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1) The Sensitivity of a Potentiometer can be converts low-voltage alternating current into high-
increased by which of the following methods? voltage alternating current.
a) Increasing the current in the main circuit
b) Decreasing the current in the main circuit 4) A Javelin or shot-put thrown by an athlete moving
c) Increasing the length of the wire along a curved path possesses which type of motion?
d) Both b and c are correct a) Rectilinear Motion
Answer: d) b) Oscillatory Motion
Sensitivity of potentiometer can be increased by c) Curvilinear Motion
increasing the length of the potentiometer wire and by d) Rotatory Motion
reducing the current in the circuit by using a rheostat. Answer: c)
Both the methods help in decreasing the potential The motion of an object moving in a curved path is
gradient, and thereby increasing the resistivity. called curvilinear motion. The Javelin or shot-put
thrown by an athlete moves along a curved path and
2) Spoon appears to be bend in a beaker full of thus possesses curvilinear motion.
water. This happens due to which of the following
phenomenon? 5) Which of the following illustration is an example
a) Reflection of Non-Uniform Motion?
b) Dispersion a) The Movement of hands of watches
c) Refraction b) The Movement of Earth about its axis
d) Radiation c) Free-falling stone under the action of gravity
Answer: c) d) The movement of Earth around the Sun
A spoon looks bent in water because of a phenomenon Answer: c)
called refraction. When light enters water, it cannot Non-Uniform motion is defined as the motion of an
move as fast as it does in air. As light enters water at an object in which the object travels with varied speed and
angle, it bends away from its original path, and this it does not cover same distance in equal time intervals,
makes the spoon look bent. irrespective of the time interval duration. Thus, free-
falling stone under the action of gravity is an example of
3) Which of the following device converts low-voltage Non-Uniform Motion.
alternating current into high-voltage alternating
current? 6) On shaking or giving jerks to the branches of the
a) Transistor tree, the fruits fall down. This happens due to which
b) Rectifier of the following phenomenon?
c) Galvanometer a) Inertia of Rest
d) Transformer b) Acceleration
Answer: d) c) Inertia of Motion
A transformer is a static device which transfers d) Displacement
electrical energy from one circuit to another through the Answer: a)
process of electromagnetic induction. It is a device that Fruits fall down due to inertia of rest when the branches
of a tree are shaken. Fruits and branches are both at rest,
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but when branches of trees are shaken, branches start a) Buoyant Force
moving whereas fruits remain its state of rest and so b) Due to Surface-Tension
separated from the branches and fall down. c) Density of needle is less than that of water
d) Due to its shape
7) The Value of the Universal Gravitational Constant Answer: b)
(G) was first of all experimentally determined by The needle of the iron swims on the water surface when
which physicist? kept gently because of the peculiar property of liquids
a) Robert Adler called Surface- tension.
b) Franz Aepinus
c) Henry Cavendish 11) What will happen to the object if the density of
d) Neil Ashby the object is less than the density of the water?
Answer: c) a) Object will sink in water
Henry Cavendish was an English natural philosopher, b) Object will remain submerged completely
scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical c) Object will float on the surface of water
chemist and physicist. He determined the value of the d) None of these
Universal Gravitational Constant by using an extremely Answer: c)
sensitive torsion balance in 1798. If the density of the object is less than the density of the
water, then the object will float on the surface of the
8) Which of the following statement is false with water. This is because of the intrinsic property of
respect to mass of a body? density.
a) Mass is the basic property of the matter
b) Mass of the body can never be zero 12) What will be the angle between the Gravitational
c) It can be measured with the help of beam-balance force (F) and the displacement (S) when a stone is
d) Mass is a vector quantity thrown upwards?
Answer: d) a) 90°
All the above statements are true except d) as mass is a b) 45°
scalar quantity. Scalar quantities are those c) 120°
characteristics of matter that can be measured with a d) 180°
scale. Answer: d)
When a stone is thrown upwards, its motion is opposed
9) The bullet fired from a gun possesses which form by the gravity. The angle formed between the
of energy that can pierce a target? Gravitational force and the Displacement in this case
a) Kinetic Energy would be 180 Degree.
b) Gravitational Energy
c) Potential Energy 13) The Quality or tone of a musical sound produced
d) Nuclear Energy by the stringed instrument depends upon which of
Answer: a) the following factor?
The kinetic energy of a body by virtue of its motion is a) Waveform
called kinetic energy. A bullet fired from the gun b) Fundamental Frequency
possesses kinetic energy and can pierce a target. c) Length of the string
d) Amplitude of the vibration
10) The needle of the iron swims on the surface of the Answer: a)
water when it is kept gently. This happens because of The quality of a note depends upon the waveform. Two
which of the following factor? notes of the same pitch and loudness played from
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different instruments do not sound the same because the c) Faraday’s law
waveforms are different and therefore differ in quality d) Avogadro’s law
or tone. Answer: b)
In 1828, George Simon Ohm, a German physicist,
14) Person who is suffering from Colour-Blindness derived a relationship between electric current and
cannot distinguish between which two colours? potential difference. This relationship is known as
a) Yellow and Blue Ohm’s law. Ohm's law states that the current through a
b) Red and Yellow conductor between two points is directly proportional to
c) Black and white the voltage across the two points.
d) Red and Green
Answer: d) 18) The Moment of Inertia does not depend upon
Colour blind people have problem only with identifying which of the following factor?
red & green colours. Hence, they cannot drive as they a) Axis of Rotation
cannot make out difference in red & green signals. b) Distribution of mass of the body
c) Shape and size of the body
15) A Galvanometer can be converted into voltmeter d) Angular Velocity
by connecting……………...? Answer: d)
a) Low Resistance in series Moment of inertia depends on both the mass of a body
b) High Resistance in series and its geometry, or shape, as defined by the distance to
c) High Resistance in parallel the axis of rotation. It does not depend upon the angular
d) Low Resistance in parallel velocity.
Answer: b)
A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by 19) What is the nature of the waves produced on the
connecting a high resistance in series with the surface of the water when a stone is thrown in the
galvanometer coil. calm water of a pond?
a) Longitudinal waves are produced
16) Kinetic Energy of an object or a particle depends b) Transverse waves are produced
upon which of the following factor? c) Mechanical waves are produced
a) Velocity of the moving body d) Both a and b
b) Mass of the moving body Answer: b)
c) Pressure of the moving body The waves produced by a stone dropped in water are
d) Both a and b transverse in nature because in a transverse wave
Answer: d) whenever a disturbance is produced, it creates
Kinetic energy is a form of energy that an object or a oscillations that are perpendicular to the propagation of
particle has by reason of its motion.Kinetic energy is a energy transfer. In the same way when the stone is
property of a moving object or particle and depends dropped, the water molecules vibrate up and down at the
upon the mass and the velocity of the moving body. same place producing transverse waves.

17) Which of the following law validates the 20) Which of the following device is used for
statement that that “the current flowing through a measuring the wavelength of the X-rays?
conductor between two points is directly a) Cyclotron
proportional to the voltage across the two points? b) Manometer
a) Coulomb’s law c) Mass Spectrometer
b) Ohm’s law d) Bragg Spectrometer
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Answer: d) Steam produces more severe burns than boiling water

Bragg's spectrometer used to determine the wavelength because the Latent heat of steam is greater than water. It
of X - rays.Bragg’s spectrometer method is one of the means that steam has greater heat energy than boiling
important methods for studying crystals using X-rays. It water which causes more severe burns.
is similar in construction to an ordinary optical
spectrometer. 24) What will happen to the level of the water in a
beaker when a piece of ice floating on its surface
21) Which of the following phenomenon is not melts?
caused due to the Atmospheric Refraction of light? a) Level of the water remains the same
a) Mirage on a highway b) Level of the water increases
b) Twinkling of stars c) Level of the water decreases
c) Sun becoming visible two or three minutes before d) First Increases then decreases gradually
actual sunrise Answer: a)
d) Sun appearing higher than it actually is
Answer: d) The water level remains the same when the ice cube
Sun appearing higher than it actually is, is not caused melts. A floating object displaces an amount of water
due to atmospheric refraction of light. The sun appears equal to its own weight. Since water expands when it
higher or lower in the sky due to the changing position freezes, one ounce of frozen water has a larger volume
of the Earth relative to the Sun. than one ounce of liquid water.

22) Convex Mirrors are used as rear-view mirrors in 25) What will be the effect on the current flowing
cars and motor-vehicles due to which of the through a conductor, if the resistance is doubled and
following characteristic property? the potential-difference remains constant?
a) It forms inverted image of the object a) Current gets halved
b) It forms real image of the object b) Current becomes one-fourth
c) It forms larger image of the object c) Current gets doubled
d) It forms smaller image as compared with the object d) Remains the same
Answer: d) Answer: a)
Convex-mirrors are used as rear-view mirrors in cars If the resistance is doubled and the potential-difference
and motor-vehicles because the image formed by the is constant, then the current flowing through the
convex mirror is always erect, virtual and smaller than conductor gets halved because the current is inversely
the object which helps drivers to see other vehicles proportional to the resistance.
coming up behind them.
26) The heating element of the electrical heating
23) Burns caused by steam are much more severe appliances such as electric iron is made of alloy
than those caused by boiling water because of which rather than pure metal because……...?
of the following reason? a) Resistivity of alloy is lower than pure-metal
a) Higher temperature of steam as compared to boiling b) Alloy does not undergo oxidation easily even at high
water temperature
b) Steam being in gaseous form engulfs the body c) Resistivity of alloy is much higher than pure-metal
quickly d) Both a and b
c) Latent heat of steam greater than boiling water Answer: d)
d) Steam pierces through the pores of the body quickly The heating elements of electric toaster and electric iron
Answer: c) made of an alloy rather than pure metal because alloys
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have higher resistivity, than constituent metals and they 30) Who among the following scientist is credited for
also do not undergo oxidation easily even when the discovering the phenomenon of Electromagnetic-
temperature is high. Induction?
a) Michael Faraday
27) What is the commercial unit of the electrical- b) James Clerk Maxwell
energy? c) Joseph Henry
a) Watt-hour d) Both a and c
b) Joule Answer: d)
c) Watt Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production
d) Kilowatt-hour of an electromotive force across an electrical conductor
Answer: d) in a changing magnetic field. The phenomenon of
The SI unit joule is too small to express very large Electromagnetic Induction was discovered by a British
quantities of energy. Hence, we use a bigger unit called scientist Michael Faraday and American scientist Joseph
kilowatt hour (kWh) as the commercial unit of Henry independently in the year 1831.
electrical-energy.
31) Circuit breaker device which can be used in
28) The Strength of the magnetic field produced by a place of fuse in domestic electric wiring is called
current carrying Solenoid depends upon which of the as……….?
following factors? a) CBD
a) Strength of current in the solenoid b) MCB
b) Nature of the core-material used c) MCD
c) Number of turns in solenoid d) DCB
d) All of the above Answer: b)
Answer: d) An MCB or miniature circuit breaker is an
A solenoid is a long-insulted copper wire wound in the electromagnetic device that embodies complete
form of a helix. When an electric current in passed enclosure in a molded insulating material. It is a device
through a solenoid, magnetic field is produced around it. which can be used in place of fuse in domestic electric
The strength of the magnetic field depends upon the wiring.
number of turns in the solenoid, strength of the current
and the nature of the core-material used in making 32) Which of the following is used as a moderator in
solenoid. the reactor of a nuclear power station?
a) Carbon dioxide
29) A Device which reverses the direction of the b) Graphite
current flowing through a circuit is ………...? c) Boron
a) Resistor d) Liquid Sodium
b) Galvanometer Answer: b)
c) Commutator A moderator is one of the important components of
d) Ammeter nuclear power plant helping to maintain neutron
Answer: c) population in the thermal energy range. Graphite is used
A commutator is a device or a rotary electrical switch in as a moderator in the reactor of a nuclear power-station.
certain types of electric motors and electrical generators
that periodically reverses the current direction between 33) What is the nature of the image of the object
the rotor and the external circuit. formed by a plane-mirror?
a) Virtual image
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b) Diminished image Accommodation is the mechanism by which the eye
c) Inverted image changes refractive power by altering the shape of lens in
d) Real image order to focus objects at variable distances. Power of
Answer: a) accommodation of the eye for a person having normal
The image formed by a plane mirror is always virtual eye sight is 4Dioptres.
which means that the light rays do not actually come
from the image, upright, and of the same shape and size 37) Which of the following is a defect of vision in
as the object it is reflecting. which an old person cannot see the nearby objects
clearly due to loss of power of accommodation of the
34) Which type of mirror is used as reflectors in eye?
torches, vehicle head-lights to get the powerful a) Myopia
beams of light? b) Cataract
a) Convex mirror c) Hypermetropia
b) Plane mirror d) Presbyopia
c) Concave mirror Answer: d)
d) Spherical mirror Presbyopia is a visual condition which becomes
Answer: c) apparent especially in middle age and in which loss of
A concave mirror is used as a reflector in torches, search elasticity of the lens of the eye causes defective
lights, head lights of motor vehicles etc. to get powerful accommodation and inability to focus sharply for near
parallel beam of light. This helps us to see things up to a vision.
considerable distance in the darkness of night.
38) Which of the following defect of vision cannot be
35) A pool of water appears to be less deep than it corrected by using any type of spectacle lenses?
actually is. This happens due to which of the a) Cataract
following phenomenon? b) Presbyopia
a) Interference c) Myopia
b) Diffraction d) Hypermetropia
c) Reflection Answer: a)
d) Refraction A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye which
Answer: d) leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop
The pool appears to be less deep than it really is due to slowly and can affect one or both eyes. It cannot be
the Refraction of light which takes place when the light corrected by using any type of spectacle lenses.
rays pass from the pool of the water into the air. When
we look into the pool of the water, we do not see the 39) Which colour of the white light suffers maximum
actual image; we see a virtual image of the bottom of bending when it passes through a glass prism?
the pool formed due to refraction of light. a) Red
b) Blue
36) What is the power of accommodation of the eye c) Violet
for a person having normal vision? d) Green
a) 5 Dioptres Answer: c)
b) 6 Dioptres Violet bends or refracts the most as light passes through
c) 4 Dioptres air and into a prism. This is because violet light in the
d) 2 Dioptres visible light spectrum has a shorter wavelength of about
Answer: c)
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400 nanometres when compared to red at 650 b) Integrated Circuit
nanometres. c) Electric Circuit
d) Discrete Circuit
40) The loudness of the sound is measured in terms Answer: b)
of………….? An integrated circuit (IC), sometimes called a chip or
a) Metres microchip, is a semiconductor wafer on which
b) Decibel thousands or millions of tiny resistors, capacitors, and
c) Pitch transistors are fabricated separately. An IC can function
d) Hertz as an amplifier, oscillator, timer, computer memory, or
Answer: b) microprocessor.
Loudness of sound is measured in decibels (dB). This is
actually a measure of intensity, which relates to how 44) Which of the following method is used for
much energy the pressure wave has. Decibels are a converting moving coil Galvanometer into an
relative measurement. They relate the intensity of a ammeter?
pressure wave to a normal or standard pressure. a) Low resistance in parallel
b) High resistance in parallel
41) What is the minimum distance from a sound c) Low resistance in series
reflecting surface to hear an echo? d) High resistance in series
a) 17.2 m Answer: a)
b) 17.5 m Since Galvanometer is a very sensitive instrument
c) 18.2 m therefore it can’t measure heavy currents. In order to
d) 16.2 m convert a Galvanometer into an Ammeter, a very low
Answer: a) resistance known as "shunt" resistance is connected in
The distance from a sound reflecting surface to hear an parallel to Galvanometer. Value of shunt is so adjusted
echo is 17.2 m. For e.g.- In order to hear an echo of our that most of the current passes through the shunt. In this
shout, we should be at least 17.2 m away from a sound way a Galvanometer is converted into Ammeter.
reflecting surface like wall.
45) Which form of energy is possessed by a horse
42) What is the S.I unit of Magnetic Flux Density? running on a level road?
a) Weber a) Potential Energy
b) Newton b) Kinetic Energy
c) Tesla c) Work Energy
d) Gauss d) Heat Energy
Answer: c) Answer: b)
Magnetic Flux density is the measure of the number of The kinetic energy of a body is the energy possessed by
magnetic lines of force per unit of cross-sectional area. body by virtue of its state of motion. Thus, a horse
The SI unit for magnetic flux density is called the tesla, running on a level road would possess Kinetic-Energy.
which is symbolized by the letter T. One tesla is defined
as the field intensity of 1 newton of force per ampere. 46) What is the term used for the maximum
displacement of a vibrating body from its mean
43) An electronic circuit in which different position?
components such as Diode, Resistor and Capacitor a) Force
etc. are connected separately is called as? b) Impulse
a) Printed Board c) Amplitude
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d) Wavelength nuclear fuel undergoes nuclear fission. The element
Answer: c) commonly used as a fuel in commercial nuclear power
Amplitude is the maximum displacement or distance plants is uranium.
moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured
from its equilibrium position. It is equal to one-half the 50) What is the specific term used for the sum of the
length of the vibration path. internal energy and the product of pressure and
volume?
47) Which one of the following quantities does not a) Force
have any unit and is a dimensionless quantity? b) Entropy
a) Mass c) Work Done
b) Velocity d) Enthalpy
c) Acceleration Answer: d)
d) Specific Gravity Enthalpy is essentially a thermodynamic quantity.
Answer: d) Enthalpy is the sum of the internal energy and the
Specific gravity is the density of a unit object divided by product of the pressure and volume of a thermodynamic
the density of a reference substance. Specific gravity is system.
a dimensionless quantity; that is, it is not expressed in
units. 51) What will be the effect on the time-period, if the
length of the simple-pendulum is increased?
48) As a train approaches us, the frequency or a) Time-period increases
shrillness of its whistle increases. This phenomenon b) Time-Period decreases
can be explained by? c) It will increase then decrease gradually
a) Charles’s Law d) Remains the same
b) Faraday’s law Answer: a)
c) Doppler Effect If the length of the pendulum is increased the time
d) Archimedes Principle period of the pendulum also gets increased. This is
Answer: c) because the longer a pendulum is, the more time it takes
The Doppler Effect is the change in frequency or a pendulum takes to complete a period of time.
wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is
moving relative to the wave source. We find that as train 52) In a perfectly elastic collision, which of the
approaches us, the frequency (or shrillness) of its following factor remains conserved?
whistle increases and when train recedes (goes away) a) Momentum remains conserved
from us, then the frequency (or shrillness) of its whistle b) Linear momentum and kinetic energy remain
decreases. This happens due to Doppler Effect. conserved
c) Kinetic Energy remains conserved
49) Which of the following is commonly used as a d) None of them remains conserved
fuel for producing heat in Nuclear-Power Station? Answer: a)
a) Heavy Water Collisions can be elastic or inelastic. For perfectly
b) Helium elastic collisions, as per The Law of Momentum
c) Coal Conservation- The sum of momentums of all bodies in
d) Uranium an isolated system is constant, in other words the total
Answer: d) momentum of an isolated system is conserved.
Nuclear fuel is material used in nuclear power stations
to produce heat to power turbines. Heat is created when
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53) Potentiometer is preferred in comparison to the d) 4 Degree Celsius

Voltmeter for measuring the potential-Difference Answer: d)
due to which of the following reason? The maximum density of water occurs at 4° C because;
a) Resistance of the potentiometer is less compared to at this temperature two opposing effects are in balance.
voltmeter Above the 4 Degree temperature, the water molecules
b) Potentiometer is affordable than voltmeter expand due to temperature increase. Hence density will
c) Potentiometer is more sensitive than voltmeter decrease.
d) Potentiometer does not take current from the circuit
Answer: c) 57) Which of the following metal is generally used to
A potentiometer is preferred over a voltmeter because make Electromagnets?
Potentiometer is a very sensitive instrument and a) Iron
measures emf of a cell very precisely. Hence, b) Cobalt
potentiometer is preferred for measuring the potential- c) Nickel
difference. d) Copper
Answer: a)
54) Pyrometer is an instrument which is used to Soft iron is generally used for making electromagnets
measure………? because it has high magnetic permeability, i.e. it can
a) Stress easily gain magnetic properties when current is passed
b) Pressure around the core and quickly lose when current is
c) Strain stopped.
d) Temperature
Answer: d) 58) The Shortest distance covered by the body in a
A pyrometer is a device that is used for the temperature definite direction is known as……….?
measurement of an object. The device actually tracks a) Distance
and measures the amount of heat that is radiated from an b) Velocity
object. c) Acceleration
d) Displacement
55) Electric current induced within the conductor by Answer: d)
changing magnetic field, which flows in closed loops A displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest
within the conductor is known as? distance from the initial to the final position of a point.
a) Fleming’s current It quantifies both the distance and direction of an
b) Eddy current imaginary motion along a straight line from the initial
c) Direct current position to the final position of the point.
d) Secondary current
Answer: b) 59) While jumping from a slowly moving bus, one
Eddy currents are currents which circulate in conductors must run for a short distance in the direction of
like swirling eddies in a stream. They are induced by motion due to………?
changing magnetic fields and flow in closed loops. a) Inertia
b) Momentum
56) The Density of the water is highest at which of c) Acceleration
the following temperature? d) Retardation
a) 100 Degree Celsius Answer: a)
b) 0 Degree Celsius While jumping from a slowly moving bus, one must run
c) -273 Degree Celsius for a short distance in the direction of motion due to
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property of inertia. When the passenger jumps out, the massive body. The escape velocity from Earth is about
lower part of the person’s body comes at rest on 11.186 km/s at the surface.
touching the ground, but the upper part remains in the
state of motion due to inertia of motion as a result of 63) Which type of weather is indicated by the slow
which person may fall forward and get seriously injured. fall in the barometric reading?
a) Indication of storm
60) How many times will be the kinetic energy of the b) Indication of Rain
body, if the momentum of the body is doubled? c) Indication of clear weather
a) 6 Times d) Indication of Humidity
b) 8 Times Answer: b)
c) 4 Times A barometer is a device used to measure atmospheric
d) Remains the same pressure. If there is a slow fall in the reading of the
Answer: c) barometer, then it is an indication of rain.
If the momentum of an object is doubled by increasing
its velocity, its kinetic energy becomes 4 times the 64) Which force acts on the body by the liquid in the
initial value. upward direction, when it is immersed partly or
wholly in a liquid?
61) Which law validates the statement that ‘All the a) Gravitational Force
planets move around the sun in an elliptical orbit, b) Electrostatic Force
with the sun being at rest at one focus of the orbit’? c) Balanced Force
a) Newton’s Law of Gravitation d) Buoyant Force
b) Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum Answer: d)
c) Kepler’s First Law of Planetary motion When a body is immersed partly or wholly in a liquid, a
d) Newton’s first law of motion force acts on the body by the liquid in upward direction.
Answer: c) This force is call Buoyant force or force of buoyancy or
Three laws devised by Johannes Kepler to define the up thrust. It is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced
mechanics of planetary motion. The first law states that by the body and acts at the centre of gravity of displaced
planets move in an elliptical orbit, with the Sun being liquid. Its study was first made by Archimedes.
one focus of the ellipse. This law identifies that the
distance between the Sun and Earth is constantly 65) Which of the following instrument is used to
changing as the Earth goes around its orbit. measure the Relative Density?
a) Altimeter
62) What is the minimum velocity with which a body b) Hygrometer
should be projected from the earth surface so that it c) Hydrometer
goes out of the gravitational field and never return d) Hypsometer
back is? Answer: c)
a) Terminal Velocity A hydrometer is an instrument used for measuring the
b) Escape Velocity relative density of liquids based on the concept of
c) Constant Velocity buoyancy. The working of the Hydrometer is based on
d) Instantaneous Velocity Archimedes Principle.
Answer: b)
Escape velocity is the minimum speed needed for a free 66) Which state of matter shows viscosity due to the
object to escape from the gravitational influence of a presence of cohesive force between its molecules?
a) Gases
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b) Solid A simple pendulum is one which can be considered to
c) Liquid be a point mass suspended from a string or rod of
d) All of the above negligible mass. It is a resonant system with a single
Answer: c) resonant frequency. The maximum time-period of a
Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid (liquid or gas) to a simple pendulum is 84.6 min.
change in shape, or movement of neighbouring portions
relative to one another. Liquids show the property of 70) Which among the following waves can propagate
viscosity due to the presence of cohesive forces between even through the vacuum and do not require
its molecules. material medium for propagation?
a) Longitudinal Waves
67) What is the term used for the restoring force per b) Transverse Waves
unit area set up inside the body subjected to c) Mechanical Waves
deforming force? d) Electromagnetic Waves
a) Strain Answer: d)
b) Stress Electromagnetic waves are the waves that are
c) Up thrust propagated by simultaneous periodic variations of
d) Frictional Force electric and magnetic field intensity. They can propagate
Answer: b) even through vacuum and do not require material
Stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal medium for propagation.
forces that neighbouring particles of a continuous
material exert on each other. Stress is force per unit area 71) Which type of waves is produced by sources of
- strain is the deformation of a solid due to stress. bigger size such as earthquakes, ocean waves and
volcanic eruptions?
68) Which of the following law states that the stress a) Sound Waves
imposed is directly proportional to the strain under b) Transverse waves
elastic limit? c) Electromagnetic waves
a) Snell’s Law d) Infrasonic waves
b) Lenz’s Law Answer: d)
c) Hook’s Law Infrasonic, vibrational or stress waves in elastic media,
d) Ohm’s Law having a frequency below those of sound waves that can
Answer: c) be detected by the human ear—i.e., below 20 hertz. In
Hook’s Law is a law in physics stating that the extent to nature such waves occur in earthquakes, waterfalls,
which an elastic material will change, size and shape ocean waves, volcanoes, and a variety of atmospheric
under stress is directly proportional to the amount of phenomena such as wind, thunder, and weather patterns.
stress applied to it. The law is named after 17th-century
British physicist Robert Hooke. 72) Which of the following type of waves cannot be
detected by the human ear?
69) What is the maximum time-period of a Simple a) Transverse Waves
Pendulum? b) Ultrasonic Waves
a) 84.6 min c) Mechanical Waves
b) 84.5 min d) Electromagnetic Waves
c) 78.5 min Answer: b)
d) 88.5 min Ultrasonic wave is a sound wave transmitted at a
Answer: a) frequency greater than 20,000 hz per second, or beyond
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the normal hearing range of humans. Ultrasonic waves A heat engine is a device that converts heat to work. It
are well-known for their broad range of applications. takes heat from a reservoir then does some work like
They can be employed in various fields of knowledge moving a piston, lifting weight etc. This device converts
such as medicine, engineering, physics. heat-energy into mechanical work through cyclic
process.
73) What is the effect on the apparent frequency
when the distance between the source and the 76) Which of the following law states that ‘the ratio
observer decreases? of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of
a) Decreases refraction is a constant?
b) Increases a) Lenz’s law
c) Increases then decreases gradually b) Faraday’s law
d) Remains the same. c) Hook’s law
Answer: b) d) Snell’s law
If there is relative motion between source of sound and Answer: d)
observer, the apparent frequency of sound heard by the Snell’s law is a law in physics that states that the ratio of
observer is different from the actual frequency of sound the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is
emitted by the source. This phenomenon is called constant for all incidences in any given pair of media for
Doppler's effect. When the distance between the source electromagnetic waves of a definite frequency.
and the observer decreases, then apparent frequency
increases and vice versa. 77) The air-bubbles shine in water due to which of
the following phenomenon?
74) Name the process in which the heat is transferred a) Refraction of Light
from one place to another with the speed of light b) Dispersion of Light
without affecting the intervening medium? c) Total internal reflection
a) Radiation d) Reflection of Light
b) Conduction Answer: c)
c) Convection Air-bubbles shine due to Total Internal reflection. When
d) Transmission the rays go from water to air bubble, it suffers total
Answer: a) internal reflection and reflects the rays back as if a plane
Heat transfer through radiation takes place in form of mirror, so it shines brightly.
electromagnetic waves mainly in the infrared region.
Radiation emitted by a body is a consequence of thermal 78) Which eye-disorder arises due to difference in
agitation of its composing molecules. It is the process in the radius of curvature of cornea in the different
which heat is transmitted one place to other directly planes?
without intervening medium. a) Hypermetropia
b) Myopia
75) Which device converts heat-energy into c) Presbyopia
mechanical work continuously through a cyclic d) Astigmatism
process? Answer: d)
a) Heat-Engine Astigmatism is a common and generally treatable
b) Internal Combustion Engine imperfection in the curvature of your eye that causes
c) Electric Generator blurred distance and near vision. Astigmatism occurs
d) Transformer when light is bent differently depending on where it
Answer: a) strikes the cornea and passes through the eyeball. An
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eye with astigmatism has a cornea that is curved more b) Electrical Energy
like a football, with some areas that are steeper or more c) Light Energy
rounded than others. This can cause images to appear d) Chemical Energy
blurry and stretched out. Answer: b)
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct
79) What is the SI unit of the Electric capacity of a current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first
conductor? electrical generators capable of delivering power for
a) Joule industry. It is a device that converts mechanical energy
b) Volt into electrical energy.
c) Ampere
d) Farad 83) Which of the following instrument is used to
Answer: d) study the phenomenon of Dispersion of Light?
The farad is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance a) Spectrometer
which is defined as the ability of a body to store an b) Photometer
electrical charge. It is named after the English physicist c) Microscope
Michael Faraday. d) Anemometer
Answer: a)
80) Which instrument is used to measure the force Spectrometer is an optical device for measuring
and the velocity of the wind? wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles
a) Altimeter between faces of a prism, esp. an instrument consisting
b) Anemometer of a slit through which light passes, a , a prism that
c) Audiometer deviates the light, and a telescope through which the
d) Ammeter deviated light is viewed and examined.
Answer: b)
An anemometer is an instrument used to measure the 84) Radio-waves are reflected back to the earth’s
speed or velocity of air (gases) either in a contained surface through which layer of the atmosphere?
flow, such as airflow in a duct, or in unconfined flows, a) Mesosphere
such as atmospheric wind. b) Troposphere
c) Ionosphere
81) Which instrument is used to measure the d) Stratosphere
scattering of the light by particles suspended in a Answer: c)
liquid? Radio waves are reflected back to the Earth from the
a) Nephelometer ionosphere. Radio waves are reflected back to the Earth
b) Lactometer from the ionosphere.
c) Ondometer
d) Photometer 85) The intensity of the Gravitational field of the
Answer: a) Earth is maximum at the…………?
Nephelometer is an instrument for measuring the a) Surface of the earth
concentration of substances in suspension by the amount b) Poles
of light that is scattered by the suspended particles. c) Centre of the earth
d) Equator
82) Dynamo is a device that converts mechanical Answer: b)
energy into …….? The Intensity of the Gravitational field of the Earth is
a) Heat Energy maximum at the poles.
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c) Sonometer
86) The Filament of an Electric-Bulb is made up of d) Altimeter
which of the following material? Answer: c)
a) Iron A Sonometer is a device for demonstrating the
b) Tungsten relationship between the frequency of the sound
c) Nichrome produced by a plucked string, and the tension, length
d) Copper and mass per unit length of the vibrating string. It was
Answer: b) invented by Pythagoras.
The Filament of an Electric Bulb is made up of
Tungsten. This is because the filament of a bulb must be 90) What is the minimum escape-velocity of the
made with a material which possess high melting point, rocket to be launched into space?
high resistance and high tensile resistance and tungsten a) 6 Km/sec
do have all these qualities. b) 11 Km/sec
c) 18 Km/sec
87) Which of the following supports the particle d) 5 Km/sec
nature of the Photons? Answer: b)
a) Polarization The minimum escape velocity of the rocket to be
d) Diffraction launched into space is 11 Km/sec.
c) Interference
d) Photoelectric Effect 91) The group of solar-cells joined together in a
Answer: d) definite pattern is called as…….?
The photoelectric effect is a phenomenon in physics. a) Solar Heater
The effect is based on the idea that electromagnetic b) Solar Cooker
radiation is made of a series of particles called photons. c) Solar Cell Panel
Thus, this effect supports the particle nature of the d) Solar Compartment
photons. Answer: c)
A group of solar cells is called a solar cell panel. It
88) The moderators are used in Nuclear Reactors consists of a large number of solar cells joined together
because of which of the following reason? in a definite pattern. It provides a lot of electric energy
a) They absorb the neutrons required by artificial satellites, water pumps, street
b) They accelerate the neutrons lighting, etc.
c) They generate the neutrons
d) They slow down the speed of neutrons 92) Fuse-Wire is made up of which of the following
Answer: d) two components?
In nuclear reactor, a moderator is a medium that reduces a) Tin and Copper
the speed of fast neutrons. Heavy water is basically used b) Tin and Lead
as a moderator in nuclear reactors to slow down the c) Lead and Copper
neutrons so that they are captured and become effective d) Copper and Silver
to bring about the fission reaction. Answer: b)
A fuse consists of two main components: one is a
89) Which of the following instrument is used to fusible element in the form of a metal conductor along
study the behaviour of a vibrating string? with a set of contacts between which it is fixed and the
a) Hydrometer other is a case or cartridge to hold the fusible
b) Barometer
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element.Fuse wire is usually made up of an alloy oftin 96) What is the value of acceleration of the particle
and lead. exhibiting Simple Harmonic motion when it passes
through the mean-position?
93) When the kerosene oil is sprinkled on water, the a) Maximum
larva of the mosquitoes floating on the surface die. b) Minimum
This happens due to which of the following c) Zero
phenomenon? d) Remains the same
a) Capillarity Answer: c)
b) Buoyant Force Simple harmonic motion is any motion where a
c) Viscosity restoring force is applied that is proportional to the
d) Surface-Tension displacement and in the opposite direction to that
Answer: d) displacement. When the particle exhibiting simple
When kerosene oil is sprinkled on water, its surface harmonic motion passes through the mean position than
tension decreases As a result, the larva of mosquitoes the acceleration of the particle is zero.
floating on the surface of water die due to sinking. 97) Which of the following law validates the
statement that’ the radiant energy emitted by the
94) What is the term used for the force which black-body per unit area in unit-time is directly
opposes the relative motion between the different proportional to fourth power of its absolute
layers of the liquids and gases? temperature?
a) Buoyant force a) Lenz’s law
b) Cohesive force b) Kirchhoff’s law
c) Viscous force c) Faraday’s law
d) Adhesive force d) Stefan’s law
Answer: c) Answer: d)
The viscous force is the force between a body and a Stefan law states that the total radiant heat energy
fluid (liquid or gas) moving past it, in a direction so as emitted from a surface is proportional to the fourth
to oppose the flow of the fluid past the object. In power of its absolute temperature. It was formulated in
particular, the force acts on the object in the direction in 1879 by Austrian physicist Josef Stefan as a result of his
which the fluid is moving relative to it. experimental studies.

95) Which device working on the principle of 98) Who among the following scientist is known for
Bernoulli’s Theorem is used to measure the rate of the discovery of ‘Law of Electric Resistance’?
flow of fluid? a) Michael Faraday
a) Venturimeter b) Henry Becquerel
b) Bolometer c) Alfred Nobel
c) Cathetometer d) G.S Ohm
d) Colorimeter Answer: d)
Answer: a) In 1828, George Simon Ohm, a German physicist,
A venturimeter is a device used to measure the fluid derived a relationship between electric current and
flow through pipes. This flow measurement device is potential difference. This relationship is known as
based on the principle of Bernoulli’s equation. It is a Ohm’s law or the Law of Electric Resistance.
flow measurement device, commonly utilized in the
water supply industry. 99) Which of the following physical quantity is
measured in ‘Siemens’?
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a) Electric Resistance b) Curved Line
b) Electric Conductance c) Straight line sloping upwards
c) Magnetic Flux d) Straight line sloping downwards
d) Refractive Index Answer: c)
Answer: b) A body is said to be in uniform motion when the body
The siemens is the derived unit of electric conductance covers the equal distance in equal time intervals. The
in the International System of Units (SI). Conductance distance time graph for a body moving at uniform speed
is the reciprocals of resistance. One siemens is is always a straight line sloping upwards as distance
redundantly equal to the reciprocal of one ohm and is travelled by the body is directly proportional to time.
also referred to as the mho.

100) The Distance-Time graph for a body having

uniform-motion is a…………?
a) Parabola

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