Moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass \(M,\) length \(L\) and radius \(R\) about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder is \(I = M \left(\frac{ R ^{2}}{4}+\frac{ L ^{2}}{12}\right) .\) If such a cylinder is to be made for a given mass of material, the ratio \(\frac LR\) for it to have minimum possible \(I\) is

Eight mercury drops, each of radius \(r\), coalesce to form a bigger drop. The surface energy released in this process is _______. (\(S\) is the surface tension of mercury).

A long cylindrical conductor with large cross section carries an electric current distributed uniformly over its cross-section. Magnetic field due to this current is :
A. maximum at either ends of the conductor and minimum at the midpoint
B. maximum at the axis of the conductor
C. minimum at the surface of the conductor
D. minimum at the axis of the conductor
E. same at all points in the cross-section of the conductor
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In the circuit diagrams \((A, B, C\) and \(D\)) shown below, \(R\) is a high resistance and \(S\) is a resistance of the order of galvanometer resistance \(G\). The correct circuit, corresponding to the half deflection method for finding the resistance and figure of merit of the galvanometer, is the circuit labelled as

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: In electrostatics, a conductor does not store any net charge inside.

Reason R: Inside the capacitor (with no dielectric medium), the free charge carriers, if placed between the plates of capacitor, experience force and drift.

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A simple pendulum of length \(1\, m\) is oscillating with an angular frequency \(10\, rad/s\). The support of the pendulum starts oscillating up and down with a small angular frequency of \(1\, rad/s\) and an amplitude of \(10^{-2}\, m\). The relative change in the angular frequency of the pendulum is best given by

A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen has volume \(500\, {cm}^{3}\), temperature \(300\, {K}\), pressure \(400\, {kPa}\) and mass \(0.76\, {g}\). The ratio of masses of oxygen to hydrogen will be :-

Let \( \alpha, \beta \) be the roots of the quadratic equation \( 12x^{2}-20x+3\lambda=0, \lambda\in\mathbb{Z} \). If \( \frac{1}{2}\le|\beta-\alpha|\le\frac{3}{2}, \) then the sum of all possible values of \( \lambda \) is :

Consider two ideal diatomic gases \(\mathrm{A}\) and \(\mathrm{B}\) at some temperature \(T\). Molecules of the gas \(A\) are rigid, and have a mass \(m\). Molecules of the gas \(\mathrm{B}\) have an additional vibrational mode, and have a mass \(\frac{\mathrm{m}}{4} .\) The ratio of the specific heats \((\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{v}}^{\mathrm{A}}\) and \(\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{v}}^{\mathrm{B}})\) of gas \(\mathrm{A}\) and \(\mathrm{B}\), respectively is

A piston of mass \(M\) is hung from a massless spring whose restoring force law goes as \(\mathrm{F}=-\mathrm{kx}^3\), where k is the spring constant of appropriate dimension. The piston separates the vertical chamber into two parts, where the bottom part is filled with ' \(n\) ' moles of an ideal gas. An external work is done on the gas isothermally (at a constant temperature T) with the help of a heating filament (with negligible volume) mounted in lower part of the chamber, so that the piston goes up from a height \(\mathrm{L}_0\) to \(\mathrm{L}_1\), the total energy delivered by the filament is (Assume spring to be in its natural length before heating)

If \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x - 1} \frac{{{x^4} - 1}}{{x - 1}} = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x - k} \frac{{{x^3} - {k^3}}}{{{x^2} - {k^2}}}\), then \(k\) is

A shunt of resistance \(1\,\Omega \) is connected across a galvanometer of \(120\,\Omega \) resistance. A current of \(5.5\, ampere\) gives full scale deflection in the galvanometer. The current that will give full scale deflection in the absence of the shunt is nearly ............... \(ampere\)

Let \(\vec a,\,\vec b,\) and \(\vec c\) be three unit vectors, out of which vectors \(\vec b\) and \(\vec c\) are non-parallel. If \(\alpha \) and \(\beta \) are the angles which vector \(\vec a\) makes with vectors \(\vec b\) and \(\vec c\) respectively and \(\vec a\,\, \times \,\,(\vec b\,\, \times \,\,\vec c)\,\, = \,\,\frac{1}{2}\,\,\vec b,\) then \(\left| {\alpha  - \beta } \right|\) is equal to .............. \(^o\)