Physics Practice Test 3




Physics Practice Test 3

Physics Practice Test 3 is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of key physics concepts, formulas, and principles for competitive entry tests like MDCAT, NUMS, AKU, UET, ECAT, NTS, as well as FSC Board Exams. This test covers topics from waves, oscillations, sound, and light, helping students improve accuracy and problem-solving skills.

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

The basic source of geothermal energy is

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Category: Physics

Q.157 A wheel from 1 m diameter makes 60 rev/min. The linear speed of a point on its rim in m/s is

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

A sound wave with a frequency of 343 Hz travels through the air. What is its wavelength? (speed of sound through air = 343 m/s)

NTS 2014
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

The minimum distance between an object and its real image in a convex lens is

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

When a conductor of a cross-sectional area 5×10-6 m2 carries a current of 6 A, the drift velocity of the conduction electrons is 1.2-4 x 10-1 ms1-. What is the number density (number per unit volume) of the conduction electrons?

NTS 2010
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

Which of the following color has the highest energy?

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

When a body of weight ‘W’ is kept suspended by a string, the weight of the body pulls the string downwards, while the string pulls the body upwards with an equal force, this force is called?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

If a compressible medium has bulk modulus denoted by B and density denoted by P, then a Newton’s formula for the speed of sound in a medium is _____.

NTS 2019
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A box of mass m = 6 kg slides with speed v = 4 m/s across a frictionless floor. It suddenly explodes into two pieces. One-piece, with mass m1= 2 kg moves in the same direction with speed v1= 8 m/s . Find the velocity of the second piece.

NTS 2013
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

If v = a + bt, the dimensions of a and b are

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Category: Physics

Q.179 A particle radioisotope has a half-life of S days. In 15 days the probability of decay in percentage will be

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

The radius of the moon is 27% off the earth’s radius and its mass is 1.2% of the earth’s mass. Find the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon:

NTS 2010
Physics
Gravitation
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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

A full wave rectifier is operating from 50 Hz mains, fundamental frequency of ripple will be

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

If length of a wire is Increased two times and Its cross-sectional area is reduced to half, the resistance of the wire will be:

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

The greek word “xeros” and “graphos” means:

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Electrostatics
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

Ratio of velocity of sound in oxygen as compared to hydrogen is

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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

Consider the spectral line resulting from the transition from n=2 to n=1, in atoms and ions given below. The shortest wavelength is produced by:

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

A copper wire has resistances 10 ohms and 20 ohms at temperature 0 C and 10 C respectively. What is the temperature coefficient of the copper wire?

NUMS 2016
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Electric potential is a quantity.

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Category: Physics

Q.144 In mass-spring system, which of the following does not depend on the initial displacement of the spring?

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

If the current flow increases to 100 times, the energy stored in the inductor will increase to:

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

If a body is placed from poles to equator, the weight of the body will

 

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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

Hooke’s law states that under normal conditions:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Physics of Solids
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

Which of the following has no acceleration:

 

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Category: Physics

Q.126 When a force is parallel to the direction of motion of body, the work done is

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Category: Physics

Q.158 The clouds are formed when waterheat

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

What is 1 radian in degrees approximately?

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

The phenomenon by which light travels in an optical fibres is:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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Category: Physics

A disc, a hoop, and a sphere of the same mass and radius are rolled down from a frictionless, inclined plane. Which has a greater speed on reaching the ground?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

The charge of a photon is:

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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Category: Physics

Q.145 Current that fluctuates periodically with time is

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

Efficiency of the Carnot’s cycle will be 100% if the temperature of cold reservoir is:

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Who was awarded Nobel Prize (1921) for explanation of Photoelectric Effect?

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Category: Physics

Heavy nucleus of atoms go through fission so that they can:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Nuclear Physics

35 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

The width of depletion region Increases due to:

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

If a convex lens of large aperture fails to converge the light rays incident on it to a single point, it is said to
suffer form

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

Which of the following have low ionization and high penetrating power?

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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

Light rays coming from the tube light are

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Orange light in a vacuum has a wavelength of 600 nm. What is the frequency of this light?

ETEA 2018
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

Magnetic effect of electric current was first discovered by

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

When we measure the nuclear masses and compare them with the masses of the constituent nucleus in free states, the mass of the nucleus is always less than the mass of the constituent nucleons. The difference in mass is known as:

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

______ is defined as the sensation that sound produces in the ear of a listener and is clearly related to the frequency of sound. Frequency and ______ are both measured in Hertz (Hz). Thus greater the frequency the greater the _____ and lower the frequency lower the _______.

NTS 2017
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Two equal, opposite charges are fixed at a distance d. Positive charge is at the right and negative at the left position. As shown below:

X – Y + Z

At which position, the net electric field is directed to the left?

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Electrostatics
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Category: Physics

A wire of resistance R is bent in the form of a circle the resistance between two points on the circumference of the wire and at the end of the diameter of circle is

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Current Electricity

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

An electromagnetic wave travels in a straight line through a vacuum. The wave has a frequency of 6.0 THz. What is the number of wavelengths in a distance of 1.0 m along the wave?

ETEA 2018
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

1 testa is equal to?

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A row of 25 decorative lights, connected in series, is connected to a main transformer. When the supply is switched on, the lights do not work. The owner uses a voltmeter to test the circuit. When the voltmeter is connected across the third bulb in the row, a reading of zero is obtained. Which of the following cannot be the only fault in the circuit?

NTS 2017
Physics
Current Electricity
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

In a ripple tank, 40 waves pass through a certain point in 1 second. If the wavelength of the wave is 5 cm, then speed of the wave is:

PMC 2020
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A neutron travels a distance of 24 m in a time interval of 3.6 x 10^-4 s. Assuming its speed was constant. Find its kinetic energy. Take 1.7 x 10^-27 kg as the mass of the neutron.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

P = Irms Vrms Is applicable for

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

Unit of magnetic flux density is

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Presence of Photon was confirmed by

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Which of the following phenomenon proves that light waves are transverse waves?

PMC Practice 4
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

When reverse bias of a p-n junction diode is increased, a stage comes when electric field set up is sufficient to rupture covalent bonds and release a large number of holes and electrons. This breakdown phenomenon is known as:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Electronics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

Two glass prisms Pl and P2 are to be combined together to produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of the prisms P1 and P2 are selected as 40 and 30 respectively. If the refractive index of prism Pl is 1.54, then that of P2 will be:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of a substance through 1 K is called:

NTS 2010
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A car of mass 1200 kg initially at rest has been accelerated to a speed of 8 m/s in 16 meters. Average acceleration of the car is ______ m/s2? And force is _____ N?

NTS 2019
Physics
Forces and Motion
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A man throws a ball vertically upward in the compartment of an accelerated train. The ball will fall:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

If the input frequency of a full-wave rectifier is 50 Hz, its ripple frequency is:

PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Electronics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

What will be the energy of electron travelling at 10^7 m/s

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

The principle of a capacitor is based on which of the following facts?

NTS 2011
Physics
Alternating Current
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Electron volt is the unit of

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

An electron is moving along the axis of a solenoid carrying a current. Which of the following is a correct statement about the electromagnetic force acting on the electron?

NUMS 2015
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

The speed of the sound in air is 332 m/s. The speed of sound at 22 degrees centigrade will be:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

Find the gravitational force of attraction between two balls each weighing 10 kg, when placed at a distance of 1 meter apart.

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Physics
Gravitation
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

The maximum instantaneous value measured from zero value is known as?

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Which of the following is dimensionless quantity?

NUMS 2018
Physics
Measurements
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

RLC circuit can be excited by

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A car starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration. During the 5th second of its motion, it covers a distance of 36 meters. What is the acceleration of the car?

NTS 2011
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

A nucleus consists of 11 protons and 12 neutrons. The conventional symbol of nucleus is:

NTS 2011
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

The food we eat in one day has about the same energy as:

NUMS 2020
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

According to Einstein, bodies and light rays follow a:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

In photo-emission from a metal, if light of λ is replaced by light of wavelength λ / 4 , the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons.

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

Which of the following gives the correct expression of Decay Constant?

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

The oscillating object overshoots the rest position due to:

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

Which of the following will be absorbed by the paper?

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

If a car collides with a housefly, what will be the magnitude of the force experienced by the housefly?

NTS 2018
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The frequency of a wave as the source approaches the observer with speed v

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Dimensions of torsional couple Is similar to the dimension of

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Category: Physics

Q.96 Frequency of a travelling wave is 2000 Hz. Its speed is 300m/s. What is its wavelength?

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Longitudinal standing wave, in second harmonic mode, is established in a tube that is open at both ends. The length of the tube is 0.8m. What is the wavelength of the waves that make up the standing wave?

PMC Practice 10
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

How much heat is absorbed by 100 g of water when its temperature decreases from 25. C to 5. C? (heat capacity is 4.2 j/gk)

NUMS 2016
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
Elimination Tool:

83 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

A real image formed by convex lenses is always:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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84 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

The charge on neutron is:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Electrostatics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

if the velocity of a body is reducing, the negative acceleration Is called:

 

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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

Three books A, 8, C are place on each other with A on top, B in mid and C at bottom. If weight of A is 2N, B is 5N and that of C is 4N, what is the total force being exerted on book B?

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

Assume that you have two balls of Identical volume, one weighing 2 Newtons and the other 10 Newtons. Both are falling freely after being released from the same point simultaneously. Which of the following will then be true:

I. The 10 N ball falling freely from rest will be accelerated at a greater rate than the 2 N ball

II. At the end of the 4s of freefall, the 10 N ball will have 5 times the momentum of the 2 N ball

III. At the end of the 4s of free fall, the 10 N ball will have the same kinetic energy as the 2 N ball

IV. The 10 N ball possesses greater inertia than the 2 N ball

NTS 2010
Physics
Forces and Motion
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

The combination of ammeter, voltmeter, and ohmmeter into a compact single meter with one common galvanometer is called:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Elimination Tool:

89 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A balloon Is going upwards with a velocity 12 m/s. it releases a packet when it is at a height of 65 from ground. flow much time the packet will take to reach the ground if g=10 m/s^2?

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Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

Speed and Pressure relation of a fluid is given by:

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

An object is undergoing simple harmonic motion. It’s time period is T and total energy is E. The amplitude of vibration is reduced to half. What is the new time period and total energy of the system?

PMC Practice 5
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics

If the temperature is increased from 200K to 800K, then what would be the change in pressure at constant volume?

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics

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Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

A maintenance crew is working on a section of a three-lane highway with only one lane open to traffic. This result is much slower traffic flow. The cars on this highway behave like:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

A mass of 20 kg is lifted from the floor to a height of 2m in 4.9 sec. Calculate the power in Watts.

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Work, Power and Energy

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?

PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Work, Power & Energy
Measurements
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

In an experiment, an object was placed on the principal axis of a convex lens 25 centimetres away from the lens. A real image 4 times the size of the object was obtained. The focal length of the lens is:

NTS 2017
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
Elimination Tool:

97 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Which light photon has the least momentum?

PMC Practice 6
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

Which of the following can have negative temperature coefficient?

PMC Practice 4
Physics
Physics of Solids
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99 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

Light can be polarized by:

reflection
double refraction
scattering of light
NTS 2017
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
Elimination Tool:

100 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

If the diameter of the earth becomes two times its present value and its mass remains unchanged, then how would the weight of an object on the surface of the earth be affected?

NTS 2014
Physics
Gravitation
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