A solid cylinder and a solid sphere having same mass and same radius roll down on the same inclined plane. The ratio of the acceleration of the cylinder '' to that of sphere '' is

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A solid cylinder and a solid sphere having same mass and same radius roll down on the same inclined plane. The ratio of the acceleration of the cylinder '' to that of sphere '' is
Two wavelengths of sodium light and are used one after another to study diffraction due to single slit of aperture . The distance between the slit and the screen is . The separation between the positions of first maximum of the diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases is
It is easier to spray water to which soap is added because addition of soap to water
Refractive index of a glass convex lens is 1.5. The radius of curvature of each of the two surfaces of the lens is . The ratio of the power of the lens when immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.25 to that when placed in air is
The self induction (L) produced by solenoid of length '' having '' number of turns and cross sectional area '' is given by the formula ( magnetic flux, permeability of vacuum)
A sonometer wire long is in unison with a tuning fork of frequency ''. If the length of the wire is decreased by and it is vibrated with the same tuning fork, 6 beats are heard per second. The value of '' is
The position '' of a particle varies with a time as where '' and '' are constants. The acceleration of the particle will be zero at
A charge is distributed uniformly over a large sheet of area . The electric field intensity at a distance from it in air will be
Earth is assumed to be a sphere of radius R. If '' is value of effective acceleration due to gravity at latitude and '' is the value at equator, then the value of is ( is angular velocity of rotation of earth, )
Ratio of longest wavelength corresponding to Lyman and Balmer series in hydrogen spectrum is
1000 small water drops of equal size combine to form a big drop. The ratio of final surface energy to the total initial surface energy is
A wire has length and mass . Another wire QR has length and mass . Both wires have same radii and are joined as a single wire. This wire is under tension of . A wave pulse of amplitude is sent along the wire from end . the time taken by the wave pulse to travel along the wire from point P to R is ?
When a monochromatic ray of light is passed through an equilateral glass prism, it is found that the refracted ray in glass is parallel to the base of the prism. If '' and '' denote the angles of incidence and emergence respectively, then
A uniform circular disc of mass is held by two identical springs. When the disc is slightly pressed down and released, it executes S.H.M. of period 2 second. The force constant of each spring is (nearly) (Take )

Figure shows two semicircular loops of radii and carrying current . The magnetic field at the common centre '' is

Half life of radio-active element is 1600 years. The fraction of sample remains undecayed after 6400 years will be
In the hysteresis curve the value of magnetization (B) which will be present in a substance when value of magnetizing force is made zero is called as
A body (mass ) starts its motion from rest from a point distant from the centre of the earth. The velocity acquired by the body when it reaches the surface of earth will be ( universal constant of gravitation, mass of earth, = radius of earth)
A metal rod cools at the rate of whon its temperature is and the rate of when its temperature is . The temperature of the surrounding is
If and represent the electric field intensity due to a short dipole at a point on its axial line and on the equatorial line at the same distance '' from the centre of the dipole, then
On replacing a thin film of mica of thickness in the path of one of the interfering beams in Young's double slit experiment using monochromatic light, the fringe pattern shifts through a distance equal to the width of bright fringe. If , the refractive index of mica is
In an n-p-n transistor, the collector current is . If of electrons reach the collector, its base current in is
A long solenoid has 1500 turns. When a current of flows through it, the magnetic flux linked with each turn of solenoid is weber. The self-inductance of solenoid is
When the conductivity of a semiconductor is only due to the breaking of the covalent bonds, the semiconductor is called
When moving coil galvanometer (MCG) is converted into a voltmeter, the series resistance is '' times the resistance of galvanometer. How many times that of MCG the voltmeter is now capable of measuring voltage?
In potentiometer experiment, the balancing length is when two cells and are joined in series. When two cells are connected in opposition the balancing length is . The ratio of the e.m.f. of the two cells is
The molecular mass of a gas having r.m.s. speed four times as that of another gas having molecular mass 32 is
Two condensers one of capacity and other capacity are connected to a battery of voltage as shown. The work done in charging fully both the condensers is

The pressure and density of a diatomic gas changes adiabatically from to . If then should be
The power factor of an R-L circuit is . If the frequency of is doubled the power factor will now be
A machine gun fires bullets of mass with velocity of . The man holding the gun can exert a maximum force of on it. How many bullets can he fire per second at most?
A mass '' is moving with constant velocity parallel to -axis. Its angular momentum with respect to the origin is
A light spring is suspended with mass at its lower end and its upper end fixed to a rigid support. The mass is pulled down a short distance and then released. The period of oscillation is second. When a mass is added to and the system is made to oscillate, the period is found to be . The ratio is
A parallel plate capacitor with air medium between the plates has a capacitance of . The area of capacitor is divided into two equal halves and filled with two media (as shown in figure) having dielectric constant and . The capacitance of the system will be

Sound waves of frequency fall normally on a perfectly reflecting wall. The shortest distance from the wall at which all particles will have maximum amplitude of vibration is (speed of sound )
What will be the phase difference between virtual voltage and virtual current when current in the circuit is wattless?
An ideal refrigerator has freezer at a temperature of . The coefficient of performance of the engine is 5. The temperature of the air (to which heat is rejected) is
The temperature of a gas is measure of
When two light waves each of amplitude '' and having a phase difference of superimposed then the amplitude of resultant wave is
A coil having effective area A, is held with its plane normal to magnetic field of induction B. The magnetic induction is quickly reduced by of its initial value in 2 second. Then the e.m.f. induced across the coil will be
A source of sound is moving towards a stationary observer with the of the speed of sound. The ratio of apparent to real frequency is
A coil having an inductance of is connected in series with a resistance of . If from a source are impressed across the combination, the value of the phase angle between the voltage and the current is
Two spherical soap bubbles of radii '' and '' in vacuum coalesce under isothermal conditions. The resulting bubble has a radius equal to
A block of mass '' rests on a piston executing S.H.M. of period one second. The amplitude of oscillations, so that the mass is separated from the piston, is (acceleration due to gravity, )
When radiation of wavelength '' is incident on a metallic surface, the stopping potential is 4.8 V. If the surface is illuminated with radiation of double the wavelength then the stopping potential becomes . The threshold wavelength for the surface is
A long wire is bent into a circular coil of one turn and then into a circular coil of smaller radius having turns. If the same current passes in both the cases, the ratio of magnetic fields produced at the centre for one turn to that of turns is
Four identical uniform solid spheres each of same mass '' and radius '' are placed touching each other as shown in figure, with centres A, B, C, D. and are the moment of inertia of these spheres respectively about an axis passing through centre and perpendicular to the plane. The difference in , and is

The output of following combination is same as that of

At constant temperature, increasing the pressure of a gas by its volume will decrease by
An alternating voltage volt is connected to a capacitor through an a.c. ammeter. The reading of the ammeter shall
Calculate the frequency if wavelength is .
A neon-dioxygen mixture contains and . If the total pressure is , calculate the partial pressure of dioxygen.
Identify the use of HDP from following.
Which of the following is a structural formula of DDT?




Which from following elements is in liquid state at room temperature?
What is molecular formula of cyclohexylamine?
The solubility product of at is . What is its solubility in ?
Which of the following pair of compounds demonstrates the law of multiple proportions?
Identify base for following equation according to Bronsted-Lowry theory.
Which of the following is a secondary allylic alcohol?


Calculate for .
Which among the following species is reduced by tin easily?
Which among the following elements does NOT exhibit ferromagnetic properties?
A conductivity cell containing solution develops resistance at . Calculate the electrical conductivity of solution at same temperature if the cell constant is .
Calculate the rate constant of the first order reaction if of the reactant decomposes in 60 minutes.
What is the number of hybrid carbon atoms in ?
Which of the following is Clemmensen reduction?




A solution of nonvolatile solute is obtained by dissolving in water has depression in freezing point . Calculate the molar mass of solute if cryoscopic constant of water is .
Which from following combinations is an example for construction of n-type semiconductor?
Identify the element having highest ionization enthalpy.
Which of the following is NOT a basic amino acid?
Which among the following is NOT dicarboxylic acid?
What is the value of rate constant for first order reaction if slope for the graph of rate versus concentration is ?
Which of the following amines on heating with chloroform generate foul smelling product?
Which of the following gases is readily adsorbed by solid adsorbent?
Calculate the PV type of work for the following reaction at 1 bar pressure.
Which from following is an example of two dimensional nanostructures?
Calculate the density of metal having molar mass that forms simple cubic unit cell.
What is the number of moles of ethane obtained from moles of bromomethane using moles of sodium atoms in dry ether medium?
Which among the following is haloalkyne?
Identify substrate 'A' in the following reaction.
2nA 2n Propanone + n Cadmium chloride
Calculate the edge length of bcc unit cell if radius of metal atom is .
What is IUPAC name of following compound?

The rate law for the reaction product is rate . When will the rate of reaction increase by factor two?
What is Henry's law constant of a gas if solubility of gas in water at is ?
[Partial pressure of gas
Which element from following rapidly loses its luster in air and tarnishes?
Identify major product formed in the following reaction.
3-Bromo-2-methylpentane Major product
What is the oxidation number of in ?
For a reaction products is and is . Calculate the highest value of temperature so that the reaction will proceed in forward direction.
An organic monobasic acid has dissociation constant . What is percent dissociation in its solution?
Identify the element having positive electron gain enthalpy.
Identify the compound '' in the following sequence of reactions.
Identify anionic sphere complex from following.
Which coordination complex from following contains neutral ligand?
What is formal charge on carbon in the following Lewis structure?

Which from following thermodynamic properties is a path function?
What type of following solutions is the gasoline?
Find the number of unpaired electrons for copper in ground state configuration.
What type of peptide is the glycylalanine?
Which from following polymers is classified fibres depending on inter molecular forces?