PPSC PHYSICS-Mock Test-02

01- Which of the following is not a unit of plane angle?
Radian
Steradian
Degree
Gradian
02- Which of the following is used for the failure of a lens to form a sharp and distinct image?
Chromatic aberration
Distortion
Astigmation
Spherical aberration
03- At the resonance the value of power factor in an L.C.R series circuit is:
1/2
One
Zero
Infinite
04- Generally one house power (HP) is equal to how many watts?
546 W
846 W
646 W
746 W
05- Two parallel wires carrying current in the opposite direction:
Do not attract
Get rotated perpendicular to each other
Repel each
Attract
06- Lux is the unit of:
Luminous flux
Magnetic flux
Llluminance
Inductance
07- Which of the following is used for reducing spherical aberrations in optical instruments?
Spherical mirrors
Plane mirrors
Plano-convex lens
Concave lens
08- The penetrating power of x-rays increase with:
Decrease in intensity
Decrease in its velocity
Increase in its velocity
Increase in its intensity
09- It is possible to distinguish between transverse & longitudinal waves by studying the property of:
Diffraction
Interface
Any of them
Polarization
10- ERG stands for:
Electric Graphy
None of these
Electro Radio Graphy
Energy Radio Graphy
11- Which Muslim scientist is regarded as "father of optics"?
Al-Khawarizmi
Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Ibn al-Haytham
12- Candela is the SI base unit of:
Luminous intesity
Radian intensity
Illuminance
Luminous flux
13- Which one of the following waves cannot be polarized:
X-rays
Sound waves
Radio waves
Ultraviolet waves
14- A dimensionless quantity is a quantity without an associated physical dimension. Which of the following is not a dimensionless quantity?
Radian
Force
Pi
Decibel
15- Power of lens is measured in:
Dioptress
Cm
Meters
Cm-1
16- Alternative current is converted to direct current by a:
Moter
Dynamo
Transformer
Rectifier
17- The SI unit of magnetic flux density is:
Tesla
Ohm
Henry
Weber
18- An electric or magnetic field cannot accelerate:
Neutron
Same
Half
Electron
19- Candela per square is the SI unit of:
Luminous flux
Luminous intensity
Luminance
Luminous
20- Which Muslim scientist gave the first clear description and correct analysis of pinhole camera in the Book of Optics (Kitab al-Manazir) in 1021 AD?
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (Alkindus)
Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi
21- The SI derived unit of magnetic flux is:
Weber
Lumen
Tesla
Henry
22- The SI unit of solid angle is:
Steradian
Degree
Radian
Joul
23- In CGS system, the unit of magnetic field intensity is:
Ampere per meter
Ampere
Farad
Oersted
24- If the distance between two charges is doubled the coulomb force will become:
Electron
Same
Double
Half
25- Which one of the following represents a travelling wave:
A Sin (wt+ Ø)
A Cos (wt + Ø)
A Sin (wt + kx)
A Cos (wt-kx)
26- There are........... Planets in orbit around the Sun:
9
8
6
7
27- When while light passes through a prism, it splits into_______ colours:
8
7
6
5
28- Air bubble in water shines because of the phenomenon of:
Diffraction
Refraction
Dispersion
Total internal reflection
29- Pa(Pascal) is the unit for:
Thrust
Pressure
Conductivity
Frequency
30- Which from the following is NOT a Renewable Energy?
Geothermal
Biofuels
Nuclear
Solar
31- Siphon will fail to work if:
Both its limbs are of unequal length
The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height
The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height
The densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal
32- Large transformers, when used for some time, become very hot and are cooled by circulating oil. The heating of the transformer is due to:
Hysteresis loss alone
Both the heating effect of current and hysteresis loss
Intense sunlight at noon
The heating effect of current alone
33- If we add all the 7 colours of rainbow (red, yellow, blue, green, violet and indigo), the resultant colour would be?
Black
Dark Blue
White
Red
34- Ozone layer protects the Earth from____ radiations from the Sun:
Microwaves
Infrared
Ultraviolet
X-rays
35-Radiocarbon is produced in the atmosphere as a result of:
Action of solar radiations particularly cosmic rays on carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere
Collision between fast neutrons and nitrogen nuclei present in the atmosphere
Lightning discharge in atmosphere
Action of ultraviolet light from the sun on atmospheric oxygen
36- Short-sight defect could be corrected by a:
Convex lens
Concave lens
Converging lens
None of these
37- Nuclear sizes are expressed in a unit named:
Tesla
Angstrom
Newton
Fermi
38- Planets are kept in orbit by the?
Gravitational pull of the sun
Radiations from the sun
Attraction among the Planets and the sun
Attraction among the Planets
39- What are primary colors?
Color in the spectrum of the white light
Color of the rainbow
Colors which cannot be produced
Color found in nature
40- Planets do not twinkle because:
They emit light of a constant intensity
They are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light
Their distance from the earth does not change with time
They are nearer to earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and, therefore minor variations in the intensity are not noticeable
41- Light year is unit of:
Distance
Light
Intensity of light
Time
42- Stars appears to move from east to west because:
The background of the stars moves from west to east
All stars move from east to west
The earth rotates from west to east
The earth rotates from east to west
43- Light from sun reaches us in nearly:
2 minutes
4 minutes
8 minutes
16 minutes
44- A camera uses a _______ to form an image on a piece of film at the back:
Convex lens
Concave lens
Diverging lens
None of these
45- Mirage is due to:
Depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere
Magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere
Unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere
Equal heating of different parts of the atmosphere
46- The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves:
Siphon action
Diffusion of ink through the blotting
Capillary action phenomenon
Viscosity of ink
47- Red + Green + Blue = ?
Maroon
Dark Blue
White
Black
48- Sun and other stars are virtuously huge nuclear explosion chambers producing a large amount of head and light yet, we do not hear any of the explosions because A. Heat and light are electromagnetic:
Sound waves get attenuated completely before they reach the earth
The outer space is an absolute vaccum
The process involved in the interior of the sun and the starts relate to atomic and subatomic particles and not molecules and their vibration
Heat and light are electromagnetic
49- It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than to lift it vertical upwards because:
Work done both is same but the rate of doing work is less in rolling
Work done in rolling a stone is less than in lifting it
Work done in lifting the stone is equal to rolling it
Work done in rolling is more than in lifting
50- The distance of Moon from the Earth is______ km:
464000
484000
364000
384000
51- Which one of the following can be used to focus sunlight?
Concave mirror
Convex mirror
Concave lens
Plane mirror
52- The Phenomenon of land and sea breeze is as a result of:
Convection
Radiation
None of these
53- Air bubble in water shines because of the phenomenon of:
Diffraction
Total internal reflection
Dispersion
Refraction
54- The energy of a body due to its motion is called:
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Heat energy
Light energy
55- Sun and the other stars are virtually huge nuclear explosion chambers producing a large amount of heat and light. Yet, we do not hear any of the explosion because of:
Sound waves get attenuated completely before they reach the earth
Heat and light are electriomagnetic radiations and travel much faster than sound
The outer space is an absolute vacuum
The process involved in the interior of the sun and the stars relate to atomic and subatomic particles and not molecules and their vibrations
56- The silvered surface of thermos flask prevents the transfer of heat by:
Convection
Reflection
Radiation
Conduction
57- When abeam of light is passed through a transparent medium, however clear or homogeneous the medium may be, there is always a certain amount of light scattered sideways, out of the beam. This is known as:
Raman effect
Dispersion
Rayleigh scattering
None of these
58- On passing through foodstuff, the x-ray can kill the:
Bacterias
Insects
Virus
Fungus
59-Argon laser is used for operating the:
Bone disease
Kidney stone
Glaucoma
Eye cancer
60- When the wind blows at high velocity, rooftops are blown off because of pressure:
Is exerted by air from outside
Outside is more than inside the roof
Increase due to wind velocity
Inside is more than outside the roof
61- Sound travels faster in:
Dry air than in water
Wood than in iron
Hydrogen than in water
Iron than in air
62- Ice floats on water because the density of ice is less than that of water, out of the following what part of giant icebergs remains above water?
1/2
1/10
3/4
1/4
63- When light enters from rare to denser medium, it bends towards the normal line, it is called:
Absorption of light
Diffraction of light
Refraction of light
Reflection of light
64- Choke coil is a coil of:
Low resistance and high inductance
High resistance and low inductance
Low resistance and low inductance
High resistance and high inductance
65- Which of the following colour of light travel through, glass with minimum speed?
Red
Green
Violet
Yellow
66- A Polaroid is:
A device used in the polarimeter
An adjustable shutter
A red light filter
A device used for analysing polarized light
67- The tendency of a liquid drop to contract and occupy minimum area is due to:
Surface tension
Vapour pressure
Viscosity
Density
68- Soldier crossing a suspension bridge, always break steps, in case the frequency of vibration of their marching should coincide with that of the bridge and this is because of the phenomenon of:
Reverberation of sound
Echolocation od sound
Resonance of sound
Refraction of sound
69- Electromagnetic waves travel with:
Speed of sun rotation
Speed of sound
Speed of light
Speed of earth rotation
70- Which of the following gives the correct descending order of elasticity in the substances?
Steel, silver, rubber
Silver, rubber, steel
Rubber, silver, glass
All have equal elasticity
71- Conductors, insulators and semi-conductors differ from each other due to the property of:
Formation of crystal lattice
Mutual width of their energy gaps
Ability of the current they carry
Binding energy of their electrons
72- On which principle does the tape-recorder function?
Electromagnetic induction
Boyle's Law
Electro valency
Gay Lussac's law of combining volumes
73- Which one of the following colours has the longest wavelength?
Green
Red
Yellow
Blue
74- When a constant force is applied to a body it moves with uniform:
Velocity
Acceleration
Speed
Momentum
75- Which of the following is a good conductor of electricity?
Glass
Graphic
PVC
Rubber
76- How many types units are in SI?
One
Two
Three
Four
77- Prefix deca represents:
10 Raised to power 3
10 Raised to power 2
10 Raised to power -1
10 Raised to power 1
78- ML-1 T-2 is the dimension of:
Energy
Momentum
Force
Pressure
79- Which branch of science plays an important role in the development of technology and engineering?
Physics
Geology
Chemistry
Biology
80- One pico stands for:
10 Raised to power -15
10 Raised to power -12
10 Raised to power -9
10 Raised to power -6
81- Which equation is not dimensionally correct?
Vf=Vi+at
S=Vt2
S=1/2at2
E=mc2
82- Number of significant figures in 0.0173 are:
Three
Five
Two
Four
83- The unit of force is______ and its symbol is______. Which is the correct pair?
Newton, N
Newton, n
Newton, N
Newton, n
84- SI unit of coefficient of viscosity is:
Kg.m.S
Kg m-1.S-1
Kg-1.m-1.S-1
Kg.m.S-1
85- Smaller the least count of the instrument more is the measurement:
Precise
Accurate and precise
Accurate
None of these
86- Dimensional analysis is helpful for:
Deriving a possible formula
Checking the homogeneity of a physical equation
Verification of laws
Only a and b correct
87- Unit of G is?
Nm2kg
Nm2kg-2
Nm2Kg2
None
88- One light year is equal to:
9.5x1015Km
9.5x1015cm
9.5x1015m
9.5x1015sec
89- 1024 can be written in scientific notation as:
1/0.00097
0.000976
1.024x103
2 Raised to power 10
90- The error in measurement may occur due to:
Inappropriate method
Inexperience of a person
The faulty apparantus
Due to all reasons in a, b and c
91- The dimension of force is:
MLT-2
MLT-1
ML-1T
ML-1T-2
92- Three students measured length of a needle with meter rod and recorded as: (i) 0.2145m (ii) 0.21m (iii) 0.214m. Which one is correct record?
Only (ii)
Both (i) and (ii)
Only (iii)
Only (i)
93- How many main frontiers of fundamental science?
1
2
3
4
94- Which one is the highest power multiple?
Giga
Deca
Beta
Mega
95- In any measurement the significant figures are:
All accurately known and all doubtful digits
Only doubtful digits
Only accurately known digits
All accurately known digits and the first doubtful digit
96- The number of categories in which physical quantities are divided are:
One
Two
Three
Four
97- Total uncertainty, in result obtained from the subtraction of two measurement, is equal to:
Division of their absolute uncertainties
Difference of their absolute uncertainties
Product of their absolute uncertainties
Sum of their absolute uncertainties
98- The uncertainty in measurement may occur due to:
Inadequate of technique
Natural variation of the object to be measured
Limitation of an instrument
All given in a, b and c
99- In scientific notation numbers are expressed in:
Reciprocal
Decimal
Power of ten
Powers of two
100- An ideal standard of measurement of a base quantity has characteristics:
Accessible
Transportable
Invariable
Only a and b are correct
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