Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In an A.C. circuit, the current flowing is ampere and the potential difference is volts. The power consumption is equal to
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Answer: (b)
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Power, Power Factor & Wattless Current
In an A.C. circuit, the current flowing is ampere and the potential difference is volts. The power consumption is equal to
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy of the Electron & Energy Levels
When a hydrogen atom is raised from the ground state to an excited state,
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy of the Electron & Energy Levels
The figure indicates the energy level diagram of an atom and the origin of six spectral lines in emission (e.g. line no. 5 arises from the transition from level to ). Which of the following spectral lines will occur in the absorption spectrum?

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Quantum Numbers, X-rays & Other Questions
The figure represents the observed intensity of X-rays emitted by an X-ray tube, as a function of wavelength. The sharp peaks and denote

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
An electron makes a transition from orbit to the orbit of a hydrogen atom. What is the wavelength of the emitted radiations? ( = Rydberg's constant)
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Capacitors in DC Circuits & RC
When the key is pressed at time , then which of the following statement about the current in the resistor of the given circuit is true?

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy Stored & Force between Plates
A capacitor is charged to . If its plates are joined through a resistance of , then heat produced in the resistance is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
Two wires of the same metal have same length, but their cross-sections are in the ratio . They are joined in series. The resistance of thicker wire is . The total resistance of the combination will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Combination of Resistors
In the network shown in the figure, each of the resistance is equal to . The resistance between the points and is

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrical Power & Heating Effect
A heating coil is labelled 100 W, 220 V. The coil is cut in half and the two pieces are joined in parallel to the same source. The energy now liberated per second is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
In good conductors of electricity, the type of bonding that exists is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
If we consider electrons and photons of same wavelength, then they will have same
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
An electron of mass , when accelerated through a potential difference , has de Broglie wavelength . The de Broglie wavelength associated with a proton of mass accelerated through the same potential difference, will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Motional EMF
A straight line conductor of length is moved with a speed of perpendicular to a magnetic field of intensity . The induced e.m.f. across the conductor is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law
A charge is placed at the centre of the line joining two exactly equal positive charges . The system of three charges will be in equilibrium, if is equal to
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Potential & Equipotentials
Two metallic spheres of radii and are given charges and respectively. If they are connected by a conducting wire, the final charge on the smaller sphere is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
There is an electric field in -direction. If the work done on moving a charge of through a distance of along a line making an angle with -axis is , then what is the value of ?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
The acceleration due to gravity and mean density of the earth are related by which of the following relations? (where is the gravitational constant and is the radius of the earth.)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Kepler's Laws & Planetary Motion
The earth (mass ) revolves around the sun with an angular velocity of in a circular orbit of radius . The force exerted by the sun on the earth, in newton, is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Satellites - Orbital Velocity & Period
Two particles of equal mass go around a circle of radius under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. The speed of each particle is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Conduction
Heat is flowing through two cylindrical rods of the same material. The diameters of the rods are in the ratio and the lengths in the ratio . If the temperature difference between the ends is same, then ratio of the rate of flow of heat through them will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Field of a Magnet & Magnet in a Uniform Field
The work done in turning a magnet of magnetic moment by an angle of from the meridian, is times the corresponding work done to turn it through an angle of . The value of is given by
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion Under Gravity
The water drop falls at regular intervals from a tap 5 m above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at that instant?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Velocity, Acceleration & Variable Motion
The acceleration of a particle is increasing linearly with time as . The particle starts from origin with an initial velocity . The distance travelled by the particle in time will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Law of Radioactive Decay
The count rate of a Geiger Muller counter for the radiation of a radioactive material of half-life of 30 minutes decreases to 5 after 2 hours. The initial count rate was
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Nuclear Fission & Fusion
The binding energies per nucleon for a deuteron and an -particle are and respectively. The energy released in the reaction
is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Nucleus: Composition, Size & Nuclear Force
The mass number of He is 4 and that of sulphur is 32. The radius of sulphur nucleus is larger than that of helium by the factor of
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Radioactive Decays: Alpha, Beta, Gamma
What is the respective number of and particles emitted in the following radioactive decay?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy in SHM
In a simple harmonic motion, when the displacement is one-half the amplitude, what fraction of the total energy is kinetic?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Simple Pendulum
A simple pendulum with a bob of mass oscillates from to and back to such that is . If the acceleration due to gravity is , then the velocity of the bob as it passes through is

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion in a Plane (2-D Kinematics)
The position vector of a particle is . The velocity of the particle is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Optical Instruments & the Eye
Exposure time of camera lens at setting is second. The correct time of exposure at is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses
A lens is placed between a source of light and a wall. It forms images of area and on the wall, for its two different positions. The area of the source of light is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration
The is a triangular plate of uniform thickness. The sides are in the ratio shown in the figure. and are the moments of inertia of the plate about and respectively. Which one of the following relations is correct?

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Torque, Couple & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
What is the torque of the force acting at the point about origin?
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Logic Gates
The following truth-table belongs to which one of the following four gates?
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Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Other / Mixed
Distance between body centred atom and a corner atom in sodium ( Å) is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →P-N Junction Diode
In the case of forward biasing of p-n junction, which one of the following figures correctly depicts the direction of flow of carriers?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law
An ideal Carnot engine, whose efficiency is 40%, receives heat at 500 K. If its efficiency is 50%, then the intake temperature for the same exhaust temperature is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Errors in Measurement
Percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error in the estimate of kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed will be
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
Which of the following is a dimensional constant?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
The dimensions of is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
A source of sound gives 5 beats per second, when sounded with another source of frequency . The second harmonic of the source, together with a source of frequency gives 5 beats per second. What is the frequency of the source?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings
The length of a sonometer wire is . Where should the two bridges be placed from to divide the wire in 3 segments whose fundamental frequencies are in the ratio of ?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Wave Basics & Properties of Sound
A hospital uses an ultrasonic scanner to locate tumours in a tissue. The operating frequency of the scanner is . The speed of sound in a tissue is . The wavelength of sound in the tissue is close to
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biprism, Thin Films & Other Devices
In a Fresnel biprism experiment, the two positions of lens give separation between the slits as 16 cm and 9 cm respectively. What is the actual distance of separation?
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Wave Theory, Wavefronts & Doppler Effect
A star, which is emitting radiation at a wavelength of 5000 Å, is approaching the earth with a velocity of . The change in wavelength of the radiation as received on the earth is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Potential Energy & Equilibrium
The potential energy between two atoms, in a molecule, is given by where and are positive constants and is the distance between the atoms. The atom is in stable equilibrium, when
Answer: (a)
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