Physics MCQs For Job Test Preparation Set. 5

1 - 0°K is equivalent to





273°C

2 - 1 Joule is Equal to





10^7 ergs

3 - 1 Micron is equal to





106 m

4 - A barometer is kept inside a bell jar. Air is slowly pumped out of the jar.





The mercury level starts rising

5 - A boat will submerge when it displaces water equal to its own:





Weight

6 - A body falling through a liquid acquires a steady velocity is known as





Terminal velocity

7 - A bottle of sodalime is grasped by the neck and swung briskly in a vertical circle, Near which portion of the bottle do the bubbles collect?





Near the neck

8 - A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be





A parabola

9 - A circular plate, a cube and a sphere, all made up of same material and having the same mass, are heated to 300°C and left in a room. Which of them will have the slowest rate of cooling?





Sphere

10 - A colour-blind person cannot





Distinguish between certain colours

11 - A concave lens always forms an image which is





Virtual and erect

12 - A copper disc has a hole. If the disc is heated, the size of the hole





Increases

13 - A copper wire of radius r and length l has a resistance of R. A second copper wire with radius 2r and length l is taken and the two wires are joined in a parallel combination. The resultant resistance of the parallel combination of the two wires will be





R/5

14 - A current carrying conductor is associated with





An electro-magnetic field

15 - A cyclist leans inwards when he is negotiating a curve so that





Necessary centripetal force may be available from the horizontal component of the normal reaction due to the track to maintain the curved motion.

16 - A decibel is





A measure of sound level

17 - A disk and a sphere of same radius but different masses roll on two inclined planes of the same altitude and length. Which one of the two objects gets to the bottom of the plane first ?





Sphere

18 - A doppler effect occurs when a source of sound moves





Both A & B

19 - A drop of liquid assumes spherical shape because:





A sphere has the least surface area for a given volume

20 - A dynamo is a device which





Converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

21 - A dynamo is used to convert





Mechanical energy into electrical energy

22 - A fixture is defined as a device which





Holds and locates a workpiece and guides and controls one or more cutting tools

23 - A fountain pen works on the principle of





Capillary action

24 - A freely suspended magnet remains horizontal at





The magnet equator

25 - A Fuse wire is characterised by





High resistance and low melting point

26 - A good conductor while carrying current is





Negatively charged

27 - A hydrogen balloon floats up because of





Weight of the balloon is less than the weight of air displaced by it.

28 - A light year is a measure of :





Distance

29 - A machine powered by rotating blades is a





Turbines

30 - A microscope used in pathological laboratories forms





Magnified, virtual and inverted image

31 - A needle or a pin floats on the surface of water because of





Surface tension

32 - A passenger standing in a bus is thrown outward when the bus takes a sudden turn. This happens due to





Inertia of motion

33 - A permanent magnet can affect





Both A & B

34 - A person is hurt on kicking a stone due to





Reaction

35 - A photo-electric cell converts





Light energy to electrical energy

36 - A photon of X-ray has energy of 1 keV. A photon of visible radiation has energy of 3 eV. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?





The speeds of both the photons in vacuum are different

37 - A pilot has to release the bomb to hit a target





Before the target

38 - A single fixed pulley is used to draw water from a well because





Force is applied in a convenient direction

39 - A small drop of oil spreads over water because :





Water has a higher surface tension

40 - A soap bubble shows colours when illuminated with white light. This is due to





Interference

41 - A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity inside it. When the ball is heated the volume of the cavity will





Increase

42 - A sphere rolls down on two inclined planes of different angles but same height, it does so





With the same speed

43 - A spring is an example of which of these





Hooke's law

44 - A Step-Up transformer increases





Voltage

45 - A tank filled partially with a liquid is subjected to a uniform horizontal acceleration. Which of the following is true for the surface of liquid in the tank?





The liquid surface falls down on the direction of motion and rises up on the back side of the tank

46 - A transformer





Is used to decrease or increase AC voltage

47 - A voltaic cell converts chemical energy to





Electrical energy

48 - A wheel-barrow is an example of





Class II lever

49 - A white and smooth surface is





Bad absorber and good reflector of heat

50 - Acceptable noise level for human ear





< 85 db

51 - According to Rutherford's atomic model, the electrons inside an atom are





Not Stationary

52 - After long periods of use, a grey spot develops on the inside of a bulb. This is because





Dust inside the bulb condenses on the top

53 - Air pressure is measured in which of the following units?





Pascal

54 - Alpha particle is the nucleus of an atom of





Helium

55 - An aircraft can perform aerobatic manoeuvres in a vertical loop because of





Gravity

56 - An atom with more neutrons than protons is called





Isotope

57 - An Electric generator is based on which of the following scientific principles?





Faraday's law of Electromagnetic Induction

58 - An object at rest may have





Potential energy

59 - An object which absorbs all colours and reflects none appears:





Black

60 - An oil drop spreads over water because





water has a higher surface tension

61 - Analog synthesis refers to a technology based on





Representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities.

62 - Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring ________





Wind speed

63 - At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be





Less than that at sea level

64 - At low temperature, Lead behaves as a :





Superconductor

65 - At what temperature do the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales give the same reading?





-40 degreees

66 - Bandwidth is the





Both a & b

67 - Blotting paper absorbs ink due to





Capillary action phenomenon

68 - Boyle's law is a relationship between





Pressure and volume

69 - By how many times are the Electrostatic forces stronger than the Gravitational Forces for a fixed distance?





1036

70 - Choose the most appropriate answer: In which atmospheric layer are the communication satellites located?





Ionosphere

71 - Choose the most appropriate answer: Natural radioactivity was discovered by





Henry Bacquerel

72 - Compressions and Rarefactions are characteristic of





Longitudinal waves

73 - Conversion of heat into electrical energy is achieved by using :





Thermocouple

74 - Conversion of sound energy into electrical energy is done by





Microphone

75 - Damp clothes are dried in spin dryers by the action of





Centrifugal forces

76 - Decibel is a term connected with :





Sound

77 - Decibel is the unit used for





Intensity of sound

78 - Depth of ocean is measured by





Fathometer

79 - Dioptre is the unit of





Power of a lens

80 - During thunderstorm you are travelling in a car. To protect yourself from the lightning you will have to





Remain in the car

81 - Dynamo is a device for converting





Mechanical energy into electrical energy

82 - Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?





Rectilinear propagation

83 - Electric current is measured by which instrument?





Ammeter

84 - Electric power is measured in units of





Watt

85 - Electricity is transmitted over long distances





There is less wastage of energy

86 - Electromagnet is constructed with which of the following ?





Soft Iron

87 - Electrons carry a





Negative Charge

88 - Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called





Nuclear energy

89 - Every hot object emits ________





Infrared rays

90 - Fat can be seperated from milk in a cream seperator because of :





Centrifugal Force

91 - Find the current (in A) when a charge of 500 Coulomb flows in 25 seconds.





20

92 - Find the resistance (in mega) of a wire of length 20m, cross sectional area 1 cm2 and made of a material of resistivity 200m.





40

93 - Flemings ''Left hand Rule" is associated with the effect of





Magnetic Field on current

94 - Fleming's right hand rule is used to find the direction of the





Induced current

95 - For which Diode is used ?





Purification

96 - For which one of the following does the centre of mass lie outside the body?





A ring

97 - Gear finishing operation is called





Burnishing

98 - Golden view of sea shell is due to





Polarization

99 - Heat transfer by radiation mainly depends upon





All of the above

100 - Hertz is a unit for measuring





Frequency of waves

101 - Hot springs are heated geothermally by underlying





Magma

102 - Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different paints. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.





Rough black

103 - How many bottles of water is a gallon?





8

104 - Ice is packed in saw dust because





Saw dust is poor conductor of heat.

105 - Identify the vector quantity from the following





Angular momentum

106 - If a band is played on the moon the sound will





Not be heard at any distance at all from it

107 - If a barometric reading is falling, this usually indicates what





Decreasing pressure

108 - If a body moves with a constant speed in a circle





Its velocity remains constant

109 - If a boy sitting in a train, which is moving at a constant velocity, throws a ball straight up into the air, the ball will





Fall into his hand

110 - If an object moves with constant velocity,





It must have constant speed in constant direction

111 - If ice floating on water in a vessel melts, the water level in the vessel ________ .





Does not change

112 - If lift is going up with acceleration, the apparent weight of a body is





More than the true weight

113 - If the diameter of a capillary is doubled, then the rise of water in it will be





Half

114 - If the length of a simple pendulum is halved then its period of oscillation is





Decreased by a factor 2

115 - If the spinning speed of the earth is increased then the weight of body at the equator





Decreases

116 - If there were no gravity, which of the following will not be there for a fluid?





Upward Thrust

117 - If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted upon by the same force for the same time, then the both bodies acquire the same:





Momentum

118 - In a filament type light bulb most of the electric power consumed appears as





Infra-red rays

119 - In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of





Aluminium

120 - In a Laser (say neon laser) all the atoms emit the light waves of





All of the above

121 - In a nuclear reactor, one of the following is used as a fuel.





Uranium

122 - In a photocell light energy is converted into





Electrical energy

123 - In AC circuits, AC meters measure





Rms values

124 - In Astrophysics, what name is given to a hypothetical hole in outer space from which stars and energy emerge?





White hole

125 - In case of uniform circular motion, the acceleration is





Variable in magnitude but constant in direction

126 - In electronics what comes under tank circuit ?





Capacity and inductance

127 - In general, which is the cause of a sea breeze?





Specific heat

128 - In MRI machine, which one of the following is used?





Magnetic wave

129 - In nuclear reactor, heavy water is used as





Moderator

130 - In order to make an electromagnet you need a





All of the above

131 - In quantum mechanics a particle is represented by a





Wave packet

132 - In the absence of ozone layer, which rays will enter into atmosphere?





Ultraviolet

133 - In very cold countries alcohol is used as a thermometric liquid because





Its freezing point is very low

134 - In which of the following industries is mica as a raw material?





Electrical

135 - In which region of electromagnetic spectrum does the Lyman series of hydrogen atom lie ?





Ultraviolet

136 - Infrasonic sound has a frequency lower than





20 Hz

137 - Instrument used to measure the force and velocity of the wind is





Anemometer

138 - It is easier for a man to swim in sea water, than in river water because





The density of sea water is more than the density of river water

139 - Kepler's law of planetary motion states that the square of the time period is proportional to the





Cube of the semi-major axis

140 - Knot is a measure of





The speed of ship

141 - Large astronomical telescopes always use as objective





combinations of lenses

142 - Light Emitting Diodes (LED) is used in fancy electronic devices such as toys emit





visible light

143 - Light from Sun reaches Earth in approximately





8 minutes

144 - Light travels at the fastest speed in:





vacuum

145 - Liquids and gases never show





Ferromagnetic property

146 - Lux is the SI unit of





intensity of illumination

147 - Magnetic field lines about a current-carrying wire





Circle the wire in closed loops

148 - Magnifying Glass is basically a





Convex lens

149 - Materials for rain proof coats and tents owe their water proof properties to





Surface tension

150 - Materials for rain-proof coats and tents owe their water-proof properties to





surface tension

151 - Mercury is commonly used as a thermometric fluid rather than water because





mercury has greater visibility than water

152 - Microphone is a device which transforms the





Sound signal into current signal

153 - Modem is used mostly for ?





Connecting to internet

154 - Mud houses are cooler in summers and warmer in winters as compared to brick houses because





Mud is a bad conductor

155 - Name the process by which bubbles from liquid are formed?





Effervescence

156 - Negative acceleration is in the opposite direction of:





Velocity

157 - Negative feedback in amplifiers





Increases bandwidth and decreases noise

158 - No current will flow between two charged bodies if they have the same





Potential

159 - Number of lattices in the orthorhombic system is





7

160 - Oil raise up the wick in a lamp. The principle involves





capillary action phenomenon

161 - On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because





Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass

162 - On a rainy day, small oil films on water show brilliant colours. This is due to





interference

163 - One billionth of a second is called





Nanosecond

164 - One should not connect a number of electrical appliances to the same power socket because





this can damage the domestic wiring due to overloading

165 - Optical fibre works on the





total internal reflection

166 - Optical fibre works on which of the following principle of light?





Total internal reflection

167 - Out of the following pairs, choose the pair in which the physical quantities do not have identical dimension?





Impulse and moment of force

168 - Out of the following pairs, which one does not have identical dimension?





Moment of inertia and moment of a force

169 - Out of the following, which is not emitted by radioactive substance?





Neutrons

170 - Outside of cooking utensils are generally left black from below because





Black surface is a good absorber of heat.

171 - Ozone layer above the surface of Earth provides a shield against





Ultra-violet rays

172 - 'Parsec' is the unit measurement of





Astronomical distance

173 - Pick out the scalar quantity





Pressure

174 - Planck's constant has the dimensions of :





Energy

175 - Point A is at a lower electrical potential than point B. An electron between them on the line joining them will





Move towards B

176 - Q = mcdT refers to





Specific Heat formula

177 - Quality of a musical note depends on





Harmonics present

178 - RADAR is used for:





detecting and locating the position of objects such as Aeroplanes.

179 - Radio waves sent out by a radio stations are reflected by





Ionosphere

180 - Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the age of





fossils

181 - Railway tracks are banked on curves





necessary centripetal force may be obtained from the horizontal component of the weight of the train

182 - Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to





Surface tension

183 - Rectifiers are used to convert:





Alternating current to Direct current

184 - Red is used as an emergency or danger signal as





Its wavelength is the longest

185 - Rocket works on the principle of





Newton's Third Law

186 - Rotameter is used to measure





Flow of fluids

187 - Safety fuse wire used in domestic electrical appliances is made of metal of low





Melting point

188 - Second and third class levers are differentiated by





The location of the load

189 - Sending a frame to a group of stations is known as





Multicasting

190 - Siphon will fail to work if





The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height

191 - Slip rings are usually made of





Phosphor Bronze

192 - Soap bubble attains spherical shape due to ________





Surface tension

193 - Solids have definite shapes.This is because





The forces of cohesion are very large

194 - Sound following a flash of lightning is called





Thunder

195 - Sound travels at the fastest speed in





steel

196 - Sound waves do not show the phenomenon of





Polarisation

197 - Speed of sound is maximum in which among the following?





Solids

198 - Speed of sound is the greatest in :





Glass

199 - Sprayer functions on





Bernouli's principle

200 - Stars appear twinkling because of ......... of light.





Scattering

201 - Stars are held together by





Gravitational forces

202 - Stars in the sky appear to twinkle due to





A series of refractions

203 - Stationary wave is formed by





Two waves of same frequency travelling in the opposite direction

204 - Steam at 100°C causes more severe burns than water at 100°C because





Steam has latent heat of vaporisation

205 - Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to





That all other colours scatter away except red

206 - Superconductors are substances which





offer no resistance to the flow of electricity

207 - Supercooling is cooling of liquid ________





Below freezing point

208 - Tap water is placed in an open pad and allowed to evaporate. After some time the temperature of water





Decreases slightly

209 - The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves





Capillary action phenomenon

210 - The amount of matter in a ball of steel is its :





Mass

211 - The atmosphere is heated mainly by





Radiation

212 - The Capacity of a communication channel is measured in





Band width

213 - The capacity of a water heater is measured in





Both A & B

214 - The coil wire in the electric room heater or electric cooking heater is called ________





Element

215 - The colour of sky appears blue due to





Scattering of shorter wave lengths

216 - The colours of stars depend on their





Temperature

217 - The complete form of 'IC' in electronics is





Integrated circuit

218 - The composition of electrician solder is





Lead-37%, tin-63%

219 - The device used to change the speed of an electric fan is





Regulator

220 - The device which transfer the signal from low resistance region to high resistance region is





Transistor

221 - The dimension MLT2 corresponds to





Force

222 - The direction of heat flow between two objects depends on





Their temperatures

223 - The distance between node and adjacent antinode is 30 cm. The wavelength is





60 cm.

224 - The domain theory of magnetism applies to





Cobalt

225 - The earth is a





Good absorber and good radiator of heat

226 - The electrical domestic tube light gives white fluorescent light because of





Falling of ultra violet rays on the white inner coating of the tube

227 - The energy emitted by the Sun is due to





Nuclear fusion

228 - The energy of a photon varies directly with its





Frequency

229 - The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by





Johannes Kepler

230 - The fact that two large ships travelling on close parallel courses in the same direction tend to move towards each other can be explained by





Bernoulli's principle

231 - The force that binds the neutrons and protons in a nucleus is called as:





Strong Nuclear Force

232 - The force that generates wind is





Pressure gradient force

233 - The frequency of direct current is ________





Zero

234 - The frequency used in TV and radar system lies in





UHF

235 - The function of ball bearings in a wheel is :





To increase friction

236 - The fuse in an electric circuit is connected in





Series with live

237 - The humidity of the air depends upon





All of the above

238 - The intensity ratio of waves is 25 : 9. What is the ratio of their amplitudes?





0.21041666667

239 - The Laser is a beam of radiations which are





Coherent and monochromatic

240 - The lift of an aeroplane is caused by





Bernouli's theorem

241 - The light of distant stars is affected by





Both A & B

242 - The material used in electric heater is





Nichrome

243 - The material used in the fabrication of a transistor is





Silicon

244 - The motion of a body around a circular path is an example of





Uniform velocity, variable acceleration

245 - The motion of a body that repeats itself after a regular interval of time is





A periodic motion

246 - The number of waves per second in a sound is called ________ of that sound.





Frequency

247 - The oldest type of energy known to man is





Geothermal energy

248 - The p wave of a normal Electrocardiogram indicates





Atrial depolarization

249 - The paramagnetic theory of magnetism applies to





Platinum

250 - The part of the eye having the largest refractive index is :





Lens

251 - The pitch of sound depends on its





Frequency

252 - The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0°C is known as





1 pascal

253 - The purpose of choke in tube light is





Induce high voltage

254 - The quantity that is not conserved in an inelastic collision is





Kinetic Energy

255 - The ringing of an electric bell in an enclosed evacuated glass bell jar is not heard outside because





There is no air or any other gas in the bell jar

256 - The rotational effect of a force on a body about an axis of rotation is described in terms of





Moment of force

257 - The safest hammers are those with heads that are





Alloy and drop-forged steel

258 - The shape of our milky way galaxy is





Spiral

259 - The size of gear is usually specified by





Pitch circle diameter

260 - The Solar energy produced by





Fusion reaction

261 - The source of the Sun's energy is the process of





Nuclear fusion

262 - The sparkling of a diamond is due to





Total internal reflection of light

263 - The speed of light in air is





3 × 108 m/s

264 - The speed of sound in air depends on





Temperature

265 - The speed of sound travel fastest through





Solid

266 - The spoon dropped by an astronaut in a satellite will





Continue to follow the motion of the satellite

267 - The substance which conducts current in the solid state is





Graphite

268 - The surface tension of water on adding detergent to it





Decreases

269 - The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on





Air Pressure

270 - The temperature of a liquid is 32° F. What is its temperature in Celsius scale?





0° C

271 - The term ''Isoneph' indicates the lines of equal





Cloudiness

272 - The three famous law of Kepler is related to





Planetary Motion

273 - The threshold frequency is the frequency below which :





Photo electric emission is not possible

274 - The unit for measuring electric power is the





Watts

275 - The unit of electrical power is





Watt

276 - The unit of noise pollution (level) is :





Decibel

277 - The velocity of falling rain drops attains a terminal value because of





Viscous force exerted by air

278 - The velocity of sound in air





Decreases with decrease of temperature

279 - The wall of a dam is made thicker at the bottom than at the top because the pressure exerted by the water on the wall





Increases with depth of the wall

280 - The washing machine works on the principle of





Centrifugation

281 - The wave like properties of electrons are useful in





Magnifying objects

282 - The weight of a body acts through the centre of





Gravity

283 - The word ''insolation' means





Incoming solar radiation

284 - The work done by the string of a simple pendulum during one complete oscillation is equal to





Zero

285 - The working of the quartz crystal in the watch is based on the





Piezo - electric Effect

286 - Through which light cannot pass?





Book

287 - To convert temperature from Celcius to Kelvin scale, you must ________ the given temperature.





Add 273

288 - Total number of colours exists in sunlight





7

289 - Tungsten is used for the manufacture of the filament of an electric bulb, because





It has a very high melting point

290 - Two metallic plate of equal thickness and coefficient thermal conductivity K1 and K2 put together face to face. A common plate is constructed. What is equivalent K?





2k1k2/k1+k2

291 - Two metallic wires made from copper have same length but the radius of wire 1 is half of that of wire 2. The resistance of wire 1 is R. If both the wires are joined together in series, the total resistance becomes





5R/4

292 - Two rods, one of copper and other of steel, experience the same upthrust when placed in water.Thus, both have





Equal volume

293 - Ultrasound devices operate with minimum frequency from





20kHz

294 - Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a pinch of salt while cooking because





Boiling point of water increases

295 - Vehicles use ________ to see the objects coming from behind.





Convex lens

296 - Water drops cannot stick to the oily surface due to





Surface tension

297 - Water from soil enters into the root hairs owing to :





Capillary pressure

298 - Water is not suitable as a calorimetric substance because it :





Has high specific heat

299 - Water is used in car radiator because of its





High specific heat capacity

300 - Water pipes in hilly areas often burst on a cold frosty night, because





Water in the pipes freezes and on freezing water expands, so pipes break

301 - We always see the same face of the moon, because





It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis

302 - What apparatus is used to locate a submerged object?





Sonar

303 - What factors contribute to global winds?





All of the above

304 - What is the direction of torque?





Perpendicular to the direction of applied force

305 - What is the force of attraction between any two bodies by virtue of their masses is called?





Gravitational Force

306 - What is the full form of "RADAR" ?





Radio Detecting and Ranging

307 - What is the full form of ''AM' regarding radio broadcasting?





Amplitude Modulation

308 - What is the fundamental unit of amount of a substance?





Mole

309 - What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current into direct current ?





Rectifier

310 - What is the other name of Galileo's law of falling bodies?





Newton's first law

311 - What is the phenomenon which established the transverse nature of light ?





Polarisation

312 - What is the principle of a ''Life Jacket"?





It increases the volume of the person to keep him afloat

313 - What is the process of conversion of solid state directly to gaseous state called?





Sublimation

314 - What is the SI unit of Power?





Watt

315 - What is the size of Electron as comapared to Proton and Neutron?





1/1836

316 - What is the unit of Magnetic Induction?





Henry

317 - What is the unit of relative density?





It has no unit

318 - What is the unit of the physical quantity "Jerk"?





Meter per second cube

319 - What is the wavelength of visible spectrum ?





3900 A° 7600 A°

320 - What part of the atom has a positive charge?





Proton

321 - What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his (angular) speed ?





Spread his hands outwards

322 - What type of force acts on a car moving around a curve?





Centripetal force

323 - What type of simple machine is an axe?





Both A & B

324 - When a bar magnet is cut into two equal halves, the pole strength of each piece





Remains the same

325 - When a barometer is rising air pressure is





Increasing

326 - When a barometer reading suddenly recedes, it indicates that climate





Will be extremely stormy

327 - When a bottle of scent is kept open in a corner of a room its odour is felt in all parts of the room. This is due to the phenomenon of :





Diffusion

328 - When a light wave is reflected from a mirror, there is a change in its





Amplitude

329 - When a number of resistors are connected in series in a circuit, the value of current:





Remains the same

330 - When a pail of water is swung in a vertical circle, the water does not fall out at the top of the loop when the speed is





Above a certain minimum value irrespective of amount of water in the pail

331 - When a piece of stone is immersed in water, it displaces water of equal





Mass

332 - When a ring of metal is heated what happens to its hole ?





Expands

333 - When a running car stops suddenly, the passengers tends to lean forward because of:





Inertia of motion

334 - When a stone is thrown in the calm water of a pond the waves produced on the surface of water in the pond are





Transverse

335 - When a vibrating tuning fork is placed on a table, a loud sound is heard. This is due to :





Forced vibrations

336 - When an atom loses an electron it becomes





Positive ion

337 - When an electric bulb breaks, there is an explosive sound. That is due to





The air outside rushing in to fill the vacuum inside the bulb

338 - When an unbalanced force acts on an object





All of the above

339 - When hot liquid is poured into a thick glass tumbler, it cracks because glass :





Is a bad conductor of heat so only inner surface expands

340 - When number of turns in a coil is trippled, without any change in the length of coil, its self inductance becomes?





Nine times

341 - When pressure is increased the melting point of ice





Decreases

342 - When temperature difference between liquid and its surroundings is doubled, the rate of loss of heat will:





Double

343 - When the main switch of the house is put off it disconnects the





Live wire and the neutral wire

344 - When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is





The red ray

345 - Where are mesons found ?





Cosmic rays

346 - Where does hydroelectric energy come from?





Water

347 - Where should a boat compass be mounted?





Away from electrical wiring

348 - Which Color has the Longest Wavelength?





Red

349 - Which colour has the highest energy?





Violet

350 - Which colour of light shows maximum deviation when passed through a prism ?





Violet

351 - Which conservation principle is applicable in the case of the motion of a rocket?





Conservation of momentum

352 - Which is best used as a sound absorbing material in partition walls ?





Glass - wool

353 - Which is the point from where an azimuth originates?





North

354 - Which law relates to the ideal gas law?





P1V1 = P2V2

355 - Which layer of the earth's atmosphere reflect back the radio waves to the earth's surface ?





Ionosphere

356 - Which liquid is the most viscous?





Oil

357 - Which measurement describes the pressure of a gas?





450 mm Hg

358 - Which metal is the best conductor of heat?





Copper

359 - Which of the following has the lowest frequency?





Visible light

360 - Which of the following instrument is used to measure Soil Water Tension?





Tensiometer

361 - Which of the following is a compound machine?





Bicycle

362 - Which of the following is a device designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes?





Surge protector

363 - Which of the following is a good conductor of heat but a bad conductor of electricity ?





Mica

364 - Which of the following is an example for cantilever beam?





Bridge

365 - Which of the following is an example of simple harmonic motion?





Simple pendulum motion

366 - Which of the following is arranged in order of decreasing conductivity?





Silver, Copper, Aluminium, Steel

367 - Which of the following is not a part of a CRT ?





Gas plasma

368 - Which of the following is not a transverse wave?





Sound waves

369 - Which of the following is not an aerosol?





Mud

370 - Which of the following is not true about X-rays?





Have low penetrating power

371 - Which of the following is the cleanest source of energy?





Wind energy

372 - Which of the following liquids has the least density ?





Petrol

373 - Which of the following metals is used for the manufacture of heating elements provided in electric iron ?





Nichrome

374 - Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have the same dimensions?





Work and Energy

375 - Which of the following phenomenon helps to conclude that light is a transverse wave?





Polarisation

376 - Which of the following properties is found only in ferromagnetic materials ?





Hysteresis

377 - Which of the following represents a relation for ''heat lost = heat gained'?





Principle of calorimetry

378 - Which of the following supports particle nature of photons ?





Photoelectric effect

379 - Which of the following waves cannot be polarised?





Ultrasonic

380 - Which of the metals has the maximum thermal conductivity?





Silver

381 - Which of these liquids has the highest viscosity?





Syrup

382 - Which of these travels in glass with minimum velocity ?





Violet light

383 - Which one is not a part of Kepler's Law?





Law of speed

384 - Which one is the unit of surface tension of a liquid





Electron volt /cm2

385 - Which one of the following determines the sharpness of image in a camera ?





The aperture

386 - Which one of the following has the highest value of specific heat?





Water

387 - Which one of the following instruments is used to study dispersion of light ?





Spectrometer

388 - Which one of the following is responsible for the working of Newton's colour disc experiment ?





Persistence of vision

389 - Which one of the following is the value of one nanometer?





10-7 cm

390 - Which tube used to produce X-ray?





Coolidge tube

391 - Who discovered X-ray?





Wilhelm Roentgen

392 - Who gave black hole theory?





Stephen Hawking

393 - Who indirectly determined the mass of the electron by measuring the charge of the electron?





Millikan

394 - Who was the first scientist to discover Electrons?





J.J Thompson

395 - Why do birds not have respiratory trouble at the time of flying at high altitude ?





They have extra air sacs

396 - Why does ice covered in sawdust not melt quickly ?





Sawdust is a bad conductor of heat

397 - Woollen cloth protects the body from cold because





It is a poor conductor of heat

398 - Working of safety fuses depends upon (01) magnetic effect of the current (02) chemical effect of the current (03) magnitude of the current (04) heating effect of the current. Select the correct answer using the code given below.





3 and 4 only

399 - Xrays are





Neutral particles

400 - X-rays region lies between





Gamma-rays and ultraviolet region

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