A solid conducting sphere, having a charge Q, is surrounded by an uncharged conducting hollow spherical shell. Let the potential difference between the surface of the solid sphere and that of the outer surface of the hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a charge of –4 Q, the new potential difference between the same two surfaces is :

In figure, the optical fiber is $$l$$ = 2m long and has a diameter of d = 20 μm. If a ray of light is incident on one end of the fiber at angle $$\theta _1$$ = 40°, the number of reflection it makes before emerging from the other end is close to: (refractive index of fibre is 1.31 and sin 40° = 0.64)

A steel wire having a radius of 2.0 mm, carrying a load of 4 kg, is hanging from a ceiling. Given that g = 3.1 p ms^–2, what will be the tensile stress that would be developed in the wire ?

Four identical particles of mass M are located at the corners of a square of side 'a'. What should be their speed if each of them revolves under the influence of other's gravitational field in a circular orbit circumscribing the square?