Which one of the following plots represents the variation of a gravitational field on a particle with distance \(r\) due to a thin spherical shell of radius \(R?\)
(\(r\) is measured from the centre of the spherical shell)
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The input resistance of a silicon transistor is 100 Ω. If the base current is changed by 40 µA, it results in a change in collector current by 2 mA. This transistor is used as a common emitter amplifier with a load resistance of 4 kΩ. The voltage gain of the amplifier is:
1. 3000
2. 4000
3. 1000
4. 2000
For the angle of minimum deviation of a prism to be equal to its refracting angle, the prism must be made of a material whose refractive index:
| 1. | lies between \(2\) and \(\sqrt{2}\) |
| 2. | is less than \(1\) |
| 3. | is greater than \(2\) |
| 4. | lies between \(\sqrt{2}\) and \(1\) |
The transition from the state \(n=3\) to \(n=1\) in hydrogen-like atoms results in ultraviolet radiation. Infrared radiation will be obtained in the transition from:
1. \(3\rightarrow 2\)
2. \(4\rightarrow 2\)
3. \(4\rightarrow 3\)
4. \(2\rightarrow 1\)
A rod of length \(10~\text{cm}\) lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length \(10~\text{cm}\) in such a way that its end closer to the pole is \(20~\text{cm}\) away from the mirror. The length of the image is:
1. \(15~\text{cm}\)
2. \(2.5~\text{cm}\)
3. \(5~\text{cm}\)
4. \(10~\text{cm}\)
A slab of stone with an area \(0.36~\text{m}^{2}\) and thickness of \(0.1~\text{m}\) is exposed on the lower surface to steam at \(100^\circ\text{C}.\) A block of ice at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\) rests on the upper surface of the slab. In one hour \(4.8~\text{kg}\) of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of the slab will be:
(Given latent heat of fusion of ice \(= 3.36\times10^{5}~\text{JKg}^{-1}\))
1. \(1.29~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
2. \(2.05~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
3. \(1.02~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
4. \(1.24~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
A stone is dropped from a height \(h.\) It hits the ground with a certain momentum \(p.\) If the same stone is dropped from a height \(100\%\) more than the previous height, the momentum when it hits the ground will change by:
1. \(41\%\)
2. \(200\%\)
3. \(100\%\)
4. \(68\%\)
A cell having an emf \(\varepsilon\) and internal resistance \(r\) is connected across a variable external resistance \(R\). As the resistance \(R\) is increased, the plot of potential difference \(V\) across \(R\) is given by:
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A magnetic needle suspended parallel to a magnetic field requires \(\sqrt{3}~\text{J}\) of work to turn it through \(60^\circ\)
1. \(3\) N-m
2. \(\sqrt{3} \) N-m
3. \(\frac32\) N-m
4. \(2\sqrt{3}\) N-m
The ratio of the amplitude of a magnetic field to the amplitude of an electric field for an electromagnetic wave propagating in a vacuum is equal to:
| 1. | reciprocal of speed of light in vacuum. |
| 2. | the ratio of magnetic permeability to the electric susceptibility of vacuum. |
| 3. | unity. |
| 4. | the speed of light in a vacuum. |