Pure R, L and C Circuits
A 40 F capacitor is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz ac supply. The rms value of the current in the circuit is, nearly:
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Answer: (b)
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Pure R, L and C Circuits
A 40 F capacitor is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz ac supply. The rms value of the current in the circuit is, nearly:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Series LCR Circuit
A series LCR circuit is connected to an ac voltage source. When L is removed from the circuit, the phase difference between current and voltage is . If instead C is removed from the circuit, the phase difference is again between current and voltage. The power factor of the circuit is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Bohr Model: Orbits, Speed & Angular Momentum
For which one of the following, Bohr model is not valid?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Dielectrics
The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with air as medium is 6F. With the introduction of a dielectric medium, the capacitance becomes 30 F. The permittivity of the medium is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Centre of Mass of Discrete Particles
Two particles of mass 5 kg and 10 kg respectively are attached to the two ends of a rigid rod of length 1 m with negligible mass.
The centre of mass of the system from the 5 kg particle is nearly at a distance of:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Current, Drift Velocity & Current Density
A charged particle having drift velocity 7.5 10-4 ms-1 in an electric field of 3 10-10 Vm-1 has a mobility in m2 V-1s-1 of:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
Which of the following graph represents the variation of resistivity () with temperature (T) for copper?
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
The solids which have the negative temperature coefficient of resistance are:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Temperature
The color code of a resistance is given below:

The values of resistance and tolerance, respectively, are
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Wheatstone Bridge & Metre Bridge
A resistance wire connected in the left gap of a metre bridge balances a 10 resistance in the right gap at a point which divides the bridge wire in the ratio 3:2. If the length of the resistance wire is 1.5 m, then the length of 1 of the resistance wire is:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Matter Waves: de Broglie Wavelength
An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of V volt. If the de-Broglie wavelength of the electron is 1.227 10-2 nm, the potential difference is:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photoelectric Experiment: Intensity, Stopping Potential & Graphs
Light of frequency 1.5 times the threshold frequency is incident on a photosensitive material. What will be the photoelectric current if the frequency is halved and intensity is doubled?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Photons: Energy, Momentum & Radiation Pressure
Light with an average flux of 20 W/cm2 falls on a non-reflecting surface at normal incidence having surface area 20 cm2. The energy received by the surface during time span of 1 minute is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Energy Density & Intensity
The ratio of contributions made by the electric field and magnetic field components to the intensity of an electromagnetic wave is: (c = speed of electromagnetic waves)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Dipole
A short electric dipole has a dipole moment of 16 10-9 Cm. The electric potential due to the dipole at a point at a distance of 0.6 m from the centre of the dipole, situated on a line making an angle of with the dipole axis is:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
A spherical conductor of radius 10 cm has a charge of 3.2 10-7 C distributed uniformly. What is the magnitude of electric field at a point 15 cm from the centre of the sphere?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Electric Potential & Equipotentials
In a certain region of space with volume 0.2 m3, the electric potential is found to be 5 V throughout. The magnitude of electric field in this region is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Acceleration Due to Gravity
A body weighs 72 N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it, at a height equal to half the radius of the earth?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Mean Free Path & Real Gases
The mean free path for a gas, with molecular diameter d and number density n can be expressed as:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Connected Bodies & Pulleys
Two bodies of mass 4 kg and 6 kg are tied to the ends of a massless string. The string passes over a pulley which is frictionless (see figure). The acceleration of the system in terms of acceleration due to gravity (g) is:

Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Magnetisation: B, H, M, χ & μ
An iron rod of susceptibility 599 is subjected to a magnetizing field of 1200 A m-1. The permeability of the material of the rod is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Young's Modulus & Elongation
A wire of length L, area of cross section A is hanging from a fixed support. The length of the wire changed to L1 when mass M is suspended from its free end. The expression for Young's modulus is:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Motion Under Gravity
A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of 20 m/s from the top of a tower. It hits the ground after some time with a velocity of 80 m/s. The height of the tower is: (g = 10 m/s2)
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Ampere's Law, Cylinders, Solenoid & Toroid
A long solenoid of 50 cm length having 100 turns carries a current of 2.5 A. The magnetic field at the centre of the solenoid is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Mass Defect & Binding Energy
The energy equivalent of 0.5 g of a substance is:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Nuclear Fission & Fusion
When a uranium isotope is bombarded with a neutron, it generates , three neutrons and:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Velocity & Acceleration in SHM
The phase difference between displacement and acceleration of a particle in a simple harmonic motion is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Prism, Dispersion & Scattering
A ray is incident at an angle of incidence i on one surface of a small angle prism (with angle of prism A) and emerges normally from the opposite surface. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is , then the angle of incidence is nearly equal to:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Refraction, Glass Slab & Apparent Depth
The Brewster's angle ib for an interface should be:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Torque, Couple & Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Find the torque about the origin when a force of 3 N acts on a particle whose position vector is 2 m.
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Junction Transistor
For transistor action, which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Logic Gates
For the logic circuit shown, the truth table is:
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Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →P-N Junction Diode
The increase in the width of the depletion region in a p-n junction diode is due to:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Angle of Contact & Capillarity
A capillary tube of radius r is immersed in water and water rises in it to a height h. The mass of the water in the capillary is 5 g. Another capillary tube of radius 2r is immersed in water. The mass of water that will rise in this tube is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation
The average thermal energy for a mono-atomic gas is: (kB is Boltzmann constant and T absolute temperature)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Gas Laws & Ideal Gas Equation
A cylinder contains hydrogen gas at pressure 249 kPa and temperature 27C
Its density is: (R = 8.3 J mol-1 K-1)
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Thermodynamic Processes
Two cylinders A and B of equal capacity are connected to each other via a stop cock. A contains an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure. B is completely evacuated. The entire systems is thermally insulated. The stop cock is suddenly opened. The Process is:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Calorimetry, Latent Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
The quantities of heat required to raise the temperature of two solid copper spheres of radii r1 and r2 (r1 = 1.5r2) through 1 K are in the ratio:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →Least Count, Vernier Callipers & Screw Gauge
A screw gauge has least count of 0.01 mm and there are 50 divisions in its circular scale. The pitch of the screw gauge is:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Significant Figures & Order of Magnitude
Taking into account of the significant figures, what is the value of ?
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
The energy required to break one bond in DNA is 10-20 J. This value in eV is nearly:
Answer: (b)
Full solution and similar questions →Units & Dimensions
Dimensions of stress are:
Answer: (c)
Full solution and similar questions →Beats
In a guitar, two strings A and B made of same material are slightly out of tune and produce beats of frequency 6 Hz. When tension in B is slightly decreased, the beat frequency increases. If the frequency of A is 530 Hz, the original frequency of B will be:
Answer: (a)
Full solution and similar questions →Resolving Power
Assume that light of wavelength 600 nm is coming from a star. The limit of resolution of telescope whose objective has a diameter of 2 m is:
Answer: (d)
Full solution and similar questions →YDSE: Fringe Width & Fringe Positions
In Young's double slit experiment, if the separation between coherent sources is halved and the distance of the screen from the coherent sources is doubled, then the fringe width becomes:
Answer: (b)
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