Two small spheres of masses M₁ and M₂ are suspended by weightless insulating threads of lengths L₁ and L₂. The spheres carry charges Q₁ and Q₂ respectively. The spheres are suspended such that they are in level with one another and the threads are inclined to the vertical at angles of θ₁ and θ₂ as shown. Which one of the following conditions is essential, if θ₁ = θ₂ ?

• M₁ ≠ M₂, but Q₁ = Q₂

• M₁ = M₂

• Q₁ = Q₂

• L₁ = L₂

The moment of inertia of a circular disc of radius 2 m and mass 1 kg about an axis passing through the centre of mass but perpendicular to the plane of the disc is 2 kg m². Its moment of inertia about an axis parallel to this axis but passing through the edge of the disc is (see the given figure).

• 8 kg m²

• 4 kg m²

• 10 kg m²

• 6 kg m²

An astronaut on a strange planet finds that acceleration due to gravity is twice as that on the surface of earth. Which of the following could explain this ?

• Both the mass and radius of the planet are half as that of earth

• Radius of the planet is half as that of earth, but the mass is the same as that of earth

• Both the mass and radius of the planet are twice as that of earth

• Mass of the planet is half as that of earth, but radius is same as that of earth

The dimensions of resistance are same as those of where h is the Planck's constant, e is the charge.

• $\frac{{\mathrm{h}}^2}{{\mathrm{e}}^2}$

• $\frac{{\mathrm{h}}^2}{\mathrm{e}}$

• $\frac{\mathrm{h}}{{\mathrm{e}}^2}$

• $\frac{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{e}}$

A train is moving slowly on a straight track with a constant speed of 2 ms^-1. A passenger in that train starts walking at a steady speed of 2 ms^-1 to the back of the train in the opposite direction of the motion of the train. So to an observer standing on the platform directly in front of that passenger, the velocity of the passenger appears to be

• 4 ms^-1

• 2 ms^-1

• 2 ms^-1 in the opposite direction of the train

• zero

A ball rests upon a flat piece of paper on a table top. The paper is pulled horizontally but quickly towards right as shown relative to its initial position with respect to the table, the ball

1. remains stationary if there is no friction between the paper and the ball
2. moves to the left and starts rolling backwards, i.e, to the left if there is a friction between the paper and the ball.
3. moves forward, i.e, in the direction in which the paper is pulled.

Hence, the correct statement is/are

• Both (1) and (2)

• only (3)

• only (1)

• only (2)

A boy throws a cricket ball from the boundary to the wicket-keeper. If the frictional force due to air cannot be ignored, the forces acting on the ball at the position X are respected by

If the linear momentum of a body is increased by 50%, then the kinetic energy of that body increases by

• 100 %

• 125 %

• 225 %

• 25 %

A motorboat covers a given distance in 6 h moving downstream on a river. It covers the same distance in 10 h moving upstream. The time it takes to cover the same distance in still water is

• 9 h

• 7.5 h

• 6.5 h

• 8 h

Two simple harmonic motions are represented by

$$\begin{gathered} {\mathrm{y}}_1 = 5 \left[\sin 2\mathrm{\pi t} + \sqrt{3} \cos 2\mathrm{\pi t}\right] \\ \mathrm{and} {\mathrm{y}}_2 = 5 \sin \left(2\mathrm{\pi t} + \frac{\mathrm{\pi }}{4}\right) \end{gathered}$$

The ratio of their amplitudes is

• 1 : 1 

• 2 : 1

• 1 : 3

• $\sqrt{3} : 1$