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A radioactive nucleus decays as follows :
If the mass number and atomic number of ' ' are 172 and 69 respectively, then the atomic number and mass number of ' ' are
A single slit diffraction pattern is obtained using a beam of red light. If red light is replaced by blue light then
The variation of density of a solid cylindrical rod of cross sectional area and length is , where is the distance from one end of the rod. The position of its centre of mass from one end is

A simple pendulum is taken at a place where its distance from the earth's surface is equal to the radius of the earth. Calculate the time period of small oscillations if the length of the string is 4.0 m . (Take at the surface of the earth.)
Consider a particle of mass 1 gm and charge 1.0 Coulomb is at rest. Now the particle is subjected to an electric field in the -direction, where Newton/Coulomb and . The maximum speed attained by the particle is
The minimum force required to start pushing a body up a rough (having co-efficient of friction ) inclined plane is while the minimum force needed to prevent it from sliding is . If the inclined plane makes an angle with the horizontal such that , then the ratio is
Acceleration-time graph of a body is shown in the figurd. Corresponding velocity-time graph is





One end of a stecl wire is fixed to the ceiling of an elevator moving up with an acceleration and a load of 10 kg hangs from the other end. If the cross section of the wire is , then the longitudinal strain in the wire will be ( and )

Ruma reached the metro station and found that the escalator was not working. She walked up the stationary escalator with velocity in time . On other day if she remains stationary on the escalator moving with velocity , then escalator takes her up in time . The time taken by her to walk up with velocity on the moving escalator will be
A quantity is given by , where is the permittivity of free space, is the length, is a potential difference and is a time interval. The dimension of is same as that of
A diode is connected in parallel with a resistance as shown in Figure. The most probable current (I) - voltage (V) characteristic is




The minimum wavelength of Lyman series lines is , then the maximum wavelength of these lines is
An electron in Hydrogen atom jumps from the second Bohr orbit to the ground state and the difference between the energies of the two states is radiated in the form of a photon. This photon strikes a material. If the work function of the material is 4.2 eV , then the stopping potential is (Energy of electron in -th orbit
A ball falls from a height upon a fixed horizontal floor. The co-efficient of restitution for the collision between the ball and the floor is ' '. The total distance covered by the ball before coming to rest is [neglect the air resistance]
Manufacturers supply a zener diode with zener voltage and maximum power dissipation . This zener diode is used in the following circuit. Calculate the minimum value of the resistance in the circuit so that the zener diode will not burn when the input voltage is .

A force is acting on a body of mass . The body was initially at rest at the origin. The co-ordinates of the body after time ' ' will be
Figure shows the graph of angle of deviation versus angle of incidence i for a light ray striking a prism. The prism angle is

Two charges and are placed at points and respectively which are at a distance is the mid point of and . The workdone in moving a charge along the semicircle and along the line are

Which logic gate is represented by the following combinations of logic gates?

The number of undecayed nuclei in a sample of radioactive material as a function of time is shown in the figure. Which of the following graphs correctly show the relationship between and the activity ' '?





For an ideal gas, a cyclic process ABCA as shown in P-T diagram, when presented in P-V plot, would be





The resistance where Volt and Ampere. The percentage error in ' ' is
A particle of charge ' ' and mass ' ' moves in a circular orbit of radius ' ' with angular speed ' '. The ratio of the magnitude of its magnetic moment to that of its angular momentum depends on
The de-Broglie wavelength of a moving bus with speed is . Some passengers left the bus at a stoppage. Now when the bus moves with twice of its initial speed, its kinetic energy is found to be twice of its initial value. What is the de-Broglie wavelength of the bus now?
The variation of displacement with time of a simple harmonic motion (SHM) for a particle of mass is represented by . The maximum acceleration of the particle is
What are the charges stored in the and capacitors in the circuit as shown in figure once the current (I) become steady?

Three different liquids are filled in a U-tube as shown in figure. Their densities are and respectively. From the figure we may conclude that

A piece of granite floats at the interface of mercury and water contained in a beaker as in figure. If the densities of granite, water and mercury are and respectively, the ratio of the volume of granite in water to the volume of granite in mercury is

photons of wavelength 660 nm are emitted per second from a lamp. The wattage of the lamp is (Planck's constant )
The apparent coefficient of expansion of a liquid, when heated in a copper vessel is and when heated in silver vessel is . If is linear coefficient of expansion of copper, then linear coefficient of expansion of silver is
The equation of a stationary wave along a stretched string is given by . Here and are in cm and in second. The separation between two adjacent nodes is
Temperature of a body is slightly more than the temperature of the surrounding . Its rate of cooling versus temperature of the body is plotted. Its shape would be




Let denotes the mean speed, root mean square speed and most probable speed of the molecules each of mass in an ideal monoatomic gas at absolute temperature Kelvin. Which statement(s) is/are correct?
A wave disturbance in a medium is described by where are in meters and is in second. Which statement(s) is/are correct?
Two spheres and of masses and respectively collide with each other. Initially is at rest and is moving with velocity along -axis. After collision has a velocity in a direction perpendicular to the original direction. The sphere moves after collision

The number of lone pair of electrons and the hybridization of Xenon ( Xe ) in are
In the following reaction, the major product is





Increasing order of the nucleophilic substitution of following compounds

Which of the following hydrocarbons reacts easily with to give methane?




Adiabatic free expansion of ideal gas must be
An optically active alkene having molecular formula gives acetone as one of the products on ozonolysis. The structure of the alkene is




of a hydrocarbon diffuses in 30 minutes, while under the same conditions of gas diffuses in one hour. The molecular formula of the hydrocarbon is
The number of terminal and bridging hydrogens in are respectively
The major product (F) in the following reaction is

For a chemical reaction, half-life period is 10 minutes. How much reactant will be left after 20 minutes if one starts with 100 moles of reactant and the order of the reaction be (i) zero, (ii) one and (iii) two?
Equal volume of two solutions and of a strong acid having and respectively are mixed together to form a new solution. The pH of the new solution will be in the range
and combines to form two compounds and . If is dissolved in 51 g benzene the depression of freezing point becomes . On the other hand if is dissolved in 51 g of benzene, the depression of freezing point becomes . The atomic mass of P and Q are of benzene
Identify the major product (G) in the following reaction





Increasing order of solubility of AgCl in (i) , (ii) 1 M NaCl (aq.), (iii) 1 M CaCl 2 (aq.) and (iv) (aq.) solution
Arrange the following compounds in order of their increasing acid strength

Which of the following hydrogen bonds is likely to be the weakest?
How many oxygen atoms are present in 0.36 g of a drop of water at STP?
The molar conductances of and at infinite dilution are and respectively. The molar conductance of at infinite dilution will be
The common stable oxidation states of Eu and Gd are respectively
Which one among the following compounds will most readily be dehydrated under acidic condition?




An LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) cylinder weighs 15.0 kg when empty. When full, it weighs 30.0 kg and shows a pressure of 3.0 atm . In the course of usage at , the mass of the full cylinder is reduced to . The volume of the used gas in cubic metre at the normal usage condition ( atm and ) is (assume LPG to be normal butane and it behaves ideally)
What is the four-electron reduced form of ?
Kjeldahl's method cannot be used for the estimation of nitrogen in which compound?



Which of the following compounds is most reactive in reaction?




The coagulating power of electrolytes having ions and for sol increases in the order
If three elements crystalise in a cubic solid lattice with atoms at the cubic centres, aton at the centre of edges and A atoms at the corners, then formula of the compound is
Which of the following oxides is paramagnetic?
How many electrons are needed to reduce to
The bond order of is
An egg takes 4.0 minutes to boil at sea level where the boiling point of water is , where as it takes 8.0 minutes to boil on a mountain top where the boiling point of water is . The activation energy for the reaction that takes place during the boiling of egg is
As per the following equation, 0.217 g of HgO (molecular mass ) reacts with excess iodide. On titration of the resulting solution, how many mL of 0.01 M HCl is required to reach the equivalence point?

The major product 'P' and 'Q' in the above reactions are




Consider the following gas phase dissociation, with equilibrium constant at a particular temperature and at pressure . The degree of dissociation ( ) for is
Compound given below will produce effervescence when mixed with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution



Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the given compound?

is an extensive property and is an intensive property of a thermodynamic system. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?
Which pair of ions among the following can be separated by precipitation method?
The compound(s) showing optical activity is/are
Identify 'P' and 'Q' in the following reaction
