AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
Alternating current can not be measured by ammeter because
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AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
Alternating current can not be measured by ammeter because
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Resonance, Bandwidth & Q Factor
In a circuit capacitance is changed from to . For the resonant frequency to remain unchaged, the inductance should be changed from to
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Series LCR Circuit
In an series circuit, the voltage across each of the components, and is . The voltage across the combination will be:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Atomic Models & Alpha-Particle Scattering
An -particle of energy is scattered through by a fixed uranium nucleus. The distance of closest approach is of the order of
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Centripetal Acceleration & Force
Which of the following statements is FALSE for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular speed?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
The resistance of the series combination of two resistances is When they are joined in parallel the total resistance is If then the minimum possible value of is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
An electric current is passed through a circuit containing two wires of the same material, connected in parallel. If the lengths and radii are in the ratio of and , then the ratio of the current passing through the wires will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
The total current supplied to the circuit by the battery is

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrical Power & Heating Effect
The electrochemical equivalent of a metal is per Coulomb. The mass of the metal liberated at the cathode when a current is passed for seconds will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrical Power & Heating Effect
The thermo of a thermocouple varies with temperature of the hot junction as in volts where the ratio is If the cold junction is kept at then the neutral temperature is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
The Kirchhoff's first law and second law where the symbols have their usual meanings, are respectively based on
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
A material has twice the specific resistance of A circular wire made of has twice the diameter of a wire made of . Then for the two wires to have the same resistance, the ratio of their respective lengths must be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
Thermistors are usually made of
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge
In a meter bridge experiment null point is obtained at , from one end of the wire when resistance is balanced against another resistance If , then where will be the new position of the null point from the same end, if one decides to balance a resistance of against
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
The work function of a substance is The longest wavelength of light that can cause photo- electron emission from this substance is approximately.
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
According to Einstein's photoelectric equation, the plot of the kinetic energy of the emitted photo electrons from a metal the frequency of the incident radiation gives a straight line whose slope
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law
A coil having turns and resistance is connected with a galvanometer of resistance This combination is moved in time seconds from a magnetic field weber to weber. The induced current in the circuit is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotating Conductors & AC Generator
A metal conductor of length rotates vertically about one of its ends at angular velocity radians per second. If the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is then the developed between the two ends of the conductor is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotating Conductors & AC Generator
In a uniform magnetic field of induction a wire in the form of a semicircle of radius rotates about the diameter of the circle with an angular frequency The axis of rotation is perpendicular to the field. If the total resistance of the circuit is the mean power generated per period of rotation is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Momentum & Radiation Pressure
A radiation of energy falls normally on a perfectly reflecting surface. The momentum transferred to the surface is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Speed of EM Waves in a Medium
An electromagnetic wave of frequency passes from vacuum into a dielectric medium with permittivity Then
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law
Two spherical conductors and having equal radii and carrying equal charges on them repel each other with a force when kept apart at some distance. A third spherical conductor having same radius as that of but uncharged is brought in contact with then brought in contact with and finally removed away from both. The new force of repulsion between and is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law
Four charges equal to - are placed at the four corners of a square and a charge is at its center. If the system is in equilibrium the value of is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
A charged particle is shot towards another charged particle which is fixed, with a speed . It approaches upto a closest distance and then returns. If were given a speed of the closest distance of approach would be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion of Charges in an Electric Field
A charged oil drop is suspended in a uniform field of so that it neither falls nor rises. The charge on the drop will be (Take the mass of the charge and )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Gravitational Potential & Energy
If is the acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface, the gain in the potential energy of an object of mass raised from the surface of the earth to a height equal to the radius of the earth is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
A satellite of mass revolves around the earth of radius at a height from its surface. If is the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth, the orbital speed of the satellite is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
The time period of an earth satellite in circular orbit is independent of
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
Suppose the gravitational force varies inversely as the nth power of distance. Then the time period of a planet in circular orbit of radius around the sun will be proportional to
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Conduction
The temperature of the two outer surfaces of a composite slab, consisting of two materials having coefficients of thermal conductivity and and thickness and respectively, are and The rate of heat transfer through the slab, in a steady state is with equal to

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien
If the temperature of the sun were to increase from to and its radius from to , then the ratio of the radiant energy received on earth to what it was previously will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Connected Bodies & Pulleys
Two masses and tied to a string are hanging over a light frictionless pulley. What is the acceleration of the masses when left free to move?

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Friction on an Incline
A block rests on a rough inclined plane making an angle of with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between the block and the plane is If the frictional force on the block is the mass of the block (in ) is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Hysteresis, Soft Iron vs Steel & Shielding
The materials suitable for making electromagnets should have
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Materials & Curie Law
Curie temperature is the temperature above which
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Vibration Magnetometer
The length of a magnet is large compared to its width and breadth. The time period of its oscillation in a vibration magnetometer is The magnet is cut along its length into three equal parts and these parts are then placed on each other with their like poles together. The time period of this combination will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Elastic Potential Energy
A wire fixed at the upper end stretches by length by applying a force The work done in stretching is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Equations of Kinematics
An automobile travelling with speed of 60 km/h, can brake to stop within a distance of 20 m. If the car is going twice as fast, i.e 120 km/h, the stopping distance will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion Under Gravity
A ball is released from the top of a tower of height h meters. It takes T seconds to reach the ground. What is the position of the ball in seconds?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Ampere's Law, Cylinders, Solenoid & Toroid
A current ampere flows along an infinitely long straight thin walled tube, then the magnetic induction at any point inside the tube is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
A long wire carries a steady current. It is bent into a circle of one turn and the magnetic field at the centre of the coil is It is then bent into a circular loop of turns. The magnetic field at the center of the coil will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
The magnetic field due to a current carrying circular loop of radius at a point on the axis at a distance of from the centre is What will be its value at the center of loop?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Force on Current-Carrying Conductors
Two long conductors, separated by a distance carry current and in the same direction. They exert a force on each other. Now the current in one of them is increased to two times and its direction is reversed. The distance is also increased to . The new value of the force between them is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Nuclear Fission & Fusion
The binding energy per nucleon of deuteron and helium nucleus is and respectively. If two deuteron nuclei react to form a single helium nucleus, then the energy released is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Nucleus: Composition, Size & Nuclear Force
A nucleus disintegrated into two nuclear parts which have their velocities in the ratio of The ratio of their nuclear sizes will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Damped, Forced Oscillations & Superposition
In forced oscillation of a particle the amplitude is maximum for a frequency of the force while the energy is maximum for a frequency of the force; then
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Damped, Forced Oscillations & Superposition
A particle of mass is attached to a spring (of spring constant ) and has a natural angular frequency An external force proportional to is applied to the oscillator. The time displacement of the oscillator will be proportional to
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy in SHM
The total energy of particle, executing simple harmonic motion is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Simple Pendulum
The bob of a simple pendulum executes simple harmonic motion in water with a period while the period of oscillation of the bob is in air. Neglecting frictional force of water and given that the density of the bob is What relationship between and is true
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
A particle at the end of a spring executes with a period . While the corresponding period for another spring is . If the period of oscillation with the two springs in series is then
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Comparing Two Projectiles
A projectile can have the same range 'R' for two angles of projection. If T1 and T2 be the time of flights in the two cases, then the product of the two time of flights is directly proportional to
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions
A ball is thrown from a point with a speed ν0 at an angle of projection θ. From the same point and at the same instant person starts running with a constant speed to catch the ball. Will the person be able to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of projection θ?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Lenses
A plano convex lens of refractive index and radius of curvature is silvered at the curved surface. Now this lens has been used to form the image of an object. At what distance from this lens an object be placed in order to have a real image of size of the object
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Total Internal Reflection
A light ray is incident perpendicularly to one face of a prism and is totally internally reflected at the glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is , we conclude that the refractive index

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Angular Momentum & its Conservation
A solid sphere is rotating in free space. If the radius of the sphere is increased keeping mass same which one of the following will not be affected?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
One solid sphere and another hollow sphere are of same mass and same outer radii. Their moment of inertia about their diameters are respectively and such that
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy Bands in Solids
The manifestation of band structure in solids is due to
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
A piece of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to the resistance of
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
When transistor is used as an amplifer
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
For a transistor amplifier in common emitter configuration for load impedance of and the current gain is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →P-N Junction Diode
When junction diode is forward biased then
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles
If two soap bubbles of different radii are connected by a tube
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation
Two thermally insulated vessels and are filled with air at temperatures volume and pressure respectively. If the valve joining the two vessels is opened, the temperature inside the vessel at equilibrium will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law
Which of the following statements is correct for any thermodynamic system?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Specific Heats of Gases - Cp, Cv, γ & Mayer's Relation
One mole of ideal monatomic gas is mixed with one mole of diatomic gas . What is for the mixture? Denotes the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure, to that at constant volume
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Calorimetry, Latent Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Time taken by a heater to heat one litre of water from to is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
Which one of the following represents the correct dimensions of the coefficient of viscosity?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Vector (Cross) Product
If , then the angle between A and B is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Viscosity & Stokes' Law
Spherical balls of radius are falling in a viscous fluid of viscosity with a velocity The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Progressive Wave Equation
The displacement of a particle in a medium can be expressed as, where is in second and in meter. The speed of the wave is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Polarisation
The angle of incidence at which reflected light is totally polarized for reflection from air to glass (refractive index ) is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths
The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit-separation equal to twice the wavelength in Young's double-slit experiment, is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Conservation of Energy
A uniform chain of length is kept on a table such that a length of hangs freely from the edge of the table. The total mass of the chain is What is the work done in pulling the entire chain on the table?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Power
A body of mass accelerates uniformly from rest to in time . The instantaneous power delivered to the body as a function of time is given by
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Work by a Constant Force
A force is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin to the point The work done on the particle in joules is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Work by a Constant Force
A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to the velocity of the particle, the motion of the particles takes place in a plane. It follows that
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Work by a Variable Force
A particle moves in a straight line with retardation proportional to its displacement. Its loss of kinetic energy for any displacement is proportional to
Answer: (c)
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