A drop of liquid of radius $$R = {10^{ - 2}}\,m$$ having surface tension $$S = {{0.1} \over {4\pi }}N{m^{ - 1}}$$ divides itself into $$K$$ identical drops. In this process the total change in the surface energy $$\Delta U = {10^{ - 3}}\,J.$$ If $$K = {10^\alpha }$$ then the value of $$\alpha $$ is

A monochromatic light is travelling in a medium of refractive index $$n=1.6.$$ It enters a stack of glass layers from the bottom side at an angle $$\theta = {30^ \circ }.$$ The interfaces of the glass layers are parallel to each other. The refractive indices of different glass layers are monotonically decreasing as $${n_m} = n - m\Delta n,$$ where $${n_m}$$ is the refractive index of the $${m^{th}}$$ slab and $$\Delta n = 0.1$$ (see the figure). The ray is refracted out parallel to the interface between the $${\left( {m - 1} \right)^{th}}$$ and $${m^{th}}$$ slabs from the right side of the stack. What is the value of $$m$$?

A stationary source emits sound of frequency $${f_0} = 492\,Hz.$$ The sound is reflected by a large car approaching the source with a speed of $$2\,m{s^{ - 1.}}$$ The reflected signal is received by the source and superposed with the original.

What will be the beat frequency of the resulting signal in $$Hz$$? (Given that the speed of sound in air is $$330\,m{s^{ - 1}}$$ and the car reflects the sound at the frequency it has received).

$${}^{131}{\rm I}$$ is an isotope of Iodine that $$B$$ decays to an isotope of Xenon with a half-life of $$8$$ days. A small amount of a serum labelled with $${}^{131}{\rm I}$$ is injected into the blood of a person. The activity of the amount of $${}^{131}{\rm I}$$ injected was $$2.4 \times {10^5}$$ Becquerel $$(Bq).$$ It is known that the injected serum will get distributed uniformly in the blood stream in less than half an hour. After $$11.5$$ hours, $$2.5$$ ml of blood is drawn from person's body, and gives an activity of $$115$$ $$Bq$$. The total volume of blood in the person's body, in liters is approximately (you may use $${e^x} \approx 1 + x\,\,$$ for $$\left| x \right| < < 1$$ and $$\ln 2 \approx 0.7).$$