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________1.A rectangular stripe measures 32.30m by 21m,find the area taking in to account significant
figures:

A. 6.783x102 B. 6.78x102 C. 6.7x102 C. 6.8x102

________2.Use the rules for significant figures to find the answer to addition problem:
21.4+15+17.17+4.003=_______

A.57.573 B.57.57 C.57.6 D.58

_______3.The precision of a measurement is 56.47  0.02mm. the percentage uncertainty equals:

A. 0.035417% B.0.0354% C. 0.035% D. all of the above

_______4.Which 0f the following statement is not true about accuracy and precision in a
measurement?

A. Accuracy refers to how close a reading is to the true value

B. precision refers to the closeness or exactness of measured value to each other
C. The more precise a reading is the smaller the uncertainty
D. If the measurement is precise then it is necessarily accurate

_____ 5. Systemic error occurred due to poor calibration of instrument that can be corrected by

A. taking several reading B. replacing instrument

C. taking mean of values D. taking median of values
     
______6. Given that A  B =0 and AXC =0 What is angle between B and C ?

A.450 B.900 C.00 D.1800

   
_______7.If A  i  3k m / s and A  2 j  3k m / s ,then what is the value of AXB ?

A. 10 m/s B. 13 m/s C.7m/s D. 13 0 m/s

 
_______8.If vector P is 6m in the X direction and vector q is 8min y direction then what is the
 
value of P + q ?

A. 10m at 530 from x axis B. 136 m at 450 from x direction

C. 10m at 370 from x axis D. 136 m at 300 from x direction

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 
_______9.Suppose A  3i  2 j and B  i  aj are two vectors in XY-plane, What is the value of
 
a such that A  B  2i

A. 3 B. 2 C. -2 D. -3

_______10.The resultant and difference of two vectors A and B have equal non zero magnitudes. What
can be said about the vectors?

A. If both A and B makes angle 450with each other.

B. The two vectors can form a rectangle if appropriately joined
C. The two vectors A and B are less than 900 with each other.
D. When vector A and B parallel and ant parallel.
________11.A ball rolls off the edge of a horizontal table top 4m high. It strikes the floor at a point 5m
horizontally away from the edge of the table. How long was the ball in the air in seconds?
3 1 2 2
A. B. C. D.
5 5 3 5
________12.Uniform circular motion is a:
A. Motion with constant velocity. C. motion in one dimension.
B. Motion with acceleration of constant magnitude. D. motion in which net force is constant
________13.A projectile is fired at 600 with the horizontal. At the highest point of its path, the
vertical component of its velocity is momentarily zero. What is the magnitude of its
acceleration at this point?
A. 20m/s2 B. 10m/s2 C. 5m/s2 D. 0m/s2
________14.If a long distance jumper athlete leaves the ground at an angle of 370above the
horizontal surface at a speed of 10m/s, how far does he jump in the horizontal direction?
A. 4.8m B. 6m C. 9.6m D. 12m
_______ 15.A cricketer throws a ball vertically upwards with initial speed of 20m/s, how long is it in
the air before it returns to the cricketer’s hand?
A. 2s B. 10s C. 1.5s D. 4s
_________16.The acceleration of a moving body can be found from
A. area under velocity-time graph C. slope of the velocity-time graph
B. area under distance-time graph D. slope of the distance-time graph
_________17.A particle at rest starts moving in a horizontal straight line with uniform acceleration. The
ratio of the distance covered during the fourth and the third second is
A.4/3 B. 7/5 C, 26/9 D.2
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________18.The distance travelled by a body, falling freely from rest in one, two and three seconds are
in the ratio
A. 1: 2: 3 B. 1: 3: 5 C. 1: 4: 9 D. 9: 4: 1
________19.An object is thrown along a direction inclined at an angle 45° with the horizontal. The
horizontal range of the object is equal to
A. vertical height B. twice the vertical height
C. triples the vertical height D. four times the vertical height
________20.If a particle travels in a circle, covering equal angles in equal times, its velocity vector
A. changes in magnitude only B. Remains constant
C. Changes in direction only D. changes both in magnitude and direction
_______21.The average and instantaneous acceleration are equal when the motion of the body is
A. uniform velocity B. uniform speed C. uniform accelerated D. average acceleration
_______22.when two masses are at a distance of 1m the force between them is F what must be the
distance between the masses when the force between them is quadrupled
A.25cm B. 50cm C. 75cm D. 100cm
________23.A ball attached to a string is whirled around in a horizontal circle having radius r if the
radius of circle is changed to 4r and the same centripetal force is applied by the string. which
of the fallowing is true about the new speed?
A. one quarter of original speed B. twice the original speed
C. half of original speed D. four times original speed
________24.A boy is rotating a bucket of water in a vertical circle of radius 0.9m The mass of the
bucket and water is 5kg.what is buckets minimum speed at the top of the circle if no water is
spill out?
A.1m/s B.0m/s C.9m/s D.3m/s
________ 25.An air – plane flies at a speed of 720km/hr at 370 north of west direction. How far
does the plane travel to west in one hour?
Sin370 = cos 530 = 0.6 and sin 530 = cos 370 = 0.8
A. 432km B. 504km C. 576km D. 720km

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_____26.A block of mass 2 kg placed on a rough inclined plan is acted on by a horizontal force
of F=10N as shown in the figure below if the coefficient of friction between block and
surface is   0.4 .what is the acceleration of the block?

F A. 2.8M/s2 C. 6M/s2

B. 6.8M/s2 D. 8M/s2
Fig 1 370

_____27.Two objects of mass M1 and M2 are arranged as shown in the figure below A force F
is applied on the system in the direction shown in the figure coefficient of friction
between the object and table is  k .what is the magnitude of acceleration of the system?

A. B.
F M1 M2

C. D.
Fig 2

_____28.A 4Kg block is given an initial speed of 8m/s at the bottom of 300 inclined planes.
The frictional force that retards its motion is 15N. If the block is directed up the inclined
plane, how far will it move before it stops?

A. 3.35m B. 3.66m C. 4.40m D. 4.67m

_____29.a block slides on a rough 450 incline. The coefficient of friction between blocks and
incline is  k . What is the ratio of acceleration when the block accelerates down the incline
to the acceleration when the block is projected up the incline?

K
1
 1 2 1 K 1 K
A. K B. C. D.
K 1 K 1 1 K 1 K
_______ 30.A fun making boy swings a blinking ball tied to the end of the string in a vertical circle. If
the radius of the circle is 0.5m, then what should be the minimum speed of the ball at the bottom
of the circle to make a complete circular motion at the top?
A. 5m/s B. 5 m/s C. 15 m/s D. 2 5 m/s

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______31.An object slide down with an inclined plane which makes 370 to the horizontal at constant
speed. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the block and the surface?

A. 0.1 B.0.25 C.0.75 D. 0.5

______32.The passenger tends to forward when the bus stops suddenly. This statement described by

A. Newton’s third law of motion. C. Newton’s second law of motion.

B. Newton’s first law of motion. D. Coulombs law
_____33.The force b/n two mass is 486N.what is the force b/n this two mass if their separation is
tripled?
A.1458N B.486N C. 162N D. 54N
_____34.Among the following statement, one does not describe a property of uniform – rectilinear
motion?

A. Distance is proportional to square of time.

B. Slope of distance – time graph has the same value at any time.
C. The magnitude of Velocity does not vary with time.
D. The average – speed of motion is equal to speed at any time.
____35.An example of the body moving with constant – speed, but still acceleration is ____

A. A body moving on a straight road.

B. A body moving in a circular – path.
C. A body moving on a straight rail way track.
D. A body falling in a Viscous – fluid like air, water.
_____ 36.A driver moving at constant – speed of 20m/s sees an accident up a head and hits the
brakes. If the car decelerates at constant – rate of 5m/s2. How far does the car go before it
comes to stop?

A. 20m B. 100m C. 120m D. 40m

____ 37.According to Newton’s second law of motion, force is:
A. Has a dimension of momentum multiplied by time.
B. Is the rate of change of doing work
C. Equals to time rate of change in linear – momentum.
D. Is the ability to do mechanical work.

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____ 38.One of the following is correct about collision?

A. Momentum is conserved on any kinds of collision.

B. Kinetic – energy is conserved only an elastic – collision.
C. Kinetic – energy is not conserved in an explosion.
D. All of the above are correct.
____ 39.A satellite moves at constant speed in a circular orbit about the center of the earth at an
altitude half the radius of the earth above its surface. If g is the gravitational acceleration at
the surface of the earth and R its radius, then what is the speed of the satellite?

3gR 3gR
A. 2 gR B. C. gR D.
2 3
____ 40.A body is rotated with a uniform speed in a circle of radius 1m. What is the centripetal
acceleration in m/s2 if it completes 12 rotations in 3sec?

A.36 2 B.64 2 C.72 2 D.144 2

______41.The net force acting on a system of particle is zero. Which of the one of the following
quantities may vary with time?

A. The momentum of the system C. the velocity of the center of mass of the system
B. The kinetic energy of the system D. The position of the center of mass of the system
______42.A ball is thrown downward (not dropped) from the top of a tower. After being
released, it’s downward:

A. Velocity will be uniform C. acceleration will be greater than g

B. Acceleration will be equal to g D. acceleration will be smaller than g

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______43.A large – mass (A) and small – mass (B) are pushing one to another a part as shown
below figure, the small - mass moves away at a Velocity of 20m/s to right. What is the
recoil Velocity of the larger – mass?

A
B
-20m/s C. 20m/s
5kg
2kg A. -8m/s D. 8m/s

VA VB=20m/s
FIG :3

____ 44.The area under a force versus time graph represents

A. Impulse B. Acceleration C. Velocity D. Work – done

____ 45.Find the distance of center of mass of the system shown below in diagram from point
(A).The
3kg
rod is massless.
3kg 3kg 2kg
A
A. 3.73m C. 2.45m
3m 3m 1m
B. 2.09m D. 5.86m
FIG:4

_______46.Water is flows on section of Niagara Falls at the rate of 1.2x106 Kg/s and falls 50m
What is power wasted by the water fall?

A.285W B.488W C.600MW D.560KW

________47.A particle moves along the x axis from X=x1 to X =x2 under the influence of a force
given by F=2x work done on the process is?

A. X22-X12 B. ZERO C.2X2(X2-X1) D.2X1(X2-X1)

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________48.Which has a greater velocity at equilibrium position?

A. 1Kg mass attached to a spring of K=100N/m in a horizontal frictionless surface after a

completion of 10cm.
B. A 1Kg mass oscillating on a concave-upward smooth surface with an effective vertical height of
5cm
C. A pendulum bob of 1 kg displaces through a vertical height of 10cm
D. All these could not be compared.
 2  2
_______49.A force F=  4 N acts on a particle as it moves a distance of  4 m. What is the
 
  5   3 

work done by a force on the particle?

A. 4i+16j-15k B.5J C.35J D.27J

_______50.If a single constant force F acted on a particle of mass m and the particle starts from
rest, what is the instantaneous power delivered by the force at time t?

F2 F2 F2 F2
A. 2 t B. t C. t D. 3 t
m 2m m m

_______51.A force of 100N is required to stretch a spring that obeys Hooke’s law by 50cm.
What is the work done in stretching the spring?

A. 500J B. 50J C. 25J D.0J

_____52.A-4kg block moving with a speed of 8m/s to the right collides head on with a 2 kg
block moving with a speed of 10 m/s to the left. If the collision is completely inelastic,
how much kinetic energy is lost in the collision?

A. 216J B. 128J C. 100J D. 12J

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______53.A simple pendulum of length 1m shown in the figure is released from point A. What
is the speed at point B if m=0.5 kg (sin 53=0.8, C0s 53=0.6)

A. 2 2 m/S B. 20 m/S C. 5 m/S D.2m/s

53

FIG:5

_______54.What is the kinetic energy at point C in the above figure

A.2J B.3J C.5J D.7J
_______55.What is the potential energy at point C in the above figure
A.2J B.3J C.5J D.7J

_______56.The angular velocity of a body is   (2i  3 j  4k )rad / s and a torque of

  (i  2 j  3k ) Nm acts on it what is the rotational power?
A. 20W B. 14W C. 16W D. 12W
______57.Aparticle is displaced from a position (2i  j  k )m to another particles (i  2 j  k )m
under the action of a force (3i  2 j  k ) N what is the work done?
A. 6J B. 5J C. 11J D. 8J
______58.A fly wheel rotating about fixed axis has a rotational kinetic energy at 360J when its
angular speed is 30rad/s. the moment of inertia of the wheel about the axis of rotation is?
A. 0.8kgm2 B. 0.6kgm2 C. 0.15kgm2 D. 0.75kgm2
______59.A spring has a spring constant of 75N/m it stretched by 20cm.How much energy is
stored in the spring? A. 15J B. 750J C. 1.5J D. 150J
______60.The angular position of rotating fly wheel is given by θ(t) =(10+15t+8t2)rad where t in
sec find angular velocity and acceleration at 3 sec respectively?

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A. 16, 63 B. 63, 16 C. 73, 48 D. 48,73

______61.In a playing room a turbine table of radius 2m has moment of inertia 250Kgm2 and is
rotating about a frictionless vertical axel. When a body of mass 50kg stands near the rim,
the system rotates with angular speed 3rad/s. the boy walks towards the center an
stands at 1m from the axel. what is the final angular speed of the system
A. 4.5rad/s B. 2.5rad/s C. 5.4rad/s D. 3rad/s
______62.A particle of mass 5kg has a position vector equals to (3i-2j+2k)m and velocity vector
(4i-4j+2k) m/s calculate the angular momentum of the particle?
A. 4i+2j-4k B. -4i-2j-4k C. 20i+10j-20k D. -20i-10j+20k
______63.A force of (2i-5j)N acts at a displacement of (3i+j)m from a point what torque exerted
by the force? A. -8k Nm B. 8i Nm C. 8k Nm D. 8j Nm
______64.A wheel starts from rest and rotate with constant angular acceleration to reach an
angular speed of12rad/s in 3s.What is the magnitude of angular acceleration of the
wheel in rad/s2 and the angle in radians through which it rotates in this time interval
respectively?
A. 4, 18 B. 3,18 C. 18,5 D. 18,4
______65.Which one of the following is the principle of work energy theorem?
A. Action and reaction force are equal in magnitude.
B. it is the principle which tells about inertia.
C. The work done on an object is equal to the change of kinetic energy.
D. energy can be created or destroyed.
_______66.A point on a wheel rotates at 5rev/s what is tangential velocity if it is located at
0.2m from the axis of rotation?
A. 3.8m/s B. 1.2m/s C. 6.3m/s D. 0.104m/s
_______67.if a force of 8i+4j N moves a body with a constant velocity of 4i+6j m/s find the rate
of work done? A. 56J B.56W C. 24W D 24J
______68.The point in a body from which the force of gravity on that body appears to be acting
is known as
A. center of mass B. turning effect C. momentum D. impulse
______69.If we represent the dimension of mass length and time by M,L and T, then the
dimension of power is?
A. [ML2T3] B. [ML2T-3] C. [ML-2T-2] D. [MLT2]
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______70.A pump lifts water from a lake a large tank 30m above the lake. how much work
against gravity does the pump transfer 8m3of water to the tank?
A. 42MJ B. 24MJ C. 42KJ D. 24KJ
______71.The moment of a 10kg ball is equal to the moment of a 20kg block travelling at a
speed of 5m/s. what is the kinetic energy of the ball?
A. 200 J B. 500J C. 300J D. 400J
______72.A particle turns through 3000 rev in 2 min. What must be the magnitude of its
average angular velocity in rad/s?
A. 20 B. 50  C. 30  D. 60
______73.A body tide to a string of length 1.5m completes 3 revolutions in one second in a
horizontal circle. What is the tangential displacement of the body in 5 sec?
A. 60 m B.30 m C. 12 m D. 45 m
_______74.Moment of inertia of object doesn’t depend on
A. Axis of rotation B. Center of mass
C. mass of rotating body D. distance of body from the axis of rotation
_______75.A fly wheel is rotating with an angular velocity of 2 rad/s and acted by an
1
acceleration of rad / s 2 .How long will it take to complete three revolution?

A. 0.5  sec B.  sec C.2  sec D. 4  sec
______76.The moment of inertia of a uniform ring about its center of mass is MR2.Find the
moment of inertia about any point on its surface?

3 6 7
A. MR 2 B. MR 2 C. MR 2 D. 2MR 2 _______77.The
2 5 5
turntable of record player has an angular velocity of 8rad/s when it is turned
off. The turbine comes to rest 2.5sec after being turned off. What is the angular
displacement of the turntable rotate after being turned off?

A. 12rad B. 10rad C.8rad D. 6.8rad

_______78.A torque of 10NM is applied to turn the wheel through one complete revolution.
What is the work done by the torque?
A. 31.4J B. 10J C. 62.8J D. 36J

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_______79.A thin circular ring of mass M and radius rand moment of inertia Mr2 is rotating
about its axis with constant angular velocity  . two objects each of mass m, are
attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring. What would be the
angular velocity of the wheel?
M M  M  2m   M  2m 
A. B. C. D.
M  m M  2m M  2m M
______80.A wheel of radius 20cm is accelerating at 5  rad/s2. What is the tangential
acceleration of the rim of the wheel?

m 1.5m 2m 0.5m

A. 2
B. 2
C. 2 D.
s s s s2

______81.The particulars shown in figure are connected by rectangular rigid rod of negligible
mass. The origin of the xy plane, it is at the center of the rectangle the system rotates in
the xy plane about Z axis with an angular speed of 6.00 rad/s.
What is the rotational kinetic energy of the system? y
A. 2574 J
B. 2340 J 3kg 2kg
C. 1287 J
D. 1170 J
6m x

Figure:6 2kg 4m 3kg

_______82.Which one of the following statements is NOT correct about a particle that is in
equilibrium?

A. It can have velocity different from zero

B. Its velocity can be equal to zero

C. It can be under the action of more than one force

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D. It can have acceleration different from zero

________83.A ladder stands on the ground leaning against a wall it is safer climbing up the ladder if

A. The ground is frictionless and the wall is rough

B. The ground is rough and the wall is frictionless

C. Both the ground and the wall is frictionless

D. The ladder leans at 45o and the ground is frictionless

________84Two blocks are connected by a string of negligible mass passing over apply of radius
r = 0.2m and moment of inertia. I as shown in figure 4 the block on the horizontal
frictionless surface is moving with constant acceleration a = 2.0m/s2. If the pulley axis is
frictionless the string is inextensible and does not slip on the pulley, what should be the
moment of inertia of the pulley?

A. 0.40 kgm2 2kg T1

B. 0.80 kgm2

C. 4.00 kgm2 T2

D. 8.00 kgm2
3kg
Figure 7

________85.A ladder of length 3m and mass 20kg leans against a smooth vertical wall so that the angle
between the wall and the ladder is 300. What are the magnitudes of the normal force at the
contact point on the wall (Nw) and the contact on the ground (Ng)?

A. Nw = 57.7N, Ng = 200N C. Nw = 0N, Ng = 200N

B. Nw = 200N, Ng = 57. 7N D. Nw = 200N, Ng = 0N

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_______86Traffic lightweight 250N are suspended from the cable as shown figure5 what is the tension
T in the string if 1 = 2 = 30 (sin 30 = 0.5, cos 30 = 0.866), g = 10m/s2

A. 120N

B. 1650 N T T

C. 196 N 1 = 300 2= 300

D. 250 N
250N
FIG:8

_______87.The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of an object of mass m = 1kg by 1
Kelvin is known as _______________

A. Specific latent heat C. Specific latent heat of fusion

B. Specific heat capacity D. Specific latent heat of vaporization

_______88.The cross sectional areas of small and large piston of hydraulic lift shown figure 6 are 4.0cm2
and 0.02m2 respectively. What is the magnitude of the force F1 that must be applied to the
small position to lift a weight w = 15000N placed on the larger position?

A. 3.0 x 102 N W

B. 1.5 x 104 N F1

C. 7.5 x 105 N

D. 3 x 106 N

Figure 9
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________89.An incompressible, fluid flows through a horizontal pipe whose diameter varies along its
length, the sum of the kinetic energy per unit volume and the pressure of the fluid at different
section of the pip would ___________

A. depend on the length of the pipe

B. increases as the pipe diameter increases

C. increases as the pipe diameter decreases

D. remain the same as the pipe diameter changes

_______90.In which of the following does the internal energy increase with constant temperature?

A. Ice at – 10Co B. water at 60Co C. water at 0Co D. water at 100Co

______91.A streamline flow is more likely for a liquid with

A. Low density and low viscosity C. high viscosity and low density

B. High viscosity and high density D. low viscosity and high density

_________92.Bernoulli’s equation for steady, Non viscous, incompressible flow expresses the

A. Conservation of angular momentum C. conservation of density

B. Conservation of momentum D. conservation of energy

________93.The mass flow rate of a fluid flowing in to a system is equal to the mass flow rate of fluid
leaving the system. This is statement is

A. Equation of continuity C. Pascal’s law

B. Archimedes principle D. Bernoulli’s principle

_________94.Which of the following refers to the definition of strain as ration?

A. extension to the original length C. Streets to young modulus

B. Force to area of the object normal to the force D. Tensile to applied force

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________95Which one of the following mathematical expression is true about stock’s law?

A. F = + gh + B. F = h A C. F = 6 hrv D. F = KA

________96.What does the value of Reynolds number signify?

A. it describes whether the flow is vertical or horizontal

B. it describes whether the flow is laminar or turbulent

C. it describes the magnitude of the viscous of liquid

D. it describes the magnitude of the surface tension of the liquid

________97.A cohesive effects at the force b/n the liquid due to the forces b/n the liquids atoms or
molecules is:

A. Capillary action B. Pressure difference C. Meniscus D. Surface tension

________98.A cubical block of wood (density=0.75g/cm3) floats in water (density=1g/cm3) .What

fraction of the block is above the surface of the water?

A.1/8 B. ¼ C.1/2 D. ¾

_________99.A 100g metal at 1000C is added to a 150g water (specific heat =1cal/g0c) at 40c. After
thermal equilibrium is reached, the temperature of the water and metal is 200c.Assuming no
heat loss to the environment, the specific heat of the metal in cal/g0c ?

A. 0.3 B. 0.2 C.0.15 D.0.2

_________100.Water is flowing through a horizontal pipe with a speed of 15m/s where the pressure is
1.5x105Pa and crossectonal area is 4cm2. What is the pressure at a point where the
crossectional area of the pipe is 12cm2?

A. 2.25x105Pa B. 1.5X105Pa C. 2.5X105Pa D. 0.5x105Pa

_______101.Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A. if a heat Q is transferred from a hot reservoir at temperature Th to a cold reservoir at
temperature Tc ,the entropy of the cold reservoir increase.

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B. the increase in entropy of the cold reservoir is greater than the decrease in entropy of the hot
reservoir.
C. the change in entropy of the system between any two equilibrium states does not depend only
on the initial and final state.
D. metals are good heat conductors because of their large number of electrons.

_________102.The volume of gas goes from 0.4m3 to 0.6m3 while the pressure remains constant at 2x105Pa
what is the work done by the gas

A. -2x104J B.-4X104J C.2X104J D. 4X104J

________103.a block of mass 20Kg is placed on the pan of vertical spring and let to oscillate. if the
spring performs a simple harmonic of period  sec. What is the fore constant of the
spring (g=10m/s2)

A. 4.7N/m B. 50n/m C. 80N/m D. 200N/m

_______104..If the amplitude of sine wave is doubled, the intensity
A. remain the same B. increase by a factor of 2
C. increase by a factor of 4 D. increase by a factor of 16

_______105.The refractive index of glass is 1.5 for light waves of   6000 A in vacuum its wave
length in glass is

A. 2000A B. 4000A C. 1000A D. 3000A

______ 106.What is the path difference for destructive interference?

 
A. n B. n(  1) C. (2n  1) D. (n  1)
2 2
_______107.A string 30cm long vibrates in its fundamental mode with a frequency of 256Hz. 80cm
of the string has a mass of 0.75gm. The tension in the string is

A. 12.3N B. 22.3N C. 30N D. 154N

________108.A body is undergoing a simple harmonic motion of amplitude 3 cm. At what distance
from the equilibrium is the speed of the body four-fifth of its maximum speed?

A. 1.8cm B. 2.4cm C. 1.2cm D. 0.9cm

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_______109.The force between two charges is 120 N. If the distance between the charges is
doubled, the force will be
A.60N B.30N C.40N D.15N

_______110.The electric field intensity at a point situated 4meters from a point charge is 200N/C. If
the distance is reduced to 2 meters, the field intensity will be?

A.400N/C B.600N/C C.800N/C D.1200N/C

_______111.A field line and equipotential surface are

A. Always parallel B.always perpendicular C . inclined at an angle D.none of the above

______112.The total electric flux through any closed surface surrounding charge is equal to the
amount of charge enclosed "the above statement is associated with

A. Coulombs law B. Gauss's law C.youngs law D. Faraday law

________113.A potential of 400V is applied to a capacitor, the plate of which is 4 mm apart. The
strength of the electric field is

A. 2KV/m B.5KV/m C. 100KV/m D.10KV/m

______114.In young’s double slit experiment, if instead of monochromatic light white light is
used, what would be the observation?

A. The pattern will not be visible

B. The shape of the pattern will change from hyperbolic to circular.

C. Colored fringes will be observed with a white bright fringe at the center

D. The bright and dark fringe will change position.

_______ 115.The acceleration of a simple harmonic oscillator:

A. remains constant during its motion B. remains non zero
C. attains its maximum value when its amplitude is zero.
D. attains minimum value when its velocity is maximum.
_______116.A wave has a speed of 50m/s and a wave length of 25000m, what is the frequency
of the wave?
A. 2.0x10-3Hz B. 6.0x101Hz C. 5.0x102Hz D. 1.8x106Hz
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_______117.Two separate coherent source produce wave whose wave length are 0.10m.Which
statement is correct about points that are 3.2m away from one source?
A. constructive interference occurs if the points are 3.0m from the other source.
B. constructive interference occurs if the points are 3.05m from the other source.
C. constructive interference occurs if the points are 2.95m from the other source.
D. Destructive interference occurs if the points are 3.2m from the other source.
A. 25m B. 15m c. 0.25m D. 0.15m

________118.light with frequency of 6x105 Ghz passes through two narrow slits of width 0.2 mm
apart and forms an interference pattern on a screen 2.0m away from the slits. What is the
distance between the fringes in the interference pattern? ( Speed of light c=3x108m/s)

A. 3mm B. 5mm C. 4mm D. 3.5mm

_______119.A pipe 68cm long is open at one end and closed at the other. When air is blown
across the open end sound is produced at 110Hz. What is the velocity of sound along the
pipe?

A. 598.4m/s B. 334.6m/s C. 299.2m/s D. 149.6m/s

_______120.The total energy of a particle executing Simple Harmonic motion is

A. Zero.
B. Directly proportional to the amplitude.
C. Directly proportional to the square of the amplitude.
D. Inversely proportional to the square of the amplitude.
______121.The loudness of sound changes from L1=30db to L2=60db. What is the ratio of
intensitiesI2/I1 in the two cases?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 600 D. 1000
________122.A point source broad casts sound in to a uniform medium. If the distance from the
source is tripled, how does the intensity change?

A. It remains unchanged C. it becomes one- third as larger

B. It becomes three times larger D. it becomes one- ninth as large
________123.an electron enters a region of uniform electric field of 5x103 N/C. What is the force
on the electron? (Qe=1.6x10-19)
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A. 8x10-22N B. 5.3x10-22N C. 8X10-16N D. 1.88X1022N
_______124.When the voltage applied to a capacitor increase from 80V to 110V. The charge on the
capacitor increases by 9x10-5C. What is the capacitance of the capacitor?
A. 4F B. 3F C. 2F D. 5F
_______125.When potential difference of 150V is applied to the plates of parallel-plate capacitor, the
nC
plates carry a surface charge density of 30 ?
cm 2
A. 2.24m B. 5.32m C. 12.24m D. 4.42m
________126.Two positive charges of magnitude 2.4x10-9C and 1.6x10-9C are separated in air by a
distance of 2.0cm. How much electrostatic potential is produced by the two charges at mid-way
between them?
A. 3.6KV B. 0.72KV C. 2.16KV D. 1.44V
______127.Two negative point charges are 2 meter apart and repel each other with a force of 2
Newton. When the distance between the charge is doubled, the force between them is
A. one fourth as great B. one half as great C. twice as great D. four times as great
_______128.An air filled parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of 1PF.The plate separation is
doubled and the space between them is completely filled with wax. If the capacitance increased
to 2pF. What is the dielectric constant of the wax?
A. 2.0 B. 4.0 C. 6.0 D. 8.0
_______129.One of the following statements is NOT characteristics of the electric field?
A. Electric field is region around a charge where another charge will experience a force.
B. electric field lines move away from a negative charge and towards a positive charge.
C. Direction of electric field is in direction of the force acting on small positive charge.
D. lines of electric flux do not cross over each other.
______130.Which of the following statement is Not true about a conductor in electrostatic equilibrium?
A. The electric field is zero every where inside a conductor.
B. Any net charge on the conductor resides entirely on its surface.
C. On an irregularly shaped conductor, the surface charge density is greatest where the radius of
curvature of the surface is the smallest.
D. The electric field is just outside the conductor is tangent to its surface.
_______131.An Object having a net charge of 24C is placed in a uniform electric field of 610N/C
directed vertically. What is the mass of the object if it floats in this electric field ?
A. 14.640kg B. 1.464Kg C. 14.460Kg D. 144.60Kg
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_______132.Moving 2.5x10-6 coulomb of charge from point A to point B in an electric field requires
6.3x10-4 J of work. The potential difference between point A and B is?
A. 4x10-3V B. 2.5X10-2V C. 1.6X10-19V D. 1.0X10-14V

_______133.In the circuit shown, each resistor has a value of 3Ω. What is the value of the current
through R4?

6V R2
R1

3V R4 R3

R5

A. 0.125A B.0.75 C.0.625 D.1.0A

___________134.A galvanometer of full scale deflection 10 m A is to be converted in to a 0-10.0A

ammeter. If its coil has a resistance of 100Ω, then what value of shunt resistance must be
fitted?

A. 0.1 Ω B.10Ω C.9.99Ω D.0.999Ω

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_________135if a cell supplies a current of 0.9A when connected to a 2Ωresistor and a current of 0.3A,
when it connected to 7Ωresistor then what will be the internal resistance of the cell?

A. 2Ω B.1.2Ω C.1 Ω D.0.5Ω

________136.A copper wire of crossectional area 2mm2 carrying a current of 1.5A. If the drift velocity of
the electron is 0.00028m/s, what is the number of charge carriers (free electrons) per unit
volume in the copper wire?

A. 1.67x1028/m3 B.1.5X1032/m3 C.1.5x1025m3 D. 1.67x1032/m3

________137.which of the following statement is correct?

A. Galvanometer can be converted to voltmeter of different scale by connecting low value

resistance in parallel
B. Low valued internal resistance increase accuracy of voltmeter.
C. Galvanometer can be converted to ammeter of different scale by connecting Varityof low
valued shunt resistance in parallel.
D. High valued internal resistance increase the accuracy of ammeter.

_________138.A rod is made of two materials connected to each other. Each conductor has a square
crossection of 3mm on a side. the first material has resistivity of 1  4 x10 3 m and is 25cm

long while the second material has a resistivity of  2  6 x10 3 m and is 40cm long. What is the
resistance between the ends of the rod?

A. 378Ω B.267 Ω C.436Ω D.363Ω

________139.The maximum power delivered to the load resistance R occurs when the load resistance R
and internal resistance r have the following relation

A. r=2R B.r=R C.r=3R D.r=7R

_________140.The resistance of an ohmic conductor is independent of :

A. the size of the material C. the nature of the material

B. the temperature D. the voltage applied

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