Two resistors of \(100 \Omega\) each are connected in series with a 9 V battery. A voltmeter of \(400 \Omega\) resistance is connected to measure the voltage drop across one of the resistors. The voltmeter reading is _________ V.

A geyser heats water flowing at a rate of \(2.0 kg\) per minute from \(30^{\circ} C\) to \(70^{\circ} C\). If geyser operates on a gas burner, the rate of combustion of fuel will be \(\dots \; g \min ^{-1}\) [Heat of combustion \(=8 \times 10^{3} Jg ^{-1}\)  Specific heat of water \(=4.2 Jg ^{-1} \; { }^{\circ} C ^{-1}\) ]

The total charge on the system of capacitance \(C _{1}=1\,\mu F , C _{2}=2\,\mu F , C _{3}=4\,\mu F\) and \(C _{4}=3\,\mu F\) connected in parallel is \(......\mu C\) (Assume a battery of \(20\,V\) is connected to the combination)

A block of mass \(100 \mathrm{~kg}\) slides over a distance of \(10 \mathrm{~m}\) on a horizontal surface. If the co-efficient of friction between the surfaces is \(0.4\) , then the work done against friction (in \(\mathrm{J}\) ) is :

A tiny metallic rectangular sheet has length and breadth of 5 mm and 2.5 mm , respectively. Using a specially designed screw gauge which has pitch of 0.75 mm and 15 divisions in the circular scale, you are asked to find the area of the sheet. In this measurement, the maximum fractional error will be \(\frac{x}{100}\) where \(x\) is _________.

An electric dipole of moment \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=(-\hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}}) \times 10^{-29}\; \mathrm{C} \cdot \mathrm{m}\) is at the origin \((0,0,0) .\) The electric field due to this dipole at \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=+\hat{\mathrm{i}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+5 \hat{\mathrm{k}}\) (note that \(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=0)\) is parallel to

A parallel plate capacitor having capacitance \(12\, pF\) is charged by a battery to a potential difference of \(10\, V\) between its plates. The charging battery is now disconnected and a porcelain slab of dielectric constant \(6.5\) is slipped between the plates. The work done by the capacitor on the slab is.......\(pJ\)

The volume charge density of a sphere of radius \(6 \,m\) is \(2 \,\mu cm ^{-3}\). The number of lines of force per unit surface area coming out from the surface of the sphere is \(....\times 10^{10}\, NC ^{-1}\).  [Given : Permittivity of vacuum  \(\left.\epsilon_{0}=8.85 \times 10^{-12} C ^{2} N ^{-1}- m ^{-2}\right]\)

Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident to the first mirror \((M_1)\) and parallel to the second mirror \((M_2)\) is finally reflected from the second mirror \((M_2)\) parallel to the first mirror \((M_1).\) The angle between the two mirrors will be......\(^o\)

Find the bindng energy per nucleon for \(\frac{50}{120}\, Sn\). Mass of proton \(m _{ P }=1.00783\, U ,\) mass of \(m _{ n }=1.00867\, U\) and \(mass\) of tin nucleus \(m _{ Sn }=119.902199\) \(U.\)\(......MeV\) (take \(1 U =931\, MeV )\)

A body of mass \(1000 \mathrm{~kg}\) is moving horizontally with a velocity \(6 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). If \(200 \mathrm{~kg}\) extra mass is added, the final velocity (in \(\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}\) ) is:

A bakelite beaker has volume capacity of \(500\, cc\) at \(30^{\circ} C\). When it is partially filled with \(V _{ m }\) volume (at \(30^{\circ}\) ) of mercury, it is found that the unfilled volume of the beaker remains constant as temperature is varied. If \(\gamma_{\text {(beaker) }}=6 \times 10^{-6}{ }^{\circ} C ^{-1}\) and \(\gamma_{(\text {mercury })}=1.5 \times 10^{-4}{ }^{\circ} C ^{-1},\) where \(\gamma\) is the coefficient of volume expansion, then \(V _{ m }(\)in \(cc )\) is close to