NEET/JEE/KCET

1. The number of significant figures in 0.06900 is

(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. The sum of the numbers 436.32, 227.2 and 0.301 in appropriate significant figures is
(a) 663.821 (b) 664 (c) 663.8 (d) 663.82
3. The mass and volume of a body are 4.237 g and 2.5 cm , respectively. The density of the material of the body
3

in correct significant figures is

(a) 1.6048 g cm–3 (b) 1.69 g cm–3 (c) 1.7 g cm–3 (d) 1.695 g cm–3
4. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities does not have same dimensional formula?
(a) Work and torque. (b) Angular momentum and Planck’s constant. (c) Tension and surface tension. (d)
Impulse and linear momentum.
5. Photon is quantum of radiation with energy E = hν where ν is frequency and h are Planck’s constant. The
dimensions of h are the same as that of
(a) Linear impulse (b) Angular impulse (c) Linear momentum (d) Angular momentum
6. Which of the following ratios express pressure?
(a) Force/ Area (b) Energy/ Volume (c) Energy/ Area (d) Force/ Volume
7. Which of the following are not a unit of time?
(a) Second (b) Parsec (c) Year (d) Light year
8. Which of the following measurements is most precise?
a) 5.00 mm (b) 5.00 cm (c) 5.00 m (d) 5.00 km.
9. If momentum (P), area (A) and time (T) are taken to be fundamental quantities, then energy has the
dimensional formula
(a) (P1 A–1 T1) (b) (P2 A1 T1) (c) (P1 A–1/2 T1) (d) (P1 A1/2 T–1)
10. The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which of the following measurements is most accurate?
(a) 4.9 cm (b) 4.805 cm (c) 5.25 cm (d) 5.4 cm
11. Young’s modulus of steel is 1.9 × 1011 N/m2. When expressed in CGS units of dynes/cm2, it will be equal to
(1N = 105 dyne,1m2 = 104 cm2)
(a) 1.9 × 1010 (b) 1.9 × 1011 (c) 1.9 × 1012 (d) 1.9 × 1013
12. The length and breadth of a rectangular sheet are 16.2 cm and 10.1cm, respectively. The area of the sheet in
appropriate significant figures and error is
(a) 164 ± 3 cm2 (b) 163.62 ± 2.6 cm2 (c) 163.6 ± 2.6 cm2 (d) 163.62 ± 3 cm2
13. Who discovered electron?
a) Albert Einstein b) J.C. Bose c) J.J. Thomson d) Bohr
14. What is the discovery of CV Raman?
a) Inelastic scattering of light by molecules
b) Steam engine
c) Propagation of EM waves
d) Reflection of Ultrasonics
15. Name the branch of science which deals with the study of stars?
a) Astronomy b) Biology c) Geology d) Chemistry
16. On the Celsius scale of the absolute zero of temperature is at
a) 00 C b) – 320 C c) 1000 C d) – 273.150 C
17. Melting and Boiling point of water on Fahrenheit scale of temperature respectively.
a) 2120F, 320F b) 320F, 2120 F c) 00 F, 1000 F d) 320 F, 1320 F
18. Which of the following scales of temperature has only positive degrees of temperature?
a) Centigrade b) Fahrenheit scale c) Reaumur scale d) Kelvin scale
19. The equivalence of two systems in thermal equilibrium is represented by the property of
a) Heat b) energy c) temperature d) specific heat

20. Temperature can be expressed as a derived quantity in terms of

a) Length and mass b) mass and time c) length, mass and timed) none of these
 21. Express 0K on Fahrenheit scale
a) -459.670 F b) 240.60 F c) – 3200 F d) 3730 F
22. A faulty thermometer has its fixed points marked as 3 and 102 . The temperature of a body as measured by
0 0

faulty thermometer is 800. Find the correct temperature of the body on Celsius scale
a) 36.50 C b) 77.80 C c) 25.80 C d) 66.80 C
23. The reading of centigrade thermometer coincides with that of Fahrenheit thermometer in a liquid. The
temperature of the liquid is
a) -400 C b) 00 C c) 1000 C d) 3000 C
24. The steam point and the ice point of a mercury thermometer are marked as 80 0 and 200. What will be the
temperature in centigrade mercury scale when this thermometer reads 32 0
a) 200 C b) 300 C c) 100 Cd) 00 C
25. A centigrade and a Fahrenheit thermometer are dipped in boiling water. The water temperature is lowered
until the Fahrenheit thermometer registers 1760 F. What is the fall in temperature as registered by the
Centigrade thermometer?
a) 200C b) 400 C c) 600 Cd) 800 C
26. The steam point and ice point of a mercury thermometer are wrongly marked as 92 0C and 20 C respectively.
The correct temperature read by this thermometer is
a) 20 C b) 50C c) 100 C d) 200 C
27. The higher and lower fixed points on thermometer are separated by 150 mm. When the length of the mercury
thread above the lower temperature is 30 mm, the temperature reading would be
a) 200 C b) 300 C c) 100 Cd) 00 C
28. The study of physical phenomenon at low temperature (below liquid nitrogen temperature) is called
a) Refrigeration b) radiation c) cryogenics d) pyrometry
29. Mercury is used in liquid thermometers because it has
a) High specific heat and high conductivity
b) High specific heat and low conductivity
c) Low specific heat and low conductivity
d) Low specific heat and high conductivity
30. Which of the following behaves like water between 0 0 C and 40 C?
a) Rubber b) Glass c) Salt d) Mercury

Key Answers

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) & (d) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (a)

11. (c) 12. (a) 13.(c) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (d) 17.(b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)

21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (c)

29. (d) 30. (a)