The temperature of a body in air falls from to in 4 minutes. The temperature of the air is . The temperature of the body in the next 4 minutes will be :

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The temperature of a body in air falls from to in 4 minutes. The temperature of the air is . The temperature of the body in the next 4 minutes will be :
A long straight wire of a circular cross-section with radius ' a ' carries a steady current I . The current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. The plot of magnitude of magnetic field B with distance from the centre of the wire is given by




Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : In an insulated container, a gas is adiabatically shrunk to half of its initial volume. The temperature of the gas decreases.
Reason (R) : Free expansion of an ideal gas is an irreversible and an adiabatic process.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The output of the circuit is low (zero) for :

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

N equally spaced charges each of value q , are placed on a circle of radius R . The circle rotates about its axis with an angular velocity as shown in the figure. A bigger Amperian loop B encloses the whole circle where as a smaller Amperian loop A encloses a small segment. The difference between enclosed currents, , for the given Amperian loops is
The increase in pressure required to decrease the volume of a water sample by is . Bulk modulus of water is . The value of P is _________ .
Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : A electron in a certain region of uniform magnetic field is moving with constant velocity in a straight line path.
Reason (R) : The magnetic field in that region is along the direction of velocity of the electron. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A solid sphere is rolling without slipping on a horizontal plane. The ratio of the linear kinetic energy of the centre of mass of the sphere and rotational kinetic energy is :
A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same mass and of same radius are rolled on an inclined plane. Let the time taken to reach the bottom by the solid sphere and the hollow sphere be and , respectively, then
In a Young's double slit experiment, three polarizers are kept as shown in the figure. The transmission axes of and are orthogonal to each other. The polarizer covers both the slits with its transmission axis at to those of and . An unpolarized light of wavelength and intensity is incident on and . The intensity at a point after where the path difference between the light waves from and is , is

Which of the following figure represents the relation between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures?




The ratio of the power of a light source to that the light source is is emitting photons per second at 600 nm . If the wavelength of the source is 300 nm , then the number of photons per second emitted by is __________ .
A particle oscillates along the -axis according to the law, where . The kinetic energy of the particle as a function of is correctly represented by the graph




Arrange the following in the ascending order of wavelength :
(A) Microwaves
(B) Ultraviolet rays
(C) Infrared rays
(D) X-rays
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
In photoelectric effect, the stopping potential frequency curve is plotted.
( h is the Planck's constant and is work function of metal )
(A) is linear.
(B) The slope of curve
(C) h constant is related to the slope of line.
(D) The value of electric charge of electron is not required to determine h using the curve.
(E) The work function can be estimated without knowing the value of .
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
A small uncharged conducting sphere is placed in contact with an identical sphere but having charge and then removed to a distance such that the force of repulsion between them is . The distance between them is (Take as in SI units)
The energy E and momentum p of a moving body of mass m are related by some equation. Given that c represents the speed of light, identify the correct equation
The position vector of a moving body at any instant of time is given as . The magnitude and direction of velocity at is,
The magnitude of heat exchanged by a system for the given cyclic process ABCA (as shown in figure) is (in SI unit) :

A tightly wound long solenoid carries a current of 1.5 A . An electron is executing uniform circular motion inside the solenoid with a time period of 75 ns . The number of turns per metre in the solenoid is _________.
[Take mass of electron , charge of electron ,

In the first configuration (1) as shown in the figure, four identical charges are kept at the corners A, B, C and D of square of side length ' '. In the second configuration (2), the same charges are shifted to mid points and , of the square. If , the difference between the potential energies of configuration (2) and (1) is given by :

A string of length is fixed at one end and carries a mass of at the other end. The mass makes rotations per second about the vertical axis passing through end of the string as shown. The tension in the string is __________ ML.
A photograph of a landscape is captured by a drone camera at a height of 18 km . The size of the camera film is and the area of the landscape photographed is . The focal length of the lens in the drone camera is :
Acceleration due to gravity on the surface of earth is ' '. If the diameter of earth is reduced to one third of its original value and mass remains unchanged, then the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth is ________ g.
Young's double slit inteference apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.44. It has slit separation of 1.5 mm . The slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is 690 nm . The fringe-width on a screen placed behind the plane of slits at a distance of 0.72 m , will be:
The elemental composition of a compound is and . If the molar mass of the compound is , the molecular formula of the compound is : [Given : The relative atomic mass of ]
For the reaction,
Attainment of equilibrium is predicted correctly by :




For reaction

The correct order of set of reagents for the above conversion is :
In the given structure, number of sp and hybridized carbon atoms present respectively are :

The structure of the major product formed in the following reaction is :





When Ethane-1,2-diamine is added progressively to an aqueous solution of Nickel (II) chloride, the sequence of colour change observed will be:
The heat of formation of is given by :
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | ![]() |
(I) | Etard reaction |
| (B) | ![]() |
(II) | Gatterman-Koch reaction |
| (C) | ![]() |
(III) | Rosenmund reduction |
| (D) | ![]() |
(IV) | Stephen reaction |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : Experimentally determined oxygen-oxygen bond lengths in the are found to be same and the bond length is greater than that of a (double bond) but less than that of a single bond.
Statement (II) : The strong lone pair-lone pair repulsion between oxygen atoms is solely responsible for the fact that the bond length in ozone is smaller than that of a double bond but more than that of a single bond .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Which of the following mixing of 1 M base and 1 M acid leads to the largest increase in temperature?
Identify correct statement/s :
(A) and are activating group.
(B) and -OH are meta directing group.
(C) -CN and are meta directing group.
(D) Activating groups act as ortho - and para directing groups.
(E) Halides are activating groups.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | Adenine | (I) | ![]() |
| (B) | Cytosine | (II) | ![]() |
| (C) | Thymine | (III) | ![]() |
| (D) | Uracil | (IV) | ![]() |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
In Carius method of estimation of halogen, 0.25 g of an organic compound gave 0.15 g of silver bromide ( AgBr ). The percentage of Bromine in the organic compound is ________ (Nearest integer).
(Given : Molar mass of Ag is 108 and Br is )
The hydrocarbon with molar mass and carbon has _______ degree of unsaturation.
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) :
is valid for first order reaction.
Statement (II) :
is valid for first order reaction.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Consider a complex reaction taking place in three steps with rate constants and respectively. The overall rate constant is given by the expression . If the activation energies of the three steps are 60, 30 and respectively, then the overall energy of activation in is _________ . (Nearest integer)
The observed and normal molar masses of compound are 65.6 and 164 respectively. The percent degree of ionisation of is __________%. (Nearest integer)
For hydrogen atom, the orbital/s with lowest energy is/are :
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The successive 5 ionisation energies of an element are and , respectively. By using the above values predict the group in which the above element is present :
The conditions and consequence that favours the configuration in a metal complex are :
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : The first ionization energy of Pb is greater than that of Sn .
Statement (II) : The first ionization energy of Ge is greater than that of Si .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I (Transition metal ion) |
List - II (Spin only magnetic moment (B.M.)) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | (I) | 3.87 | |
| (B) | (II) | 0.00 | |
| (C) | (III) | 1.73 | |
| (D) | (IV) | 2.84 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
The possible number of stereoisomers for 5-phenylpent-4-en-2-ol is ________.
Based on the data given below :
the strongest reducing agent is :
Let the position vectors of three vertices of a triangle be and . If the position vectors of the orthocenter and the circumcenter of the triangle are and respectively, then is equal to :
Let P be the image of the point in the line and be a point on . Then the square of the area of is _________.
For some let Then is equal to :
If , where is the constant of integration, then is equal to __________ .
Let be the largest open interval in which the function is strictly increasing and (b, c) be the largest open interval, in which the function is strictly decreasing. Then is equal to :
Let and . Then is equal to :
Let be a function which is differentiable at all points of its domain and satisfies the condition , with . Then is equal to :
The number of real solution(s) of the equation is :
Let be the solution of the differential equation
. If , then is equal to _________.
If , then the expression is equal to :
Group A consists of 7 boys and 3 girls, while group B consists of 6 boys and 5 girls. The number of ways, 4 boys and 4 girls can be invited for a picnic if 5 of them must be from group and the remaining 3 from group , is equal to :
The equation of the chord, of the ellipse , whose mid-point is is :
Let denote the greatest integer function, and let m and n respectively be the numbers of the points, where the function , is not continuous and not differentiable. Then is equal to :
The area of the region enclosed by the curves and -axis is :
Let and . Then the projection of on is :
In an arithmetic progression, if and , then is equal to :
Let the points lie on or inside the triangle with sides and . Then the product of the smallest and the largest values of is equal to :
Let be a square matrix of order 2 with entries either 0 or 1 . Let E be the event that A is an invertible matrix. Then the probability is :
If the system of equations
has infinitely many solutions, then is equal to :
Let and be two hyperbolas having length of latus rectums and respectively. Let their ecentricities be and respectively. If the product of the lengths of their transverse axes is , then is equal to _________ .
If the equation of the parabola with vertex and the directrix is , then is equal to :
Suppose and are the coefficients of and terms respectively in the binomial expansion of . If , then n is equal to:
The function , defined by is :
If , then the value of is :
Number of functions , that assign 1 to exactly one of the positive integers less than or equal to 98 , is equal to ________.