A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed . The other half is covered in two equal time intervals with speeds and respectively. The average speed of the particle during the motion is :

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A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed . The other half is covered in two equal time intervals with speeds and respectively. The average speed of the particle during the motion is :
The current flowing through the resistor is A. The value of is _______.

One main scale division of a vernier caliper is equal to units. If division of main scale coincides with division of vernier scale, the least count of the vernier caliper is :
A string is wrapped around the rim of a wheel of moment of inertia and radius . The wheel is free to rotate about its axis. Initially the wheel is at rest. The string is now pulled by a force of . The angular velocity of the wheel after is , where is __________.
A sample of 1 mole gas at temperature is adiabatically expanded to double its volume. If adiab constant for the gas is , then the work done by the gas in the process is :
The dimensional formula of latent heat is :
If and makes an angle with each other, then for The integer value of is _________.
When a coil is connected across a dc supply, it draws a current of . When it is connected across ac supply, it draws a current of . The self inductance of the coil is __________ . (Take )
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : When an object is placed at the centre of curvature of a concave lens, image is formed at the centre of curvature of the lens on the other side.
Statement (II) : Concave lens always forms a virtual and erect image.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A square loop of edge length carrying current of is placed with its edges parallel to the - axis. A magnetic field is passing through the - plane and expressed as , where . The net magnetic force experienced by the loop is _________ .
The energy equivalent of of substance is :
A sphere of relative density and diameter has concentric cavity of diameter . The ratio of , if it just floats on water in a tank is :
A bulb and a capacitor are connected in series across an ac supply. A dielectric is then placed between the plates of the capacitor. The glow of the bulb :
A light unstretchable string passing over a smooth light pulley connects two blocks of masses and . If the acceleration of the system is , then the ratio of the masses is :
A particle of mass moves on a straight line with its velocity increasing with distance according to the equation , where is a constant. The total work done by all the forces applied on the particle during its displacement from to , will be :
The position, velocity and acceleration of a particle executing simple harmonic motion are found to have magnitudes of and at a certain instant. The amplitude of the motion is where is _________.
A heavy iron bar, of weight is having its one end on the ground and the other on the shoulder of a person. The bar makes an angle with the horizontal. The weight experienced by the person is :
A light emitting diode (LED) is fabricated using GaAs semiconducting material whose band gap is . The wavelength of light emitted from the LED is :
A galvanometer has a coil of resistance with a full scale deflection at . The value of resistance to be added to use it as an ammeter of range is :
The equivalent resistance between A and B is :

Two persons pull a wire towards themselves. Each person exerts a force of on the wire. Young's modulus of the material of wire is . Original length of the wire is and the area of cross section is . The wire will extend in length by _________ .
At the centre of a half ring of radius and linear charge density , the potential is . The value of is _________.
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : When currents vary with time, Newton's third law is valid only if momentum carried by the electromagnetic field is taken into account
Statement (II) : Ampere's circuital law does not depend on Biot-Savart's law.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and a second plate having a stair-like structure as shown in figure. If the area of each stair is and the height is , the capacitance of the arrangement is :

In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point is of the maximum intensity, the minimum distance of the point from the central maximum is _________ . (Given : )
A proton, an electron and an alpha particle have the same energies. Their de-Broglie wavelengths will be compared as :
The volume of an ideal gas is changed adiabatically from 5 litres to 4 litres. The ratio of initial pressure to final pressure is :
A star has helium composition. It starts to convert three into one via triple alpha process as . The mass of the star is and it generates energy at the rate of . The rate of converting these to is , where is _________. [ Take, mass of , mass of ]
A plane EM wave is propagating along direction. It has a wavelength of . If electric field is in direction with the maximum magnitude of , the equation for magnetic field is :
An astronaut takes a ball of mass from earth to space. He throws the ball into a circular orbit about earth at an altitude of . From earth's surface to the orbit, the change in total mechanical energy of the ball is . The value of is (take :
The molar conductivity for electrolytes and are plotted against as shown below. Electrolytes and respectively are:

Total number of essential amino acid among the given list of amino acids is ________.
Arginine, Phenylalanine, Aspartic acid, Cysteine, Histidine, Valine, Proline
Relative stability of the contributing structures is :

The electronic configuration of is whereas that of is . Which of the following is correct?
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Both rhombic and monoclinic sulphur exist as while oxygen exists as .
Reason (R) : Oxygen forms multiple bonds with itself and other elements having small size and high electronegativity like , which is not possible for sulphur.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
The standard reduction potentials at for the following half cells are given below :
Consider the given electrochemical reactions,
The number of metal(s) which will be oxidized be , in aqueous solution is _________.
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The total number of geometrical isomers shown by complex ion is three.
Reason (R): complex ion has an octahedral geometry.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Methods used for purification of organic compounds are based on :
The ions make the enamel on teeth much harder by converting hydroxyapatite (the enamel on the surface of teeth) into much harder fluoroapatite having the formula.
On reaction of Lead Sulphide with dilute nitric acid which of the following is not formed?
Correct order of basic strength of Pyrrole
, Pyridine
and Piperidine
is :
How many compounds among the following compounds show inductive, mesomeric as well as hyperconjugation effects?

Identify major product "X" formed in the following reaction :





when treated with gives green colour solution of . The two solutions are separated as shown below : [SPM : Semi Permeable Membrane]

Due to osmosis :
In the following sequence of reaction, the major products B and C respectively are :





In which one of the following pairs the central atoms exhibit hybridization ?
Molarity of an aqueous solution containing of anhyd. in solution at is . Its molality will be _________ . (nearest integer). [Given density of the solution ]
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : The oxidation state of an element in a particular compound is the charge acquired by its atom on the basis of electron gain enthalpy consideration from other atoms in the molecule.
Statement (II) : bond formation is more prevalent in second period elements over other periods.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Identify the incorrect statements regarding primary standard of titrimetric analysis.
(A) It should be purely available in dry form.
(B) It should not undergo chemical change in air.
(C) It should be hygroscopic and should react with another chemical instantaneously and stoichiometrically.
(D) It should be readily soluble in water.
(E) & can be used as primary standard.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Number of colourless lanthanoid ions among the following is __________.
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : reaction of occurs more readily than the reaction of .
Reason (R) : The partially bonded unhybridized p-orbital that develops in the trigonal bipyramidal transition state is stabilized by conjugation with the phenyl ring.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
The total number of species from the following in which one unpaired electron is present, is _______.
The heat of solution of anhydrous and are and respectively.
The heat of hydration of to is . The value of is ________. (nearest integer).

What is the structure of C?




Compare the energies of following sets of quantum numbers for multielectron system.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
For the given compounds, the correct order of increasing value :

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Identify the product A and product B in the following set of reactions.





Number of ambidentate ligands among the following is _________.
When equal volume of and are separately neutralised by excess volume of solution. and of heat is liberated respectively. The value of is __________.
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : The rate law for the reaction is rate . When the concentration of both and is doubled, the reaction rate is increased "" times.
Statement II : 
The figure is showing "the variation in concentration against time plot" for a "" order reaction.
The Value of is __________.Let and . If and denote the eccentricity and the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse , then is equal to.
Let be the roots of the equation . The quadratic equation, whose roots are and , is:
The parabola divides the area of the circle in two parts. The area of the smaller part is equal to :
If the sum of the series is equal to 5, then is equal to :
The solution of the differential equation , is :
Let three vectors , form a triangle such that and the area of the triangle is . If is a positive real number, then is equal to:
The coefficient of in is . Then a possible value of is :
If the domain of the function is , then is equal to :
Let , where is the constant of integration. Then is equal to :
The frequency distribution of the age of students in a class of 40 students is given below.
| Age | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of Students | 5 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
If the mean deviation about the median is 1.25, then is equal to :
Let be such that and . Then is equal to:
Let . Then, the sum of all , where attains its maximum value, is :
The solution curve, of the differential equation , passing through the point is a conic, whose vertex lies on the line :
A variable line passes through the point and intersects the positive coordinate axes at the points and . The minimum area of the triangle , where is the origin, is :
Let the set of all positive values of , for which the point of local minimum of the function satisfies , be . Then is equal to _________.
The remainder when is divided by 21 is __________.
Let and , where is the origin. If the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides and is 15 sq. units, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral is equal to:
Let . If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
Let be a function given by
where . If is continuous at , then is equal to _________.
The shortest distance between the lines and is:
Let and denote the outcome of three independent rolls of a fair tetrahedral die, whose four faces are marked . If the probability that has all real roots is , then is equal to _________.
Let \lim _\limits{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\frac{n}{\sqrt{n^4+1}}-\frac{2 n}{\left(n^2+1\right) \sqrt{n^4+1}}+\frac{n}{\sqrt{n^4+16}}-\frac{8 n}{\left(n^2+4\right) \sqrt{n^4+16}}\right. be , using only the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions. Then is equal to _________.
Let the line intersect the lines and be parallel to the line . Then which of the following points lies on ?
Let a circle passing through have its centre at the point . Let be the point of intersection of the lines and . If \mathrm{h}=\lim _\limits{\mathrm{c} \rightarrow 1} x_{\mathrm{c}} and \mathrm{k}=\lim _\limits{\mathrm{c} \rightarrow 1} y_{\mathrm{c}}, then the equation of the circle is :
The sum of the square of the modulus of the elements in the set is __________.
Let be a non-singular matrix of order 3. If and , then is equal to _________.
Let and . Let be a relation defined on by if and only if . Then the number of elements in is __________.
If a function satisfies for all and , then the largest natural number such that \sum_\limits{\mathrm{k}=1}^{2022} f(\lambda+\mathrm{k}) \leq(2022)^2 is equal to _________.
A ray of light coming from the point gets reflected from the point on the -axis and then passes through the point . If the point is such that is a parallelogram, then is equal to:
Let the centre of a circle, passing through the points and touching the circle , be . Then for all possible values of the coordinates of the centre is equal to __________.