In an LC circuit, angular frequency at resonance is . The new angular frequency when inductance is made four times and capacitance is made eight times is

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In an LC circuit, angular frequency at resonance is . The new angular frequency when inductance is made four times and capacitance is made eight times is

in figure (c) is the largest
in figure (b) is same as figure (c) but is smaller than figure (d)
is the same for all the figures
in figure (d) is the least
A person observes two moving trains. First reaching the station and another leaves the station with equal speed of . If both trains emit sounds of frequency 300 Hz , difference of frequencies heard by the person will be (speed of sound in air )
80 Hz
75 Hz
55 Hz
45 Hz

30 V
60 V
50 V
110 V
An open organ pipe and closed organ pipe of same length produce 2 beats per second, when they are set into vibrations together, in fundamental mode. The length of open pipe is made half and that of closed pipe is doubled.
The number of beats produced per second will be (neglect end correction)
4
6
7
8
A beam of light of intensity falls on a system of three polaroids which are arranged in succession such that the pass (transmission) axis is turned through with respect to preceding one. The fraction of the incident light intensity that passes through the system is
The angular momentum of a rotating body is ' '. When the frequency of rotating body is tripled and its kinetic energy is made one-third, the new angular momentum becomes
6 L
9 L
An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of to a uniform electric field of . If it experiences a torque of , the magnitude of the charge on the dipole is
Two inductors of 80 mH each are joined in parallel. The current passing through the combination is 2.1 A . The energy stored in this combination of inductors is
The liquid (mercury) meniscus in capillary tube will be convex if the angle of contact is
greater than
less than
equal to
equal to
A 2.5 V battery is connected to a potentiometer wire. A cell of e.m.f. 1.08 V is balanced by the voltage drop across 2.16 m of wire. The length of the potentiometer wire is
2.5 m
3 m
5 m
6 m
A stone of mass ' m ' kg is tied to a string of length ' ' and moved in a vertical circle of radius 49 cm in a vertical plane. If it completes 30 revolutions per minute, the tension in the string when it is at the lowermost point is nearly [Take and acceleration due to gravity, ]
A photosensitive surface has work function . If photon of energy falls on this surface, the electron comes out with maximum velocity of When photon energy is increased to then maximum velocity of photoelectron will be
A vessel completely filled with water has two holes ' P ' and ' Q ' at depths ' 2 h ' and ' 8 h ' from the top respectively. Hole ' P ' is square of side ' ' and hole ' ' is a circle of radius ' '. The water flowing out per second from both the holes is same, then side ' ' of hole ' ' is
A wire of length ' ' carries a current ' '. If the wire is turned into a square coil of single turn, the maximum magnitude of the torque in a given magnetic field is
A black body has maximum wavelength ' ' at temperature 2000 K . Its maximum wavelength at 3000 K will be
The moment of inertia of a thin uniform rod of mass ' ' and length ' ', about an axis perpendicular to length of the rod and at a distance ' ' from one end is
The potential difference across the 4 capacitor in the following circuit is

3.4 V
4.6 V
5.4 V
6.2 V
The relation between efficiency of Carnot engine and coefficient of performance of refrigerator is
A radioactive element having half-life 30 min . is undergoing beta decay. The fraction of radioactive element remains undecayed after 90 min . will be
500 gram of a diatomic gas is enclosed at a pressure of . The density of the gas is . The energy of one mole of the gas due to its thermal motion is [consider the gas molecule as a rigid rotator]
In metre-bridge experiment the balance point is obtained if the gaps are closed by and . A shunt of is added to resistor to shift the balance point by 22.5 cm . The value of x is
3
2
1
4
All the springs in fig. (a), (b) and (c) are identical, each having force constant K each. Mass m is attached to each system. If and are the time periods of oscillations of the three systems in fig. (a), (b) and (c) respectively, then

A physical quantity ' X ' is related to four measurable quantities ' ', ' ', ' ' and ' ' as . The percentage error in the measurement of 'a', 'b', 'c' and 'd' are , and respectively. The percentage error in measurement of quantity ' X ' is
A coil of effective area is placed at right angles to a magnetic field of induction If the field is decreased to of its original value in 10 second, the e.m.f. induced in the coil will be
10 mV
12 mV
15 mV
20 mV
Two vectors and are perpendicular to each other. When , the ratio of to is . The value of is
Three immiscible transparent liquids with refractive indices and are arranged one above the other in a container. The depths of the liquids are and 6 cm respectively. The apparent depth of the vessel is
4 cm
6 cm
8 cm
10 cm
A spherical liquid drop splits in to 729 identical spherical drops. If is the surface energy of the original drop and is the total surface energy of resulting drops, then . The value of is
9
7
6
13
A circular coil carrying current has radius ' '. The distance from the centre of the coil on the axis where the magnetic induction will be th of its value at the centre of the coil is
A point particle of mass 200 gram is executing S.H.M. of amplitude 0.2 m . When the particle passes through the mean position, its kinetic energy is . The equation of motion of this particle is (Initial phase of oscillation )
An inductor of , capacitor of capacitance and resistance of are connected in series with an AC voltage source of supply. The tangent of the phase angle ' ' between voltage and current is
4
3
2
1
Three rods of same mass are placed as shown in figure. The co-ordinates of centre of mass of the system are

A charge is uniformly distributed on the surface of a spherical rubber balloon. As it is blown up, the total electric flux coming out of the surface
decreases.
increases.
remains unchanged.
becomes zero.
Resolving power of a telescope can be increased by increasing
the diameter of eyepiece.
the wavelength of light.
the focal length of eye-piece.
the diameter of the objective.
The ratio of the total energy of the orbit electron for the hydrogen atom () to that of a helium ion () is :
4
2
An organ pipe closed at one end has fundamental frequency of 1500 Hz . The maximum number of overtones generated by this pipe which a normal person can hear is (Normal man can hear the frequency up to 19.5 kHz , Neglect end correction)
6
3
13
11
The outer surface of star in the form of a sphere radiates heat as a black body at temperature ' T '. The total radiant energy per unit area, normal to the direction of incidence, received at a distance ' ' from the centre of a star of radius ' ' is Stefan's constant
The magnetic field (B) inside a long solenoid having ' ' turns per unit length and carrying current ' i ' when iron core is kept in it, is ( permeability of vacuum, magnetic susceptibility)
A gas having and volume 360 c.c. is suddenly compressed to 90 c.c. If the initial pressure of the gas is P , then the final pressure will be
8 P
16 P
32 P
In Young's double slit experiment, the intensity on screen at a point, where path difference is is . The intensity at a point when path difference is ' ' will be
4 K
2 K
K
When LED is manufactured by using aluminium gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), it emits
ultra-violet light
infra red radiation
green light
blue light
A simple pendulum starts oscillating simple harmonically from its mean position ( ) with amplitude ' ' and periodic time ' '. The magnitude of velocity of pendulum at is
A coil having ' ' turns and resistance ' ' is connected to a galvanometer of resistance ' 6 R ' . The magnetic flux linked with this coil changes from weber to weber in time ' t ' second. The induced current in the circuit is
Energy of the incident photons on the metal surface is initially 4 W and then 6 W where is the work function of that metal. The ratio of velocities of emitted photoelectrons is
1.6
3.6
4.8
9.6
A ball is dropped on the floor from a height of 20 m . It rebounds to a height of 5 m . Ball remains in contact with floor for 1 s . The average acceleration during contact is (acceleration due to gravity )
Which of the following figure represents forward bias diode?

A
C
D
B
The length of steel rod is 5 cm longer than the copper rod at all temperatures. The length of the steel and copper rod is respectively (Coefficient of linear expansion for steel and copper is respectively and )
nearly 15 cm and 10 cm
nearly 14 cm and 9 cm
nearly 12 cm and 7 cm
nearly 13 cm and 8 cm
An AND gate is followed by a NOT gate in series. With two inputs ' ' and ' ', the Boolean expression for the output ' Y ' will be
A uniform sphere has radius ' ' and mass ' '. The magnitude of gravitational field at distances ' ' and ' ' from the centre of the sphere are ' ' and ' ' respectively. The ratio is and
Which of the following statements is NOT correct regarding order of reaction?
It is determined experimentally.
It is not influenced by stoichiometric coefficient of reactants.
It is sum of power to the concentration terms of reactants in rate law equation.
It is always whole number.
Identify cross linked polymer from following.
High density polythene
Low density polythene
Melamine
PVC
Which of the following forces is involved in dinitrogen?
Dipole - dipole interaction
Dipole - induced dipole interaction
London dispersion force
Hydrogen bonding
Which among the following is dicarboxylic acid?
Valeric acid
Caproic acid
Glutaric acid
Butyric acid
Calculate the edge length of unit cell if metal having atomic radius 170 pm forms simple cubic unit cell.
Calculate the frequency in Hz of orange colour light having wavelength 600 nm .
Which from following statements is NOT correct regarding tannins?
These avoid browning of freshly cut potato.
These are formed from polyphenols.
These are obtained by polymerisation of quinones.
These are generated after cutting fruits or vegetables.
Calculate the solubility of gas in solvent at and 0.8 atm if Henry's law constant for solvent is .
Identify the correct order of acidity of hydrides of group elements from the following.
Which from following elements belongs to inner transition elements?
Cm
W
Mo
Ru
Which of the following is NOT a characterstic of chemisorption?
It is specific.
Heat released is in the range of
Formation of multimolecular layer of adsorbate.
It is irreversible.
Identify a side chain (R) group present in Leucine, an amino acid.
What is half life of a first order reaction if time required to decrease concentration of reactant from 0.4 M to 0.1 M is hour?
hour
hour
hour
hour
Benzene
Chlorobenzene
Toluene
Phenol
Calculate osmotic pressure of 0.1 M aqueous solution of an electrolyte at 300 K if van't Hoff factor is 1.125.
2.15 atm
2.41 atm
2.77 atm
3.25 atm
Which from following gases causes the depletion of ozone layer in upper atmosphere?
NO
Which from following complexes contains anionic ligand?
Tetraamminecopper (II) ion
Pentaammineaquacobalt (III) iodide
Tetracyanonickelate (II) ion
Pentacarbonyliron(0)
Find principle of green chemistry to show protection of selective group is not advantageous.
Use of renewable feed stock
Reduce number of derivatives
Use of catalysis
Design for degradation
What is the name of monomer used in the formation of a polymer

Isoprene
Tetrafluoroethylene
Acrylonitrile
Caprolactum
Which of the following is obtained as major product when excess of methane is treated with limited chlorine in presence of UV light?
Chloromethane
Dichloromethane
Trichloromethane
Tetrachloromethane
What type of alcohol is the crotonyl alcohol?
Allylic alcohol
Benzylic alcohol
Vinylic alcohol
Polyhydric alcohol
What type of solution is the in palladium?
Gas as solute and solid as solvent
Gas as solute and liquid as solvent
Gas as solvent and solid as solute
Liquid as solute and gas as solvent
Identify conjugate acid and conjugate base for ion respectively
and
and
and
and
Which from following complexes does obey EAN rule?
Identify catalyst used in following reaction.
Iron chromate
Vanadium pentoxide
Ni metal
Traces of acid or alkali
Which of the following reagents is used in the preparation of nitroalkane from haloalkane?
Potassium cyanide
Sodium nitrite
Potassium nitrite
Silver nitrite
What is percent dissociation of if molar conductance at zero concentration for , NaCl and NaOH are 130, 109 and respectively and molar conductivity of is ?
Identify the reagent used for Rosenmund reduction.
Calculate the work done in the oxidation of one mole at , according to reaction.
2494.2 J
623.6 J
1247.1 J
1870.7 J
Find the concentration of sodium acetate when added to 0.1 M solution of acetic acid to form a buffer solution of ?
( of )
0.1 M
1.0 M
10.0 M
Which actinoid from following in its +3 state has largest size?
U
Bk
Es
Md
Which of the following halogens does always show oxidation state -1 ?
Cl
F
Br
I
Which from following carbohydrates produces glucose, galactose and fructose on hydrolysis?
Maltose
Stachyose
Raffinose
Lactose
What is degree of dissociation of if, , and molar conductivity of is ?
Identify the reaction so that carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones is reduced to methylene group on treatment with Zinc-amalgam and concentrated hydrochloric acid.
Wolf-Kishner reduction.
Stephan reaction.
Clemmensen reduction.
Etard reaction.
Which of the following dopant is added in silicon to obtain n-type semiconductor?
As
B
Ga
In
Which from following is an example of an intensive property of the system?
Volume
Enthalpy
Entropy
Molar volume
What is the number of hydrogen atoms present in 5.4 g of urea?
What is the order of reactivity of alkyl halides with ammonia?
For the reaction,
disappears at a rate of
Find the rate of formation of ?




Which of the following molecules does not obey octet rule?
Which of the following on reaction with Grignards reagent followed by hydrolysis forms tertiary alcohol?
Methanal
Ethanal
Propanal
Propanone
In an ionic solid anions are arranged in hcp array and cations occupy of octahedral voids.
What is the formula of ionic compound? [consider cation; anion]
AB
For a certain reaction and . Find the temperature so that is zero.
1500 K
1450 K
1340 K
1300 K
Calculate the ionisation constant of of a monobasic acid having .
What is the number of moles of ' C ' and ' H ' atoms respectively present in n mole molecule represented by following structure?

and
ad
and
and
Identify the product obtained when nitro ethane is treated with under ideal conditions.
Ethanamine
Acetamide
Formamide
Methanamine
What is the SI unit of resistivity?
Which of the following is trihydric phenol?
Catechol
Pyrogallol
Resorcinol
Quinol