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Chapter # 11 --------------------------------------------- 1

Chapter # 12 ---------------------------------------------- 9

Chapter # 13 ---------------------------------------------- 16

Chapter # 14 ---------------------------------------------- 23

Chapter # 15 ---------------------------------------------- 32

Chapter # 16 ---------------------------------------------- 36

Chapter # 17 ---------------------------------------------- 40

Chapter # 18 ---------------------------------------------- 46

Chapter # 19 ---------------------------------------------- 49

Chapter # 20 ----------------------------------------------- 52
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CHAPTER # 11
HEAT:
(1) According to Caloric theory ________ is weightless fluid
* Specific Heat * Internal Energy * Temperature ** Heat
2013. The sum of all energies of the molecules in a substance is called:
*Temperature **Internal energy *Kinetic energy *Potential energy
(2) Heat is a form of:
* Power * Work ** Energy * Momentum
(3) S.I. Unit of heat energy is given by:
* Caloric * Degree * Kilo-caloric ** Joule
(4) This flows from a hot body to a cold body:
* Specific Heat * Internal Energy ** Heat * Temperature
(5) Heat is produced by:
* Rubbing * Friction ** Mechanical * All of these
(6) One caloric is equal to: (2006)
* 4.18 erg ** 4.184 J * 41.8 J * 4.35 J
(6) The maximum work done can be measured in the process called:
* Isobaric * Isochoric ** isothermal * Adiabatic
(7) Work done by the system is zero in this process.
* Isobaric ** Isochoric * Isothermal * Adiabatic
(8) Heat energy cannot be measured in: (2009, 2014)
* Joule * B.T.U ** Kelvin * Calorie
TEMPERATURE:
(8) Hotness or coldness of an object is expressed in terms of:
* Heat ** Temperature * Thermal Energy * Chemical Energy
(9) Temperature of body shows its:
* Physical State * Degree of Hotness
* Degree of coldness ** All of these
(10) If heat energy is removed from an object, its temperature will normally:
* Not change * Rise ** Fall * Fall then rise
(11) The relation between centigrade and Fahrenheit scales of temperature is:
* C = 9/5 (F – 32) * C = 5/9 (F + 32)
** C = 5/9 (F – 32 * F = 5/9 (C – 32)
(12) The temperature of a normal human body is 98.6oF. this temperature on centigrade is:
* Oo C ** 37oC * 57oC * 30oC
(13) This one of the following is the correct answer:
** 1oF < 1oC * 1oF >1oC * 1oF = 1oC * None of these
(14) This one of the following is correct:
* 1oC<1K **1oC >1K * 1oC = 1K * None of these
(15) Temperature of human body on Kelvin scale is:
* 273K * 373K ** 310K * 236K
(16) Absolute zero corresponds to this temperature on Fahrenheit Scale:
* 32oF * –180oF ** –460oF * 212oF
(17) On Fahrenheit scale the temperature of 50oC will be:
* 40oF * 10oF ** 122oF * 105oF
(18) Fahrenheit and Celsius scales of temperature coincide at:

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* 0o * 273o * –273o ** – 40o
(19) Two ends “A” & “B” of a rod are at temperatures –10oC and –30oC. The heat will
flow:
* from –30oC to –10oC * Not at all
o o
** from –10 C to –30 C * None of these
(20) 273 K is equal to:
* 0oF * –32oF * –273oF ** 32oF
(21) On Celsius scale, 1oC in magnitude is equal to:
* 32oF * 16Fo * 0oF ** 1.8oF
(22) The absolute temperature, corresponding to 212oF, is:
* 485K ** 373K * 161K * 100K
(23) When most solid materials are heated, they:
* Decrease in volume * Decrease in mass
* Contract ** Expand
(24) When a metallic rod is heated, its change in length is:
* Inversely proportional to its original length
** Directly proportional to its original length
* Inversely proportion to the rise in temperature
* Independent of its original length
(25) The change in length per unit length per Kelvin rise is temperature is called:
* Co-efficient of volumetric expansion
* Co-efficient of superficial expansion
** Co-efficient of linear expansion
* Co-efficient of thermal conductivity
(26) The co-efficient of linear expansion „‟ is given:
*  = L1L/T * =T/L1T ** =L/L1T * =L1T/T
(27) The unit of co-efficient of thermal expansion is:
m
* mK * ** K–1 * K
k
(28) Co-efficient of Volumetric expansion is:
* Intrinsic Quantity
** Thrice of co-efficient of Linear expansion
* One Third of Co-efficient of Linear Expansion
* Thermometric Property
(29) This physical quantity of substance does not change with thermal expansion:
* Volume * Length ** Mass * Density
(30) Increase in Length per unit length per degree rise in temperature of aluminum rod of
10m is 24x10–6/C. The increase in volume per unit volume per degree rise in
temperature of a cube of aluminum of Volume 100m3, when both are heated through
the same range of temperature will be:
** 72x10–6/C * 7.2x10–3/oC * 24x10–6/C * 2.4x10–3/oC
(31) Linear thermal expansion does not take place in which of the following:
** Water * Iron Stick * Glass Rod * Steel Bar
(32) Ratio between the coefficient of linear thermal expansion and coefficient of cubical
thermal expansion is:
** 1:3 * 3:1 * 6:2 * a and b are correct
(33) These types of strips of metals are used in Bimetallic strip:

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** Different Co-efficient of thermal expansion * Different Lengths
* Different Sizes * Different Shapes
(34) A thermostat is a device which is used:
* to keep the heat flow constant * to isolate the system from surroundings
* In all heating appliances ** to keep the temperature constant
(35) Bimetallic thermostat is used to:
* Increase the temperature * Increase the K.E. of the molecules of the substance
* Measure the temperature ** control the temperature
(36) A bimetallic thermostat works on the principle of:
** Linear Expansion * Bulk Expansion
* Differential linear expansion * All of these
(37) There are four rods of the same substance and the same area of cross action but of
different lengths. When they are heated through the same range of temperature, the
linear thermal expansion will be maximum in:
* 50m rod ** 100m rod * 1.0m rod * 10m rod
(38) A thermometer, made by bonding together two different metals having different co-
efficient of expansion, is called:
* Resistance thermometer * Bolometer
** Bimetallic thermometer * Chemical Thermometer
(39) According to Boyle‟s Law, the volume of a given mass of a gas is:
* Directly proportional to the temperature
* Directly proportional to the pressure * Inversely Proportional to the mass
** Inversely proportional to the pressure at constant temperature
(40) Boyle‟s law can be written mathematically as:
1 1
* P V ** P  * PT * P
V T
(41) The relation between the pressure P and volume V of a fixed mass of gas at constant
temperature is:
* P/V = Constant ** PV = Constant * P2V = Constant * PV2=Constant
(42) The graph of Boyle‟s law is a :
** Curve * Slope * Straight Line * Hyperbola
(43) If the volume of a given mass of a gas is doubled without changing its temperature, the
pressure of the gas is:
** Reduced to ½ of the initial value * The same as the initial value
* Reduced to ¼ of the initial value * Double of the initial value
(44) This one of the following curves represents Boyle‟s law:

(45) Charles‟ Law states that the volume of a given mass of gas is:
* Inversely proportional to the absolute temperature at constant pressure
** Directly proportional to the absolute temperature at constant pressure
* Directly proportional to the Pressure * Inversely proportional to the pressure
(46) Charles‟s Law can be written mathematically as:
1 1
** VT * V * PV * P
T V

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(47) The volume of a given gas at constant pressure becomes zero at:
* 273 K * 273oC ** –273 K * –273oC
(48) The graph of Charles‟ Law is a:
* Curve * Slope ** Straight Line * Hyperbola
(49) A single equation that relates all the three variables is given by:
PT PV VT
** = constant * = constant * = constant * None of these
V V P
(50 The ideal gas law is given in the form:
nR
* PV = * PT = NRV ** PV = nRT * TV = nRP
T
(51) The value of universal gas constant „R‟ in S.I. Unit is:
* 8.310 J/mol K * 8314 J/mol K * 831.4 J/mol K ** 8.314 J/mol K
(52) A gas which strictly obeys the gas laws under all conditions of temperature and
pressure is called:
* Real gas ** Ideal gas * Permanent Gas * Inert Gas
(53) At constant pressure, the volume of the given mass of a gas is V at temperature T. at
this temperature, volume of the gas will be 4V.
1 1
** 4T * T *2T * T
4 2
KINETIC MOLECULAR THEORY OF GASES:
(54) Kinetic energy of gas molecule is:
3 3
* RT * RT * KT ** KT
2 2
(55) Kinetic energy per mole of ideal gas molecules is:
3 3
* RT ** RT * KT * KT
2 2
(56) Upon this physical quantity, Kinetic energy of gas molecules depends:
* Number of Moles of Gas ** Temperature of Gas
* Pressure of Gas * Volume of Gas
(57) The universal gas constant per molecule is called:
* Releigh-Jean‟s constant ** Boltzmann‟s constant
* Gas Constant * Stefan‟s constant
(58) At volume V and temperature T, the pressure of N molecules of the gas is P. If the
number of molecule of the gas is doubled at constant volume, then:
* Temperature will become half * Temperature will become twice
* Pressure will become half ** Pressure will become twice
(59) The root mean square speed of the molecules of an ideal gas in a sealed container is v.
The gas is heated until the pressure in the container is trebled. The r.m.s. speed is now:
** 3 v * v/9 * 9v *3
(60) The average K.E. of the molecules of an ideal in a closed vessel is increased by a factor
4. The pressure of the gas.
* Will remain the same * Will increase by a factor of 2
** Will increase by a factor 4 * Will increase by a factor of 2
(61) A fixed mass of a gas is heated at constant volume, which one of the following will not
change:
* Temperature * Molecular motion * Internal energy ** Density of gas
(62) Pressure of an ideal gas can be written in terms of its density p:
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* P= ̅̅̅̅
2 ̅̅̅̅ 1 ̅̅̅̅ 1 ̅̅̅̅
*P= ** P= * P=
3 3 2
(63) At constant temperature, the pressure „P‟ of an ideal gas is proportional to its density
as:
1 1 1
* P ** P  * P 2 * P
P P P
(64) The average translational kinetic energy of a molecule of a gas at absolute temperature
T is proportional to:
1
* ** T * T * T2
T
(65) The unit of the pressure of gas is:
* 1N/m2 * One Pascal * One atmosphere ** All of these
(66) According to the Kinetic theory of gases, the absolute temperature of a perfect gas is:
* Inversely proportional to the K.E. of the molecules.
* Independent of Kinetic energy of the molecules.
* Equal to the Kinetic energy of the molecules.
** Directly proportional to the average translational kinetic energy of the molecules.
(67) The average internal energy of an ideal gas is called:
* Pressure * Volume ** Temperature * Heat
SPECIFIC HEAT:
(68) The quantity of heat required to change the state of a substance is:
* Molar Specific Heat * Heat Capacity
** Latent Heat * Specific Heat
(69) The quantity of heat required per degree rise the temperature of a substance is:
* Molar Specific Heat ** Heat Capacity
* Latent Heat * Specific Heat
(70) The quantity of heat required per degree rise the temperature of unit mass of a
substance is:
* Molar Specific Heat * Heat Capacity
** Latent Heat * Specific Heat
(71) The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1Kg of water through 1K in
Joules is:
* 420 ** 4200 * 4.2 * 42
(72) The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of an ideal gas at
constant pressure through 1K is:
* CV *C * 1J ** CP
(73) The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of an ideal gas at
constant volume through 1K is:
** CV *C * 1J * Cp
(74) The molar specific heat of an ideal gas is greater at constant pressure than at constant
volume because:
* There is greater number of collisions at constant volume.
* The molecules move faster.
** Additional energy is needed for the external work at constant pressure.
* The molecules acquire greater K.E. at constant pressure.
(75) The molar specific heat of an ideal mono-atomic gas at constant pressure is:
* 2R ** 5/2R * R/2 * 3/2R

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FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS:
(76) If Q heat energy is supplied to the system and W is the work done by the system, the
internal energy retained by the system is:
* W - U ** Q - W * U + W * U - W
(77) The statement of the first law of thermodynamics implies that:
* All the work is mechanical ** Energy remains conserved
* No heat can enter or leave the system * The temperature remains constant
(78) The maximum work done is possible in this process.
* Isobaric * Isochoric ** Isothermal * Adiabatic
(79) In Adiabatic expansion, the internal energy of the gas: 2012
* Remains the same ** Decreases * Increases * Becomes Zero
(80) Boyle‟s law holds good for in ideal gas in process called:
* Isobaric * Isochoric ** Isothermal * Adiabatic
(81) If no heat flows into or out of a system, the process is called:
* Isobaric * Isothermal * Isochoric ** Adiabatic
(82) In this process, no work is done:
* Isothermal Process * Adiabatic Process
* Isobaric Process ** Isochoric Process
(83) Work done in an Isobaric process is:
* PV * RT ** PV * nT
(84) In this process, there is no change in the internal energy of system, with heat transfer:
* Thermal Process ** Iso-thermal Process
* Isolated Process * Isochoric Process
(85) The internal energy of a system depends upon the:
** Temperature * Entropy * Pressure * Volume
(86) The work done during this process is obtained from the internal energy of a gas:
* Isobaric * isochoric ** Adiabatic * Isothermal
(87) In this process, the whole amount of heat energy supplied is used to increase the
internal energy.
* Isobaric ** Isochoric * Adiabatic * Isothermal
(88) In an isothermal process, work done is maximum and change in internal energy is:
* Minimum ** Zero * Maximum * Negative
(89) For an ideal gas, an isobaric change is given by:
* Coulomb‟s Law * General Gas Law ** Boyle‟s Law * Charle‟s Law
(90) For an ideal gas an isothermal change is given by:
* Coulomb‟s Law * General Gas Law * Boyle‟s Law ** Charles‟s Law
(91) The change in the internal energy of a system at constant pressure is:
** nCpT * Zero * Q * W
(92) A thermodynamic process, in which the change in volume of the system is zero, tells
that:
* The work done by the system is maximum
** The work done on and by the system is zero.
* The work done on the system is maximum
* None of these
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS:
(93) According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, 100 percent conversion of heart
energy into work is:
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* Possible ** Not Possible
* Possible when conditions are ideal * Possible when conditions are not ideal
(94) The bounded area of a Carnot cycle represents:
* Energy loss due to leakage * Heat rejected
* Heat absorbed ** Useful work
(95) The efficiency of a Carnot engine is given by:
T T T
* 1 1 * 1 1 * 2 1 ** None of these
T2 T2 T1
(96) Efficiency of heat engine will be minimum when:
** Source and sink are kept at thermal equilibrium * Sink is kept at 0oC
* Temperature of source is kept at Infinity * Sink is kept at Absolute Zero
(97) Entropy change of heat engine would be maximum when:
** Source and sink are kept at thermal equilibrium
* Sink is kept at 0oC * Temperature of source is kept at infinity
* Sink is kept at Absolute Zero
(98) This machine works on the principle of Kelvin‟s statement:
** Refrigerator * Heat Engine * Thermostat * Oven
(99) This machine works on the principle of Clausius statement:
* Refrigerator ** Heat Engine * Thermostat * Oven
(100) The efficiency of Carnot engine depends upon:
** The temperature of the both source and sink only.
* The temperature of the sink only. * The temperature of the source only.
* None of these
(101) The efficiency of the Carnot engine is directly proportional to the:
* Temperature of the working substance.
** Difference of temperature of heat source and sink.
* Temperature of the source only. * Temperature of the sink only.
(102) If T1 is the temperature of the heat source and T2 is the temperature of the heat sink,
then the efficiency of the Carnot engine will be:
* T1+T2/T2 * T1+T2/T1 * T2–T1/T1 ** T1–T2/T1
(103) The efficiency of Carnot heat engine is always:
* More than 100% ** Less than 100% * 100% * None of these
(104) If Q1 is the amount of heat energy supplied to the Carnot heat engine and Q2 is the
heat energy rejected to the sink, the efficiency of the heat engine is directly
proportional to:
** Q2 – Q1 * Q2 + Q1 ** Q1 – Q2 * Q1 + Q2
(105) Two Carnot heat engines would have the same efficiencies when:
** The difference of temperature of their heat sources and heat sinks is same
* The temperature of their heat sources is same
* The same amount of heat energy is supplied to them * None of these
(106) The maximum efficiency of a heat engine could be increased by:
* Decreasing the temperature of hot and cold bodies simultaneously
* Keeping the temperature of hot and cold bodies constant
* Increasing the temperature of hot and cold bodies simultaneously
** Decreasing the temperature of sink and increasing the temperature of source
(107) If the temperature of a cold body is decreased, the efficiency of Carnot engine will:
** Increase * Decrease * Remain constant * None of these
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ENTROPY:
(108) Entropy is the measure of the _________ of a system.
** Disorder * Work done
* Internal Energy * Change in Temperature
(109) Net change in entropy of a system in a natural process is:
* Zero * Infinite ** Positive * Negative
(110) When ice cube melts into water, the ice-water system undergoes a change such that:
** Both entropy and the internal energy of system increase
* Entropy of the system decreases but internal energy of the system decreases
* Entropy of the system increases and internal energy of the system remains constant
* Entropy of the system increases and internal energy decreases
(111) Entropy has been called the degree of disorder because:
* The entropy of the universe remains constant
** The entropy of the universe always increases
* The entropy of the universe always decreases * None of these
(112) The change in the entropy of a system is given by:
S T Q
* Q = * S = ** S = * S = Q x T
T Q T
(113) For all irreversible processes, entropy of the system:
* Decreases ** Increases * Remains constant * None of these
(114) Entropy of a system:
** Increases when heat is added to it.
* Decreases when heat is removed from it.
* Remains the same when no heat is removed or taken out from the system.
* All of these
(115) The processes, for which entropy remains constant, is a/an:
** Reversible Process * Irreversible Process
* Isobaric Process * Isochoric Process
(116) When the temperature of source and sink of a heat engine become equal, the entropy
change will be:
** Zero * Maximum * Minimum * Negative

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CHAPTER # 12
ELECTRIC CHARGE:
(1a) What type of free charge moves from a higher potential to a lower potential:
**+ve charge only *both +ve and −ve charge
*−ve charge only *neither +ve nor –ve charge
(1b) The branch of physics which deals with the charges at rest is called:
* Electricity ** Electrostatics * Modern Physics * Magnetism
(2) This one of the following statements is correct:
* Similar charges attract each other ** Similar charges repel each other
* Similar charges neither attract nor repel each other * None of these
(3) Free electrons are:
* Fixed * Tightly Bound ** Loosely Bound * None of these
(4) S.I. Unit of charge is:
* Joule * Volt ** Coulomb * Calorie
(5) The number of electrons in one coulomb charge is equal to:
** 6.25x1018 * 1.6x10-19 * Zero * 6.2x1021
COULOMB’s LAW:
(6) The force between two charged particles is inversely proportional to the:
* Coulomb‟s Constant * Product of Charges
** Square of the distance between them * Masses of Charges
(7) The force between two similar unit charges placed one meter apart in air in Newton is:
* Zero * 1 ** 9x109 * None of these
(8) The magnitude of Coulomb‟s force will be:
** Maximum in free space * Maximum in other medium
* Same in free space and other medium * None of these is correct
(9) The magnitude of electrostatic force is F and separation between the charges is
doubled then the electrostatic force would be:
* 2F * ½F * 4F ** ¼ F
(10) Coulomb‟s Law closely resembles:
* Newton‟s Second Law of Motion * Newton‟s Third Law of Motion
** Newton‟s Gravitational Law * The Law of conservation of Energy
(11) If the medium between the charges is other than air or space, then the electrostatic
force will:
* Not Change * Increase ** Decrease * Be Zero
(12) The magnitude of electrostatic force does not depend upon the:
* Magnitude of the charges * Medium between the charges
* Distance between the charges ** Nature of the charges
(13) The magnitude of the force between two unit positive charges when the distance
between them is one meter would be:
* 0N * 1.0 N * 2.0 N ** Coulomb‟s constant
(14) Coulomb‟s law for the two equal charges “q” when they are at a distance “r” is
expressed by:
* Kq2/r ** Kq2/r2 * Kq/r * Kq/r2
(15) Unit of coulomb‟s constant “K” is:
** Nm2C -2 * NmC–2 * Nm–2C2 * Nm2C2
(16) Hydrogen atom has single electron and single proton each of charge q. if the radius of
the first orbit is “r”, then the electrostatic force between them would be:
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* –Kq2/r2 * –Kq/r2 * Kq/r ** Kq2/r2
(17) Dielectric always ___________ the electrostatic force between the two point charges:
* Increases * Changes ** Decreases * Does not change
(18) The distance between the equal charges of 3C when the coulomb‟s force between
them is 9x10–3N is:
* 3cm ** 3m * 9cm * 9m
(19) The electrostatic force between two electrons at a distance is “F” Newton, then
electrostatic force between two protons at the same distance is:
F
* Zero *2 ** F * 2F
2
(20) Decreasing the separation of two positive charges by one-half will cause electrostatic
force of repulsion to change by:
** 4 times * 2 times * ½ time * ¼ time
(21) Two positive point charges repel each other with a force of 4x10 –4Nwhen placed at a
distance of 1 meter. If the distance between them is increased by 2m, the force of
repulsion will be:
** 1x10–4N * 8x10–4N * 2x10–4N * 4x10–4N
INTENSITY OF ELECTRIC FIELD:
(22) The force per unit charge is called:
* Electric Field * Electric Flux
* Electric Potential ** Electric Intensity
(23) Newton per coulomb is equivalent to:
* Meter per volt * volt per meter
** Volt Per meter * Volt into meter
(24) The Physical quantity which posses both units, Newton per coulomb and volt per
meter is:
** Electric Intensity * Electric Potential
* Electric Flux * Electric Force
(25) Which of the following could not be the units of electric intensity:
* Joule Per Coulomb per meter ** Joule per Coulomb
* Volt Per meter * Newton per Coulomb
(26) Direction of electric force and electric field intensity is:
** Parallel to each other * Perpendicular to each other
* Opposite to each other * In any direction
(27) The Physical Quantity which determines the effect of force on charged particle in a
certain region is called:
** Electric Intensity * Electric Flux
* Electric charge * Electric Force
V
(28) The relation represents:
r
* Gauss‟s Law * Electric Flux * Electric Intensity ** Potential Gradient
V
(28) The relation represents:
r
* Gauss‟s Law * Electric Flux ** Electric Intensity * Potential difference
(29) This of the following cannot be scalar quantity:
* Electric Potential * EMF * Electric Flux ** Electric Intensity
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* Negatively Charged only * Positively charged only
** Polarized * Conductive
(31) The introduction of a dielectric between the oppositely charged plates causes the
intensity:
* To increase ** To decrease
* To remain constant * To increase and decrease
(32) Force experienced by a unit positive charge in the electric field is known as:
* Charge Density ** Electric Intensity
* Electric Flux * Electric Flux Density
ELECTRIC LINES OF FORCE:
(33) The concept of the electric lines of force was introduced by a famous scientist called:
* Newton * Einstein * Coulomb ** Faraday
(34) The Field lines start from positive charge and:
* end on a positive charge * Do not end on a negative charge
** end on a negative charge * None of these
(35) In the regions where the field lines are parallel and equally spaced, the field is:
** Uniform on all points * Not Uniform on all points
* Uniform on some points and not uniform on some point * None of these
(36) The direction of the electric field at point is given by the:
* Normal to a field line at the point ** Tangent to a field line at the point
* Line between the tangent and normal to field line at the point
* None of these
(37) The electric field lines are closer where the field is:
** Strong * Weak * Weaken * Neither strong nor weak
(38) Electric field lines:
* Can cross each other ** Cannot cross each other
* Can cross each other at low temperature * None of these
(39) The electric lines of Force:
* Physically exist around the charges * Physically exist only near the charge
* Physically exist everywhere ** Imaginary
ELECTRIC FLUX:
(40) The number of the field lines passing through a certain element of area is known as:
** Electric flux through that area * Electric current through that area
* Voltage through that area * Amperes through that area
(41) The electric flux is denoted by:
*  *  **  * 
(42) Electric flux is:
* Neither scalar nor vector quantity * A vector quantity
** A scalar quantity * None of these
(43)  = _____________.
** E. ΔA * E  A * A E * E.E
(44) If area A is inclined at angle  with the field lines, then the flux is:
* EA sec * EA tan * EA sin ** EA Cos
(45) The electric flux through an area will be maximum if:
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** Surface is held perpendicular to the electric field E .
* Surface makes an angle 45o with electric field E .
* Surface makes an angle 30o with electric field E .
(46) If area A is held parallel to field lines, then:
** All field lines cross this area.
* Some field lines cross and some do not cross this area.
* No field lines cross this area. * None of these
(47) S.I. Unit of elastic flux is:
* Nm C–1 ** Nm2c–1 * Nm2c–2 * Nmc–2
(48) The flux through a surface will be minimum, when angle between E and A is:
** 90o * 60o * 30o * 0o

(49) Electric flux will be positive when the angle between E and vector area is:
* Greater than 90o ** Less than 90o
* 90o * None of these
GAUSS’s LAW:
(50) The electric flux through a closed surface depends upon the:
* Size of the surface * Shape of the surface
* Position of charge enclosed in the surface.
** Magnitude of charge enclosed in the surface.
(51) The electric flux through the surface of the sphere is directly proportional to the:
* Surface area of the sphere * Radius of the sphere
** Charge at the centre of the sphere * None of these
(52) Gauss‟s Law is applied to determine the:
* Absolute Potential ** Electric intensity due to a large charge distribution.
* Electric intensity of an isolated point charge
* Electric potential between two points in an electric field
(53) Electric flux through the surface of a sphere which constant a charge at its centre
depends on:
* The radius of the sphere * The surface area of the sphere
** The amount of charge inside the sphere
* The amount of charge outside the sphere
(54) The electric field intensity between two uniformly oppositely charged parallel plates is:
  2
** * * * Zero
o 2 o o
(55) Electric intensity between two similarly charged plane sheets is:
  2
* * * ** Zero
o 2 o o
(56) Electric intensity at the centre of uniformly distributed charge is:
Kq q q
** Zero * * *
r2 r2 0
(57) Electric field at the centre of square when 1C charge are placed at its each corner is:
** Zero * 2 Volt/m * 2 volt/m * 4 Volt/m

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(58) The electric field intensity between two oppositely charged planes is:
2  
* * ** * Zero
o 2 o o
(59)The unit of electric flux density is:
* N/C * V/m * Nm2 ** A and B
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL:
#. Potential difference is analogous to:
*force ** pressure *inertia *energy

(60) Change in P.E. per unit charge in the electric field is:
** Electric potential * Power
* K.E. * Work done
(61) Electric potential, which is measured with respect to the zero potential, is called:
** Absolute electronic potential * Change in K.E.
* An electric potential * None of these
(62) In equipotential surface work done in moving the charged particle is:
* Positive * Negative ** Zero * Infinity
(63) The potential difference between the pair of similar conducting plates is known. The
additional information is needed in order to find the electric field intensity is:
* Permittivity of the medium * Dielectric constant
** Separation between the plates * Separation and area of the plates
(64) The change in potential energy per unit charge between two points in an electric field
is called:
** Potential difference * Absolute potential
* Electric intensity * Permitivity
(65) Work done per unit charge between two points in an equal potential surface is:
* Electric intensity * Electric flux
** Potential difference * None of these
V
(66) The quantity is called:
S
* Electric potential * Electric field intensity
** Potential gradient * Electric induction
(67) Joule per coulomb is called:
* Farad * Ampere ** Volt * Henry
CAPACITOR:
(68) If capacitors are connected in such a way that their net capacitance increases, then
they are connected in:
* Complex network ** Different Paths
* A single path * Bridge Circuit
(69) Equivalent capacitance of three 3F capacitors connected in series is:
** 1F * 3F * 9F * Zero
(70) Two capacitors of 3F and 6F are connected in series, their equivalent capacitance is:
1
* 9F ** 2F * F * 3F
2
(71) If 4f and 2F capacitors are connected in series, the equivalent capacitor is:
** 1.33F * 0.75F * 6F * 2F

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(72) Relative permittivity of medium is the ratio of its permittivity with the:
* Permittivity of any medium * Permittivity of itself
** Permittivity of free space * Permittivity of water
(73) A dielectric k=2 is inserted between the plates of a 20F capacitor. It capacitance will
become:
* 10F * 18F * 22F ** 40F
(74) Net capacitance of parallel capacitors:
* Does not change ** Increases
* Decreases * None of these
(75) One coulomb per Volt is:
** Farad * Tesla * Joule * Ampere
(76) The concept of the electric lines of force was introduced by a famous scientist called:
* Newton * Einstein * Coulomb ** Faraday
(77) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor does not depend on the:
* Area of the plates ** Nature of the plates
* Distance between the plates * Medium between the plates
(78) Three capacitors each of capacitance 2F, could thus be connected in circuit to obtain
equivalent capacitance of 3F.
** Two in series and one in parallel * Two in parallel and one in series
* In parallel combination * In series combination
(79) S.I unit of relative permittivity is:
* C2Nm2 * Nm–2C–2 * C2N–1m–2 ** None of these
(80) If capacitors are connected in such a way that their net capacitance decreases, then
they are connected in:
* Bridge Circuit ** A single path
* Different paths * Complex network
(81) Charge stored in a capacitor is directly proportional to the:
* Current * Physical conditions of capacitor
** Potential difference * Resistance
(82) The ratio between the charge stored and potential difference of a capacitor is known
as:
* Inductance * Conductance * Reactance ** Capacitance
(83) For the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor, this one of the following is correct:
* It is inversely proportional to the area of the plates and distance between the plates.
* It is inversely proportional to the area of the plates and distance between the plates.
* Capacitance is directly proportional to the area of the plates and distance between the plates.
** It is directly proportional to the area of the plate and inversely proportional to the
distance between the plates.
(84a) When two or more capacitors are connected in series, then they will have the:
** Same charge * Same capacitance
* Same potential difference * Same charge and same capacitance
(85) When two or more capacitors are connected in Parallel then they will have the:
* Same charge * Same capacitance
** Same potential difference * Same charge and same capacitance
(86) A capacitor of 1.0 F will:
** Store 1.0 C charge at the potential difference of 1.0V
* Discharge in 1 second when connected across a resistor of 1.0 Ohm
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* Be fully charged in 1 second by a current of 1 amp.
* Block the alternating current.
(87) The separation between the parallel plates of a capacitor is doubled then its
capacitance C will be:
* 2C ** ½ C * 4C *¼C
(88) Capacity of a capacitor means:
* Total potential of the capacitor * Surface density of charge on the plates
** Total charge held by the capacitor * None of these
(89) After charging the parallel plates capacitor, the battery is removed. If the separation
between the plates increases then:
** Capacitance decreases * The charge on the capacitor increases
* The voltage across the plates increases * None of these
(90) In order to get maximum equivalent capacitance, the capacitors must be connected in:
* Complex combination * Series combinations
** Parallel combination * None of these
(91) Three capacitor of 3F of each are connected in __________ combination to get
equivalent capacitance of 1F:
* Complex network ** Parallel
** Series * None of these
(92) The presence of dielectric between the plates of a capacitor results in:
* No change in capacitance ** Increase in the capacitance
* Decrease in the capacitance * None of these
(93) If the area of a parallel plate capacitor is doubled, the capacitance:
* Remains uncharged * Is halved
** Is doubled * Is increased four times
(94) If separation between the plates and area of plates of a parallel plates capacitors are
doubled, then the capacity will:
* Become four fold * Become one-fourth
* Become double ** Remain the same

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CHAPTER # 13
ELECTRIC CURRENT:
(1a) Which of the following quantities is analogous to temperature?
*resistance **potential difference *current *charge
(1b). Material having which of the following properties is the most suitable for
making a standard resistance?
*low ρ low α ** high ρ low α * low ρ high α* high ρ high α
(1c) An electric current a caused by the motion of:
* Electric discharge ** Electric charge * Volt * None of these
(2) The rate of transfer of charges through a circuit is called:
* Resistance ** Current * Potential Difference * All of these
(3) Electrical conductors contain:
* Only free electrons * Only bound electrons
** Both free and bound electrons * Neither bound nor free electrons
(4) If a net charge Q passes through any cross section of a conductor in tin then the
electric current established through the conductor is I =:
Q t 1
** * * * Qt
t Q Qt
(5) The S.I unit of current is:
* Electron volt * Volt ** Ampere * Voltage
(6) The current due to flow of charge at the rate of one coulomb per second called:
* Electron volt * Volt ** Ampere * Voltage
(7) Charge carrier in Metallic conductors are the electrons of:
** Valence Shells * All Shells * Excited States * Inner Shells
(8) Free electrons in an Electric field moves from:
* All potentials * High Potential to low potential
** Low potential to high potential * None of these
(9) The drift velocity is of the order of:
* 105 ms–1 * 103ms–1 * 102ms–1 ** 10 –3 ms–1
(10) 2.0 x108 electrons pass through a conductor in 5.8s. electronic charge 16x10–6. The
current in ampere following through the conductor is:
* 1.6x10–6A * 2.6x10–6A * 3.6x10–6A ** 6.4x10 –6A
(11) Which of the following represents and electric current:
* ErgC-1 ** CS-1 * JS-1 *Dyne S-1
(12) If 1 ampere current flows 2m long conductor, the charge flow through this 1 hour will
be:
** 3600 C * 7200C * 1C * 2C
(12) (a) The number of electrons in one coulomb is:
* 6.1x1020 ** 6.1x1018 * 6.25x1018 * 1.6x10–19
OHM’S LAW:
(13) The current flowing through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential
difference across its ends provided the physical state of the conductor remain constant
this is:
* Newton‟s Law * Coulomb‟s Law
* Maxwell‟s Law ** Ohm‟s Law
(14) Symbolically Ohm‟s law can be written as:

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1 1
*I * I v * I ** I  V
v v
(15) In the relation I=KV, K stands for:
** Conductance * Resistivity * Specific Resistance * Permeability
(16) Ohm‟s Law is obeyed in:
* A Semiconductor * A metallic conductor
* An electron tube ** In all of these
(17) The graphical representation of Ohm‟s Law is:
* Hyperbola * Ellipse * Parabola ** Straight Line
(18) If R is the resistance of the conductor, then Ohm‟s law can be written as:
* V =I/R * V= R/ I * VI=R ** V=IR
RESISTANCE AND RESISTIVITY:
(19) The measure of the opposition to the motion of electrons due to their continuous
bumping with the atom of the lattice is the:
** Resistance* Friction * Voltage * Work
(20) The S.I unit of resistance:
* Volt * Ampere * mho ** Ohm
(21) If a current of 1 ampere flows through a conductor where a potential difference of 1
volt is applied across its ends, then resistance of the conductor is:
* 0 Ohm ** 1 Ohm * 2 Ohm * 3 Ohm
(22) The symbols of Ohm is:
*  *  * ** 
(23) A sample of conductor is said to obey Ohm‟s Law if its resistance R:
* Increases * Decreases
** Remains constant * None of these
(24) Resistance of conductor depends upon:
* The potential difference between its ends.
* The magnitude of the current flowing through it.
* The nature only ** The nature, dimension and physical state of the conductor.
(25) Resistance of wire does not depend on the:
* Temperature * Length * Area ** Electric Current
(26) A wire of length L and resistance R is cut into four equal pieces. Resistance of each
piece would be:
* R ** R/ 4 * 2R *
(27) The resistance of a conductor of length L, cross-sectional area A and resistivity p is
given by:
** R = L / A *R= A/L * R = L / A2 *none
(28) A piece of wire of length “L” and an area of cross-section “A” has a resistance “R”.
Another piece of wire of the same material and the same length but twice the area of
cross-section is connected end-to-end with the previous wire. The effective resistance
is:
*R * 2R ** 3/2 R * 1/2R
(29) Volt per Ampere is:
** Ohm * Joule * Watt * KWh
(30) The reciprocal of the resistance of conductor is called:
* Specific resistance * Current
** Conductance * Voltage
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(31) The unit of conductance is:
* Ohm * Metre * Ampere ** mho or Siemens
(32) The resistance of a meter cube of the substance is called:
* Conductivity * Permittivity ** Resistivity * Susceptibility
(33) The resistivity of the material having the resistance R cross-sectional at A and length L
is given by:
*   RAL
AL RA L
*  **   * 
R L RA
(34) The S.I. Unit of resistivity is:
* Ohm – m–2 * Ohm – m–1 ** Ohm - m * Ohm
(35) A copper wire having resistivity „‟ is stretched in such a way that its diameter reduces
to half of that of the original wire. The new resistivity will be:
* Halved * Doubled ** The same * Four fold
(36) A wire of a uniform cross-section area is cut into three equal segments. The resistivity
„‟ of each segment will be:
* 1/3 * 2/3
** Same as that of the whole wire * Three times as that of the whole wire
(37) If the wire of a uniform area of cross section is cut into two equal parts, the resistivity
of each part will be:
* Halved * Doubled
** Remains the same * None of the above
(38) Resistance of a substance one meter in length and one square meter in cross sectional
area is called:
* Conductivity ** Resistivity * Permittivity * Reactance
(39) When the temperature of a conductor is raised its resistance:
* Always decreases ** Always increases
* Remains the same * First increases and then decreases
(40) The resistance of the conductor increases due to the rise of temperature of a
conductor, because the collision cross section of the atoms:
* Decreases ** Increases
* Remains unchanged * Sometime increases and sometime decreases
(41) The temperature co-efficient of resistivity of a material is given by the relation:
   O 
* T / T - O **  = T
 O T
*  = O (T - O) / T *  = T (T - O) O
(42) The temperature co-efficient of resistance of a material is given by the relation:
( R  RO ) RO T
**  = T * =
RO T RT  RO 
RO T ( RT  RO )
* = * =
RT  RO T RO
(43) The S.I Unit of the temperature co-efficient of resistivity of material is:
* Ohm . m *K ** K –1 * Ohm – K
RESISTANCE IN SERIES:
(46) If the resistance are connected end to end such that the same current passes through
all of them, then they are said to be connect.
* Parallel ** Series
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* Not in Series * Neither in series nor parallel
(45) If equivalent resistance R of the resistance R1, R2, R3 is series is R=:
1 1 1 R1 R2 R3
*   *  
R1 R2 R3 R2 R3 R1
** R1 + R2 + R3 * R1 R2 R3
(46) The potential difference across each resistance in series combination is:
* Same ** Different * Infinity * Zero
(47) When the resistance are connected in series, the equivalent resistance is always:
** Greater than the greatest resistance in series
* Equal to the greatest resistance in series
* Less than the largest resistance in series
* Less than the smallest resistance in series
(48) When the resistors are connected in series then:
** The total current through each is the same.
* The voltage across each is the same
* The total resistance is the sum of the reciprocals of the individual
* The total resistance is the product of the individual resistors
(49) Resistors of 2 Ohm, 3 Ohm, 4 Ohm and 5 Ohm are connected in series. If the current
through the 2 ohm resistors is one ampere the current through the other resistors will
be:
* 4 ampere ** 1 ampere * 14 ampere * 0.1 ampere
(50) A piece of wire of length “L” and an area of cross-section “A” has a resistance “R”.
another piece of wire of the same material and the same length but twice the area of
cross-section is connected end-to-end with the previous wire. The effective resistance
is:
* R * 2R ** 1/3 R * 1/2R
(51) If net resistance of resistors increases, then resistors are in:
* Parallel combination ** Series Combination
* Simultaneously in series and in parallel combination
* Either in series or in parallel combination

(52)
In the figure above the equivalent resistance is:
*3 ** 6 * 4 * 2
(53) Three resistance 5000, 500, 50 ohm are connected in series across 555 volt mains. The
current flowing through them will be:
* 1A * 100 mA * 10 mA ** 10A
RESISTANCE IN PARALLEL:
(54) If the resistors are connected side by side with their ends joined together at common
point, then they are said to be connected:
** Parallel * Series
* Not Parallel * Neither in Series nor parallel
(55) The equivalent resistance R of the resistance R1, R2, R3 connected parallel is R:
1 1 1 R R R
**   * 1  2  3
R1 R2 R3 R2 R3 R1
* R1 + R2 + R3 * R1R2R3
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(56) The potential difference across each resistance are connected is parallel combination:
** Same * Different * Infinity * Zero
(57) When the resistance are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance is always:
* Greater than the sum of the individual resistance
* Greater than the smallest resistance in combination
* Equal to the sum of the individual resistance
** Less than the smallest resistance in the combination
(58) In a house circuit all the electrical appliances are connected in parallel with the phase
and the neutral to get:
* The same current and different potential difference
** The difference currents but the same potential difference
* The different currents and different potential differences
* The same current and the same potential difference
(59) The resistances of 2 ohms, 5 ohms, 7ohms and 9 ohms are connected in parallel. If the
potential difference across the 5 ohms resistance is 5V, the potential difference across 9
ohm resistance will be:
* 9V ** 5V * 2.5V * 1.5V
(59) (a) Resistors 3, 5 and 7 are connected in parallel. If the P.D across 5 resistor is 6V,
the P.D across the other resistors is:
* 4volt ** 6 Volt * 8 Volt * 10 Volt
(60) Three resistors of resistance 2,3 and 6 ohms are connected in parallel, their equivalent
resistance is:
* 11.0 ohm * 1.33 ohm * 1.5 ohm ** 1.0 ohm

(61)
If the figure above the equivalence is:
2 3 1
**  *  *  * 6
3 2 3
POWER DISSIPATION IN RESISTANCE:
(62a). What is true when two unequal resistances are connected in parallel?
*Current through higher resistance is higher *voltage across lower
resistance is higher
*energy dissipated by higher resistance is higher **energy dissipated by lower
resistance is higher

(62b) As the charge flows through the conductor energy is dissipated is the form of:
** Heat * Solar Energy * Light * None of these
2007 . When a resistor carries a current I it dissipates power P. If the same resistor carries a
current 3I, it will dissipate power:
*P *3P *P/3 **9P
(63a) . A heating element dissipates power P. The element is joined in parallel to a similar
element, and then connected to the same source. The new element will dissipate what
power:
*½P *P ** 2P * 4P
(63b) A heating element dissipates power P. The element is cut into half, and only one half is
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*½P *P **2P *4P
(63c) The operating resistance of a filament of a 5W, 220V bulb is:
*9860 *8960 **9680 *6980
(63) One-Kilo-Watt-Hour is equal to:
** 3.6x10 5 J * 360x106J * 3.6x104J * 36x105J
(64) The power dissipated by a resistance is given by:
* P=VR ** P=V2/R * P=IR2 * None of these
(65) The power dissipated in a resistance is given by:
* IV * I2 R * V2/R ** All of these
(66) The electrical energy dissipated as heat in a resistor is given by:
* I2 R ** I2 Rt * V2R * V2Rt
(67) The commercial unit of electrical energy is:
* Ohm * Watt ** Kilowatt-hour * Ampere
(68) Two wires of resistance R1 and R2 are connected in series in a circuit. If R1 is the
greater than R2, Heating would be:
** More in R 1 * More in R2 * Same in R1& R2 * All of these
(69) When a resistor carries a current “I”, the power dissipated by it is “P”. if the same
resistor carries the current of “3I”, the power dissipated will be:
* P * P/3 * 3P ** 9 P
(70) Unit of power, Joule / Second is called:
* Joule * Volt ** Watt * Newton
(71) If one ampere current flows through a resistor against potential difference of one volt,
this is called:
* Ampere ** Watt * Volt * Joule
(72) The practical unit power is:
* Watt ** Kilowatt Hour * Joule * None of these
(73) One Kilowatt is equal to:
* 105 Watt * 106 Watt ** 103 Watt * None of these
(74) Amount of energy delivered by the current in one hour when it supplies energy at the
rate of 1000 J/S is known as:
* Joule ** KWh * Newton * None of these
(75) Which one of the following bulbs has least resistance?
* 100 Watt * 200 Watt ** 500 Watt * 60 Watt
(76) If a 40 watt light bulb for 2 hour, how much heat is generated?
* 80 J * 400 J ** 288 x103 J * 3600J
(77) The resistance of 60 watt bulb is a 120 volt line is:
* 30 Ohm * 120 Ohm ** 240 Ohm * 60 Ohm
ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE:
(78a). Two batteries of 12V each are connected in series; the net voltage we get is:
*6V *9V *12V **24V
(78b). Two batteries of 12V each are connected in Parallel; the net voltage we get is:
*6V *9V **12V *24V
(78) What is true about a battery when current drawn from it is increased?
*terminal potential difference increases * electromotive force increases
**terminal potential difference decreases *electromotive force decreases
(78) The work per unit charge done by the source in moving in charge around a closed loop
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** Electromotive Force * Potential difference
* Potential Energy * Kinetic Energy
(79) The total energy expended per coulomb of electricity when charge is driven round a
circuit is called:
** Electromotive Force * Electromotive Source
* Potential Energy * Kinetic Energy
(80) The unit of electromotive force is:
* Coulomb per second * Joule per second
** Joule per coulomb * Volt per ampere
(81) By electromotive force:
* Light is produced * Heat is produced
** Current is produced * Sound is produced
(82) The terminal potential difference V t of a battery is always:
* Equal to emf of the battery ** Less than emf of battery
* Greater than the emf of battery * Zero
(83) Internal resistance is the resistance offered by:
** Source of emf * The conductor
* The Circuit * The resistance
(84) Terminal potential difference Vt of a battery of internal resistance „r ‟ and emf „E‟ is:
r
* Vt = E + Ir ** Vt = E – Ir * Vt = EIr * Vt = E
I
(85) The emf of a source is equal to the potential difference across the terminals of the
source when its internal resistance is:
** Zero * Very High * Very Low * Zero V
(86) The E.M.F of the three cells, each of 2 volts, in parallel will be:
* 6v * 8V ** 2V * Zero V
(87) Total potential difference across the combination of three cells becomes maximum
when:
** All the three cells are connected in series
* All the three cells are connected in parallel.
* Two cells are connected in parallel and the third cell in series with the combination.
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CHAPTER # 14
FORCE ON A CHARGE MOVING IN UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD:
2015. The direction of magnetic force acting on a charged particle Moving inside a magnetic
field is?
*normal to V only * normal to B only
**normal to both V and B * normal to neither V nor B
2013F . Which of the following is the velocity selector formula?
v 2V E E
* * 2 2 ** * 2
Br B r B B r
2006. Which is not the magnetic material?
*iron *nickel *cobalt **silver
(1) The study of the properties associated with a magnet is called:
** Magnetism * Electromagnetism * Magnet * Current
(2) The study of the magnetic field associated with the moving charges or current is called:
* Magnetism ** Electromagnetism * Magnet * Electric Field
(3) The space surrounding a magnet in which its magnetic effect can be felt is called:
* Electric Field ** Magnetic Field * S-Pole * None of these
(4) The magnetic field is represented by:
* Electric Lines of Force ** Magnetic Lines of Force
* N-pole * S-pole
(5) The magnetic force F acting on a charge q when it moves with a velocity through a
magnetic field B is given by:
** ⃗ = q (⃗⃗ ⃗⃗ ) * F = q (V-B) * F = (qV) (B) * None of these
(6) The magnetic force experience b a charged particle moving in a magnetic field will be
maximum if it moves:
* At an angle of 60o to the field * Parallel to the field
** Perpendicular to the field * None of these
(7) The magnetic force experienced by a charged particle moving in a magnetic field will
be minimum or zero if it:
** Parallel to the field * Perpendicular to the field
o
* An Angle 20 to the field * None of these
(8) In a magnetic field charge at rest experience:
** Zero Force * Minimum Force * Maximum Force * None of these
(9) The S.I. Unit of magnetic field is:
* Ampere * Watt * Volt ** Tesla
(10) The S.I unit magnetic induction is:
* Gauss * Weber ** Tesla * Volt
(11) A charge particle moving in a magnetic field experiences a force:
* In the direction of the field
* In the opposite direction of the field
** In the direction perpendicular to both the field and its motion
* In the direction opposite to its motion
(12) The magnetic force acting on a unit positive charge moving perpendicular to the
magnetic field with a unit velocity is called:
* Magnetic Flux * Magnetic field intensity
** Magnetic Induction * Self Induction
(13) The magnetic field is donated by:
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* E *F ** B * None of these
(14) Maximum force on a charged particle moving in magnetic field is given by:
** q v B * qvB Sin * BL * BL Sin
(15) Which of the following is not the unit of magnetic Induction:
** Weber * Tesla
* Newton per ampere per meter * Weber per meter square
(16) The magnetic effect near the current carrying conductor discovered by:
* Coulomb * Bohr * Faraday ** Christian
(17) A steady current passing through a conductor produces:
* An Electric field ** A magnetic field only
* Both electric and magnetic field * Neither electric nor magnetic field
(18) Force on a current carrying conductor placed is a magnetic field is given by:
** ⃗ =I (⃗ x ⃗⃗ ) * F=I (Lxq) * F=q (LxB) * P=q (VxB)
(19) A current carrying straight conductor in a magnetic field perpendicular to it the force
experienced by the conductor is:
* F=BIL ** F = BIL Sin * F=BIL Cos * F=0
(20) If a wire carrying current is placed in a magnetic field and force acts upon it the
direction is perpendicular to:
** Field * Wire * Work and Field * Current
(21) The force per unit length of a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field
is given by:
* IBL Sin * IBL cos ** IB Sin * IB Cos
(22) A current carrying straight conductor is placed in a magnetic field parallel to it. The
force experienced by the conductor:
* F=BIL * F=BIL sin * E=BIL Sin ** F=0
(23) If the current passing through a wire in a magnetic field is doubled the magnetic force
would become:
* Half ** Twice * Four times * Six times
(24) The magnetic force on a current carrying wire placed is a magnetic field is not directly
proportional to:
* Length of wire * Current
** Thickness of Wire * Intensity of magnetic field
(25) The force exerted on a wire of one meter length carrying one ampere current placed at
right angle to the field is called:
* Magnetic Field Intensity * Magnetic Flux
* Self Induction ** Magnetic Induction
(26) A 5 meter wire carrying a current of 2A in at right angle to the uniform field of 0.5
Webere/m2. The force on the wire is:
* 2N * 4N ** 5N * 1.5N
(27) If F is force experienced by a current carrying conductor of length 2m placed in
magnetic field of strength B. where I=1A is the current flowing through the conductor
in the magnetic field and angle between force and field is 45o then:
** F= 2 B * F=B * F= 2 3 B * F=3B
TORQUE ON CURRENT CARRYING COIL IN A UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD:
(28) Angle in the expression BINA cos is the angle between:


*plane of the coil and v **plane of the coil and B


*length of the coil and v *length of the coil and B
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(29a) Torque acting on a current carrying rectangular coil in a uniform magnetic field given
by the relation:
** =NIAB Cos * =NIAB Sin * =NIAB Tan * =NIAB Cot
(29b) If the plane of the rectangular coil is parallel to the magnetic field, the torque the coil
is:
* NIAB Cos * NIAB Sin * NIAB Tan ** NIAB
(30) If the plane of the rectangular coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field, the torque on
the coil is:
* NIAB Cos * NIAB Sin * NIAB ** Zero
(31) The deflecting torque on a current carrying coil planed is a magnetic field maximum
when the angle between the magnetic field and the plane of the coil is:
** Zero * 90o * 60o * 45o
(32) When a charged particle is projected along a perpendicular path to a uniform
magnetic field, its trajectory is:
* Ellipse * Straight Line * Cycloid ** Circle
(33) Which of the following in motion cannot be deflected by magnetic field:
* Electron * Proton ** Neutron * -particle
(34) If an electron and proton enter into a magnetic field perpendicular with the same
momentum:
* The electron will be deflected more
* The proton will be deflector more
** Both particles with be deflected equally
* They will not be deflected at all
(35) The force acting on a charged particle projected into a magnetic field of induction. B is
maximum when the angle between B and the velocity V of the particle is:
* 0o ** 90o * 60o * 45o
(36) A charged particle moving in the magnetic field B experiences a resultant force:
* Proportional to the kinetic energy
* In the direction of the field
** In the direction perpendicular to its motion and field
* None of these
(37) The path of a neutron moving normal to a magnetic field is:
** A straight path * A circular path * An oval path * A sinusoidal path
e
(38) The of an electron moving with speed along a circular path in a magnetic field is
m
given as:
e B2r e E e E 2
e B 2

*  **  2 *  2 * 
m E m B r m B r m Er
(39) Which of the two charged particles of same masses will deflect more in the same
magnetic field:
* Slow moving ** Fast moving * Both * None of these
(40) A charged particle enters from the left on the plane of paper, perpendicularly on the
vertically downward magnetic field. The direction of force on it would be:
** Perpendicularly on the plane of paper
* Along the plane of paper
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* Outward on the plane of paper
(41) The charge particle enters the uniform magnetic field in such a way that its initial
velocity is not perpendicular to the field, the orbit will be:
** A circle * A spiral * An ellipse * A helix
(42) The e/m of an electron moving with speed along a circular path in a magnetic field is
given as:
e B2r e E e E 2
e B 2

*  **  2 *  2 * 
m E m B r m B r m Er
(43) Charge and mass ratio of an electron is:
* 1.6 x 10–31 C Kg–1 * 1.75 x 10–31 C Kg–1
** 1.75 x 1011 C Kg–1 * 1.75 x 10–11 C Kg–1
(44) An electron enters a region where the electric field E is perpendicular to the magnetic
field B. It will suffer no deflection if:
BeV
* E= B ev * B = e E/v ** E = B * E=
2
(45) When a particle of charge “q” and mass “m” enters into a magnetic field “B” with
velocity “V” perpendicular to “B” it describes circular path of the following radius:
mv 2 qB mB mv
* r= * r= *r= ** =
r mv qv qB
(46) A steady current passing through a conductor produces:
* Both electric and magnetic fields ** A magnetic field only
* An electric field only * Neither electric nor magnetic field
(47) Two parallel wires carrying current in the opposite direction:
* Do not effect each other * Attract each other
** Repel each other * None of these
(48) Total number of lines of magnetic induction passing through any surface placed
perpendicular to the field is called:
* Flux density * Magnetic Induction ** Magnetic Flux * Self Induction
MAGNETIC FLUX:
(49) The magnetic flux through the area A is mathematically defined as:
*  = BxA * =BA **  = ⃗⃗ .⃗ *  = A x B
(50) Magnetic flux is terms of B and A normal to B is defined as:
* =B/A * =A/B ** =B A * =B2A
(51) The S.I Unit of magnetic flux is:
* Nm A–1 ** N.A m–1 * Nm A–2 * Nm2 A–1
(52) The S.I Unit of magnetic flux is:
** Weber * Weber/m2 * Weber/m3 * Magnetic flux Henry
(53) Weber is the unit of:
* Magnetic Field Intensity * Magnetic Induction
** Magnetic Flux * Magnetic Flux density
(54) Total number of lines of magnetic induction passing normally through a unit area is
called:
* Magnetic field Lines * Magnetic Flux
** Flux Density * Magnetic field intensity
(55) The S.I unit of flux density is:
** N A –1m –1 * NA m–1 * N mA–1 * Nm A–2
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(56) The magnetic induction is also called:
* Flux ** Magnetic Intensity * Flux Intensity * Magnetization
(57) The S.I. Unit of flux density:
* Weber ** Tesla * Weber per meter * Gauss

AMPERE’s LAW:
2011. A changing current passing through a conductor produces around it:
*a magnetic field only *an electric field only
**both electric and magnetic field * neither electric or magnetic field
(58) The relation B.L = .I is the mathematical form of:
* Faraday‟s Law * Coulomb‟s law * Gauss‟s Law ** Ampere‟s Law
(59) Ampere‟s Law states that the sum of the quantities B.L for all path elements into
which the complete loop has been divided equals:
*  o times the total current enclosed by the loop.
** o times the total current enclosed by the loop.
* 2o times the total current enclosed by the loop.
* 3o times the total current enclosed by the loop.
(60) The value of permeability of free space in S.I. Unit is:
* 4x10–9W/Am ** 4 x 10 –7 W/Am
1
* 4x10–16 W/Am * x107 W/Am
4
(61) The S.I. unit of magnetic permeability is:
* Weber/m2 * Weber ** Weber/Am * Weber A/m
(62) By winding wire on a cylindrical surface, we get a:
* Transformer ** solenoid * Toroid * None of these
(63) When current passes through a solenoid, it behaves like a:
* Bar Insulator ** Bar Magnet * Generator * None of these
(64) The filed inside a long solenoid is uniform and _________ where asout side the
solenoid, it is so weak that it can be neglected as compare to the field insides:
** Much Strong * Much Weak * Weakest * None of these
(65) Magnetic field along the axis of a solenoid with „n‟ turns per unit length carrying
current „I‟ is given by:
 I  I
** B=o nI * B=o N I * B= o * B= o
n N
(66) A solenoid 15.0cm long has 300 turns of wire. A current 5.0A flows through it. The
magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid is:
** 1.3 x 10 –7 W/m2 * 1.3 x 10–5 W/m2
* 1.3 x 10–4 W/m * 1.3 x 10–2 W/m2
(67) A solenoid 15.0cm long has 600 turns of wire. A current 5.0A flows through it. The
magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid is:
* 2.5 x 10 –7 W/m2 * 2.5 x 10–5 W/m2
* 2.5 x 10–4 W/m2 ** 2.5 x 10 –2 W/m2
(68) A solenoid that is bend into a circle is called:
** Toroid * Resistor * Transformer * None of these
(69) Magnetic field inside the turns of a toroid of radius „r‟ and total „N‟ turns carrying
current „I‟ is given by:

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 NI 2NI 2r  r
** B= o * B= * B= * B= o
2r o r  o NI 2NI
(70) Magnetic field of a solenoid is given by:
* B=2o nI * B=2nI * o = nI ** B=o n I
 NI
(71) The equation o for Toroid can be derived applying.
2r
* Ohm‟s Law * Lenz‟s Law ** Ampere‟s Law * None of these
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION:
2009 Angle in the expression BvLsin is the angle between:

    
 
** v and B * L and B * L and v * I and B
(72) Electromagnetic induction is the phenomenon in which an emf is induced in the coil
due to the change of flux through it when:
** The coil is moved in magnetic field * The coil is placed in magnetic field
* The coil is moved in electric field * The coil is placed in electric field
(73) The current produced by moving the loop of wire across a magnetic field is called:
* Electric current * A.C current * D.C Current ** Induced current
(74) The induced emf is produced in a circuit due to:
* Initial magnetic flux through the circuit
* Final magnetic flux through the circuit
** The change of flux through the circuit * Constant magnetic flux
(75) The magnitude of the induced emf in a circuit depends upon:
* Change of flux through the circuit
** Rate of change of flux through the circuit
* Maximum flux through the circuit * Minimum flux through the circuit
(76) According to Faraday‟s Law of electromagnetic induction, the induced emf in a coil
can be mathematically expressed as:
t  t
* ξ  N * E=–/Nt ** ξ   N * E
 t N
(77) Induced e.m.f is directly proportional to the rate of change of flux linked with the coil,
is the statement of:
* Biot-Savart‟s Law ** Faraday‟s Law
* Lenz‟s Law * Ampere‟s Law
(78) The direction of an induced current is such as to oppose the cause producing it. This is
called:
** Lenz‟s law * Faraday‟s law * Ampere‟s Law * Gauss‟s Law
(79) Lenz‟s law is in accordance with the law of conservation of:
* Momentum* Angular Momentum * Charge ** Energy
(80) the phenomenon of producing emf in the coil due to change of current in the itself is
called:
* Mutual Induction ** Self Induction
* Self-flux change * Mutual Inductance
(81) The self inductance of a coil is given by:
Δt
** L   emf * L= – emf/t
ΔI
I emf
* L= –(emf) * L= –
t It
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(82) The S.I. unit of self-inductance is:
** Henry * Farada * Weber * Gauss
(83) One Henry can be defined as:
* AS V–1 ** VS A–1 * VA S–1 * VA–1 S–1
(84) The process in which a change of current in one coil causes on induced emf in another
coil bear by it is called:
* Self Induction ** Mutual Induction
* Self Inductance * The Henry effect
(85) Mutual Inductance of two coils is measured by the relation:
I P
* M = – (emf)s * M= –(emf)s / Ipt
t
t (emf ) s
** M = – (emf)s *M=–
I p I p
(86) Mutual inductance has a practical role in the performance of the:
* Radio Choke * A.C generator
* D.C generator ** Transformer
(87) The ratio of self-induced e.m.f to the rate of change of current in the coil is known as:
** Self-induction * Mutual induction
* Self-inductance * Mutual Inductance
(88) Henry is the unit of:
* Self-inductance only * Mutual Inductance
* Both self and mutual inductance * Induced emf
(89) Inductance is measured in:
* Ohm * Volt ** Henry * Weber
(90) The current in a coil of 500 turns is change from 5A to zero in 0.25. if an average emf
of 50V is induced during this interval, the self-inductance of the coil is:
* 2H ** 2 .5 H * 3H * 4H
(91) Non-inductive resistance are used in:
** Resistance boxes * Ammeters
* Voltmeters * All of these
(92) The motional emf developed in a conductor depends upon:
* Length * Orientation * Magnetic Field ** All of these
(93) If the number of turns in a coil is doubled its self-inductance will be:
** Doubled * Halved * The same * Four fold
(94) The motional e.m.f induced in a coil is independent of:
* Change of flux * Number of turns ** Time * Resistance
(95) Self-induction of the coil increases as the ___________ increases:
* Magnetic flux through the coil (A) * Number of turns of the coil (B)
* Induced current ** A & B are correct
(96) If „ v ‟ is the speed of a conductor of length „L‟ moving perpendicularly across the
magnetic field B then the motional e.m.f is given by:
** vBL * v/LB * vB/L * BL/v
(97) The metal rod of length 45cm is moving at a speed of 0.7 m/s in a direction
perpendicular to a 0.35T magnetic field. The emf produced in the rod is:
* 1.1x10 –4 V * 1.1x10 –3 V ** 1.1x10 –2 V * 1.1x10 –1V
AC & DC GENERATORS:
(98) A generator is a device which converts:
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* Mechanical energy into heat energy * Mechanical energy into kinetic energy
** Mechanical energy into electrical energy
* Electric energy into mechanical energy
(99) A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy is called:
* Heat generator ** Electrical generator
* Current generation * Resistance generator
(100) The principle of an electric generator is based on:
* Newton‟s Law of gravitation * Coulomb‟s Law of gravitation
** Faraday‟s Law of electromagnetic induction * Ohm‟s Law
(101) The emf produced in a generator is:
* E = NAB Cos(wt) * E = NAB Tan(wt)
* E = NAB Sec(wt) ** E = NAB Sin(t)
(102) The emf produced in a generator is:
* E = Eo Cos (2ft) ** E = Eo Sin (2ft)
* E = Eo Tan (2ft) * E = Eo Sec (2ft)
(103) When an A.C generator is converted into a D.C generator, slip rings are replaced by:
* A dynamo ** A split ring * A field coil * An Inductor
(104) A.C. generator works on the principle of:
* Self Induction * Mutual Induction ** Motional emf *A&B are correct
(105) Which one of the following in D.C generator does not have:
* Armature * Commutators ** Slip Rings * Magnets
(106) The current which fluctuates from zero to maximum and maximum to zero is called:
* Steady current ** A.C. * D.C. * Pulsating D.C
(107) A device which converts electrical energy into mechanical energy is called:
** Electric motor * D.C generator * Transformer * A.C generator
(108) Alternating emf is produced rotating a rectangular coil of wire in:
* Gravitational field ** Magnetic Field
* Electric Field * Conservation field
(109) The emf induced in a coil of A.C generator under the phenomenon of:
* Electrostatic induction * Self induction
* Mutual induction ** Electromagnetic induction

TRANSFORMER:
2008F The transformer works on the principle of:
*Wheatstone bridge *potentiometer **mutual induction *self-induction
2010. Transformer are used in circuits containing:
*dc only **ac only *both ac and dc *non-inductive winding
2011. The core of a transformer is laminated to reduce the loss of energy caused by:
*flux leakage ** Eddy currents *ohmic resistance *hysteresis
(110) A transformer is used to change:
* Power ** Voltage * Resistance * Capacitance
(111) The principle of transformer is:
** Mutual Induction * Electromagnetic induction
* Self-induction * None of these
(112) The practical application of the phenomenon of mutual inductance is:
* A.C. generator ** Transformer * Rectifier * Dynamo

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(113) Transformers are used in circuits containing:
* D.C. alone ** A.C Alone
* Both A.C and D.C * Non inductive winding
(114) In a conventional transformer:
* The current moves from primary to the secondary windings without any change
** EMF is induced in the secondary by the changing magnetic flux
* The heat is transferred from primary to secondary
* None of the above
(115) In step-up transformer:
V
* s  1 * Vp > Vs * Vp = Vs ** Vs >Vp
Vp
(116) Cause of self-inductances:
* Change in flux in the same coil (A)
* Change in current in the same coil (B)
* Both A and B are wrong
** Both A and B are correct
(117) The core of a transformer is made of soft iron because:
* Iron is cheaper than copper
** Iron is a good magnetic substance
* Iron is a good conductor of current
* Iron has high melting point
(118) The core of transformer is used to link the primary coil to the secondary coil. What
type of link is this?
* Thermal * Electrostatic ** Magnetic * Mechanical
(119) A transformer steps 220V to 40V. It the secondary turns are 40 and primary turns are:
* 20 * 40 * 120 ** 220
(120) An ideal step down transformer is connected to main supply of 120V. It desired to
operate a 6V, to 30W lamp. The transformation ratio is:
1 1 1 1
* ** * *
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CHAPTER # 15
GALVANOMETER:
2010 F. The function of the concave pole pieces in a moving coil instrument is to:
* increases sensitivity * make scale non-linear
**make field radial and strong * make the field linear
(1) An devise used for the detection and measurement of current is called:
** Galvanometer * Voltmeter * Ammeter * Avometer
(2) The working of a galvanometer depends upon the:
* Force exerted on the soil ** Torque exerted on the coil
(3) Galvanometer is based on the:
* Electromagnetic effect of current * Chemical effect of current
** Magnetic effect of current * Heating effect of current
(4) The current passing through the coil of the galvanometer is:
* Inversely proportional to the angle of deflection of the coil
* Independent of the coil
** Directly proportional to the angle of deflection of the coil
* None of the above
(5) The galvanometer constant is given by:
** C/NAB * NAB / C * NAC / B * NB / AC
(6) The galvanometer can be made sensitive by making the value of factor C/NAB:
* Large ** Small * Zero * Infinite
(7) The sensitivity of a galvanometer can be increased by increasing:
* Magnetic Field * Area of coil * Number of turns ** All of them
C
(8) I=  hence to increase the sensitivity of a galvanometer, we must decrease the
BNA
value of:
*  * N *B ** C
(9) The unit of least count on a galvanometer scale represents:
** Division * Ohm * Volt * Henry
(10) When the coil of the galvanometer in equilibrium, then the deflecting couple is:
* Zero ** Equal to the restoring couple
* Greater than the restoring couple * Smaller than the restoring couple
AMMETER:
(11) A device which is used to measurement of current is called:
** Ammeter * Voltmeter * Galvanometer * Avo-meter
(12) A galvanometer is converted into an ammeter by connecting a suitable:
* High resistance in series ** Low resistance in parallel
* High resistance in parallel * Low resistance in series
(13) The convert a galvanometer into a ammeter the shunt resistance is given by:
I g Rg I g Rg I  Ig I  Ig
* RS  ** RS  * RS  Rg *
I  Ig I  Ig Ig I g Rg
(14) In order to increase the range of ammeter the shunt resistance is:
** Decreased * Increased * Kept constant
* Sometimes increased and sometime decreased
(15) In a circuit Ammeter is always connected in:
** Series * Parallel
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* Both Series and Parallel * None of these
(16) A good ammeter is one which:
* Can measure both alternating and direct current
** Has very small internal resistance
* Has very high internal resistance * Has linear scale of measurement
(17) A device which is used to measurement of voltage is called:
* Ammeter ** Voltmeter * Galvanometer * Avometer
(18) To convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter a resistance is connected in:
** High resistance in series * Low resistance in parallel
* High resistance in parallel * Low resistance in series
(19) To convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter the high resistance is given by:
Rg  V I  Ig V V
* Rx  * Rx  ** R x   Rg * R X  Rg
(I  I g ) I g Rg Ig Ig
(20) In order to increase the range of voltmeter the high resistance is:
* Decreased ** Increased * Kept constant
* Sometime increased and sometime decreased
(21) In a circuit, voltmeter is always connected in:
* Series ** Parallel
* Both series and parallel * None of these
(22) A good voltmeter is one which:
* Can measure both A.C and D.C * Has linear side of measurement
* Has very small internal resistance ** Has very high internal resistance
WHEATSTONE BRIDGE:
(23) A balanced Wheatstone bridge is used to measure:
* Current * Voltage
** Unknown resistance * Electric flux
(24) When Wheatstone bridge is balanced then:
* Galvanometer is giving full deflection ** Galvanometer‟s deflection is zero
* R1 / R2> R3 / R4 * R1 / R3> R3 / R2
(25) Wheatstone bridge is an arrangement consisting of:
* Three resistances * Two resistances
** Four resistances * Five resistances
(26) The condition for the Wheatstone Bridge to be balanced is given by:
R R R R R R R R
** 1  4 * 1  3 * 2  3 * 2  4
R2 R3 R2 R4 R1 R4 R1 R3
(27) In a Wheatstone Bridge circuit we balance:
* Resistance * Current ** Voltage * All of these
(28) Balanced position of Wheatstone bridge is obtained when potential at the terminals of
Galvanometer:
** is same * is altered * is different * is established
(29) A meter bridge is an apparatus used to measure the:
* Current * Voltage
* Magnetic field ** Unknown resistance
(30) A meter bridge also called:
* Voltmeter * Ammeter * Galvanometer ** Slide-wire bridge
(31) The construction of meter bridge is based an the principle of a:
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* Voltmeter * Ammeter * A.C generator ** Wheatstone bridge
(32) Slide-wire bridge is a practical form of the:
* Galvanometer * Post Office Box
* Voltmeter ** Wheatstone Bridge
(33) In slide-wire bridge method, the unknown resistance is determined by the relation:
2 1 R 1
**   R *  R *  2 * 
1 2 1 2R
POST OFFICE BOX:
(34) P.O. Box is used to find:
* Current ** Resistance * e.m.f * All of those
(35) The working principle of a post office box is:
** Wheatstone Bridge * Potentiometer
* Telegraph line * None of these
(36) Post Office is a practical form of:
* Ammeter * Voltmeter * Meter Bridge ** Wheatstone Bridge
(37) Which one of the following instrument can measure the unknown resistance which
sufficient accuracy?
* Potentiometer * Slide wire bridge ** Post office box * Galvanometer
(38) Three arms of a balanced post office box are 75 ohm resistance each. What is the
resistance of the fourth arm?
* 225 ohm * 150 ohm ** 75 ohm * 300 ohm
POTENTIOMETER, OHMMETER, AVOMETER:
(39) A potentiometer is an instrument used to measure:
* Current ** Voltage * Resistance * Electric Flux
(40) An instrument which measures potential without drawing any current from the circuit
is known as:
* Voltmeter * Avometer ** Potentiometer * Galvanometer
(41) A potentiometer circuit give continuously varying:
** Potential difference * Capacitance
* Charge * Inductance
(42) The apparatus used to compare the emf of two cell is:
* A Wheatstone bridge * A Galvanometer
** A Potentiometer * A Ammeter
(43) Which one of the following is used to determine internal resistance of a cell?
* Ammeter * Voltmeter * Galvanometer **Potentiomete
(44) Potentiometer can be used as:
* Ammeter * Voltmeter * Galvanometer ** Potential divider
(45) Potentiometer is used to:
* Compare emf of two cell * Detect internal resistance of cell
* Measure P.D ** All of these
(46) To increase the accuracy of potentiometer:
** A uniform wire of a large length should be used
* A uniform wire of a small length should be used
* Anon uniform wire should be used * None of these
(47) An Avo-meter is a device which can measure:
* Voltage Only * Current only
* Resistance only ** Current, Voltage and Resistance
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(48) Which of following instruments is used to measure current, potential difference and
resistance:
* Ammeter * Voltmeter * Galvanometer ** Avometer
(49) A single device containing ammeter, voltmeter and ohmmeter is called:
* VTVM * CRO * Potentiometer **Multimeter
(50) AVO meter is used to find:
* Current * Resistance * e.m.f ** All of these
(51) Which of the following device is not used for measuring resistance:
* P.O. Box ** Potentiometer * Ohmmeter * Meter Bridge
(52) Which of the following can be used to measure the resistance:
* Ohm meter * Meter bridge * P.O. Box ** All of these
(53) The process of reducing amplitude of vibration of coil of Galvanometer is called:
* Drifting * Doping * Shunting ** Damping
(54) If the length of the wire of potentiometer is increased, the accuracy in the termination
of null point:
** Increases * Decreases
* Remains the same * Becomes zero
(55) A moving coil galvanometer is converted into an ammeter by connecting to it:
* Low resistance in series * High resistance in series
* High resistance in parallel ** Low resistance in parallel
(56) Galvanometer can be converted into voltmeter by connecting:
** A high resistance in series * A low resistance in series
* High resistance in parallel * Low resistance in parallel
(57) Sensitivity of Galvanometer is given by:
1 C BAN
* CBAN * * **
CBAN BAN C
(58) The device which makes use of Wheatstone bridge is:
** Meter Bridge * Voltmeter * Ohmmeter * Potentiometer
(59) The device which can measure e.m.f of cells without drawing current from them is
called:
* Potentiometer * Meter Bridge ** Voltmeter * Ohmmeter
(60) In a circuit Voltmeter is always connected in:
* Series ** Parallel
* Both Series and Parallel * None of these
(61) To increase the accuracy of a potentiometer:
* A uniform wire of a small length should be used
* Thickness of wire will be increased * Thickness of wire will be decreased
** A uniform wire of a large length should be used
(62) The deflection of coil of Galvanometer is directly proportional to:
* Resistance of Coil * Strength of Magnetic field
** Current passing through coil * Area of coil
(63) For Balanced position of Wheatstone bridge:
R R R R
* 1  2 * 2  3 ** R1R4 = R2R3 * R1R2=R3R4
R3 R4 R1 R4
(64) This is a high resistance instrument:
** Voltmeter * Ammeter * Galvanometer * Motor

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CHAPTER # 16
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES:
2014. Hole in a semiconductor is actually the:
*electron *positron
*helium nucleus **vacancy of electron in the valance band
2008. In a semiconductor:
* The electrons move in the conduction band while the holes move in the forbidden band
* The holes move in the conduction band while the electrons move in the forbidden band
** The electrons move in the conduction band while the holes move in the valance band
* The holes move in the conduction band while the electrons move in the valance band

Q.1 Electromagnetic waves consists of:

* Magnetic Field * Electric Field
** Electric and magnetic fields moving perpendicular to each other,
* Electric and magnetic fields moving parallel to each other,
Q.2 Speed of electromagnetic wave in free space is given by: (2013, 2007)
* √ ** * *
√
Q.3 the electromagnetic waves travel in free space with the speed:
** Equal to the speed of Light * Equal to the speed of sound
* Less than the speed of light * Greater than the speed of light
Q.4 Electromagnetic waves are:
* Longitudinal ** Transverse * Stationary * complex
Q.5 This direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is:
* Sound waves * Water waves ** Radio waves * Complex waves
Q.6 the direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is:
* Perpendicular to electric field * Perpendicular to Magnetic Field
* Parallel to electric field ** Perpendicular to both fields
Q.7 Electromagnetic waves have frequency in the range of:
* 104Hz * 105Hz ** 106Hz * 1012Hz
Q.8 The device which can receive or generate Electromagnetic waves is called:
* Decorder * Diode ** Antenna * Semiconductor
Q.9 The waves from the antenna are:
* Expanding plane wave fronts * Concentric spheres
** Expanding waves * None of these
MODULATIONS:
Q.10 The process of generating the effect of Audio signal in Electromagnetic wave is called:
** Modulation * Amplification * Biasing * Rectification
Q.11 Choose the right option for A.M:
* Amplitude Monitor ** Amplitude Modulation
* Amplitude Magnification * Amplitude Measurement
Q.12 The process in which original signal is recovered from modulated signal in called:
* Doping * Biasing * Rectification ** Demodulation
Q.13 In frequency modulation, this one of the following of the original signal does not
change
* Pitch * Wavelength ** Frequency * Amplitude
Brand Theory of Solid:
Q.14 The electrons in the outermost shell of an atom are called:
* Tightly bound electrons ** Valence electrons
* Free Electrons * loosely bound electrons
Q.15 A Vacant or partially filled band is called:
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* Fermi band * Valence band * Forbidden band ** Conduction band
Q.16 Band above the valence band is called:
** Conduction band * Forbidden Band * Covalent band * Occupied band
Q.17 The devices, which have partially field conduction bands, are called:
* Insulators * Semiconductors ** Conductors * Transistors
Q.18 The energy band, occupying valence electrons, is known as:
** Valence band * Conduction band * Convection band * Radiation band
Q.19 In a Semiconductor:
* The electrons move in the conduction band while the holes move in the forbidden
band.
* The holes move in the conduction band and the electrons move in the forbidden
band.
** The electrons move in the conduction band and the holes move in the valence band.
* The holes move in the conduction band and the electrons move in the valence band
only.
Q.20 A substance which has empty conduction band is called:
* Semiconductor * Conductor ** Insulator * transistor
SEMI-CONDUCTORS:
Q.21 The substances with conductive of order 10-6Ω m-1 to 10-4 Ω m-1 are:
** Semiconductor * Conductor * Good Conductors * Insulators
Q.22 Solids with intermediate conductivity of the order 10-6 to 10-4 Ω m-1 one called.
* Conductor ** Semiconductor * Insulators * Good Conductors
Q.23 This one of the following is not a semiconductor:
** Copper * Silicon * Germanium * Gallium
Q.24 The process of adding a small amount of impurity into the pure semiconductor is
called:
* Mixing * Dropping ** Doping * Inserting
Q.25 The doped semiconductor materials are called:
** Extrinsic semiconductors * Intrinsic semiconductors
* P-type semiconductors * Pure semiconductors
Q.26 The semiconductor in its extremely pure form is called:
* Extrinsic semiconductors ** Intrinsic semiconductors
* n-type semiconductors * p-type semiconductors
Q.27 To make n-type substance, Antimony is mixed with:
* Boron * Silicon ** Germanium * Indium
Q.28 To make p-type substance, Indium is mixed with:
* Boron * Silicon ** Germanium * Antimony
Q.29 In the p type substance, charged carries are:
** Positive * Negative * Ions * Neutrons
Q.30 In the n type substance, charged carries are:
* Positive ** Negative * Ions * Neutrons
Q.31 Majority carries in an n type substance are:
** Electron * Protons * Positrons * Holes
Q.32 Minority carriers in n type substance are:
* Electron * Protons * Positrons ** Holes
Q.33 Majority carriers in a p type substance are:
* Protons ** Hole * Electrons * Positrons
Q.34 Minority carriers in a p type substance are:
* Protons ** Electrons * Neutrons * Holes
Q.35 Donor impurities are:
* Ge and Si * In and Ga ** Sb and As * Li and Ga
Q.36 The process of adding impurity of trivalent or penta-valent element into
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* Modulation * Rectification ** Doping * Biasing
Q.37 The semiconductor, mixed with impurity of trivalent or pentavalent element is called:
* none of these ** Extrinsic semi-conductor
* Intrinsic semiconductor * Electronic device
DIODE:
Q.38 pn-junction diode work as an insulator if connected:
* to A.C. source * in forward bias ** in reverse bias * all of these
Q.39 The potential difference applied across p-n junctions, which results in the reduction of
the barrier potential, is:
* Reverse basing ** in forward bias * in reverse bias * all of these
Q. 40 A Semiconductor diode is used as:
* An amplifier * An oscillator ** A rectifier * A transformer
Q 41. A PN-junction can be used as:
** Rectifier * Amplifier * Transformer * Ohm-meter
Q 42. The two terminal Semiconductor device, used as a rectifier, is called:
** Diode * Transistor * Triode * p-type device
Q 43. The process of converting A.C. into D.C. is called
* Modulation * Amplification * Biasing ** Rectification
Q 44. Whenever a potential is applied across the p-n-junction diode so as to increase
the height of the potential barrier, the diode is said to be:
* Chocked * Both reverse and forward biased
* Forward biased ** Reverse biased
Q 45. Whenever a potential is applied across the p-n junction diode so as to decrease the
height of the potential barrier, the diode is said to be:
* Chocked * Both reverse and forward biased
** Forward biased * Reverse biased
Q 46. The diode, which gives off visible light when energized, is called:
* Photo diode * L.C.D.
* Photovoltaic diode ** L.E.D.
Q 47. A transistor in a circuit is basically used as:
* An oscillator ** Amplifier
* Photovoltaic diode * L.E.D.
Q 48. The three portions of transistor form:
** Two junctions * Three junctions
* Four junctions * Six junctions.
Q 49. In case of a transistor, the central portion has to be:
* n-type * p-type
** n-type or p-type * none of these
Q 50. The term transistor stands for:
** Transfer of resistance * Transfer of Voltage
* Transfer of current * Transfer of power
Q 51. The symbol of npn transistor is:

Q 52. The symbol of p-n-p transistor is:

Q 53. In the transistor be Rematic symbol, the arrow

** Is isolated on the emitter * Is isolated on the base
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* Is isolated on the collector * Points from north to south
Q 54. Emitter Base junction is forward biased in:
* pnp transistor * npn transistor
** Both pnp and npn transistor * Rectifier
Q 55. The three-terminal device, which is used as an amplifier and which brought
revolution
in Electronics is called.
* Diode ** Transistor * Triode * p-type
Q 56. The device which raises the strength of a weak signal at the output, is
** Amplifier *Decoder * Recorder * Diode
Q 57. Base-Emitter junction and Base-Collector junction of transistor are:
** Forward biased and reverse biased * Reverse biased and forward biased
* Both reverse biased * Both forward biased
Q 58. The semiconductor device, which increases the strength of weak input signal at the
output, is a /an.
* n-type semi conductor * p-n diode
** Transistor * p-type semiconductor
Q 59. This quantity of audio signal is changed by transistor
* all of these. ** Amplitude * Frequency * Wavelength

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CHAPTER # 17
RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS
1a. Two photons are travelling towards each other. The relative velocity of one with
respect to the other is:
*zero *2c **c * c
1b. If the rest mass of a particle is mo and the relativistic mass is m, then kinetic energy
of the particle will be:
*moc2 – mc2 **mc2 – moc2 * mv2 * mov2
(2) According to Einstein‟s special theory of relativity, the mass of a particle moving
with the
speed of light will become: (2012)
* Zero * Double ** Infinite * Ten times
(3) Galilean transformation are applicable to a frame of reference which is: (2008 PE)
* Stationary * Moving ** inertial * Non-inertial
(4) A frame of reference is called inertial if it is: (2007)
* Rotatory * Accelerated * Vibratory
** Moving with uniform velocity
(5) Galilean transformations are applicable in:
** All frames * Frame of Reference
* Non-Inertial frame * Inertial frame
(6) Special theory of relativity:
* The Objects moving with accelerated speed.
* The objects moving with Variable velocity.
** The objects moving with constant speed.
* Both (a) and (b)
(7) Inertial frame has:
* Constant velocity * Zero velocity
* Zero acceleration ** all of these
(7) According to the special theory of relativity, the energy of an object depends upon:
* Its mass only * Its Momentum and position
* Velocity and time ** Mass and velocity
(8) This one of the following is correct for the inertial frame of reference:
* It is in uniform velocity * it has zero acceleration
*Net force acting on it is zero ** all of these
(9) None inertial frame is that:
* Which has constant velocity * It has zero acceleration
** Which has acceleration * none of these
(10) According to the theory of relativity, all motions are:
* Neither absolute nor relative * Sometime absolute, sometime relative
* Absolute ** Relative
(11) This is not the result of the special theory of relativity
* Length contraction ** Space-time transformation
* Time dilation * Mass variation

BLACK BODY RADIATION

(12) The mathematical expression max T =constant, is called: (2012 2014)
* Stefan‟s law ** Wien‟s Displacement law
* Rayleigh-Jean‟s law * Planck‟s Law
(13) As the temperature of the Black body is raised, the wavelength corresponding to the
maximum intensity shifts towards: (2011, 2013)
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** (Shorter wavelength) * Similar wavelength
* Longer wavelength * lower frequency
(14) The emissive power of a black body is proportional to: (2014)
*T * T5 * T-4 ** T 4
(15) The emissive power of a black body is proportional to: (2009,2014)
*T * T2 ** T 4 * T-4
(16) A perfect black body: (2008)
* Is a perfect absorber of radiation * has a unit absorptive power
* Is the most efficient radiator ** all of these
(17) The expression T = constant, represents: (2008, 2012, 2014)
* Stefan‟s Law ** Wein‟s Displacement Law
* Rayleigh –Jean‟s Formula * Planck‟s Law
(18) As the temperature of a black body is raised, the wavelength corresponding to the
maximum intensity:
* Remains the same * Shifts towards longer wavelength
** Shifts towards shorter wavelength * none of these

(19) The absorption of the incident radiation by a perfect Black body is :

* 0% * 50% * 90% ** 100%
(20) The emissive power of a black body radiation is proportional to: (2009, 2010, 2014)
*T * T2 ** T 4 * T-4
(21) The radiation from a black body depends upon the: (2005)
* Material of the body * Size of the body
* Shape of the body ** Temperature of the body
(22) Black body radiations are:
* Infra red and Visible light rays ** All radiations
* Visible light an ultra violet rays * Ultraviolet and X-rays
(23) max is the
** Wavelength of maximum energy * Maximum wavelength of radiation
* all of these

(24) Wien‟s displacement law is:

 max
** max T = Constant * = Constant
T
 min
* = Constant *  max = Constant
T
(25) Black body radiations are also called:
* Temperature radiations ** High Energy radiations
*Communication radiations * Coherent radiations
(26) The wavelength of maximum radiation of a block body is inversely proportional to
the absolute temperature. This is the statement of:
* Rayleigh – Jean Law * Planck‟s Law
* Stefan‟s Law ** Wien‟s Law
(27) E α T4 is the mathematical statement of:
* Rayleigh – Jean Law * Planck‟s Law
** Stefan‟s Law * Wien‟s Law
(28) The energy associated with a particular wavelength is inversely proportional to the
fourth power of wavelength is the statement of:
** Rayleigh-Jean Law * Planck‟s Law
* Stefan‟s Law * Wein‟ s Law
(29) According Planck‟s theory, energy is radiated from the black body in the form of:
* Photons * Packets * Quantum ** All of these.
(30) These are/this is close to perfect black body
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* Translucent glass box ** Cavity radiator
* Black holes * All of these

PHOTO_ELECTRIC EFFECT
(31) The rest mass of Photon is: (2013 to 2015)
*1 ** Zero * Infinity * -1
(32) This was the first experimental verification of Einstein‟s mass-energy relation:
* Deutron-induced reaction ** Proton-induced reaction
* Gamma-induced reaction * none of these
(33) A photoelectric cell transforms light energy into: (2013)
* Heat energy * Magnetic energy
** Electrical energy * Sound energy
(34) In order to increase the kinetic energy of an ejected photoelectron there should be an
increase in: (2013)
** The Frequency of Radiation * the Wavelength of Radiation
* The Intensity of Radiation * Both the wavelength and the intensity
(35) The photoelectric emission takes place if: (2009)
* h < фo ** h > фo * h o < фo
(36) The frequency of the incident radiation, corresponding to the work function, is called
(2005)
* Fundamental frequency * Working frequency
* Critical frequency ** Threshold frequency
(37) Kinetic energy of photoelectrons can be increased by:
* Decreasing the wavelength ** Decreasing the incident light wavelength
* Increasing the wavelength of incident light * Increasing the plate potential
(38) X-rays is the reverse process of:
* Pair production * Compton Effect
** Photoelectric effect * Both (a) and (b) correct
(39) This physical quantity will change if intensity of light falling on metal‟s surface is
increased.
* K.E. of photoelectrons * Velocity of photoelectrons
* Plate potential ** Current

PHOTON’S ENERGY & MOMENTUM

(40) Energy of photon is directly proportional to its:
* Temperature ** Frequency * Wavelength * none of these
(41) Product of frequency and wavelength of photon is:
* Energy absorbed by the photon * Absolute temperature
* Energy radiated by the photon ** Velocity of light
(42) The photon is the particle, which has:
* Infinite rest mass * Rest mass but no charge
** No rest mass and no charge * (a) and (c) are correct
(43) Planck‟s constant is analogues to:
* Inertia * Wave nature
** Angular momentum * Linear momentum
(44) When the frequency of incident radiation is doubled above threshold frequency, the
velocity of photoelectron will:
* remain the same * to be doubled * be halved ** increase
(45) Wave nature of light is proved by:
** Polarization * Black body radiation
* Compton effect * Photoelectric effect
(46) The formula of the momentum of a photon is (2006)

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hc h  c
* ** * *
  h 
(47) As a result of elastic collision between a photon and an electron, (2005)
* Frequency of the photon is increased
** wavelength of the photon is increased
* Energy of the photon is increased * X-rays are produced
(48) The minimum light frequency required for photoelectric effect is called:
* National frequency * Cut-off frequency
** Threshold frequency * Natural frequency
(49) The formula for the momentum of photon is:
 h hc
* * h ** *
h  
(50) If the frequency of light causing photoelectric emission is doubled, the kinetic
energy of photoelectric will be:
* The same *Zero ** Doubled * Halved
(51) Minimum energy required by the electron to leave the metal surface is called the
_________ of the metal surface.
* Threshold frequency * Cut-off potential
** Work function * Threshold energy
(52) Photoelectric effect cannot be produced by non-metallic surfaces because:
** They have work function of higher value
* They have large function of free electrons
* They have no free electrons * Both (a) and (c)
(53) Above threshold frequency, the K.E. of photoelectron is:
* Inversely proportional to the wavelength of the incident photon
* Directly proportional to the frequency of emission
** Directly proportional to the frequency of incident photon
* Both (b) and (c) are correct
(54) Number of photoelectrons emitted from a metal depends upon the:
** Intensity of incident light * Energy of incident light
* Wavelength of incident light * Frequency of incident light
DE-BROGLIE’s WAVELENGTH
(55) de Broglie‟s wavelength, associated with the particle, is given by: (2013)
mv h h mh
*λ= *λ= 2
** λ = *λ=
h mv mv v
(56) The wavelength of a material particle of mass m, moving with a velocity V is given by
mv h h mh
*λ= *λ= 2
** λ = *λ=
h mv mv v
(57) Range of wavelength of visible light is:
* 7000A -10000A * 1mm-100mm
* 0.1mm-1mm ** 40000A - 70000A

DAVISSION & GERMAN EXPERIMENT

(58) Dual nature of light is proved by
** Davisson and Germen‟s experiment * Black body radiation
* Compton effect * Photoelectric effect
(59) The fast moving electrons, stopped by a heavy metallic target , in an evacuated glass
tube, give rise to the production of:
** X-Rays * Laser * B-Particles * a-Particles
(60) The energy lost by fast moving electron:
** Appears as photons * Appears as electron-position pair
* Appears as its K.E. * Vanishes

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COMPTON’s EFFECT
(61) In Compton effect, the scattered photon has: (2007) (2015)
* Greater frequency, smaller wavelength
* Greater frequency, greater wavelength
* * (Smaller frequency, greater wavelength) * none of these
(62) A Compton shift depends only on the photon‟s (2007)
*Wavelength * Energy * Frequency ** Scattering angle
(63) Existence of photon was confirmed by:
** Compton * de Broglie * Einstein * Max Planck
(64) In Compton‟s Scattering process, wavelength of scattered X-rays:
* Remains the same ** Increases
* Decreases * None of these
(65) Maximum change in the wavelength of X-rays photons can be obtained when X-rays
are scattered at:
** Right Angle * 1800 * 450 *00
(66) In Compton effect, a high energy photon, on striking with a stationary electron,
losses its energy:
* Conditionally ** Partially * Wholly * none of these
(67) The frequency of the incident photon, after Compton effect, will:
* Not change * Increase ** Decrease * none of these
(68) The wavelength of the incident photon, after the Compton effect, will:
* Not change ** Increase * Decrease * none of these

PAIR PRODUCTION:
(69) The minimum energy, required for a pair production, is: (2013)
** 1.02 MeV * 102 MeV * 102. MeV * 1.02volt
(70) The phenomenon of pair production takes place if the energy of the photon is
greater than (2010)
* 1.0MeV ** 1.02 MeV * 0.051 MeV * none of these
(71) The experimental evidence of Einstein‟s mass-energy equation is/are (2008 PM)
* Photoelectric and Compton effects * Elastic collision
** Pair production and annihilation of matter * radioactive emission
(72) Minimum energy required for pair production is: (2013, 2014)
* A 939 MeV * 942 MeV ** 1.02 MeV * 0.51 MeV
(73) In pair production, we have a pair of:
** Position and electron * Protons
* Electrons * Both (a) and (b) are correct
(74) In pair production, ___________are produced
** Positron and electron * Photons
* Electron and Neutron * Both (a) and (b) are correct
(75) This one of the following is not true for the antiparticle of electron:
* It follows mass-energy relation
** It possess the same charge as that on the electron
* It possess the same momentum as that of the electron
* Its charge to mass ratio is the same as that of the electron

ANNIHILATION OF MATTER
(76) The reverse process of pair production is known as:
** Annihilation of energy * pair production
* Materialization of matter * Annihilation of particle into its antiparticle
(77) In annihilation process of matter;
* Protons and electrons are converted into energy
* Energy is converted into mass

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** Mass is converted into energy
* Both (a) and (b) are correct
(78) In annihilation process, _________are produced
* Positrons ** Photons * Electrons * b and c are correct

DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT

(79) Wave nature and particle nature of photon is linked by:
* Rest mass of photon * Wavelength of photon
* Light speed ** Momentum of photon
(80) Wave theory of light is unable to prove:
* Black body radiation * Photoelectric effect
* Compton effect ** all of these
(81) Wave theory of light cannot prove the:
* Reflection of light * Polarization
** Compton effect * Interference of light

UNCERTIAINITY PRICIPLE

(82) According to the Principle of Uncertainty: (2009)

(83) Heisenberg‟s uncertainty principle is:

(84) According to uncertainty principle; (2012)

* (Δx) (Δt) = ћ ** (ΔP) (Δx) = ћ * (ΔE) (ΔP) = ћ * (Δx) (ΔE) = ћ

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CHAPTER # 18
BOHR’S MODEL FOR THE HYDROGEN ATOM:
(1a) A hydrogen atom excited to n=4 will possibly emit what number of spectral lines:
*2 *3 *4 **6
(1b) According to Bohr‟s theory, electron revolving around the nucleus in a fixed orbit
radiates:
*Energy *X-rays *Y-rays **No energy
1c. The radius of the first orbit of hydrogen atom is:
*0.53×1010m *0.053×10−10m **0.053nm *0.53nm
1d. The energy of the nth orbit of the hydrogen atom is given by:
*E1/n * nE1 **E1/n2 * n2E1
1e. The radius of the nth orbit of the hydrogen atom is given by:
*r1/n * nr1 *r1/n2 ** n2r1
(2) According to Bohr‟s theory, angular momentum of electron is integral multiple
*h ** or h/2 *1/h *2
(3) Frequency of photon emitted, according to Bohr‟s theory, is given by:
*E/h **E1 -E2 /h * 13.6eV * None of these

(4) Radius of 1st orbit of Hydrogen atom is 0.530A. Radius of fifth state of Hydrogen atom
is:
* 2.65 0A ** 13.25 0A * 20 0A * Infinite
(5) Linear and angular momentum of the electron of Hydrogen atom is linked by:
* Planck‟s Constant * Quantum number of state
* Energy of state **Orbital radius
(6) Rydberg‟s constant is denoted by:
** RH * GH * SH * TH
(7) The numerical value of Rydberg‟s constant is:
* 1.0974 x 10-4m-1 * 1.0974 x 10-3m-1
3 -1
* 1.0974 x 10 m **1.0974 x 10 -7 / m-1
(8) Only those stationery orbits are allowed for which:
** mvr = nh /2 * mvr = ng * mvr = nh * none of these
(9) Whenever an electron makes a transition, that is jumps from high energy state E 1,
to a lower energy state E1 photon of energy ________is emitted.
* h2u * hv2 * √u ** h
(10) When the electron is in the first Bohr orbit, it is used to be in:
* Excited state ** Ground state
* Both ground and excited states * Neither ground nor excited state
(11) When the electron is in the higher Bohr orbit, it is said to be in:
* Ground state ** Excited state
* Both ground and excited states * Neither ground nor excited state
(12) The potential, required to move on electron in the atom from ground state to some
higher state, is known as:
*Stopping potential * Absolute potential
** Excitation potential * Ground potential
(13) The potential required to remove completely an electron from an atom is called:
** Ionization potential * Critical potential
* Atomic potential * Excitation potential
(14) The energy of on electron, revolving in the first orbit of Hydrogen atom, is:
* 13.6ev * 3.4ev * -3.4ev ** 13.6ev

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(15) The radius of the third Bohr orbit in Hydrogen atom is greater than the radius of the
first orbit by a factor of:
*2 ** 3 *4 * *9
(16) Lyman Series is obtained when all the transitions of the electron terminate on the:
** 1st orbit * 2nd orbit *3rd orbit * 4th orbit
(17) Balmer series is obtained when all the transitions of the electron terminate on the:
* 1st orbit ** 2nd orbit *3rd orbit * 4th orbit
rd st
(18) When an electron falls from the 3 orbit to 1 orbit in the Hydrogen atom, the line
spectrum obtained belongs to: (2013)
* Brackett series ** Lyman series * Balmer series * Paschen series
(19) In a Hydrogen atom, in case of Balmer series, the electron falls into: (2015)
* n = 1, ** n = 2 * n = 3, *n=4
(20) The first spectral line is emitted in Lyman series of Hydrogen atom when electron
falls from
* n = 1, ** n = 2, * n = 3, * n = 00
(21) In hydrogen atom spectrum, the longest wavelength of radiations belongs to:
* Lyman series * Balmer series * Paschen series ** P-fund series
(22) Wavelength of minimum radiant energy in the Hydrogen atom belongs to:
* Lyman series ** Balmer series * Paschen series * P-fund series
(23) Brackett series of Hydrogen spectrum lies in the: (2010)
* Ultra violet region * Visible region ** Infra-red region * all of these
(24) Hydrogen atom spectrum consist of lines in the: (2008)
* Ultra violet region * Visible region * Infra-red region ** all of these
(25) The frequencies in spectral lines emitted in Lyman series are in the ___region
* Visible * Infra-red * X-rays ** Ultra violet (2006)
(26) Balmer series contains wavelengths given by the formula:

(27) Brackett series contains wavelengths given by the formula:

(28) The shortest wavelength of radiation in Balmer Series is:

** =365nm *  = 36.5nm * =3.65nm * =0.365nm
(29) The longest wavelength of radiation in Paschen Series is:
* 1.825mm *  18.75mm *  = 187.5mm **  = 1875nm
(30) The spectral series, obtained due to transition of electron from higher orbit to M-orbit,
is called:
** Paschen series * Lyman series * Balmer series * P-fund series
X-RAYS
(31) X-rays are produced when:
* Electron falls to ground state
** Electron loses its energy in the vicinity of nucleus
* Electrons jumps to higher state * all of these
(32) The wavelength of X-rays is in the range: (2010)
* 0.01 nm to 0.1 nm * 1A to 100A * 0.1A to 1m ** 0.1nm to 1.0nm
(33) The emission of photons, by a metal electron are incident, is called:
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* Compton effect * Photoelectric effect
** X-rays production * -rays production
(34) X-rays are:
** Electromagnetic waves * Longitudinal waves
* Transverse waves * Complex waves
(35) X-rays are
* Unknown waves * Higher energy electrons
** Higher energy photons * Radioisotopes
(36) X-rays are similar in nature to:
* Positive rays ** Gamma rays * Negative rays * Alpha rays
(37) The inner shell transitions are called:
* Characteristics Photons * Characteristics neutrons
* Characteristics Protons ** Characteristics X-rays
(38) K characteristics X–rays are produced due to the transition of electrons:
* From M-shell to L shell * From N-shell to M=shell
* From K=Shell to L shell ** From L-shell to K-Shell
(39) Quality of X-rays depends upon:
* Filament of current * Accelerating voltage
* Material of the target ** Both accelerating voltage and material of the target
(40) The rest mass of X-rays photon is:
* Infinity * 9.1x10–31kg * 1.67x10–27kg ** Zero
LASER:
(41) Laser produces:
* an electron beam * an neutron beam
** a coherent beam of light * all of these
(42) Laser is the acronym for light amplification by stimulated:
** Emission of radiation * Absorption of radiation
* Emission and absorption of radiation * None of these
(43) The metastable state of atoms are:
** Excited atomic states of long period * De-excited atomic states
* Ground states of atoms * All of these
(44) Metastable states have the mean life of the order of:
* 10–8 sec * 103 sec ** 10 –3 sec * 106 sec
(45) The most stable state of ruby is the:
* Ground State ** Meta State * Higher State * Excited State
(46) Laser is produced due to the:
** stimulated emission of radiation * Stimulated absorption of radiation
* spontaneous emission of radiation * spontaneous absorption of radiation
(47) Balmer series of hydrogen atom spectrum lies in the:
* Radio-wave region * infrared region
** Visible region * ultraviolet region

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CHAPTER # 19
2016. When a nucleus emits a beta particle, its atomic number:
**increases *decreases
*remains same **sometimes increases sometimes decreases
2012. After alpha decay, the nucleus has its:
*charge number decreased by four *charge number increased by four
**mass number decreased by four *mass number increased by four
2006. The atomic number of a radioactive element is increased as a result of:
*alpha emission **beta emission
*gamma emission *pair-production
2005. The atomic number of a radioactive element is increased as a result of:
*alpha emission **beta emission
*gamma emission *photoelectric effect
2011F The moderator in FBLMR is
** Sodium * Iron * Copper * Graphite
(1). In 1898 Madam Marie Curie and Pierre Curie discovered:
*radium and radon **radium and polonium
*uranium and thorium *radon and polonium
(2) The size of the nucleus is of the order of:
*10−10m **10−15m *10−20m *10−25m
(3) The total number of nucleons is also called:
**mass number *charge number
*atomic weight *atomic number
(4) In the nuclear reaction 88Ra226 = 86Rn222 +……. the missing particle is:
**α-particle *β+ *β− *proton
(5) In the nuclear reaction 7N = 6C12 + ……. the missing particle is:
12

*α-particle **β+ *β− *proton

(6) The product of decay constant () and half-life (T1/2) of radioactive source is:
* 0.369 * 0.396 ** 0.693 * 0.963
(7) In radioactive decay law, N=Noe ,  represents:
-t

* Wavelength * Half-life
** Decay constant * None of these
(8) After alpha decay, the nucleus has its:
* Charge number decreased by four * Charge number increased by four
* Mass number decreased by four ** Mass number increased by four
(9) The Radioactive decay law is:
N
**  e  t * N=Noet
No
No
*  e  t * No = Ne–t
N
(10) The half-life of radium is 1600 years. After 6400 years, the sample of the surviving
radium would be its:
1
* 1/4 * ** 1/16 * 1/2
8
(11) When a nucleus emits a Beta particle, its atomic number.
** Increases * Decreases * Remains constant * None of these
(12) The rate of decay of a radioactive substance:
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* Increases with increasing time
* Remains constant with increasing time
** Decreases exponentially with increasing time
* None of these
(13) In radioactive decay Law, N=Noe–t, “” represents:
* Wavelength * Half-life
* Mass of radioactive sample ** Decay constant
(14) The atomic number of a radioactive element is increased as a result of:
* -particle ejection * -radiation
** -radiation * Pair production
14 4 17
(15) In the nuclear reaction, 7N +2He  8O +_____, the missing particle is:
** Proton * Neutron
* Electron * -particle
(16) One atomic mass unit is equal to:
* 1.6 x 10–19 J * 9.1 x 10-27 Kg
** 931 x 10 6 eV * 9 x 109 eV
(17) The energy, equivalent to the mass reduced, in the formation of a nucleus, is called:
* Nuclear energy ** Binding Energy
* Fusion Energy * Potential Energy
(18) The atomic number of an element is increased as a result of:
* -radiation ** -radiation
* Pair production * Photoelectric effect
(19) This is a highly ionizing particle:
**  *  *r * Proton
(20) In periodic table, the most stable nuclei are those whose:
* Mass number is greater than two.
* Charge number is greater than two.
** Mass number lie between 30 and 60.
* Charge numbers lei between 30 and 60.
(21) This one of the following is not true for nuclear reactors.
** They are the source of making atom bomb.
* They provide neutrons which are the basic tool of nuclear studies.
* They are the source of power generation.
* They provide certain radioactive isotopes which are used in medicine.
(22) The rate of decrease of decay in parent nuclei is directly proportional to the:
* Activity ** Number of parent nuclei.
* Relative activity * Half-life
(23) The process of beta emission from a nucleus involves the change in:
* Both mass and charge number * Mass number
* Nothing ** Charge number
(24) According to the law of radioactive decay, number of parent nuclei is equal to:
* e–t * No * None of these ** No e–t
(25) The process in which heavier nucleus is formed from the combination of lighter nuclei
is called:
* Radioactivity * Fission * Mass defect ** Fusion
Past Papers
(1) Number of Neutrons in 92U235 is:
* 152 * 148 ** 143 * 92
(2) In nuclear fission, 92U235 is bombarded by:
** Slow Neutrons * High energy neutrons
* Low energy neutrons * Fast neutrons
(3) The time in which half of parent nuclei undergo decay is called:
* Lifetime * Time of decay
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* Decay interval ** Half-life
(4) Breeder Reactor is used to convert:
** 92U238 into 94Pu239 * 92U238 into 92U238
238 144
* 92U into 56Ba and 36Kr89 * 92U238 into 56Ba144 and 36Kr89
(5) In the nuclear reaction:
14 4 17
7N + 2He  8O + _____________.
* Electron ** Proton
* -particle * Neutron
(6) The process, in which a bigger nucleus splits up into its smaller fragments with an
evolution of a large amount of energy, is called:
** Nuclear Fission * Nuclear Disintegration
* Nuclear Fusion * Nuclear Decay
(7) In the process of gamma emission from a nucleus, this one of the following will change:
* Both mass and charge number * Mass number
** Nothing * Charge number
(8) LMFBR is the abbreviation of:
** Liquid metal fast breeder reactor * None of these
* Lithium metal fission breeder reactor * Lithium metal of fission and Bomb
radiation
(9) In + decay, a parent nucleus convert into a daughter nucleus accompanied with:
* Alpha particle * Electron
* Beta Particle ** Positron
(10) Binding fraction is the:
* Binding energy per mass defect * Mass defect per binding energy
** Mass defect per nucleon * Binding energy per nucleon
(11) Half-life of radioactive elements is given by:
0.693 
** * 0.693 * 0.693  *
 0.693
(12) Mass deficit/ defect is the difference of:
* Increased mass and decreased mass.
** Mass of nuclear constituents in free state and in combined state.
* Inertial mass and non-inertial mass * Nuclear mass and atomic mass.
(13) Activity of Radioactive nuclei is given by:
N NO 
* * * ** N
NO N N
(14) A material consisting of fissionable isotopes of Uranium is called the:
* Reactor fuel ** Nuclear fuel
* Atom bomb fuel * Atomic fuel
(15) The process of converting non-fissionable Uranium into fissionable one is called:
* Disintegration ** Breeding
* None of these * Decay Process
(16) Half-life of 94Pu239 is:
** 2.44 x 104 years * Linearly
* 1662 years * One week
(17) Decay process in radioactive nuclei takes place:
* Conditionally * Linearly
** Exponentially * Smoothly
(18) Critical mass of fissionable isotope of Uranium is:
* 7.07% ** 0.7% * 77.07% * 0.07%
(19) 1 u =1 amu = ____________ MeV.
* 9.315 * 0.9315 ** 931.5 * 93.15

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CHAPTER # 20
2016. This device is used to make the path of ionizing particles visible:
*Geiger Muller Counter ** Wilson Cloud Chamber
*Van De Graff Generator *Cyclotron
2004. The tracks formed in Wilson cloud chamber due to alpha particles are:
**thick and continuous lines /streaks *thin and broken lines
*short and twisted lines *thick and twisted lines
2013F .The penetration of these radiations is the maximum:
*α-radiations *β-radiations ** -radiations *x-rays
2016. The ionizing ability of these radiations is the maximum:
** -radiations *β-radiations *γ-radiations *x-rays
2009. A Geiger-Muller counter contains:
** Argon and alcohol *alcohol only
*ions ` *super-cooled water vapors
2013,15. The rate of flow of blood in the body can be traced by using this radio isotope:
*Ca-45 **Na-24 *I-131 *C-12
2015. A small quantity of radioactive iodine I-151 is taken in food, most of it will deposit in:
**Thyroid gland *bones *brain *stomach
2012. This narrow beam from cobalt-60 is used in treating localized cancerous tumor:
*alpha rays *beta rays **gamma rays *all of these
2006. In treating localized cancerous tumor we use a narrow beam of:
*alpha rays from cobalt-60 *beta rays from cobalt-60
**gamma rays from cobalt-60 *laser from cobalt-60
(1) The condition of the bones is studied by:
**Ca-45 *Na-24 *I-131 *C-14
(2) The condition of the thyroid gland is studied by:
*Ca-45 *Na-24 **I-131 *C-14
(3) The age of an organic fossil , dead body , wood can be known by the activity of:
*Ca-45 *Na-24 *I-131 **C-14
(4) Radiations suitable for use in thickness control of the paper sheet are:
*α-radiations **β-radiations *γ-radiations *x-rays
(5) Irradiation is a process by which we:
**preserve food *grow new organic compound
*control thickness *know contents of a mixture
(6) Polymerization is a process by which we:
*preserve food **grow new organic compound
*control thickness *know contents of a mixture
(7). Activation is a process by which we:
*preserve food *grow new organic compound
*control thickness ** know contents of a mixture
(8) The condition of the bones is studied by:
**Ca-45 *Na-24 *I-131 *C-14
(9) A modern technique of tracing complexity of a molecule is called
**Tracer technique *Radiology *Molecular technique *Polymerization
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*Viral disease **somatic disease * Bacterial disease *Genetic disease
(11) Radio Active element used as tracer of in medicine is 6 C 14 and 1H 3
(12) Electric Field is created in G.M counter due to
**Low vapor pressure of alcohol *Ionization of alcohol
*Low B. Point of Alcohol * All of these
(13) A small quantity of radio Iodine 131 is taken in food, most of it is deposit in
**Thyroid *Glands *Blood *Kidneys Brains :

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