Physics MCQ (SET -1)

Q.1 Name of the instrument to measure atomspheric pressure ?

a) Barometer b) Barograph c) Bolometer d) Calliper

Q.2 Kwh unit is used to measure

a) Power b) Enery c) Electric Charge d) Electric Current

Q.3 SI unit of heat capacity is

a) Joule b) Joule ⁄ kg c) Joule ⁄ (kg × kelvin) d) Joule ⁄ kelvin

Q.4 A man presses more weight on earth at:

a) Sitting position b) Standing Position c) Lying Position d) None of these

Q.5 A piece of ice is dropped in a vesel containing kerosene. When ice melts, the level of
kerosene will
a) Rise b) Fall c) Remain Same d) None of these

Q.6 Young's modulus is the property of

a) Gas only b) Both Solid and Liquid c) Liquid only d) Solid only

Q.7 Product of Force and Velocity is called:

a) Work b) Power c) Energy d) Momentum

Q.8 Which one of the following has the highest value of specific heat ?
a) Alcohol b) Methane c) Kerosene d) Water

Q.9 With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance
a) Increases b) Decreases c) Remains Same d) Becomes zero

Q.10 The rotational effect of a force on a body about an axis of rotation is described in terms
of the
a) Centre of gravity b) Centripetal force c) Centrifugal force d) Moment of force

Q.11 Specific heat capacity of a substance is equal to

a) mass of substance × heat capacity b) heat capacity ⁄ mass of substance
c) mass of substance ⁄ heat capacity d) None of above

Q.12 If no external force acts on a system of bodies, the total linear momentum of the system
of bodies remains constant. Which law states that ?
a) Newton's first law b) Newton's Second Law
c) Newton's Third Law d) Principle of conservation of linear momentum

Q.13 Which law is also called the law of inertia ?

a) Newton's first law b) Newton's Second Law
c) Newton's Third Law d) All of these

Q.14 What is the unit of Astronomical Distance ?

a) Light year b) Angstrom c) Weber d) Lux

Q.15 Energy possessed by a body in motion is called

a) Kinetic Energy b) Potential Energy c) Both A and B d) None of these
Q.16 If a lift is going up with acceleration, the apparent weight of a body is
a) More or less the true weight b) Equal to the true weight
c) Less than the true weight d) More than the true weight

Q.17 What is the scale used for measuring the intensity of the earthquake?
a) Metric Scale b) Quake Scale c) Richter Scale d) Epicentre Scale

Q.18 If heat capacity of a 10 g of a substance is 300 J K-1, heat capacity of a 100 g of same
substance would be equal to
a) 3 J ⁄ K b) 30 J ⁄ K c) 300 J ⁄ K d) 3000 J ⁄ K

Q.19 Assuming heat capacity of a 10 g of water to be 42 J ⁄ K, heat required to raise its

temperature from 25 °C to 35 °C would be
a) 42 J b) 420 J c) 4200 J d) None of above

Q.20 Potential energy and kinetic energy are types of

a) Electrical energy b) Magnetic energy c) Thermal energy d) Mechanical energy

Q.21 A car uses total energy of 2500 J and output is 750 J. efficiency of car is
a) 50% b) 30% c) 25% d) 80%

Q.22 In order to do work, energy is

a) transferred or converted b) used up c) lost d) lost or transferred

Q.23 Total distance covered in total time taken is termed as

a) instantaneous speed b) average speed c) uniform speed d) variable speed

Q.24 Distance in specified direction is termed as

a) Directional Distance b) Uni-directional Distance
c) Displacement d) Directional Displacement

Q.25 Speed of truck is 40 ms-1, after 10 seconds its speed decreases to 20 ms-1, its acceleration
is
a) −1 m/s2 b) −2 m/s2 c) −4 m/s2 d) −5 m/s2

Q.26 A car travels a distance of 15 km with a constant force of 500 N, its work done is
a) 7500000 J b) 30 J c) 15500 J d) 14500 J

Q.27 An object is lifted 5 m above levelled ground, mass of object is 20 kg and gravitational
pull is 10 N kg-1, Ep of object is
a) 40 J b) 1000 J c) 2.5 J d) 0.4 J

Q.28 To convert density of kgm-3 into gcm-3, we divide quantities with

a)100 b) 10 c) 200 d) 1000

Q.29 Force due to pull of gravity is called

a) Weight b) Force c) Mass d) Tension

Q.30 When force is applied on an object but object does not move, it means that
a) no power is used b) work is done c) no work is done d) power is used
Q.31 In prefix form, 0.000001 would be expressed as
a) 0.1 mm b) 0.01 mm c) 0.001 mm d) 0.0001 mm

Q.32 For a simple pendulum, relation between periodic time 'T', length of pendulum 'l' and
acceleration due to gravity 'g' is given by
a) T = 2π ( l ⁄ √g ) b) T = 2π ( l ⁄ g ) c) T = 2π √l ⁄ g d) None of above

Q.33 Absolute zero on Kelvin scale is equal to

a) 373 K b) 273 K c) 0 K d) None of above

Q.34 Every temperature measuring instrument makes use of a physical property of a

substance in order to measure temperature objectively, which physical property is used by
Mercury-in-glass thermometer?
a) Electromotive force b) Volume of a fixed mass of liquid
c) resistance of a piece of metal d) Pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume

Q.35 Magnitude of coefficient of viscosity is given by

a) frictional force ⁄ (area × velocity gradient) b) (frictional force × velocity gradient) ⁄ area
c) (frictional force × area) ⁄ velocity gradient d) None of above

Q.36 Dimensions of coefficient of friction are

a) [MLT-2] b) [M-1L-1T²] c) [ML-1T-1] d) It's a dimensionless quantity

Q.37 Temperature of core of earth is equal to 3727 °C. This temperature in Kelvins is equal to
a) 4000 K b) 3727 K c) 3454 K d) None of above

Q.38 A velocity-time graph can give you

a) Velocity of moving object b) Acceleration of moving object
c) Displacement of moving object d) All of above

Q.39 A car covers a distance of 5 km in 5 mins, its average speed is equal to

a) 1 km ⁄ h b) 25 km ⁄ h c) 60 km ⁄ h d) None of above

Q.40 Gradient of a displacement-time graph gives

a) Velocity of moving object b) Distance travelled by object
c) Acceleration of moving object d) None of above

Q.41 Speed of light in vacuum is

a) 0.3 × 107 m s-1 b) 3 × 107 m s-1 c) 30 × 107 m s-1 d) None of above

Q.42 Physical quantities are also known as

a) Derived quantities b) Base quantities
c) Professional quantities d) Energetic quantities

Q.43 A meter rule can measure a maximum length of

a) 0.5 meter b) 1 meter c) 1.5 meter d) 2 meter

Q.44 One of characteristics of air resistance is

a) It does not oppose motion b) It decreases with speed of object
c) It decreases with surface area d) It increases with density of air
Q.45 SI unit for current is
a) Volts b) Watts c) Ohms d) Ampere

Q.46 When speed of object changes, velocity

a) remains same b) also changes c) decreases d) increases

Q.47 Statement related to process of evaporation that is incorrect is

a) Evaporation occurs at any temperature b) Evaporation takes place within liquid
c) Temperature may change during evaporation
d) No bubbles are formed in liquid during evaporation

Q.48 Specific latent heat of fusion is

a) amount of heat required to raise temperature of a 1 kg of a substance by 1 K
b) amount of heat required to change phase of a substance from solid to liquid without any change
in temperature
c) amount of heat required to change phase of a 1 kg of substance from solid to liquid without any
change in temperature
d) amount of heat required to change phase of a 1 kg of substance from liquid to gas without any
change in temperature.

Q.49 SI unit for light intensity is

a) Candela b) Watts c) Joules d) Kelvin

Q.50 SI unit' stands for

a) Symbolically Integrated Unit b) Standard Integrated Unit
c) Scientific International Unit d) Standard International Unit

Q.51 Change of distance in a specified direction per unit time is termed as

a) Acceleration b) Velocity c) Speed d) Directional Speed

Q.52 Error due to eye vision is termed as

a) climax error b) sight error c) parallax error d) visional error

Q.53 Time is calibrated using oscillation of

a) Rubidium atom b) Cesium atom c) Strontium Atom d) Uranium atom

Q.54 If we drop a rock and a small pebble, one to reach ground first will be
a) Rock b) Pebble c) Both at same time d) can't say

Q.55 Adding of two vectors to get a single vector is termed as

a) Final vector b) Resultant vector c) Dominant vector d) Recessive vector

Q.56 In scalar, there is only addition and subtraction of

a) Number b) Number according to direction
c) Number according to unit d) B and C both

Q.57 Maximum displacement from equilibrium position is

a) frequency b) amplitude c) wavelength d) period

Q.58 When there is no external torque acting on a body moving in elliptical path, which of the
following quantities remain constant
a) kinetic energy b) potential energy c) linear momentum d) angular momentum
Q.59 If a solid sphere, disc and cylinder are allowed to roll down an inclined plane from the
same height
a) cylinder will reach the bottom first b) disc will reach the bottom first
c) sphere will reach the bottom first d) all will reach the bottom at the same time

Q. 60 A solid homogeneous sphere is moving on a rough horizontal surface, partly rolling and
partly sliding. During this kind of motion of this sphere
a) total kinetic energy is conserved
b) angular momentum of the sphere about the point of contact with the plane is conserved
c) only the rotational kinetic energy about the centre of mass is conserved.
d) angular momentum about the centre of mass is conserved.
Answer Key:
1. a 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. d 9. a 10. d
11. b 12. d 13. a 14. a 15. a 16. d 17. c 18. d 19. b 20. d
21. c 22. a 23. b 24. c 25. b 26. a 27. b 28. d 29. a 30. c
31. c 32. c 33. c 34. b 35. a 36. d 37. a 38. d 39. c 40. a
41. c 42. b 43. b 44. d 45. d 46. b 47. b 48. c 49. a 50. d
51. b 52. c 53. b 54. c 55. b 56. a 57. b 58. d 59. c 60. b