PHYSICS – 2012

DUHS - JSMU
1. Identify the example/s of Static Equilibrium:
i A book lying on a horizontal table
ii A building
iii A bridge
(a) (i) only (b) (ii) only
(c) (iii) only (d) (ii) & (iii) only
(e) (i), (ii) & (iii)
2. The mass of earth on the basis of Newton’s Law of Gravitation is given by:
(a) M = 9.1 × 10-31 Kg (b) M = 1.6027 × 10-27 Kg
(c) M = 5.98 × 10 Kg 24 (d) M = 6.02 × 1023 Kg
(e) M = 3 × 1023 Kg
3. Fusion and Fission reactions are associated with:
(a) Water or hydral energy (b) Geothermal energy
(c) Fossil fuel energy (d) Nuclear energy
(e) Tidal energy
4. What is the change in gravitational potential energy when 7000 N elevator moves from
street level to the top of building 300 m above the street level?
(a) 2100 J (b) 21000 J
(c) 210000 J (d) 2.1 × 106 J
(e) 210 J
5. A body of mass 0.025 Kg attached to a spring is displaced through 0.1 m to the right of
equilibrium position. If the spring constant is 0.4 N/m and its velocity at the end of its
displacement is 0.4 m/s, then its total energy will be:
(a) 4 × 10-3 J (b) 0.0002 J
(c) 0.000001 J (d) 0.2 J
(e) 0.04 J
6. The unit of luminous intensity is:
(a) Mole (b) Ampere
(c) Hertz (d) Kelvin
(e) Candela
7. If 𝐀 ̂,𝐁
⃗ = 2𝐢̂ + 3𝐣̂ - 𝐤 ̂ . Find a vector 𝐱⃗ parallel to 𝐀
⃗ = 4𝐢̂ + 2𝐣̂ -2𝐤 ⃗ but has the magnitude of 𝐁
⃗⃗ ?
12 7
(a) √ 7 (2î + 3ĵ - k̂) (b) √12 (4î + 2ĵ - 2k̂)
7 3
(c) √12 (2î + 3ĵ + k̂) (d) √5 (î + 2ĵ - 3k̂)
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(e) √ 7 (3î + 5ĵ - 2k̂)
⃗ = 3𝐢̂ + 6𝐣̂ - 𝟐𝐤
8. If 𝐀 ̂ , then the unit vector parallel to 𝐀 ⃗ will be:
̂ 3 6 2
(a)
3î + 6ĵ − 2k
(b) 7 î + 7 ĵ - 7 k̂
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3 6 2 7
(c) 7 î + 7 ĵ + 7 k̂ (d) 3î + 6ĵ − 2k̂
7
(e) 3î + 6ĵ + 2k̂
⃗⃗⃗⃗
∆𝐫
⃗ = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 , then 𝐕
9. If 𝐕 ⃗ will be:
∆𝐭
∆𝐭→𝟎
(a) Average Velocity (b) Uniform Velocity
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 (c) Instantaneous Velocity (d) Variable Velocity
(e) None of these
10. A ball is thrown vertically upward with the velocity of 98 m/s, how high does the ball rise?
(a) 196 m (b) 2 m
(c) ½ m (d) 490 m
(e) 98 m
11. A particle is projected at an angle of 45° with a velocity of 9.8 m/s. The horizontal range will
be:
9.8
(a) m (b) 9.8 √2 m
√2
(c) 9.8 m (d) 4.9 m
(e) 3.1 m
12. (1) radian = ________________ degrees:
(a) 360° (b) 180°
(c) 100° (d) 57.3°
(e) 0.01745°
13. If 𝐋 = 𝐫 × 𝐏⃗ , and 𝐫 = Position vector, 𝐏
⃗ = Linear Momentum then 𝐋 in the equation will be:
(a) Current (b) Length
(c) Angular Momentum (d) Torque
(e) Displacement
14. The superposition of two light waves is called:
(a) Diffraction (b) Polarization
(c) Interference (d) Reflection
(e) Absorption
15. A convex length of focal length 20 cm, is used to form an erect image which is twice as large
as the object, the position of the object will be _________________ from the lens.
(a) 20 cm (b) 5 cm
(c) 10 cm (d) 30 cm
(e) 40 cm
16. A system absorbs 1000 Joules of heat and delivers 600 Joules of work, while losing 100
Joules of heat by conduction to the atmosphere, the change in the internal energy of the
system will be:
(a) 600 Joules (b) 900 Joules
(c) 300 Joules (d) 400 Joules
(e) 1600 Joules
17. _______________ is a device which makes use of mutual induction for stepping up or down an
alternating EMF:
(a) Sonometer (b) Transformer
(c) Ammeter (d) Voltmeter
(e) Potentiometer
18. In a circuit, there is a current of 5 amp which is changed such that the current falls to zero in
0.1 sec. If an average EMF of 200 Volts is induced, the self-inductance of the circuit will be:
(a) 4 henrys (b) 5 henrys
(c) 6 henrys (d) 7 henrys
(e) 8 henrys
19. The instrument(s) which work on the principle of Wheatstone bridge is/are
(a) Meter Bridge (b) The Post Office Box
(c) Carey Foster’s Bridge (d) Callender
(e) All of the above

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20. An ammeter reads up to 1A. Its internal resistance is 0.81𝛀. To increase the range to 10A,
the value of the required shunt is:
(a) 0.3 Ω (b) 0.9 Ω
(c) 0.09 Ω (d) 0.03 Ω
(e) 1.3 Ω
21. Electromagnetic waves are produced by:
(a) Motion of electric and magnetic fields
(b) Charge less particle
(c) A static charge
(d) Heat
(e) None of the above
22. The energy of an X-Ray quantum of wavelength 1.0 × 10-10 m is:
(a) 1.99 × 10-15 Joules (b) 3 × 108 Joules
(c) 6.6 × 10-34 Joules (d) 19.89 × 10-26 Joules
(e) 1.99 Joules
23. The shortest wavelength photon emitted in Balmer series is:
(a) 1.0947 × 10-7 m (b) 4 nm
(c) 364.6 nm (d) 3.64 m
(e) 480 nm
24. To remove huge amount of heat energy in nuclear reactor, _______________ are used.
(a) Core (b) Control rods
(c) Shielding (d) Moderators
(e) Coolants
25. The half-life of C14 is about:
(a) 1637 years (b) 892 years
(c) 10 years (d) 100 years
(e) 5730 years
26. The equation ∆U = ∆Q refers to:
(a) Isothermal process (b) Adiabatic process
(c) Isochoric Process (d) Isobaric Process
(e) Carnot cycle
27. Two capacitors C1 = 3𝛍F and C2 = 6𝛍F are in series across a 90 volts DC supply. The total
capacitance is given by:
(a) 9 μF (b) 2 μF
(c) 10 μF (d) 90 μF
(e) 5 μF
28. Kinetic Energy of a charged particle decreases by 10 J as it moves from a point at potential
100 V to 200 V. The charge on the particle is:
(a) 10-3 C (b) 10-2 C
(c) 10 C
-1 (d) 105 C
(e) 10-9 C
29. A 100 watt bulb is operated by 240 volts, the current through the bulb will be:
(a) 2.4 A (b) 240 A
(c) 0.416 A (d) 41.6 A
(e) 416 A
30. A bulb having a resistance of 150𝛀 is connected to a 225 volt source, the current in the bulb
will be:
(a) 1.5 A (b) 10 A
(c) 3.7350 A (d) 250 A
(e) 100 A
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