HSC Science (Electronics) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for Physics

An electric lamp is connected in series with a capacitor and an AC source is glowing with a certain brightness. How does the brightness of the lamp change on increasing the capacitance?

A big dumb-bell is prepared by using a uniform rod of mass 60 g and length 20 cm. Two identical solid spheres of mass 25 g and radius 10 cm each are at the two ends of the rod. Calculate the moment of inertia of the dumb-bell when rotated about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the length.

Why two or more mercury drops form a single drop when brought in contact with each other?

The pressure of water inside a closed pipe is 3 × 10⁵ N/m². This pressure reduces to 2 × 10⁵ N/m² on opening the valve of the pipe. Calculate the speed of water flowing through the pipe. [Density of water = 1000 kg/m³].

How much work is required to form a bubble of 2 cm radius from the soap solution having surface tension 0.07 N/m?

A rectangular wireframe of size 2 cm x 2 cm, is dipped in a soap solution and taken out. A soap film is formed, if the size of the film is changed to 3 cm x 3 cm, Calculate the work done in the process. The surface tension of the soap film is 3 x 10^-2 N/m.

Unit of the coefficient of viscosity is ______ 

Two capillary tubes of radii 0.6 cm and 0.3 cm are dipped in the same liquid. The ratio of heights through which the liquid will rise in the tubes is ______.

The average energy per molecule is proportional to ______ 

What is the surface film? 

What are cohesive forces?

State properties of an ideal fluid.

Does the angle of banking depend on the mass of the vehicle?

During ice ballet, while in the outer rounds, why do the dancers outstretch their arms and legs.

A hollow sphere has a radius of 6.4 m. what is the minimum velocity required by a motorcyclist at the bottom to complete the circle. 

A bend in a level road has a radius of 100m. find the maximum speed which a car turning this bend may have without skidding if the coefficient of friction between the tires and road is 0.8. 

Derive an expression for maximum safety speed with which a vehicle should move along a curved horizontal road. State the significance of it.

A bucket containing water is tied to one end of a rope 5 m long and it is rotated in a vertical circle about the other end. Find the number of rotations per minute in order that the water in the bucket may not spill.

A body weighing 0.5 kg tied to a string is projected with a velocity of 10 m/s. The body starts whirling in a vertical circle. If the radius of the circle is 0.8 m, find the tension in the string when the body is at the top of the circle.

Derive an expression for the kinetic energy of a rotating body with uniform angular velocity.