Chemistry

  1. 1Which of the following pollutants is main product of automobiles exhaust?2015Air Pollution
  2. 2The disease caused the high concentration of hydrocarbon pollutants in atmosphere is/are2015Air Pollution
  3. 3The element, with atomic number will be2015Modern periodic table
  4. 4Which law of the thermodynamics helps in calculating the absolute entropies of various substances at different temperatures?2015Third law of thermodynamics
  5. 5The color of is2015Crystal Field Theory
  6. 6The metal present in vitamin is2015Vitamins
  7. 7Cobalt (60) isotope is used in the treatment of :2015Modern periodic table
  8. 8Polymer used in bullet proof glass is2015Classification of Polymers
  9. 9What is the correct increasing order of Bronsted bases?2015Theories of Acids and Bases
  10. 10The boiling point of alkyl halide are higher than those of corresponding alkanes because of2015Van Der Waals Forces, Hydrogen Bonding and Metallic Bonding
  11. 11Some salts containing two different metallic elements give test for only one of them in solution, such salts are2015Terminology of coordination compounds
  12. 12The carbylamine reaction is2015Preparation and Properties of Isocyanides
  13. 13Laughing gas is2015Nitrogen and Its Compounds
  14. 14The anthracene is purified by2015Purification of Organic Compounds
  15. 15The common name of is2015Nomenclature of coordination compounds
  16. 16The by product of Solvay-ammonia process is2015Compounds of Alkali Metals
  17. 17Semiconductor materials like Si and Ge are usually purified by2015Refining of Crude Metal
  18. 18Which of the following is a strong base?2015Periodic properties
  19. 19Ordinary glass is:2015Silicon and Its Compounds
  20. 20The prefix is2015IUPAC Nomenclature
  21. 21Which of the following is the most basic oxide?2015Tin and Lead Containing Compounds
  22. 22Which one of the following does not follow octate rule?2015Covalent and Co-ordinate Bonding
  23. 23Which of the following according to LeChatelier's principle is correct?2015Le chatelier's principle
  24. 24The efficiency of fuel cell is given by the expression, is2015Cells and Electrode Potential, Nernst Equation
  25. 25The mass of the substance deposited when one Faraday of charge is passed through its solution is equal to2015Cells and Electrode Potential, Nernst Equation
  26. 26The unit of rate constant for reactions of second order is2015Rate law and rate constant
  27. 27In a first order reaction with time the concentration of the reactant decreases2015Integrated rate laws
  28. 28The angle in molecule and angle in molecule is(in degree) respectively2015Phosphorus and Its Compounds
  29. 29The number of elements present in the d-block of the periodic table is2015Properties of D-block elements
  30. 30Which of the following represents hexadentate ligand?2015Terminology of coordination compounds
  31. 31Which one of given elements shows maximum number of different oxidation states in its compounds?2015F-Block elements
  32. 32is used in detecting.2015Identification of Basic Radicals
  33. 33A spontaneous reaction is impossible if2015Third law of thermodynamics
  34. 34Which one the following removes temporary hardness of water?2015Preparation and Properties of Water
  35. 35Graphite is a2015Carbon and Its Compounds
  36. 36Which of the following ionic substances will be most effective in precipitating the sulphur sol?2015Properties of colloidal solution
  37. 37Which of the following fluorides of xenon is impossible?2015Noble Gases
  38. 38Thomas slag is2015Compounds of Alkaline Earth Metals
  39. 39A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid?2015Nucleic Acids
  40. 40Which of the following molecule/ion has all the three types of bonds, electrovalent, covalent and co-ordinate:2015Covalent and Co-ordinate Bonding

Mathematics

  1. 1Preview not available - open to view this question.2015Exponential and logarithmic limits
  2. 2If is the complex cube root of unity, then the value of is2015Geometric Progression
  3. 3The root of the equation which has greater modulus is2015Conjugate, modulus and argument
  4. 4The value of upto n terms is2015Mixed Question on AP and GP
  5. 5The period of is2015Periodicity
  6. 6If a function is given by , then at2015Continuity
  7. 7If is the inverse of function and , then is equal to2015Differentiation of composite functions
  8. 8A bag contains coins. It is known that n of these coins have a head on both sides, whereas the remaining coins are fair. A coin is picked up2015Total Probability
  9. 9If is a differential function, then the solution of the differential equation is2015Homogeneous DE
  10. 10The area of the region and is2015Area bounded by two curves
  11. 11Universal set, What is equal to ?2015Questions on Venn Diagram
  12. 12If , then is equal to2015Sum and difference of angles
  13. 13If then the value of is2015Binomial Theorem for Negative Index
  14. 14Let and be three vectors satisfying and . If then equals2015Product of 2 vectors
  15. 15The total number of 4 -digit numbers in which the digits are in descending order, is2015Combination
  16. 16The line which is parallel to X-axis and crosses the curve at an angle of , is2015Tangent Normal
  17. 17In a , the lengths of the two larger sides are 10 and 9 units, respectively. If the angles are in , then the length of the third side can be2015Cosine Rule and Projection Formula
  18. 18The arithmetic mean of the data with frequencies is2015Statistics
  19. 19The mean square deviation of a set of n observation about a point is defined as The mean square deviations about -2 and 2 are 18 and 10 resp2015Statistics
  20. 20Let be the focus of the parabola and be the common chord of the circle and the given parabola. The area of is2015Chord of parabola
  21. 21The number of real roots of the equation e is2015Mean Value Theorem
  22. 22Minimise Subject to is a with number of constr2015Linear Programming
  23. 23A bag contains 3 red and 3 white balls. Two balls are drawn one by one. The probability that they are of different colours is.2015Total Probability
  24. 24Let M bea -singular matrix with . If adj , then the value of is2015Adjoint and its Properties
  25. 25Tangents are drawn from the origin to the curve Their points of contact lie on2015Tangent Normal
  26. 26The slope of the tangent to the curve cos is minimum at , then the value of is2015Tangent Normal
  27. 27Two lines are coplanar. Then, take value (s)2015Line in Space
  28. 28The eccentricity of an ellipse, with its centre at the origin, is . If one of the directrices is then the equation of the ellipse is:2015Equation of Ellipse
  29. 29The function has a local minimum at2015Maxima Minima
  30. 30If then is2015Formation of Differential Equation
  31. 31If and , then which one of the following is correct?2015Trigonometric and Inverse Trigonometric limits
  32. 32If a and bare non-zero roots of then the least value of is2015Relation between Roots and Coefficients
  33. 33If \(0<x< { }{2}\), then2015Maxima Minima
  34. 34The degree of the differential equation satisfying is2015Order and Degree
  35. 35Let be a polynomial of degree three satisfying and is a stationary point of If does not have an extremum at , then the value of is2015Maxima Minima
  36. 36The domain of the function2015Domain
  37. 37If the lines and be concurrent, then the points and2015Concurrency & Family of Lines
  38. 38Area of the circle in which a chord of length makes an angle at the centre, is2015Equation of Circle & its intercept
  39. 39If , then the value of is2015Basic Identities & T Ratios
  40. 40If complex number and 0 are vertices of equilateral triangle, then is equal to2015Geometry of Complex Number
  41. 41If . Then, is2015Questions on Symmetric Transitive and Reflexive Properties
  42. 42A line makes the same angle with each of the and -axes. If the angle , which it makes with Y-axis, is such that then equals2015Direction Cosines and Direction Ratios
  43. 43If in a binomial distribution , then equals2015Bernoulli Trial and Binomial Distribution
  44. 44Let be a function such that If is differentiable at , then which one of the following is incorrect?2015Continuity
  45. 45If binomial coefficients of three consecutive terms of are in , then the maximum value of is2015Harmonic Progression

Physics

  1. 1An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit around the earth with a speed equal to half the magnitude of the escape velocity from 2015Motion of satellite
  2. 2In figure, two blocks are separated by a uniform strut attached to each block with frictionless pins. Block weighs , block weighs , and the 2015Newton's laws of motion
  3. 3Two tuning forks with natural frequencies 340 Hz each move relative to a stationary observer. One fork moves away from the observer, while t2015Beats
  4. 4The displacement of a particle is given at time t, by: Then,2015Simple Harmonic Motion
  5. 5A ray parallel to principal axis is incident at from normal on concave mirror having radius of curvature . The point on principal axis where2015Mirror Formula, Reflection in Spherical Mirror
  6. 6A solid sphere of radius has a charge distributed in its volume with a charge density , where and are constants and is the distance from its2015Electric Field and Electric Field Lines
  7. 7A charged particle moving in a uniform magnetic field and losses of its kinetic energy. The radius of curvature of its path changes by2015Motion of Charged Particle in Magnetic Field
  8. 8Calculate the wavelength of light used in an interference experiment from the following data: Fringe width . Distance between the slits and 2015Interference of Light
  9. 9The masses of blocks and are and respectively. Between and , there is a constant frictional force and can slide on a smooth horizontal surfa2015Frictional force
  10. 10An elastic string of unstretched length and force constant is stretched by a small length . It is further stretched by another small length 2015Energy
  11. 11A body is thrown vertically upwards from A, the top of the tower, reaches the ground in time . If it is thrown vertically downwards from A w2015Motion Under Gravity
  12. 120.5 mole of an ideal gas at constant temperature kept inside a cylinder of length and crosssection area A closed by a massless piston. The c2015Conduction
  13. 13A conducting square loop is placed in a magnetic field with its plane perpendicular to the field. The sides of the loop start shrinking at a2015Induced Electric Field
  14. 14The beam of light has three wavelengths and with a total intensity of equally distributed amongst the three wavelengths. The beam falls norm2015Photoelectric Effect
  15. 15A square gate of size is hinged at its mid-point. A fluid of density fills the space to the left of the gate. The force F required to hold t2015Torque
  16. 16When X-rays strike a material, the photoelectrons from the shell are observed to move in a circle of radius in a magnetic field of tesla act2015Photoelectric Effect
  17. 17In CE transistor amplifier, the audio signal voltage across the collector resistance of is . If the base resistance is and the current ampli2015Junction Transistors
  18. 18At the corners of an equilateral triangle of side a (1 metre), three point charges are placed (each of ). If this system is supplied energy 2015Electric Potential and Potential Energy
  19. 19A vessel of volume 20L contains a mixture of hydrogen and helium at temperature of and pressure 2 atm. The mass of mixture is . Assuming the2015Thermodynamic Processes
  20. 20The resistance of a wire is . It is bent at the middle by and both the ends are twisted together to make a shorter wire. The resistance of t2015Resistance and Resistivity
  21. 21In a YDSE, the light of wavelength is used, which emerges in phase from two slits a distance apart. Atransparent sheet of thickness refracti2015Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  22. 22The position of a projectile launched from the origin at is given by at . If the projectile was launched at an angle from the horizontal, th2015Projectile motion
  23. 23Water is flowing on a horizontal fixed surface, such that its flow velocity varies with (vertical direction) as If coefficient of viscosity 2015Viscosity
  24. 24A load of mass m falls from a height h on to the scale pan hung from the spring as shown in the figure. If the spring constant is and mass o2015Spring force
  25. 25In an ore containing uranium, the ratio of to is 3. Calculate the àge of the ore, assuming that all the lead present in the ore is the final2015Radioactivity
  26. 26A direct current of is superposed on an alternating current flowing through the wire. The effective value of the resulting current will be2015Alternating Current, Voltage and Power
  27. 27A planoconvex lens fits exactly into a planoconcave lens. Their plane surface are parallel to each other. If the lenses are made of differen2015Combination of Lens and Mirrors
  28. 28A thin rod of length 41 and mass is bent at the points as shown in figure. What is the moment of inertia of the rod about the axis passes th2015Moment of inertia of rigid bodies
  29. 29One of the lines in the emission spectrum of has the same wavelength as that of the line of Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum. The electron2015Atomic Spectrum
  30. 30Two particles and having equal charges, after being accelerated through the same potential difference, enter a region of uniform magnetic fi2015Motion of Charged Particle in Magnetic Field
  31. 31A glass capillary tube of internal radius is immersed in water. The top end of the tube projected by above the surface of the water. At what2015Surface tension
  32. 32A particle of mass is projected at an angle of with the horizontal with a velocity of . After , explosion takes place and the particle is br2015Projectile motion
  33. 33A wide truck is moving with a uniform speed along a straight horizontal road. pedestrain starts to cross the road with a uniform speed when 2015Relative motion
  34. 34A neutron moving with speed v makes a head on collision with a hydrogen atom in ground state kept at rest. The minimum kinetic energy of the2015Collisions
  35. 35Vertical displacement of a plank with a body of mass \(m\) on it is varying according to law \(y= t+ {3} t\). The minimum value of \( \) for2015Simple Harmonic Motion
  36. 36A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance is connected to a battery and is charged to a potential difference . Another capacitor of capacita2015Grouping of capacitors
  37. 37In the circuit shown below, the ac source has voltage volt with The amplitude of the current will be nearest to2015AC Circuits
  38. 38A constant voltage is applied between the two ends of a uniform metallic wire. Some heat is developed in it. The heat developed is doubled i2015Electric Power and Heating Effect of Current
  39. 39The frequency of a sonometer wire is . When the weights producing the tensions are completely immersed in water, the frequency becomes and o2015Vibration of String
  40. 40A long straight wire along the -axis carries a current I in the negative -direction. The magnetic vector field at a point having coordinates2015Biot-Savart's Law and Ampere's Circuital Law

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are in the BITSAT 2015 paper?

This paper has 125 questions in total - 40 from Chemistry, 45 from Mathematics, and 40 from Physics.

2.Can I practise questions from just one subject?

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3.How is the BITSAT 2015 paper structured?

The BITSAT 2015 paper on MARKS has 125 questions, organised by subject:

  • Chemistry: 40 questions - 40 single-correct.
  • Mathematics: 45 questions - 45 single-correct.
  • Physics: 40 questions - 40 single-correct.
4.How difficult is the BITSAT 2015 paper?

Each question on MARKS carries a difficulty rating. Of the 125 rated questions in this paper, 43 (34%) are easy, 65 (52%) are medium and 17 (14%) are hard. Subject wise:

  • Chemistry: 20 easy, 16 medium, 4 hard
  • Mathematics: 13 easy, 27 medium, 5 hard
  • Physics: 10 easy, 22 medium, 8 hard
5.Which chapters were asked the most in the BITSAT 2015 paper?

The chapters with the most questions in each subject were:

  • Chemistry: Coordination Compounds (4), Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (3), and Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties (3).
  • Mathematics: Application of Derivatives (7), Differential Equations (3), and Probability (3).
  • Physics: Laws of Motion (3), Magnetic Effects of Current (3), and Motion In Two Dimensions (3).
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