List of top Physics Questions

Find out the formula for the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor shown in the figure. Area of the plates is $A$ and thicknesses of the dielectric slabs between the plates are $d_1$ and $d_2$, and their dielectric constants are $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively.

Diameters of two spheres of metal are $6 \, \text{cm}$ and $4 \, \text{cm}$. They are charged to the same potential. Find out the ratio of the surface densities of charge on the sphere.

Obtain the formula for the magnetic field at the centre of a current carrying circular coil with the help of Biot-Savart law.

The length of a wire of $10 \, \Omega$ resistance is three times the length on stretching it. Now the wire is cut into three equal parts and then they are joined in an electrical circuit as shown in the figure. Find out the total resistance of the combination between A and B.

The radius of nucleus is expressed as $R = R_0 A^{1/3}$, where $A$ is mass number and $R_0 = 1.2 \times 10^{-15} \, \text{m}$. Prove that the density of nucleus does not depend upon the mass number $A$.

Write down the formula for the electric potential on the axial line of an electric dipole.

The first minima for the wavelength $\lambda_1 = 660 \, \text{nm}$ coincides with the first maxima of some other wavelength $\lambda_2$, in the single-slit diffraction experiment of light. Find out the value of wavelength $\lambda_2$.

Work function of silver is $4.7 \, \text{eV}$. When ultraviolet light of wavelength $100 \, \text{nm}$ is incident on it, the stopping potential obtained is $7.7 \, \text{V}$. Find out the value of the stopping potential for the wavelength of light of $200 \, \text{nm}$.

Prove that the period of revolution (T) of electrons in stable orbits of the atom is directly proportional to the cube of the principal quantum number ($n$), on the basis of Bohr’s atom model.

A coil of area $5 \, \text{cm}^2$ is placed in a uniform magnetic field of $1.5 \, \text{m}$. If the coil has 100 turns and $0.2 \, \text{A}$ of current is passed in it, then find:

Magnetic dipole moment of the coil
Maximum torque on the coil

With the help of symbol diagram of AND gate, prepare its truth table.

Define coefficient of self-induction.

The drift velocity of free electrons is $v$ on passing current $i$ in a conducting wire. Drift velocity of electrons in the same wire having twice the radius and current $2i$ will be:

What is meant by shunt?

What is Kirchhoff’s First Law for the electrical circuit?

If actual angle of dip is $\theta$ and $\theta'$ is the angle of dip in a plane at an angle $\alpha$ from the magnetic meridian, then $\dfrac{\tan \theta'}{\tan \theta}$ is

A particle of mass $m$ moves with a speed $v$. Write down the formula of the corresponding de Broglie wavelength of the particle.

If the magnification of objective and eyepiece lenses of a compound microscope are $m_1$ and $m_2$ respectively, then write down the formula for the magnifying power of the microscope.

The refracting angle of three prisms is $15^\circ$, but their refractive indices are 1.6, 1.5, and 1.4 respectively. If angles of deviation produced by them are $\delta_1, \delta_2,$ and $\delta_3$ respectively, then:

In the figure, currents are flowing in opposite directions in two parallel conductors. What should be the current \( I \) in the conductor X, so that the resultant magnetic field at the point P is zero? Current in the conductor Y is 10 ampere.

Following are the resistances of the four sides of a Wheatstone bridge: AB = 100 \( \Omega \), BC = 10 \( \Omega \), CD = 5 \( \Omega \), DA = 60 \( \Omega \); resistance of galvanometer \( G = 15 \Omega \). Find the value of the current \( i_g \).

The isotones pair of the following are:

In an A.C. circuit, potential difference and current are given as, \[ V = 100 \sin(100t) \, \text{volts}, \quad i = 100 \sin\left(100t + \frac{\pi}{3}\right) \, \text{mA}. \] The power consumed in the circuit is:

The amplitude of the magnetic field in an electromagnetic wave is $3 \times 10^{-10}$ T. If frequency of the wave is $10^{12}$ Hz, then the amplitude of the associated electric field is:

Calculate the stored charge and potential difference between the plates in steady state for both the capacitors as shown in the circuit: