
A block is simply released from the top of an inclined plane as shown in the figure above. The maximum compression in the spring when the block hits the spring is :

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A block is simply released from the top of an inclined plane as shown in the figure above. The maximum compression in the spring when the block hits the spring is :
The position of the image formed by the combination of lenses is :

A given object takes times the time to slide down rough inclined plane as it takes the time to slide down an identical perfectly smooth inclined plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the object and the surface of inclined plane is :
Water boils in an electric kettle in 20 minutes after being switched on. Using the same main supply, the length of the heating element should be _________ to __________ times of its initial length if the water is to be boiled in 15 minutes.
Small water droplets of radius are formed in the upper atmosphere and falling with a terminal velocity of . Due to condensation, if 8 such droplets are coalesced and formed a larger drop, the new terminal velocity will be ________ .
Two satellite A and B go round a planet in circular orbits having radii 4R and R respectively. If the speed of is , the speed of will be :
A heater is designed to operate with a power of in a line. It is connected in combination with a resistance of and a resistance , to a mains as shown in figure. For the heater to operate at , the value of should be _______ .

A cube of ice floats partly in water and partly in kerosene oil. The ratio of volume of ice immersed in water to that in kerosene oil (specific gravity of Kerosene oil = 0.8, specific gravity of ice = 0.9):

A long straight wire of radius a carries a steady current I. The current is uniformly distributed across its cross section. The ratio of the magnetic field at and from axis of the wire is :
There are 100 divisions on the circular scale of a screw gauge of pitch . With no measuring quantity in between the jaws, the zero of the circular scale lies 5 divisions below the reference line. The diameter of a wire is then measured using this screw gauge. It is found that 4 linear scale divisions are clearly visible while 60 divisions on circular scale coincide with the reference line. The diameter of the wire is :
The angle of projection for a projectile to have same horizontal range and maximum height is :
A coil of negligible resistance is connected in series with resistor across supply. A voltmeter reads across resistance. Inductance of the coil is :
A plane progressive wave is given by . The frequency of the wave is :
If is the permittivity of free space and is the electric field, then has the dimensions :
A potential divider circuit is connected with a dc source of , a light emitting diode of glow in voltage and a zener diode of breakdown voltage of . The length (PR) of the resistive wire is . The minimum length of PQ to just glow the LED is _________ .

If the net electric field at point along axis is zero, then the ratio of is , where ________.

If is the mass of isotope and are the masses of proton and neutron, then nuclear binding energy of isotope is:
A circular table is rotating with an angular velocity of about its axis (see figure). There is a smooth groove along a radial direction on the table. A steel ball is gently placed at a distance of on the groove. All the surfaces are smooth. If the radius of the table is , the radial velocity of the ball w.r.t. the table at the time ball leaves the table is , where the value of is _________.

A proton and an electron have the same de Broglie wavelength. If and be the kinetic energies of proton and electron respectively, then choose the correct relation :
An object of mass executes simple harmonic motion along axis with frequency of . At the position the object has kinetic energy and potential energy . The amplitude of oscillation is ________ .
A diatomic gas does of work in an isobaric expansion. The heat given to the gas is :
In a hypothetical fission reaction
The identity of emitted particles (R) is :
Two slits are apart and the screen is located away from the slits. A light of wavelength is used. The width of each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the double slit pattern within the central maximum of the single slit pattern is __________ .
A thin circular disc of mass and radius is rotating in a horizontal plane about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane with angular velocity . If another disc of same dimensions but of mass is placed gently on the first disc co-axially, then the new angular velocity of the system is :
Least count of a vernier caliper is . The value of one division on the main scale is . Then the number of divisions of main scale that coincide with divisions of vernier scale is :
An alternating emf volt is applied to a capacitor of , the rms value of current in the circuit is ________ .
The coercivity of a magnet is . The amount of current required to be passed in a solenoid of length and the number of turns 150, so that the magnet gets demagnetised when inside the solenoid is ________ A.
A body of mass M thrown horizontally with velocity v from the top of the tower of height H touches the ground at a distance of from the foot of the tower. A body of mass thrown at a velocity from the top of the tower of height will touch the ground at a distance of _______ m.
A capacitor has air as dielectric medium and two conducting plates of area and they are apart. When a slab of dielectric having area and thickness is inserted between the plates, one of the conducting plates has to be moved by to keep the capacitance same as in previous case. The dielectric constant of the slab is : (Given )
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : The mean free path of gas molecules is inversely proportional to square of molecular diameter.
Statement (II) : Average kinetic energy of gas molecules is directly proportional to absolute temperature of gas.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The shape of carbocation is :
Which one the following compounds will readily react with dilute ?
Wavenumber for a radiation having 5800 wavelength is The value of is ________. (Integer answer)
A solution is prepared by adding 1 mole ethyl alcohol in 9 mole water. The mass percent of solute in the solution is ________ (Integer answer) (Given : Molar mass in Ethyl alcohol : 46 water : 18)
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : A Buffer solution is the mixture of a salt and an acid or a base mixed in any particular quantities
Statement (II) : Blood is naturally occurring buffer solution whose is maintained by concentrations.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
IUPAC name of following hydrocarbon(X) is :

Identify the incorrect statements about group 15 elements :
(A) Dinitrogen is a diatomic gas which acts like an inert gas at room temperature.
(B) The common oxidation states of these elements are and +5.
(C) Nitrogen has unique ability to form multiple bonds.
(D) The stability of +5 oxidation states increases down the group.
(E) Nitrogen shows a maximum covalency of 6.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
In qualitative test for identification of presence of phosphorous, the compound is heated with an oxidising agent. Which is further treated with nitric acid and ammonium molybdate respectively. The yellow coloured precipitate obtained is :
Number of molecules having bond order 2 from the following molecules is _________.
For a reaction If the rate of formation of B is set to be zero then the concentration of B is given by :
Match List I with List II
| LIST I (Test) |
LIST II (Identification) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Bayer's test | I. | Phenol |
| B. | Ceric ammonium nitrate test | II. | Aldehyde |
| C. | Phthalein dye test | III. | Alcoholic-OH group |
| D. | Schiff's test | IV. | Unsaturation |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
When and are the wave functions of atomic orbitals, then is represented by :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Fusion of with and an oxidising agent gives dark green .
Statement (II) : Manganate ion on electrolytic oxidation in alkaline medium gives permanganate ion.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The equilibrium is shifted to the right in :
The correct sequence of acidic strength of the following aliphatic acids in their decreasing order is:
Total number of unpaired electrons in the complex ions and is ________.
Total number of aromatic compounds among the following compounds is ______.

Identify the correct statements about p-block elements and their compounds.
(A) Non metals have higher electronegativity than metals.
(B) Non metals have lower ionisation enthalpy than metals.
(C) Compounds formed between highly reactive nonmetals and highly reactive metals are generally ionic.
(D) The non-metal oxides are generally basic in nature.
(E) The metal oxides are generally acidic or neutral in nature.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : All the following compounds react with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride.
Statement (II) : Their products in the above reaction are soluble is aqueous .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Molality of an aqueous solution of urea is . Mole fraction of urea in solution is , Value of is ________. (Integer answer)
The emf of cell is at . It could be increased by :
The number of optically active compounds from the following is _________.

The total number of carbon atoms present in tyrosine, an amino acid, is ________.
Match List I with List II
| LIST I (Complex ion) |
LIST II (Spin only magnetic moment in B.M.) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | I. | 4.90 | |
| B. | II. | 3.87 | |
| C. | III. | 0.0 | |
| D. | IV. | 2.83 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Kjeldahl method is applicable to estimate nitrogen in pyridine.
Statement (II) : The nitrogen present in pyridine can easily be converted into ammonium sulphate in Kjeldahl method.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : reactions are 'stereospecific', indicating that they result in the formation of only one stereo-isomer as the product.
Statement (II) : reactions generally result in formation of product as racemic mixtures.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Two moles of benzaldehyde and one mole of acetone under alkaline conditions using aqueous after heating gives as the major product. The number of bonds in the product is ______.
for water is at 1 bar and . Change in internal energy for this vapourisation under same condition is ________ . (Integer answer) (Given )
The reaction;
occurs in which of the following galvanic cell :
If , where is the constant of integration, then the value of is _________.
For , let be a continuous function at . Then is equal to :
Let \int_\limits\alpha^{\log _e 4} \frac{\mathrm{d} x}{\sqrt{\mathrm{e}^x-1}}=\frac{\pi}{6}. Then and are the roots of the equation :
If the function has a local maximum at and a local minimum at , then and are the roots of the equation :
Let be the solution of the differential equation . Then is equal to ________
Let be the image of the point in the line . Then is equal to ________
If the line segment joining the points and subtends an angle at the origin, then the absolute value of the product of all possible values of is :
If the system of equations has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
Let be the focus of the hyperbola , on the positive -axis. Let be the circle with its centre at and passing through the point . If is the origin and is a diameter of , then the square of the area of the triangle OSB is equal to __________.
Let a ray of light passing through the point reflects on the line and the reflected ray passes through the point . If the equation of the incident ray is , then is equal to _________.
Let and be a vector such that . If , then is equal to:
If the term independent of in the expansion of is 105 , then is equal to :
The sum of all possible values of , for which is purely imaginary, is equal to :
If the image of the point in the line lies on the circle , then is equal to:
An arithmetic progression is written in the following way

The sum of all the terms of the 10th row is _________.
If the value of is , where are natural numbers and , then is equal to :
If the shortest distance between the lines and is , then a value of is :
There are three bags and . Bag contains 5 one-rupee coins and 4 five-rupee coins; Bag contains 4 one-rupee coins and 5 five-rupee coins and Bag contains 3 one-rupee coins and 6 five-rupee coins. A bag is selected at random and a coin drawn from it at random is found to be a one-rupee coin. Then the probability, that it came from bag , is :
If and , then is equal to :
Let be the region enclosed by the parabola and the line . Then the maximum area of the rectangle inscribed in the region is ________.
Let be the solution curve of the differential equation . Then is equal to:
The number of distinct real roots of the equation , is _______
Let and . Let the mean, the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the 5 observations be 18, 4 and , respectively. Then is equal to ________
Let where and . Then the function is
If \alpha=\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0^{+}}\left(\frac{\mathrm{e}^{\sqrt{\tan x}}-\mathrm{e}^{\sqrt{x}}}{\sqrt{\tan x}-\sqrt{x}}\right) and \beta=\lim _\limits{x \rightarrow 0}(1+\sin x)^{\frac{1}{2} \cot x} are the roots of the quadratic equation , then is equal to _________.
Let and be three vectors. Let be a unit vector along . If , then is equal to:
The area of the region in the first quadrant inside the circle and outside the parabola is equal to :
In an increasing geometric progression of positive terms, the sum of the second and sixth terms is and the product of the third and fifth terms is 49. Then the sum of the and terms is equal to:
The number of ways five alphabets can be chosen from the alphabets of the word maths, where the chosen alphabets are not necessarily distinct, is equal to:
Let and . Let be a relation on defined by if and only if is an even integer. Then the relation is