RL and RC Series Circuits
An AC circuit contains resistance of and inductive reactance . The phase angle between current and potential difference will be
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Answer: (d)
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RL and RC Series Circuits
An AC circuit contains resistance of and inductive reactance . The phase angle between current and potential difference will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum
Using Bohr's model, the orbital period of electron in hydrogen atom in th orbit is ( permittivity of free space, Planck's constant, mass of electron and electronic charge)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy of the Electron & Energy Levels
The energy levels with transitions for the atom are shown. The transitions corresponding to emission of radiation of maximum and minimum wavelength are respectively

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Capacitors
Two capacitors of capacities and are connected in parallel. A third capacitor of capacity is connected in series with this combination. A battery of 12 V is connected across this combination. The charge on capacitor is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Centre of Mass of Discrete Particles
In system of two particles of masses and , the first particle is moved by a distance towards the centre of mass. To keep the centre of mass unchanged, the second particle will have to be moved by a distance
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Non-Uniform Circular Motion
A body is moving along a circular track of radius 100 m with velocity . Its tangential acceleration is , then its resultant acceleration will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Non-Uniform Circular Motion
A child starts running from rest along a circular track of radius with constant tangential acceleration a. After time he feels that slipping of shoes on the ground has started. The coefficient of friction between shoes and the ground is
[g = acceleration due to gravity]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
A milliammeter of resistance has a range . What will be the resistance used in series to convert it into voltmeter of range ?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
Two galvanometers and require currents of 4 mA and 7 mA, respectively to produce the same deflection of 20 divisions. If and are their sensitivities respectively, then
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Potentiometer
A 10 m long wire of resistance is connected in series with a battery of emf 3 V and a resistance of . The potential gradient along the wire in is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Potentiometer
Two cells having unknown emfs and are connected in potentiometer circuit, so as to assist each other. The null point obtained is at 490 cm from the higher potential end. When cell is connected, so as to oppose cell , the null point is obtained at 90 cm from the same end. The ratio of the emfs of two cells is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
If the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons in photoelectric effect is and the work-function for metal is , then stopping potential and threshold wavelength respectively are
[Planck's constant, -s]
[Velocity of light, ]
[Charge on electron ]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
The graph of stopping potential against frequency of incident radiation is plotted for two different metals and as shown in the graph. and are work-functions of and respectively, then

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Lenz's Law, Eddy Currents & Induced Electric Field
Metal rings and are lying in the same plane, where current I is increasing steadily. The induced current in metal rings is shown correctly in figure

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
Van de Graaff generator produces
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Escape Velocity
The escape velocity of a body from any planet, whose mass is six times the mass of earth and radius is twice the radius of earth will (v = escape velocity of a body from the earth's surface)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Escape Velocity
Earth has mass and radius . Moon has mass and radius . Distance between their centre is . A body of mass is placed on the line joining them at a distance from centre of the earth. To project the mass to escape to infinity, the minimum speed required is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution
The root mean square velocity of molecules of a gas is . What will be the root mean square velocity of the molecules, if the molecular weight is doubled and the absolute temperature is halved?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Bar Magnet & Magnetic Moment
A steel wire of length / has a magnetic moment . It is then bent into a semicircular arc. The new magnetic moment is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Materials & Curie Law
For a paramagnetic substance, the magnetic susceptibility is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetisation: B, H, M, χ & μ
A domain in a ferromagnetic substance is in the form of a cube of side . If it contains atoms and each atomic dipole has a dipole moment of , then the magnetisation of the domain is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Bulk Modulus & Compressibility
The compressibility of water is . Pressure of is applied on 100 mL volume of water. The change in the volume of water is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Elastic Potential Energy
A metal rod has length, cross-sectional area and Young's modulus as and , respectively. If the elongation in the rod produced is , then work done is proportional to
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
An electron moves in a circular orbit with uniform speed . It produces a magnetic field at the centre of the circle. The radius of the circle is [ permeability of free space, electronic charge]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Simple Pendulum
A bob of a simple pendulum has mass and is oscillating with an amplitude . If the length of the pendulum is , then the maximum tension in the string is acceleration due to gravity]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
A body of mass 64 g is made to oscillate turn by turn on two different springs and . Spring and has force constant and respectively. If and are period of oscillations of springs and respectively, then will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
Two bodies and of equal mass are suspended from two separate massles springs of force constant and , respectively. The bodies oscillate vertically such that their maximum velocities are equal. The ratio of the amplitudes of body to that of body is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Optical Instruments & the Eye
An object is clearly seen through an astronomical telescope of length 50 cm. The focal lengths of its objective and eye-piece respectively, can be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Optical Instruments & the Eye
By increasing the aperture of the objective lens, wavelength of light, focal length of the objective lens and the resolving power of an astronomical telescope respectively
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Prism, Dispersion & Scattering
A ray of light is incident at an angle on one face of a thin angled prism. The ray emerges normally from the other face. Refractive index of the glass prism is and angle of prism is . The value of is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
Three point masses, each of mass are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side . The moment of inertia of the system about an axis passing through one of the vertices and parallel to the side joining other two vertices, will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
Two circular loop and of radii and respectively are made from a uniform wire. Moment of inertia of about its axis is 3 times that of about its axis. The value of is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics
A rope is wound around a solid cylinder of mass 1 kg and radius 0.4 m. What is the angular acceleration of cylinder, if the rope is pulled with a force of 25 N? (Cylinder is rotating about its own axis.)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
In an intrinsic semiconductor, at an ordinary temperature, the correct relation between the number of electrons per unit volume and number of holes per unit volume .
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
A transistor having is connected in common emitter configuration. When the base current changes by 6 mA, then the change in collector current is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Angle of Contact & Capillarity
Water rises upto a height in a capillary tube on the surface of the earth. The value of will increase, if the experimental setup is kept in [ acceleration due to gravity]
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Surface Energy & Work Done
If the surface tension of a soap is then the work done in forming a soap film of will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
Let and be Stefan's constant and Wien's constant respectively, then dimensions of are
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
Let , where and are lengths. The physical quantity is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Vector Basics, Unit Vectors & Components
The angle subtended by the vector with the -axis is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Vector (Cross) Product
What is the angle between resultant of and .
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Terminal Velocity
Two spherical rain drops reach the surface of the earth with terminal velocities having ratio . The ratio of their surface area is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
A tuning fork produces 5 beats per second with a tuning fork of frequency 480 Hz. When a little wax is stuck to a prong of fork , the number of beats heard per second becomes 2. What is the frequency of tuning fork before the wax is stuck to it?
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
The fundamental frequency of a closed pipe is 400 Hz. If rd pipe is filled with water, then the frequency of 2nd harmonic of the pipe will be (neglect and correction)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Speed of Waves
A uniform metal wire has length , mass and density . It is under tension and is the speed of transverse wave along the wire. The area of cross-section of the wire is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings
At the poles, a stretched wire of a given length vibrates in unison with a tuning fork. At the equator, for same setting to produce resonance with same fork, the vibrating length of wire
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biprism, Thin Films & Other Devices
A graph is plotted between the fringe-width Z and the distance D between the slit and eye-piece, keeping other adjustment same. The correct graph is
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Polarisation
The Brewster's angle for the glass-air interface is . If a ray of light passing from air to glass strikes at an angle of incidence , then the angle of refraction is
Answer: (c)
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