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Statement I: A spherometer is used to measure the radius of curvature of spherical surfaces like lenses and mirrors. Statement II: A spherometer typically…

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Which is the conventional commercial billing unit of electrical energy?

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Statement I: The Hubble constant is used to describe the rate of expansion of the universe. Statement II: Planck’s constant is used to measure…

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The unit of magnetic intensity in the CGS (centimetre - gram - second) system is _______.

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Match each instrument in List I with its use in List II. List I (Instrument) | List II (Use) 1. Sextant | a. Measures…

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The deprecated unit name nit refers to a unit of which photometric quantity?

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Assertion (A): Gravitational intensity is a vector quantity. Reason (R): Density is defined as mass per unit volume and is a vector quantity.

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Assertion (A): The stokes is a CGS unit of kinematic viscosity. Reason (R): The joule is an SI unit of energy equal to one…

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Which statements about a light-year are correct? 1. It is a unit of distance. 2. Light itself is a unit of time. 3. It…

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In 1960, which isotope was used to define the standard measure of length

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Assertion (A): The internal jaws of a vernier calliper are used to measure the internal diameter of hollow objects like pipes or cylinders. Reason…

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Which scientist investigated electrostatic forces with a calibrated torsion balance in1785?

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Which scientists discovered the empirical relationship in 1911 between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of emitted alpha particles?

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Which scientist suggested that the magnet must also exert an equal and opposite force on the current-carrying conductor?

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For which discovery is Hideki Yukawa, Nobel Prize winner in 1949, best known?

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As per physicists and their major contributions/discoveries, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

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Which listed physicist is associated with the circulating induced currents also known as Foucault currents?

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Assertion (A): A compass needle can deflect when current flows in a nearby wire. Reason (R): The current produces a magnetic field that interacts…

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Statement I: Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. Wieman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute…

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Statement I: Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831. Statement II: A changing magnetic flux linkage induces an emf. Which statements are true?

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