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The critical angle for glass is 41°. Light travelling into glass from air has a…
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The Q-factor of a sonometer wire of frequency 600 Hz is 8000. What is the time …
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903
The reaction represented by the equation ²¹⁰Po → ²⁰⁶Pb + ______ is an example of
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904
What principle is responsible for light spreading as it passes through a narrow…
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905
A thin converging lens is used to produce, on a screen, a focused image of a ca…
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906
A block of mass 0.2 kg which slides without friction on a 30° incline is connec…
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907
Total internal reflection cannot occur when light travels from
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An observer standing at sea coast observes 54 waves reaching the coast per minu…
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909
An FM radio transmitter has a power output of 100 kW and operates at a frequenc…
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910
The average counting rate recorded by a detector fixed in front of an alpha par…
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911
If a photo-emissive surface has a threshold wavelength of 0.65 µm, calculate th…
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912
A simple pendulum attached to the ceiling of a stationary lift has a time perio…
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913
Rutherford carried out experiments in which a beam of alpha particles was direc…
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914
A body sends waves 100 mm long through medium A and 0.25 m long in medium B. If…
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915
Compared with alpha particles and gamma rays, beta particles
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916
Two light sources are said to be coherent if they
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917
The following are examples of longitudinal waves except
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918
The displacement of a particle along the x-axis is given by x = a sin²(ωt). The…
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919
Light has wavelength 600 nm in a vacuum. It passes into glass, which has an ind…
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920
The emission spectrum of gold shows a line of wavelength 2.676 × 10⁻⁷ m. How mu…
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921
A radioactive nucleus emits an alpha particle. What happens to the proton numbe…
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922
Experiments performed with light indicate that light exhibits
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923
If the wavelength of a beam of radiated X-ray is 0.62 Å, what is the value of t…
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924
A string has mass 2.5 g and length 0.75 m under tension force of 50 N. Calculat…
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925
Two in-phase sound waves with the same amplitude and frequency arrive at the sa…
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926
Given that a wave is described by the equation y = sin 2(0.5t - x + π), calcula…
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927
Light of wavelength 575 nm falls on a double-slit and the third order bright fr…
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928
Uranium is represented as ²³⁹₉₂U. Which of the option below could be an isotope…
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929
This reaction ²¹⁰Po → ²⁰⁶Pb + ______ is an example of
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930
On a clear day, the sky appears to be more blue toward the zenith (overhead) th…
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931
Why are some radioactive sources stored in boxes made from lead?
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932
When photons with an energy of 3.0 eV strike a photoelectric surface the maximu…
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933
What is the width of a single slit through which 610-nm orange light passes to …
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934
An X-ray beam with a wavelength of exactly 5.00 × 10⁻¹⁴ m strikes a proton that…
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935
Radioactive materials are usually stored in containers lined with metal. This i…
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936
The focal length of a camera is 6 cm. By how much must the lens be moved to cha…
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937
In an experiment using Young's slits, the distance between the center of the in…
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938
Magnifying glasses are useful, because they create an enlarged:
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939
What principle is responsible for the fact that certain sunglasses can reduce g…
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940
A copper spring suspended from a fixed point supports a scale pan of mass 0.05 …
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941
The reaction ²¹⁰Po → ²⁰⁶Pb + ______ is an example of
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942
Evaluate the wavelength of the photon emitted as electron falls from the 7th or…
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943
The diagram shows a box used for storing radioactive sources. Which material is…
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944
According to the Bohr model, an electron gains or loses energy only by
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945
A diffraction grating has 4000 lines per cm. The angle between the central maxi…
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946
Photons with energies of 3.9 × 10⁻¹⁹ J strike a photoemissive surface whose wor…
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947
A candle placed 23 cm from a lens, forms an image on a screen placed 75 cm on t…
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