1500 Important Physics MCQ Question and Answer PDF

1.The inertia of an object tends to cause the object

  • ATo increase its speed  
  • BTo decrease its speed
  • CTo resist any change in its state of motion
  • DTo decelerate due to friction
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Correct Answer : (C)

To resist any change in its state of motion

Explanation:

The inertia of an object tends to cause the object to resist any change in its state of motion

2.A goalkeeper in a game of football pulls his hands backwards after holding the ball shot at the goal. This enables the goalkeeper to

  • AExert larger force on the ball  
  • BReduce the force exerted by the ball on hands
  • CIncrease the rate of change of momentum 
  • DDecrease the rate of change of momentum
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Correct Answer : (B)

Reduce the force exerted by the ball on hands

Explanation:

A goalkeeper in a game of football pulls his hands backwards after holding the ball shot at the goal. This enables the goalkeeper to Reduce the force exerted by the ball on hands.

3.A man is at rest in the middle of a horizontal plane of perfectly smooth ice. He can move himself to the shore by making use of Newton’s 

  • AFirst law  
  • BSecond law 
  • CThird law
  • DAll the laws 
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Correct Answer : (C)

Third law

Explanation:

A man is at rest in the middle of a horizontal plane of perfectly smooth ice. He can move himself to the shore by making use of Newton’s Third law.

4.Where are mesons found? 

  • ACosmic rays  
  • BX-rays 
  • CGamma rays 
  • DLaser beam 
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Correct Answer : (A)

Cosmic rays

 

 

Explanation:

Mesons are found in Cosmic rays.

5.For a body moving with non-uniform velocity and uniform acceleration 

  • ADisplacement ? Time graph is linear  
  • BDisplacement ? Time graph is  non ? linear 
  • CVelocity ? Time graph is  non ? linear 
  • DVelocity ? Time graph is  linear 
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Correct Answer : (B)

Displacement ? Time graph is  non ? linear

 

Explanation:

6.The fourth state of matter is known as  

  • AGas  
  • BVapour 
  • CPlasma 
  • DElectrons 
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Correct Answer : (C)

Plasma

 

Explanation:

The fourth state of matter is known as Plasma.

7.Knot is a measure of 

  • AThe speed of ship  
  • BThe curvature of spherical objects 
  • CSolar radiation 
  • DIntensity of earthquake shock 
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Correct Answer : (A)

The speed of ship

 

 

Explanation:

Knot is a measure of The speed of ship.

8.Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have the same dimensions? 

  • AForce and power  
  • BWork and power 
  • CWork and energy 
  • DMomentum and power 
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Correct Answer : (C)

Work and energy

 

Explanation:

Work and energy  have the same dimensions.

9.An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are released from the same height in a vacuum. The time taken by both of these to reach the ground is

  • ARoughly equal  
  • BExactly equal 
  • CZero 
  • DUnequal 
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Correct Answer : (B)

Exactly equal

 

Explanation:

An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius are released from the same height in a vacuum. The time taken by both of these to reach the ground is exactly equal.

 

10.A body lying at rest suddenly breaks into two parts of equal masses which start moving. The two parts will move in

  • AOpposite direction with equal speed  
  • BSame direction with equal speed
  • CAny direction with unequal speed 
  • DOpposite direction with unequal speed
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Correct Answer : (A)

Opposite direction with equal speed

 

 

Explanation:

A body lying at rest suddenly breaks into two parts of equal masses which start moving. The two parts will move in Opposite direction with equal speed.

11.The instrument for measuring intensity of earthquake is called 

  • AEdiograph  
  • BPantagraph 
  • CErgograph 
  • DSeismograph 
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Correct Answer : (D)

Seismograph

 

Explanation:

The instrument for measuring intensity of earthquake is called Seismograph.

12.Pycnometer is an instrument used to measure the 

  • ADensity  
  • BIntensity of solar radiation 
  • CIntensity of earthquake 
  • DHigh temperatures 
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Density

 

 

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13.Who defined the law of gravitation? 

  • ANewton  
  • BArchimedes 
  • CGalileo 
  • DFaraday 
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Correct Answer : (A)

Newton

 

 

Explanation:

Newton defined the law of gravitation.

14.The sensation of weightlessness in a spacecraft in an orbit is due to the  

  • AAbsence of gravity outside  
  • BAcceleration in the orbit which is equal to the acceleration due to gravity outside 
  • CPresence of gravity outside but not inside the spacecraft 
  • DFact that spacecraft in the orbit has no energy. 
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Correct Answer : (B)

Acceleration in the orbit which is equal to the acceleration due to gravity outside

 

Explanation:

The sensation of weightlessness in a spacecraft in an orbit is due to the acceleration in the orbit which is equal to the acceleration due to gravity outside.

15.Therm is the unit of 

  • APower  
  • BHeat 
  • CLight 
  • DDistance 
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Correct Answer : (B)

Heat

 

Explanation:

Therm is the unit of Heat.

16.Newton's first law of motion gives the concept of

  • AEnergy
  • BWork
  • CMomentum
  • DInertia
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Correct Answer : (D)

Inertia

Explanation:

Newton?s first law of motion gives the concept of Inertia.

17.We always see the same face of the moon, because

  • AIt is smaller than the earth
  • BIt revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of the earth
  • CIt takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
  • DIt rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sum
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Correct Answer : (C)

It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis

Explanation:

We always see the same face of the moon, because It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis.

18.Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity?

  • AKata thermometer
  • BAnemometer
  • CSling psychrometer
  • DClinical thermometer
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Correct Answer : (C)

Sling psychrometer

Explanation:

Sling psychrometer is used to measure humidity.

19.Which of the following is most elastic?

  • ARubber
  • BWet clay
  • CSteel
  • DPlastic
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Correct Answer : (C)

Steel

Explanation:

20.The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the basis of

  • ASudden change in wind direction
  • BBuoyancy of air
  • CTurbulence caused by wind
  • DBernoulli?s theorem
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Correct Answer : (C)

Turbulence caused by wind

Explanation:

The swing of a spinning cricket ball in air can be explained on the basis of Turbulence caused by wind.