Fast neutrons can easily be slowed down by
Two nucleons are at a separation of 1 × 10–15 m. The net force between them is F1 if both are protons, F2 if both are neutrons and F3 if one is a proton and other is a neutron. In such a case
For a nucleus to be stable, the correct relation between neutron number N and proton number Z is
The average binding energy per nucleon in the nucleus of atom is approximately
Let C be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor R. Suppose t1 is the time taken for the energy stored in the capacitor to reduce to half its initial value and t2 is the time taken for the charge to reduce to one-fourth its initial value. Then what will be the ratio t1/t2?
The masses of neutron and proton are 1.0087 amu and 1.0073 amu respectively. If a helium nucleus (alpha particles) of mass 4.0015 amu is formed by combining neutrons and protons. The binding energy of the helium nucleus will be (1 amu = 931 MeV)
Size of nucleus is in the order of
A particle is moving with velocity 
where K is a constant. The general equation for its path is
In the circuit shown below, the key K is closed at t = 0. What will be the current through the battery?
In a series LCR circuit R = 200 
and the voltage and the frequency of the main supply is 220 V and 50 Hz respectively. On taking out the capacitance from the circuit the current lags behind the voltage by 30°. On taking out the inductor from the circuit the current leads the voltage by 30°. The power dissipated in the LCR circuit is
Let there be a spherically symmetric charge distribution with charge density varying as 
upto r = R, and r(r) = 0 for r > R, where r is the distance from the origin. The electric field at a distance r (r < R) from the origin is given by
0.067 molar aqueous solution of a binary electrolyte A+B– shows 2.46 atm osmotic pressure at 27°C. What fraction of A+B– remains unionised?
Osmotic pressure of a blood sample is 4.92 atm at 27°C. Which of the following is not isotonic with blood
sample?
Degree of dissociation of three binary electrolytes AB, CD and EF are 60%, 20% and 100% in the solution having same mole fraction of water. Ratio of lowering in vapour pressure of their solution is
20 g of non-electrolyte, non-volatile solute (CxH2xOx), when dissolved in 100 gm water at 100°C, lowers the vapour pressure of solution by 1/100 th of the vapour pressure of pure water at this temperature. What is formula of the compound?
A complex is written as M(en)y.xBr. Its 0.05 molar solution shows 2.46 atm osmotic pressure at 27°C.Assuming 100% ionisation and coordination number of metal (III) is six, complex may be
A water sample contains 9.5% MgCl2 and 11.7% NaCl (by weight). Assuming 80% ionisation of each salt.Boiling point of water will be approximately (Kb= 0.52)
2 millimolar solution of sodium ferrocyanide is 60% dissociated at 27°C. Osmotic pressure of the solution is
If a solute undergoes dimerisation and trimerisation, the minimum values of the van't Hoff factors are
The value of observed and calculated molecular weights of silver nitrate are 92.64 and 170 respectively. The degree of dissociation of silver nitrate is
A 0.2 molal aqueous solution of weak acid HX is 20% ionized. The freezing point of solution is(Kf=1.86)
When 20 g of napthanoic acid (C11H8O2) is dissolved in 50 g of benzene (K, = 1.72 K kg/mol) a freezing point
depression of 2 K is observed. The van't Hoff factor (i) is
A nucleus of mass M + ∆m is at rest and decays into two daughter nuclei of equal mass M / 2 each. Speed of light is c.
The speed of daughter nuclei is
A nucleus of mass M + ∆m is at rest and decays into two daughter nuclei of equal mass M / 2 each. Speed of light is c.
The binding energy per nucleon for the parent nucleus is E1 and that for the daughter nuclei is E2. Then
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index 
where 
and 
are positive constants and I is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.
What will be the initial shape of the wavefront of the beam?
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index where and are positive constants and I is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.
What will be the speed of light in the medium?
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index where and are positive constants and I is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.
As the beam enters the medium, it will
A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of 
. It is surrounded by air. A light ray is incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as shown in the figure
The incident angle θ for which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is
A long metallic bar is carrying heat from one of its ends to the other end under steady-state. The variation of temperature θ along the length x of the bar from its hot end is best described by which of the figures?
A charge Q is placed at each of the opposite corners of a square. A charge q is placed at each of the other two corners. If the net electrical force on Q is zero, then what will be the Q/q ?
Consider a rubber ball freely falling from a height h = 4.9 m onto a horizontal elastic plate. Assume that the duration of collision is negligible and the collision with the plate is totally elastic. Then what will be the velocity as a function of time and the height as function of time?
A motor cycle starts from rest and accelerates along a straight path at 2 m/s2. At the starting point of the motor cycle there is a stationary electric siren. How far has the motor cycle gone when the driver hears the frequency of the siren at 94% of its value when the motor cycle was at rest? (Speed of sound = 330 ms-1).
A particle has an initial velocity 
and an acceleration of 
. What will be its speed after 10 s?
The surface of a metal is illuminated with the light of 400 nm. The kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectrons was found to be 1.68 eV. The work function of the metal is (hc = 1240 eV nm)
Two moles of helium gas are taken over the cycle ABCDA, as shown in the P - T diagram
The net work done on the gas in the cycle ABCDA is
Two moles of helium gas are taken over the cycle ABCDA, as shown in the P - T diagram
The work done on the gas in taking it from D to A is
Two moles of helium gas are taken over the cycle ABCDA, as shown in the P - T diagram
Assuming the gas to be ideal the work done on the gas in taking it from A to B is
An inductor of inductance L = 400 mH and resistors of resistances R1 = 2 
and R2 = 2 are connected to a battery of emf 12 V as shown in the figure. The internal resistance of the battery is negligible. The switch S is closed at t = 0. What will be the potential drop across L as a function of time?
In an experiment the angles are required to be measured using an instrument. 29 divisions of the main scale exactly coincide with the 30 divisions of the vernier scale. If the smallest division of the main scale is half-a-degree (= 0.5°), then the least count of the instrument will be
Two wires are made of the same material and have the same volume. However wire 1 has cross-sectional area A and wire 2 has cross-sectional area 3A. If the length of wire 1 increases by ∆x on applying force F, how much force is needed to stretch wire 2 by the same amount?
The height at which the acceleration due to gravity becomes g/9 (where g = the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth) in terms of R, the radius of the earth is
Three sound waves of equal amplitudes have frequencies (u – 1), u, (u + 1). They superpose to give beats. The number of beats produced per second will be
Image of an object approaching a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 m along its optical axis is observed to move from 25/3 m to 50/7 m in 30 seconds. What is the speed of the object in km per hour?
The focal length of a thin biconvex lens is 20 cm. When an object is moved from a distance of 25 cm in front of it to 50 cm, the magnification of its image changes from m25 to m50. The ratio m25/m50 is
Two identical glass rods S1 and S2 (refractive index = 1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10 cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance d as shown in the figure, with their axes (shown by the dashed line) aligned. When a point source of light P is placed inside rod S1 on its axis at a distance of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside S2.The distance d is
A point source S is placed at the bottom of a transparent block of height 10 mm and refractive index 2.72. It is immersed in a lower refractive index liquid as shown in the figure. It is found that the light emerging from the block to the liquid forms a circular bright spot of diameter 11.54 mm on the top of the block. The refractive index of the liquid is?
A ray of light travelling in the direction 
is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection, it travels along the direction 
. The angle of incidence is
A bi-convex lens is formed with two thin plano convex lenses. Refractive index n of the first lens is 1.5 and that of the second lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same radius of curvature R = 14 cm. For this bi-convex lens, for an object distance of 40 cm, the image distance will be.
The image of an object, formed by a plano-convex lens at a distance of 8 m behind the lens, is real is one-third the size of the object. The wavelength of light inside the lens is 3 times the wavelength in free space.The radius of the curved surface of the lens is
A biconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the lens and the mirror is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is