Two conductors have the same resistances at but their temperature coefficients of resistance are and . The respective temperature coefficients for their series and parallel combinations are :

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Two conductors have the same resistances at but their temperature coefficients of resistance are and . The respective temperature coefficients for their series and parallel combinations are :
In a plane EM wave, the electric field oscillates sinusoidally at a frequency of and an amplitude of . The total average energy density of the electromagnetic field of the wave is : [Use ]
The refractive index of a prism with apex angle is . The angle of minimum deviation is :
Equivalent resistance of the following network is __________ .

The parameter that remains the same for molecules of all gases at a given temperature is :
The depth below the surface of sea to which a rubber ball be taken so as to decrease its volume by is _______ .
(Take density of sea water , Bulk modulus of rubber , and )
A coin is placed on a disc. The coefficient of friction between the coin and the disc is . If the distance of the coin from the center of the disc is , the maximum angular velocity which can be given to the disc, so that the coin does not slip away, is :
The fundamental frequency of a closed organ pipe is equal to the first overtone frequency of an open organ pipe. If length of the open pipe is , the length of the closed pipe will be:
Identify the logic operation performed by the given circuit.

A solid circular disc of mass rolls along a horizontal floor so that its center of mass has a speed of . The absolute value of work done on the disc to stop it is ________ J.
A rigid wire consists of a semicircular portion of radius and two straight sections. The wire is partially immerged in a perpendicular magnetic field as shown in figure. The magnetic force on the wire if it has a current is:

The relation between time '' and distance '' is , where and are constants. The relation between acceleration and velocity is :
A small square loop of wire of side is placed inside a large square loop of wire of side . The loops are coplanar and their centers coincide. The value of the mutual inductance of the system is , where _________.
A particle performs simple harmonic motion with amplitude . Its speed is increased to three times at an instant when its displacement is . The new amplitude of motion is . The value of is ___________.
A small steel ball is dropped into a long cylinder containing glycerine. Which one of the following is the correct representation of the velocity time graph for the transit of the ball?




A force is represented by
where distance and time. The dimensions of are:
A body starts falling freely from height hits an inclined plane in its path at height . As a result of this perfectly elastic impact, the direction of the velocity of the body becomes horizontal. The value of for which the body will take the maximum time to reach the ground is __________.
Two charges and are separated by a distance '' in air. At a distance from charge , the resultant electric field is zero. The value of is :
A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation is charged up by a battery. It is found that on introducing a dielectric sheet of thickness , while keeping the battery connections intact, the capacitor draws more charge from the battery than before. The dielectric constant of the sheet is _________.
An artillery piece of mass fires a shell of mass horizontally. Instantaneously after the firing, the ratio of kinetic energy of the artillery and that of the shell is:
In the given arrangement of a doubly inclined plane two blocks of masses and are placed. The blocks are connected by a light string passing over an ideal pulley as shown. The coefficient of friction between the surface of the plane and the blocks is 0.25. The value of , for which will move down with an acceleration of , is: (take and

Two waves of intensity ratio cross each other at a point. The resultant intensities at that point, when (a) Waves are incoherent is (b) Waves are coherent is and differ in phase by . If then _________.
An electron moves through a uniform magnetic field . At a particular instant of time, the velocity of electron is . If the magnetic force acting on electron is , where is the charge of electron, then the value of is _________ .
When a metal surface is illuminated by light of wavelength , the stopping potential is . When the same surface is illuminated by light of wavelength , stopping potential is . The threshold wavelength for this surface is:
A coil is places perpendicular to a magnetic field of . When the field is changed to in , an induced emf of is produced in the coil. If the diameter of the coil is , then the number of turns in the coil is:
The given figure represents two isobaric processes for the same mass of an ideal gas, then

Four identical particles of mass are kept at the four corners of a square. If the gravitational force exerted on one of the masses by the other masses is , the length of the sides of the square is
If the wavelength of the first member of Lyman series of hydrogen is . The wavelength of the second member will be
If the percentage errors in measuring the length and the diameter of a wire are each. The percentage error in measuring its resistance will be:
The mass defect in a particular reaction is . The amount of energy liberated is , where __________. (speed of light
The 'Spin only' Magnetic moment for is _________ . (given Atomic number of )
The product of the following reaction is P.

The number of hydroxyl groups present in the product P is ________.
Consider the oxides of group 14 elements and . The amphoteric oxides are
Match List I with List II
| List - I (Technique) | List - II (Application | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Distillation | (I) | Separation of glycerol from spent-lye |
| (B) | Fractional distillation | (II) | Aniline - Water mixture |
| (C) | Steam distillation | (III) | Separation of crude oil fractions |
| (D) | Distillation under reduced pressure | (IV) | Chloroform - Aniline |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
For the given reaction, choose the correct expression of from the following :-
The ionization energy of sodium in , if electromagnetic radiation of wavelength is just sufficient to ionize sodium atom is _______.
Give below are two statements:
Statement - I: Noble gases have very high boiling points.
Statement - II: Noble gases are monoatomic gases. They are held together by strong dispersion forces. Because of this they are liquefied at very low temperature. Hence, they have very high boiling points.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The linear combination of atomic orbitals to form molecular orbitals takes place only when the combining atomic orbitals
A. have the same energy
B. have the minimum overlap
C. have same symmetry about the molecular axis
D. have different symmetry about the molecular axis
Choose the most appropriate from the options given below:
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: value of phenol is 10.0 while that of ethanol is 15.9 .
Reason R: Ethanol is stronger acid than phenol.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The number of species from the following in which the central atom uses hybrid orbitals in its bonding is __________.
The correct sequence of electron gain enthalpy of the elements listed below is
A. Ar
B. Br
C. F
D. S
Choose the most appropriate from the options given below:
Identify correct statements from below:
A. The chromate ion is square planar.
B. Dichromates are generally prepared from chromates.
C. The green manganate ion is diamagnetic.
D. Dark green coloured disproportionates in a neutral or acidic medium to give permanganate.
E. With increasing oxidation number of transition metal, ionic character of the oxides decreases.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Consider the following reaction at . for the reaction is _________ . (Given )
Number of moles of methane required to produce after combustion is moles. The value of is _________.
'Adsorption' principle is used for which of the following purification method?
The product (C) in the below mentioned reaction is :
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: IUPAC name of is 7-hydroxyheptan-2-one.
Statement II: 2-oxoheptan-7-ol is the correct IUPAC name for above compound. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
The correct statements from following are:
A. The strength of anionic ligands can be explained by crystal field theory.
B. Valence bond theory does not give a quantitative interpretation of kinetic stability of coordination compounds.
C. The hybridization involved in formation of complex is .
D. The number of possible isomer(s) of cis- is one
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Number of alkanes obtained on electrolysis of a mixture of and is ________.
The compound that is white in color is
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: Alcohols react both as nucleophiles and electrophiles.
Reason R: Alcohols react with active metals such as sodium, potassium and aluminum to yield corresponding alkoxides and liberate hydrogen.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Match List I with List II
| List - I | List - II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Glucose/ | (I) | Gluconic acid |
| (B) | (II) | No reaction | |
| (C) | (III) | n-hexane | |
| (D) | Glucose/Bromine water | (IV) | Saccharic acid |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Integrated rate law equation for a first order gas phase reaction is given by (where is initial pressure and is total pressure at time )
Identify the mixture that shows positive deviations from Raoult's Law
A species having carbon with sextet of electrons and can act as electrophile is called
Identify the factor from the following that does not affect electrolytic conductance of a solution.
The metals that are employed in the battery industries are
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The total number of hydrogen atoms in product A and product B is _________.
Molar mass of the salt from and which does not evolve coloured vapours on heating with concentrated is ________ .
(Molar mass in
One Faraday of electricity liberates gram atom of copper from copper sulphate. is ________.
The sum of the series up to 10 -terms is
Three rotten apples are accidently mixed with fifteen good apples. Assuming the random variable to be the number of rotten apples in a draw of two apples, the variance of is
For , if and , then equals
If one of the diameters of the circle is a chord of another circle , whose center is the point of intersection of the lines and , then the radius of the circle is :
The total number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed out of the letters of the word 'DISTRIBUTION' taken four at a time, is equal to __________.
Let and be two vectors such that , and . If and the angle between and is , then is equal to ________.
If denotes the number of solutions of and , where , then the distance of the point from the line is __________.
If the integral 525 \int_\limits0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \sin 2 x \cos ^{\frac{11}{2}} x\left(1+\operatorname{Cos}^{\frac{5}{2}} x\right)^{\frac{1}{2}} d x is equal to , then is equal to _________.
Let and be the feet of perpendiculars from the point on the lines and respectively. If is a right angle, then is equal to _________.
In the expansion of , the sum of the coefficients of and is equal to __________.
Let be the set of positive integral values of for which . Then, the number of elements in is :
If and , where , then is equal to
\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{e^{2|\sin x|}-2|\sin x|-1}{x^2}
Let be the sum of all coefficients in the expansion of and b=\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{\int_0^x \frac{\log (1+t)}{t^{2024}+1} d t}{x^2}\right). If the equation and have a common root, where , then e equals
For , let and be one of its root. Then, among the two statements
(I) If , then cannot be the geometric mean of and
(II) If , then may be the geometric mean of and
Let and be a relation on . Let be the equivalence relation on such that and the number of elements in is . Then, the minimum value of is __________.
Let and be three vectors. If a vectors satisfies and , then is equal to
Let and be defined as
f(x)=\int_\limits{-1}^x\left(e^t-1\right)^{11}(2 t-1)^5(t-2)^7(t-3)^{12}(2 t-10)^{61} d t \text {, }
Let Sum of squares of the values of , where attains local maxima on , and Sum of the values of , where attains local minima on . Then, the value of is _________.
Let and let and be the vertices of a parallelogram . If and the points and lie on the line , then is equal to
The area of the region is
The distance of the point form the line passing through the point and perpendicular to the lines and is :
Let be the solution of the differential equation satisfying the condition . Then, is
The solution curve of the differential equation passing through the point is
If the foci of a hyperbola are same as that of the ellipse and the eccentricity of the hyperbola is times the eccentricity of the ellipse, then the smaller focal distance of the point on the hyperbola, is equal to
Let the foci and length of the latus rectum of an ellipse and , respectively. Then, the square of the eccentricity of the hyperbola equals
Two marbles are drawn in succession from a box containing 10 red, 30 white, 20 blue and 15 orange marbles, with replacement being made after each drawing. Then the probability, that first drawn marble is red and second drawn marble is white, is
Let be a function defined by and M=\int_\limits{f(a)}^{f(1-a)} x \sin ^4(x(1-x)) d x, N=\int_\limits{f(a)}^{f(1-a)} \sin ^4(x(1-x)) d x ; a \neq \frac{1}{2}. If , then the least value of is equal to __________.
Let be a linear function and , is continuous at . If , then the value is
If the system of linear equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to