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The Latin word 'vector' means what?

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The three central concepts in Newtonian mechanics are
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A car moves in positive Y-direction with velocity v proportional to distance travelled y as vyyβ, where β is a positive constant. The car covers a distance L with average velocity v proportional to L as vL1/3. The constant β is given as
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Which of the following statement is incorrect?
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In a particle accelerator, a current of 500 μA is carried by a proton beam in which each proton has a speed of 3×107 m/s. The cross-sectional area of the beam is 1.50 mm2. The charge density in this beam (in C/m3 is close to
 
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Which of the following forces have highest range?
(a) Gravitational force
(b) Weak Nuclear force
(c) Electromagnetic force
(d) Strong Nuclear force
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Which of the following represents fundamental forces of nature?
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(A) Ratio of the relative strength of gravitational to weak force is nearly 10-3
(B) Ratio of the relative strength of gravitational to weak force is less than 10-3
(C) Ratio of the relative strength of strong nuclear to electromagnetic force is nearly 102
(D) Ratio of the relative strength of strong nuclear to electromagnetic force is nearly 10-2.

Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following is a possible final step in applying the scientific method?
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Match the columns I and II
  Column I   Column II
A Stoke's law I Pressure and energy
B Turbulence II Hydraulic lift
C Bernoulli's Principle III Viscous drag
D Pascal's law IV Reynold's number

The correct match is

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A carrot looks orange in colour because of the β carotene molecule in it. This means that the β carotene molecule absorbs light of wavelengths,
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The ratio EW of relative strength of electromagnetic force E to weak nuclear force W is, 
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Let G, W, S and E be relative strengths of gravitational, weak nuclear, strong nuclear and electromagnetic forces. Identify the correct option
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A total solar eclipse is observed from the earth. At the same time an observer on the moon views the earth. She is most likely to see (E denotes the earth)

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A particle of mass 200 MeV c-2 collides with a hydrogen atom at rest. Soon after the collision, the particle comes to rest, and the atom recoils and goes to its first excited state. The initial kinetic energy of the particle (in eV) is N4. The value of N is: (Given the mass of the hydrogen atom to be 1 GeV c-2).........
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The scientific principle involved in radio and TV broadcast is
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A prediction made by a scientist based on his observations is known as
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The branch of science which deals with the universe and heavenly bodies is called