Physics Questions For Competitive Exams

1. Ohm's law gives a relationship between:
Ans: Current and potential difference

2. Where is the value of 'g' will be minimum?
Ans: Equatorial region                        

3. A glass rod placed in a color less liquid seems to disappear because:  
Ans: The glass and the liquid have the same refractive index       

4. The main source of energy in the biosphere is:  
Ans: Sun                          

5. The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than his real weight, when?
Ans: When the lift is going up with uniform acceleration

6. With which instrument the people of submarine can seen objects on the surface of the sea without coming up?
Ans: Periscope

7. Velocity of sound is:
Ans: 330 m/see

8. If a body is moving with uniform velocity what is the acceleration?
Ans: Accelaration will be zero

9. When an object falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy?
Ans: Remains constant

10. The lens used in photo camera:
Ans: Convex lens

11. The speed of sound depends on the through which its travels:
Ans: Nature of materials

12. When a body is thrown upwards the kinetic energy of body is gradually changed into _____?
Ans: Potential energy

13. What name is given to the product of mass and velocity of a body?
Ans: Momentum

14. What is the SI unit of potential difference?
Ans: Volt

15. What does Angstrom measure?
Ans: Length of light waves

16. One calorie is equal to:
Ans: 4.2 J

17. Bolometer measures:
Ans: Heat Radiations

18. Dynamo works on the principle of:
Ans: Electromagnetic Induction

19. If a pendulum clock is taken from equator to poles:
Ans: It will run fast

20. The Worlds first artificial satellite:
Ans: Sputnik

21. Galileo Galilee was an _____ scientist:
Ans: Italian

22. In the cinema we see pictures with natural effect due to which phenomenon:  
Ans: Persistence of vision         

23. Which force is responsible for the moon revolving around the earth?  
Ans: Gravitational force            

24. The sum of potential and kinetic energies of a body is called:  
Ans: Mechanical energy

25. The loudness of a sound wave is determined by its:
Ans: Amplitude               

26. The source of electric energy in an artificial satellite:
Ans: Solar cells

27. Special theory of relativity was proposed in:
Ans: 1905

28. A twinkling of star is due to:  
Ans: Refraction

29. The light produced by sodium vapour lamp is:
Ans: Yellow

30. Fuel with highest calorific value is:
Ans: Hydrogen

31. The scientist who study about earthquake is called:
Ans: Seismologist

32. The force that keeps a revolving body to its orbit is:
Ans: Its centripetal force

33. Solar energy is received by the earth through:
Ans: Radiation

34. The reaction in torch cell is ______.
Ans: Electra Chemical               

35. Diverging lens produces ______ types of images.
Ans: Small virtual image

36. Tape recorder functions on the principle of?
Ans: Electromagnetic Induction

37. The material used for making solar cell is:
Ans: Silicon

38. 'A brief history of time' was written by:
Ans: Stephen Hawkins

39. The best conductor of electricity is:
Ans: Silver 

40. Atom bomb is based on:
Ans: Nuclear Fission
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