List of top Physics Questions asked in JEE Main

A satellite is revolving in a circular orbit at a height ' $h$' from the earth's surface (radius of earth $R ; h < < R$). The minimum increase in its orbital velocity required, so that the satellite could escape from the earth?s gravitational field, is close to : (Neglect the effect of atmosphere.)

A pendulum clock loses $12\,s$ a day if the temperature is $40^{\circ}C$ and gains $4\,s$ a day if the temperature is $20^{\circ}C$. The temperature at which the clock will show correct time, and the co-efficient of linear expansion $(\alpha)$ of the metal of the pendulum shaft are respectively :

To find the focal length of a convex mirror, a student records the following data : The focal length of the convex lens is $f_1$ and that of mirror is $f_2$. Then taking index correction to be negligibly small, $f_1$ and $f_2$ are close to :

Consider a thin uniform square sheet made of a rigid material. If its side is '$a$', mass $m$ and moment of inertia $I$ about one of its diagonals, then :

From a solid sphere of mass $M$ and radius $R$, a spherical portion of radius $\frac{R}{2}$ is removed, as shown in the figure. Taking gravitational potential $V = 0$ at $r = \infty$, the potential at the centre of the cavity thus formed is ($G =$ gravitational constant)

A very long (length L) cylindrical galaxy is made of uniformly distributed mass and has radius $R (R << L)$. A star outside the galaxy is orbiting the galaxy in a plane perpendicular to the galaxy and passing through its centre. If the time period of star is $T$ and its distance from the galaxy's axis is $r$, then :

A pendulum made of a uniform wire of cross sectional area $A$ has time period $T$. When an additional mass $M$ is added to its bob, the time period changes to $T_M$. If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is $Y$ then $\frac{1}{Y}$ is equal to ( $g =$ gravitational acceleration)

A simple harmonic oscillator of angular frequency $2 \,rad \,s^{-1}$ is acted upon by an external force $F= \sin\, t \,N$. If the oscillator is at rest in its equilibrium position at $t\, =\, 0$, its position at later times is proportional to :

Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the edge of a cliff $240\, m$ high with initial speed of $10\, m/s$ and $40\, m/s$ respectively. Which of the following graph best represents the time variation of relative position of the second stone with respect to the first? (Assume stones do not rebound after hitting the ground and neglect air resistance, take $g=10\, m/s^2$)

A vector $\vec{A}$ is rotated by a small angle $\Delta\theta$ radians $\left(\Delta\theta<<1\right)$ to get a new vector $\vec{B}.$ In that case $\left|\vec{B}-\vec{A}\right|$ is :

A thin convex lens of focal length ' $f'$ is put on a plane mirror as shown in the figure. When an object is kept at a distance ' $a$ ' from the lens-mirror combination, its image is formed at a distance $\frac{a}{3}$ in front of the combination. The value of ' $a$ ' is

You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it $10\,cm$ from his face and views the magnified image of the face at the closest comfortable distance of $25\, cm$. The radius of curvature of the mirror would then be :

In an ideal gas at temperature $T$, the average force that a molecule applies on the walls of a closed container depends on $T$ as $T^q$. A good estimate for $q$ is :

For plane electromagnetic waves propagating in the $z$ direction, which one of the following combination gives the correct possible direction for $\vec{E}$ and $\vec{B}$ field respectively ?

A train is moving on a straight track with speed $20\, ms^{-1}.$ It is blowing its whistle at the frequency of $1000\, Hz$. The percentage change in the frequency heard by a person standing near the track as the train passes him is close to (speed of sound $= 320\,ms^{-1}$)

A uniform solid cylindrical roller of mass '$m$' is being pulled on a horizontal surface with force $F$ parallel to the surface and applied at its centre. If the acceleration of the cylinder is '$a$' and it is rolling without slipping then the value of '$F$' is :

Given in the figure are two blocks $A$ and $B$ of weight $20\,N$ and $100\,N$, respectively. These are being pressed against a wall by a force $F$ as shown in figure. If the coefficient of friction between the blocks is $0.1$ and between block $B$ and the wall is $0.15$, the frictional force applied by the wall in block $B$ is

When current in a coil changes from $5 \,A$ to $2 \,A$ in $0.1\, s$, an average voltage of $50\, V$ is produced. The self - inductance of the coil is :

In the given circuit, charge $Q_2$ on the $2 \mu F$ capacitor changes as $C$ is varied from $1 \mu F$ to $3 \mu F.$ $Q_2$ as a function of $'C'$ is given properly by (figures are drawn schematically and are not to scale)

A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius $R$ has potential $V _{0}\, 9$ measured with respect to $\infty$ ) on its surface. For this sphere the equipotential surfaces with potentials $\frac{3 V _{0}}{2}$, $\frac{5 V _{0}}{4}, \frac{3 V _{0}}{4}$ and $\frac{ V _{0}}{4}$ have radius $R _{1}, R _{2}, R _{3}$ and $R _{4}$ respectively. Then

In the following figure is shown a system of four capacitors connected across a $10\, V$ battery. Charge that will flow from switch $S$ when it is closed is

In the electric network shown, when no current flows through the $4\, \Omega$ resistor in the arm $EB$, the potential difference between the points $A$ and $D$ will be :

When $5\,V$ potential difference is applied across a wire of length $0.1\,m$, the drift speed of electrons is $2.5\times10^{-4}$ $ms^{-1}$. If the electron density in the wire is $8\times10^{28}\, m^{-3}$ the resistivity of the material is close to

Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle $A$. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is $u$, a ray incident at an angle $\theta$, on the face $AB$ would get transmitted through the face $AC$ of the prism provided

Consider a spherical shell of radius $R$ at temperature $T$. The black body radiation inside it can be considered as an ideal gas of photons with internal energy per unit volume $u=\frac{U}{V} ? T^4$ and pressure $p=\frac{1}{3}\bigg(\frac{U}{V}\bigg)$ If the shell now undergoes an adiabatic expansion, the relation between $T$ and $R$ is