A uniform rod of length ‘$$l$$’ is pivoted at one of its ends on a vertical shaft of negligible radius. When the shaft rotates at angular speed $$\omega $$ the rod makes an angle $$\theta $$ with it (see figure). To find $$\theta $$ equate the rate of change of angular momentum (direction going into the paper) $${{m{l^2}} \over {12}}{\omega ^2}\sin \theta \cos \theta $$ about the centre of mass (CM) to the torque provided by the horizontal and vertical forces F_H and F_V about the CM. The value of $$\theta $$ is then such that :

Which of the following will NOT be observed when a multimeter (operating in resistance measuring mode) probes connected across a component, are just reversed?

Amount of solar energy received on the earth’s surface per unit area per unit time is defined a solar constant. Dimension of solar constant is :

A particle is moving unidirectionally on a horizontal plane under the action of a constant power supplying energy source. The displacement (s) - time (t) graph that describes the motion of the particle is (graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale) :