Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
If the power factor changes from 0.5 to 0.25 because impedance changes from to then . The value of x is (Resistance remains constant)
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Answer: (b)
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Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
If the power factor changes from 0.5 to 0.25 because impedance changes from to then . The value of x is (Resistance remains constant)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Pure R, L and C Circuits
Same current is flowing in two different a.c. circuits. First circuit contains only inductance and second contains only capacitance. If the frequency of a.c. is increased in both circuits, the current will
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
In hydrogen atom, transition from the state to results in ultraviolet radiation. Infrared radiation will be obtained in the transition
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitors in DC Circuits & RC
A capacitor is charged to 10 V. The battery is then disconnected and a pure 10 mH coil is connected across the capacitor so that LC oscillations are set up. The maximum current in the coil is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Charge Sharing & Loss of Energy
Two capacitors of and are connected in parallel. If the potential difference across is 20 V and across is 40 V, then the common potential of the parallel combination will be (same polarities of the capacitor connected together)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Centripetal Acceleration & Force
Two stones of masses m and 3 m are whirled in horizontal circles, the heavier one in a radius and lighter one in a radius r. The tangential speed of lighter stone is ' ' times the value of heavier stone. When the magnitude of centripetal force becomes equal the value of is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Conical Pendulum & Funnel
An inextensible string of length ' ' fixed at one end, carries a mass ' ' at the other end. If the string makes revolutions per second around the vertical axis through the fixed end, the tension in the string is [The string makes an angle with the vertical]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Conical Pendulum & Funnel
A particle describes a horizontal circle on smooth inner surface of a cone as shown in figure. If the height of the circle above the vertex is 10 cm. The speed of the particle is , acceleration due to gravity

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Level Road & Rotating Platform
A motor cyclist has to rotate in horizontal circles inside the cylindrical wall of inner radius ' ' metre. If the coefficient of friction between the wall and the tyres is ' ', then the minimum speed required is ( acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Potentiometer
Two cells of e.m.f.s and are connected as shown in figure.

When the potentiometer is connected between A and B, the balancing length of the potentiometer wire is 3.60 m. On connecting the potentiometer between A and C, the balancing length is 0.90 m. The ratio is
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The length of a potentiometer wire is ' '. A cell of e.m.f. ' ' is balanced at a length from the positive end of the wire. If the length of the original wire is increased by , then using the same cell null point is obtained at
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
Electron beam when accelerated by a voltage of 10 kV, has a de-Broglie wavelength ' '. If the voltage is increased to 20 kV then the deBroglie wavelength associated with the electron beam would be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
Graph shows variation of stopping potential with frequency of incident radiation on a metal plate. The value of Planck's constant is [ charge on photoelectron]

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Inductors, LR & LC Circuits
Two identical coils of inductance joined in series are placed very close to each other such that the winding direction of one coil is exactly opposite to that of the other. The net inductance is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law
A coil of n turns and resistance is connected in series with resistance . The combination is moved for time second through magnetic flux to . The induced current in the circuit is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law
A coil of ' ' turns and area ' ' is suddenly removed from a magnetic field, a charge ' ' flows through the coil. If resistance of the coil is ' ' then the magnetic flux density is (in )
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law
Three charges ' ', ' ' and ' ' are placed in a straight line of length ' ' at points at distances and respectively. The value of Q in order to have the net force on +q to be zero, . The value of is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Dipole
Out of the following molecules the one which represents the polar molecule is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
Two point charges and are placed 10 cm apart in air. The work required to be done to bring them 2 cm closer is
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Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Archimedes' Principle & Floatation
A solid cylinder of length and cross-sectional area is immersed such that it floats with its axis vertical at the liquid-liquid interface with length in the denser liquid as shown in figure. The lower density liquid ( ) is open to atmosphere having pressure . The density d of solid cylinder is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
The gravitational pull of the moon is of the earth and mass of moon is th of the earth. This implies that the
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution
Six molecules of a gas in container have speeds , and . The r.m.s. speed is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution
Select the correct statement.
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
Two current carrying identical coils are kept as shown in figure. The magnetic field at centre ' O ' is ( N and R represent the number of turns and radius of each coil respectively, permeability of free space)

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole
In hydrogen atom, an electron of charge 'e' revolves in an orbit of radius ' ' with speed ' '. The magnetic moment associated with electron is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole
The relation between magnetic moment of a current carrying circular coil and length (L) of the wire used is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Radioactive Decays: Alpha, Beta, Gamma
A radioactive element emits two particles, one electron and two positrons. The product nucleus is represented by . The value of is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy in SHM
A particle is executing S.H.M. of amplitude ' '. When the potential energy of the particle is half of its maximum value during the oscillation, its displacement from the equilibrium position is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy in SHM
An object of mass 0.2 kg executes simple harmonic oscillations along the x -axis with frequency of . At the position , the object has kinetic energy 1 J and potential energy 0.6 J. The amplitude of oscillation is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Periodic Motion & SHM Basics
The motion of the particle is given by the equation .
The motion of the particle is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Time of Flight, Maximum Height & Range
A body when projected at an angle ' ' with the horizontal reaches a maximum height ' '. The time of flight of the body will be ( acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Refraction, Glass Slab & Apparent Depth
Select the correct statement.
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses
A convex lens of refractive index 1.5 has power 3D. It is placed in a liquid of refractive index 2. The new power of the lens is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics
What is the linear velocity if angular velocity and radius ?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
By increasing the temperature, the specific resistance of a conductor and a semiconductor respectively
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Special Purpose Diodes
characteristics of LED is shown correctly by graph
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Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Special Purpose Diodes
I - V characteristics of photodiode for different illumination intensities and are drawn as follows. Then the maximum intensity among them is
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Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Splitting & Merging of Drops
The energy needed for breaking a liquid drop of radius ' ' into 216 droplets, each of radius ' ' is ' ' times . The value of ' ' is [ surface tension of the liquid].
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Surface Energy & Work Done
The amount of work done in blowing a soap bubble such that its diameter increases from to is ( surface tension of soap solution)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
During thermodynamic process, the increase in internal energy of a system is equal to the done on the system. Which process does the system undergo?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
A polyatomic gas at pressure P, having volume ' ' expands isothermally to a volume ' 3 V ' and then adiabatically to a volume ' 24 V '. The final pressure of gas is (for moderate temperature changes)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Calorimetry, Latent Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
A stationary object at and weighing 3.5 kg falls from a height of 2000 m on snow mountain at . If the temperature of the object just before hitting the snow is and the object comes to rest immediately then the quantity of ice that melts is (Acceleration due to gravity , Latent heat of ice )
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Errors in Measurement
The pressure on a square plate is measured by measuring the force acting on the plate and length of the sides of the plate. The maximum error in the measurement of force and length are respectively and , the percentage error in the measurement of pressure is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
Two sound waves travelling in the same direction have displacement and .
How many times, a listener can hear sound of maximum intensity in one second?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Doppler Effect
If a source emitting waves of frequency ' ' moves towards an observer with a velocity and the observer moves away from the source with a velocity , the apparent frequency as heard by the observer will be ( velocity of sound)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
An open organ pipe is closed such that the third overtone of the closed pipe is found to be higher in frequency by 200 Hz than the second overtone of the original pipe. The fundamental frequency of the open pipe is (Neglect end correction)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings
The fundamental frequency of sonometer wire is ' '. If the tension and length are increased 3 times and diameter is increased twice, the new frequency will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
In Young's double slit experiment, the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the path difference is is ' '. The intensity at a point where the path difference is is wavelength of light
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Superposition, Coherence & Intensity
In Young's double slit experiment, the light of wavelength ' ' is used. The intensity at a point on the screen is ' I ' where the path difference is . If ' ' denotes the maximum intensity then the ratio of ' ' to ' I ' is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Work by a Constant Force
A particle is displaced from point to a point under a constant force . The work done by the force in this process is
Answer: (d)
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