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$A$ pan balance has a container of water with an overflow spout on the right-hand pan as shown. It is full of water right up to the overflow spout. $A$ container on the left-hand pan is positioned to catch any water that overflows. The entire apparatus is adjusted so that it is balanced. $A$ brass weight on the end of a string is then lowered into the water,but not allowed to rest on the bottom of the container. What happens next?

Sunken stomata are found in the leaves of

Let $PQR$ be a right-angled isosceles triangle,with the right angle at $P(2, 1)$. If the equation of the line $QR$ is $2x + y = 3$,then the equation representing the pair of lines $PQ$ and $PR$ is

For an ellipse with eccentricity $e = \frac{1}{2}$,the centre is at the origin. If one directrix is $x = 4$,then the equation of the ellipse is

$A$ particle of mass $M$ is at a distance $a$ from the surface of a thin spherical shell of uniform mass $M$ and radius $a$. Which of the following statements is true regarding the gravitational field and potential inside the shell?