The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity 3 and relative permeability {4 \over 3} for this wavelength, will be :
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A vessel of depth 2h is half filled with a liquid
of refractive index 22 and the upper half with
another liquid of refractive index 2 . The
liquids are immiscible. The apparent depth of
the inner surface of the bottom of vessel
will be :
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The aperture diameter of a telescope is 5m. The
separation between the moon and the earth is
4 × 105 km. With light of wavelength of
5500 Ao, the minimum separation between
objects on the surface of moon, so that they are
just resolved, is close to :
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There is a small source of light at some depth
below the surface of water (refractive
index = {4 \over 3}) in a tank of large cross sectional
surface area. Neglecting any reflection from the
bottom and absorption by water, percentage of
light that emerges out of surface is (nearly) :
[Use the fact that surface area of a spherical cap
of height h and radius of curvature r is 2πrh]:
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An object is gradually moving away from the
focal point of a concave mirror along the axis
of the mirror. The graphical representation of
the magnitude of linear magnification (m)
versus distance of the object from the mirror
(x) is correctly given by :
(Graphs are drawn schematically and are not
to scale)
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A potentiometer wire PQ of 1 m length is
connected to a standard cell E1. Another cell E2
of emf 1.02 V is connected with a resistance ‘r’
and switch S (as shown in figure). With switch
S open, the null position is obtained at a
distance of 49 cm from Q. The potential
gradient in the potentiometer wire is :
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Model a torch battery of length l to be made up
of a thin cylindrical bar of radius ‘a’ and a
concentric thin cylindrical shell of radius ‘b’
filled in between with an electrolyte of
resistivity ρ (see figure). If the battery is
connected to a resistance of value R, the
maximum Joule heating in R will take place for :
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Two resistors 400Ω and 800Ω are connected in series across a 6 V battery. The potential difference measured by a voltmeter of 10 kΩ across 400 Ω resistor is close to :
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The value of current i1
flowing from A to C in the circuit diagram is :
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An electrical power line, having a total
resistance of 2 Ω, delivers 1 kW at 220 V. The
efficiency of the transmission line is
approximately :
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A galvanometer of resistance G is converted
into a voltmeter of range 0 – 1 V by connecting
a resistance R1 in series with it. The additional
resistance that should be connected in series
with R1 to increase the range of the voltmeter
to 0 – 2 V will be :
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In the circuit, given in the figure currents in
different branches and value of one resistor are
shown. Then potential at point B with respect to
the point A is :
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A galvanometer is used in laboratory for
detecting the null point in electrical
experiments. If, on passing a current of 6 mA it
produces a deflection of 2o, its figure of merit
is close to :
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A circuit to verify Ohm's law uses ammeter and voltmeter in series or parallel connected correctly
to the resistor. In the circuit :
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In the figure shown, the current in the 10 V battery is close to :
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A battery of 3.0 V is connected to a resistor dissipating 0.5 W of power. If the terminal voltage of the battery is 2.5 V, the power dissipated within the internal resistance is :
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Consider four conducting materials copper,
tungsten, mercury and aluminium with
resistivity ρC, ρT, ρM and ρA respectively. Then :
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The current I1 (in A) flowing through 1 Ω resistor in the following circuit is :
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In a building there are 15 bulbs of 45 W, 15 bulbs of 100 W, 15 small fans of 10 W and 2 heaters
of 1 kW. The voltage of electric main is 220 V. The minimum fuse capacity (rated value) of the
building will be :
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The length of a potentiometer wire is 1200 cm
and it carries a current of 60 mA. For a cell of
emf 5V and internal resistance of 20Ω, the null
point on it is found to be a 1000 cm. The
resistance of whole wire is :