AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
In an a.c. circuit . The time required for the current to achieve its peak value will be
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AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
In an a.c. circuit . The time required for the current to achieve its peak value will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →LC Oscillations
In the given circuit, when is closed, the capacitor gets fully charged. Now is open and is closed. Then

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In an A.C. circuit, the potential difference ' ' and current 'I' are given respectively by The power dissipated in the circuit will be [Given ]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum
The radius of innermost orbit of hydrogen atom is . The radius of fourth allowed orbit of hydrogen atom is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy of the Electron & Energy Levels
In the third orbit of hydrogen atom the energy of an electron ' '. In the fifth orbit of helium the energy of an electron will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitors in DC Circuits & RC
A circuit having a self inductance of 1 henry carries a current of 1 A. To prevent the sparking when the circuit is broken, a capacitor which can withstand 500 V is connected across the switch. What is the minimum value of the capacitance of the capacitor?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Centripetal Acceleration & Force
A particle is performing uniform circular motion along the circumference of the circle of diameter 1 m with frequency 4 Hz. The acceleration of the particle in is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Non-Uniform Circular Motion
A particle at rest starts moving with a constant angular acceleration of in a circular path. The time at which magnitudes of its centripetal acceleration and tangential acceleration will be equal, is (in second)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
A galvanometer of resistance ' ' is shunted by resistance of 'S' ohm. To keep the main current in the circuit unchanged the resistance to be put in series with Galvanometer is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge
The resistances in the left and right gap of a metre bridge are and respectively. When the bridge is balanced, the distance of the null point from the centre of the wire towards left is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
When a metallic surface is illuminated with a radiation of wavelength ' ', the stopping potential is ' '. If the same surface is illuminated with radiation of wavelength ' ', the stopping potential is ' '. The threshold wavelength for the surface is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
The work function of metal ' ' and ' ' are in the ratio . If light of frequency ' ' and ' ' is incident on surface ' ' and ' ' respectively, then the ratio of kinetic energies of emitted photo electrons is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotating Conductors & AC Generator
A bicycle wheel of radius ' ' has ' ' spokes. It is rotating at the rate of ' ' r.p.m. perpendicular to the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field . The e.m.f. induced between the rim and the centre of the wheel is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Self-Inductance & Energy
The magnetic energy stored in an inductor of inductance carrying a current of 2 A is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
A uniformly charged conducting sphere of diameter 14 cm has surface charge density of . The total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere is nearly (Permittivity of free space SI unit)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Potential & Equipotentials
The electrostatic potential inside a charged spherical ball is given by where ' r ' is the distance from its centre and ' ' and ' ' are constants. The volume charge density of the ball is [ permittivity of free space
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
90 J of work is done to move an electric charge of magnitude 3 C from a place A, where potential is -10 V to another place B, where potential is ' ' volt. The value of is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
Three charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure. For what value of charge ' ', the electrostatic potential energy of the system is zero?

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Bernoulli's Equation
A streamline flow of a liquid of density ' ' is passing through a horizontal pipe of crosssectional area and at two ends. If the pressure of liquid is ' P ' at a point where flow speed is ' ', then pressure at another point where the flow of speed becomes 3 v is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Bernoulli's Equation
Glycerine of density is flowing in conical shaped horizontal pipe. Crosssectional area of the pipe at its both ends is and respectively. Pressure difference at both the ends is . Rate of flow of liquid in the pipe is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
The height above the earth's surface at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes times the value at the surface is ( radius of earth)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Gravitational Field
The magnitude of gravitational field at distance ' ' and ' ' from the centre of a uniform sphere of radius ' ' and mass ' ' are ' ' and ' ' respectively. The ratio ' ' will be (if and )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien
The frequency ' ' corresponding to which the energy emitted by a black body is maximum may vary with the temperature ' ' of the body as shown by the curves ' A ', ' B ', ' C ' and ' D ' in the figure. Which one of these represents the correct variation?

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Mean Free Path & Real Gases
At S.T.P., the mean free path of gas molecule is 1500 d, where ' ' is diameter of molecule. What will be the mean free path at 373 K at constant volume?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Connected Bodies & Pulleys
Two identical blocks each of mass ' M ' attached to the ends of a massless inextensible string which passes over a pulley with a fixed axis as shown below. A small mass ' ' is now placed on the block B. The acceleration with which the two blocks move together is [g = gravitational acceleration]

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Vibration Magnetometer
At certain place a magnet makes 30 oscillations per minute. At another place if the magnetic induction is increased by two times the magnetic induction at first place, then the time period of same magnet will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Graphs of Motion
The acceleration of a moving body can be found from
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
Two identical current carrying coils with same centre are placed with their planes perpendicular to each other. If current and radius of the coil is , then magnetic field at centre is equal to ( permeability of free space)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole
The magnetic field at the centre of a current carrying circular coil of area ' ' is ' '. The magnetic moment of the coil is ( permeability of free space)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Damped, Forced Oscillations & Superposition
A particle is performing simple harmonic motion and if the oscillations are damped oscillations then the angular frequency is given by
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Simple Pendulum
Choose the correct answer. When a point of suspension of pendulum is moved vertically upward with acceleration ' ', its period of oscillation
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
Three masses and 100 g are suspended at the end of spring as shown in figure and are in equilibrium. When the 500 g mass is removed, the system oscillates with a period of 3 second. When the 300 g mass is also removed it will oscillate with a period of

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Lenses
Two thin lenses have a combined power of +9D. When they are separated by a distance of 20 cm, their equivalent power becomes . The power of both the lenses in dioptre are respectively
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Optical Instruments & the Eye
The telescopes, for a given wavelength, the objectives with large aperture are used for
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Reflection & Mirrors
A plane mirror produces a magnification of
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
An annular ring has mass 10 kg and inner and outer radii are 5 m and 10 m respectively. Its moment of inertia about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy Bands in Solids
In semiconductors at room temperature,
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
In an NPN transistor electrons enter the emitter in and electrons recombine with holes in base. The current ratios ' ' and ' ' of a transistor are respectively (nearly)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Logic Gates
The logic circuit in figure is equivalent to
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Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles
The pressure inside a soap bubble A is 1.01 atmosphere and that in a soap bubble B is 1.02 atmosphere. The ratio of volume of to that of 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 (Molecular wt. of is 32 and 2 respectively)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →P-V Diagrams & Cyclic Processes
The P-V graph of an ideal gas, cycle is shown. The adiabatic process is described by the region

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
One mole of an ideal gas at an initial temperature of ' ' does ' ' of work adiabatically. If the ratio of specific heats of this gas at constant pressure and at constant volume is , the final temperature of gas will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermometry & Thermal Expansion
Railway track is made of steel segments separated by small gaps to allow for linear expansion. The segment of track is 10 m long when laid at temperature . The maximum temperature that can be reached is . Increase in length of the segment of railway track is ' ' . The value of ' ' is steel
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
A wire under tension 225 N produces 6 beats per second when it is tuned with a fork. When the tension changes to 256 N, it is again tuned with the same tuning fork, the number of beats remain unchanged. The frequency of tuning fork will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
An air column in a closed organ pipe vibrating in unison with a fork, produces second overtone. The vibrating air column has
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Progressive Wave Equation
Two simple harmonic progressive waves have displacements and What is the phase difference between two waves?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Progressive Wave Equation
Velocity of sound waves in air is . For a particular sound wave in air, path difference of 40 cm is equivalent to phase difference of . The frequency of this wave is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
In a Young's double slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the holes is covered by a red filter and another by a blue filter. In this case
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
The intensity of light coming from one of the slits in Young's double slit experiment is double the intensity from the other slit. The ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity in the interference fringe pattern observed is
Answer: (b)
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