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PHY 111 Exam

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about basic physics topics including measurement, instruments, forces, properties of materials and optics. The questions cover concepts such as errors and uncertainties in measurement, types of collisions, centers of gravity, damping forces in oscillating systems, elastic properties of springs, and properties of liquids and mirrors.

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PHY 111 Exam

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about basic physics topics including measurement, instruments, forces, properties of materials and optics. The questions cover concepts such as errors and uncertainties in measurement, types of collisions, centers of gravity, damping forces in oscillating systems, elastic properties of springs, and properties of liquids and mirrors.

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PHY 111 (a) 6.67mm (b) 0.

15mm (c)
6.76mm (d) 0.51mm
BASIC EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS I 11. Barrel of screw guage has ____ divisions
1. The quantity which measures the (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 50 (d) 40
amount of random fluctuations in a 12. Systematic error occur due to ________
value is called ______________ (a) Overuse of instrument (b) careless
(a) Random error (b) maximum usage of instrument (c) human
error (c) standard deviation sight (d) both A and B
(d) none 13. Measurement which is close to the true
2. The difference between the measured value is said to be __________
value and the true value is called _____ (a) Accurate (b) average (c) precise
(a) Mistake (b) error (c) (d) mistake
accuracy (d) precision 14. Measurement which on repetition gives
3. A single determination of the value of same or nearly same result is called
an unknown quantity is called ________ ____________ measurement
(a) Measurement (b) readings (a) Estimated (b) accurate (c) precise
(c) table (d) none (d) average
4. The dimension of power is _________ 15. A collision in which two bodies stick
(a) ML2T - 2 (b) MLT – 2 (c) MLT – 3 together and move with a common
(d) ML2T – 3 velocity after collission is called
5. The most appropriate instrument for ________ collision
measurement of internal and external (a) Elastic (b) perfectly inelastic
diameter of a tube is ____________ (c) super elastic (d) inelastic
(a) Vernier calipers (b) micrometer 16. The angle of inclination of plane by
screwguage (c) meter rule (d) which an object placed on it is about to
measuring tape slide is called __________
6. The smallest division on a rule is ______ (a) Polarizing angle (b) angle of
(a) 1cm (b) 1m (c) 1mm (d) 10mm friction (c) glancing angle
7. The least count of a screw guage is ____ 17. The angle made by incident ray of light
(a) 0.01mm (b) 0.1mm (c) to the plane of a surface is called____
0.1cm (d) 0.01cm (a) Polarizing angle (b) angle of fraction
8. The quantity of heat in a body can be (c) glancing angle (d) scattering
measured using ________ angle
(a) Thermometer (b) calorimeter 18. Centre of gravity of an irregular body
(c) venturimeter (d) sonometer lies on the _______
9. A wire that has many turns is called ___ (a) Edge
(a) Power cable (b) transformer (b) Centre of body (c) point of
(c) coil (d) intersection of line (d) along the
coaxial wire axis of rotation
10. Calculate the least count on a 19. A freely oscillating system come to rest
screwguage whose pitch is 7.5mm after some time due to _______
(a) Damping (b) Restitution (c) image (d) ray of light from
Conservation (d) none of the above transmitting
20. A tensile force causes ____ of a
material
(a) Compression (b) twisting (c)
elongation (d) all of the above
21. An image is formed in a mirror by_____
(a) Diffraction (b) Refraction (c)
Interference (d) Reflection
22. The radius of curvature of a plane
mirror is____
(a) Infinite (b) Zero (c) finite (d) unity
23. Actual range of values around a
measurement is called____
(a) Error (b) uncertainty (c) accuracy (d)
precision
24. Smallest division on stopwatch is_____
(a) 0.1s (b) 0.05s (c) 0.01s (d) 1s
25. Molecules of liquid are held together
by_____ force
(a) Viscous (b) adhesive (c) cohesive (d)
none
26. The frictional force that exist between
layers of a fluid is called _____
(a) Fluid force (b) viscosity (c) adhesive
(d) cohesive
27. Which of the following is
dimensionless______
(a) Stress (b) upthrust (c) relative
speed (d) relative density
28. The property that describe a spring is
called_____
(a) Horke’s law (b) spring constant (c)
young modulus (d) Elasticty
29. _______ is the only liquid metal at
room temperature
(a) Sodium (b) potassium (c)
mercury (d) zinc
30. A mirror coated at the other side
inorder to prevent
(a) Multiple rays (b) ray of light
from reflecting (c) blured

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