AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
A group of lamps having total power rating of is supplied by an AC voltage of , the rms value of current flowing through the circuit is
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Answer: (b)
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AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
A group of lamps having total power rating of is supplied by an AC voltage of , the rms value of current flowing through the circuit is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →AC Generator & Transformer
The number of turns in the primary and the secondary of a transformer are 1000 and 3000, respectively. If is applied to the primary coil of the transformer, then the potential difference per turn of the secondary coil would be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In a circuit the inductive reactance is equal to the resistance in the circuit. An emf is applied to the circuit. The power consumed in the circuit is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Pure R, L and C Circuits
At a particular angular frequency, the reactance of capacitor and that of inductor is same. If the angular frequency is doubled, the ratio of the reactance of the capacitor to that of the inductor will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum
When an electron is excited from its 4 th orbit to 5 th stationary orbit, the change in the angular momentum of electron is approximately.
(Planck's constant )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
An excited hydrogen atom emits a photon of wavelength in returning to ground state. The quantum number of the excited state is ( Rydberg's constant)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Capacitors
In the given figure, the equivalent capacitance between points A and B is

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Dielectrics
In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, the distance between the plates is changed and the space is filled with dielectric constant 8. The capacity of the capacitor is increased 16 times, the distance between the plates is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Centripetal Acceleration & Force
A stone is projected at angle with velocity . If it executes nearly a circular motion at its maximum point for short time, then the radius of the circular path will be ( acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
Only of the total current in the circuit passes through a galvanometer. If the resistance of the galvanometer is , then the shunt resistance connected to the galvanometer is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Potentiometer
A long wire of resistance is connected in series with a battery of emf (negligible internal resistance) and a resistance of . The potential gradient along the wire is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
When radiations of wavelength is incident on a metallic surface the stopping potential required is . If same surface is illuminated with radiations of double the wavelength, then required stopping potential becomes , then the value of threshold wavelength for the surface is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Photons: Energy, Momentum & Radiation Pressure
Dual nature of light is exhibited by
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Motional EMF
A conductor long is moves with a speed perpendicular to a field of strength . The emf induced in the conductor is (Given: )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotating Conductors & AC Generator
A metal disc of radius rotates with an angular velocity about an axis perpendicular to its plane passing through its centre in a magnetic field of induction acting perpendicular to the plane of the disc. The magnitude of induced emf between the rim and axis of the disc is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Dipole
The work done in rotating a dipole placed parallel to the electric field through is W. So, the work done in rotating it through is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
In the electric field due to a charge , a charge moves from point to . The work done is ( permittivity of vacuum)

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Velocity of Efflux (Torricelli)
There is hole of area at the bottom of a cylindrical vessel. Water is filled to a height and water flows out in second. If water is filled to a height , it will flow out in time (in second)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
If two planets have their radii in the ratio and densities in the ratio , then the acceleration due to gravity on them are in the ratio
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
A mine is located at depth below earth's surface. The acceleration due to gravity at that depth in mine is ( radius of earth, acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Conduction
Which one of the following is based on convection?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Pressure & Kinetic Energy of a Gas
A gas at pressure is contained in a vessel. If the masses of all the molecules are halved and their velocities are doubled, then the resulting pressure would be equal to
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Apparent Weight & Lift
A spring balance is attached to the ceiling of a lift. A man hangs his bag on the spring and the spring balance reads , when the lift is stationary. If the lift moves downward with an acceleration of , the reading of the spring balance will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Hysteresis, Soft Iron vs Steel & Shielding
Magnetic shielding is done by surrounding the instrument to be protected from magnetic field by
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Equations of Kinematics
Two bodies and start from the same point at the same instant and move along a straight line. Body moves with uniform acceleration and body moves with uniform velocity . They meet after time . The value of is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion Under Gravity
A small steel ball is dropped from a height of into a glycerine jar. The ball reaches the bottom of the jar after it was dropped. If the retardation is , the height of the glycerine in the jar is about (acceleration due to gravity )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
A circular current carrying coil has radius . The magnetic induction at the centre of the coil is . The magnetic induction of the coil at a distance from the centre along the axis is . The ratio is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole
The ratio of magnetic field at the centre of the current carrying circular loop and magnetic moment is . When both the current and radius are doubled, then the ratio will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
A mass is suspended from a light spring. An additional mass added extends the spring further by a distance . Now, the combined mass will oscillate on the spring with period
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
Under the influence of force the body oscillates with a period and due to another force body oscillates with period . If both forces acts simultaneously, then the resultant period is (consider displacement is same in all three cases)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Prism, Dispersion & Scattering
A ray of light passes through an equilateral prism such that the angle of incidence is equal to angle of emergence . The angle of emergence is equal to th the angle of prism. The angle of deviation is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses
The radii of curvature of both the surfaces of a convex lens of focal length and power are equal. One of the surfaces is made by plane grinding. The new focal length and focal power of the lens is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
Four identical uniform solid spheres each of same mass and radius are placed touching each other as shown in figure with centres are the moment of inertia of these spheres respectively about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane, then

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinetic Energy, Work & Power
A thin uniform of mass and length is hinged at one end to the ground level. Initially the rod stands vertically and is allowed to fall freely to the ground in the vertical plane. The angular velocity of the rod when its end strikes the ground is ( acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
Doping of a semiconductor (with small impurity atoms) generally changes the resistivity as follows.
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Logic Gates
The Boolean expression for the following combination is
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Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rectifiers & Filters
If the maximum efficiency of a full wave rectifier is and that of half-wave rectifier is , then the relation between and is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Surface Energy & Work Done
If work done in blowing a soap bubble of volume is , then the work done in blowing the bubble of volume from same soap is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Degrees of Freedom & Internal Energy
The internal energy of a monoatomic ideal gas molecule is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation
A sample of oxygen gas and a sample of hydrogen gas both have the same mass, same volume and the same pressure. The ratio of their absolute temperature is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law
A carnot engine operates with source at and sink at . If the source supplies of heat energy, the work done by the engine is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
For an adiabatic process, which one of the following is wrong statement?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
When two tuning forks are sounded together, 5 beats per second are heard. One of the forks is in unison with length of sonometer wire and the other is in unison with length of the same wire. The frequencies of the two tuning forks are
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
A closed pipe and an open pipe have their first overtone equal in frequency. Then, the lengths of these pipe are in the ratio
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Progressive Wave Equation
The equation of a progressive wave is . The ratio of maximum particle velocity to wave velocity is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Reflection, Superposition & Interference
A transverse wave strike against a wall,
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Diffraction at a Single Slit
Light of wavelength is incident normally on a slit. The first minimum of the diffraction pattern is observed to lie at a distance of from the central maximum on a screen placed at a distance of from the slit. The width of the slit is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
Of the two slits producing interference in Young's experiment, one is covered with glass so that light intensity passing is reduced to . Which of the following is correct?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions
The path difference between two identical light waves at a point on the screen is . If wavelength of the waves is , then at point there is
Answer: (d)
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