Physics GK 01 - Introduction To Physics

1.Who gave the Theory of Relativity?

[A] Isaac Newton
[B] Archimedes
[C] Albert Einstein
[D] Galileo Galilei
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Correct Answer: C [Albert Einstein]
2.Who among the following is credited to work for the unification of electricity, magnetism and
optics field of Physics?
[A] James Clerk Maxwell
[B] Michael Faraday
[C] Haris Christian Oersted
[D] Isaac Newton
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Correct Answer: A [James Clerk Maxwell]
3.The force that binds the neutrons and protons in a nucleus is called as:
[A] Weak Nuclear Force
[B] Strong Nuclear Force
[C] Electromagnetic Force
[D] Gravitational Force
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Correct Answer: B [Strong Nuclear Force]
4.By how many times are the Electrostatic forces stronger than the Gravitational Forces for a
fixed distance?
[A] 102
[B] 1036
[C] 1012
[D] 2
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Correct Answer: B [1036]
5.Optical Fibre technology works on which of these principles of Physics?
[A] Bernoulli’s Principle
[B] Newton’s law of Motion
[C] Total internal reflection of Light
[D] Photoelectric effect
Answer:- C. Total Internal Reflection of Light
6.Which of the following is not a valid conservation law of classical Physics?
[A] Law of conservation of energy
[B] Law of conservation of current
[C] Law of conservation of angular momentum
[D] Law of conservation of charge
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Correct Answer: B [Law of conservation of current]
7.What is the range of Strong Nuclear force?
[A] Infinite
[B] Very short Subnuclear size
[C] Very short Nuclear size
[D] None
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Correct Answer: C [Very short Nuclear size]
8.Which of the following is/are part of the Classical Physics?
[A] Optics
[B] Thermodynamics
[C] Both a and b
[D] None
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Correct Answer: C [Both a and b]
9.Who among the following is credited for the Corpuscular theory of light?
[A] Isaac Newton
[B] Christiaan Hyugens
[C] Albert Einstein
[D] James Clerk Maxwell
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Correct Answer: A [Isaac Newton]
10.Electron microscope works on which of the following principles?
[A] Optical interference
[B] Wave Nature of electrons
[C] Motion of charged particle in electromagnetic fields
[D] Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic induction
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Correct Answer: B [Wave Nature of electrons]

11.An Electric generator is based on which of the following scientific principles?

[A] Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic Induction
[B] Super Conductivity
[C] Laws of Thermodynamics
[D] Newton’s Law of Motion
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Correct Answer: A [Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic Induction]
12.Who among the following discovered X-rays?
[A] Marie Curie
[B] J.J Thomson
[C] W.C Roentgen
[D] James Chadwick
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Correct Answer: C [W.C Roentgen]
13.What is the range of masses involved in the study of Physics?
[A] 10-19 kg to 1038 kg
[B] 10-30 kg to 1055kg
[C]10-30 kgto1030kg
[D] 10-19 kg to 1055 kg
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Correct Answer: B [10-30 kg to 1055kg]
14.Nuclear Reactors are based on which of the following phenomenon?
[A] Magnetic confinement of Plasma
[B] Nuclear Fusion
[C] Controlled Nuclear Fission
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Controlled Nuclear Fission]
15.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?
[A] Remains constant
[B] Becomes zero
[C] Increases exponentially
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Remains constant]
16.The recoiling of gun is an example of which of the following?
[A] Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
[B] Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum
[C] Conversion of Kinetic Energy to Potential Energy
[D] Law of Conservation of Energy
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Correct Answer: B [Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum]
17.Which of the following is correct about the properties of Gravitational Forces?
[A] They are the strongest forces in nature
[B] They observe inverse square law
[C] Both a and b
[D] None
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Correct Answer: B [They observe inverse square law]
18.Who among the following is credited for the discovery of ‘Expanding Universe’?
[A] Edwin Hubble
[B] Niels Bohr
[C] S Chandra Shekhar
[D] C.V Raman
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Correct Answer: A [Edwin Hubble]
19.Who among the following gave the Uncertainity principle?
[A] R.A Milkman
[B] Ernset Rutherford
[C] S.N Bose
[D] Werner Heisenberg
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Correct Answer: D [Werner Heisenberg]
20.Which of the following scientific discoveries was made by C.V Raman?
[A] Inelastic scattering of light by molecules
[B] Super Conductivity
[C] Controlled nuclear fission
[D] Cyclotron
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Correct Answer: A [Inelastic scattering of light by molecules]

21.Who was the first scientist to discover Electrons?

[A] Albert Einstein
[B] Isaac Newton
[C] J.C. Bose
[D] J.J Thompson
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Correct Answer: D [J.J Thompson]
22.What is the force of attraction between any two bodies by virtue of their masses is called?
[A] Electromagnetic Force
[B] Gravitational Force
[C] Centripetal Force
[D] Nuclear Force
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Correct Answer: B [Gravitational Force]
23.The force between charged particles is called as:
[A] Nuclear Force
[B] Gravitational Force
[C] Centrifugal Force
[D] Electromagnetic Force
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Correct Answer: D [Electromagnetic Force]
24.Which of these branches of Physics deal with heat and temperature and their relation to
energy and work?
[A] Geophysics
[B] Mechanics
[C] Atomic Physics
[D] Thermodynamics
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Correct Answer: D [Thermodynamics]
25.Which of the following branch of Physics deal with study of Atomic Nuclei?
[A] Nuclear Physics
[B] Bio Physics
[C] Atomic Physics
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Nuclear Physics]
 Physics GK 02 - Units

1.Which among the following is measured using a Vernier Calliper?

[A] Dimensions
[B] Time
[C] Sound
[D] Temperature
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Correct Answer: A [Dimensions]
2.Knot is a unit of _________?
[A] Speed
[B] Distance
[C] Deapth
[D] Accelration
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Correct Answer: A [Speed]
3.Ohm is a unit of measuring _________?
[A] Resistance
[B] Voltage
[C] Current
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Resistance]
4.Which among the following temperature scale is based upon absolute zero?
[A] Celsius
[B] Fahrenheit
[C] Kelvin
[D] Rankine
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Correct Answer: C [Kelvin]
5.“Svedberg Unit” is a unit of _________?
[A] Concentration
[B] Size
[C] Density
[D] Time
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Correct Answer: D [Time]
6.1 femto metre is equal to how many metres?
[A] 10-12
[B] 10-14
[C] 10-15
[D] 1-24
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Correct Answer: C [ 10-15 ]
7.Which of the following is the largest practical unit of mass?
[A] Slug
[B] a.m.u
[C] Hyperkg
[D] C.S.L
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Correct Answer: D [ C.S.L ]
8.Which of the following is NOT a unit for measuring pressure?
[A] bar
[B] torr
[C] Pascal
[D] shake
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Correct Answer: D [ shake ]
9.Which of the following units is the smallest in terms of length?
[A] micron
[B] nanometer
[C] fermi
[D] angstrom
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Correct Answer: C [ fermi ]
10.What is the time taken by the earth to complete one rotation about its axis with regard to a
fixed star?
[A] Sidereal day
[B] Solar day
[C] Shake
[D] Tropical year
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Correct Answer: A [Sidereal day]

11.Which of the following is the unit of Impulse?

[A] N
[B] Ns
[C] N/s
[D] Ns2
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Correct Answer: B [ Ns ]
12.Linear momentum can be described in which of the following units?
[A] kgm2/s2
[B] kg/ms2
[C] kg/ms
[D] kgm/s
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Correct Answer: D [ kgm/s ]
13.Which of the following physical quantities do not have any unit of measurement?
[A] Universal Constant of Gravitation
[B] Specific Gravity
[C] Tension
[D] Plancks constant
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Correct Answer: B [ Specific Gravity ]
14.Which one of the following has ‘ohm’ as its unit?
[A] Resistivity
[B] Conductivity
[C] Conductance
[D] Inductive Reactance
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Correct Answer: D [ Inductive Reactance ]
15.Which of the following is the unit of Velocity Gradient?(s=second)
[A] s2
[B] s-1
[C] s
[D] s-2
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Correct Answer: B [ s-1 ]
16.What is the S.I. unit for Luminous Intensity?
[A] mole
[B] ampere
[C] candela
[D] weber
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Correct Answer: C [ candela ]
17.Which of the following is the unit of Solid Angle?
[A] radian
[B] steradian
[C] m2
[D] π
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Correct Answer: B [ steradian ]
18.Which of the following units is NOT used for measuring length?
[A] Astronomical Unit
[B] Light year
[C] Par sec
[D] slug
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Correct Answer: D [ slug ]
19.1 nautical mile is equivalent to which of the following?
[A] 1.44 x 1000 m
[B] 1.852 x 100 m
[C] 1.852 x 1000 m
[D] 1.44 x 100 m
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Correct Answer: C [ 1.852 x 1000 m ]
20.What is the value of Triple point of water?
[A] 273.16 K
[B] 273.16° C
[C] 0° C
[D] -273.16 K
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Correct Answer: A [ 273.16 K ]

21.The Atomic clock is based on the periodic vibrations produced in the atom of which element?
[A] Hydrogen
[B] Rubidium
[C] Cesium
[D] Barium
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Correct Answer: C [ Cesium ]
22.What is the S.I unit of Pressure Energy?
[A] Nm
[B] Watt
[C] Joule
[D] No units
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Correct Answer: C [ Joule ]
23.Which of the following physical quantities has no units?
[A] Reynold Number
[B] Rydberg constant
[C] Wave number
[D] Hubble constant
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Correct Answer: A [ Reynold Number ]
24.What is the S.I unit of Coefficient of Mutual inductance?
[A] weber
[B] candela
[C] henry
[D] lambert
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Correct Answer: C [ henry ]
25.Curie the a unit of which of the following?
[A] Luminescence
[B] Radioactivity
[C] Pressure
[D] Mass
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Correct Answer: B [ Radioactivity ]
26.Light year is a unit of which of these following?
[A] distance
[B] time
[C] pressure
[D] power
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Correct Answer: A [ distance ]
27.kg m2is the unit of which of the following physical quantities?
[A] Linear Momentum
[B] Angular Momentum
[C] Angular Impulse
[D] Moment of Inertia
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Correct Answer: D [ Moment of Inertia ]
28.Power of lens is measured in which of the following units?
[A] metre
[B] dioptre
[C] lumen
[D] watt
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Correct Answer: B [ dioptre ]
29.Joule/kg is the S.I unit of which of these physical quantities?
[A] Entropy
[B] Permittivity of free space
[C] Latent heat
[D] Gas constant
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Correct Answer: C [ Latent heat ]
30.Which of these pairs has the same unit of measurement?
[A] Rate of flow and Acceleration
[B] Impulse and Moment of Force
[C] Rydberg constant and Gas constant
[D] Pressure and Coefficient of Elasticity
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Correct Answer: D [ Pressure and Coefficient of Elasticity ]

Physics GK 03 - Kinematics

1.Which of the following pairs represent two scalar quantities?

[A] Mass, Acceleration
[B] Temperature, Torque
[C] Distance, Speed
[D] Gravitational Intensity, Work
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Correct Answer: C [Distance, Speed]
2.Which of the following is true about displacement of an object?
[A] It is always equal to the distance travelled by the object
[B] It can be less than the distance travelled by the object
[C] It can be greater than the distance travelled by the object
[D] It always less than the distance travelled by the object
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Correct Answer: B [It can be less than the distance travelled by the object]
3.The branch of mechanics which deals with the study of motion of material objects without
taking into account the factors which cause motion is called as:
[A] Statics
[B] Kinematics
[C] Dynamics
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Kinematics]
4.Which of the following represents non-uniform motion?
[A] equal displacements in unequal intervals of time
[B] unequal displacements in unequal intervals of time
[C] equal displacements in equal intervals of time
[D] unequal displacements in equal intervals of time
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Correct Answer: A [equal displacements in unequal intervals of time]
5.What is the slope of the velocity-time graph when an object moves with constant negative
acceleration, having positive initial velocity?
[A] 90°
[B] more than 90°
[C] less than 90°
[D] 0°
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Correct Answer: B [more than 90°]
6.The motion of an object under free fall is an example of which of the following?
[A] uniform velocity
[B] uniform acceleration
[C] zero acceleration
[D] non-uniform acceleration
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Correct Answer: B [uniform acceleration]
7.The acceleration at a given instant of time is called as:
[A] Average acceleration
[B] Instantaneous acceleration
[C] Variable acceleration
[D] Zero acceleration
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Correct Answer: B [Instantaneous acceleration]
8.What is represented by the slope of a straight line joining two points on a velocity-time graph?
[A] Average velocity
[B] Instantaneous acceleration
[C] Average acceleration
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Average acceleration]
9.The equation of motion ‘v = u +at’ can be applied in which of the following cases?
[A] simple harmonic motion
[B] circular motion
[C] when acceleration is constant
[D] Both b and c
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Correct Answer: C [when acceleration is constant]
10.Which of the these physical quantities is a vector quantity?
[A] Temperature
[B] Speed
[C] Gravitational Intensity
[D] Work
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Correct Answer: C [Gravitational Intensity]
11.Which of the following are Polar vectors?
[A] Displacement
[B] Force
[C] Both a and b
[D] None
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Correct Answer: C [Both a and b]
12.The magnitude of the resultant of two vectors is maximum in which of the following case?
[A] when vectors act in the same direction
[B] when vectors act in the opposite direction
[C] when vectors act at 90° to each other
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [when vectors act in the same direction]
13.Two vectors are said to be equal if:
[A] they have equal magnitude and same direction
[B] they have equal magnitude and opposite direction
[C] they have equal magnitude and common initial point
[D] they have equal magnitude irrespective of the direction
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Correct Answer: A [they have equal magnitude and same direction]
14.Which of the following conditions is true for two vectors to be collinear?
[A] Equal magnitude
[B] Same Direction
[C] Acting along the parallel straight lines
[D] Both a and c
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Correct Answer: C [Acting along the parallel straight lines]
15.Which of the following conditions is true for an object to be in equilibrium?
[A] No linear motion of the object
[B] No rotational motion of the object
[C] Minimum potential energy of the object
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
16.A projectile will achieve maximum horizontal range at which angle?
[A] 90°
[B] 60°
[C] 45°
[D] 30°
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Correct Answer: C [45°]
17.What is the relation between velocity and acceleration at the highest point of projectile path?
[A] both are at an angle of 45° to each other
[B] both are perpendicular to each other
[C] both are at an angle of 180° to each other
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [both are perpendicular to each other]
18.What is the work done by centripetal force in case of Uniform Circular Motion?
[A] 1 joule
[B] 0 joule
[C] Depends on the magnitude of Force
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [0 joule]
19.What is the relation between Time period and Frequency in case of uniform circular motion?
[A] reciprocal to each other
[B] equal to each other
[C] no relation between them
[D] Time period is one half of the Frequency
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Correct Answer: A [reciprocal to each other]
20.What is the angular acceleration of a body moving with constant angular velocity?
[A] equal to the angular velocity
[B] 1
[C] 0
[D] Can’t be determined
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Correct Answer: C [0]
21.Which of the following is correct about Kinetic energy during the projectile motion?
[A] it is minimum at the point of projection
[B] it is minimum at the highest point
[C] it is maximum at the highest point
[D] it is minimum at the point of reaching the ground
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Correct Answer: B [it is minimum at the highest point]
22.Which of the following is/are independent of mass during the projectile motion?
[A] Time of Flight
[B] Horizontal Range
[C] Maximum Height
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
23.What is the maximum height that can be attained by a projectile?
[A] equal to its maximum range
[B] one half of its maximum range
[C] one-fourth of its maximum range
[D] twice of its maximum range
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Correct Answer: C [one-fourth of its maximum range]
24.Which of the following is NOT correct about Vectors addition?
[A] Vectors addition is associative
[B] Vectors addition is commutative
[C] Vectors of different natures can be added
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Vectors of different natures can be added]
25.Which of the following statements regarding vectors is NOT correct?
[A] A unit vector is dimensionless
[B] A vector cannot be divided by a vector
[C] A vector changes, when it is displaced to itself
[D] Current is not a vector quantity
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Correct Answer: C [A vector changes, when it is displaced to itself]