Question | Option1 | Option2 | Option3 | Option4 | Answer |
Total internal reflection can occur when lights passes from: | a denser to rarer medium | a rarer to denser medium | one medium to another of equal refractive index | medium to another of equal absorption coefficient | 1 |
Sound energy is converted into electrical energy in a: | loud speaker | microphone | sonometer | earphone | 2 |
The numerical value of average velocity to average speed is: | always less than one | always greater than one | always equal to one | equal or less than one | 1 |
Newton’s first law of motion gives the concept of: | energy | work | inertia | momentum | 3 |
The mass of a particle at the centre of the earth is: | zero | slightly more than at the poles | infinite | same as at the poles | 4 |
The rear view mirror in a car is: | plane mirror | concave mirror | convex mirror | None | 3 |
A convex mirror gives an image which is: | real and inverted | virtual and inverted | virtual and erected | virtual and magnified | 3 |
A boat full of scrap iron is floating on water in a lake. If all the iron is dropped into water the water level will: | go up | remain the same | rise very high | fall down | 4 |
The velocity of electromagnetic wave is: | 2 ×10#8m/s | 3 ×10#11cm/s | 332m/s | 3 ×10#8m/s | 4 |
An object is projected upwards with a velocity of 100 m/s. It will strike the ground in about: | 5s | 10s | 20s | 15s | 3 |
An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are released from the same height h in vacuum. The time taken by both of them to reach the ground are: | roughly equal | zero | exactly equal | unequal | 3 |
When the resultant force on a body is not zero it produces: | linear acceleration | angular acceleration | constant velocity | inertia | 1 |
The most characteristic property of a liquid is: | elasticity | fluidity | formlessness | volume conservation | 4 |
The velocity of sound is largest in: | air | water | steel rod | kerosene oil | 3 |
A bulb is marked 110W-220V. The resistance of the filament is: | 110 ohm | 220 ohm | 440 ohm | 2 ohm | 3 |
A rocket works on the principle of: | conservation of mass | conservation of energy | conservation of linear momentu | conservation of angular momentum | 3 |
Of the following which is not a scalar quantity? | time | momentum | volume | density | 2 |
Pressure exerted by a liquid depends upon: | density | surface tension | viscosity | buoyancy | 1 |
Principle of transmission of pressure is stated by: | Charle’s law | Newton’s law | Pascal’s law | Boyle’s law | 3 |
Water reservoirs are made thicker at the bottom rather than at the top because: | water is denser at the bottom | pressure is greater at the bottom | P.E. of water is greater at the bottom | K.E. of water is greater at the bottom | 2 |
Atmospheric pressure is measured by using: | hydrometer | thermometer | calorimeter | barometer | 4 |
A piece of ice is floating in jar containing water. When the ice melts then the level of water: | rises | falls | remains unchanged | rises or falls depending on the mass of the ice | 3 |
Which one of the following would a hydrogen balloon find easiest to lift? | 1 kg of steel | 1 kg of lightly packed feather | 1 kg of water | all the same | 2 |
A conical vessel of vertical height h filled with a liquid of density d rests on its base. If g is the acceleration due of gravity, the pressure at the point on the base is: | 1/3 dgh | 1/2 dgh | 2/3 dgh | dgh | 4 |
A wooden cube just floats inside the water when a 200 gm mass is placed on it. When the mass is removed the cube is 2 cm above the water level. The side of the cube is: | 5 cm | 10 cm | 15 cm | 20 cm | 2 |
The walls of the music concert halls: | amplify sound | refract sound | produce reverberation | absorb sound | 3 |
A body of volume 100 cc immersed completely in water contained in a jar. The weight of water and jar before immersion of the body was 700 gm. After immersion, the weight of water and jar will be: | 500 gm | 700 gm | 100 gm | 800 gm | 4 |
The internal energy of a gas molecule of an ideal gas depends on: | pressure alone | volume alone | temperature alone | none | 3 |
Sound when a tuning fork vibrates the waves produced in the fork are: | longitudinal | transverse | progressive | stationary | 4 |
Which one of the following characteristics of the sound is affected by the change in temperature? | wavelength | amplitude | intensity | frequency | 1 |
A man is standing between the two cliffs. On clapping his hands a series of echoes are heard at the intervals of 1.5 sec. If the speed of sound is 350 m/s the distance between two cliffs is: | 175 m | 350 m | 525 m | 700 m | 3 |
The distinction between the voice of a man and that of woman is possible because of difference between: | loudness of two sounds | intensity of two sounds | pitch of two sounds | quality of two sounds | 3 |
The speed of sound in air is 350 m/s. The frequency of the tuning fork that produces sound wave of wavelength 7x10-3 m in air is: | 4000 Hz | 4200 Hz | 4500 Hz | 50000 Hz | 4 |
The factor that helps to recognize a person by his voice is: | loudness | pitch | intensity | quality | 2 |
Decibel is the unit of: | light intensity | sound intensity | heat intensity | none of above | 2 |
What causes reverberation? | reflection | refraction | interference | absorption | 1 |
In an empty hall, we hear sounds louder than in a hall packed with people. It is because of: | less absorption of sound | doppler effect | refraction of sound | change in speed of sound | 1 |
The weightlessness is experienced while orbiting the earth in a spaceship is the result of: | centripetal acceleration | zero acceleration due to gravity | inertia | none | 2 |
The escape velocity of a projectile from the earth is approximately: | 7 km/s | 11.2 km/s | 1.1 km/s | 11.2 m/s | 2 |
An object is projected upwards with a velocity of 100 m/s. It will strike the ground in about: | 5s | 10s | 20s | 15s | 3 |
A stone dropped from a bridge reaches the bottom in 4s. The height of the bridge is: | 78.4 m | 64 ft | 2000 cm | 260 m | 1 |
A ball drawn vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 19.6 m/s returns in 4s. The maximum height attained by the ball is: | 19.6m | 26.7m | 9.8m | none | 1 |
Ball pen functions on the principle of: | viscosity | Boyle’s law | gravitational force | surface tension | 4 |
Sound waves in air are: | transverse wave | longitudinal wave | may be both types | none | 2 |
Which is used in measurement of high temperature: | mercury thermometer | platinum resistance thermometer | thermo electric pyrometers | none | 3 |
The thermal capacity of 40gm of aluminum of specific heat 0.2 cal/gm0C is: | 0.4 cal/oC | 160 cal/oC | 8 cal/oC | 4000 cal/oC | 3 |
Mercury thermometer can be used to measure temperature up to: | 360 oC | 500 oC | 212 oC | 100 oC | 3 |
When 20 gm of water is heated from 10 oC to 15 oC , the required energy in joule is: | 420 | 22 | 44 | 1000 |