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MCQ’S CH-1
THE SCOPE OF PHYSICS
The dimension of G is:
*ML-2T 3 *M-1L -2T 3 ** M-1L 3 T -2 * M-1L 2 T 2.
The number of significant figures in 2.05 x 106 is:
*1 *2 ** 3 *4
The number of significant figures in 2.500 x 106 is:
*7 *2 *3 ** 4
Which one of the following was written by Ibn-Al- Haitham?
** Kitab ul Manazir *Kitab ul Qanoon Al Masoodi * Al-Shifa *Ibne Sina
The number 860.040 has:
* 3 S.F * 4 S.F * 5 S.F ** 6 S.F
The author of Al-Qanoon Fil Tib was:
* Al Razi ** Ibne Sina * Omer Khayyam *Al-Beruni
Candela is the unit of:
** Luminous Intensity * Force * Mass * Velocity
The famous book of astronomy ‘Kitab-al-Qanoon Al Masoodi’ was written by:
** Al Beruni * Al Battani * Al Masoodi * Al Kindi
Law of reflection and reflection are given by:
*Al Razi *Al Beruni ** Ibn Al Haitham * Ibne Sina
Camera was designed by:
** Ibn- Al – Haitham *Al Razi *Al Beruni * Ibne Sina
The number of significant figures of 7.050×10-2 is:
*2 *3 **4 *6
The dimension of angular momentum is:
*L2 M2 T2 * L 2 M2 T * L2 M T ** L2 M2 T-1

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MCQ’S CH-2
VECTOR QUANTITIES
BASICS
07. A vector that can be replaced parallel to itself and is applied anywhere is called:
*position vector *unit vector *null vector **free vector
09. If a vector is divided by its magnitude, the resultant vector is called:
*position vector **unit vector *null vector *free vector
COSINE LAW
⃗ + ⃗B | is equal to |A
04. If |A ⃗ − ⃗B | then angle between the vectors ⃗A and ⃗B is:

*0 o **90 o *120 o *180 o

08, 09, 12F. Two forces 3N and 4N are acting at right angle to each other, their resultant will be:
*25N *12N *7N **5N
11F. Two forces of 6N and 8N act at a point, which resultant is possible:
*0N *1N **10N *18N
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11F. Two forces of equal magnitude F make angle of 180 with each other, their resultant will be:
*2F *F *0.5F **Zero
13. Two forces of equal magnitudes F have resultant equal to zero, what is angle between them?
**180 o *120 o *90 o *0 o
#. Two forces of 10N and 20N act at a point; which resultant is not possible:
**5N *15N *25N *30N
#. Two forces of equal magnitude F are acting at right angle to each other, their resultant will be:
*F *F/2 **√2 F *2F
#. Two forces of equal magnitudes F have resultant equal to F, what is angle between the two forces?
*180 o **120 o *90 o *0 o
RECTANGULAR COMPONENTS
15. The y-component of a vector of magnitude 15units when it makes an angle of 50 o with the positive x-axis is:
*9.6units *−9.6units *11.5units *−11.5units
ADDITION OF VECTORS IN 3D
14. If ⃗A= 5𝑖̂ + ĵ , ⃗B= 2k̂, then (A
⃗ − ⃗B) is equal to:

*5𝑖̂ +ĵ + 2k̂ *5𝑖̂ − ĵ − 2k̂ **5𝑖̂ + ĵ − 2k̂ *− 5𝑖̂ − ĵ +2k̂

SCALAR PRODUCT
04. If ⃗A. ⃗B = 0, but neither ⃗A nor ⃗B is zero, then vectors ⃗A and ⃗B are:
*only parallel to each other *only opposite to each other
**perpendicular to each other *either opposite or parallel to each other
SCALAR PRODUCT IN 3D
#. If ⃗A=2𝑖̂ and ⃗B= 3ĵ then ⃗⃗⃗
A . ⃗B will be equal to
**0 *1 *6k̂ *− 6k̂
#. The quantity k. (i + j) is equal to:
**0 *1 *𝑖̂ *k̂
VECTOR PRODUCT
#. If ⃗A × ⃗B= 0, but neither ⃗A nor ⃗B is zero, then vectors are:
⃗
*𝐴 is only normal to 𝐵 ⃗
*𝐴 is only parallel to 𝐵
⃗
*𝐴 is only opposite to 𝐵 ⃗
**𝐴 is either parallel or opposite to 𝐵

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07. Area of a parallelogram is given by:

⃗ × ⃗B|
1 ⃗ ⃗ ⃗ . ⃗B)
1 ⃗ ⃗
**|A * |A × B| *(A * (A. B)
2 2
VECTOR PRODUCT IN 3D
09. The quantity k̂ × ĵ is equal to:
*î **−î *1 *−1
12. If ⃗A = a𝑖̂ and ⃗B = bĵ then ⃗A × ⃗B is equal to:
*0 **abk̂ *−abk̂ *2abk̂
⃗ = Aî and B
#. If A ⃗ ×B
⃗ = Aĵ, then A ⃗ is equal to:

*0 *A2 **A2k̂ *−A2k̂

#. If ⃗A = 2î and ⃗B = 3ĵ then ⃗A × ⃗B will be equal to:
*0 *6 **6k̂ *− 6k̂
SCALAR PRODUCT / VECTOR PRODUCT SIMULTANEUSLY
05, 10, 11,14,16. If ⃗A. ⃗B = 0, ⃗A× ⃗B = 0, but ⃗A ≠ 0 then vector ⃗B is:
⃗
*equal to A ⃗
*normal to A
⃗
*parallel to A **equal to zero
06,11F,12F,16The quantity k̂ . (𝑖̂× ĵ ) is equal to:
*0 **1 *ĵ *− k̂
8F. Which of the following is a correct relation?
* î × ĵ = 0 ** î . ĵ = 0 * î . ĵ = 1 *ĵ × î = 0
⃗ .B
#. If A ⃗ ×B
⃗ = 0, A ⃗ = 0, then:
⃗
*𝐴 is normal to 𝐵 ⃗
*𝐴 is parallel to 𝐵
⃗
*𝐴 is opposite to 𝐵 ⃗ is zero
**either 𝐴 or 𝐵

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MCQ’S
CH-3 MOTION
BASIC CONCEPTS
5. If the velocity-time graph of a moving body is a curve, the body moves with:
*constant speed *constant velocity
*constant acceleration **changing acceleration
#. What is constant when distance-time graph is a straight line passing through the origin:
* Displacement ** velocity *acceleration *None
#. What is constant when velocity-time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis:
* Displacement ** velocity *acceleration *None
13. If the instantaneous and the average velocity of a body are the same, the body will move with:
*variable velocity **uniform velocity
*variable acceleration *uniform acceleration
7. When a constant force is acting on a body, the body moves with:
*Constant speed *constant velocity **constant acceleration *none
10. A 20kg ball starts falling freely from rest. The height lost by it during the first second of its fall will be:
*19.6m *9.8m **4.9m *4.0m
6, 13. A 2K body is dropped freely from rest. The height lost by it in first 2s of its fall will be:
*4.9m *9.8m *14.7m **19.6m
11. A 1kg stone is dropped freely from rest from a height of 10m. It will strike the ground with velocity:
*10m/s **14m/s *98m/s *196m/s
#. A body is dropped freely from rest. Its velocity after 3s of its fall will be:
*5m/s *15m/s **30m/s *40m/s
16. If velocity of a body is decreasing, the direction of acceleration is:
*In the direction of velocity *opposite to the direction of velocity
*Normal to the direction of velocity *600 to the direction of velocity

INCLINED PLANE
4, 11. Acceleration of a body moving on a frictionless plane inclined at 30 o is:
**4.9 m/s2 *8.5 m/s2 *9.8 m/s2 *98m/s2
#. A frictionless plane on which bodies slide down with 4.9m/s2 makes this angle with the horizontal:
* 15o ** 30o * 45o * 70o
MOMENTUM/ELASTIC COLLISION
4. The unit of linear momentum is:
*N/s **N.s *J/s *J.s
4, 6, 15. The rate of change of linear momentum is equal to:
*Acceleration *Torque
*Angular velocity **Force
7. The dimension of linear momentum are:
**MLT−1 *ML2T−1 *MLT2 *M2 L2T−1
8. In an inelastic collision between two bodies:
*The KE is conserved only *the momentum is conserved only
**both momentum and KE are conserved *neither KE nor momentum is conserved

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9. If a light body collides with a massive body at rest, the light body will:
**rebound with the same velocity *be stopped
*rebound with twice the velocity *cause the massive body to move
FRICTION/VISCOSITY
15. If ‘F’ is the force of friction, ‘R’ is the normal reaction, then coefficient of static friction ‘µ’ is:
𝐹 𝑅 1
**𝜇 = *𝜇 = *𝜇 = *𝜇 = 𝐹𝑅
𝑅 𝐹 𝐹𝑅
16. Kinetic friction is always:
*greater than static friction *equal to static friction
*less than static friction *zero

12. The property of fluids by which they resist their flow is called:
*static friction *coefficient of friction
**viscosity *terminal velocity
7. Stokes law for fluid friction is given by:
*F = 6πηr2v **F = 6πηrv *F = 4πηr2v *F = 4πηrv
6. Equation F = 6πηrv represents:
*Hooke’s law **Stokes law
*Bragg’s law *Newton’s law
10. Stokes law holds well for:
*The bodies of all shapes *motion through non-viscous medium
*Motion through vacuum **motion through viscous medium
5. In Stokes law, the viscous force is not proportional to:
*Coefficient of viscosity *radius of the sphere
*Terminal velocity **mass of the sphere
#. The resistance offered by a fluid, to a spherical sinking body, depends upon:
*the speed of the sink *the size of the body
*the viscosity of the fluid ** all of these

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MCQ’S
CH-4 MOTION IN TWO DIMENSIONS
PROJECTILE MOTION
04. The motion on a curved path, when one component of velocity is uniform and the other is variable, is called:
*circular motion **projectile motion
*vibratory motion *harmonic motion
#. The velocity component with which a projectile covers certain vertical distance is minimum at the moment
of:
*projection *hitting the ground
**highest point *none of these
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#. An aircraft takes off at 30 with 500km/hr; vertical component of its velocity will be:
*500km/hr *433km/hr *zero **250km/hr
#. A ballistic missile is fired at 80 ms at the angle of 30 with the horizontal. If g =10 ms-2, then the missile
-1 o

remains in air for:

*2 Sec *4 sec *2/√2 **8 Sec
10. The horizontal range of a projectile depends upon:
*The angle of projection *the velocity of projection
*The value of g’ **all of these
#. The range of a projectile becomes half of its maximum range if the angle of projection is:
* 60o *30o *22.5o **15o
08. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with the same speed at an angle of 60 o and 30o respectively with the
horizontal, then
* The range of A will be greater *the range of B will be greater
** the range of A and B will be same *the range is independent of angle
o
09. A projectile is thrown at an angle of 30 with the horizontal with a certain velocity. It will have the same
range if it is thrown with the same velocity at an angle of:
*50o * 40o *70o **60o
ANGULAR MOTION
05. When a body moves with constant speed in a circle:
**its velocity is changing *its acceleration is zero
*its acceleration is increasing *its velocity is uniform
06,16. One radian is equal to:
*37.5o *35.7o **57.3o *75.3o *1o
08. The angle subtended at its center by an arc whose length is equal to its radius is:
*37.3o * 47.3 o **57. 3 o *67.3 o
14. The angle subtended at its center by an arc whose length is double of its radius is:
*84.3 o *57.3 o **114.6 o *168.6 o
#. The angle subtended at its center by an arc whose length is equal to its radius is:
*π rad * π/2 rad *2 rad **1 rad
#. The angle subtended at its center by an arc whose length is equal to its diameter is:
*π rad * π/2 rad **2 rad *1 rad
#. Angular displacement covered by a minute hand of a clock in half hour is:
**π rad * π/2 rad *2π rad *π/6 rad
#. The angular velocity of the minute hand of a clock is:
*π rad/hr * π/2 rad/hr **2π rad/hr *π/6 rad/hr

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#. The angular velocity and tangential velocity are related as:
⃗ =𝜔
**V ⃗ ×r ⃗=r×𝜔
*V ⃗ ⃗ = r × ⃗V
*𝜔 ⃗ = ⃗V × r
*𝜔
15. The unit of angular velocity is:
*radian/cm *meter/sec *radian/sec *radian/sec2
06. The angular acceleration and tangential acceleration are related as:
*α
⃗ = a⃗× r *α
⃗ = r × a⃗ * a⃗= r × α
⃗ **a⃗ = α
⃗ ×r
04. The centripetal acceleration is also given by:
*ωr *ωr2 **ω2r *2 ωr
05,15,16. The angle between the centripetal acceleration and the tangential acceleration is always:
**90o *180o *0o *45o
04. Every point on a rotating body has the same:
*angular momentum *radius **angular velocity *momentum
10. A cyclist skids while racing around a circular track; it is because
*the centripetal force upon him is less than the limiting friction.
**the centripetal force upon him is greater than the limiting friction.
*the centripetal force upon him is equal to the limiting friction
*none of these
08. A rotating body is gaining the speed, the body will have
*only centripetal acceleration *only tangential acceleration
**both centripetal and tangential acceleration *none of the two accelerations.

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CH-5 TORQUE AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM
TORQUE
15. When the torque acting on a system is zero, this quantity will be constant:
*Force **angular momentum *linear momentum *velocity
12. The magnitude of torque of a couple depends upon:
*The distance of F from the origin *the distance of −F from the origin
**Perpendicular distance between F and –F *none of these
#. The vector quantity torque
**Depend on the choice of origin *Does not depend on the choice of origin
*Rotate a body always clock wise *Rotate a body always anti-clock wise
#. The direction of torque is
* Same as the direction of applied force *opposite to the direction of applied force
**Perpendicular to the direction of applied force *none of these
11. Two forces equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, and not acting on the same line are:
**a couple *a power *a circle *a force
#. Two forces which from a couple
*can be replaced by a single equivalent force *are perpendicular to each other
**cannot be replaced by a single equivalent force *are parallel to each other
#. The SI unit of torque is:
*J.s *J **N.m *N.s
#. Which of the following can be the unit of the torque?
*kg m s−1 **kg m2 s−2 *kg m2 s−1 *J s−1
#. The dimensions of torque are
*L2 M2 T2 *L2 M2 T **L2 MT-–2 *L2 MT-–1
#. A 1kg piece of stone is rotating with 1m/s in a circle of radius 1m. The magnitude of torque
produced by the centripetal force relative to the center of the circle is equal to:
**0 *1 *-1 *2
ANGULAR MOMENTIM
#. The angular momentum will be zero when angle between the position vector and the linear
momentum is:
**0o *60o *90O *120o
#. A particle is orbiting in a circle. Its angular momentum is directed along
*the radius *tangent to the orbit
**normal to the plane of rotation *none of these
#. The SI unit of angular momentum is:
*N.m *N.s **J.s *J/s
06. Which of the following can be the unit of the angular momentum?
*kg m s−1 *kg m s **J.s *J s−1
14. The dimension of angular momentum are:
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#. A 1kg piece of stone is rotating with 1m/s in a circle of radius 1m. The magnitude of angular
momentum, relative to the center of the circle, is equal to:
*0 *1 *-1 *2
CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM
05,07,09,11,16. The rate of change of angular momentum is the same as:
*Force *angular velocity **Torque *angular acceleration
10. Torque is defined as the time rate of change of:
**Angular momentum *Linear momentum
*Angular velocity *Angular acceleration
13. The angular momentum of a particle change from 0 to 720 in 4s, the magnitude of torque will be:
*1440J.s *360J.s **180J.s *4.5J.s
09. The angular momentum of a particle is conserved if the:
**net torque action on the particle is zero *net force acting of the particle is zero
*The acceleration of the particle is zero *net displacement of the particle is zero
04. When the net torque acting on a system is zero, which of the following will be constant:
*linear momentum **angular momentum *force *none of these
13. If the sum of torques acting on a body is zero, then this will be constant:
*force **angular momentum *linear momentum *pressure
#. Which of the following is a valid relation?
⃗ = r × 𝑚𝑣
**L *τ⃗⃗ = ⃗F × r *𝑝 = 𝑟 × 𝑚𝑣 ⃗ = 𝑚𝑣 × 𝑟
*L
EQUILIBRIUM
08,13. The center of mass of a body:
*Always coincides with the center of gravity *never coincides with the center of gravity
**Coincides only in uniform field *coincides in a non-uniform field
12. If the axis of rotation of a rotating body passes through the body itself, then its motion is called:
*Linear motion *orbital motion **spin motion *SH motion
08. Which of the following is a spin motion?
*the motion of planet around the sun *the motion of electron around the nucleus
*the motion of moon around the earth **the daily rotation of earth causing day and night
#. Every point of a rotating rigid body has:
**the same angular velocity *the same linear velocity
*the same linear acceleration *the same angular momentum
#. A body in equilibrium does not possess any:
**Acceleration *Momentum *Velocity *Speed
#. A couple produces *purely linear motion **purely rotational motion
*both linear and rotational motion *no motion
05. A body in equilibrium:
* Is always at rest **can move with constant velocity
*Can move with constant acceleration *can move with variable acceleration
#. A particle moving with constant velocity may be.
*Accelerating *Moving in a circle *Retarding **in equilibrium

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CH-6 GRAVITATION
GRAVITATION
m1 m 2
#. In the expression F = G , the value of G depends upon:
r2
**the system of units only *neither the system of units nor the medium
*the medium only *both the system of units and the medium
16. The dimension of G are:
*M–1 L3 T–2 *M2 L2 T–2 *M–1 L2 T–2 *M L3 T–2
2015. The value of gravitational constant G was determined by:
**Cavendish *Newton *Joule *Huygens
#. If the distance between two particles is doubled, the gravitational force between them is
*Doubled *Quadrupled **One-fourth *Halved
#. If the distance between two particles is halved, the gravitational force between them is
*Doubled **Quadrupled *One-fourth *Halved
#. If the mass of earth at the same radius becomes half, the value of ‘g’ on its surface will become:
*2 times *4 times *8 times **Half
#. If the diameter of earth at the same mass becomes twice, the value of g at the earth’s surface will become:
*g/2 **g/4 *2g *4g
#. If the diameter and the mass of the earth become twice, then weight of a person on the surface of the earth
will: *remain same *become double
**become half *become one fourth
#. The gravitational force between two bodies each of 1kg separate by a distance of 1m is
*zero *6.67×10–5N *6.67×10–8N **6.67×10–11N
#. The tidal waves in the sea are due to:
*gravity of the sun *gravity of the moon
*rotation of the earth **all of these
THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY
#. What is correct about the value of ‘g’?
* It varies more rapidly with depth than height
**It varies more rapidly with height than depth
* It varies equally with height and depth
*It is maximum at the center of the earth
#. The value of g at height Re from the surface of the earth will be equal to:
* gs ** (¼)gs * (½)gs * 2gs
08. If we go up from the surface of the earth to a distance equal to the radius of the earth, the value of g
becomes: *2 gs ** (¼)gs * (½)gs * 4gs
09. A man goes up to a height from earth surface equal to the radius of the earth. His weight relative to earth
surface will become:
*half *double *same **1/4th
10. If we go up from the surface of the earth to a distance equal to the radius of the earth, the value of g
becomes: *one ninth **one fourth *one eights *double
11. If one moves up from the surface of the earth to a distance equal to the radius of the earth the value of g will
be: * gs ** (¼)gs * (½)gs * 2gs
12. At a distance equal to the radius of the earth above the surface of the earth, the value of g becomes:
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13. The weight of a man on earth is 600N. His weight on moon where gm = ge/6 will be:
*3600N *600N *300N **100N
14. If a person ascends from the surface of the earth to a distance equal to the radius of the earth the value of g
will be:
*2 gs ** (¼)gs * (½)gs * 4gs
#. Value of g at depth ½Re from the surface of the earth will be:
* gs * (¼)gs ** (½)gs * 2gs
16. The value of g at height 2Re from the surface of the earth will be:
*One fourth *One eighth **One ninth *Half
#. The height from the surface of earth at which the value of g becomes 1/4th of its value at the surface of the
earth is:
**R *2R *3R *4R
APPARAENT WEIGHT
#. A 400kg helicopter rises vertically with constant speed of 4m/s. The net force on the helicopter is:
*Zero *800N *3920 N *4720N
#. A 400kg helicopter rises vertically with a constant acceleration of 2m/s2. The force of the engine on the
helicopter is:
*Zero *800N *3920 N *4720N
#. A 400kg helicopter rises vertically with constant speed of 4m/s. The force of the engine on the helicopter is:
*Zero *800N *3920 N *4720N
#. A 400kg helicopter rises vertically with a constant acceleration of 2m/s2. The net force on the helicopter is:
*Zero *800N *3920 N *4720N
WEIGHTLESSNESS IN SATELLITE
06. The weight of an object in a satellite orbiting around the earth is:
*Equal to the actual weight *Greater than the actual weight
*Lesser than the actual weight **Zero
07. The apparent weight of a body in a satellite orbiting around the earth is:
**Zero *increasing *decreasing *None
#. The centripetal acceleration of an orbiting satellite is given by:

4 2 r 2 4 2 r 2 4 2 r 4 2 r
* * * **
T2 T T T2
#. Weightlessness in satellite appears due to
*Absence of inertia *Absence of gravity
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CH-7 WORK AND ENERGY
WORK
#. When we lift a body straight up from the surface of the earth then,
**Work done by the lifting force is positive * work done by the gravitational force is positive
* Work done by the lifting force is zero * work done by the gravitational force is zero
07. For which of the following angles between the force and the displacement, will the work be negative:
*0o *90o **180o *45o
04. The work done by the centripetal force is always:
*Positive * Negative ** Zero *unknown
08. Work done by the centripetal force on a rotating body is zero because:
*Body moves parallel to F * body moves opposite to F
** Body moves at right angle to F *centripetal and centrifugal force are balanced
#. Joule is same as:
*N m2 *kg m / s2 **N m *N2 m2
#. If F = 4i −2j and d = 3i +4j; the work done will be:
**4J *8J *–4J *–8J *12J
#. A 10kg body is dropped from a height of 10m, work done by the gravitational force is
*–490J *+490J *–980J **+980J
12. A 10kg bucket is lowered down by 1m in the gravitational field. The work done by the holding force is: *10J
*98J **−98J *0.1J
07, 11. The work done by a conservative force along a closed path is:
*Positive *negative **zero *none of these
KINETIC ENERGY
#. If the speed is doubled, the kinetic energy of a moving body:
** increases 4 times * increases 6 times
* increases 8 times *remains the same
11. If the speed is halved, the kinetic energy of a moving body:
** reduces 4 times * reduces 6 times
* reduces 8 times *remains the same
05, 14. If both mass and speed are doubled, the kinetic energy of a moving body:
* increases 4 times * increases 6 times
** increases 8 times *remains the same
12. If the velocity is doubled, and mass is reduced to 1/4th, the kinetic energy will be:
*doubled *four fold **same *halved
#. A 1kg ball has kinetic energy of 1J, its speed will be:
*0.45m/s *1m/s **1.4m/s 4.4m/s
POTENTIAL ENERGY
#. When two protons are brought together
**The PE between them increase *The PE between them decrease
*The PE between them does not change *None of these
#. A 1kg ball has a potential energy of 1J relative to the ground, its height will be:
**0.102m *1m *9.8m *32m
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#. The absolute potential energy of a body of mass m, situated at distance r from the center of the
earth is:
** − GMem/r *GMem/r * − GMem/r2 * GMem/r2
ENERGY
04,14. kwh is the unit of:
**Energy *Power *Time *Force
16. 1 kilowatt hour is equal to:
* 3.6×103J * 3.6×10–3 J **3.6×106 J *3.6×10–6 J
#. The one of the sources of the geothermal energy is:
**The radioactive decay inside the earth *The rotation of earth around the sum
*The rotation of earth around its own axis *The fission reaction
WORK-ENERGY EQUATION
#. A 1 kg block slides down an inclined plane which is 5m high, and has no friction, the velocity of
the block at the bottom of the slope will be:
*√14 m/s *7√2 m/s **14m/s *4.9m/s
#. What is true about the mechanical energy?
*It is only the potential energy **It is conserved in absence of a non-conservative force
*It is only the kinetic energy *It is always conserved
#. Two metal spheres of same size but different mass are dropped simultaneously from the same
height. In absence of the air resistance the two spheres will reach earth with the same:
*Momentum *kinetic energy *potential energy **velocity
POWER
05. Power is given by:
   
V d V d
*𝐹 . *𝐹 × *𝐹 × **𝐹 .
t t t t
07. The scalar product of force and velocity is:
*Work **power *energy *momentum
12. The rate of doing work is zero when angle between force and velocity is:
*0o *45o *180o **90o
#. Which of the following is not the unit of power?
*kilowatt **kilowatt hour *horse-power *Joule/sec
15. Which of the following is not the unit of power?
*foot-pound/sec **kilowatt hour *horse-power *Joule/sec
15. Electron-volt is the unit of:
*Power *voltage *energy *charge
#. A 40kg student carrying a 5kg college bag takes 15s to climb to the first floor which is 5m above the ground.
The total power generated by the student is:
*16 W **147W *245W *2205W
13. A weight lifter consumes 500J of energy to lift a load in 2s, the power used by him is:
*125W **250W *500W *100W

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MCQ’S
CH. 8A SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
MASS-SPRING SYSTEM
04. The restoring force in case of a spring is given by:
*kx **−kx *½kx *½kx2
09. A body executes SHM if:
*a = kx **a = −kx *a = −kx2 *a = − √𝑘𝑥
8. If the mass of a bob in a vertical mass-spring system is made four times, the period of vibration will become:
** double *Half *√2times *Four times
7. If the mass of a bob in a horizontal mass-spring system is doubled, the period of vibration will become:
* double *Half **√2times *Four times
#. If a spring of force constant K is halved, the value of spring constant of each half is:
*k **2k *½k k2
#. A spring is cut into three equal pieces, the spring constant of each piece will be
*k/3 **3k *k *9k
10. Which of the following does not exhibit the simple harmonic motion?
*A hanging spring supporting a weight **The wheel of an automobile
*An air molecule causing a sound wave to pass *The strings of violin
#. What is true about the simple harmonic motion?
**Acceleration is zero at the mean position *Restoring force is maximum at the mean position
*Acceleration is zero at the extreme position *Direction of acceleration is same as that of motion
SIMPLE PENDULUM
12. The motion of a simple pendulum is close to simple harmonic motion if the angular displacement of
pendulum does not exceed:
*1radian *1 o **5 o *10 o
13. The period of the simple pendulum depends upon:
*mass only *length only *mass and length **length and gravity
#. Frequency of a simple pendulum depends upon:
*mass only *length only *mass and length **length and gravity
04. The frequency of a second’s pendulum is equal to:
*4Hz *2 Hz *1 Hz **0.5Hz
#. Time period of a second’s pendulum is equal to:
*0.5s *1.0s **2.0s *4.0s
08. The frequency of a simple pendulum is given by:

g l 1 g 1 l
*2π *2π ** *
l g 2 l 2 g
04,14. If the mass of the bob of a simple pendulum is doubled at the same size, its time period will:
*Be doubled *become triple **remains the same *halved
#. If ‘g’ becomes four times, the time period of a simple pendulum will become:
** Half * twice * one fourth *unchanged
05. If the bob of a vibrating simple pendulum is suddenly detached from the string at its mean position, its
immediate path will be:
**A straight line *parabola *hyperbola *circle

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STANDING WAVES ON A STRETCHED STRINGS
#. When two waves, similar in all respects, travel toward each other, they produce:
*Beats *echo **standing waves *resonance
#. When two identical waves superpose, the velocity of the resultant waves
*Increase *Decrease **Remain unchanged *Becomes zero
06, 14. The distance between the consecutive nodes is equal to:
*λ *2λ **λ/2 *λ/4
#. Distance between the consecutive antinodes is:
*λ *2λ **λ/2 *λ/4
08. If you go on increasing the stretching force on a wire in a guitar, its frequency of vibration:
**increases *decreases *becomes zero *remains unchanged
09, (15). If the tension in a string is made four times, the speed of wave on the string will:
*be halved **be doubled *become four times *remain un-changed
12. The frequency of wave produced in a stretched string depends upon:
*Length *Tension *linear density **all of these
#. If the wavelength of a transverse wave is 20cm and its period is 2s then its velocity will be
*0.001cm/s *1m/s **0.1m/s *40m/s
15. The velocity of a wave of wavelength λ and frequency υ is given by:
𝜐 𝜆 1
* * * **υλ
𝜆 𝜐 𝜐𝜆

#. If 40 waves pass through a medium in 1s with 20m/s, then wavelength of the wave will be:
**0.5m *1.0m *2.5m *3.0m
#. A one meter long stretched string is vibrating in one loop. If the velocity of the wave is 200m/s, the frequency
of the wave will be:
*400Hz *200Hz **100Hz *50Hz
08. If the fundamental frequency of a string fixed at both ends is 50Hz, the fourth harmonic will be:
*100Hz *150Hz **200Hz *250Hz
05. Frequencies which are multiples of the fundamental frequency are called:
*beat frequencies *nodal frequencies *Doppler frequencies **Harmonics
#. The wave lengths which can be produced on a stretched string follow this relation:
2L 2n L
**λn= * λn= * λn= * λn= 2nL
n L 2n
THE SOUND WAVE
06. Which of the following represent a longitudinal wave?
*Light wave **sound wave *radio wave *x-ray
04. Which of the following is a compressional wave?
*Light wave **sound wave *radio wave *x-ray
#. Sound waves cannot pass through space because sound waves are:
*Longitudinal *Electromagnetic **mechanical *transverse
#. Sound waves do not show polarization because sound waves are:
**Longitudinal *electromagnetic *mechanical *transverse
05. Which of the following is not the property of the sound wave?
*Interference *diffraction **polarization *refraction
#. The mechanism of the propagation of sound is:
*isothermal **adiabatic *isochoric *isobaric

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THE SPEED OF SOUND
10. The speed of sound in space is:
*330m/s *332m/s *334m/s **zero
#. The speed of sound is maximum in:
*air **hydrogen *oxygen *helium
07, 09. The speed of sound is the highest in:
**solids *liquids *gases *vacuum
#. Sound travels fastest in this medium:
*air *space *water **steel
#. A sound wave enters from air into water, which of the following will not change
*intensity *wavelength **frequency *velocity
05. The speed of sound in a gas increases with:
**Temperature *pressure *Loudness *frequency
08. When the temperature of air rises, the speed of sound waves increases because:
*The frequency of the wave increases
**The wavelength of the wave increases
*Both frequency and wavelength increase
*Neither frequency nor wavelength increase
#. When temperature of air rises by 1oC, the speed of sound in air:
*increases by 6.1m/s **increases by 0.61m/s
*decreases by 6.1m/s *decreases by 0.61m/s
#. The ratio of the speed of source to the speed of sound is called:
*decibel *sone **Mach number *beat number
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND
12. The unit of the intensity level of sound is:
*Watt *Diopter **Decibel *Sone
09. The unit of the intensity of sound is:
**Watt/m2 *Diopter *Weber *Decibel
07. Decibel is the unit of:
*Wave length *speed of a wave **intensity level *frequency
05. Sone is the unit of:
**loudness *intensity *pitch *quality
06. One sone at 1000Hz is equal to:
*100dB *60dB **40dB *30dB
#. The relative intensity of the sound of a jet engine is 10 13. The intensity level will be:
*13dB **130dB *1300dB *1.3dB
05. Human beings can hear the sound of frequency:
*5Hz **5000Hz *25000Hz *50000Hz
16. The range of the audible sound is:
*1Hz-19Hz *20Hz-20000Hz *21000Hz-24000Hz *25000Hz-50000Hz
#. Which of the following frequencies of sound is audible for humans?
*2Hz *5Hz **5 KHz * 50 KHz
#. Which of the following is the ultrasound frequency?
** 50 KHz *5 KHz *5Hz *2Hz

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04, 07, 10. The pitch of sound depends upon:
**frequency *loudness *time period *distance
06,11. The earthquake waves are:
*Audio waves **Infrasonic waves *Shock waves *Ultrasonic waves
07. The characteristic of sound by which we recognize the source of sound is:
*Beat *Intensity **Quality *Frequency
#. The characteristic of sound by which we recognize the source of sound is:
**Harmonics *Intensity *Pitch *loudness
BEATS
#. The periodic alterations in the intensity of sound, are called:
*Pitch *Doppler effect *Mach number **Beats
06. Beats are produced due to:
*diffraction **interference *polarization *refraction
16. Two vibrating bodies, having slightly different frequencies, produce:
*Echo *beats *Resonance *Polarization
06, 07, 13. A normal person can distinguish what number of betas at the maximum:
*3 *5 **7 *9
#. A 252Hz tuning fork produces four beats when sounded with another tuning fork of unknown frequency.
What are the two possible values of the unknown frequency?
*256 and 315 *248 and189 **256 and 248 *234 and 256
04, 9, 11. Two tuning forks of frequency 256Hz and 262Hz are sounded together, the number of beats per
second will be:
*3 *4 *5 **6
DOPPLER EFFECT
#. Doppler’s effect applies to
*Sound waves only *Light waves only
*Heat waves only **Both sound waves and light waves

#. What is true when a source of sound moves away from a stationary listener?
* Speed of sound relative to listener increases **Wavelength of sound increases
*Speed of sound relative to listener decreases *Wavelength of sound decreases

#. What is true when a listener moves away from a stationary source of sound?
* Speed of sound relative to listener increases *Wavelength of sound increases
**Speed of sound relative to listener decreases *Wavelength of sound decreases

#. The engine of a fast-moving train blows its whistle of frequency n, the passengers hear this frequency as n/.
What is the right relation between n and n/?
* n/< n * n/> n ** n/= n * n/= 1/n

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MCQ’S CH-9A.
INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT
BASICS
12. According to Maxwell’s theory, light travels in the form of:
*Transverse wave *longitudinal wave
**electromagnetic wave *compressional wave
04, 13. The characteristic property of light which does not change with the medium is:
**Frequency *Wavelength *Speed *Amplitude
11. Light consists of oscillating electric and magnetic field which are:
*parallel to each other **perpendicular to each other
*neither parallel nor perpendicular *both perpendicular and parallel
#. One meter is equal to:
**1010 Å *10–10 Å *109 Å *10–9 Å
#. One Angstrom (1Å) is equal to:
*1010m **10−8cm *109m *10−9m
THIN FILM INTERFERENCE
4,6,7,9. The equation for the constructive and destructive interference in case of thin film is reversed due to:
**phase reversal of one part of a wave
*phase reversal of both parts of the wave
*Phase reversal of none
*change in frequency of waves
15, 16. In thin film interference the position of the constructive and destructive interference is reversed due to:
**phase coherence *phase reversal *diffraction *interference
#. When a wave reflects from a denser medium, its phase changes by:
*π/2 **π *π/4 *2π
#. When a wave reflects from a denser medium, its path length changes by:
*λ/4 **λ/2 *λ *2λ
05. Colors in thin soap film appear due to:
**interference *diffraction *refraction *scattering
NEWTON’S RINGS
09. Yellow light from a sodium lamp is used to form Newton’s rings, the central spot in the rings will be:
*yellow *bright **dark *none of these
15. The Newton’s rings illustrate the phenomenon of:
*polarization *diffraction **interference *dispersion
#. In Newton’s rings, the equation that corresponds to bright rings is:
**2nt = (m+½) λ *2nt = mλ
*2dsinθ = mλ *2dsinθ = (m+½) λ
MICHELSON INTERFERROMETER
05. To replace a bright fringe by the next bright fringe in Michelson’s interferometer, the moveable mirror is
moved through a distance of:
*λ *2λ *λ/4 **λ/2
#. When the moveable mirror in a Michelson interferometer moves a distance equal to one wavelength of light,
the interference pattern moves by:
*½ fringe *1 fringe **2 fringe *4 fringe

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DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT

12. The Huygens principle is basically used to:

*Find the speed of light ** locate the wave front

*Express polarization *find refractive index

07. Wave front near a point source is:

*Plane **Spherical *cylindrical *conical

14. Diffraction of light is a special case of:

*Reflection *refraction **interference *polarization

YOUNG DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT

04, 14. In Young’s double slits diffraction, the spacing between the bright bands is given by:

*dλ/L **λL/d *d/λL *y/L

#. In Young’s double slit diffraction, the equation that corresponds to bright bands is:

**dsinθ = mλ *dsinθ = (m+½) λ *2dsinθ = mλ *2dsinθ = (m+½) λ

#. In Young’s double slit experiment, the equation that corresponds to dark bands is:

*dsinθ = mλ **dsinθ = (m+½) λ *2dsinθ = mλ *2dsinθ = (m+½) λ

10. In Young’s double slit experiment the condition for the constructive interference is that the path difference
must be:

*An odd multiple of the half wave length

*An odd multiple of the whole wave length

**An integral multiple of the wavelength

*An even number of the wave length

DIFFRACTION GRATING

#. In diffraction by grating, the equation that corresponds to bright line is:

**dsinθ = mλ *dsinθ = (m+½) λ *2dsinθ = mλ *2dsinθ = (m+½) λ

#. In grating equation, dsinθ = mλ, the quantity ‘d’ is:

*width of a slit *width of an opaque line *number of lines per unit length

**distance between the corresponding points of the adjacent slits

06. If 2000lines/cm are ruled on a grating, the grating element is:

*5×10−4m *5×10−5m **5×10−6m *5×10−7m

#. The number of lines ruled per cm of a grating is 4000, its grating element is:

*2.5×10−4m **2.5×10−6m *2.5×103m *2.5×105m

#. The grating element of a diffraction grating is 2500nm. The grating has:

*330 lines/mm **400 lines/mm *550 lines/mm *700 lines/mm

#. The grating element of a diffraction grating is 2×10 4 nm. The grating has:
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*0.5 lines/mm *5 lines/mm **50 lines/mm *500 lines/mm

#. In a grating spectrum, the largest deviation will be for this color:

**Red *yellow *blue *violet

13. The yellow light of a single wavelength is unable to show:

*Reflection *Refraction *Polarization **Dispersion

X-RAYS DIFFRACTION

07. Diffraction of x-rays can be studied by using:

*A thin film *diffraction grating **rock salt *none

#. The structure of a crystal can be studied with the help of which property of the x-rays?

*Interference **diffraction *polarization *dispersion

16. Which of the following equations represent the Bragg’s law?

**mλ=2dsinθ *mλ= dsin (θ/2) *2mλ= dsinθ *mλ = dsin2θ

#. Angle θ in Bragg’s equation is the angle which:

**Both incident and scattered rays make with the surface

*Both incident and scattered rays make with the normal

*only incident rays make with the surface

*only scattered rays make with the surface

04, 5, 11. The wave theory of light cannot explain:

*Polarization *interference *diffraction **photoelectric effect

POLARIZATION OF LIGHT
07. The phenomenon of light which proves that light waves are transverse is:

*Interference *diffraction *refraction **polarization

09. The transverse nature of light is verified by which characteristic of light:

*Interference *diffraction *refraction **polarization

05. Which property of light is used to determine the concentration of optically active substance such as sugar?

*Interference *diffraction *dispersion **polarization

15. Polarization of light due to tourmaline crystal takes place because of:

*Reflection **absorption *refraction *collision

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MCQ’S
CH-10 GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
IMAGE FORMATION
#. A converging lens is fixed at its place, what we do to get a larger image on the screen:
*decrease object distance only
*decrease screen distance only
**decrease object distance and increase screen distance
*increase object distance and decrease screen distance
#. The minimum distance between an object and its real image made by a converging lens is
** 4f * 2f *f * Zero
#. Where we place an object in front of a convex lens, to see its size double on a screen:
*within F *at F **between F and 2F *beyond 2F
#. An object is placed beyond 2F from a convex lens. The location of the image will be:
* At 2 F *Beyond 2 F **Between F and 2F *Between F and C
14. An object is placed at the principle focus F of a convex lens. The location of the image will be:
* At F * at 2 F **at infinity *between F and C
#. A 2mm object is placed 20cm from a converging lens of 10cm focal length. The size of its image will be:
*1mm **2mm *3mm *4mm
#. A converging lens forms a virtual image when the object is placed
*at 2F *beyond2F **between F and C *between F and 2F
#. A converging lens gives divergent rays if:
**p<f *q<f *p>f *q>F
16. The distance between the principle focus and the optical center of a lens is called:
*Aperture *radius of curvature *focal length *principal axis
POWER OF A LENS
13. Power of a magnifying glass having focal length 5cm is:
*5D *10D **20D *50D
10. If the power of a converging lens is 4D, what is the focal length of the lens:
*20cm **25cm *10cm *50cm
04, 08. The power of a concave lens of focal length 50cm is:
0.5D *−0.5D *2D **−2D
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16. The magnifying power of a lens of focal length m is:
2

*1diopter **2diopter *50diopter *100diopter

#. A magnification of −2 indicates that the image is
*Inverted and smaller *erect and smaller
**Inverted and magnified *erect and magnified
#. The focal length of a convex lens of power 2.5D is:
*0.4cm *2.5cm **40cm *−40cm
#. Which of the following is the conventional formula for the linear magnification?

q q 1 d
** − * * * \
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OPEN COMBINATION OF LENSES
#. An object is placed in front of a lens which is placed in front of another lens at some distance, the distance
between the object and the final image is equal to:
*q2 * q1 + p2 * q1 + p2 +q2 ** p1 + q1 + p2 +q2
#. An object is placed in front of a lens which is placed in front of another lens at some distance; the distance
between the two lenses is equal to:
*q2 ** q1 + p2 * q1 + p2 +q2 * p1 + q1 + p2 +q2
CLOSE COMBINATION OF LENSES
07, 09, 15. Two convex lenses of same focal length f are placed in contact with each other. The combined focal
length is:
*f *2f **f/2 *2/f
05. Two thin convex lenses each of focal length 10cm are placed in contact with each other. The focal length of
the combined lens will be:
*20cm *10cm **5cm *100cm
#. When two lenses of focal length f1 and f2 are placed in contact with each other, the focal length of the
resulting lens is equal to:
f1 + f 2 f1  f 2
* ** * f1 + f2 * f1×f2
f1  f 2 f1 + f 2
LENS ABERRATIONS
10. By using the adjustable aperture we can reduce which of the following aberration:
*Astigmatic *chromatic **spherical *cylindrical
07. Chromatic aberration can be reduced by using a combination of:
*Two converging lenses *Two diverging lenses
**One converging and one diverging lens of different material *None of these
05. The aberration that can be corrected by reducing the aperture of the lens is:
*Chromatic *astigmatic **spherical *cylindrical
04. The chromatic aberration is caused by:
*Reflection *diffraction **dispersion *polarization
#. Focal length of a convex lens is maximum for
*Blue light *yellow light *green light **red light
#. A light ray passing through the optical center of a thin convex lens passes:
*Polarized *Reflected *Diffracted **Un-deviated
#. If a convex lens is immersed in a medium whose refractive index is greater than that of the lens, then the lens
will work as a:
*Prism *Converging lens **Diverging lens *Glass slab
08. In case of far-sightedness the position of the inverted image inside the eye will be:
*At the retina *in front of the retina
**Behind the retina *none of these

SIMPLE MICROSCOPE
#. The maximum magnification which a convex lens of focal length 5cm will produce for a person with normal
vision is:
*2 *4 *5 **6

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COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
#. In compound microscope:
** fo< fe * fo > fe * fo= fe * fo= − fe
#. In compound microscope the final image is:
*Real and inverted **virtual and inverted *real and erect *virtual and erect.
15. In compound microscope the final image is:
*real and diminished *virtual and diminished
*Real and magnified **virtual and magnified.

TELESCOPE
12, 14. The length of a Galilean telescope when focused for infinity is:
*fo/fe *fe/fo *fo + fe **fo − fe
13. In terrestrial telescope the central lens is used to:
*To make the image sharp *increase magnifying power
*Increase the length of the telescope **erect the image
06, 08. In Galilean telescope the final image of a heavenly body is:
*Real and inverted *real and erect
*Virtual and inverted **virtual and erect
06. The focal length of the objective and the eye piece of an astronomical telescope is 90cm and 10cm
respectively, the length of the telescope will be:
*9cm **100cm *80cm *none
#. In telescope:
* fo < fe ** fo > fe * f o = fe * fo = 1/ fe
#. In terrestrial telescope the final image is:
*Real and inverted *virtual and inverted *real and erect **virtual and erect

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