Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
When alternating current is passed through series circuit, the power factor is and , then the value of L is
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Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
When alternating current is passed through series circuit, the power factor is and , then the value of L is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Resonance, Bandwidth & Q Factor
An a.c. e.m.f. of peak value 230 V and frequency 50 Hz is connected to a circuit with and a capacitor all in series. The value of capacitance is ' ' for the current in the circuit to be maximum. The value of ' ' and maximum current are respectively ( )
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
Out of the following transitions in hydrogen atom, identify the transition which emits photons of highest frequency.
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitance of a Conductor
The graph shows the variation of voltage (v) across the plates of two parallel plate capacitos and versus increase of charge stored in them. Then

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Capacitors
Three capacitors each of capacitance ' C ' and breakdown voltage ' ' are connected in series. The capacitance and breakdown voltage of the series combination will be respectively
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Capacitors
A series combination of 10 capacitors, each of value ' ' is charged by a source of potential difference ' 4 V '. When another parallel combination of 8 capacitors, each of value ' ' is charged by a source of potential difference ' V ', it has the same total energy stored in it as in the first combination. The value of ' ' is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Banking of Roads & Bridges
A vehicle is moving with a constant speed of in a circular horizontal track of radius 20 m. A bob is suspended from the roof of a vehicle by a massless string. The angle made by the string with the vertical will be (acceleration due to gravity, )
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Banking of Roads & Bridges
A vehicle is moving with uniform speed along 3 different shaped roads as horizontal, concave and convex. The surface of road on which, the normal reaction on vehicle is maximum is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Centripetal Acceleration & Force
A body of mass 100 gram is tied to a spring of spring constant , while the other end of a spring is fixed. If the body moves in a circular path on smooth horizontal surface with constant angular speed then the ratio of extension in the spring to its natured length will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
The voltmeter has range 10 V and its internal resistance is . To increase the range of voltmeter to 15 V, the resistance which is to be connected is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge
In the given electrical network, the value of resistance ' ' when the current in the galvanometer will be zero, is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
When a photosensitive metal surface is illuminated with 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 photosensitive metal surface is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
From photoelectric effect experiment, select the correct statement.
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Lenz's Law, Eddy Currents & Induced Electric Field
A copper ring is held horizontally and a bar magnet is dropped through the ring with its length along the axis of the ring. The acceleration of the falling magnet while it is passing through the ring is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law
A coil of resistance is placed in a magnetic field. If the magnetic flux ' ' ( Wb) linked with the coil varies with time ' ' ( ) is , the current in the coil at will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law
The total charge induced in a conducting loop when it is moved in a uniform magnetic field depends on
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
Four charges and are enclosed by the Gaussian surface of radius 2 m. Net outward flux through the Gaussian surface is (in ) [ permittivity of free space]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Velocity of Efflux (Torricelli)
There are two identical small holes on the opposite side of a tank containing full of a liquid. The tank is open at the top. The difference in height between the two holes is ' '. As the liquid comes out of the two holes, the tank will experience a net horizontal force proportional to

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
Time period of a simple pendulum on earth's surface is ' T '. It time period becomes ' xT ' when taken to a height ' ' above earth's surface. The value of will be radius of earth)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
Two satellites P and Q go round a planet in circular orbits having radii ' ' and ' ' respectively. If the speed of satellite is ' ', the speed of the satellite will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien
If 120 J of thermal energy is incident on area , the amount of heat transmitted is 12 J, coefficient of absorption is 0.6, then the amount of heat reflected is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution
For a gas at a particular temperature on an average, the quantity which remains same for all molecules is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Pressure & Kinetic Energy of a Gas
The mean kinetic energy of the molecules of an ideal gas at is ' E '. The temperature at which the mean kinetic energy of its molecules will be ' ', is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Materials & Curie Law
Susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
A circular coil of wire consisting of ' ' tums each of radius 8 cm carries a current of 0.4 A. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of coil is . The value of ' ' is [Take SI unit]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
The wire loop PQRSP formed by joining two semicircular wire of radii and carries a current as shown. The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre ' O ' is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Radioactive Decays: Alpha, Beta, Gamma
is converted into by emission of alpha ( ) and beta ( ) particles. The number of alpha and beta particles emitted are respectively
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy in SHM
For a particle performing S.H.M.; the total energy is ' ' times the kinetic energy, when the displacement of a particle from mean position is , where A is the amplitude of S.H.M. The value of ' ' is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Lenses
Two thin lenses having as the radii of curved surfaces are kept coaxially together. Their power is proportional to
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
A solid sphere and thin walled hollow sphere have same mass and same material. Which of them have greater moment of inertia about their diameter?
[ moment of inertia of hollow sphere about an axis coinciding with its diameter, moment of inertia of solid sphere about an axis coinciding with its diameter]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinetic Energy, Work & Power
A solid sphere of mass ' ' and radius ' ' is rotating about its diameter. A solid cylinder of the same mass and same radius is also rotating about its geometrical axis with angular speed twice that of sphere. The ratio of kinetic energy of sphere to kinetic energy of cylinder will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Torque, Couple & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
If force acts along then the torque acting at that point is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
In a pure silicon crystal electron-hole concentration is per at 301 K. Now atoms of phosphorus are added per cubic metre. The new hole concentration in silicon is (in per )
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
In a common emitter transistor amplifier, the output voltage and input voltage have a phase difference of
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Rectifiers & Filters
If an alternating voltage is applied across a p-n junction diode in series with a load then
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rectifiers & Filters
If a centre tap transformer is used with two p-n junction diodes for full wave rectification then output voltage of rectifier with respect to each diode is (secondary voltage of transformer )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Angle of Contact & Capillarity
A capillary tube is taken from earth's surface to moon's surface. The rise of liquid column on the moon's surface is (acceleration due to gravity on the earth's surface is six times that of moon's surface)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Surface Energy & Work Done
A rectangular film of liquid is expanded from to . If the work done is , the surface tension of the liquid is (nearly)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
When an ideal gas is heated under constant pressure, then what percentage of given heat energy will be utilised in doing external work?
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
A gas undergoes a change in which its pressure ' P ' and volume ' V ' are related as constant, where n is a constant. If the specific heat of the gas in this change is zero, then the value of is ( adiabatic ratio)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermometry & Thermal Expansion
The temperature of a body on Kelvin scale is ' ' . When it is measured by a Fahrenheit thermometer, it is found to be ' x ' . The value of ' ' is (nearly)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Errors in Measurement
The period of oscillating simple pendulum is where length ' ' is 100 cm with error 1 mm. Period is 2 second. The time of 100 oscillations is measured by a stopwatch of least count 0.1s. The percentage error in gravitational acceleration ' g ' is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
An organ pipe has fundamental frequency 80 Hz. If its one end is closed, the frequencies produced will be (in Hz) (Neglect end correction)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Progressive Wave Equation
The equation of wave is , where ' ' is in micron, ' ' is in second and ' ' is in metre. The ratio of maximum particle velocity to the wave velocity of wave propagation is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Reflection, Superposition & Interference
A person standing between two parallel cliffs fires a gun and hears two echoes, first echo after 1 second and the second echo after 3 second. The distance between the two cliffs is (Velocity of sound )
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings
Two waves of same frequency ( n) are approaching each other with same velocity along the same linear path and interfere. The distance between two consecutive nodes is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Diffraction at a Single Slit
In a single slit diffraction pattern, identify the incorrect statement from the following.
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Resolving Power
Assuming human pupil to have radius of 0.25 cm and comfortable viewing distance of 25 cm, the minimum separation between the two objects that human eye can resolve at 500 nm wavelength is nearly
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions
In a Young's double slit experiment wavelength of light used is . The first order maxima and tenth order maxima fall at 14.50 mm and 16.75 mm from the particular reference point in the interference pattern respectively. If the wavelength is changed to then the position of zero order and tenth order maxima are respectively
[The other arrangements remaining same]
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Power
A body of mass 1 kg begins to move under the action of a time dependent force , where and are unit vectors along and axis. The power developed by above force at time second will be
Answer: (a)
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