Physics Marks: 40 MCQS (40 marks)
1. Newton-second is SI unit of
(A) Angular momentum (B) momentum (C) Energy (D) velocity
2. When sun rays fall on a stone and water on a beaker the stone becomes hot
quickly as compared to water because of
(A) More heat capacity than water (B) more thermal expansion than water
(C) Less specific heat capacity than water (D) less latent heat of fusion
3. Value of g at equator is
(A) More (B) Same (C) equal (D) less
4. A man goes 10m towards north then 20m towards east then displacement
is…
(A) 25m (B) 25.5m (C) 22.5m (D) 30m
5. Which one is one dimensional motion?
(A) Landing of an aircraft (B) Earth revolving around sun
(C) Motion of wheels of moving train (D) Train running on straight track
6. A 150m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45km/hr. The time
taken by the train to cross a bridge of length 850m is
(A) 56s (B) 68s (C) 80s (D) 92s
7. When we jump out of boat standing in water it moves
(A) Sideways (B) Backward
(C) Forward (D) None
8. Construction of Submarines works on
(A) Newton’s laws (B) Archimedes principle (C) Pascal’s law (D) Density
9. Branch of physics deals with the study of Light is called
(A) Electricity (B) Optics
(C) Geo physics (D) Plasma
10. Least count of Vernier caliper is
(A) 0.01mm (B) 0.1mm
(C) 1cm (D) 1mm
11. Unit of G in terms of basic quantities is
(A) Kg3m2s (B) m3kg-1s-2 (C) kgms (D) s3kg3m2
12. Basic quantities are
(A) Vector (B) Scalar (C) Tensor (D) Both a and
13. The ratio of numerical values of average velocity and average speed of
body is always
(A) Unity (B) Unity or less (C) Unity or more (D) Less than unity
14. Inertia of body is quantitative measure of its
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(A) Volume (B) mass (C) density (D) temperature
15. A man is in a car moving with velocity of 36km/hr. His speed with respect
to the car is
(A) 10m/s (B) zero (C) 20m/s (D) infinite
16. A student attempts to pull himself by tugging on his hair. He will not
succeed because
(A) As the force exerted is small
(B) The frictional force while gripping is small
(C) Newton’s law is not applicable to living beings
(D) As the force applied is internal to the system
17. Walking is due to Newton’s
(A) 1st law (B) 2nd law (C) 3rd Law (D) Law of gravity
18. Original source of biomass energy is
(A) Moon (B) Sun (C) Geothermal (D) wastes
19. Reason of weightlessness in a satellite is
(A) Zero gravity (B) Centre of mass
(C) Zero reaction force by satellite force (D) Not predicted
20. The tidal waves in the sea are primarily due to
(A) The gravitational effect of the moon on the earth
(B) The gravitational effect of the sun on earth
(C) The gravitational effect of venus on earth
(D) The atmospheric effect of earth itself
21. Earth binds the atmosphere because of
(A) Oxygen between earth and atmosphere
(B) Gravity
(C) Both a and b
(D) Green house gases
22. Work done by centripetal force is
(A) Maximum (B) Zero (C) negative (D) positive
23. A body of mass 2kg is dropped from height of 1m its kinetic energy as it
touches the ground is
(A) 20N (B) 20J (C) 20kg (D) 39J
24. Which one is scalar quantity?
(A) Displacement (B) Electric field (C) Acceleration (D) Work
25. The average power required to lift a 100kg mass through a height of 50m
in approximately 50s would be
(A) 50W (B) 5000W (C) 1000W (D) 100W
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26. A ladder leaning at wall satisfy ….condition of equilibrium
(A) 1st (B) 2nd (C) Both a and b (D) No condition
27 A wall hanging satisfy
(A) 1st (B) 2nd (C) Both a and b (D) No condition
28. If the axis of rotation of body passes through itself then torque will be
(A) Maximum (B) zero (C) Minimum (D) negative
29 . Clockwise torque is taken as
(A) Positive (B) Negative (C) zero (D) maximum
30. Why the dam of water reservoir is thick at bottom
(A) Quantity of water increases with depth
(B) Density of water increases with depth
(C) Pressure of water increases with depth
(D) Temperature of water increases with depth
31. In which process convection does not occur
(A) Sea and land breeze (B) Boiling of water
(C) Warming of glass of bulb due to filament
(D) Heating around a furnace
32. In which process the rate of heat transfer is maximum
(A) Conduction (B) Convection
(C) Radiation (D) in all heat transferred with same velocity
33. The layers of atmosphere are heated through
(A) Conduction (B) convection (C) radiation (D) Both a and c
34. it is harder for the same distance over the top of a fire than it is in the side
of it, because
(A) Air conducts heat upward
(B) Heat is radiated upwards
© Convection takes more heat upwards
(D) All modes contributes in transfer heat
35. A uniformly tapering vessel is filled with liquid having density
900kg/m3.The force that acts on the base of vessel due to liquid with
volume 2x10-3m3. Take g=10m/s2
(A) 3.6N (B) 7.2N (C) 9.0N (D) 14.4N
36. A large ship can float but a steel needle sinks because of
(A) Viscosity (B) Density (C) Surface tension (D) liquid pressure
37. Oxygen boils at -183C this temperature is approximately
(A) 215F (B) -297F (C) 329F (D) 361F
38. On which scale temperature is never negative
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(A) Celsius (B) Kelvin (C) Farenheit (D) Reaumur
39. in cold countries, water pipes sometimes burst because
(A) Pipe contracts
(B) Water expands on freezing
© When water freezes pressure increases
(D) When water freezes it takes heat from pipes
40. Water is used to cool radiators of engines because
(A) Its lower density
(B) It is easily available
(C) It is cheap
(D) It has high specific heat CRQS
QNO: 01 Describe any two states of equilibrium with 2 examples each.
(3 marks)
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QNO: 02 Can earth be attracted by a body according to Newton’s 3 rd law?
(2 marks)
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QNO: 03 why evaporation causes cooling? (3 marks)
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QNO: 04 Calculate the thermal conductivity of a material having area 12m 2 and
thickness 0.4m and transfer heat 500J at rate of 5s maintained at temperature
difference of 70K (3 marks)
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QNO: 05 Differentiate between Plasma and Geo physics (2 Marks)
Plasma Geo
1. 1
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QNO: 06 (a) Calculate the time taken by a body of mass 40kg at a height 20m
with power of 250w. (6 marks) ERQS
OR
(b) A stone falls from a balloon that is descending at uniform rate of
12m/s. The displacement of stone from the point of release after 10s is
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QNO: 07 EITHER
Explain the Archimedes principle (6 marks)
OR
A bullet of mass 20g is fired from a gun with a muzzle velocity 100m/s. Find
the recoil of gun if its mass is 5kg. (5 Marks)
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Regards: Sir Ishaque Dahot
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