Physics MCQs For Job Test Preparation Set. 3

1 - ________ states that internal energy is a function of state and the increase in internal energy is equal to the sum of the heat supplied to system and work done by the system.





First law of thermodynamics

2 - . . . . . . . . . exerts a force on anything that has an electric charge.





Electric field

3 - 1 WH =





3600 joules

4 - A balloon filled with hydrogen will





Reach a particular height and remain floating

5 - A black body can absorb radiations of :





All wavelengths

6 - A boat loaded with rocks floats in the middle of a swimming pool. A man in the boat throws the rocks overboard. The level of water in the pool will





Decrease

7 - A body absorbs heat most if it is





Black and rough

8 - A body of 4.0 kg is lying at rest. Under the action of a constant force, it gains a speed of 5 m/s. The work done by the force will be ________





50 J

9 - A body of mass 2 kg is thrown upward with initial velocity of 20 m/s. After 2 seconds, its kinetic energy will be : (g = 10 m/s2)





0 J

10 - A body of mass 5 kg accelerates from 12 m/s to 20 m/s in 4 seconds due to the application of a force on it. Calculate the magnitude of this force (in N).





10

11 - A boy sitting in an open car moving with the constant speed throws a ball straight up into the air. The ball falls





Behind him

12 - A capillary tube is partially dipped vertically in a vessel containing water. Due to capillarity water rises in the tube. The height of water rise in the tube can be increased by





Decreasing the radius of the capillary tube

13 - A car accelerates uniformly from 18 kmph to 72 kmph in 5 s. The acceleration of the car (in m/s2) is:





3

14 - A convex mirror of focal length f (in air) is immersed in a liquid (u=4/3). The focal length of the mirror in the liquid will be :





F

15 - A device which is used to limit the current in an electrical circuit is called a





Fuse

16 - A dynamometer wattmeter can be used for





Both A & B

17 - A fresh egg when placed in salt water will





Float

18 - A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter by connecting





A high resistance in series

19 - A liquid disturbed by stirring comes to rest due to





Viscosity

20 - A man standing at the top of a tower has two spheres A and B. He drops sphere A downwards and throws sphere B horizontally at the same time. Which of the following is correct ?





Both the spheres will reach the ground simultaneously.

21 - A man standing on a edge of a cliff throws a stone vertically upwards with a certain speed. He then throws another stone downwards with the same speed. Find the ratio of the speeds of the two stones when they hit the ground.





0.042361111111

22 - A manometer is used to measure





Pressure

23 - A mass of 20 kg is at a height of 8 m above the ground. Then the potential energy possessed by the body is: [Given g = 9.8 m/s2]





1568 J

24 - A metal ball and a rubber ball, both having the same mass, strike a wall normally with the same velocity. The rubber ball rebounds and the metal ball does not rebound. It can be concluded that





The rubber ball suffers greater change in momentum

25 - A mirage occurs because of





Total internal reflection by layers of air

26 - A multimeter is used to measure





All of the above

27 - A nuclear reactor is said to have become 'critical' when





It is ready to produce controlled energy

28 - A parachute descends slowly whereas a stone dropped from the same height falls rapidly, because





A parachute has a larger surface area and air resistance is more

29 - A parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance C1 is made using two gold plates. Another parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance C2 is made using two aluminium plates with same plate separation, and all the four plates are of same area. If rg and ra are respec





C1 = C2

30 - A parallel-plate capacitor,with air in between the plates, has capacitance C. Now the space between the two plates of the capacitor is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant 7. Then the value of the capacitance will become





7C

31 - A periscope works by the principle of





Total internal reflection

32 - A periscope works on the principle of





Total internal reflection

33 - A person does some work of 1,000 J in 2 s. His power will be ________





500W

34 - A photostat machine works on





Electrostatic image making

35 - A piece of ice is floating in water kept in a beaker. When all the ice melts the level of water will





Remain the same

36 - A pond of water appears less deep due to





Refraction

37 - A radioactive substance does not undergo any change (in mass or charge) during





Gamma-emission

38 - A real gas can act as an ideal gas in





Low pressure and high temperature

39 - A simple microscope consists of :





A short focus convex lens

40 - A small piece of a substance is weakly attracted by a strong magnetic field. The substance is





Paramagnetic

41 - A solid needle placed horizontally on the surface of the water floats due to





Surface tension of water

42 - A standing wave occurs when





A wave reflects upon itself

43 - A storm is predicted if atmospheric pressure





Falls suddenly

44 - A thin oil film on a water surface appears coloured because of





Interference

45 - A wave with high amplitude have





High energy

46 - According to the Second Law of Motion, for a given force, acceleration is inversely proportional to the ________ of an object.





Mass

47 - Addition of suitable impurities into semiconductor, is called





Doping

48 - After reflection from a plane mirror the word will look like.





ECNALUBMA

49 - After removing two electrons from helium atom it become?





Alpha particle

50 - Air moves from the region where the air ________





Pressure is high to the region where the pressure is low

51 - Alcohol is more volatile than water because ________ is lower than water.





Its boiling point

52 - Alternating current is converted into direct current by a





Rectifier

53 - Amount of water vapour (gaseous) in a given volume of air (cubic metre) is known as:





Absolute humidity

54 - An athlete runs before long jump to get advantage on





Inertia of motion

55 - An atom bomb based upon the principle of ________





Nuclear fission

56 - An ice block with a piece of lead embeded in it floats in water. If ice melts the water level





Falls

57 - An image formed by a plane mirror, that cannot be obtained on a screen is called ________





Virtual image

58 - An instrument that records earthquakes is





Seismograph

59 - An integrated circuit is more advantages than a coventional circuit because





All the above

60 - An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the square of the time. Its accelaration is





Constant

61 - An object of 10 kg is moving with a speed of 2 m/s. The kinetic energy of the object is





20 J

62 - An object that has kinetic energy must be





Moving

63 - An optically plane surface reflects a beam of light





As a parallel beam in one direction

64 - Anemometer is used to measure





Wind velocity

65 - As we go from Equator to North pole the value of ''g', the acceleration due to gravity





Increases

66 - At the Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials get converted into





Paramagnetic materials

67 - Ball bearings are used in cycles, scooters etc to





Reduce the friction between the wheel and the axle

68 - Buoyancy depends on





The mass of the liquid displaced

69 - Burns caused by steam are much severe than those caused by boiling water because





Steam has latent heat

70 - Certain substances loose their electrical resistance completely at super low temperature. Such substances are called.





Superconductors

71 - Charles's law is based on





Gas

72 - Choose the most appropriate answer: Sir CV Raman was awarded Noble Prize for his work connected with which of the following phenomenon of radiation?





Scattering

73 - Circuit breaker usually operate under





Transient state of short-circuit current

74 - Clouds float in the atmosphere because of their





Low density

75 - Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds mainly





Reflect back the heat given by earth

76 - Convex mirror is generally used in ________





Rear view mirror

77 - Convex mirrors are used as a rear view mirror in motor cycles because





It forms smaller image as compared with object

78 - During the motion of a projectile fired from the earth surface, ________





Horizontal component of its velocity remains constant

79 - Eddy current is generated by





Induction

80 - Energy in reflected light :





Increases with the increase in angle

81 - Erg cross Sec is the unit of





Planck's constant

82 - Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to





Terrestrial Radiation

83 - Fiber optics cable used in communication, works on the principle of





Total internal reflection of light

84 - Flywheel is an important part of a steam engine because it :





Helps the engine in keeping the speed uniform

85 - Fog is an example of





Liquid dispersed in gas

86 - For a body moving with non-uniform velocity and uniform acceleration





Displacement – Time graph is non-linear

87 - For a body moving with uniform acceleration its final velocity equals ________





2 x average velocity - initial velocity

88 - For a freely falling body, the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy is always





Same

89 - For Gamma radiation, what stops its penetrating abilities?





All of the above

90 - For which of the following substances, the resistance decreases with increase in temperature?





Nichrome

91 - Formation of shadows can be explained by





Rectilinear propagation of light

92 - Friction is caused by the ________ on the two surfaces in contact.





Irregularities

93 - Full form of CFL used in place of electric bulbs is





Compact fluorescent lamp

94 - Gamma rays are emissions that have





Neither mass nor charge

95 - General purpose utility gloves are





For cleaning procedures

96 - Gravitational force is maximum at which place





Poles

97 - Heat flows as a result of difference of ________





Temperature

98 - Heat from the Sun reaches the Earth by





Radiation

99 - Heat stored in water vapour is





Latent heat

100 - Heat transfer by conduction occurs when molecules





Collide

101 - Hertz is the SI unit of





Frequency

102 - Hydraulic brakes in automobile work on





Pascal's principle

103 - Hydraulic brakes work on the principle of





Pascal's law

104 - Hydraulic machines work under the Principle of :





Pascal's Law

105 - Hydroscope is an instrument that shows changes in:





None of these

106 - If a copper wire is increased to double its length, its resistance will become





Four times

107 - If an ordinary glass tube and a glass capillary tube are both dipped in a beaker of water, water rises in





Both

108 - If both the mass and the velocity of a body is increased to twice of their magnitude, the kinetic energy will increase by





8 times

109 - If objects appear enlarged and inverted in a rear view mirror, then which type of mirror is used?





Concave

110 - If the current flowing through a circuit is 0.6 A for 6 mins, the amount of electric charge flowing through it is ________





216 C

111 - If the phase difference between two points is 120° for a wave with velocity of 360 m/s and frequency 500 Hz, then path difference between the two points is





24 cm

112 - If the velocity of a body is halved its kinetic energy ________





Becomes 1/4 th

113 - If there is a circular hole in a metal plate, what happens to the radius of the hole when the plate is heated?





Increases

114 - If you look into a mirror and find that the image (your reflection) is smaller than you, then the type of the mirror is:





Convex mirror

115 - In ________ motion of a body its velocity varies with time.





Non-uniform

116 - In a ________ the wave particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation





Transverse

117 - In a bipolar junction transistor





The base has the least concentration of impurity

118 - In a Carnot engine when heat is taken from the source, its temperature





Remains constant

119 - In a Cinema hall, the distance between the projector and the screen is increased by 2%. Then the intensity of illumination on the screen is





Decreased by 4%

120 - In a conductor





The valence band and the conduction band overlap each other

121 - In a water lifting electric pump, we convert





Electrical energy into Potential energy

122 - In an optical fibre the signal is transmitted





Due to total internal reflection

123 - In SONAR which kind of wave is used?





Ultrasonic

124 - In spherical polar coordinates (l, q, a), q denotes the polar angle around z-axis and a denotes the azimuthal angle raised from x-axis . Then the y-component of P is given by





Psinq sina

125 - In the case of bodies falling under gravity which of the following remains constant at a given place?





Acceleration

126 - In the gamma decay of a nucleus





Neither the mass number nor the atomic number of the nucleus changes

127 - In the process of magnetisation of a bar





The entire bulk of the bar gets magnetised

128 - In total internal reflection, the light travel from





Denser to rarer medium and it occurs with no loss of intensity

129 - In uniform circular motion, the linear velocity is perpendicular to





Radius vector

130 - In which of the following cases, kinetic energy is being used in performing work ?





Driving a car to cover a distance

131 - In which one of the following the phenomenon of total internal reflection of light is used ?





Formation of mirage

132 - Indicate the false statement about the resistance of a wire





It is directly proportional to the area of cross-section of wire

133 - Instrument for measuring blueness of the sky or ocean is called ________





Cyanometer

134 - Intensity of gravitational field of earth is maximum at





Poles

135 - Intensity of sound has





an object existence

136 - Isotopes of an element contain





the same number of protons but different number of neutrons

137 - It is dangerous to observe Solar eclipse with naked eyes because





Ultraviolet radiations from Sun burn our retina

138 - It is difficult to cook rice





At the top of a mountain

139 - It is easier to roll a barrel full of coal tar than to pull it because





the rolling friction is much less than the sliding friction

140 - It is easy to burst a gas-filled balloon with a needle than with a nail. It is because





Needle exerts more pressure than nail on the balloon.

141 - Kinetic energy depends on





Both mass and velocity of the moving body

142 - Kirchoff's Voltage Law is known as





Conservation Energy

143 - Light beam which is highly directional is called:





Laser

144 - Light houses are places with powerful lights to :





Guide and warn the ships coming from different directions in the ocean

145 - Light scattering takes place in





Colloidal solutions

146 - Light travels fastest in





Air

147 - Light travels in a straight line (rectilinear propagation of light). This statement does hold if the medium of travel for light is





Homogeneous and transparent

148 - Light travels slowest in





Glass

149 - Lightning heats the surrounding air to





30000 deg Cent

150 - Mach number is used in connection with the speed of





aircraft

151 - Magnetic domains normally occur in





Iron

152 - Materials that allow electricity to flow are called





Conductors

153 - Mica is used in electrical appliances such as electric iron because mica is





a good conductor of heat but a bad conductor of electricity

154 - Minimum number of unequal vectors which can give zero resultant are





three

155 - ML2T-2 is the dimensional formula for





couple acting on a body

156 - Natural radioactivity was discovered by





Henri Becquerel

157 - Night photography and photopraphy in mist and fog are possible using





Infra-red radiation

158 - Nuclear Reactors are based on which of the following phenomenon?





Controlled Nuclear Fission

159 - Nuclear reactors used to produce electricity are based on





Nuclear fission

160 - Oil rises up the wick in a lamp because





Of the capillary action phenomenon

161 - On a stationary sail boat, air is blown from a fan attached to the boat. The boat





does not move

162 - On which of the following techniques photostate machine works ?





Electrostatic Image—Making

163 - On which principle does the hydraulic lift works?





Pascal's law

164 - One bar is equal to





105 Pa

165 - One light year is equal to





6 trillion miles

166 - One nanometer is equal to ________ meters.





10 raised to the power (-9)

167 - One nanometer is equal to:





10-9m

168 - Optic fibres are used in :





Endoscopy

169 - Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of





Total Internal Reflection

170 - Parabolic mirrors are used in





Car headlights

171 - Parsec is the unit of





Distance

172 - Person who is colourblind cannot distinguish between





Red and green

173 - Photosynthesis takes place faster in





White light

174 - Planets are





non-luminous heavenly bodies

175 - Pressure Cooker cooks faster because





Higher temperature is attained for cooking

176 - Purity of a metal can be determined with the help of





Archimedes principle

177 - Purpose of an optical filter is to





Transmit or absorb light of different colours

178 - Quality of transmission depends upon





Both (A) and (B)

179 - RADAR is used for





Detecting and locating the position of objects such as Aeroplanes

180 - Radioactive elements can be traced out in living cell through a technique called





Auto radiography

181 - Radioactivity is due to





Unstable nucleus

182 - Rain is falling vertically downwards. To a man running east-wards, the rain will appear to be coming from





east

183 - Rainbow is due to





refraction and reflection of sunlight by water droplets

184 - Rainbow is produced when sunlight fall on drops of rain. Which of the following physical phenomena are responsible for this? I.Diffusion II.Refraction III.Internal reflection





II and III

185 - Rainbow is seen after rain because of hanging molecules of water which act as





Mirrors

186 - Rate of change of displacement is known as ________





Velocity

187 - Rate of change of momentum is





Force

188 - Rear view mirror of car is convex or concave?





Convex

189 - Rolling friction is caused by ________





Non-elastic effects

190 - Scalar Quantities are





Physical quantities which have magnitude only and no direction

191 - Shaving mirror is





Concave

192 - Shock-absorbers are usually made of steel as it :





Has higher elasticity

193 - Should cars have bumpers that collapse under impact?





Yes, since they help to absorb the impact of a collision and keep the occupants safe

194 - Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his work connected with which of the following phenomenon of radiation?





Scattering

195 - Skids occur when the brakes are applied so hard that the front or rear wheels lose traction are called as





Braking

196 - Solar eclipse will take place when





the moon is between the sun and the earth

197 - Solar energy is converted into chemical energy during





Photosynthesis

198 - Solar energy is due to





Fusion reactions

199 - Sound cannot pass through





Vacuum

200 - Sound travels fastest in





Glass

201 - Sound waves cannot travel in





Vacuum

202 - Sound waves cannot travel through





Vacuum

203 - Speed in a given direction is called





Velocity

204 - Speed of light is maximum in ________





Vacuum

205 - Speed of sound in air is unaffected by change in





Pressure

206 - Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double when seen through a telescope are





binaries

207 - Stress can be defined as ________ quantity.





Tensor

208 - Super conductors are substances that





Offer minimum resistance to flow of electric current

209 - Supersonic plane fly with the speed





greater than the speed of sound

210 - Surface tension in a liquid is due to :





Cohesive force between molecules

211 - Tape recorder should not be kept near one of the following things :





Magnet

212 - The angle between the ________ and the incident ray is called the angle of incidence.





Normal

213 - The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less the real weight when :





The lift is going down with an acceleration

214 - The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by :





Gravity

215 - The blue colour of sky is due to





Scattering of shorter wavelengths of sunlight in the atmosphere

216 - The boiling point of liquids vary as





Pressure varies

217 - The boiling point of water depends upon the





Atmospheric pressure

218 - The commonly used coolant in refrigerators is





Freon

219 - The component used for tuning a radio is basically a variable





Condenser

220 - The cover of a solar cooker is made of glass because





It retains the heat inside by the green house effect

221 - The damage of the human body due to radiation (X-rays or gamma rays etc) is measured in :





Rems

222 - The device used to convert solar energy into electricity is





Photovoltaic cell

223 - The device which converts AC to DC is





Rectifier

224 - The device which converts sound energy into electrical energy is called





Microphone

225 - The dimension of which of the following is the same as that of impulse ?





Momentum

226 - The dimensional formula ML–1T–2 corresponds to





Modulus of elasticity

227 - The energy obtained from atoms is known as ________





Nuclear energy

228 - The energy stored in a watch spring is





Potential energy

229 - The energy that generates wind comes from what source?





Solar radiation

230 - The filament of electric bulb is made up of :





Tungsten

231 - The first law of thermodynamics is simply the case of





The law of conservation of energy

232 - The focal length of a concave mirror with a radius of curvature of 20.0 cm is :





10 cm

233 - The following particles move with same kinetic energy. Which of them has maximum momentum ?





Alpha Particle

234 - The force exerted on an object is 200 N and its mass is 100 kg. Find the acceleration of the object.





2 m/sq.s

235 - The force of friction between two surfaces will increase if:





The two surfaces are pressed harder

236 - The freezing point of fresh water is ________ .





0°C

237 - The frequency of ultrasound wave is typically





Below 20 kHz

238 - The fundamental scientific principle in the operation of battery is





Dissociation of electrolytes

239 - The ''Greenhouse effect' is mainly due to increase in atmospheric





Carbon dioxide

240 - The height of a geo-stationary satellite from the Earth's surface is approximately :





36,000 km

241 - The Hydraulic Break works on the principle of ________ .





Pascal's Law

242 - The inability of a body to change its state of rest or uniform motion along a straight line is called its





Inertia

243 - The increasing order of the refractive index of certain materials is (left to right) ________





Ice, Kerosene, Benzene, Rock Salt

244 - The information of brilliant colors in a thin soap film is a consequence of the phenomena of





Multiple reflection and interference

245 - The instrument for measuring intensity of earthquakes is called





Seismograph

246 - The instrument that measures and records the relative humidity of air is





Hygrometer

247 - The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is





Anemometer

248 - The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is





Terrestrial telescope

249 - The layer of atmosphere used for radio-wave transmission is





Ionosphere

250 - The least penetrating power ray is





Alpha rays

251 - The Length of the Day is determined in





Astronomical units

252 - The locomotion of insects to the source of light is called :





Phototropic

253 - The magnitude of buoyant force depends on the ________ of the fluid.





Density

254 - The magnitude of current flowing between two end points of a conductor is proportional to the potential difference between them and is called as:





Ohms law

255 - The mass of a star is two times the mass of the Sun. How it will come to an end ?





Neutron Star

256 - The mercury and sodium street lamps light up because of :





Atomic emission

257 - The moment of inertia of a body does not depend upon its





Angular velocity

258 - The oil in the wick of an oil lamp rises up due to:





Capillary action

259 - The oil in the wick of lamp rises due to





Pheonomenon of capillarity

260 - The ordinary and maximum tolerance limit of sound by human being is





60 db to 80 db (decibel)

261 - The period of revolution of a certain planet in an orbit of radius R is T. Its period of revolution in an orbit of radius 4R will be:





8 T

262 - The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another is called





Refraction

263 - The phenomenon of light associated with the appearance of blue colour of the sky is





Scattering

264 - The phenomenon which causes mirage is





Total internal reflection

265 - The pressure of a fluid varies with depth h as P = PQ+pgh, where p is the fluid density. This expression is associated with





Pascal's law

266 - The propagation of sound waves in a gas involves





Adiabatic compression and rarefaction

267 - The quality or tone of a musical sound produced by a stringed instrument depends on





Wave form of the sound

268 - The radiant energy having lowest energy is





Microwave radiation

269 - The rate of flow of electric charge is measured in





Ampere

270 - The refractive index of a transparent medium is maximum for





Violet light

271 - The resistance of the human body (dry condition) is of the order of





None of these

272 - The reverse effect of X–ray emission is





Photoelectric

273 - The S.I. unit of electric charge is :





Coulomb

274 - The sharpness of a television image is termed as its





Resolution

275 - The sky appears blue because of





Scattering of light

276 - The snow on the mountains does not melt all at once when it is heated by the sun because:





It reflects most of the heat from the sun

277 - The speed of light will be minimum while passing through





Glass

278 - The splitting of different colours of light in a prism is :





Disperson of light

279 - The splitting of white light into its components is due to:





Dispersion

280 - The spokes used in the wheel of a bicycle increase its





Moment of inertia

281 - The strength of an electromagnet can be increased by





All of the above

282 - The sudden fall of atmospheric pressure indicates





Storm

283 - The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the basis of





Turbulence caused by wind.

284 - The term photon refers to





Sub atomic particle

285 - The theory of relativity is presented by which scientist





Albert Einstein

286 - The type of mirror used in automobiles to see the traffic on the rear side is





Convex

287 - The type of mirrors used in the headlamp of cars is





Parabolic concave

288 - The unit of energy in MKS system is





Joule

289 - The unit of intensity of electric field is





N/c

290 - The unit of magnetic permeability is





Henry/meter

291 - The unit of Planck's constant is





Js

292 - The velocity of heat radiation in vacuum is





Equal to that of light

293 - The velocity of sound in moist air is more than in dry air because the moist air has





Less density than dry air.

294 - The velocity of the sound is highest in





Metal

295 - The wall of a dam is broader at the base





To withstand pressure that increases with depth

296 - The wavelength at which the peak of intensity of blackbody radiation occurs





Decreases with increase in temperature

297 - The weakest of all fundamental forces is





Gravitational force

298 - The word "Physics" comes from the Greek word





Fusis

299 - Thermohaline circulation is mainly due to





Cold, dense ocean water sinking and warmer water replacing it

300 - These waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum.





Sound

301 - To prevent damage from lightning, lightning conductors are used on tall structures. The lightning conductor





Should be made of a good conductor like copper with sharp-pointed edges

302 - Two electric bulbs marked 25W – 220V and 100W – 220V are connected in series to a 440Vsupply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?





25 W

303 - Two stones of unequal masses are thrown vertically up with the same velocity. Which of the following will happen?





Both will reach the same height

304 - Two vectors are said to be equal if





Both magnitude and direction are same

305 - Unit of impedance is ________





Ohm

306 - Vehicle tyres are inflated properly





To avoid skidding and to minimise friction

307 - Velocity of sound in air does not change with the change of





Pressure of air

308 - What changes will happen to a bowl of ice and water kept at exactly zero degree Celsius ?





No change will happen

309 - What colour does blue and yellow make?





Green

310 - What device converts light energy to electrical energy?





Photovoltaic cell

311 - What frequency range is the high frequency band?





3 to 30 MHz

312 - What is the gravity of moon as compared to the Earth





1/6 th of Earth

313 - What is the minimum distance (in metres) required to hear an echo?





17

314 - What is the range of masses involved in the study of Physics?





10-30 kg to 1055 kg

315 - What is the SI unit of electric current?





Ampere

316 - What is the SI unit of intensity of sound?





Decibel

317 - What principle/law explains the working of the hydraulic brakes in automobiles ?





Pascal's law

318 - What property of matter is momentum related to?





Both A & B

319 - What type of lens is a magnifying glass?





Converging

320 - What will happen if an object is dropped from a height and there is no air resistance?





Its speed will increase

321 - When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, which of the following quantities remains constant during its motion?





Energy

322 - When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of





Diffusion

323 - When a bullet is fired from a gun





The gun recoils with the same momentum as the bullet

324 - When a card placed over a tumbler is flicked with the finger, the coin placed over it falls in the tumbler.





Law of Inertia

325 - When a piece of pure silicon is doped with aluminium, then





The doped silicon piece will become p-type

326 - When a ship enters the sea from a river





It rises a little

327 - When a steel ball is placed on the surface of mercury, it does not sink because





The density of mercury is greater than that of steel

328 - When a vehicle passes, TV reception gets distorted. This is because





Spark plug creates electromagnetic disturbances

329 - When heated from 0 to 100oC volume of a given mass of water will :





Decrease and then will increase

330 - When the barometer reading dips suddenly, it is an indication of





Storm

331 - When the speed of car is doubled, then what will be the braking force of the car to stop it in the same distance ?





Four times

332 - When two semiconductors of p and n-type are brought in contact, they form p-n junction which acts like a/an





Rectifier

333 - When two similar sources vibrate with slightly different frequencies, a regular rise and fall occurs in the loudness of tone. This phenomenon is known as





Beats

334 - Where do the electrical charges reside in a charged conductor?





Outer surface of the body

335 - Which among the following determines the pitch of a sound?





Frequency

336 - Which color deviates highest when passing through a Prism





Violet

337 - Which color deviates least when passing through a Prism





Red

338 - Which colour has the highest frequency?





Violet

339 - Which component of an IED creates an electrical charge?





Power source

340 - Which determines the frequency of a sound wave?





Amplitude

341 - Which is a correct way to measure wavelength?





Nearest peak to peak

342 - Which is an example of Phototropism?





Plant bending toward the light

343 - Which is evidence that supports the dynamo theory?





Earth's core contains a large amount of iron

344 - Which law is also called law of inertia ?





Newton first law

345 - Which of the following celestial bodies contains abundant quantities of helium-3, a potential source of energy ?





Moon

346 - Which of the following circuit elements is used to ''block" DC in an electronic circuit ?





Capacitance

347 - Which of the following device is best suited for measuring the temperature inside metallurgical furnaces?





Pyrometer

348 - Which of the following device is used to measure humidity?





Hygrometer

349 - Which of the following devices can be used to detect radiant heat ?





Thermopile

350 - Which of the following events occurred first ?





Max Planck unveiled the Quantum Theory

351 - Which of the following experiments analyzed the Fraunhofer lines of the solar spectrum?





Bunsen and Kirchhoff's experiment

352 - Which of the following features of a tunnel diode is its drawback?





Instability due to negative resistance

353 - Which of the following group of elements are diamagnetic?





Argon, copper, silver

354 - Which of the following has got more heat capacity ?





Water

355 - Which of the following has the highest frequency?





Cosmic rays

356 - Which of the following has the longest wavelength?





Infrared radiation

357 - Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity ?





Sling Psychrometer

358 - Which of the following is a renewable source of energy





Wind

359 - Which of the following is a result of Surface tension ?





Capillary action

360 - Which of the following is a vector quantity?





Area

361 - Which of the following is indicated by the colour of a star ?





Temperature

362 - Which of the following is not a form of Energy?





Pressure

363 - Which of the following is not a vector quantity ?





Speed

364 - Which of the following is not a vector quantity?





Density

365 - Which of the following is not an intrusive igneous body?





Stope

366 - Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction of light ?





Sun appearing higher in the sky than it actually is

367 - Which of the following is the fastest communication channel?





Microwave

368 - Which of the following is the second largest source of global energy?





Renewable Energy

369 - Which of the following is the unit of perceived loudness of sound ?





Sone

370 - Which of the following is used to split white light into different colours ?





Prism

371 - Which of the following is/are part of the Classical Physics?





Both a and b

372 - Which of the following laws validates the statement that matter can neither be created nor destroyed ?





Law of conservation of mass

373 - Which of the following principle is used to produce ''low-temperatures' ?





Adiabatic demagnetisation

374 - Which of the following produces more severe burns ?





Steam

375 - Which of the following scientific discoveries was made by C.V. Raman?





Inelastic scattering of light by molecules

376 - Which one among the following components is used as an amplifying device?





Transistor

377 - Which one among the following doesn't have any effect on velocity of sound ?





Humidity

378 - Which one of the following is the correct sequence of passage of light in a compound microscope?





Condenser -Objective lens -Body tube -Eyepiece

379 - Which one of the following is used for sun glasses ?





Crooks glass

380 - Which one of the following processes is responsible for the glittering of air bubble rising through water?





Total internal reflection of light

381 - Which one of the following reflects back more sunlight as compared to other three?





Land covered with fresh snow

382 - Which phase change is an example of an exothermic process?





All the above

383 - Which physical quantity is measured in 'siemens'?





Electrical conductance

384 - Which results in an increase in power?





Doing more work in less time.

385 - Which set of conditions represents the easiest way to liquify a gas ?





Low temperature and high pressure

386 - Which sources produce alternating current (AC)?





Hydro-electric generators

387 - Which type of mirror is used in the head lights of vehicles ?





Concave mirror

388 - Which type of radiation has the lowest penetrating ability?





Alpha

389 - Which, of the following radiations has the least wavelength ?





G-rays

390 - Who among the following developed the technology of underground nuclear explosion ?





Dr. Homi J. Bhabha

391 - Who among the following is credited for the Corpuscular theory of light?





Isaac Newton

392 - Who among the following is credited to work for the unification of electricity, magnetism and optics field of Physics?





James Clerk Maxwell

393 - Who measured the velocity of light first ?





Romer

394 - Why are we able to hear short wave broadcasts better than long wave broadcasts ?





Short waves are more energetic than long waves.

395 - Why does a cannon recoil after firing ?





Newton's third law of motion

396 - Why does bleeding occur through the nose in high mountainous regions ?





The blood pressure of a person increases at high altitudes

397 - Why does water tank appear shallower when viewed from the top?





Due to refraction

398 - Why is it difficult to breathe at higher altitudes?





Due to low air pressure

399 - Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships ?





None of these

400 - Work done in a free expansion process is





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