Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In series LCR circuit R and impedance is . An rms voltage 210 V is applied across the circuit. The true power consumed in AC circuit is nearly
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Answer: (c)
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Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In series LCR circuit R and impedance is . An rms voltage 210 V is applied across the circuit. The true power consumed in AC circuit is nearly
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In an a.c. circuit containing in series the ratio of true power to apparent power is ( impedance of the circuit and R is the resistance)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Resonance, Bandwidth & Q Factor
The frequency at resonance for the circuit is

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum
The magnetic moment of electron due to orbital motion is proportional to ( principal quantum number)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Hydrogen Spectrum & Spectral Series
The frequencies for series limit of Balmer and Paschen series are ' ' and ' ' respectively. If frequency of first line of Balmer series ' ' then the relation between and is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitance of a Conductor
A capacitor of unknown capacity is connected across a battery of V volt. The charge stored in it is Q coulomb. When potential across the capacitor is reduced by volt, the charge stored in it becomes coulomb. The potential V is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Capacitors
Five capacitors, each of capacitance ' ' are connected as shown in the figure. The ratio of equivalent capacitance between P and R and the equivalent capacitance between P and Q is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Dielectrics
The function of a dielectric in a capacitor is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
In the following circuit, current through ACB if each resistance is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
Kirchhoff's voltage law and current law are based (respectively) on the conservation of
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
Let and represents kinetic energy of electron and photon respectively. If de-Broglie wavelength of a photon is twice the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron then is (speed of electron where C is the velocity of light)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
The graph shows the variation of photocurrent with anode potential for four different radiations. Let and are intensities and and be the frequencies for the curves and d respectively, then

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Motional EMF
A long rectangular conducting loop of width ' ', mass ' ' and resistance ' ' is placed partly in a perpendicular magnetic field ' B '. It is pushed downwards with velocity ' ' so that it may continue to fall freely. The velocity ' ' is

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Mutual Inductance
Two coils P and Q are kept near each other. When no current flows through coil P and current increases in coil Q at the rate , the emf in coil P is 12 mV. When coil Q carries no current and current of 1.5 A flows through coil P, the magnetic flux linked with the coil Q in mWb is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Self-Inductance & Energy
The plot of magnetic flux ' ' linked with the coil versus current ' I ' is as shown in figure for two inductors and . The self inductance of

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Field & Field Lines
The point charges and -q are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon ABCDEF as shown in figure. The electric field at the centre of hexagon ' ' due to the five charges at and F is twice the electric field at centre ' O ' due to charge +Q at E alone. The value of is

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
The depth at which acceleration due to gravity becomes is ( radius of earth, acceleration due to gravity) ( integer)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Newton's Law of Cooling
A calorimeter contains 10 g of water at . The temperature fall to in 10 min. When calorimeter contains 20 g of water at , it takes 15 min. for the temperature to become . The water equivalent at the calorimeter is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien
Two spherical black bodies have radii ' ' and ' '. Their surface temperatures are ' ' and ' '. If they radiate same power, then is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermal Radiation: Black Body, Stefan & Wien
A black sphere has radius whose rate of radiation is E at temperature T. If radius is made R / 2 and temperature 3T, the rate of radiation will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Equilibrium, Third Law & Frames
A mass ' M ' is suspended by a rope from a rigid support at point ' P ' as shown in figure. Another rope is tied at end ' Q ' and pulled horizontally with a force ' '. If the rope makes an angle ' ' with vertical then the tension in the string ' PQ ' is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Equations of Kinematics
A car moving at a speed ' v ' is stopped in a certain distance when the brakes produce a deceleration ' '. If the speed of the car is ' ', what must be the deceleration of the car to stop it in the same distance and in the same time?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Current Loop as a Magnetic Dipole
Two wires of equal lengths are bent in the form of a square and a circular loop. They are suspended in a uniform magnetic field and same current is passed through them. Torque experienced by
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
Lorentz magnetic force is acting on a particle of charge q moving with velocity in a magnetic field . The work done by this force on the charged particle is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Law of Radioactive Decay
A radio active element has rate of disintegration 8000 disintegrations per minute at a particular instant. After four minutes it becomes 2000 disintegrations per minute. The decay constant per minute is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Simple Pendulum
A simple pendulum is suspended from ceiling of a lift when lift is at rest its period is ' T '. With what acceleration ' ' should lift be accelerated upward in order to reduce the period to ' '? (take ' g ' as acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Spring Systems
A mass ' ' attached to a horizontal spring executes S.H.M. of amplitude . When the mass M passes through its mean position, then a smaller mass ' ' is placed over it and both of them move together with amplitude . The ratio is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Velocity & Acceleration in SHM
A particle is performing S.H.M. starting from extreme position. Graphical representation shows that between displacement and acceleration, there is a phase difference of
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses
Refractive index of a glass convex lens is 1.5. The radius of curvature of each of the two surfaces of the lens is 40 cm. The ratio of the power of the lens when immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.25 to that when placed in air is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Angular Momentum & its Conservation
A man standing on a turn-table is rotating at a certain angular frequency with his arms outstretched. He suddenly folds his arms. If his moment of inertia with folded arms is of that with outstretched arms, then his rotational kinetic energy will
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Rolling Motion
A solid sphere at rests rolls down an inclined plane of vertical height without sliding. Its speed on reaching the bottom of plane is ( acceleration due to gravity)
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics
A same torque is applied to a disc and a ring of equal mass and radii then
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
For a transistor, and are the current ratios, then the value of
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Logic Gates
In a certain 2 -inputs logic gate, when inputs and , then output . And also when inputs , then again output . The gate must be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →P-N Junction Diode
If p-n junction diode is forward biased, then
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Angle of Contact & Capillarity
When one end of the capillary is dipped in water, the height of water column is ' '. The upward force of 108 dyne due to surface tension is balanced by the force due to the weight of water column. The inner circumference of the capillary is (surface tension of water )
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Excess Pressure: Drops & Bubbles
Under isothermal conditions, two soap bubbles of radii and coalesce to form a big drop. The radius of the big drop is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Splitting & Merging of Drops
The work done in splitting a water drop of radius R into 64 droplets is ( surface tension of water)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →P-V Diagrams & Cyclic Processes
An ideal gas taken through a process ABCA as shown in figure. If the net heat supplied to gas in the cycle is 5 J, then the work done by the gas in process from C to A is

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
In the thermodynamic processes, which of the following statements is NOT true?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
Two cylinders A and B fitted with piston contain equal amount of an ideal diatomic gas at temperature T K. The piston of cylinder A is free to move while that of cylinder is held fixed. The same amount of heat is given to the gas in each cylinder. If the rise of temperature of the gas in A is , then the rise in temperature of the gas in B is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Errors in Measurement
In an experiment four quantities and s are measured with percentage and respectively. Quantity ' ' is calculated as follows
, the percentage error in ' A ' is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Scalar (Dot) Product
The vector sum of two forces and is perpendicular to their vector difference. Hence forces and are
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
The closed and open organ pipes have same length. When they are vibrating simultaneously in first overtone, they produce four beats. The length of open pipe is made half and that of the closed pipe is made two times the original. Now the number of beats produced if the two pipes are vibrating in their fundamental modes simultaneously is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Doppler Effect
When the observer moves towards a stationary source with velocity , the apparent frequency of emitted note is . When observer moves away from the source with velocity , the apparent frequency is . If V is the velocity of sound in air and then is equal to
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube
The fundamental frequency of an air column in a pipe closed at one end is 150 Hz. If the same pipe is open at both the end, the frequencies produced in Hz are
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Wave Basics & Properties of Sound
A musical instrument ' P ' produce sound waves of frequency ' ' and amplitude ' '. Another musical instrument ' ' produces sound waves of frequency ' ' The waves produced by ' P ' and ' ' have equal energies. If the amplitude of waves produced by ' P ' is ' ', the amplitude of waves produced by ' ' will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Polarisation
The polarising angle of transparent medium is ' '. Let the speed of light in the medium be ' v '. Then the relation between ' ' and ' ' is [ velocity of light in air]
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths
In Young's double slit experiment, in an interference pattern second minimum is observed exactly in front of one slit. The distance between the two coherent sources is ' ' and the distance between source and screen is ' '. The wavelength of light source used is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions
Graph shows the variation of fringe width ( X) versus distance of the screen from the plane of the slits (D) in Young's double slit experiment. (keeping other parameters same, distance between the slits). The wavelength of light used can be calculated as

Answer: (d)
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