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NEET 2013 Physics Paper

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These are the 83 physics questions of NEET 2013 that are in the Physics Circle question bank, arranged chapter by chapter. Tap an option to check your answer; every question links to its full solution.

Alternating Current 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q1NEET 2013Easy

AC Generator & Transformer

The primary of a transformer when connected to a dc battery of 10 Volt draws a current of 1 mA. The number of turns of the primary and secondary windings are 50 and 100 respectively. The voltage in the secondary and the current drawn by the circuit in the secondary are respectively

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Q2NEET 2013Easy

RL and RC Series Circuits

A coil of self-inductance L is connected in series with a bulb B and an AC source. Brightness of the bulb decreases when

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Atomic Structure 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q3NEET 2013Medium

Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum

An electron in hydrogen atom makes a transition n1 →\to n2 where n1 and n2 are principal quantum numbers of the two states. Assuming Bohr's model to be valid, the time period of the electron in the initial state is eight times that in the final state. The possible values of n1 and n2 are

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Q4NEET 2013Medium

Hydrogen Spectrum & Spectral Series

Ratio of longest wave lengths corresponding to Lyman and Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum is

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Current Electricity 6 questions · chapter PYQs

Q5NEET 2013Easy

Cells: EMF, Internal Resistance & Combinations

The internal resistance of a 2.1 V cell which gives a current of 0.2 A through a resistance of 10 Ω\Omega is

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Q6NEET 2013Medium

Combination of Resistors

A 12 cm wire is given a shape of a right angled triangle ABC having sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm as shown in the figure. The resistance between two ends (AB, BC, CA) of the respective sides are measured one by one. Their ratio is

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Q7NEET 2013Difficult

Electrical Power & Heating Effect

Ten identical cells connected in series are needed to heat a wire of length one meter and radius 'r' by 10oC in time 't'. How many cells will be required to heat the wire of length two meter of the same radius by the same temperature in time 't'?

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Q8NEET 2013Easy

Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature

A wire of resistance 4 Ω\Omega is stretched to twice its original length. The resistance of stretched wire would be

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Q9NEET 2013Medium

Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature

Two rods are joined end to end, as shown. Both have a cross-sectional area of 0.01 cm2. Each is 1 −-6

meter long. One rod is of copper with a resistivity of 1.7 ×\times 10 ohm-centimeter, the other is of iron −-5

with a resistivity of 10 ohm-centimeter.

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How much voltage is required to produce a current of 1 ampere in the rods?

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Q10NEET 2013Medium

Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge

The resistances of the four arms P, Q, R and S in a Wheatstone's bridge are 10 ohm, 30 ohm, 30 ohm and 90 ohm, respectively. The e.m.f. and internal resistance of the cell are 7 volt and 5 ohm respectively. If the galvanometer resistance is 50 ohm, the current drawn from the cell will be

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Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 5 questions · chapter PYQs

Q11NEET 2013Medium

Davisson-Germer, Uncertainty, Compton & X-Rays

A parallel beam of fast moving electrons is incident normally on a narrow slit. A fluorescent screen is placed at a large distance from the slit. If the speed of the electrons is increased, which of the following statements is correct?

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Q12NEET 2013Medium

Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength

The de-broglie wavelength of neutrons in thermal equilibrium at temperature T is

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Q13NEET 2013Medium

Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength

The wavelength λ\lambdae of an electron and λ\lambdap of a photon of same energy E are related by

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Q14NEET 2013Easy

Photoelectric Effect: Einstein's Equation

For photoelectric emission from certain metal the cutoff frequency is vv. If radiation of frequency 2ν\nu impinges on the metal plate, the maximum possible velocity of the emitted electron will be (m is the electron mass)

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Q15NEET 2013Easy

Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs

A source of light is placed at a distance of 50 cm from a photo cell and the stopping potential is found to be V0. If the distance between the light source and photo cell is made 25 cm, the new stopping potential will be:

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Electromagnetic Induction 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q16NEET 2013Easy

Rotating Conductors & AC Generator

A wire loop is rotated in a magnetic field. The frequency of change of direction of the induced e.m.f. is

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Electromagnetic Waves 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q18NEET 2013Medium

Electromagnetic Spectrum & Atmosphere

The condition under which a microwave oven heats up a food item containing water molecules most efficiently is

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Q19NEET 2013Easy

Speed of EM Waves in a Medium

An electromagnetic wave of frequency ν=3.0\nu = 3.0 MHz passes from vaccum into a dielectric medium with relative permittivity εr\varepsilon_r = 4.0. Then

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Electrostatics 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q20NEET 2013Easy

Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law

A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. The system of the three charges will be in equilibrium if q is equal to

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Q21NEET 2013Medium

Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law

Two pith balls carrying equal charges are suspended from a common point by strings of equal length, the equilibrium separation between them is r. Now the strings are rigidly clamped at half the height. The equilibrium separation between the balls now becomes

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Q22NEET 2013Easy

Electric Dipole

An electric dipole of dipole moment p is aligned parallel to a uniform electric field E. The energy required to rotate the dipole by 90o is

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Q23NEET 2013Easy

Electric Potential & Equipotentials

A, B and C are three points in a uniform electric field. The electric potential is

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Fluid Dynamics 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q24NEET 2013Medium

Bernoulli's Equation

A fluid is in streamline flow across a horizontal pipe of variable area of cross section. For this which of the following statements is correct?

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Gravitation 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q25NEET 2013Easy

Escape Velocity

The radius of a planet is twice the radius of earth. Both have almost equal average mass densities. VP and VE are escape velocities of the planet and the earth, respectively, then

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Q26NEET 2013Medium

Escape Velocity

A particle of mass 'm' is kept at rest at a height 3R from the surface of earth, where 'R' is radius of earth and 'M' is mass of earth. The minimum speed with which it should be projected, so that it does not return back, is

(g is acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth)

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Q27NEET 2013Easy

Gravitational Potential & Energy

A body of mass 'm' is taken from the earth's surface to the height equal to twice the radius (R) of the earth. The change in potential energy of body will be

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Q28NEET 2013Medium

Gravitational Potential & Energy

Infinite number of bodies, each of mass 2 kg are situated on x-axis at distance 1 m, 2 m, 4 m, 8 m,..., respectively, from the origin. The resulting gravitational potential due to this system at the origin will be

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Kinetic Theory of Gases 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q29NEET 2013Medium

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

In a vessel, the gas is at pressure P. If the mass of all the molecules is halved and their speed is doubled, then the resultant pressure will be

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Laws of Motion 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q30NEET 2013Medium

Circular Motion (Related PYQs)

A car is moving in a circular horizontal track of radius 10 m with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A bob is suspended from the roof of the car by a light wire of length 1.0 m. The angle made by the wire with the vertical is

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Q31NEET 2013Easy

Connected Bodies & Pulleys

Three blocks with masses m, 2m and 3m are connected by strings, as shown in the figure. After an upward force F is applied on block m, the masses move upwards at constant speed v. What is the net force on the block of mass 2m? (g is the acceleration due to gravity)

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Q32NEET 2013Medium

Friction on an Incline

The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination θ\theta is perfectly smooth while lower half is rough. A block starting from rest at the top of the plane will again come to rest at the bottom, if the coefficient of friction between the block and lower half of the plane is given by

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Magnetic Properties of Materials 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q33NEET 2013Easy

Bar Magnet & Magnetic Moment

A bar magnet of length ′l′'l' and magnetic dipole moment 'M' is bent in the form of an arc as shown in figure. The new magnetic dipole moment will be

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Q34NEET 2013Easy

Field of a Magnet & Magnet in a Uniform Field

A bar magnet of magnetic moment M is placed at right angles to a magnetic induction B. If a force F is experienced by each pole of the magnet, the length of the magnet will be

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Q35NEET 2013Easy

Field of a Magnet & Magnet in a Uniform Field

A current loop in a magnetic field

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Mechanical Properties of Solids 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q36NEET 2013Medium

Wire Combinations & Special Cases

If the ratio of diameters, lengths and Young's modulus of steel and copper wires shown in the figure are p, q and s respectively, then the corresponding ratio of increase in their lengths would be

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Q37NEET 2013Easy

Young's Modulus & Elongation

The following four wires are made of the same material. Which of these will have the largest extension when the same tension is applied?

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Motion in One Dimension 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q38NEET 2013Easy

Motion Under Gravity

A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances h1, h2 and h3 in the first 5 seconds, the next 5 seconds and the next 5 seconds respectively. The relation between h1, h2 and h3 is

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Q39NEET 2013Medium

Velocity, Acceleration & Variable Motion

The displacement 'x' (in meter) of a particle of mass 'm' (in kg) moving in one dimension under the action of a force, is related to time 't' (in sec) by t = x+3\sqrt{x} + 3. The displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero, will be

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Moving Charges and Magnetism 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q40NEET 2013Easy

Force on Current-Carrying Conductors

A circular coil ABCD carrying a current 'i' is placed in a uniform magnetic field. If the magnetic force on the segment AB is F⃗\vec{F}, the force on the remaining segment BCDA is

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Q41NEET 2013Medium

Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field

A long straight wire carries a certain current and produces a magnetic field 2 ×\times 10−-4 Wb m−2{}^{-2} at a perpendicular distance of 5 cm from the wire. An electron situated at 5 cm from the wire moves with a velocity 107 m/s towards the wire along perpendicular to it. The force experienced by the electron will be (charge on electron 1.6 ×\times 10−-19 C)

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Q42NEET 2013Medium

Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field

When a proton is released from rest in a room, it starts with an initial acceleration aa0 towards west. When it is projected towards north with a speed vv0 it moves with an initial acceleration 3aa0 towards west. The electric and magnetic fields in the room are

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Nuclear Physics 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q43NEET 2013Easy

Law of Radioactive Decay

The half life of a radioactive isotope 'X' is 20 years. It decays to another element 'Y' which is stable. The two elements 'X' and 'Y' were found to be in the ratio 1: 7 in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock is estimated to be

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Q44NEET 2013Easy

Mass Defect & Binding Energy

How does the Binding Energy per nucleon vary with the increase in the number of nucleons?

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Q45NEET 2013Easy

Nuclear Fission & Fusion

A certain mass of Hydrogen is changed to Helium by the process of fusion. The mass defect in fusion reaction is 0.02866 u. The energy liberated per u is (given 1 u = 931 MeV)

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Q46NEET 2013Easy

Radioactive Decays: Alpha, Beta, Gamma

α\alpha-particles, β\beta-particles and γ\gamma-rays are all having same energy. Their penetrating power in a given medium in increasing order will be

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Oscillations 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q47NEET 2013Easy

Velocity & Acceleration in SHM

A particle of mass m oscillates along x-axis according to equation x = asinω\omegat. The nature of the graph between momentum and displacement of the particle is

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Projectile Motion 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q48NEET 2013Easy

Velocity, Momentum & Energy in Flight

The velocity of a projectile at the initial point A is (2i^+3j^)\left(2\hat{i} + 3\hat{j}\right) m/s. Its velocity (in m/s) at point B is

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Ray Optics 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q49NEET 2013Medium

Combination of Lenses

A plano convex lens fits exactly into a plano concave lens. Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other. If lenses are made of different materials of refractive indices μ\mu1 and μ\mu2 and R is the radius of curvature of the curved surface of the lenses, then the focal length of the combination is

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Q50NEET 2013Medium

Optical Instruments & the Eye

For a normal eye, the cornea of eye provides a converging power of 40 D and the least converging power of the eye lens behind the cornea is 20 D. Using this information, the distance between the retina and the cornea-eye lens can be estimated to be

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Q51NEET 2013Medium

Reflection & Mirrors

Two plane mirrors are inclined at 70°. A ray incident on one mirror at angle, θ\theta after reflection falls on second mirror and is reflected from there parallel to first mirror. The value of θ\theta is

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Rotational Motion 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q52NEET 2013Medium

Angular Momentum & its Conservation

Two discs are rotating about their axes, normal to the discs and passing through the centres of the discs. Disc D1 has 2 kg mass and 0.2 m radius and initial angular velocity of 50 rad s−1{}^{-1}. Disc D2 has 4 kg mass, 0.1 m radius and initial angular velocity of 200 rad s−1{}^{-1}. The two discs are brought in contact face to face, with their axes of rotation coincident. The final angular velocity (in rad s−1{}^{-1}) of the system is

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Q53NEET 2013Easy

Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration

The ratio of radii of gyration of a circular ring and a circular disc, of the same mass and radius, about an axis passing through their centres and perpendicular to their planes are

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Q54NEET 2013Medium

Rolling Motion

A small object of uniform density rolls up a curved surface with an initial velocity 'v'. It reaches upto a maximum height of 3v24g\frac{3v^{2}}{4g} with respect to the initial position. The object is

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Q55NEET 2013Medium

Torque, Couple & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

A rod PQ of mass M and length L is hinged at end P. The rod is kept horizontal by a massless string tied to point Q as shown in figure. When string is cut, the initial angular acceleration of the rod is

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Semiconductor Electronics 6 questions · chapter PYQs

Q56NEET 2013Easy

Intrinsic & Extrinsic Semiconductors

In a n-type semiconductor, which of the following statements is true?

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Q57NEET 2013Medium

Junction Transistor

One way in which the operation of a n-p-n transistor differs from that of a p-n-p

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Q58NEET 2013Difficult

Junction Transistor

In a common emitter (CE) amplifier having a voltage gain G, the transistor used has transconductance 0.03 mho and current gain 25. If the above transistor is replaced with another one with transconductance 0.02 mho and current gain 20, the voltage gain will be

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Q60NEET 2013Medium

Logic Gates

The output (X) of the logic circuit shown in figure will be

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Q61NEET 2013Easy

P-N Junction Diode

In an unbiased p-n junction, holes diffuse from the p-region to n-region because of

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Surface Tension 1 questions · chapter PYQs

Q62NEET 2013Easy

Angle of Contact & Capillarity

The wettability of a surface by a liquid depends primarily on

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Thermodynamics 7 questions · chapter PYQs

Q64NEET 2013Medium

Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation

The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of Helium at NTP, from T1K to T2K is

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Q65NEET 2013Medium

Heat Engines, Refrigerators & Second Law

Two Carnot engines A and B are operated in series. The engine A receives heat from the source at temperature T1 and rejects the heat to the sink at temperature T. The second engine B receives the heat at temperature T and rejects to its sink at temperature T2. For what values of T the efficiencies of the two engines are equal

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Q66NEET 2013Medium

P-V Diagrams & Cyclic Processes

A system is taken from state a to state c by two paths adc and abc as shown in the figure. The internal energy at a is Ua=10 JU_a = 10\text{ J}. Along the path adc the amount of heat absorbed dQ1 == 50 J and the work obtained dW1 == 20 J whereas along the path abc the heat absorbed dQ2 = 36 J. The amount of work along the path abc is

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Q67NEET 2013Medium

P-V Diagrams & Cyclic Processes

A gas is taken through the cycle

A →\rightarrow B →\rightarrow C →\rightarrow A, as shown. What is the net work done by the gas?

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Q68NEET 2013Easy

Thermodynamic Processes

Which of the following relations does not give the equation of an adiabatic process, where terms have their usual meaning?

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Q69NEET 2013Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

During an adiabatic process, the pressure of a gas is found to be proportional to the cube of its temperature. The ratio of CpCv\frac{C_p}{C_v} for the gas is

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement 2 questions · chapter PYQs

Q70NEET 2013Easy

Errors in Measurement

If an experiment four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with percentage error 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively.

Quantity P is calculated as follows P =a3b2cd= \frac{a^3b^2}{cd} % error in P is

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Wave Motion 5 questions · chapter PYQs

Q72NEET 2013Medium

Beats

A source of unknown frequency gives 4 beats/s when sounded with a source of known frequency 250 Hz. The second harmonic of the source of unknown frequency gives five beats per second, when sounded with a source of frequency 513 Hz. The unknown frequency is

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Q73NEET 2013Easy

Doppler Effect

Two sources P and Q produce notes of frequency 660 Hz. each. A listener moves from P to Q with a speed of 1 ms−1{}^{-1}. If the speed of sound is 330 m/s, then the number of beats heard by the listener per second will be

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Q74NEET 2013Easy

Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube

If we study the vibration of a pipe open at both ends. then the following statement is not true.

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Q75NEET 2013Easy

Progressive Wave Equation

A wave travelling in the + ve x-direction having displacement along y-direction as 1 m, wavelength 2π\pi m and frequency of 1π\frac{1}{\pi} Hz is represented by

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Q76NEET 2013Easy

Stationary Waves & Vibrating Strings

The length of the wire between two ends of a sonometer is 100 cm. What should be the positions of two bridges below the wire so that the three segments of the wire have their fundamental frequencies in the ratio 1: 3: 5.

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Wave Optics 4 questions · chapter PYQs

Q77NEET 2013Easy

Diffraction at a Single Slit

A parallel beam of light of wavelength λ\lambda is incident normally on a narrow slit. A diffraction pattern is formed on a screen placed perpendicular to the direction of the incident beam. At the second minimum of the diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the rays coming from the two edges of slit is

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Q78NEET 2013Easy

Wave Theory, Wavefronts & Doppler Effect

The reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset is due to

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Q79NEET 2013Medium

YDSE: Film, Medium & Two Wavelengths

In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are 2 mm apart and are illuminated by photons of two ∘∘\circ \quad \circ

wavelengths λ1\lambda_1 = 12000 A˚\text{\AA} and λ2\lambda_2 = 10000 A˚\text{\AA}. At what minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on the screen 2 m from the slit will a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincide with a bright fringe from the other?

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Q80NEET 2013Easy

YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions

In Young's double slit experiment the distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. The separation between the slits is reduced to half. As a result the fringe width

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Work, Energy and Power 3 questions · chapter PYQs

Q81NEET 2013Easy

Potential Energy & Equilibrium

A particle with total energy E is moving in a potential energy region U(x). Motion of the particle is restricted to the region when

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Q82NEET 2013Easy

Power

One coolie takes 1 minute to raise a suitcase through a height of 2 m but the second coolie takes 30 s to raise the same suitcase to the same height. The powers of two coolies are in the ratio

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Q83NEET 2013Easy

Work by a Constant Force

A uniform force of (3i^+j^)\left(3\hat{i} + \hat{j}\right) newton acts on a particle of mass 2 kg. Hence the particle is displaced from position (2i^+k^)\left(2\hat{i} + \hat{k}\right) metre to position (4i^+3j^−k^)\left(4\hat{i} + 3\hat{j} - \hat{k}\right) metre. The work done by the force on the particle is

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