Inductors & DC Transients (Mixed)
For the given circuit the current i through the battery when the key is closed and the steady state has been reached is __________.

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Answer: (c)
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Inductors & DC Transients (Mixed)
For the given circuit the current i through the battery when the key is closed and the steady state has been reached is __________.

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitors in DC Circuits & RC
A capacitor is connected to a 20 V battery through a resistance of 10. It is found that the potential difference across the capacitor rises to 2 V in 1 s. The capacitance of the capacitor is __________ F. Given:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
Two resistors R1 = (4 0.8) and R2 = (4 0.4) are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance of their parallel combination will be:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrical Power & Heating Effect
A uniform heating wire of resistance 36 is connected across a potential difference of 240 V. The wire is then cut into half and potential difference of 240V is applied across each half separately. The ratio of power dissipation in first case to the total power dissipation in the second case would be 1: x, where x is ____________
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Electrical Power & Heating Effect
Due to cold weather a 1 m water pipe of cross-sectional area 1 cm2 is filled with ice at C. Resistive heating is used to melt the ice. Current of 0.5A is passed through 4 k resistance. Assuming that all the heat produced is used for melting, what is the minimum time required? (Given latent heat of fusion for water/ice = 3.33 105 J kg, specific heat of ice = 2 103 J kg and density of ice = 103 kg/m3)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
The temperature of an ideal gas in 3-dimensions is 300 K. The corresponding de-Broglie wavelength of the electron approximately at 300 K, is:
[me = mass of electron = 9 1031 kg, h = Planck constant = 6.6 1034 Js, kB = Boltzmann constant = 1.38 1023 JK]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Motional EMF
A square loop of side 20 cm and resistance 1 is moved towards right with a constant speed v0. The right arm of the loop is in a uniform magnetic field of 5T. The field is perpendicular to the plane of the loop and is going into it. The loop is connected to a network of resistors each of value 4. What should be the value of v0 so that a steady current of 2 mA flows in the loop?

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Speed of EM Waves in a Medium
Electric field of plane electromagnetic wave propagating through a non-magnetic medium is given by
E = 20cos(2 1010 t 200x) V/m. The dielectric constant of the medium is equal to: (Take r = 1)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
A cube is placed inside an electric field, . The side of the cube is 0.5 m and is placed in the field as shown in the given figure. The charge inside the cube is:

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
Two satellites revolve around a planet in coplanar circular orbits in anticlockwise direction. Their period of revolutions are 1 hour and 8 hours respectively. The radius of the orbit of nearer satellite is 2 103 km. The angular speed of the farther satellite as observed from the nearer satellite at the instant when both the satellites are closest is where x is ____________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
Four particles each of mass M, move along a circle of radius R under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction as shown in figure. The speed of each particle is:

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Pressure & Kinetic Energy of a Gas
The average translational kinetic energy of N2 gas molecules at .............C becomes equal to the K.E. of an electron accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 0.1 volt. (Given kB = 1.38 1023 J/K) (Fill the nearest integer).
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Answer: 500
Full solution and similar questions →Connected Bodies & Pulleys
A block of mass m slides on the wooden wedge, which in turn slides backward on the horizontal surface. The acceleration of the block with respect to the wedge is: Given m = 8 kg, M = 16 kg. Assume all the surfaces shown in the figure to be frictionless.

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Friction on an Incline
When a body slides down from rest along a smooth inclined plane making an angle of 30 with the horizontal, it takes time T. When the same body slides down from the rest along a rough inclined plane making the same angle and through the same distance, it takes time T, where is a constant greater than 1. The co-efficient of friction between the body and the rough plane is where x = __________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Inertia, First & Second Laws
An object of mass 'm' is being moved with a constant velocity under the action of an applied force of 2N along a frictionless surface with following surface profile.

The correct applied force vs distance graph will be:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Materials & Curie Law
Following plots show magnetization (M) vs magnetizing field (H) and magnetic susceptibility () vs temperature (T) graph:

Which of the following combination will be represented by a diamagnetic material?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Stress & Breaking Stress
A steel rod with y = 2.0 1011 Nm−2 and = 10−5 1 of length 4 m and area of cross-section 10 cm2 is heated from 0 C to 400C without being allowed to extend. The tension produced in the rod is x 105 N where the value of x is ____________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Magnetic Field of Straight Wires
There are two infinitely long straight current carrying conductors and they are held at right angles to each other so that their common ends meet at the origin as shown in the figure given below. The ratio of current in both conductor is 1: 1. The magnetic field at point P is ____________.

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Law of Radioactive Decay
The half life period of radioactive element x is same as the mean life time of another radioactive element y. Initially they have the same number of atoms. Then:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
A mass of 5 kg is connected to a spring. The potential energy curve of the simple harmonic motion executed by the system is shown in the figure. A simple pendulum of length 4 m has the same period of oscillation as the spring system. What is the value of acceleration due to gravity on the planet where these experiments are performed?

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Comparing Two Projectiles
The ranges and heights for two projectiles projected with the same initial velocity at angles 42 and 48 with the horizontal are R1, R2 and H1, H2 respectively. Choose the correct option:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Refraction, Glass Slab & Apparent Depth
A glass tumbler having inner depth of 17.5 cm is kept on a table. A student starts pouring water ( = 4/3) into it while looking at the surface of water from the above. When he feels that the tumbler is half filled, he stops pouring water. Up to what height, the tumbler is actually filled?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinetic Energy, Work & Power
A 2 kg steel rod of length 0.6 m is clamped on a table vertically at its lower end and is free to rotate in vertical plane. The upper end is pushed so that the rod falls under gravity, ignoring the friction due to clamping at its lower end, the speed of the free end of rod when it passes through its lowest position is ____________ ms______1. (Take g = 10 ms______2)
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
P-N Junction Diode
In the given figure, each diode has a forward bias resistance of 30 and infinite resistance in reverse bias. The current I1 will be:
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Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat, Work & First Law of Thermodynamics
The temperature of 3.00 mol of an ideal diatomic gas is increased by 40.0C without changing the pressure of the gas. The molecules in the gas rotate but do not oscillate. If the ratio of change in internal energy of the gas to the amount of workdone by the gas is . Then the value of x (round off to the nearest integer) is ___________. (Given R = 8.31 J mol K)
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Answer: 25
Full solution and similar questions →Errors in Measurement
A student determined Young's Modulus of elasticity using the formula . The value of g is taken to be 9.8 m/s2, without any significant error, his observations are as follows.

Then the fractional error in the measurement of Y is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
The width of one of the two slits in a Young's double slit experiment is three times the other slit. If the amplitude of the light coming from a slit is proportional to the slit-width, the ratio of minimum to maximum intensity in the interference pattern is x: 4 where x is ____________.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Spring & Elastic Energy
An engine is attached to a wagon through a shock absorber of length 1.5 m. The system with a total mass of 40,000 kg is moving with a speed of 72 kmh when the brakes are applied to bring it to rest. In the process of the system being brought to rest, the spring of the shock absorber gets compressed by 1.0 m. If 90% of energy of the wagon is lost due to friction, the spring constant is ____________ 105 N/m.
Numerical answer type. Work it out, then open the answer.
Answer: 16
Full solution and similar questions →Work-Energy Theorem
A body of mass 'm' dropped from a height 'h' reaches the ground with a speed of 0.8 . The value of work done by the air-friction is:
Answer: (a)
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