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KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX

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Chemistry

  1. 1For a orbital, the number of radial and angular nodes, respectively, are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  2. 2Among the following compounds, the one which does NOT produce nitrogen gas upon heating is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  3. 3is precipitated when is added to a solution of . If the final concentration of is , the concentration of in the solution is [Solubility prod05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  4. 4Among the following, I II III IV V the antiaromatic compounds are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  5. 5The geometry and magnetic property of , respectively, are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  6. 6The major product formed in the following reaction is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  7. 7The enthalpy (H) of an elementary exothermic reaction is schematically plotted against the reaction coordinate. The plots in the presence an05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  8. 8A two-dimensional solid pattern formed by two different atoms and is shown below. The black and white squares represent atoms and , respecti05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  9. 9In the following reaction sequence and are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  10. 10Chlorine has two naturally occurring isotopes, and . If the atomic mass of is the ratio of natural abundance of and is closest to05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  11. 11A mineral consists of a cubic close-packed structure formed by ions where half the octahedral voids are occupied by and oneeighth of the tet05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  12. 12Among the -amino acids - threonine, tyrosine, methionine, arginine and tryptophan, those which contain an aromatic group in their side chain05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  13. 13When heated in air, brown copper powder turns black. This black powder would turn brown again when heated with05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  14. 14Upon reaction with followed by protonation, the compound that produces ethanol is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  15. 15The molecule which is NOT hydrolysed by water at is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  16. 16The number of stereoisomers possible for the following compound is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  17. 17The reaction is at equilibrium in a closed vessel at . The enthalpy change for the reaction is . Which one of the following actions would sh05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  18. 18Which of the following alkenes can generate optically active compounds upon hydrogenation? I II III IV05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  19. 19A constant current is passed for 1 hour through (i) aqueous , (ii) aqueous and (iii) molten , separately. The ratio of the mass of the metal05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  20. 20Among the following metals, the strongest reducing agent is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  21. 21A reaction has an activation energy of . The rate increases 10 -fold when the temperature is increased from to . The temperature is closest 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  22. 22In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions of chlorobenzene, the ortho/para-directing ability of chlorine is due to its05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  23. 23Which of the following is NOT an oxidationreduction reaction?05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  24. 24The thermal stability of alkaline earth metal carbonates- and , follows the order05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  25. 25has a half-life of 22 years with respect to radioactive decay . The decay follows two parallel paths : and . If the percentage of the two da05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  26. 26When a mixture of diborane and ammonia is heated, the final product is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  27. 27Among (i) , (ii) trans-[ , (iii) Cis-[Cr(en) , (iv) the optically active complexes are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  28. 28In the following reactions and are05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  29. 29A mixture of toluene and benzene boils at . Assuming ideal behaviour, the mole fraction of toluene in the mixture is closest to [Vapour pres05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  30. 30A system consisting of 1 mol of an ideal gas undergoes a reversible process, (schematically indicated in the figure below). If the temperatu05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)

Mathematics

  1. 1Let be positive integers such that and . Which of the following statements are true? I. 4 divides or 4 divides . II. 3 divides or 3 divides 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  2. 2The number of solution pairs of the simultaneous equations and is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  3. 3For how many different values of a does the following system have at least two distinct solutions?05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  4. 4Let be an acute scalene triangle, and and be its circumcentre and orthocenter respectively. Further let be the midpoint of OH. The value of 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  5. 5Let be a relation on the set of all natural numbers given by a R b a divides . Which of the following properties does satisfy? I. Reflexivit05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  6. 6Suppose are real numbers such that The maximum possible value of is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  7. 7One of the solutions of the equation lies in the interval05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  8. 8Let for Put and Then05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  9. 9Let and be two points in the plane with integer coordinates. Which one of the following is not a possible value of the distance between and 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  10. 10The parabola divides the disc into two regions with areas and . Then equals05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  11. 11The integer part of the number05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  12. 12The value of the limit is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  13. 13A solid hemisphere is mounted on a solid cylinder, both having equal radii. If the whole solid is to have a fixed surface area and the maxim05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  14. 14Define , for all real , where Then05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  15. 15The number of real solutions of the equation 2sin which lie in the interval is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  16. 16If a fair coin is tossed 5 times, the probability that heads does not occur two or more times in a row is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  17. 17A shooter can hit a given target with probability . She keeps firing a bullet at the target until she hits it successfully three times and t05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  18. 18The quotient when is divided by is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  19. 19Consider the following events; Six fair dice are rolled and at least one die shows six. : Twelve fair dice are rolled and at least two dice 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  20. 20The fractional part of a real number is , where is the greatest integer less than or equal to . Let and be the fractional parts of and respe05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  21. 21The number of continuous functions that satisfy05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  22. 22Consider the following parametric equation of a curve ; for Which one of the following graphs represents the curve ?05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  23. 23Let be the region of the disc in the first quadrant. Then the area of the largest possible circle contained in is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  24. 24Let be the set of real numbers and be defined by , where is the greatest integer less than or equal to , and Which of the following statemen05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  25. 25Let be a fixed line segment in the plane. The locus of a point such that the triangle is isosceles, is (with finitely many possible exceptio05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  26. 26Let for Then the value of the integral is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  27. 27Let for all natural numbers . Then05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  28. 28Let , be real numbers such that . Then05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  29. 29Let be the set of real numbers and be given by . We now make the following assertions: I. There exists a real number such that for all II. T05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)

Physics

  1. 1If some charge is given to a solid metallic sphere, the field inside remains zero and by Gauss's law all the charge resides on the surface. 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  2. 2A carrot looks orange in colour because of the carotene molecule in it. This means that the carotene molecule absorbs light of wavelengths05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  3. 3The number of gas molecules striking per second per square meter of the top surface of a table placed in a room at and 1 atmospheric pressur05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  4. 4The figure of a centimeter scale below shows a particular position of the vernier calipers. In this position the value of shown in the figur05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  5. 5A neutron star with magnetic moment of magnitude is spinning with angular velocity about its magnetic axis. The electromagnetic power P radi05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  6. 6A rectangular region of dimensions $ {w} l( {w}05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  7. 7Force applied on a body is written as , where is a unit vector The vector is equal to05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  8. 8A star of mass (equal to the solar mass) with a planet (much smaller than the star) revolves around the star in a circular orbit. The veloci05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  9. 9A bird sitting on a single high tension wire does not get electrocuted because05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  10. 10An electron in an electron microscope with initial velocity enters a region of a stray transverse electric field . The time taken for the ch05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  11. 11On a pulley of mass M hangs a rope with two masses and tied at the ends as shown in the figure. The pulley rotates without any friction, whe05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  12. 12Two satellites and are revolving around a planet in the opposite sense in coplanar circular concentric orbits. At time , the satellites are 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  13. 13It was found that the refractive index of material of a certain prism varied as , where is the wavelength of light used to measure the refra05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  14. 14A thin piece of thermal conductor of constant thermal conductivity insulated on the lateral sides connects two reservoirs which are maintain05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  15. 15Using dimensional analysis the resistivity in terms of fundamental constants can be expressed as05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  16. 16Two bottles and have radii and and heights and respectively with and . These are filled with hot water at . Consider that heat loss for the 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  17. 17To calculate the size of a hydrogen anion using the Bohr model, we assume that its two electrons move in an orbit such that they are always 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  18. 18Which of the following plots represents schematically the dependence of the time period of a pendulum if measured and plotted as a function 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  19. 19Consider a bowl filled with water on which some black pepper powder have been sprinkled uniformly. Now a drop of liquid soap is added at the05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  20. 20A transverse wave of frequency and speed is traveling in the positive direction on a long string. At time the displacements at and at are an05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  21. 21Two circularly shaped linear polarisers are placed coaxially. The transmission axis of the first polarizer is at from the vertical while the05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  22. 22A square-shaped conducting wire loop of dimension moving parallel to the -axis approaches a square region of size $b(a05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  23. 23A parallel beam of light is incident on a tank filled with water up to a height of as shown in the figure below. Ultrasonic waves of frequen05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  24. 24The magnitude of acceleration of the electron in the orbit of hydrogen atom is and that of singly ionized helium atom is . The ratio is05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  25. 25A positive charge is placed at the center of a neutral hollow cylindrical conducting shell with its cross section as shown in the figure bel05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  26. 26A solid cube of wood of side and mass is resting on a horizontal surface as shown in the figure. The cube is free to rotate about a fixed ax05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  27. 27A particle of mass moves around the origin in a potential , where is the distance from the origin. Applying the Bohr model in this case, the05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  28. 28One mole of an ideal monatomic gas undergoes the following four reversible processes : Step1 : It is first compressed adiabatically from vol05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  29. 29A gas obeying the equation of state undergoes a hypothetical reversible process described by the equation, where and are dimensioned constan05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)
  30. 30One end of a rod of length is fixed to a point on the circumference of a wheel of radius . The other end is sliding freely along a straight 05 Nov, 2017 (SB/SX)

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are in the KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX paper?

This paper has 89 questions in total - 30 from Chemistry, 29 from Mathematics, and 30 from Physics.

2.Can I practise questions from just one subject?

Yes. Use the Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics tabs at the top of the page to jump directly to that subject's question set within this paper.

3.Where can I find the SA paper for the same year?

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4.What is the structure of the KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX paper?

The KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX paper on MARKS has 89 questions, organised by subject:

  • Chemistry: 30 questions - 30 single-correct.
  • Mathematics: 29 questions - 29 single-correct.
  • Physics: 30 questions - 30 single-correct.
5.Which chapters had the most questions in the KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX paper?

The chapters with the most questions in each subject were:

  • Chemistry: Hydrocarbons (4), Chemical Kinetics (3), and Coordination Compounds (2).
  • Mathematics: Area Under Curves (3), Basic of Mathematics (3), and Functions (3).
  • Physics: Atomic Physics (3), Thermodynamics (3), and Electrostatics (2).
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7.How should I use the KVPY 2017 5th November SB/SX paper to check my preparation?

Set a timer, attempt the 89 questions as you would in the exam, and only then open the answers. Note which subjects and chapters cost you the most marks, and revise those first using the chapter-wise practice for KVPY. Repeating this with other papers shows whether the same weak spots keep coming back.