RHEMA JAMB PHYSICS QUESTIONS

1) Which of the following has NO unit?

B) Relative
A) Density
density (ANSWER)

C) Displacement D) Pressure
2) The pitch of a sound depends on its

A) frequency (ANSWER) B) amplitude

C) timbre D) intensity
3) In a wave particles of the medium vibrate in a direction
parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

A) transverse B) longitudinal(ANSWER)

C) surface D) field
4) An object of mass 1 kg has a potential energy of 2 J relative to the ground, when
it is at a height of: Take g=10 m/s2

A) 0.2 m(ANSWER) B) 1 m

C) 0.1 m D) 0.5 m
5) The instrument used to determine the rotation speed of a shaft is called

A) Speedometer B) Tachometer(ANSWER)

C) Anemometer D) Chronometer
6) What is the noise level of normal conversation?

A) About 60
B) About 70 dB
dB (ANSWER)

C) About 80 dB D) About 90 dB
7) The kinetic energy acquired by a mass (m) in traveling distance starting from rest
under the action of constant force is directly proportional to

A) 1/m B) m°(ANSWER)

C) m D) 1/√m
8) The rate of change of displacement is called

A) Acceleration B) Speed

C) Distance D) Velocity(ANSWER)
9) Calculate the time period (in seconds) of a sound wave of wavelength 3 m
travelling with a speed of 300 m/s.

A) 900 B) 0.02

C) 450 D) 0.01(ANSWER)
10) An electric motor converts

A) Mechanical energy into B) Thermal energy into

electrical energy electrical energy

C) Electrical energy into

D) Radiant energy into
mechanical
electrical energy
energy(ANSWER)
11) What among the following is FALSE about the Richter scale?

A) It was developed by
Charles Richter and B) It is a logarithmic scale
Gutenberg in 1935

D) Magnitude of 8-9 on a
C) It can be measured using Richter scale means it is a
a seismometer micro
earthquake(ANSWER)
12) What is the physical state of water at 12 deg C?

A) Gas B) Solid

C) Liquid(ANSWER) D) Ionic
13) The formula of Power is

A) momentum/time B) work/time(ANSWER)

C) speed/time D) displacement/time
14) What is the principal focus of a spherical mirror?

B) It is the point on the

A) It is a point from which principal axis through which
the rays of light appear to be rays of light parallel to the
coming from on the principal axis pass after
principal axis of a convex reflection or appear to be
mirror arising from this point on the
principal axis(ANSWER)

C) It is the centre of a
D) It is the midpoint of a
hollow sphere of which the
spherical mirror
spherical mirror is a part
15) In a parallel circuit, if one electrical appliance stops working due to some defect,
then all the other appliances:

A) will keep working B) will keep working half of

double of what they did what they did

D) will work
C) will not work
normally(ANSWER)
16) If a boy covers a distance of 20 meter in 4 minutes with a force of 600 N, then the
power consumed by the boy is

A) 100 W B) 50 W(ANSWER)

C) 25 W D) 80 W
17) An object floats in water with one-third of its volume under water. The density of
the object is n times the density of water where n is

A) 1/6 B) 1/3(ANSWER)

C) 1/4 D) 1/2
18) Zero degree centigrade is equal to what degree Fahrenheit?

A) 100 deg F B) 30 deg F

C) 34 deg F D) 32 deg F(ANSWER)

19) With a concave mirror (centre of curvature), when an object is placed at the
Focus (F), which of the following applies for the image?

B) Real, inverted,
A) Real, inverted image of
diminished image between C
the same size at C
and F

C) Real, inverted, highly

D) Real, inverted, highly
enlarged image at
diminished image at F
infinity(ANSWER)
20) When a force of 10 N acts on a body of mass of 10 kg that is able to move freely,
which of the following statements will apply?

A) The body moves with an B) The body moves with a

acceleration of 10 m/s2 speed of 1 km/s

D) The body moves with an

C) The body moves with a
acceleration of 1
speed of 1 m/s
m/s2 (ANSWER)
21) In which of the following activities is work NOT done?

A) Ashwin is standing on
B) Ashwin is running
the platform(ANSWER)

C) Ashwin is walking D) Ashwin is climbing a bus

22) Two balls of steel having mass of 5 kg and 10kg each possess equal kinetic
energy. Which ball is moving faster, if at all?

A) Kinetic energy does not

B) The 5 kg ball is moving
depend upon the speed of
faster (ANSWER)
the body

C) Both the balls are D) The 10 kg ball is moving

moving at the same speed faster
23) 1.08 tonne = ? kg

A) 10800 B) 108

C) 1080(ANSWER) D) 1.08
24) A student lifts a heavy book from the floor of a room to put it in the bookshelf at
a height 2 m For this process, the student takes 5 s. The work done by the student
will depend upon:

B) the mass of the book, the

A) the height of the book
height of the book shelf and
shelf and the time taken
the time taken

D) the weight of the book

C) the mass of the book and
and the height of the
the time taken
bookshelf (ANSWER)
25) What is the gravitational force exerted on a mass called?

A) Stress B) Inertia

C) Weight (ANSWER) D) work

26) A ball thrown up vertically returns to the ground after 12.5 seconds. Find the
velocity with which it was (g=10 ms−2)g=10 ms-2 thrown up.

A) 10 ms-1 B) 125 ms-1(ANSWER)

C) 12.5 ms-1 D) 65 ms-1

27) Why does a piece of cloth, which appears green in sunlight, appear black when it
is viewed under red light?

A) The cloth completely

absorbs red colour B) It is due to refraction
wavelength (ANSWER)

C) It is the effect of
D) It is due to parallax error
scattering of light
28) If the initial velocity of an object thrown upwards is 14 m/s, then the time taken
for the object to reach its highest point will be .(a = 9.8 m/s2)

A) 1.5 s B) 1.43 s(ANSWER)

C) 1.34 s D) 1 s
29) A ball thrown up vertically returns to the ground after 10 second. Find the
velocity with which it was thrown up?

A) 120 m/s B) 100 m/s(ANSWER)

C) 600 m/s D) 60 m/s

30) In a hydro-electric power station ultimately which energy is converted into
electrical energy?

A) Mechanical energy B) Potential energy

D) Kinetic
C) Heat energy
energy(ANSWER)
31) An object is placed in front of a convex mirror at a point between infinity and the
pole of the mirror. The image formed is

A) real and enlarged. B) real and diminished

C) virtual and enlarged D) virtual and diminished

32) What is the power rating (in W) of a bulb if a current of 0.1A passes through on
application of 250V of potential difference across its terminals?
 A) 2500 B) 50

C) 25 D) 1250
33) What is the amount of work done when a body moves under a force of 1 N at a
distance of 1 meter in the direction of the force?

A) 1 Joule(ANSWER) B) 0.01 Joules

C) 100 Joules D) 10 Joules

34) The passengers standing in a bus fall in the backward direction when the
stationary bus begins to move. Which of the following laws explains this
situation?

A) Newton's Second Law of B) The Law of Conservation

Motion of Momentum

C) Newton's First Law of D) Newton's Third Law of

Motion Motion
35) The repeated reflection that results in persistence of sound is called

A) echo B) reflection

C) rarefaction D) reverberation
36) The working principle of a washing machine is

A) reverse osmosis B) diffusion

C)
D) dialysis
centrifugation (ANSWER)
37) Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named

A) Fermi (ANSWER) B) Angstrom

C) Newton D) Tesla
38) The speed of light will be minimum while passing through
 A) water B) vaccum

C) air D) glass(ANSWER)
39) Which of the following is not a vector quantity?

A) speed(ANSWER) B) velocity

C) torque D) displacement
40) Which of the following is not the unit of time

A) Parallactic
B) Micro Second
second (ANSWER)

C) Leap year D) Solar day

41) An air bubble in water will act like a

A) convex lens B) convex mirror

C) concave
D) concave mirror
lens (ANSWER)
42) Two electric bulbs marked 25W – 220V and 100W – 220V are connected in
series to a 440Vsupply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?

A) 25 W(ANSWER) B) Both

C) 100 W D) Neither
43) If a physical quantity has the units - ampere meters per second squared, then what
are it's dimensions?

A) [I LT-2] (ANSWER) B) [ALT-2]

C) [I MS-2] D) [AMS-2]
44) Temperature can be expressed as derived quantity in terms of any of the
following

A) length and mass B) mass and time

 D) in terms of
C) length,mass and time
none(ANSWER)
45) Brightness of bulb depends on voltage or current?

A) Current B) Voltage

C) Both A & B(ANSWER) D) None

46) A solid ball of metal has a spherical cavity inside it. When the ball is heated the
volume of the cavity will

A) increase (ANSWER) B) decrease

C) remain unaffected D) have its shape changed

47) 1 Joule is Equal to

A) 10^3 ergs B) 10^6 ergs

C) 10^7 ergs (ANSWER) D) 10^5 ergs

48) It is more difficult to walk on ice than on a concrete road because

A) there is very little

B) ice is soft when compared
friction between the ice and
to concrete
feet pressing it (ANSWER)

C) there is more friction

D) None of these
between the ice and feet
49) Rain drops acquire spherical shape due to

B) surface
A) viscosity
tension(ANSWER)

C) friction D) elasticity
50) If a sound travels from air to water, the quantity that remain unchanged is

A) velocity B) frequency (ANSWER)

 C) wavelength D) amplitude
51) Air pressure is usually highest when the air is

A) warm and moist B) cool and dry

D) cool and
C) warm and dry
moist(ANSWER)
52) Sound following a flash of lightning is called

A) Stoning B) Bolting

C) Thunder (ANSWER) D) Cloud clash

53) Optical fiber works on the principle of

A) Scattering B) interference

C) total internal
D) refraction
reflection(ANSWER)
54) The rate of change of linear momentum of a body falling freely under gravity is
equal to it's ?

A) Kinetic Energy B) Weight (ANSWER)

C) Potential Energy D) Impulse

55) When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads
soon throughout the room. This is an example of

A) surface tension B) capillarity

C) viscosity D) diffusion(ANSWER)
56) Which is best used as a sound absorbing material in partition walls ?

A) Stone chips B) Steel

C) Glass - wool (ANSWER) D) Glass pieces

57) Mirage is an example of
 A) Reflection of light &
B) Dispersion of light
Refraction of light

D) Refraction of light &

C) Total Internal Reflection Total Internal Reflection of
light (ANSWER)
58) If lift is going up with acceleration, the apparent weight of a body is

A) may be more or less than B) more than the true

true weight weight (ANSWER)

C) less than the true weight D) equal to the true weight

59) A periscope works by the principle of

A) Total internal
B) Refraction
reflection (ANSWER)

C) Diffraction D) Reflection & Refraction

60) Skating on ice is possible because

A) the surface of ice is

B) ice is cold
smooth

C) the pressure on the ice

due to skate melts the ice by D) the pressure on the ice
lowering its melting point due to skate raises its
forming a thin film of melting point
water(ANSWER)
61) No current will flow between two charged bodies if they have the same

A) resistance B) charge

C) potential (ANSWER) D) charge/ potential ratio

62) Pieces of camphor placed on water move about rapidly. This is because of

A) diffusion B) viscosity
 C) surface
D) capillarity
tension (ANSWER)
63) What is the SI unit of pressure

A) Pascal(ANSWER) B) Dyne

C) Newton D) Jule
64) Which liquid is the most viscous?

A) Water B) Diesel

C) Milk D) Oil (ANSWER)

65) The core of an electromagnet is made of soft iron because soft iron has

A) small susceptibility and B) large susceptibility and

small retentivity small retentivity (ANSWER)

C) large density and large D) small density and large

retentivity retentivity
66) The base of an electric iron is brightly polished mainly

A) to make it smooth and

B) to make it rust-proof
frictionless

C) to reduce heat loss by

D) to make it more durable
radiation (ANSWER)
67) Masses of stars and galaxies are usually expressed in terms of

A) neutron mass B) earth's mass

C) solar mass (ANSWER) D) lunar mass

68) Which of the following physical quantities do not have same dimensions

A) Force and
B) Work and Energy
Pressure (ANSWER)
 C) Impulse and momentum D) Weight and Force
69) If a band is played on the moon the sound will

A) reverberate B) be heard by us faintly

D) not be heard at any

C) be heard up to 10km
distance at all from
from it
it (ANSWER)
70) To produce deflection in a television picture tube:

B) a magnetic field is
A) an electric field is used
used (ANSWER)

C) both electric and

D) none of the above
magnetic field are used
71) The Capacity of a Communication Channel is Measured in

A) Band rate B) Band width (ANSWER)

C) Data flow D) Bit capacity

72) What is the effective resistance (in Ω) of two resistors 21 Ω and 28 Ω connected
in parallel?

A) 49 B) 24

C) 12(ANSWER) D) 98
73) Which Color has the Longest Wavelength?

A) Violet B) Yellow

C) Red (ANSWER) D) White

74) Pick out the only scalar quantity

A) power (ANSWER) B) Electric field

C) magnetic momentum D) average velocity

75) The direction of heat flow between two objects depends on

A) Their masses B) Their heat contents

C) Their D) Whether they are in solid,

temperatures (ANSWER) liquid or gaseous state
76) If a carrier wave of 1000 kHz is used to carry the signal, the length of
transmitting antenna will be equal to ?

A) 300 m(ANSWER) B) 30 m

C) 3 m D) 0.3 m
77) When body is accelerated

A) its velocity never

B) its speed always changes
changes

C) its direction always D) its speed may or maynot

changes change (ANSWER)
78) Erg cross Sec is the unit of

A) Angular momentum B) Linear Momentum

C) Planck's
D) Energy
constant (ANSWER)
79) The modulus of elasticity for mild steel is approximately equal to

A) 210
B) 100 kN/mm2
kN/mm2 (ANSWER)

C) 80 kN/mm2 D) 10 kN/mm2
80) Energy is continuously generated in the sun due to

A) Nuclear
B) Nuclear fission
fusion (ANSWER)

C) Radioactivity D) Artificial radioactivity

81) If the velocity of a body is doubled its kinetic energy

A) is also doubled B) becomes half

D) become 4
C) becomes 1/4 th
times (ANSWER)
82) The image of an object formed on the retina of the eye is

A) virtual and upright B) virtual and inverted

C) real and
D) Real and upright
inverted (ANSWER)
83) The rotational effect of a force on a body about an axis of rotation is described in
terms of

A) Centre of gravity B) Centripetal force

D) Moment of
C) Centrifugal force
force(ANSWER)
84) The information of brilliant colors in a thin soap film is a consequence of the
phenomena of

A) Polarization and B) Diffraction and

interference dispersion

C) Multiple refraction and D) Multiple reflection and

dispersion interference (ANSWER)
85) Fog is an example of a

A) liquid dispersed in
B) solid dispersed in liquid
gas (ANSWER)

C) liquid dispersed in solid D) gas dispersed in liquid

86) Which of the following has the highest frequency?

A) Cosmic rays (ANSWER) B) X-rays

 C) Radio waves D) Microwaves
87) Which of the following is a scalar quantity

A) electric
B) electric field
current (ANSWER)

C) Acceleration D) linear momentum

88) One astronomical unit is the average distance between

A) Earth and the

B) Earth and the Moon
Sun (ANSWER)

C) Jupiter and the Sun D) Pluto and the Sun

89) Calculate the pressure (in Pa) if a thrust of 1000 N is applied to an area of 5 sq.m.

A) 200 (ANSWER) B) 50

C) 100 D) 25
90) The ringing of an electric bell in an enclosed evacuated glass bell jar is not heard
outside because

A) the ringing is not loud B) the glass of the bell jar

enough absorbs the sound waves

D) there is no air or any

C) the bell jar is too small other gas in the bell
jar (ANSWER)
91) The inability of a body to change its state of rest or uniform motion along a
straight line is called its

A) momentum B) velocity

C) acceleration D) inertia (ANSWER)

92) Any body kept in a fluid experiences an upward force called .

A) torque B) moment
 C) pressure D) upthrust(ANSWER)
93) A man jumping out of a moving train is thrown

A) forward (ANSWER) B) backward

C) sidewaqys D) None of these

94) Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to

A) gravitational
B) rotation of earth
pull (ANSWER)

C) revolution of earth D) uneven heating of earth

95) Formation of shadows can be explained by

A) rectilinear propagation of
B) reflection
light(ANSWER)

C) refraction D) total internal reflection

96) The quality of sound produced by an instrument depends on the

A) Frequency B) Intensity

C) Number of
D) None of these
overtones (ANSWER)
97) When light enters from air to water, then its

B) frequency is same but the

A) frequency increases and
wavelength is smaller in
speed decreases
water than in air (ANSWER)

C) frequency is same but the

D) frequency and speed both
wavelength is larger in
decreases
water than in air
98) What will be the acceleration produced when a force of 21 N is applied on an
object of mass 3 kg?
 A) 0.7 m/s2 B) 7 m/s2 (ANSWER)

C) 0.007 m/s2 D) 70 m/s2

99) What is the full form of "RADAR" ?

A) Radio Detection and B) Region Device and

Ranging (ANSWER) Ranging

D) Radio Device and

C) Radio Detect and Rangs
Ranging
100) A standing wave occurs when

A) a wave reflects upon B) the amplitude of a wave

itself (ANSWER) exceeds its wavelength

D) the speed of the wave is

C) two waves overlap
zero or near zero
101) Unit of solid angle is

A) degree B) radian

C) steradian (ANSWER) D) radian second

102) In a Cinema hall, the distance between the projector and the screen is increased
by 2%. Then the intensity of illumination on the screen is

A) decreased by 2% B) decreased by 4%

C) increased by 2% D) increased by 4%
103) Sound waves cannot travel in

A) Vacuum(ANSWER) B) Water

C) Glass D) Hydrogen gas

104) The capacity of a pure capacitor is 1 farad. In D.C circuit, its effective resistance
will be
 A) Zero B) Infinite(ANSWER)

C) 1 Ohm D) 1/2 Ohm

105) If a bicycle of mass 10 kg moves at a speed of 20 m/s, then the kinetic energy of
the bicycle is:

A) 2000 J(ANSWER) B) 400 J

C) 4000 J D) 200 J
106) is not an example of refraction of light.

A) Twinkling effect of stars B) Mirages

C) Lateral D) Bending of light while

inversion (ANSWER) passing through a medium
107) In very cold countries alcohol is used as a thermometric liquid because

A) alcohol is a poor B) alcohol can be coloured

conductor of heat for its level to be seen easily

C) its freezing point is very D) it will not stick to the

low (ANSWER) glass tube
108) When one enters a dark room after being in bright light one is not able to see
anything clearly for a while because

A) the retina of the eye B) the retina of the eye

moves forward moves backward

C) the iris is unable to dilate

the pupil immediately to be D) the eye has no power of
able to see accommodation
things (ANSWER)
109) Which of the following is not a transverse wave?

A) Light waves B) Radio waves

 C) Sound
D) All the above
waves (ANSWER)
110) At the Curie temperature, the ferromagnetic materials get converted into

A) Diamagnetic materials B) Non-magnetic materials

C) Paramagnetic
D) None of the others
materials (ANSWER)
111) which of the following physical quantity is dimensionless

A) angle B) strain

C) specific gravity D) all of these(ANSWER)

112) Which of the following electromagnetic waves has minimum wavelength?

A) Alpha B) Gamma (ANSWER)

C) Infrared D) X-rays
113) The thrust exerted by a body on a surface = ?

A) the volume of the body B) the density of the body

C) the weight of the

D) the mass of the body
body(ANSWER)
114) The focal length of a lens is 50 centimetre. Its power is:

A) 50 dioptre B) 1 dioptre

C) 10 dioptre D) 2 dioptre (ANSWER)

115) The ratio of the total distance travelled by a body to the total time taken by it is
its .

A) instantaneous velocity B) linear velocity

C) average
D) acceleration
speed (ANSWER)
116) Light travels slowest in

A) Glass (ANSWER) B) Water

C) Air D) Vacuum
117) The gravitational force of attraction between two bodies is
the distance between the two bodies.

A) inversely proportional to B) directly proportional to

the the square of

C) inversely proportional to D) directly proportional to

the square of (ANSWER) the
118) Sound becomes hazardous noise pollution at decibels?

A) above 120
B) above 80 db
db(ANSWER)

C) above 50 db D) above 30 db
119) Decibel is the unit of

B) intensity of
A) speed of light
sound(ANSWER)

C) intensity of heat D) None of these

120) Calculate the pressure (in Pa) if a thrust of 750 N is applied to an area of 5 m2.

A) 37.5 B) 150 (ANSWER)

C) 75 D) 100
121) Two metallic plate of equal thickness and coefficient thermal conductivity K1
and K2 put together face to face. A common plate is constructed. What is
equivalent K?

A) K1k2/k1+k2 B) 2k1k2/k1+k2 (ANSWER)

 C) K1+k2/k1k2 D) None
122) An object travels 15 m in 4 s and then another 16 m in 3 s. What is the average
speed of the object?

A) 5.17 ms-1 B) 4.43 ms-1(ANSWER)

C) 5.00 s-1 D) 6.17 ms-1

123) Find the acceleration (in m/s2) produced in a body of mass 2 kg when a force of
8 N is applied on it.

A) 4(ANSWER) B) 16

C) 8 D) 32
124) A piece of ice is floating in water kept in a beaker. When all the ice melts the
level of water will

A) first rise and then fall B) fall

C) remain the
D) rise
same (ANSWER)
125) If a body weighs 12N on the surface of the earth, how much will it weigh on the
surface of the moon where acceleration due to gravity is only one-sixth of that on
earth's surface?

A) 12N B) 2N(ANSWER)

C) 10N D) 6N
126) Which of the following represents a relation for ‘heat lost = heat gained’?

A) Principle of thermal
B) Principle of colors
equilibrium

C) Principle of
D) Principle of vaporization
calorimetry (ANSWER)
127) How many millimeters make ten kilometers?
 A) 1010 B) 109

C) 108 D) 107 (ANSWER)

128) Resistance of human body in dry condition

A) 10 ohm B) 1000 ohm

C) 10000 ohm D) 100000 ohm(ANSWER)

129) Which of these is not a simple machine?

A) a pair of
B) a lever
scissors (ANSWER)

C) a ramp D) the pulley

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

B) the stone conveys the heat

A) the floor and carpet are away from the feet more
at different temperatures rapidly than the
carpet (ANSWER)

C) the carpet is a better D) the human body

conductor of heat than the maintains a constant
stone temperature
131) Hydrogen atom is excited from ground state to another state with principal
quantum number equal to 4. Then the number of spectral lines in the emission
spectra will be

A) 2 B) 6 (ANSWER)

C) 5 D) 3
132) Skids occur when the brakes are applied so hard that the front or rear wheels lose
traction are called as

A) Cornering B) Blowout
 C) Power D) Braking(ANSWER)
133) Why doesn’t the hydrogen atom emit X-rays?

A) It is very small in size B) It has only one electron

C) Its energy levels are very

close to each D) it is highly electropositive
other (ANSWER)
134) Which of the following is NOT an example of non-uniform motion?

A) A man running a 800 m B) The rotation of the blades

race (ANSWER) of a ceiling fan

C) A car moving on a D) A person jogging in a

crowded street park
135) Sound waves can not travel through a

A) copper wire placed in air B) silver slab placed in air

D) wooden hollow pipe

C) glass prism placed in
placed in
water
vacuum(ANSWER)
136) When an electric bulb breaks , there is an explosive sound. That is due to

A) the chemical reaction

B) the compressed gases
between the gases inside the
inside rushing out suddenly
bulb

C) the air outside rushing in

to fill the vacuum inside the D) None of these
bulb (ANSWER)
137) Water kept in an earthen pot is less cool on rainy days than in summer because
during the rainy days

A) the pores in the pot are B) rain water stops oozing

closed out from the pores
 C) the water that oozes out
does not evaporate quickly
D) surface of the pot
because of the large
becomes damp
percentage of moisture in
the air (ANSWER)
138) Water has maximum density at............

A) 0 C B) -15 C

C) 4 C (ANSWER) D) 15 C
139) If an object is at infinity, what will be the position of an image formed due to
convex lens?

A) At infinity B) At focal point

C) Beyond F2 D) On C2
140) When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other
side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is

A) the violet ray B) the red ray (ANSWER)

C) the green ray D) the blue ray

141) What causes brownian motion in colloids?

A) coagulation of particles
B) erratic flashes of light
and the dispersed phase

C) molecules of the
dispersion medium colliding
D) All the above
with dispersed phase
particles (ANSWER)
142) On the Kelvin scale ,the melting point of ice is

A) 373K B) 100K

C) 273K (ANSWER) D) 0 K
143) If V/I is a constant, it is called:

A) Potential difference B) Current

C) Coulomb D) Resistance(ANSWER)
144) 1 kWh = × 106J.

A) 36 B) 3.6 (ANSWER)

C) 6.4 D) 64
145) An object is placed at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror. Its image is
formed at

B) a point between focus and

A) a point beyond centre of
centre of
curvature
curvature (ANSWER)

C) the centre of curvature D) the focus

146) What color does blue and yellow make?

A) Green (ANSWER) B) Black

C) Red D) White
147) Which one of the following groups have quantities that do not have the same
dimensions

A) pressure, stress B) velocity, speed

C) force,
D) work, energy
impulse(ANSWER)
148) The .......... between two bodies are always equal and opposite.

A) inertia B) forces (ANSWER)

C) pressure D) momentum
149) A device G.M counter is used for the measurement of which of the following?
 A) Speed of air B) Mass number

C)
D) Valence
Radioactivity (ANSWER)
150) Find the work done (in J) when a charge of 20 C moves across a potential
difference of 4 V.

A) 5 B) 40

C) 80 (ANSWER) D) 10
151) If an empty cylinder is half filled with a liquid, its center of gravity is

B) shifted
A) shifted upwards
downwards (ANSWER)

D) shifted upward or
C) shifed neither upward
downward depending on the
nor downward
density of the liquid
152) A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is
due to

A) the heat emitted by the B) the greenhouse

engine effect (ANSWER)

C) the good conducting D) the double layered wind

power of the metal body shield
153) Which of the following is based on the principle of nuclear fusion?

B) Hydrogen
A) Atomic bomb
bomb (ANSWER)

C) Both Atomic and

D) No option is correct
Hydrogen bomb
154) Newton's second law of motion ............
 A) is also called as law of B) is also called as law of
conservation of momentum. inertia

C) describes the relationship

D) explains about change in
between the forces on two
momentum. (ANSWER)
interacting objects.
155) Rocket works on the principle of conservation of

A) Momentum (ANSWER) B) Mass

C) Velocity D) Energy
156) What is measured with the Nephelometer?

B) Cloud volume and

A) volume of rainfall
speed (ANSWER)

C) Salinity of Sea D) All options are correct.

157) In a vacuum, all electromagnetic waves have the same

A) Velocity (ANSWER) B) Wavelenth

C) Frequency D) All the above

158) Which of the following effects is not produced by current?

B) Contraction
A) Chemical effect
effect(ANSWER)

C) Heating effect D) Magnetic effect

159) Joule/coulomb is the same as:

A) 1 volt (ANSWER) B) 1 kWh

C) 1 watt D) 1 ohm
160) Ozone at the higher level of the atmosphere is a product of acting on
oxygen molecules.
 A) IR radiation B) UV radiation (ANSWER)

C) gamma rays D) x-rays

161) The movement of air from one region to the other creates .

A) clouds B) lightning

C) winds(ANSWER) D) humidity
162) As an object falls freely its .

A) kinetic energy gets B) potential energy gets

converted into potential converted into kinetic
energy energy (ANSWER)

C) momentum gets
D) gravitational force gets
converted into gravitational
converted into momentum
force
163) If two charged bodies having equal potential are connected through a conducting
wire, then:

B) current flows from

A) magnetic induction flows
positive to negative

C) current will not D) current will flow from

flow (ANSWER) negative to positive
164) Metals are good conductors of electricity because

A) The atoms are lightly B) They contain free

packed electrons (ANSWER)

C) They have high melting

D) All the above
point
165) A convex mirror is used to form an image of a real object. The image

A) is diminished in size B) is erect

 C) always lies between the D) all of the
pole and the focus above(ANSWER)
166) Cryogenic Engines find applications in

A) Frost - Free refrigerators B) Sub-marine propulsion

C) Researches in D) Rocket
superconductivity technology(ANSWER)
167) The SI unit of thrust is ......

A) Pascal B) Ohm

C) Newton (ANSWER) D) Joule

168) What type of simple machine is an axe?

A) Lever B) Wedge

C) Both A & B (ANSWER) D) The screw

169) Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic electric installation. One of them
glows brighter than the other. Then

A) the brighter bulb has

B) the brighter bulb has
smaller
larger resistance
resistance (ANSWER)

C) both the bulbs have the

D) none of these
same resistance
170) Rate of doing work is called

A) Capacity B) Energy

C) Power(ANSWER) D) Current
171) Parsec is the unit of

A) distance (ANSWER) B) time

 C) intensity of light D) magnetic line
172) Find the potential energy gained by a body of mass 60 kg, if it is raised by 12 m.
(use g = 10 m/s2)

A) 7200 (ANSWER) B) 50

C) 3600 D) 25
173) Kilohertz is a unit which measures

A) Electromagnetic radio
wave B) Electric resistance
frequencies (ANSWER)

C) Power used by a current

D) Voltage
of one ampere
174) An object of 2 kg is moving with an acceleration of 4 m/s2m/s2. The net force
acting on it is

A) 4.0 N B) 8.0 N(ANSWER)

C) 0.5 N D) 2.0 N
175) The relative density of a substance is the .

A) ratio of its density to the

B) ratio of the density of
density of
water to its density
water (ANSWER)

C) product of the density of D) ratio of the volume of

water to its density water to its volume
176) Distance of stars are measured in

A) Galactic unit B) seller mile

C) Cosmic Kilometre D) Light year(ANSWER)

177) Mass / Volume =
 A) Pressure B) Area

C) Density(ANSWER) D) Force
178) Which of the following wave CANNOT propagate in a vacuum?

A) X-rays B) Radio waves

D) Ultrasonic
C) UV-rays
waves(ANSWER)
179) Which is a common first indicator of an approaching thunderstorm?

A) too hot B) heavy wind

C) a buildup of dark
D) lightning
clouds(ANSWER)
180) When the vibrating object moves backwards, it creates a region of low pressure
in the medium called .

A) elongation B) perpetuation

C) gyration D) rarefaction (ANSWER)

181) Where warm air rises up, the air .

A) pressure at that place is B) pressure at that place is

lowered (ANSWER) raised

C) humidity at that place is D) humidity at that place is

lowered raised
182) Which results in an increase in power?

A) doing more work in less B) doing less work in more

time. (ANSWER) time.

C) doing less work in less D) doing more work in more

time. time.
183) If the Distance-Time graph is a curve then it represents
 B) constant
A) uniform speed
displacement (ANSWER)

C) uniform momentum D) non-uniform speed

184) Compressions and rarefactions are due to variability of:

A) magnetic difference B) ray refraction

C) air pressure (ANSWER) D) temperature difference

185) Which law is also called law of inertia ?

A) Newton first
B) Newton second law
law(ANSWER)

C) Newton third law D) All of above

186) Curie is the unit of

A) temperature B) radio activity(ANSWER)

C) heat D) energy
187) Sound is produced by objects.

A) perpetual B) uniform

C) stable D) vibrating(ANSWER)
188) Which of the following are Mechanical waves?

A) X rays B) Radio waves

C) Microwaves D) Sound waves(ANSWER)

189) Quantitatively, the inertia of an object is measured by .

B) the product of its mass

A) its weight
and velocity
 D) the product of its mass
C) its mass (ANSWER)
and acceleration
190) What is the heat released by a heating filament rated 20 W when it is kept on for
2 seconds?

A) 40 (ANSWER) B) 10

C) 80 D) 20
191) Which of the following is NOT an equation of motion?

A) s = ut + 1/2at2 B) v = u + a

C)
D) v2 = u2 + 2as
s = ut + 1/2at3 (ANSWER)
192) 5.6 kwh =?

A) 14.4 × 108J B) 14.4 × 106 J

C)
D) 14.4 × 105 J
20.16 × 106 J (ANSWER)
193) A forensic tool used to identify the chemical makeup?

A) calibur B) lie detector

C) gas
D) ballistics
chromatograph (ANSWER)
194) A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A
man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

A) a parabola (ANSWER) B) a horizontal straight line

C) a vertical straight line D) a circle

195) Which instrument measures AF signal level and noise?

A) Vectorscope B) VU meter
 C) Q meter D) Psophometer (ANSWER)
196) What is the formula of average velocity?

B) Vav = (u +
A) Vav = u − v/2
v)/2 (ANSWER)

C) Vav = u + v D) V = s/t
197) .........never occurs singly in nature.

A) Force (ANSWER) B) Momentum

C) Velocity D) Pressure
198) The instrument used to regulate temperature to particular degree is called

A) Thermostat (ANSWER) B) Thermometer

C) Pyrometer D) Thermocouple
199) The power of a lens is —2.5 D. The type of lens and its focal length are
respectively:

B) Concave, -0.40
A) Convex, -0.40 m
m (ANSWER)

C) Concave, 0.40 m D) Convex, 0.40 m

200) Max well is the unit of

A) intensity of
B) permeability
magnetization

C) magnetic
D) magnetic susceptibility
flux (ANSWER)