The box of a pin hole camera, of length $$L,$$ has a hole of radius a. It is assumed that when the hole is illuminated by a parallel beam of light of wavelength $$\lambda $$ the spread of the spot (obtained on the opposite wall of the camera) is the sum of its geometrical spread and the spread due to diffraction. The spot would then have its minimum size (say $${b_{\min }}$$) when :

A student measures the time period of 100 oscillations of a simple pendulum four times. The data set is 90 s, 91 s, 95 s and 92 s. If the minimum division in the measuring clock is 1 s, then the reported mean time should be :

An observer looks at a distant tree of height $$10$$ $$m$$ with a telescope of magnifying power of $$20.$$ To the observer the tree appears:

Two identical wires $$A$$ and $$B,$$ each of length $$'l'$$, carry the same current $$I$$. Wire $$A$$ is bent into a circle of radius $$R$$ and wire $$B$$ is bent to form a square of side $$'a'$$. If $${B_A}$$ and $${B_B}$$ are the values of magnetic fields at the centres of the circle and square respectively, then the ratio $${{{B_A}} \over {{B_B}}}$$ is: