AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
The r.m.s. value of potential difference V shown in the figure is

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Answer: (c)
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AC Basics: Peak, RMS & Average Values
The r.m.s. value of potential difference V shown in the figure is

Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →RL and RC Series Circuits
A coil has resistance 30 ohm and inductive reactance 20 ohm at 50 Hz frequency. If an ac source, of 200 volt, 100 Hz, is connected across the coil, the current in the coil will be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
Out of the following which one is not a possible energy for a photon to be emitted by hydrogen atom according to Bohr's atomic model?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Transitions, Photon Emission & Excitation
An electron in the hydrogen atom jumps from excited state n to the ground state. The wavelength so emitted illuminates a photosensitive material having work function 2.75 eV. If the stopping potential of the photoelectron is 10 V, then the value of n is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrical Power & Heating Effect
A thermocouple of negligible resistance produces an e.m.f. of 40 µV/ºC in the linear range of temperature. A galvanometer of resistance 10 ohm whose sensitivity is 1 µA/division, is employed with the thermocouple. The smallest value of temperature difference that can be detected by the system will be
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
In the circuit shown in the figure, if the potential at point A is taken to be zero, the potential at point B is

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation
The threshold frequency for a photosensitive metal is 3.3 1014 Hz. If light of frequency 8.2 1014 Hz is incident on this metal, the cut- off voltage for the photoelectron emission is nearly
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Potential & Equipotentials
The electric potential V at any point (x, y, z), all in metres in space is given by V = 4x2 volt. The electric field at the point (1, 0, 2) in volt/meter, is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electrostatic Potential Energy
Three charges, each +q, are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle ABC of sides BC and AC, 2. D and E are the mid points of BC and CA. The work done in taking a charge Q from D to E is

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Escape Velocity
A particle of mass m is thrown upwards from the surface of the earth, with a velocity u. The mass and the radius of the earth are, respectively, M and R. G is gravitational constant and g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth. The minimum value of u so that the particle does not return back to earth, is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Gravitational Potential & Energy
A particle of mass M is situated at the centre of a spherical shell of same mass and radius a. The magnitude of the gravitational potential at a point situated at a/2 distance from the centre, will be:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Friction Basics
A conveyor belt is moving at a constant speed of 2 ms 1. A box is gently dropped on it. The coefficient of friction between them is = 0.5. The distance that the box will move relativce to belt before coming to rest on it, taking g = 10 m s2,, is
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Field of a Magnet & Magnet in a Uniform Field
A short bar magnet of magnetic moment 0.4 J T is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.16 T. The magnet is in stable equilibrium when the potential energy is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Distance, Displacement & Average Speed
A particle covers half of its total distance with speed v1 and the rest half distance with speed v2. Its average speed during the complete journey is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Biot-Savart Law & Circular Coils
Charge q is uniformly spread on a thin ring of radius R. The ring rotates about its axis with a uniform frequency Hz. The magnitude of magnetic induction at the center of the ring is
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Force on Current-Carrying Conductors
A square loop, carrying a steady current , is placed in a horizontal plane near a long straight conductor carrying a steady current 1 at a distance d from the conductor as shown in figure. The loop will experience

Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Moving Coil Galvanometer, Ammeter & Voltmeter
A galvanometer of resistance, G, is shunted by a resistance S ohm. To keep the main current in the circuit unchanged, the resistance to be put in series with the galvanometer is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Law of Radioactive Decay
Two radioactive nuclei P and Q, in a given sample decay into a stable nucleus R. At time t = 0. number of P species are 4 N0 and that of Q are N0. Half -life of P (for conversion to R) is 1 minute where as that of Q is 2 minutes. Initially there are no nuclei of R present in the sample. When number of nuclei of P and Q are equal, the number of nuclei of R present in the sample would be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Periodic Motion & SHM Basics
Two particles are oscillating along two close parallel straight lines side by side, with the same frequency and amplitudes. They pass each other, moving in opposite directions when their displacement is half of the amplitude. The mean positions of the two particles lie on a straight line perpendicular to the paths of the two particles. The phase difference is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Projectile Basics & Trajectory
A projectile is fired at an angle of 45o with the horizontal. Elevation angle of the projectile at its highest point as seen from the point of projection, is
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Prism, Dispersion & Scattering
A thin prism of angle 15° made of glass of refractive index 1 = 1.5 is combined with another prism of glass of refractive index 2 = 1.75. The combination of the prisms produces dispersion without deviation. The angle of the second prism should be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Spherical Surfaces & Thin Lenses
A converging beam of rays is incident on a diverging lens. Having passed through the lens the rays intersect at a point 15 cm from the lens on the opposite side. If the lens is removed the point where the rays meet will move 5 cm closer to the lens. The focal length of the lens is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Angular Momentum & its Conservation
A small mass attached to a string rotates on a frictionless table top as shown. If the tension in the string is increased by pulling the string causing the radius of the circular motion to decrease by a factor of 2, the kinetic energy of the mass will

Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors
Pure Si at 500 K has equal number of electron (ne) and hole (nh) concentrations of 1.5 1016 m. Doping by indium increases nh to 4.5 1022 m. The doped semiconductor is of
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →P-N Junction Diode
In the following figure, the diodes which are forward biased, are
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Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Special Purpose Diodes
A Zener diode, having breakdown voltage equal to 15 V, is used in a voltage regulator circuit shown in figure. The current through the diode is
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Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
A mass of diatomic gas at a pressure of 2 atmospheres is compressed adiabatically so that its temperature rises from 27oC to 927oC. The pressure of the gas in the final state is
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Applications of Dimensional Analysis
The density of a material in CGS system of units is 4 g cm. In a system of units in which unit of length is 10 cm and unit of mass is 100 g, the value of density of material will be
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
Two identical piano wires, kept under the same tension T have a fundamental frequency of 600 Hz. The fractional increase in the tension of one of the wires which will lead to occurrence of 6 beats/s when both the wires oscillate together would be
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Collisions
A mass m moving horizontally (along the x-axis) with velocity collides and sticks to a mass of 3m moving vertically upwards (along the y-axis) with velocity 2. The final velocity of the combination is
Answer: (b)
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