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An object is placed at a distance of 18 cm in front of a mirror. If the image is formed at a distance of 4 cm on the other side, then the focal length, nature of the mirror and nature of the image are respectively:
A wire of length \(100 \text{ cm}\) and area of cross-section \(2 \text{ mm}^2\) is stretched by two forces of each \(440 \text{ N}\) applied at the ends of the wire in opposite directions along the length of the wire. If the elongation of the wire is \(2 \text{ mm}\), the Young’s modulus of the material of the wire is:
The gravitational potential energy of a body on the surface of the Earth is \(E\). If the body is taken from the surface of the Earth to a height equal to \(150%\) of the radius of the Earth, its gravitational potential energy is:

A unit positive charge is moved from point A to point B by a distance of 20 cm, on an equipotential surface as shown in the figure. The work done to move this charge is:

A particle is projected from the surface of the Earth with a velocity equal to twice the escape velocity. When the particle is far from the Earth, its speed will be:

Three blocks of masses 2 m, 4 m and 6 m are placed as shown in figure. If \( \sin 37^\circ = \frac{3}{5} \), \( \sin 53^\circ = \frac{4}{5} \), the acceleration of the system is:

A wire of 60 cm length and mass 10 g is suspended by a pair of flexible leads in a magnetic field of 0.60 T as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the current required to remove the tension in the supporting leads is: 

When 40 J of heat is absorbed by a monatomic gas, the increase in the internal energy of the gas is
The mass of a particle is \( 1 \) kg and it is moving along the \( x \)-axis. The period of its oscillation is \( \frac{\pi}{2} \). Its potential energy at a displacement of \( 0.2 \) m is:
A thin flat circular disc of radius 4.5 cm is placed gently over the surface of water. If surface tension of water is 0.07 Nm-1, then the excess force required to take it away from the surface is :
A uniform disk of mass \(50\) \(kg\) is rolling without slipping with a speed of \(0.4 \;m/s\). Find minimum energy required to bring the disk to rest (in \(J\)).
Find percentage change in capacitance if potential difference across it has been changed from V to 2V.
With rise in temperature the young's modulus of elasticity

A bullet of mass \(10^{-2}\) kg and velocity \(200\) m/s gets embedded inside the bob of mass \(1\) kg of a simple pendulum. The maximum height that the system rises by is_____ cm.
Mass

The maximum wavelength of light which causes photoelectric emission from a photosensitive metal surface is \( \lambda_0 \). Two light beams of wavelengths \( \frac{\lambda_0}{3} \) and \( \frac{\lambda_0}{9} \) incident on the metal surface. The ratio of the maximum velocities of the emitted photoelectrons is:
The elongation of a copper wire of cross-sectional area $3.5 \text{ mm}^2$, in the figure shown, is $$ Y_{\text{copper}} = 10 \times 10^{10} \, \text{Nm}^{-2} \quad \text{and} \quad g = 10 \, \text{m/s}^2 $$   
The elongation of a copper wire
If a microscope is placed in air, the minimum separation of two objects seen as distinct is 6 µm. If the same is placed in a medium of refractive index 1.5, the minimum separation of the two objects to see as distinct is:
A light body of momentum \( P_L \) and a heavy body of momentum \( P_H \), both have the same kinetic energy, then:
A wheel of angular speed 600 rev/min is made to slow down at a rate of \( 2 \) rad/s\(^2\). The number of revolutions made by the wheel before coming to rest is
One kilogram of a diatomic gas is at a pressure of \(2 \times 10^4 { N/m}^{-2}\) and the density of the gas is \(4 { kg/m}^{-3}\). The internal energy of this gas:
A coil of two turns is made of a wire length L and another coil of four turns is made from same length L. When the same current is flowing in two coils, then the ratio of magnetic inductions at their centres is:
The moment of inertia of a solid sphere about its diameter is 20 kg m². The moment of inertia of a thin spherical shell having the same mass and radius about its diameter is:
A bowling machine placed at a height \( h \) above the earth surface releases different balls with different angles but with the same velocity \( 10 \sqrt{3} \, \text{ms}^{-1} \). All these balls landing velocities make angles 30° or more with horizontal. Then the height \( h \) (in meters) is:
The efficiency of a Carnot's engine is 25%, when the temperature of sink is 300 K. The increase in the temperature of source required for the efficiency to become 50% is
The resultant capacitance of parallel combination of two capacitors \( C_1 \) and \( C_2 \) is 20 µF. When these capacitors are individually connected to a voltage source of 1V, then the energy stored in \( C_2 \) is 9 times that of \( C_1 \). If these two capacitors are connected in series, the resultant capacitance value is: