Physics MCQs For Job Test Preparation Set. 4

1 - 1 amu is equivalent to





931 MeV

2 - 1 m/s equals ________ km/hr





18/5

3 - A 4 kg object is moving horizontally with a speed of 5 m/s. To increase its speed to 10 m/s, the amount of net work required to be done on this object is:





150 J

4 - A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground. It crosses a point at the height of 25 m twice at an interval of 4 seconds. The ball was thrown with the velocity of





30 m/s

5 - A bimetal made copper and iron strips welded together is straight at room temperature. It is held vertically with iron strip towards left and copper strip towards right. If this bimetal is heated, it will





Bend towards left

6 - A bird sitting on a high tension electric wire does not get electrocuted because





It does not form a closed path for the flow of current

7 - A body is initially moving with a velocity of 5 m/s. It undergoes an acceleration of 2 m/s2 for 4 seconds. Find the displacement (in m) of this body in these 4 seconds.





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8 - A body moving in a circular path with a constant speed has a





Constant kinetic energy

9 - A bomb at rest explodes into a large number of tiny fragments. The total momentum of all the fragments





Is zero

10 - A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle. If the string snaps





It will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

11 - A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the bucket. The reading of the spring balance





Will increase

12 - A bullet is fired from a rifle which recoils after firing. The ratio of kinetic energy of the rifle to that of the bullet is





Zero

13 - A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to





The greenhouse effect

14 - A concave lens always forms





A virtual image

15 - A cup of hot coffee is placed on a metal table in a room. By which of the following methods does it lose heat?





Conduction, convection and radiation

16 - A cycle tyre bursts suddenly. This represents an :





Adiabatic process

17 - A device used for converting a.c. into d.c. is called





Rectifier

18 - A falling drop of rain water acquires the spherical shape due to





Surface Tension

19 - A gap is left between two rails of a railway track to accommodate...... of the metal.





Linear expansion

20 - A gas thermometer is more sensitive than a liquid thermometer because a gas :





Expands more than a liquid

21 - A gradual increase in loudness is known as





Crescendo

22 - A hunter on the ground wishes to shoot a bird on a tree at a distance with his rifle. He has to point the rifle





At a higher elevation than the bird

23 - A man standing close to the platform at a railway station experiences a pulling force towards a fast moving train because of ________ .





Pressure difference due to fast moving air in between

24 - A man stands in a lift which accelerates upwards. The resultant reaction force on the floor of the lift is





Greater than the weight of the man

25 - A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan





Remains the same

26 - A metal plate with a circular hole at the centre is heated. What will happen to the area of the hole ?





Increase

27 - A metal semiconductor junction diode is called ________





Schottky diode

28 - A NOT gate can be implemented by:





A single transistor

29 - A particle dropped from the top of a tower uniformly falls on ground at a distance which is equal to the height of tower. Which of the following paths will be traversed by the particle ?





Parabolic

30 - A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it reaches the highest point, it has





A downward acceleration

31 - A person can jump higher on the moon's surface than on the earth because :





The acceleration due to gravity in moon is smaller than that on the earth.

32 - A person standing on a railway platform listens to the whistles of arriving and departing trains. The whistle heard is





Of higher pitch when train arrives

33 - A piece of wood is held under water. The upthrust on it will be:





Less than weight of the wood

34 - A rear-view mirror for driving is





Convex

35 - A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in mercury container





Will be on the surface of mercury

36 - A star appears twinkling in the sky because of





Refraction of light by atmosphere

37 - A stone floor feels cold to the bare feet but a carpet on the same floor feels warm. This is because





The stone conveys the heat away from the feet more rapidly than the carpet

38 - A stone is dropped from the roof of a house towards the ground. The kinetic energy of the stone will be maximum:





Just before it touches the ground

39 - A system exhibiting S.H.M. must possess





Elasticity as well as inertia

40 - A transformer works on the principle of





Mutual induction

41 - A vacuum cleaner works on the principle of pressure difference. On the moon it will





Not work at all

42 - A wavelength of 0.3 m is produced in air and it travels at a speed of 300 m/s. Then it will be an





Audible wave

43 - A wire carrying current is





Neutral

44 - A wire of copper having length I and area of cross-section A is taken and a current i is flown through it. The power dissipated in the wire is P. If we take an aluminium wire having same dimensions and pass the same current through it, the power dissipate





> P

45 - Absolute Zero is defined as





The temperature at which all molecular motion ceases

46 - Acceleration is the rate of change of





Velocity

47 - According to special theory of relativity the mass of a particle





Increases with increase in velocity with respect to an observer.

48 - According to the quantum theory of light, the energy of light is carried in discrete units are called





Photons

49 - According to the theory of relativity, which of the following always remains constant ?





Velocity of light

50 - Air coolers are more suitable for





Hot and dry climate

51 - Air is said to be saturated when





It contains the maximum content of water vapour

52 - Air pressure is usually highest when the air is





Cool and moist

53 - Among the following materials sound travels fastest in





Steel

54 - Amount of water vapour in the atmosphere is measured in terms of





Humidity

55 - An egg sinks in soft water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because





The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs

56 - An electric fuse is based on





The heating effect of the current

57 - An electron and a proton starting from rest get accelerated through potential difference of 100 kV. The final speed of the electron and the proton are Ve and Vp respectively. Which of the following relations is correct?





Ve > Vp

58 - An electron microscope gives higher magnification than an optical microscope, because :





The wavelength of electrons is smaller as compared to the wavelength of visible light

59 - An ideal gas cannot be





Liquified

60 - An object having the capability to do work is said to possess





Energy

61 - An object with a mass of 22 kg moving with a velocity of 5 m/s possesses a kinetic energy of :





275 J

62 - As water is cooled from 4 deg C to 0 deg C, its density





Decreases

63 - At boiling point of liquids, its





Temperature remains constant

64 - At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature. It is the statement of





Charle's Law

65 - At what temperature (in degree Celsius), the numerical values on Celsius and Fahrenheit scales become equal?





–40

66 - At what temperature (in Fahrenheit) pure water freezes?





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67 - Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to





Gravitational pull

68 - Atomic hydrogen has a life period of





A fraction of a second

69 - Bats can sense obstacles because they produce





Ultrasonic sound waves

70 - Beta rays emitted by a radioactive material are





Charged particles emitted by nucleus

71 - Blowing Air with open pipe is an example of :





Isobaric process

72 - Bolometer is used to measure





Temperature

73 - Boyle's law relates to





Kinetic Theory of Gases

74 - Bubbles of air rise up through liquids due to





Viscosity and buoyancy

75 - Carbon Arc lamps are commonly used in





Cinema projectors

76 - Centrifugal force increases with





Acceleration

77 - Consider the following statements : (01) There is no net moment on a body which is in equilibrium. (02) The momentum of a body is always conserved. (03) The kinetic energy of an object is always conserved. Which of the statements given above is/are cor





1 and 2 only

78 - Contact force is another name for ________





Muscular force

79 - Copper wires are generally used for electrical power transmission instead of iron wire because :





Copper is a better conductor of electricity than iron

80 - Due to temperature variation along a conductor, potential variation occurs along it. This phenomenon is known as





Thomson effect

81 - During hot weather, the fan produces a feeling of comfort. This is because





Our perspiration eva-porates rapidly

82 - During uniform motion of an object along a straight line, its ________ remains constant with time.





Velocity

83 - Earliest thermometer was developed by





Galileo

84 - Echo is heard due to





Reflection

85 - Echolocation is an adaptation bats use to





All of the above

86 - Electric Motor converts ________ energy to mechanical energy





Electrical

87 - Electrical burns occur principally because of





The heat generated by the flow of electrical current through the body

88 - Electrical Energy is the energy of





Electrons

89 - Electrostatic precipitator is used to control the pollution of





Air

90 - Energy is continuously created in the sun due to:





Nuclear fusion

91 - Energy per unit volume is dimensionally equal to





Pressure

92 - Energy that is produced commercially from coal is called





Thermal energy

93 - 'Farad' is the unit of :





Capacitance

94 - Find the current (in A) when a charge of 1200C flows in 6 seconds.





200

95 - Fish and other aquatic creatures can live inside a deep frozen pond because





There will always be water just beneath the ice level

96 - Flight Recorder is technically called :





Black box

97 - For a ray of light to suffer total internal reflection it has to pass from :





Air to water

98 - For an ideal gas, which one of the following statements does not hold true?





The speed of all gas molecules is same

99 - For an object, the state of rest is considered to be the state of ________ speed.





Zero

100 - For photoelectric effect to take place, the metal used as the cathode should have ________





Low work function

101 - For which of the following game, players must have the knowledge of Pascal's law?





Scuba diving

102 - For which one of the following, ''Diodes" are generally used for?





Rectification

103 - Formula for distance is





Speed x time

104 - Fuse wire is made of an alloy of





Tin and Lead

105 - Gasoline is useful in cars because it has





Chemical potential energy

106 - Global warming is expected to result in





All of the above

107 - Heat energy is transferred by conduction whenever molecules





Collide each other

108 - Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called





Advection

109 - How much calorie of energy is released by a boiled egg ?





77

110 - Hydro-electric power is a:





Renewable natural resource

111 - Ice cubes are added to a glass of pure water and a glass of pure alcohol. The ice would be





At a higher level in water

112 - If a force acts upon two objects at rest, and having different masses for the same amount of time, then which one of the following will be the same for both the objects?





Momentum

113 - If an empty cylinder is half filled with a liquid, its center of gravity is





Shifted downwards

114 - If cream is removed from milk, its density





Increases

115 - If the distance between Sun and Earth becomes double, then the gravitational force on Earth will be





One Fourth

116 - If the earth suddenly stop rotating, the value of "g" will be





Increase

117 - If the velocity-time graph of a particle is represented by y = mt + c, then the particle is moving with





Constant acceleration

118 - If the wavelengths corresponding to ultraviolet, visible and infrared radiations are given as lUV, lVIS and lIR respectively, then which of the following gives the correct relationship among these wavelengths?





LUV < lVIS < lIR

119 - If velocity is constant then acceleration is what?





Zero

120 - If we want to calculate the pressure of a liquid at the bottom of a vessel, the quantity which is not required to determine it, is





Surface area of the bottom of the vessel

121 - In a diesel engine the high temperature needed to ignite the fuel is achieved by





Compressing air in the cylinders

122 - In a magnetic field, the direction of motion of a current carrying conductor is given by





Flemings left hand rule

123 - In a optical fibre cable, the signal is propagated along the





Inner Core

124 - In a railway track, two rails are joined end to end with a gap in between them because





Accidents due to expansion in summer can be avoided

125 - In a rechargeable cell what kind of energy is stored within the cell?





Chemical energy

126 - In general, which is the cause of a land breeze?





Temperature

127 - In hydro power station, the motion produced in turbines is due to





Flow of water

128 - In radio-communication, the signals emitted by transmitting antenna are reflected on





Ionosphere

129 - In sunlight a rose appears red. In green light, the same rose appears





Black

130 - In the absence of the earth's atmosphere, sky would appear





Black

131 - In the Earth, the weight of a body is maximum at the





Surface

132 - In the electrical circuit of a house, the fuse acts as





A safety device

133 - In which form is the supplied heat energy stored during change in temperature of substance?





Kinetic energy

134 - In which of the following processes is energy released ?





Respiration

135 - Increased wind speed is accompanied by a reduced air ________





Pressure

136 - Indicate the correct arrangement for electromagnetic radiation in order of their increasing wavelength.





X - rays, infrared, visible, microwave

137 - Inside an aeroplane, flying at a high altitude,





normal atmospheric pressure is maintained by the use of air pumps.

138 - Instrument used to study the behaviour of a vibrating string is :





Sonometer

139 - Intensity of sound at a point is ____ its distance from the source.





inversely proportional to square of

140 - It is difficult to fix a nail on a freely suspended wooden frame. Which law supports this statement?





Newton's third law

141 - It is easier to carry two buckets of water in one hand each, than to carry only one in one hand because





Centre of gravity and centre of equilibrium fall within the feet

142 - It is more difficult to walk on a sandy road than on a concrete road because





the friction between sand and feet is less than that between concrete and feet.

143 - It takes much longer to cook food in the hills than in the plains, because





in the hills the atmospheric pressure is lower than that in the plains and therefore water boils at a temperature lower than 100oC causing an increase in cooking time

144 - Kilohertz is a unit which measures





Electromagnetic radio wave frequencies

145 - Kilowatt-hour is the unit of :





Energy

146 - Lakes freeze in cold countries in winter, leaving the water underneath at





4°C

147 - Lamberts law is related to





Illumination

148 - Land is considered a resource because it





Is used to produce things

149 - Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to:





Both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss

150 - Lens is made up of which glass





Flint glass

151 - Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly





8 minutes

152 - Light year is a unit of





Distance

153 - Lightning is caused due to





Electric discharge

154 - Longitudinal waves cannot travel through





Vacuum

155 - Loudness of sound depends on





Amplitude

156 - Magnetic keepers are used to protect magnets from :





Self-demagnetization

157 - Magnetism at the centre of a bar magnet is





zero

158 - Man perceives sound vibrations in the frequency ranges of





20 – 20000 Hz

159 - Megahertz is a measurement of





Frequency

160 - Metals are good conductors of electricity because





They contain free electrons

161 - Middle latitude cyclones are fueled by?





Air high in the atmosphere

162 - Mirage is due to:





Unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere

163 - Mist is caused by





Water vapour at low temperature

164 - Moment of inertia is:





Tensor

165 - Moving electric charge produces :





Magnetic field

166 - Name the process of production of energy in the Sun





Nuclear fusion

167 - Necessary element of change in solar energy to electrical energy





Silicon

168 - Noise is measured in





Decibel

169 - Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named





Fermi

170 - Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named





Fermi

171 - Of the following natural phenomena, tell which one known in Sanskrit as 'deer's thirst'?





Mirage

172 - Of the following properties of a wave, the one that is independent of the other is its





amplitude

173 - Of the four locations mentioned below the highest inside temperature will be attained in the pressure cooker operated with the pressure valve open





at a place in a valley below sea level

174 - Ohm's law is valid in case of





Conductor

175 - 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.

176 - On a cold day when a room temperature is 15oC, the metallic cap of a pen becomes much colder than its plastic body, though both are at the same temperature of 15oC, because





metals are good conductor of heat

177 - On a cold day when the room temperature is 15°C, the metallic cap of a pen becomes much colder than its plastic body, though both are at the same temperature of 15°C, because :





Metals are good conductors of heat

178 - On the Kelvin scale, the melting point of ice is





273K

179 - One thousand microns is equal to





10-3m

180 - Optical Fibre technology works on which of these principles of Physics?





Total internal reflection of Light

181 - Permissible noise level at Residential area during night time is :





45 dB (A)

182 - Photon is the fundamental unit/quantum of





Light

183 - Pitot tube is used to measure





Stagnation pressure

184 - Plants are dried up in winter due to frost because





There is mechanical loss of tissues and drought condition prevails

185 - Propagation of sound can be visualised as propagation of ________ variations in the medium





Density

186 - Proton carry a





Positive Charge

187 - Pure water is bad conductor of electricity because it is





Feebly ionized

188 - Pycnometer is an instrument used to measure the





Density

189 - Radian is used to measure





Angle

190 - Radio telescopes are better than optical telescopes because





All of the above

191 - Rain drops fall from great height. Which among the following statements is true regarding it?





They fall with that ultimate velocity, which are different for different droplets

192 - Rate at which velocity changes over time?





Acceleration

193 - Rate of doing work is called





Power

194 - Reading of a barometer going down is an indication of





Rainfall

195 - Refrigeration is a process which





Slows down the bacterial growth

196 - Relative humidity is expressed as





Percentage

197 - Remote-sensing device has an inbuilt source of





Infrared ray

198 - Resistance of human body in dry condition





100000 ohm

199 - Rise of oil a wick is due to





Surface tension of the oil

200 - Skating on ice is possible because





The pressure on the ice due to skate melts the ice by lowering its melting point forming a thin film of water

201 - Small bubbles are perfectly spherical because of





Surface tension

202 - Solar cells work on the principle of





Photovoltaic effect

203 - Solids which conduct electricity at higher temperature but not at lower temperature are called





Semi-conductor

204 - Sound becomes hazardous noise pollution at decibels?





Above 120 db

205 - Sound is heard over longer distances on rainy days because





Sound travels faster in moist air

206 - Sound of frequency below 20 Hz is called





infrasonic

207 - Sound travels with a different speed in media. In what order does the velocity of sound increase in these media?





Air, water and iron

208 - Sound waves in air are





longitudinal

209 - Sources of geothermal power are





Both A & B

210 - Specific gravity is defined as the ratio of





Density of the substance to the density of water

211 - Stars twinkle because





the refractive index of the different layers of the earth's atmosphere changes continuously.

212 - Steel is more elastic than rubber because it :





Is deformed very easily

213 - Submerged objects can be located using





Sonar

214 - Suitable impurities are added to a semiconductor depending on its use. This is done in order to





increase its electrical conductivity

215 - Sun's heat reaches us by





Radiation

216 - Super cooling stands for cooling of a liquid :





Below freezing point

217 - Superconductors are those elements





Whose resistance falls almost to zero at very low temperatures

218 - Temperature of distant luminous bodies can be determined by





Pyrometers

219 - Tensional forces normally cause which one of the following?





Normal faults

220 - The absolute zero is a temperature at which ________





Molecular motion in a gas would cease

221 - The angle in which a cricket ball should be hit to travel maximum horizontal distance is :





45° with horizontal

222 - The atmospheric layer reflecting radio waves is called





Ionosphere

223 - The audio signals of TV are





Frequency modulated

224 - The average kinetic energy of the molecules of an ideal gas is directly proportional to





Absolute temperature of the gas

225 - The base of an electric iron is brightly polished mainly





To reduce heat loss by radiation

226 - The best conductor of electricity among the following is :





Silver

227 - The best material for the core of a transformer is





Soft iron

228 - The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to





Low atmospheric pressure

229 - The cause for the Tsunami, as deduced by the seismologists, is





Deformation of sea floor and vertical displacement of water

230 - The ''Choke' used with a tube light is basically





An inductor

231 - The density of a gas is maximum at





Low temperature, high pressure

232 - The density of water is 1 g/cc. This is strictly valid at





4°C

233 - The device used for measuring the wavelength of X-rays is





Bragg Spectrometer

234 - The different colours of different stars are due to the variation of





Temperature

235 - The dimension of Planck constant equals to that of





Angular momentum

236 - The dimensional formula for universal gravitational constant is





M–1L3T–2

237 - The earth-wire of a cable is connected to





The fuse of the appliance

238 - The electric current in a metal wire is due to the flow of -





Electrons

239 - The energy associated with motion is called





Kinetic energy

240 - The final image in a simple microscope is





Virtual, magnified and erect

241 - The flow of thermal energy is called





Heat

242 - The force between charged particles is called as:





Electromagnetic Force

243 - The force exerted by a magnet is an example of ________





Non-contact force

244 - The force that keeps a body in a circular motion called





The centripetal force

245 - The ''four stroke petrol engine' is based on





Otto-cycle

246 - The fuse in our domestic electric circuit melts when there is a high rise in





Current

247 - The GPS device in an automobile uses which communication channel?





Satellite

248 - The group of solar cells joined together in a definite pattern is called a





Solar cell panel

249 - The hydraulic brakes used in automobiles is a direct application of :





Pascal's law

250 - The illuminating powers of two sources are compared by





A photometer

251 - The impurity atoms with which silicon should be doped to make p-type semiconductors are





Boron

252 - The instrument which uses sound waves to measure the depth of oceans is





Sonar

253 - The large collection of stars, dust and gas held together by gravitational attraction between components is known as





Galaxy

254 - The law of conservation of energy states that





Energy can neither be created nor destroyed

255 - The Law of Kepler is related with which among the following ?





Planetary Motion

256 - The laws which govern the motion of planets are called ________





Kepler's Laws

257 - The light rays used for eliminating bacteria is





Ultra-violet radiation

258 - The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope can be decreased by





Increasing the focal length of the eyepiece

259 - The mass defect is the result of what action occurring?





Mass being converted to energy when protons and neutrons bind together in a nucleus

260 - The metal whose electrical conductivity is more, is





Silver

261 - The motion of a freely falling body is an example of ________ accelerated motion.





Uniformly

262 - The motion of the wheels of a bullock-cart while moving on the road is an example of





Translatory and rotatory motion

263 - The nature of fuse wire is





High resistance and low melting point.

264 - The odometer guage indicates





The distance travelled by a vehicle

265 - The optical phenomenon that is primarily responsible for the observation of rainbow on a rainy day is





Dispersion

266 - The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is





24 hours

267 - The point where total mass of a body is supposed to be concentrated is known as





Centre of mass

268 - The purpose of choke in a fluorescent lamp is :





To decrease the current flow

269 - The rate at which energy is transferred is called





Power

270 - The rate of change of linear momentum of a body falling freely under gravity is equal to it's ________ ?





Weight

271 - The recoiling of gun is an example of which of the following?





Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum

272 - The reflector of a search light is a :





Concave mirror

273 - The rice is cooked more quickly in a pressure cooker because





Water boils at a higher temperature under pressure.

274 - The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places is





Thomas Alva Edison

275 - The sensation of weightlessness in a spacecraft in an orbit is due to the





Acceleration in the orbit which is equal to the acceleration due to gravity outside

276 - The SI unit for measuring work and energy is





Joule

277 - The SI unit of luminous emittance is :





Lux

278 - The SI unit of resistance is:





Ohm

279 - The sound produced by a bat is–





Ultrasonic

280 - The spring balance works on the principle of ________ .





Hooke's Law

281 - The spring constant of a spring depends on its





Thickness, its diameter and its material

282 - The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is





–40°

283 - The term ''equinox' means





When the day and night are of equal duration

284 - The transport phenomenon occurs only in ________ state of a gas and is ________





Equilibrium, irreversible

285 - The unit of force is a





Derived Unit

286 - The unit of measurement of noise is





Decibel

287 - The velocity of sound is more in





Steel

288 - The velocity required to place a vehicle in orbit around the moon is ________ that required to place it in orbit round the earth.





Less than

289 - The wave of theory of light is based on





Huyghens' principle

290 - The waveform of a certain signal can be studied by





Sonometer

291 - The wavelength of a wave is the distance between





Both B & C

292 - The width of depletion layer of a P-N junction





Is increased under reverse bias

293 - The working of a rocket is based on the principle of:





Conservation of momentum

294 - 'Therm' is the unit of





Heat

295 - Thermal expansion of materials arises from





Asymmetry of potential energy curve

296 - Thermocouple consists of





Two dissimilar metals

297 - Time of exposure required for taking photograph of an object depends upon the





Brightness of the object

298 - To measure the speed of an approaching car a police officer shines





Radio waves on it

299 - To open a door easily, the handle should be fixed





None of these

300 - To resolve an object in an electron microscope,





The wavelength of the electrons must be close to the diameter of the object

301 - Total internal reflection can not take place when light goes from :





Water to glass

302 - Transformer is a device to convert





Low voltage A.C. into high voltage A.C.

303 - Transition ions absorb light in :





Visible region

304 - Two identical solid pieces, one of gold and other of silver, when immersed completely in water exhibit equal weights. When weighed in air (given that density of gold is greater than that of silver)





The silver piece will weigh more

305 - Universal gates are





NAND and NOR

306 - Velocitation is the tendency to





Be traveling at a speed that is faster than perceived

307 - Velocity of sound in air does not depend on





Pressure of air

308 - Ventilators are provided near the ceiling of the room because





These provide cross ventilation in the room

309 - Water boils at a lower temperature on the hills because





There is a decrease in air pressure on the hills

310 - Water has maximum density at





4°C

311 - Water will not be vapourised if





The humidity is 100%

312 - We feel cool when we sit near the fan, this is because





Air vapourises the sweat on our body.

313 - What is a neuron ?





Basic unit of nervous system

314 - What is another name for energy of motion?





Kinetic energy

315 - What is refractive index ?





It is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium.

316 - What is the change in the angular momentum of a system as per the Law of Conservation of Angular momentum, if the total external torque acting is zero?





Remains constant

317 - What is the minimum escape velocity of rocket to be launched into space ?





11 Km/Sec.

318 - What is the range of Strong Nuclear force?





Very short Nuclear size

319 - What is the reason for formation of Mirage in desert?





Both Refraction and Total internal reflection of light

320 - What is the SI unit of Force?





Newton

321 - What is the SI unit of temperature?





Kelvin

322 - What is the source of energy for the water cycle?





Sun

323 - What is the unit of the physical quantity "Inductance"?





Henry

324 - What is the unit of the physical quantity Entropy?





Joule per kelvin

325 - What is the value of 1 kW = ?





1000 W

326 - What measures Air pressure?





Barometer

327 - What type of lens is used in a magnifying glass





Convex

328 - When a body is immersed in a liquid, the force acting on it is





Both (A) and (B)

329 - When a person sitting on a swing stands up on the swing, the frequency of oscillation





Increases

330 - When a ship enters the sea from a river what will be the effect?





It rises a little

331 - When a strong beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution, the light will





Be scattered

332 - When all the forces and torques are balanced in a mechanical body it is said to be in





Equilibrium

333 - When hot-water is sprinkled on a hotter glass tumbler, it breaks because





Glass suddenly contracts

334 - When the Sun is near the horizon during the morning or evening, it appears reddish. The phenomenon that is responsible for this observation is





Scattering of light

335 - When water freezes its density





Decreases

336 - Where is a transistor most likely to be found ?





Hearing aid

337 - Which alternative energy source is exhaustible?





Geothermal energy

338 - Which among the following is false about displacement?





It is always positive

339 - Which among the following is the fundamental quantity ?





Time

340 - Which colour is the complementary colour of yellow ?





Blue

341 - Which combination of colour is the most convenient during day and night time ?





Red and green

342 - Which compressor is usually used in AC?





Reciprocating

343 - Which electromagnetic radiation is used for satellite communication ?





Radiowave

344 - Which elements are malleable and good conductors of electricity?





Tin and silver

345 - Which has the lowest albedo?





Dark surfaces

346 - Which is a common first indicator of an approaching thunderstorm?





A buildup of dark clouds

347 - Which measurement depends on gravitational force?





Weight

348 - Which microscope is often used to view metal surfaces?





Scanning tunneling microscopes

349 - Which of the following are methods of heat transfer?





Convection

350 - Which of the following cannot be used for making lenses?





Soil

351 - Which of the following characteristics of light remains unchanged when light travels from vaccum enters water?





Frequency

352 - Which of the following has the shortest wavelength?





Gamma rays

353 - Which of the following have the same unit ?





Work and torque

354 - Which of the following is a conductor of electricity ?





Salt water

355 - Which of the following is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy?





Natural Gas

356 - Which of the following is a non renewable source of energy ?





Coal

357 - Which of the following is a renewable resource of energy?





All of the above

358 - Which of the following is an example of continous emission spectrum?





Spectrum of an oil frame

359 - Which of the following is an insulator?





Glass

360 - Which of the following is correct about the properties of Gravitational Forces?





They observe inverse square law

361 - Which of the following is not a property of heavy water ?





Boiling point of heavy water is lower than that or ordinary water

362 - Which of the following is not a valid conservation law of classical physics?





Law of conservation of current

363 - Which of the following is not reversible?





Joule effect

364 - Which of the following is preferred for accelerating electrons?





Betatron

365 - Which of the following is used for regulated electric supply ?





Zener diode

366 - Which of the following liquids is most viscous?





Oil

367 - Which of the following occurred first ?





Guglielmo Marconi sent out the first wireless signals

368 - Which of the following pair is Incorrect? I. Parsec - Distance II. Barrel - Liquid III. Light year - Time





Only III

369 - Which of the following property of sound is affected by change in air temperature?





Wavelength

370 - Which of the following uses a Non Renewable Energy Source?





Nuclear Power Plant

371 - Which of the following was the first theory of superconductivity?





London theory

372 - Which of these is exhibiting kinetic energy?





A space station orbiting Earth

373 - Which of these waves can be polarized ?





Light waves

374 - Which one among the following components can not be developed within an ''integrated circuit"?





Transformer

375 - Which one of the following animals can hear ultrasonic sound ?





Bat

376 - Which one of the following is a non-dimensional quantity?





Strain

377 - Which one of the following is applicable to collision-coalescence process of precipitation?





Clouds which do not extend beyond the freezing level

378 - Which one of the following is not a property of electromagnetic waves?





Electromagnetic waves do not show interference and diffraction.

379 - Which one of the following physical quantities has the same dimensions as that of Planck's constant?





Angular momentum

380 - Which one of the following wavelengths of light is most effective in photosynthesis ?





Blue

381 - Which one of the waves have the longest wavelength





Red

382 - Which phenomena shows the particle nature of light?





Photoelectric effect

383 - Which phenomenon is responsible for the echo of sound wave?





Reflection

384 - Which planet has the lowest density?





Saturn

385 - Which process allows water to enter the atmosphere?





Evaporation

386 - Which resource is both renewable and inexpensive?





Sunlight

387 - Which statement best describes an igneous intrusion?





Magma is injected into surrounding rock forming an igneous intrusive

388 - Which term is not associated with sound wave?





Candela

389 - Which type of reaction produces the most harmful radiation ?





Fission reaction

390 - Which waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum?





Sound

391 - Who among the following gave the Uncertainty principle?





Werner Heisenberg

392 - Who defined the law of gravitation ?





Newton

393 - Who gave the Theory of Relativity?





Albert Einstein

394 - Who is known as the 'father of quantum theory'?





Max Planck

395 - Who is the first person to define speed





Galileo

396 - Why does'nt the hydrogen atom emit X-rays?





Its energy levels are very close to each other

397 - Why the needle of iron swims on water surface when it is kept gently ?





Due to surface tension

398 - Why two thin shirts can keep us warmer than a single thick shirt in winter ?





Air layer between two shirts behaves like insulating media

399 - Wind and solar energy are examples of





Renewable

400 - Wollen clothes keep the body warm because





Wool is a bad conductor

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