List of practice Questions

The sensitivity of moving coil galvanometer is inversely proportional to

In a biprism experiment, the slit separation is 1 mm. Using monochromatic light of wavelength 5000Å, an interference pattern is obtained on the screen. Where should the screen be moved, so that the change in fringe width is \( 12.5 \times 10^{-5} \, \text{m} \)?

Force \( F = P \cos(Ax) + Q \sin(Bt) \), where \( x \) and \( t \) are displacement and time respectively. Which one of the following physical quantity has the dimensions of \( \frac{[B]}{[A]} \)?

A train has to negotiate a curve of radius \( r \) m, the distance between the rails is \( \ell \) m and outer rail is raised above inner rail by distance of \( h \) m. If the angle of banking is small, the safety speed limit on this banked road is

A parallel plate capacitor has uniform electric field \( E \) in the space between the plates. If the distance between plates is \( d \) and area of each plate is \( A \), the energy stored in the capacitor is \( \epsilon_0 \) = permittivity of free space

The length of potentiometer wire is 4m and is connected in series with an accumulator. The e.m.f. (unknown) of a cell balances against 1.5 m length of wire. If the length of potentiometer wire is doubled, then the new balancing length of wire will be

A transverse wave is travelling with velocity \( V \) through a metal wire of length \( L \) and density \( \rho \). The tensile stress in the wire is

The value of current \( I \) in the given current distribution is

In common emitter mode of transistor, the d.c. current gain is 20, the emitter current is 7 mA. The collector current is

In experiment of photoelectric effect, the stopping potential for a given metal is \( V_0 \) volt, when radiation of wavelength \( \lambda_0 \) is used. If radiation of wavelength \( 2\lambda_0 \) is used for the same metal, then the stopping potential (in volts) will be

In hydrogen spectrum, which of the following spectral series lies in ultraviolet region?

For any two vectors \( \mathbf{A} \) and \( \mathbf{B} \) if \( \mathbf{A} \cdot \mathbf{B} = |\mathbf{A}| |\mathbf{B}| \cos \theta \), the magnitude of \( (\mathbf{A} + \mathbf{B}) \) is (given \( \tan \theta = 1 \), \( \cos \theta = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \))

A particle performs S.H.M. Its potential energies are \( U_1 \) and \( U_2 \) at displacements \( x_1 \) and \( x_2 \) respectively. At displacement \( x_1 + x_2 \), its potential energy \( U \) is

The acceleration due to gravity on moon is \( \frac{1}{6} \)th times the acceleration due to gravity on earth. If the ratio of the density of earth \( \rho_e \) to the density of moon \( \rho_m \) is \( \frac{5}{3} \), then the radius of moon \( R_m \) in terms of the radius of earth \( R_e \) is

A resonance tube completely filled with water has a small hole at the bottom. Length of the tube is 80 cm. A vibrating tuning fork of frequency 500 Hz is held near the open end of the tube. Water is slowly removed from the bottom. The maximum number of resonances heard will be (neglect end correction). Speed of sound in air is 340 m/s

If \( \Delta Q \) is the amount of heat supplied to \( n \) moles of a diatomic gas at constant pressure, \( \Delta U \) is the change in internal energy and \( \Delta W \) is the work done, then \( \Delta W : \Delta U : \Delta Q \) is

The width of the depletion layer of a p-n junction diode, when it is (i) forward biased and (ii) reverse biased respectively

The relative angular speed of hour hand and second hand of a clock is

Water rises to height 2.2 cm in glass capillary tube. The height to which same water rises in another capillary having \( \frac{1}{4} \)th area of cross-section is

A thin, uniform metal rod of mass \( M \) and length \( L \) is swinging about a horizontal axis passing through its end. Its maximum angular velocity is \( \omega \). Its centre of mass rises to a maximum height of \( \frac{L^2 \omega^2}{6g} \). (where \( g \) is the acceleration due to gravity)

A series LCR circuit has \( R = 200 \, \Omega \), \( L = 663 \, \text{mH} \), and \( C = 265 \, \mu\text{F} \). The applied alternating voltage has an amplitude of 50 V and a frequency of 60 Hz so that \( X_L = 250 \, \Omega \) and \( X_C = 100 \, \Omega \). The peak current is

Two masses of 1 gram and 4 gram are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of the magnitudes of their momenta is

If the frequency of incident radiation is kept constant and the experiment is repeated by using incident light of different intensities, then stopping potential (\( V_s \))

If \( A(0, 4, 0) \), \( B(0, 0, 3) \), and \( C(0, 4, 3) \) are the vertices of \( \Delta ABC \), then its incenter is:

The probability distribution of a discrete r.v. \( X \) is: \[ \begin{array}{c|ccccc} X = x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ P(X = x) & k & 2k & 4k & 2k & k \\ \end{array} \] Then, the value of \( P(X \leq 2) \) is: