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F.Sc. Physics (2nd Year) Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter # 12: Electrostatics

Chapter # 13: Current Electricity
Chapter # 14: Electromagnetism
Chapter # 15: Electromagnetic Induction
Chapter # 16: Alternating Current
Chapter # 17: Physics of Solids
Chapter # 18: Electronics
Chapter # 19: Dawn of Modern Physics
Chapter # 20: Atomic Spectra
Chapter # 21: Nuclear Physics

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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 12

CHAPTER # 12: ELECTROSTATICS

1. Coulomb’s law is only applicable for 8. The electric field created by positive
a) Big charges charge is:
b) Small charges a) Radially outward
c) Point charges b) Zero
d) Any charges c) Circular
d) Radially inward
2. The force exerted by two charged bodies
on one another, obeys Coulomb’s law 9. The value of relative permitivity for all the
provided that dielectrics is always:
a) The charges are not too small a) Less than unity
b) The charges are in vacuum b) Greater than unity
c) The charges are not too large c) Equal to unity
d) The linear dimension of charges is d) Zero
much smaller than distance between
them 10. Photo-copier and inkjet printers are the
applications of:
3. The constant K in Coulomb’s Law a) Electronics
depends upon b) Magnetism
c) Electrostatics
a) Nature of medium
d) Thermodynamics
b) System of units
c) Intensity of charge
11. Selenium is a conductor material when
d) Both a & b
exposed to ________
a) Light
4. A unit if elelctric charge is:
b) Dark
a) Volt
c) Mono chromatic light
b) Henry
d) None of these
c) Coulomb
d) Weber
12. Selenium is an
a) Insulator
5. Presence of dielectric always:
b) Conductor
a) Increases the electrostatic force
c) Semiconductor
b) Decreases the electrostatic force
d) Photoconductor
c) Does not effect the electrostatic force
d) Doubles the electrostatic force
13. In an inkjet printer, the charged ink drops
are diverted by the deflection plates
6. The S.I unit of permitivity is:
2
a) 𝑁𝑚 𝐶 2 a) Towards the charging electrodes
2
b) 𝐶 𝑁𝑚 2 b) Towards the gutter
c) Towards a blank paper on which the
c) 𝑁𝑚 𝐶 2 print is to be taken
2
d) 𝑁𝑚 𝐶 d) In inkjet printer ink cannot be charged

7. The lines which provide information about

14. The electric field produced due to negative
the electric force exerted on charged
charge is always:
particles are:
a) Radially outward
a) Magnetic field lines
b) Radially inward
b) Electric field lines
c) Circular
c) Tangent lines d) Zero
d) Curved lines

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15. The force experience by a unit positive 22. Electric flux is defined as:
charge placed at a point in an electric field a) 𝜙 = 𝐀. 𝐁
is called: b) 𝜙 = 𝐄 × 𝐀
a) Coulomb’s force c) 𝜙 = 𝐄. 𝐀
b) Faraday’s force 𝐄
d) 𝜙 = 𝐀
c) Lorentz’s force
d) Electric field intensity
23. When vector area is held perpendicular to
the field lines, then the magnitude of
16. Of the following quantities, the one that is
vector in character is an electric flux is:
a) Negative
b) Maximum
a) Electric Charge
b) Electric Field Intensity c) Minimum
c) Electric Energy d) Zero
d) Electric Potential Difference
24. When vector area is held parallel to
17. Electric field intensity is also known as electric field lines, the the magnitude of
electric flux is:
a) Electric potential
a) Maximum
b) Electric flux
c) Potential gradient b) Minimum
d) None c) Either maximum or minimum
d) Negative
18. Potential gradient is defined as
∆𝐸 25. The SI unit of electric flux is:
a) ∆𝑉 a) 𝑁𝑚𝐶 −1
∆𝐸
b) − ∆𝑉 b) 𝑁𝑚 2 𝐶 −1
∆𝑟 c) 𝑁𝑚𝐶 −2
c) ∆𝑉 d) 𝑁𝑚 2 𝐶 −2
∆𝑉
d) − 26. The magnitude of the electric field inside
∆𝑟
oppositely charged plates, having uniform
19. The SI unit of E are: surface charge density 𝜎, is:
a) 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 a) 𝜎 𝜀0
b) 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏 b) 𝜎 2𝜀
0
𝑞
c) 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒 c) 𝜀0 𝑟
d) 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛 × 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 d) 𝜎
2𝜀 𝑟
0

20. The electric intensity is expressed in unit

27. The electric intensity near an infinite plate
of N/C or
of positive charge will be:
𝑞
a) Volts a) 𝜀0
b) Walt b) 𝜎
c) Joules 2𝜀0
𝑞
d) V/m c) 𝐴
d) 𝜎 𝜀0
21. The unit 𝑉𝑚 −1 is equivalent to:

a) 𝑁𝐶 −1 28. If a charged body is moved agaist the

b) 𝑁𝐶 electric field, it will gain:
c) 𝑁𝐶 𝑚 −1 a) Potential energy
d) 𝑁𝑚𝐶 −1 b) Kinetic energy
c) Mechanical energy
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29. One volt is 37. The equation for the stokes law is
a) One joule per coulomb a) 6𝜋𝜂𝑟
b) One dyne per coulomb b) 6𝜋𝜂𝑟𝑣
c) One Newton per coulomb c) 6𝑟𝑣
d) One watt per second d) 8𝜋𝜂𝑟𝑣

30. Absolute potential difference, due of point 38. The charge determined by the Millikan’s
charge of 1C at a distance of 1m is given experiment is
by: qvd
a) 9 × 106 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠 a) q 
m
b) 9 × 107 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
c) 9 × 108 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
qvd
b) q 
d) 9 × 109 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠 g
mgd
31. A charge of 0.01 C accelerated through a c) g 
p.d of 1000 V acquires K.E v
a) 10 J d) None
b) 100 J
c) 200 J 39. Capacitors may be considered as a device
d) 400 eV for
a) Storing energy
32. 1 joule =__________ b) Increasing resistance
c) Decreasing resistance
a) 6.25 × 1018 𝑒𝑉
d) None
b) 6.25 × 10−18 𝑒𝑉
c) 1.6 × 10−19 𝑒𝑉 40. The medium used b/w the plates of
d) 9.1 × 10−31 𝑒𝑉 capacitor is called
33. One electron volt is equal to a) Polarization
a) 6.25 × 1018 𝐽 b) Dielectric
b) 6.25 × 10−18 𝐽 c) Insulators
c) 1.6 × 10−19 𝐽 d) Medium
d) 9.1 × 10−31 𝐽
41. Capacity of a capacitor depends upon
34. How many electron will have a charge of a) Size of plate
one coulomb? b) Distance b/w plates
a) 6.2 × 1018 c) Nature of dielectric b/w plates
b) 6.2 × 1019 d) All of above
c) 5.2 × 1018
d) 5.2 × 1019 42. Farad is defined as:
𝐶
a)
35. Gravitational force between two objects 𝑉
𝐴
does not depends on: b) 𝑉
a) Force 𝐶
c) 𝐽
b) Masses 𝐽
c) Distance d) 𝐶
d) Medium
43. The capacitance of a parallel plate
36. The charge on the electron was calculated capacitor is given by:
by 𝐴
a) 𝐶 =
a) Faraday 𝜀0 𝑑
𝐴𝜀 0
b) J.J. Thomson b) 𝐶 = 𝑑
c) Millikan 𝜀0 𝑑
c) 𝐶 = 𝐴
d) Einstein
𝑑
d) 𝐶 = 𝜀 𝐴
0

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44. The expression of energy stored in a 47. The ratio of Cvac and Cmed is equal to
capacitor is given by: a) 𝜀𝑟
a) 𝐸 = 𝐶𝑉 2 b) 𝜀
1
1 𝑟
b) 𝐸 = 𝐶𝑉 2 c) 𝜀0
2
1 1
c) 𝐸 = 2 𝐶 2 𝑉 d) 𝜀
1 0
d) 𝐸 = 2 𝐶𝑉 2
45. Unit of energy density of electric field is: 48. During charging of a capacitor, the ratio of
a) J C−1 instantaneous charge and maximum
b) J V −1 charge on plates of capacitors at t = RC is
c) J m−3
d) J F −3 a) 36.8%
46. The term “RC” has same unit as that of: b) 63.2%
a) Potential c) 20%
b) Capacitance d) 30%
c) Energy
d) Time

Q. No. Ans. Q. No. Ans. Q. No. Ans.

1 c 17 c 33 c
2 d 18 d 34 a
3 d 19 b 35 d
4 c 20 d 36 c
5 b 21 a 37 b
6 b 22 c 38 c
7 b 23 d 39 a
8 a 24 a 40 b
9 b 25 b 41 d
10 c 26 a 42 a
11 a 27 b 43 b
12 d 28 a 44 b
13 b 29 a 45 c
14 b 30 d 46 d
15 d 31 a 47 b
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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 13

CHAPTER # 13: CURRENT ELECTRICITY

8. The heat produced by passage of current
through resistor is:
1. One coulomb per second is equal to a) 𝐻 = 𝐼2 𝑅𝑡
a) Joule b) 𝐻 = 𝐼𝑅2 𝑡
b) Volt 𝐼2
c) 𝐻 = 𝑅𝑡
c) Ampere 𝐼
d) Walt d) 𝐻 = 𝑅𝑡

2. In the metallic conductor the current is due 9. Current can be measured by using:
to flow of ______ charge a) Heating effect
a) Positive b) Magnetic effect
b) Negative c) Chemical effect
c) Proton d) None of these
d) None
10. In liquids and gases, the current is due to
3. Conventional current flow from the motion of :
a) Point of higher potential to point of a) Negative charges
lower potential b) Positive charges
b) Point of lower potential to point of c) Neutral particles
higher potential d) Both negative and positive charges
c) Point of lower potential to point of
lower potential 11. When electricity passes through the liquid,
d) None then process is called:
a) Electro late
4. In the thermocouple the heat energy is b) Electrolysis
converted into c) Electro-conductor
a) Mechanical energy d) None
b) Electric energy
c) Magnetic energy 12. Magnetic effect of current is utilized in
d) None a) Iron
b) Thermocouple
5. The heating effect of current utilized in c) Measurement of current
a) Iron d) None
b) Tube light
c) Fan 13. The VI-graph of Ohm’s law is:
d) Motor a) Hyperbola
b) Ellipse
6. Through an electrolyte, electric current is c) Parabola
passed due to drift of d) Straight
a) Free electrons
b) Positive and negative ions 14. Mathematical form of ohm’s law is
c) Free electrons and holes a) I = VR
d) Protons b) I = V/R
c) I = R/V
7. Joule law can be expressed as d) R = IV
a) 𝐻 = 𝐼2 𝑅𝑡
b) 𝐻 = 𝐼𝑅2 𝑡 15. Ohm’s law is valid for only current
𝐼2 flowing in
c) 𝐻 = 𝑅𝑡
𝐼 a) Conductors
d) 𝐻 = 𝑅𝑡 b) Transistors
c) Diodes
d) Electric Areas

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16. The proportionality constant between 24. Thermistor can be used for the accurate
current and potential difference is: measurement of
a) 𝜌 a) Voltage
b) 𝑅 b) Resistance
c) 𝐶 c) Temperature
d) 𝑉 d) Heat
17. 1 ohm is defined as:
𝑉 25. The maximum power delivered by battery
a) 𝐶
𝑉 is:
b) 𝐸2
𝐴
𝐶
a) 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 =
4𝑟
c) 𝑉 b) 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 4𝑟𝐸 2
𝑉
d) c) 𝑃𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝑉𝐼𝑇
𝐴
d) 𝑈𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑
18. In series circuit the net resistance is
a) Algebraic Sum of all resistance 26. If the length and diameter of conductor is
b) Sum of reciprocals of all resistances in double, the resistance is
circuit a) Remain same
c) Remain constant b) Double
d) None c) Half
d) Four times
19. The reciprocal of resistivity is called
a) Resistance 27. A wire of uniform cross-section A and
b) Conduction length L is cut into two equal parts. The
c) Conductivity resistance of each part becomes:
d) None a) Double
b) Half
20. The unit of conductivity is c) 4 times
a) Ω. m d) ¼ times
b) (Ω.m)-1
c) Ω.m-1 28. The fractional change in resistivity per
d) None Kelvin
a) Co-efficient in resistance
21. A wire of resistance R is cut into two b) Co-efficient of resistivity
equal parts, its resistance becomes R/2. c) Resistance
What happens to resistivity? d) None
a) Double
b) Same 29. In the carbon resistor their value can be
c) Half find by their
d) One forth a) Wires
b) Terminals
22. When temperature increases, the c) Color Bands
resistance of conductor: d) Spots
a) Increases
30. The third band is written in the form of
b) Decreases
power of
c) Remains constant
a) 2
d) Vanishes
b) 6
c) 8
23. Heat sensitive resistors are called
d) 10
a) Resistors
b) Capacitors 31. The numerical value of black color is:
c) Thermisters a) 3
d) Inductors b) 2
c) 1
d) 0

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32. The color code for the color Grey is 40. Which electric bulb has the least
a) 7 resistance?
b) 8 a) 60 watts
c) 9 b) 100 watts
d) 5 c) 200 watts
33. The colors of strips on a certain carbon d) 500 watts
resistor from extreme left are yellow,
black and red respectively. Its resistance 41. An electric heater 220V, 440W has a
is: resistance
a) 4 𝑘Ω a) 2 Ω
b) 400 Ω b) 110 Ω
c) 40 Ω c) 0.5 Ω
d) 40 𝑘Ω d) 20 Ω
34. If the tolerance color is gold then it value 42. Kirchhoff’s first rule is:
is a) 𝑉=0
a) ± 2% b) 𝑅=0
b) ± 4% c) 𝐼=0
c) ± 5% d) 𝑇=0
d) ± 6%
43. Kirchhoff’s first rule is based on
35. Tolerance for silver band is: conservation of:
a) ±5% a) Energy
b) ±10% b) Voltage
c) ±15% c) Charge
d) ±20% d) Mass
44. The algebraic sum of all the current at
36. A rheostat can be used as a junction is zero, is Kirchhoff’s
a) Variable resistor a) 1st law
b) Potential divider b) 2nd law
c) Both a and b c) 3rd law
d) None of these d) 4th law
45. The algebraic sum of voltages changes
37. The wire used in Rheostat is made from around a closed circuit or loop is zero, is
a) Constantan Kirchhoff’s
b) Nichrome a) 1st law
c) Manganin b) 2nd law
d) Tungston c) 3rd law
d) 4th law

38. The S.I unit of emf is same as: 46. An ideal voltmeter would have an infinite
a) Work a) Current
b) Energy b) Voltage
c) Power c) Resistance
d) Potential Difference d) None of these

39. The terminal potential difference of a 47. The emf of two cells can be compared by
battery of internal resistance “r” and emf a) AVO meter
“𝜀” is: b) Voltmeter
a) 𝑉 = 𝜀 + 𝐼𝑟 c) Potentiometer
b) 𝑉 = 𝜀 − 𝐼𝑟 d) Galvanometer
𝜀−𝑟
c) 𝑉 =
𝐼
𝐼
d) 𝑉 = 𝜀−𝑟

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48. An accurate measurement of emf of a cell

is made by
a) A voltmeter
b) An ammeter
c) A potentiometer
d) All of them
𝜀1
49. The ratio of emf of two cells 𝜀2 , is equal
to
𝑙
a) 1 𝑙
2
b) 1 ∶ 2
𝑙
c) 2 𝑙
1
d) 2 ∶ 1

Q. No. Ans. Q. No. Ans. Q. No. Ans

1 c 18 a 35 b
2 b 19 c 36 c
3 a 20 b 37 c
4 b 21 b 38 d
5 a 22 a 39 b
6 b 23 c 40 d
7 a 24 c 41 b
8 a 25 a 42 c
9 b 26 c 43 c
10 d 27 b 44 a
11 b 28 b 45 b
12 c 29 c 46 c
13 d 30 d 47 c
14 b 31 d 48 c
15 a 32 c 49 a
16 b 33 d
17 d 34 c

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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 14
CHAPTER # 14. ELECTROMAGNETISM

8. When a small resistance is connected

1. The units of magnetic field B, in system parallel to the galvanometer, the
international is: resulting circuit behaves as:
a) Weber a) Voltmeter
b) Tesla b) Wheatstone bridge
c) Gauss c) Ammeter
d) Newton d) Potentiometer

2. One tesla (T) is: 9. The anode in the CRO is:

a) 1𝑇 = 1𝑁 𝐴 𝑚 −1 a) Control number of electrons
b) Control the brightness of spot
b) 1𝑇 = 1𝑁 𝐴−1 𝑚 −1
formed
c) 1𝑇 = 1𝑁 𝐴 𝑚
c) Accelerates and focus the beam
d) 1𝑇 = 1𝑁 𝑚 𝐴−1
d) At negative potential with respect to
cathode
3. The magnetic flux “∅” through an area
“A” is: 10. The galvanometer constant in a moving
a) ∅ = 𝐁 × 𝐀 coil galvanometer is given by:
b) ∅ = 𝐁. 𝐀 𝑁𝐵
a) 𝐾 =
𝐶𝐴
c) ∅ = 𝐀 × 𝐁 𝐶
d) 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑕𝑒𝑠𝑒 b) 𝐾 = 𝑁𝐴𝐵
𝑁𝐴𝐵
c) 𝐾 = 𝐶
4. One Tesla is also equal to 𝐶𝐴
a) wb.m2 d) 𝐾 =
𝑁𝐵
b) wb.m-2 𝑁
c) wb.m
11. 𝑟=1 𝐁. 𝚫𝐋 = 𝜇0 𝐼 is the relation for:
d) None a) Milikan’s law
b) Gauss’s law
5. Torque on a current carrying coil is: c) Ampere’s aw
d) Lenz’s law
a) 𝐵𝐼𝑁𝐴 cos 𝛼
b) 𝐵𝐼𝑁𝐴 sin 𝛼
12. The brightness of spot on CRO screen is
c) 𝐵𝐼𝐿 cos 𝛼
controlled by:
d) 𝐵𝐼𝐿 sin 𝛼
a) Anodes
b) Cathodes
6. The magnetic force is simply a:
c) Grid
a) Reflecting force
d) Plates
b) Deflecting force
c) Restoring force
13. To measure the current in a circuit,
d) Gravitational force
ammeter is always connected in:
a) Parallel
7. The galvanometer can be made sensitive
𝐶 b) Series
if the value of the factor is: c) Sometimes parallel sometimes series
𝐵𝑁𝐴
a) Made large d) Neither series nor parallel
b) Made small

c) Remains constant 14. If the angle b/w v and B is zero then
d) Infinite magnetic force will be
a) Max
b) Min
c) Zero
d) None

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22. To convert a Weston-type galvanometer
15. A charged particles is projected at an into voltmeter, the series resistance is
angle into a uniform magnetic field. given by ________
Which of the following parameter of the 𝑉
a) 𝑅𝑕 = 𝐼
charged particle will be affected by 𝑔
𝑉
magnetic field: b) 𝑅𝑕 = − 𝑅𝑔
𝐼𝑔
a) Energy 𝑉
b) Momentum c) 𝑅𝑕 = 𝑅 − 𝐼𝑔
𝑔
c) Speed d) 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑕𝑒𝑠𝑒
d) Velocity
23. The shape of magnetic field around a
16. Force on a moving charge in a uniform long straight current carrying wire is
magnetic field will be maximum, when a) Electrical
angle between v and B is: b) Squire
a) 0° c) Varies with current
b) 30° d) Circular
c) 60° 24. The electrons of mass “m” and charge
d) 90° “e” is moving in a circle of radius “r”
with speed “v” in a uniform magnetic
17. The S.I. unit of magnetic flux is field of strength “B”. then
a) Tesla a) 𝑟 ∝ 𝑚
b) Weber b) 𝑟 ∝ 𝐵
c) Joule 1
c) 𝑟 ∝ 𝑣
d) Newton 1
d) 𝑟 ∝ 𝑚
18. Beam of electrons are also called: 25. The toque in the coil can be increased
a) Positive rays
by increasing
b) x-rays a) Number of turns
c) cathode rays
b) Current and magnetic field
d) cosmic rays c) Area of coil
d) All of above
19. Tesla is the unit of
a) Electric field 26. A current carrying loop, when placed in
b) Magnetic field a uniform magnetic field will experience
c) Magnetic field intensity a) Electric flux
d) Electric field intensity b) Torque
c) Magnetic flux
20. It is possible to set a charge at rest into d) Force
motion with magnetic field
a) Yes 27. The magnetic flux will be maximum if
b) No the angle between magnetic field
c) Some Time strength and vector area is:
d) None a) 0o
b) 60o
21. The grid in CRO ________ c) 90o
a) Controls the number of electrons d) 180o
accelerated by anode
b) Controls the brightness of the spot 28. One weber is equal to
fall on the screen a) N.A2/A
c) Both a and b b) N.m2/A
d) Deflects the beam of electrons c) N.A/m
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36. In the galvanometer the current is
29. The waveform of sinusoidal voltage, its proportional to
frequency and phase can be found by a) Magnetic field
a) CRO b) Electric field
b) Diode c) Angle
c) Transistor d) None
d) Radio
37. When a small resistance is connected in
30. The force on a charge particle moving parallel to the galvanometer it is called
parallel to magnetic field is a) Ammeter
a) Maximum b) Voltmeter
b) Minimum c) AVO meter
c) Zero d) None
d) None
38. The relation between current “𝐼” and
31. The unit of permeability of free space is deflection “𝜃” in a moving coil
a) T.m/A galvanometer is:
1
b) T.m2/A a) 𝐼 ∝
𝜃
c) T.m/A2 b) 𝐼 ∝ cos 𝜃
d) None c) 𝐼 ∝ sin 𝜃
d) 𝐼 ∝ 𝜃

32. The value of o is 39. To convert a galvanometer into
a) 4  x 10-6 voltmeter we connect a resistance in
b) 4  x 10-7 a) Series
c) 4  x 10-8
b) Parallel

d) 4  x 10-9
c) Series or parallel
d) None

33. The magnetic induction inside current 40. AVO-meter is used to find
carryin solenoid is a) Current

a)
 o nI b) Voltage
c) Resistance
b)
 o NL d) All of above

c)

oN 41. An ideal voltmeter has
d) None a) Small resistance
b) High resistance
34. F = Fe + Fm is c) Infinite resistance
a) Electric force d) None
b) Magnetic force
42. A galvanometer can be more sensitive if
c) Lorentz force
d) None C/BAN is made
a) Very large
35. The material used in fluorescent screen b) Very small
is c) Unaltered
a) Electric d) None
b) Magnetic
c) Phosphors 43. Ammeter and galvanometer
d) None a) Are always connected in series
b) Are always connected in parallel
c) Both in series and parallel
d) None

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51. To find the shunt resistance we used
44. The sensitivity of galvanometer is equation
directly depends on IgRg
a) Magnetic field a) RS =
I  Ig
b) Area of coil
c) Number of turns IsRg
b) R S =
d) All of above I  Ig
IgRs
45. The dot product of magnetic field c) R S =
induction and vector area is called R  Ig
a) Electric flux IsRs
d) R S =
b) Magnetic flux I  Ig
c) Ampere law
d) None 52. Ammeter is used to measure:
a) Resistance
46. When the number of turns in a solenoid b) Voltage
is doubled without any change in the
c) Current
length of the solenoid its self induction d) Capacitance
will be:
a) Four times 53. An avo-meter is also called:
b) Doubled
a) An ammeter
c) Halved b) A voltmeter
d) None c) A multi.meter
d) An ohm-meter
47. The wave form of sinusoidal voltage, its
frequency and phase can be found by
a) CRO
b) Diode
c) Transistor
d) Radio

48. Voltmeter is used to measure:

a) Current
b) Resistance
c) Temperature
d) Potential difference

49. The resistance of a voltmeter should

have a very high resistance
a) It does not disturb the circuit
b) It draws some current
c) It same the galvanometer coil
d) None of these

50. A voltmeter is always connected in:

a) Parallel
b) Series
c) Perpendicular
d) Straight line

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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 15

CHAPTER # 15. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

1. The induced e.m.f. is produce due to

a) Motion of coil 8. The inductance is more in self induction
b) Motion of magnet in:
c) The rate of change of flux a) Air cored coil
d) None b) Iron cored coil
c) Tungsten cored coil
2. The direction of induced current is always d) None of these
so as to oppose the change which causes
the current is called: 9. One henry is equal to:
a) Faraday’s law
a) 1 𝑜ℎ𝑚 × 1 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
b) Lenz’s law
b) 1 𝑜ℎ𝑚 × 1 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟
c) Ohm’s law
c) 1 𝑜ℎ𝑚 × 1 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏
d) Kirchhoff’s 1st rule
d) 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒
3. The energy stored per unit volume inside a
10. A device which converts electrical energy
solenoid is calculated by:
1 𝐵2
into mechanical energy is called:
a) 2 𝜇0
𝐴𝑙 a) Transformer
1 𝐵2 b) AC generator
b) 2 𝜇0 c) DC motor
1 𝜇0
c) 𝐴𝑙 d) DC generator
2 𝐵2
1 𝜇0
d) 2 𝐵2 11. When constant current flows in primary of
transformer, then the emf induced across
4. The SI units of induced emf is secondary of transformer is:
a) Ohm a) Zero
b) Tesla b) Constant
c) Henry c) Alternating
d) Volt d) Irregular

5. The principle of an alternating current 12. 1 henry

generator is based on: a) 1 𝑉 𝐴 𝑠 −1
a) Coulomb’s law b) 1 𝑉 𝑠 𝐴−1
b) Ampere’s law c) 1 𝑉 𝑚 𝐴−1
c) Faraday’s law d) 1 𝑉 𝐴 𝑚−1
d) Lenz’s law
13. A generator converts mechanical energy
6. If velocity of a conductor moving through into
a magnetic field B is made zero, then a) Chemical energy
motional emf is: b) Light energy
a) −𝑣𝐵𝐿 c) Heat energy
𝑣
b) − 𝐵𝐿 d) Electrical energy
𝐵𝐿
c) − 𝑣
14. When a loop of wire is moved across a
d) Zero magnetic field, the current is produced in
it is called
7. If we make the magnetic field stronger, a) Eddy current
the value of induced current is: b) Direct current
a) Decreased c) Photo electric current
b) Increased d) Induced current
c) Vanished
d) Kept constant

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15. Energy stored in an inductor is: 22. If we increase the resistance of the circuit
1
a) 2 𝐿𝐼 2 containing a coil, the induced e.m.f. will
1 be
b) 𝐿𝐼 a) Increase
2
1 2 2
c) 2
𝐿𝐼 b) Decrease
1 c) Remain same
d) 2
𝐿𝐼 d) None

16. If fingers of right hand show the direction 23. The self-inductance may be defined by
of magnetic field and palm shows the 
direction of force, then thumb points for: a) L=
a) Torque  / t
b) Voltage   / t
b) L =
c) Current 
d) Induced emf

c) L =
17. Induced electric current can be explained  / t
using which law 
a) Gauss’s law d) L =
b) Faraday’s law  / t
c) Ohm’s law
d) Ampere law 24. Inductance are measured by
a) Coulombs
18. Lenz’s law is consistent with law of b) Amperes
conservation of c) Volt
a) Mass d) Henry
b) Energy
c) Charge 25. An over loaded motor draws
d) None a) Max. current
b) Min. current
19. An inductor is a circuit element that can c) Half
store energy in the form of d) None
a) Magnetic field
b) Electric flux 26. The co-efficient of mutual inductance is
c) Electric field equal to
∆𝐼
d) None a) 𝜀 ∆𝑡𝑃
∆𝑡
20. The negative sign with induced e.m.f. b) 𝜀 ∆𝐼𝑃
is due to c) 𝜀∆𝐼𝑃 ∆𝑡
a) Faraday’s law d) None
b) Lenz’s law
c) Ampere law 27. Alternating current changes
d) None a) Its magnitude as well as direction
b) Only direction but not magnitude
21. The relation of motional e.m.f. , when a c) Only magnitude but not direction
conductor is move in perpendicular d) None
magnetic field, is:
a) E=BLV 28. Inductance is measured in:
b) E=qBl a) Volt
c) E=Blq b) Ampere
d) E=qVB c) Henry
d) Ohm

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29. The instantaneous value of A.C. voltage is 37. The coil which is connected to input of a
a) V = Vo sin 2  ft
transformer is called:
a) Primary
b) V = Vo sin 2 ft b) Secondary
c) V = Vo sin 2  wt c) Middle
d) None d) None

30. The induced e.m.f. in A.C. generator is 38. In the actual transformer, the output is

a) VBL sin  always

a) Equal to input
b) NESN sing  b) Less then input
c) More than input
c) NAB sin  d) None
d) NIAB sin 
39. In ideal transformer when applied
potential difference is double, the current
31. The back motor effect exist in the
is:
a) Generator
a) Doubled
b) Mater
b) Tripled
c) A.C. Meter
c) Halved
d) None
d) Same
32. The coil used in the generators is called
40. For a good transformer the hysterics loop
a) Commutaters
are _______ in size.
b) Slip rings
a) Small
c) Armature
b) Large
d) None
c) Zero
d) None
33. The back ward generator is called
a) Electric motor
41. To minimize the heating effect in the
b) A.C. generator
transmission lines
c) Reverse generator
a) High current, low voltage in used
d) None
b) High voltage, low current in used
c) Same voltage and current in used
34. The principle of transformer is
d) None
a) Amperes law
b) Mutual induction
42. Maximum emf generated in a generator is:
c) Motional e.m.f.
a) 𝜀 = 𝜀0 sin 𝜃
d) None
b) 𝜀 = 𝑁𝜔𝐴𝐵 sin 𝜃
35. A transformer is a device which step up or c) 𝜀 = 𝑁𝜔𝐴𝐵
d) None of these
stop down
a) Energy
43. Induced e.m.f is
b) Power
a) Directly proportional to change in
c) Voltage
flux
d) All of above
b) Directly proportional to rate of change
c) of flux
36. An ideal transformer obeys the law of
d) Inversely proportional to change of
conservation of:
flux
a) Flux
e) None of these
b) Momentum
c) Emf
d) Energy

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44. Lenz’s law is in accordance with the law

of conservation of:
a) Momentum
b) Angular momentum
c) Energy
d) Charge

45. When motor is at its Max. speed the back

e.m.f will be
a) Maximum
b) Zero
c) Cannot tell
d) None of these

46. The application of mutual induction is a

a) Television
b) Radio
c) D.C. motor
d) Transformer

47. The ratio of average induced emf to the

rate of change of current in the coil is
called:
a) Self inductance
b) Mutual inductance
c) Self inductance
d) Mutual inductanc

48. Which of the following is not present in

AC generator:
a) Armature
b) Magnet
c) Slip rings
d) Commutator

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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 16

CHAPTER # 16. ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS

1. The mean value of A.C. over a complete

cycle in 9. Which of the following requires a
a) Maximum material medium for their propagation:
b) Minimum a) Heat waves
c) Zero b) X-rays
d) None c) Sound waves
2. The inductive reactance is: d) Ultravoilot rays
a) 𝑋𝐿 = 𝜔𝐶
b) 𝑋𝐿 = 𝜔𝐿 10. In modulation, low frequency signal is
1 known as:
c) 𝑋𝐿 = 𝜔𝐶 a) Loaded signal
1
d) 𝑋𝐿 = b) Fluctuated signal
𝜔𝐿
c) Harmonic signal
3. At high frequency, the current through a d) Modulation signal
capacitor of AC circuit will be:
a) Large 11. The mutual induction between two coils
b) Small depends upon:
c) Infinite a) Area of the coils
d) Zero b) Number of turns
c) Distance between the coils
4. The highest value reached by the d) All of these
voltage or current in one cycle is called
a) Peak to peak value 12. Pure choke consumes:
b) Peak value a) Minimum power
c) Instantaneous value b) Maximum power
d) Root mean square value c) No power
d) Average power
5. If the motor is overloaded, then the
magnitude of “back emf”: 13. To construct a step down transformer:
a) Increases a) 𝑁𝑆 < 𝑁𝑃
b) Decreases b) 𝑁𝑃 < 𝑁𝑆
c) Constant c) 𝑁𝑆 = 𝑁𝑃
d) Becomes zero d) 𝑁𝑆 . 𝑁𝑃 = 1

6. A capacitor is perfect insulator for: 14. Power dissipation in pure inductive or in

a) Alternating current a pure capacitive circuit is:
b) Direct current a) Infinite
c) Both a and b b) Zero
d) None c) Minimum
d) Maximum
7. The process combining low frequency
signal with high frequency radio wave is 15. The practical appllication of
called: phenominon of mutual induction is:
a) Modulation a) Electrical motor
b) Amplification b) Transformer
c) Demodulation c) Ac generator
d) Resonance d) DC generator
8. In pure resistive AC circuit, 16. There are ___________ types of
instantaneous value of voltage or modulations:
current: a) 1
a) Current lags behind voltage b) 2
𝜋
b) Current leads voltage by 2 c) 3
c) Both are in-phase d) 4
𝜋
d) Voltage leads current by 2

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17. The SI unit of impedance is: 25. If 𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 = 10 2 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠, then phase
a) Henry voltage 𝑉0 will be:
b) Hertz a) 10 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
c) Ampere b) 20 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
d) Ohm c) 40 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
10
d) 2 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
18. Which of the following is true for a step
down transformer:
a) 𝑁𝑃 > 𝑁𝑆 26. At resonance RLC series circuit shows
b) 𝑁𝑃 < 𝑁𝑆 the behavior of:
c) 𝑁𝑃 = 𝑁𝑆 a) Pure resistive circuit
d) 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 b) Pure capacitive circuit
c) Pure inductive circuit
19. If 𝐼0 is the peak value of AC, its average d) Pure RLC circuit
value over the complete cycle is:
𝐼 27. At resonance, the value of current in
a) 02 RLC series circuit is equal to:
𝑉
b) 2𝐼0 a) 0
2 𝑅
c)
𝐼0
b) 𝑉0 𝑅
𝐼
d) 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 c) 2
d) 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜
20. At resonance, the phase angle for RLC
series resonance circuit equals: 28. At high frequency, RLC series circuit
a) 0° shows the behavior of:
b) 90° a) Pure inductive circuit
c) 180° b) Pure resistive circuit
d) 270° c) Pure capacitive circuit
d) Pure RLC circuit
21. The unit of impedance is:
a) 𝑂ℎ𝑚 29. The r.m.s. value of A.C current in
b) 𝑂ℎ𝑚 −1 a) 0.707 Io
c) 𝑂ℎ𝑚 − 𝑚 −1 b) 0.707 Vo
d) 𝑛𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 c) 0.707 Ro
d) None
22. A device that allows permits flow of DC
through the circuit easily, is called: 30. In pure resistive A.C. circuit the voltage
a) Inductor and current are
b) Capacitor a) In phase
c) AC generator b) Voltage leads the current
d) Transformer c) Current leads the voltage
d) None
23. The phase difference between each pair
of coils of a three phase AC generator 31. The waves which can also pass through
is: the vacuum are
a) 0° a) Matter wave
b) 90° b) Mechanical wave
c) 120° c) Electromagnetic wave
d) 180° d) Transverse wave

24. Main reason for the world wide use of 32. The unit used for capacitive reactance is
AC is that it can be transmitted to: a) Volt
a) Short distances at very low cost b) Ampere
b) Long distances at very high cost c) Joule
c) Short distances at very high cost d) Ohm
d) Long distances at very low cost

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33. Power dissipated in pure inductor is:
a) Large 42. In case of phasor diagram the vector
b) Small rotates
c) Infinite a) Clockwise
d) Zero b) Anti clockwise
c) Remain stationary
34. If the frequency of A.C in large the
d) None
reactance of capacitor is
a) Large
43. The combine opposition of resistor,
b) Small
capacitor and inductor is called
c) Zero
a) Reactance
d) None
b) Resistor
35. In case of capacitor, the voltage lag c) Impedance
behind the current by d) None
a) 90o
b) 60o 44. The S.I unit of impedance is called
c) 30o a) Joule
d) 180o b) Weber
36. In the pure inductor the resistance is c) Ampere
d) Ohm
a) Zero
b) Maximum
c) Minimum 45. When A.C. flow through RC series
d) None circuit the magnitude of voltage is
2 2
a) 𝑉 = 𝐼 𝑅 + 𝑋𝐿
2 2
37. In pure inductive circuit the voltage b) 𝑉 = 𝐼 𝑅 + 𝑋𝐶
a) Lead the current by 90 o c) 𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅
b) Ledge the current by 90o d) None
c) Remain same with current
d) None 46. The magnitude of voltage in case of RL
– series circuit
38. The reactance of inductor is represented 2 2
by a) 𝑉 = 𝐼 𝑅 + 𝑋𝐿
2 2
a) Xc b) 𝑉 = 𝐼 𝑅 + 𝑋𝐶
b) XL c) 𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅
c) RL d) None
d) None
47. The average power in case of A.C.
39. If the frequency of A.C. is doubled, the series circuit is
reactance of inductor will be a) 𝑃 = 𝑉𝐼
a) Half b) 𝑃 = 𝑉𝐼 cos 
c) 𝑃 = 𝑉𝐼 𝑠𝑖𝑛 
b) Same
c) Double
d) None
d) Triple
48. In equation P = VI cos  , the factor cos
40. The average power dissipated in a pure
inductor is  is called
a) Maximum a) Cosine factor
b) Minimum b) Power factor
c) Zero c) Phase
d) None d) None

41. By increasing the frequency of A.C. 49. The behavior of resistance is frequency
through an inductor the reactance will a) Dependent
be b) Independent
a) Increases c) No, response
b) Decreases d) None of these
c) Remain same
d) None

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50. The impedance Z can be expressed as:
a) 𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 + 𝐼𝑟𝑚𝑠 59. The process of combing the low
b) 𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠 − 𝐼𝑟𝑚𝑠 frequency signal with high frequency
𝑉 radio-wave is called
c) 𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝐼
𝑟𝑚𝑠 a) Modulation
𝐼𝑟𝑚𝑠 b) Amplification
d) 𝑉𝑟𝑚𝑠
c) Rectification
51. At resonance frequency the power factor d) None
is
a) One 60. A capacitor is perfect insulator for:
b) Zero a) Alternating current
c) Two b) Direct current
d) Three c) Both a and b
d) None
52. The frequency at which XL is equal to
XC in called 61. During each cycle A.C voltage reaches
a) Resonance frequency its peak value
b) Threshold frequency a) One time
c) Non-frequency b) Two times
d) None c) Four times
d) None of these
53. At resonance frequency the impedance
of A.C series circuit is 62. In modulation, high frequency radio
a) Maximum wave is called:
b) Minimum a) Fluctuated wave
c) Can not explain by give data b) Carrier wave
d) None c) Matter wave
d) Energetic wave
54. In parallel RLC circuit , at resonance
frequency, there will be maximum 63. At high frequency the reactance of the
a) Power capacitor is
b) Voltage a) Low
c) Impedance b) Large
d) None c) Very large
d) None of these
55. The electrical oscillators are used in
a) Metal detectors 64. The behavior of resistance is frequency
b) Amplifier a) Dependent
c) Diode b) Independent
d) None c) No response
d) None of these
56. Which of the following permits direct
current to flow easily? 65. In an inductor the phase difference
a) Resistance between the current and voltage is
b) Capacitance a) Current lags voltage by 90o
c) Inductance b) Voltage lags current by 180o
d) None of these c) Current leads voltage by 90o
d) None of these
57. A.M stands for
a) Amplitude Modulation 66. The condition of resonance reached
b) Applied Metal when
c) Accurate Measurement a) XC > XL
d) None b) XL < XC
c) XL = XC
58. F.M stands for d) None of these
a) Frequency Modulation
b) Frequency Metal
c) Frequency Member
d) None

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67. The phase difference between coils of 69. How many times per second will an
three phase A.C is incandescent lamp reach maximum
a) 60o brilliance when connected to a 50Hz
b) 45o source?
c) 90o a) 50 times
d) 120o b) 100 times
c) 200 times
68. Modulation is the process in which d) None of these
a) Amplitude is change
b) Frequency is change 70. The peak value of sinusoidal voltage in
c) Both a & b an AC circuit is 50V. The rms value of
d) None of these voltage is roughly equal to

a) 70V
b) 40V
c) 35V
d) 45V

71. In RLC series AC circuit, when XL = XC

then impedance is
a) Minimum
b) Maximum
c) Zero
d) None

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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 17

CHAPTER # 17. PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

8. Substances which break just after the elastic
1. What is the S.I unit of modules of elasticity of limit is reached are called:
substances? a) Ductile substances
a) Nm-2 b) Hard substances
b) Jm-2 c) Soft substances
c) Nm-1 d) Brittle substances
d) Being number, it has no unit
9. Cure temperature for iron is:
2. The bands in atom containing conductive a) 0 ℃
electrons, according to “band theory of solids” b) 570 ℃
is c) 750 ℃
a) Conduction band d) 1025 ℃
b) Valance band
c) Forbidden band 10. The SI unit of stress is same as that of:
d) None of these a) Momentum
b) Pressure
3. The substances which have partially filled c) Force
conduction bands are called: d) Length
a) Insulators
b) Semi-conductors 11. Which of the following has least energy gap?
c) Conductors a) Conductors
d) Super conductors b) Insulators
c) Semi-conductors
4. What type of impurity is to be added to the d) None of these
semi-condutor material to provide holes:
a) Monovalent 12. A magnetism produced by electrons within an
b) Trivalent atom is due to:
c) Tetravalent a) Spin motion of electrons
d) Pentavalent b) Orbital motion of electrons
c) Both Spin and orbital motion of electrons
5. Which of the following is an example of d) Vibratory motion of electrons
ductile substances:
a) Lead 13. If the conductivity of a material is high, then it
b) Copper is:
c) Glass a) An insulator
d) Lead and copper b) A semi-conductor
c) A good conductor
6. When a stress changes the shape of a body, it d) A super condutor
is called:
a) Volumetric stress 14. A substance having empty conduction band is
b) Shear stress called:
c) Tensile stress a) Semi-conductor
d) Compressional strees b) Conductor
c) Insulator
7. The ration of applied stress to volumetric d) None of these
strain is called:
a) Young’s modulus 15. The stress that produces change in length is
b) Shear modulus known as:
c) Bulk modulus a) Tensile stress
d) Tensile modulus b) Shear stress
c) Volumetic stress
d) Longitudenal stress

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16. What are the dimensions of stress?

a) MLT-2 24. The energy band occupied by the valence
b) ML-2T-1 electrons is called ________
c) ML-1T-2 a) Energy state
d) MLoT-1 b) Valence band
c) –ve energy state
17. Which one of the following physical quantities d) Conduction band
does not have the dimensions of force per
unit? 25. the substances having negative temperature
a) Stress coefficient of resistance is called:
b) Strains a) Conductors
c) Young’s modulus b) Insulators
d) Pressure c) Semi-conductor
d) None of these
18. Germanium is:
a) semi-conductor 26. The Curie temperature is that at which ______
b) conductor a) Semi conductor becomes conductors
c) insulator b) Ferromagnetic becomes paramagnetic
d) none of these c) Paramagnetic becomes diamagnetic
d) Metal becomes super conductor
19. unit of strain is:
𝑁 27. Materials in which valence electrons are
a) 𝑚 2
𝑁 tightly bound to their atoms at low temperature
b) 𝑚 are called _________
c) 𝑁 𝑚 a) Semi conductors
d) 𝑛𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 b) Super conductors
c) Insulators
20. At curie temperature, iron becomes: d) Conductors
a) Ferromagnet
b) Diamagnet 28. The band theory of solids explains
c) Paramagnet satisfactorily the nature of
d) Super-conductor a) Electrical insulators alone
21. Materials that undergo plastic deformation b) Electrical conductors alone
before breaking are called ___________ c) Electrical semi conductors alone
a) Brittle d) All of the above
b) Ductile
c) Amorphous 29. A vacant or partially filled band is called
d) Polymers _____
a) Conduction band
22. Formation of large molecule by joining b) Valence band
small molecules is __________ c) Forbidden band
a) Fusion d) Empty band
b) Polymerization
c) Crystallization 30. A completely filled or partially filled band is
d) Subtraction called _______
a) Conduction band
23. Any alteration produced in shapes, length or b) Valence band
volume when a body is subjected to some c) Forbidden band
external force is called __________ d) Core band
a) Stiffness
b) Ductility
c) extension
d) deformation

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31. Which one has the greatest energy gap 39. The temperature at which conductors lose its
_______ resistivity is called
a) Semi-conductors a) Supper temperature
b) Conductors b) Kelvin temperature
c) Metals c) Critical temperature
d) Non-metals d) None

32. With increase in temperature, the 40. The magnetic domains are the small regions of
electrical conductivity of intrinsic semi conductors the order of
______ a) Millimeter
a) Decreases b) Micrometer
b) Increases c) Micron
c) Remain the same d) None of these
d) First increases, then decreases
41. N-type semi-conductor is obtained by doping
33. Holes can exists in_________ intrinsic semi-conductors with ___________
a) Conductors a) Tetravalent impurity atom
b) Insulators b) Trivalent impurity atom
c) Semi conductors c) Pentavalent impurity atom
d) All of the above d) Hexavalent impurity atom

34. In a semi conductors, the charge carriers 42. The first supper conductor was discovered by
are __________ a) Fermi
a) Holes only b) Kmaerling
b) Electrons only c) Weinberg
c) Electrons and holes both d) None
d) All of the above
43. Examples of brittle substances are
35. The net charge on N-type material is a) Glass
________ b) Copper
a) Positive c) Lead
b) Negative d) None
c) Both a & b
d) Neutral 44. Example of crystalline solids are also
a) Metals
36. The most stable material for making b) Ionic compounds
permanent magnet is: c) Ceramics
a) Iron d) All of them
b) Steel
c) Aluminum 45. a semi-conductor will behave as insulator
d) Copper when:
a) High potential difference is applied
37. Pentavalent impurities are called b) When its temperature is 0 k
a) Donor impurities c) Pentavalent impurity added
b) Acceptor impurities d) Trivalent impurity added
c) Sometimes donor and some times
d) Acceptors 46. The field of long bar magnet is like a
a) Solenoid
38. Minority carriers in N-type materials are b) Toroid
a) Electrons c) Pieces of magnet
b) Protons d) None
c) Neutrons
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47. The curie temperature of Iron is

a) 600oC 55. A current which demagnetize the material
b) 650oC completely is called
c) 700oC a) Applied current
d) 750oC b) Coercive current
c) Maximum current
48. The examples of diamagnetic are d) None of these
a) Water
b) Copper 56. The energy need to magnetize and
c) Antimony demagnetize the specimen during the each
d) All of them cycle of magnetizing current is
a) Value of current
49. Strain is dimensionless and has b) Value of demagnetizing current
a) Units c) Value of magnetic flux density
b) No units d) Area of the loop
c) S.I units
d) None 57. The temperature below which resistivity of
some materials becomes zero, is called:
50. The electrons occupying the outermost shell of a) Kelvin temperature
an atom and the electrons occupying in the b) Critical temperature
energy band are called c) Absolute zero temperature
a) Energy band d) Limiting temperature
b) Valence band
c) Forbidden energy band 58. A well known example of an intrinsic semi-
d) None of these conductor is:
a) Germanium
51. Conductors are those materials in which the b) Phosphorous
free electrons c) Aluminum
a) Very large d) Cobalt
b) Very small
c) Plenty of 59. The critical temperature for mercury is:
d) None of these a) 7.2 K
b) 4.2 K
52. The magnetism produced by electrons within c) 1.18 K
an atom is due to d) 3.7 K
a) Spin motion 60. Holes can exist in:
b) Orbital motion a) Super conductors
c) Spin & orbital motion b) Conductors
d) None of these c) Semi-conductors
d) Insulators
53. The combination of solenoid and a specimen
of iron inside it make a powerful magnet
called
a) Horse shoe magnet
b) Bar magnet
c) Electromagnet
d) None of these
54. the substance in which the atoms don’t form
magnetic dipole are called:
a) ferromagnetic
b) paramagnetic
c) diamagnetic
d) conductors

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CHAPTER # 18. ELECTRONICS

8. A diode characteristics curve is a graph plotted

1. A semi – conductor can be used as a rectifier between
because a) Current and time
a) It has low resistance to the current flow b) Voltage and time
when forward biased c) Voltage and current
b) It has high resistance to the current flow d) Forward voltage and reverse current
when reversed biased
9. The output of AND gate will be 1 when
c) It has low resistance to the current flow
when forward biased and high resistance a) Both inputs are at 0
b) Either one input is at 1
when reversed biased
d) None of the above c) Both inputs are at 1
d) None of these
2. The central region of a transistor is called: 10. For non-inverting amplifiers if 𝑅1 = ∞ Ω and
a) Base 𝑅2 = 0 Ω, then gain of amplifier is
b) Emitter a) -1
c) Collector b) 0
d) Neutral c) +1
d) infinite
3. The SI unit of current gain is:
a) Ampere 11. An expression for current gain of a transistor is
b) Volt given by
𝐼
c) Ohm-meter a) 𝛽 = 𝐵
𝐼𝐶
d) It has no units
b) 𝛽 = 𝐼𝐵 + 𝐼𝐶
4. A NAND gate with two inputs A & B has an c) 𝛽 = 𝐼𝐶 − 𝐼𝐵
𝐼
output 0 if d) 𝛽 = 𝐼𝐶
𝐵
a) A is 0
b) B is 0 12. In n-type materials, the minority carriers are
c) Both A and B are 0 a) Free electrons
d) Both A and B are 1 b) Holes
c) Protons
5. The gain G of non inverting operational d) Mesons
amplifier is
𝑅 13. Transistors are made from
a) 𝐺 = − 𝑅2
1 a) Plastics
𝑅
b) 𝐺 = 1 + 𝑅2 b) Metals
1
𝑅2 c) Insulators
c) 𝐺 = d) Doped semi-conductors
𝑅1
𝑅2
d) 𝐺 = 1 − 14. The number of diodes in a bridge rectifier is
𝑅1
a) 4
6. When a PN junction is reverse biased, the b) 2
depletion region is c) 3
a) Widened d) 5
b) Narrowed 15. The reverse current through PN junction is
c) Normal a) Infinite
d) No change b) Zero
c) Less than forward current
7. A potential barrier of 0.7 V exist across pn d) Greater than forward current
junction made from
a) Silicon 16. Photocells are used for
b) Germanium a) Security system
c) Indium b) Counting system
d) Gallium c) Automatic door system
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26. Process of conversion of DC to AC is called
17. Transistor has a) Rectification
a) 2 regions b) Amplification
b) 3 regions c) Oscillation
c) 4 regions d) Modulation
d) 1 region
18. A complete amplifier circuit made on a silicon 27. Which one of the following is called
chip and enclosed in a small capsule is called fundamental gate
a) Diode a) NOR gate
b) Inductor b) NOT gate
c) Resistor c) NAND gate
d) Operational amplifier d) Exclusive OR gate

19. The open loop gain of an operational amplifier is 28. For proper working of a transistor in normal
of the order of circuits
a) 108 a) Emitter base junction is reversed biased,
b) 105 collector base junction is forward biased
c) 102 b) Emitter base junction is forward biased and
d) 10−3 collector base junction is forward biased
20. The automatic working of streets lights is due to c) C-B junction is reversed biased, E-B
a) Inductor junction is forward biased
b) Capacitor d) C-B junction is reversed biased and E-B
c) Comparator junction is reversed biased
d) Rectifier
29. In a properly biased NPN transistor most of the
21. In half ware rectification, the output DC voltage electrons from the emitter
is obtained across the load for a) Recombine with holes in the base
a) The positive half cycle of input AC b) Recombine in the emitter itself
b) The negative half cycle of input AC c) Pass through the base to the collector
c) The positive and negative half cycles of d) Are stopped by the junction barrio
input AC
d) Either positive or negative half cycle of 30. A diode characteristic curve is a graph between
input AC a) Current and time
22. The color of light emitted by LED depends on b) Voltage and time
a) Its forward biased c) Voltage and current
b) Its reversed biased d) Forward voltage and reverse current
c) The amount of forward current
d) The type of semi conductor material used 31. A NOR Gate is ON only when all its input are
a) ON
23. A PN junction photodiode is b) OFF
a) Operated in forward direction c) Positive
b) Operated in reversed direction d) High
c) A very fast photo detector
d) Dependent on thermally generated minority 32. A logic gate is an electronic circuit which
carriers a) Makes logic decision
24. The reverse current through semi-conductor b) Work on binary algebra
diode is due to c) Alternates between 0 and 1
a) Holes d) None of these
b) Electrons
c) Majority carriers 33. The output of a 2-input OR gate is zero only
d) Minority carriers when its
a) Both input are zero
25. The potential barrier for PN junction made from b) Either input is 1
Si at room temperature is c) Both input are 1
a) 0.9 V d) Either input is 0
b) 0.3 V
c) 0.7 V
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34. An XOR gate produces an positive logic output 43. Transistor can be used as
only when its two inputs are a) Oscillators
a) High b) Switches
b) Low c) Memory unit
c) Different d) All of them
d) Same
44. NOT gate has only
35. An AND Gate a) One input
a) Implement logic addition b) Two inputs
b) Is equivalent to a series switching circuit c) Many inputs
c) Is any or all gate d) None
d) Is equivalent to a parallel switching circuit
45. A photo – diode can switch its current ON and
36. The only function of a NOT gate is to OFF in
a) Stop a signal a) Milli seconds
b) Re-complement a signal b) Micro seconds
c) Invert an input signal c) Nano seconds
d) Acts as a universal gate d) None

37. The forward current through a semiconductor 46. Diode is a device which has ________ terminals.
diode circuit is due to a) One
a) Minority carriers b) Two
b) Majority carriers c) Three
c) Holes d) Four
d) Electrons
47. Transistor is a device which has ________
38. The device used for conversion of AC into DC is terminals.
a) An oscillator a) One
b) A detector b) Two
c) An amplifier c) Three
d) A rectifier d) Four

39. The thickness of depletion region is of the order 48. The Boolean expression X = A + B represents
of the logic operation of
a) 10-7 m a) NAND gate
b) 10-6 m b) NOR gate
c) 10-5 m c) OR gate
d) 10-4 m d) NOT gate
40. The ratio of β gives the
a) Voltage gain 49. The open loop gain of op – amplifier is
b) Current gain a) Zero
c) Input resistance b) High
d) None c) Very high
d) Low
41. The resistance between + ive and – ive inputs of
op – amplifier is 50. The width of depletion region of a diode
a) 100 Ω a) Increases under forward bias
b) 1000 Ω b) Is independent of applied voltage
c) 106 Ω c) Increases under reverse bias
d) None of these d) None of these
42. Photo – voltic cell have
51. A LED emits lights only
a) Battery input
a) Forward biased
b) No external bias
b) Reverse Biased
c) No internal bias
c) Un biased
d) None
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52. NAND gate is a combination 60. For typical transistor as an amplifier
a) AND gate and NOT gate Vout RC
b) AND gate and OR gate a) 
c) OR gate and NOT gate Vin Rie
d) NOT gate and NOT gate V
b) out 
53. The reverse or leakage current of the diode is of Vin
the order of Vout Ric
a) Microampere c) 
b) Milli-ampere Vin Rc
c) Both Vout R
d) None of these d)   ie
54. Temperature, pressure etc are converted into
Vin Rie
electronic informations by devices called
a) LEDs 61. The resistance between (+) and (-) of ideal Op-
b) Sensors Amp is
c) Vacuum tubes a) High
d) None b) Low
c) Infinity
55. Base of the transistor is very thin of the order of d) Moderate
a) 10−2 𝑚
b) 10−4 𝑚
c) 10−6 𝑚
d) 10−8 𝑚

56. How many diodes are used for the full wave
bridge rectifier circuit is
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) None of these

57. The electronic circuits which implement the

various logic operations are known as
a) Digital gates
b) Logic gate
c) Voltage operated gate
d) All of them

58. In a half-wave rectifier the diode conducts

during
a) Both halves of the input cycle
b) A portion of the positive half of the input
cycle
c) A portion of the negative half of the input
cycle
d) One half of the input cycle

59. The output of a two inputs OR gate is 0 only

when its
a) Both inputs are 0
b) Either input is 1
c) Both inputs are 1
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F Sc (2nd year) Physics MCQ’s Chapter # 20

CHAPTER # 19. DAWN OF MODERN PHYSICS

1. The Einstein mass-energy relationship is
a) 𝐸 = 𝑚𝑐 10. A positron is a particle having
b) 𝐸 = 𝑚𝑐 3 a) Mass equal to electron
c) 𝐸 = 𝑚𝑐 2 b) Charge equal to electron
d) 𝐸 = 𝑚2 𝑐 2 c) Equal mass but opposite charge to electron
d) Mass equal to proton
2. When an electron combines with a positron,
we get 11. In compton scattering, the compton shift ∆𝜆
a) One photon will be equal to compton wavelength if the
b) Two photons scattering angle is
c) Three photons a) 0°
d) Four photons b) 45°
c) 60°
3. Production of X-rays can be regarded as the d) 90°
reverse phenomenon of
a) Pair production 12. Unit of plank’s constant is
b) Photoelectric effect a) volt
c) Compton effect b) J s
d) Annihilation of matter c) J s−1
d) 𝑒𝑉
4. The radius of atom is the order of
a) 1010 𝑚 13. Which one is most energetic?
b) 10−10 𝑚 a) 𝛾 − 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠
c) 10−14 𝑚 b) 𝑋 − 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠
d) 1014 𝑚 c) 𝑈𝑙𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠
d) 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑕𝑡
5. In 1905, the special theory of relativity was
proposed by 14. The total amount of energy radiated per unit
a) Maxwell orifice area of cavity radiator per unit time is
b) De Broglie directly proportional to
c) Bohr a) 𝑇
d) Einstein b) 𝑇 2
c) 𝑇 3
6. Neutron was discovered in 1932 by d) 𝑇 4
a) Bohr
b) Chadwick 15. Plank’s constant h has the same units as that of
c) Dirac a) Linear momentum
d) Fermi b) Angular momentum
c) Torque
7. The rest mass of photon is d) Power
a) Infinity
b) Zero 16. Photoelectric effect was explained by
c) 𝑕𝑓 a) Hertz
d) 𝑚𝑐 2 b) Einstein
c) Rutherford
8. A maximum compton shift in the wavelength d) Bohr
of scattered photon will be occur at
a) 𝜃 = 0° 17. All motions are
b) 𝜃 = 45° a) Absolute
c) 𝜃 = 90° b) Uniform
d) 𝜃 = 180° c) Relative
d) Variable
9. The Davisson and Germer experiment 18. The rest mass energy of an electron in MeV is
indicates equal to
a) Interference a) 0.511
b) Polarization b) 0.611
c) Electron diffraction c) 0.902
d) Refraction d) 1.02
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19. An observer shoots parallel to a meter stick at 27. The minimum energy needed for a photon to
very high speed (relativistic) and finds that the create an electron-positron pair is
length of meter stick is __________ a) 1.02 KeV
a) Greater than one meter b) 0.51 KeV
b) Less than one meter c) 0.51 MeV
c) One meter d) 1.02 MeV
d) None of these
28. Davisson and Germer indicates
20. Linear momentum of a photon is _____________ in their experiment
a) Zero a) Electron refraction
b) hf/c2 b) Electron polarization
c) hf/c c) Electron reflection
d) c2/hf d) Electron diffraction

21. Photon with energy greater than 1.02 MeV can 29. In Davison – Germer experiment, the
interact with matter as diffracted proton from crystal shows
a) Photoelectric effect ____________
b) Compton effect a) Particle property
c) Pair production b) Wave property
d) Pair annihilation c) Light property
d) Quantum property
22. Stopping potential for a metal surface in case
of photo electric emission depends on 30. In electron microscope, electric and magnetic
a) The threshold frequency for the metal field are used as _______
surface a) Electromagnetic gun
b) The intensity of incident light b) Source of electromagnetic waves
c) The frequency of incident light and the c) Deflected charged particle
work function for metal surface d) Converging source of electrons
d) None of these
31. The uncertainty in momentum and position is
23. As the temperature of black body is raised, the due to its ___________
wavelength corresponding to maximum a) Property of matter and radiation
intensity b) Two dimensional motions
a) Shifts towards longer wavelength c) Emotion of certain wave length
b) Shifts towards shorter wavelength d) Very high velocity
c) Remains the same
d) Shifts towards shorter as well as longer 32. The energy radiated is directly proportional to
wavelength fourth power of Kelvin’s temperature is _____
a) Karl-wein’s laws
24. The name of photon for quantum of light was b) Raleigh jeans law
proposed by c) Stephens law
a) Ampere d) Planck’s
b) Planck’s
c) Thomson 33. The anti-particle of electron is
d) Einstein a) Proton
b) Position
25. A photon is a ____________ c) Meson
a) Unit of energy d) Neutron
b) Positively charged particle
c) Packet of electromagnetic radiations 34. The reverse process of pair-production is
d) Unit of wavelength a) Annihilation
b) Materialization
26. The light of suitable frequency falling on matel c) Fission
surface ejects electrons, this phenomenon is d) Fusion
called 35. The decrease in length with speed was
a) X-ray emission explained by
b) Compton effect a) Einstein
c) Photoelectric effect b) Lorentz
d) Nuclear fission c) Bohr
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36. All the motion in this universe are 45. Application of photoelectric effect is
a) Absolute a) Photo diode
b) Uniform b) Photo transistor
c) Variable c) Photocell
d) Relative d) None of these

37. Pair production cannot possible in 46. In Compton effect, the law/laws are conserved
a) Air a) Energy
b) Water b) Momentum
c) Glass c) Both
d) Vacuum d) None of these

38. The minimum energy required for pair 47. The equations of pair production is
production is a) hf = 2moc2 – KE(e-) + K.E (e+)
a) 10.2 Mev b) hf = 2moc2 + KE(e-) + K.E (e+)
b) 1.02 Mev c) hf = 2mo2c2 + KE(e-) + K.E (e+)
c) 102 Mev d) hf = 2mo2c + KE(e-) + K.E (e+)
d) None
48. Which of the following has the same

39. The relation Max
T  Contt .
is
dimension as h/moc?
a) Length
a) Wein’s Law b) Time
b) Plank’s Law c) Mass
c) Stephen Law d) None
d) None
49. Photon ‘A’ has twice the energy of photon ‘B’.
v2 What is the ratio of the momentum of ‘A’ to
40. A quantity 1  2 is always that of ‘B’?
c a) 4 : 1
a) Greater than one b) 2 : 1
b) Less than one c) 1 : 2
c) Equal to one d) None
d) None of these
50. Electron is an antiparticle of
41. Who gave the idea of matter wave? a) Proton
a) De-Broglie b) Photon
b) Planck c) Positron
c) Einstein d) Deuteron
d) Huygen

42. The Stefen-Boltzmann’s constant has the value

a) 5.67 × 10-5Wm-2K-4
b) 5.67 × 10-6Wm-1K-4
c) 5.67 × 10-6Wm-2K-4
d) 5.67 × 10-8Wm-2K-4

43. The energy of photon of radio waves is only

about
a) 10-6eV
b) 10-4eV
c) 10-10eV
d) 10-12eV

44. The idea of quantization of energy was

proposed by
a) Einstein
b) Max Planck
c) Compton
d) None of these

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CHAPTER # 20: ATOMIC SPECTRA

1. Which is an example of continuous spectra? 9. The relation between Rhdberg constant 𝑅𝐻

a) Black body radiation and ground state energy 𝐸0 is given by:
b) Molecular spectra 𝐸
a) 𝑅𝐻 = ℎ𝑐0
c) Atomic spectra ℎ𝑐
d) None of these b) 𝑅𝐻 = 𝐸
0
𝑅
c) 𝐸0 = ℎ𝑐𝐻
2. Line spectra is an example of
a) Atomic d) 𝑅𝐻 = 𝐸0 ℎ𝑐
b) Molecular 10. The radius of 3rd Bohr orbit in H-atom is
c) Black body radiation greater than the radius of 1st orbit by the factor
d) None of these a) 2
b) 3
3. The unit of Rydberg’s constant 𝑅𝐻 is: c) 4
a) 𝑚−2 d) 9
b) 𝑚−1 11. The orbital angular momentum in the allowed
c) 𝑚1 stationary orbits of H-atom is given by:
d) 𝑚2 a)
2𝜋
𝑛ℎ
𝑛ℎ
4. In a meta-stable state an can reside for about: b)
2𝜋
a) 10−8 𝑠 c)
2ℎ
b) 10−10 𝑠 𝑛𝜋
ℎ
c) 10−9 𝑠 d)
𝜋
d) 10−3 𝑠
12. If one or more electrons are completely
removed from an atom then the atom is said to
5. Which of the following series of H-spectrum
be:
lies in ultraviolet region:
a) Excited
a) Lyman series
b) Polarized
b) Balmer series
c) Stablized
c) Paschen series
d) Ionized
d) Bracket series
13. The quantized radius of first bohr orbit of H-
6. The reverse process of photoelectric effect is: atom is:
a) Compton effect a) 0.053 nm
b) X-rays production b) 0.0053 nm
c) Pair production c) 0.00053 nm
d) Pair annihilation d) 53 nm
14. When an electron absorbs energy, it jumps to:
7. Helium-Neon laser discharge tube contains
a) Lower energy state
Neon equal to:
b) Higher energy state
a) 25%
c) Ground energy state
b) 40%
d) Remains in the same state
c) 15%
d) 82%
15. LASER light has the property of:
a) Coherent waves
8. The value of Rydberg constant is:
b) Non-coherent waves
a) 1.0974 × 107 𝑚−1
c) Sound waves
b) 1.0794 × 107 𝑚−1
d) Water waves
c) 1.0974 × 109 𝑚−1
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16. Excited atoms return to their ground state in 24. The characteristic X-rays spectrum is due to
__________ a) The illumination of the target metal by
a) 10-10 s ultraviolet radiation
b) 10-8 s b) The bombardment of the target by proton
c) 10-6 s c) The bombardment of target by electron
d) 10-9 s d) The absorption of Y-radiation by the
target metal
17. X-rays are ___________
a) Unknown nature 25. Wave like characteristic of electron is
b) High energy electrons demonstrated by _________
c) High energy photon a) Line spectrum of atoms
d) Radioisotopes b) Production of X-rays
c) Diffraction by crystalline solids
18. Total number of series in hydrogen spectrum d) Photo electric effect
is _____________
a) Three 26. In laser production, the state in which more
b) Four atoms are in the upper state then in the lower
c) Five one is called _________
d) Six a) Metal stable state
b) Normal state
19. The radiations emitted from hydrogen filled c) Inverted population
discharge tube show _________ d) All the above
a) Bound spectrum
b) Line spectrum 27. Reflecting mirrors in laser is used to ________
c) Continuous spectrum a) Further stimulation
d) Absorption spectrum b) Lasing more
c) For production more energetic laser
20. If the ionization energy of H-atom is 13.6 eV, d) All the above
its ionization potential will be:
a) 13.6 V 28. The velocity of laser light is __________
b) 136.0 V a) Less than ordinary light
c) 3.4 V b) More than ordinary light
d) None of these c) Equal to ordinary light
d) Different for different colors or frequency
21. Radiation with wavelength longer than red
light________ 29. X – rays is also known as
a) Ultraviolet rays a) Photon
b) X-rays b) γ – rays
c) Infrared radiation c) Breaking radiation
d) Visible radiations d) none

22. Bracket series is obtained when all transition 30. Which one of the following is more coherent
of electron terminate on _____ a) X – rays
a) 4th orbit b) Normal light
b) 5th orbit c) Laser
c) 3rd orbit d) γ – rays
d) 2nd orbit
31. Sunlight spectrum is
23. X - rays are similar in nature to _______ a) Discrete
a) Cathode rays b) Line spectrum
b) Positive rays c) Continuous spectrum
c) 𝛾 - rays d) None
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32. Optical pumping exist in 40. In LASER principle, a photon produce another
a) X – rays photon by the process of
b) Laser a) Excitation
c) Spectrum b) De-excite
d) None c) Ionization
d) None of these
33. The total energy of electron in an orbit around
the nucleus is 41. Characteristic X – rays are the X – rays which
a) + ive have
b) ive a) High energy photons
c) Zero b) Specific wavelengths
d) None c) Specific frequencies
d) All of these
34. According to Bohr’s theory the outer orbit
electron has ________ energy than inner 42. In Laser a Meta-stable state is
orbits. a) An excite state
a) Greater b) In which an electron is usually stable
b) Smaller c) In which an electron reside 10-3 sec
c) Equal d) None of these
d) None of these
43. The Meta-stable state of Helium and Neon is
35. X – rays was discovered by a) Different
a) Bacquerel b) Identical
b) Mari – curie c) Nearly identical
c) Roentgen d) None of these
d) Lane
44. Emission of electrons by metal on heating is
36. The value of Plank’s constant is called
a) 6.63 × 10-34 J.sec a) Secondary emission
b) 6.63 × 10-34 J/sec b) Field effect
c) 6.63 × 10-34 sec/J c) Photoelectric emission
d) None d) Thermionic emission

37. Laser is a device which can produce 45. The numerical value of ground state energy for
Intense beam of light H-atom in electron volt is:
Coherent light a) -10
Monochoromatic light b) 13.6
All c) 10
d) -13.6
38. When magnetic field is applied in the path X –
rays , they will be moving in
a) Straight line
b) Circular path
c) Parabolic path
d) None

39. The quantized energy of first Bohr orbit of

hydrogen atom is
a) 13.04 eV
b) 13.6 eV
c) 13.6 eV
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CHAPTER 21: NUCLEAR PHYSICS

9. The number of protons in any atom are

1. The energy released by fusion of two always equal to the number of:
deuterons into a He nucleus is about a) Electrons
a) 24 MeV b) Neutrons
b) 200 MeV c) Positrons
c) 1.02 MeV d) Mesons
d) 7.7 MeV
10. Types of quarks are:
2. Dr. Abdus Salam unified electromagnetic a) 4
force and ______________ b) 6
a) Weak nuclear force c) 8
b) Strong nuclear force d) 10
c) Magnetic force
d) Gravitational force 11. 𝛽 −particles in Wilson cloud chamber have:
a) Zigzag or erratic path
3. Which of the following have no charge b) Curved path
a) 𝛼 − 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠 c) Circular path
b) 𝛽 − 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠 d) Elliptical path
c) 𝛾 − 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠
d) 𝑐𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠 12. Nuclear fission chain reaction is controlled
by using:
4. In Wilson cloud chamber, we use: a) Steel rods
a) Alcohol vapours b) Graphite rods
b) Neon gas c) Cadimum rods
c) Bromine gas d) Platinum rods
d) Water vapours
13. Extremely penetrating particles are
5. A high potential difference of _________ is a) Neutrons
used in GM counter b) 𝛼 −particles
a) 400 volts c) 𝛽 −particles
b) 1000 volts d) 𝛾 −particles
c) 5000 volts
d) 4000 volts 14. The nuclear reaction taking place in sun is:
a) Fission
6. One Curie is equal to: b) Fusion
a) 3.70 × 10−10 𝐵𝑞 c) Chain
b) 3.70 × 1010 𝐵𝑞 d) Alpha decay
c) 1 𝐵𝑞
d) 103 𝐵𝑞 15. An 𝛼 −particle contains
a) 1 proton and 1 neutron
7. The most useful tracer isotop for the b) 2 protons and 2 neutrons
treatment of thyroid gland is: c) 3 protons and 3 neutrons
a) Cobalt-60 d) 4 protons and 4 neutrons
b) Carbon-14
c) Iodine-131 16. Which of the following belong to hadrons
d) Strontium-90 group:
a) Protons
8. The chemical properties of any element b) Electrons
depend on its: c) Muons
a) Number of isotopes d) Neutrinos
b) Number of isobars
c) Atomic number 17. Number of isotopes of Helium is:
d) Mass number a) 2
b) 3
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26. Half life of Radium is 1590 years. In how
18. One joule of energy absorbed in a body per many years shall the earth loss all his radium
kilogram is equal to: due to radioactive decay?
a) 1 rad a) 1590 x 106 years
b) One rem b) 1590 x 1012 years
c) One gray c) 1590 x 1025 years
d) One sievert d) Never
235
27. Which one of the following radiation
19. In nucleus of uranium 𝑈92 , the number of possesses maximum penetrating power?
neutrons will be ___________ a) 𝛼 − rays
a) 92 b) 𝛽 − rays
b) 235 c) 𝛾 − rays
c) 143 d) All have equal penetrating power
d) Different for different isotopes
28. Energy liberated when one atom of U-235
undergoes fission reaction is ______
20. One a.m.u is equal to _________ a) 200 Mev
a) 1.66 x 10-27 kg b) 40 Mev
b) 1.66 x 10-25 kg c) 30 Mev
c) 1.66 x 10-20 kg d) 20 Mev
d) All of above 29. Nuclear force exist between
a) Proton – proton
21. According to which one of following law, b) Proton – Neutron
the density of nucleus is uniform ? c) Neutron – Neutron
a) J.J. Thomson d) All of the above
b) Rutherford‟s Model
c) Bohr‟s Model 30. Tick the correct statement
d) All of above laws a) Moderator slow down the neutron
b) Moderator bring the neutrons to rest
22. For chain reaction to buildup, the size of the c) Moderator absorb the neutron
radio active target should be ______ d) Moderator reflect the neutron
a) 90
b) Greater than the critical size 31. Radioactive decay obeys which one of the
c) Less than the critical size following data?
d) Equal to critical size a) N = Noe-λt
b) N = Noext
23. After two half lives, the number of decayed c) N = Noe-xt/2
nuclei of an element are: d) No = N(Iext)
a) 𝑁 32. Which one of the following possesses
𝑁
b) maximum velocity?
2
c)
𝑁 a) 𝛼 − rays
4 b) 𝛽 − rays
3𝑁
d) 4 c) 𝛾 − rays
d) All of the above have same speed
24. The examples of antimatter are:
a) Antiproton 33. Charge on an electron was determine by
b) Antineutron ______
c) Positron a) Ampere
d) All of above b) Maxwell
c) Milliken
25. Neutron and proton are commonly known as d) Thomson
____________
a) Nucleons 34. Charge on neutron is _____________
b) Meson a) +1.6 x 10-19c
c) Boson b) -1.6 x 10-19c
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35. A particle having the mass of an electron 43. Radioactive materials can be identified by
and the charge of a proton is called measuring their_______
a) Antiproton a) Hardness
b) Positron b) Density
c) Gamma rays c) Mass
d) Photon d) Half life
44. If one or more of the neutrons emitted
36. Mass of neutron is ____________
during fission can be used to build up further
a) 1.67 x 10-13 Kg
fission then the reaction is self sustained and
b) 1.67 x 10-27 Kg
is known as ________
c) 9.1 x 10-31 Kg
a) Fission reaction
d) 1.67 x 10-19 Kg
b) Fusion reaction
c) Chain reaction
37. Nuclei having the same mass number but
d) Chemical reaction
different atomic number are ______
a) Isotopes 45. Pair production takes place in the vicinity of
b) Isobars heavy nucleus so that __________
c) Isotones a) Net energy is conserved
d) Isomers b) Net charge is conserved
c) Net momentum is conserved
38. A mass spectrograph sorts out _______ d) All of the above
a) Molecules
b) Ions 46. During an encounter with an atom α -
c) Elements particle knocks out _______
d) Isotopes a) Protons
b) Electrons
39. Sum of the masses of constituent nucleons c) Neutrons
as compared to the mass of the resultant d) Nothing
nucleus is _______
a) Smaller 47. Which one of the following radiations are
suitable for the treatment of an infection in
b) Greater
the interior body?
c) Same
d) Some times smaller some times greater a) 𝛼 − rays
b) 𝛽 − rays
40. An α - particle is emitted from 88Ra226, what c) 𝛾 − rays
is the mass and atomic number of the d) 𝑋 − rays
daughter nucleus? 48. Various types of cancer are treated by
___________
Mass Number Atomic Number a) Cobalt 60
a) 224 84 b) Strontium – 90
b) 220 80 c) Carbon 14
c) 222 86 d) Nickel – 63
d) 226 87
49. Sterilizations of surgical instrument, medical
41. The unit of Radioactivity “Curie” is equal to supplies and bandages can be done by
___________ exposing them to a beam of _________
a) 3.74 x 109 disintegration per sec a) α - rays
b) 3.70 x 1010 disintegration per sec b) β - rays
c) 3.55 x 1010 disintegration per sec c) γ- rays
d) 3.60 x 1010 disintegration per sec d) „b‟ & „c‟ have equal antiseptic
properties
42. In liquid metal fast breeder reactor, the type
of uranium used is _______ 50. Charge on α - particle is _________
a) 92U235 a) +1
b) 92U238 b) +2
c) 92U234 c) -2
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51. B-particle ionizes an atom ________ 60. 𝛾 - rays are electromagnetic waves like
a) Through direct collision ____________
b) Through electrostatic attraction a) Normal light
c) Through electrostatic repulsion b) Heat waves
d) All of above c) Micro waves
d) X - rays
52. T.V. sets and microwave oven emit ______
a) X - rays 61. 𝛽 −particle ionizes an atom ________
b) α - rays a) Due to electrostatic force of attraction
c) β – rays b) Due to electrostatic force of repulsion
d) γ - rays c) Due to direct collision

53. A β - particle in a single encounter _______ d) Due to gravitational force

a) Loses a small fraction of its energy
b) Loses most of its energy 62. 𝛽 −particles possess greater penetration
c) Loses no energy at all power then that of a-particle due to its
____________
d) Loses energy at all a) Smaller ionization power
b) Energy is not conserved
54. Strontium -90 is used as _________ c) Neither greater nor smaller ionization
a) β - particle source power
b) α - particle source d) Same ionization power
c) γ - particle source
d) Neutrons source 63. Pair production can take places only with
______________
55. The penetration power of β - particle as
a) X-rays
compared to a-particle is_______
b) γ - rays
a) 10 times more
c) UV-rays
b) 100 times more
d) IR-rays
c) 100 times less
d) 10 times less
64. A device for producing high velocity nuclei
56. Geiger counter is suitable for ______ is ___________
a) Fast counting a) Cloud chamber
b) Extremely fast counting b) Linear acceleration
c) Slow counting c) A mass spectrograph
d) All situations d) Wilson cloud

57. An α - particle can produce fluorescence in 65. Which one of the following will be better
___________ shield against γ - rays?
a) ZnS a) Ordinary water
b) Barium Palatino cyanide b) Heavy water
c) Calcium tunzstate c) Lead
d) All of above d) Aluminum

58. Pair production cannot take place in vacuum 66. The maximum safe limit does for persons
as ______ is not conserved working in nuclear power station are
a) Energy __________
b) Charge a) 1 rem per week
c) Mass b) 5 rem per week
d) Momentum c) 4 rem per week
d) 3 rem per week
59. Average distance covered by α - particle in
air before its ionizing power ceases is called 67. Radiations are used for the treatment of skin
its __________ of a patient is __________
a) Trajectory a) 𝛼 − rays
b) Range b) 𝛽 − rays
c) Firing level c) 𝑋 − rays
d) Limit d) 𝛾 – rays
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68. Strong nuclear force 76. The dead time of Geiger Muller counter is of
a) Increase with magnitude of increasing the order of
charge a) Micro second
b) Decreases with magnitude of increasing b) Miilli second
charge c) More than millisecond
c) Is independent of charge d) None of these
d) None 235
77. The breakage of U produces the fragments
69. Complete the reaction 92
as
Z X  X     .......  Q
A 
Z 1 a) Kr and Ba
a) Neutrino b) Sn and Mo
b) Antineutrino c) Xe and Sr
c)  - particle d) All of them
d) None
78. The fuel / fuels used in the reactor are
70. The half of uranium – 238 is nowadays
a) 1.67 × 108 years a) Plutonium – 239
b) 3.3 × 109 years b) Uranium – 233
c) 4.5 × 108 years c) Uranium – 235
d) 4.5 × 109 years d) All of these

71. The  - particle ionizes the particles in its 79. The temperature of the core of the reactor
way and adopt the path which is rises to about
a) Curved a) 1000oC
b) Straight b) 1100oC
c) Zig – Zag c) 1200oC
d) None of these d) 1300oC
80. Plutonium can be fissioned by
72. Which of the following is similar to a) Slow neutron
electron: b) Fast neutron
a) 𝛼 − rays c) Very slow neutron
b) 𝛽 − rays d) None of these
c) 𝛾 – rays
d) Photons 81. Ultraviolet radiation cuase
a) Sum burn
73. The rate of decay of a radioactive substance: b) Blindness
a) Remains constant with time c) Skin Cancer
b) Increase with time d) All of them
c) Decrease with time 82. Neutrons are particularly more damaging to
d) May increase or decrease with time a) Legs
b) Heart
74.  - rays are absorbed by a sheet of c) Eyes
a) 1 to 5 mm of lead d) Brain
b) 1 to 10 mm of lead
c) 5 to 10 mm of lead 83. Radio isotopes can be made easily by
d) None of these bombardment with
a) Electrons
75. Tracks obtained by  - particles in Wilson
b) Protons
c) Neutrons
Cloud Chamber is d) None of these
a) Strong Continuous
b) Discontinuous, not straight thin 84. Subatomic particles are divided into
c) Weak and no definite tracks a) Photons
d) None of these b) Leptons
c) Hadrons
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85. One amu is equal to __________
a) 931 MeV 94. If a radioactive isotope of silver have a half
b) 9.31 MeV life of about 7.5 days. After 15 days the
c) 93.1 MeV remaining isotope of its original is
d) 0.931 MeV a) 25%
b) 50%
86. Cobalt -60 emits 𝛾 −rays of energy c) 7.5%
_________ d) 15%
a) 117 MeV
b) 11.7 MeV 95. A nuclide 86 R 220 decays to a new nuclide by
c) 1.17 MeV
d) 1.17 KeV two  -emissions, the nuclide S is

a) 84 S 212
87. Which of the following statements is
correct? b) 82 S 212
a) Moderators slow down the neutrons S 220
b) Moderators bring the neutrons to rest c) 80
c) Moderators absorbs the neutrons d) None
d) Moderators reflect the neutrons
88. The half life of radioactive element is
___________
0.693
a) 𝑇1 = 𝜆
2
b) 𝑇1 = 1.43 𝜆
2
c) 𝑇1 = 0.693 𝜆
2
d) 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒

89. Hadrons are the particle included

a) Protons
b) Neutrons
c) Mesons
d) All of these

90. Lepton‟s particles which experience no

strong nuclear force are
a) Electrons
b) Muons
c) Neutrinos
d) All of these

91. The charges on the quarks are

a) One unit
b) Half unit
c) Fraction
d) None of these

92. Meson is made from

a) A pair of quarks
b) A pair of anti quarks
c) A pair of quarks and anti quarks
d) None of these

93. Fission nuclear reaction leads to_____

stability.
a) Lesser
b) Greater
c) Medium
d) None
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