Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
A compass needle, free to turn in a ver...

A compass needle, free to turn in a vertical plane orients itself with its axis vertical at a certain place on the earth. Find out the values of angle of dip at the place.

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • Sample Paper 6

    OSWAAL PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercise|40 Videos
  • Sample Paper 8

    OSWAAL PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercise|37 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A compass needle, free to turn in a vertical plane orients itself with its axis vertical at a certain place on the earth. Find out the values of horizontal component of earth.s magnetic field and

A cone of radius 10 cm is cut into two parts by a plane through the mid-point of its vertical axis parallel to the base . Find the ratio of the volumes of the smaller cone and frustum of the cone.

A magnetic needle free to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to the magnetic meridian has its north up pointing down at 22^@ with the horizontal. The horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field at the place is known to be 0.35 G. Determine the magnitude of the earth's magnetic field at the place.

The earth’s magnetic field at a certain place has a horizontal component of 0.3 G and total strength 0.5 G. Find angle of dip in tan^-1

A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical and vertex lowermost. Its semi-vertical angle is tan^(-1)(0.5) . Water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic metre per hour. Find the rate at which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 4 m.

OSWAAL PUBLICATION-Sample Paper 7-Exercise
  1. What is (a) electric dipole moment , (b) dielectric strength ?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. The current in a coil is changing from 10 A and 8 A in 0.01 second. Th...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Derive the expression for emf induced in a straight conductor moving p...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. State two conditions required for obtaining coherent sources. In Young...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Derive an expression for potential energy of a system of two charges i...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. What is full wave rectification? Explain the working of a full wave re...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. With the help of necessary circuit diagram explain the working of a ph...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Show that the force on each plate of a parallel plate capacitor has a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Distinguish between .sky waves. and .space waves. modes of propagatio...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Distinguish between .sky waves. and .space waves. modes of propagatio...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Define half-life of a radioactive substance. Derive the expression for...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A small compass needle of magnetic moment .m. is free to turn about an...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A compass needle, free to turn in a vertical plane orients itself wit...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A compass needle, free to turn in a vertical plane orients itself wit...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. What is drift velocity of free electrons ? Deduce I = n A eV(d) where ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A charged particle enters a region of uniform magnetic field with its ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A charged particle enters a region of uniform magnetic field with its ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The spectrum of a star in the visible and the ultraviolet region was o...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series L-C-R circui...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. In a Young.s slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.24 mm and ...

    Text Solution

    |