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 11 Class 11

The equation ΔU = ΔQ refers to:

NTS 2012
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

A fixed mass of an ideal gas absorbs 1000 J of heat and expands under a constant pressure of 20 kPa from a volume of 25 x 10-3 m3 to a volume of 50 x 10-3 m3. What is the change in the internal energy of the gas?

NTS 2017
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics

Work done, due to centripetal force, for circular motion will be:

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

A full wave rectifier is operating from 50 Hz mains. Fundamental frequency of ripple will be:

PMC Practice 1
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

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 e.m.f. of 200 volts is induced, the self-inductance of the circuit will be:

NTS 2012
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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6 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

The frequency of a string on a musical instrument can be changed either by:

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

If the value of g is made g/16, what will be the effect on time period of pendulum?

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Category: Physics

Q.107 When bulb is turned on, ohm’s law is applicable

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Category: Physics

Q.177 An ideal gas at 15.5C and a pressure of 1.72x 10^5 Pa occupies a volume of 2.81 m3. Haw many moles of gas are present?

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Category: Physics

An alpha particle is ejected from the nucleus of an atom. Which of the following answers describes the change in the nucleus of the atom?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Nuclear Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

22320 cal heat is supplied to 100g of ice at zero degree centigrade. If the latent heat of fusion of ice is 80 cal /g and latent heat of vaporization of water is 540 cal/g the final amount of water thus obtained and its temperature respectively are:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

If an electron undergoes transition from 4th to 2nd orbit, then the color of radiations produced will be:

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Category: Physics

Q.172 A wire has a resistance of 5.5 W at 190C and 21.5 W at 2000C. Find the temperature coefficient of resistivity (a) of the material.

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

The principle of an AC generator is.

NTS 2019
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics

In modern day electrical arrangements, which of the following is connected in series with the others?

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

The electron shows purely a ____ when free.

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A body Is dropped from a height 175m, how much time will it take to reach the ground?

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The beat frequency is given by:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics

A wheel starts rotating from result with angular acceleration of 2 rads-2 till its angular speed becomes 6 rad/s. The angular displacement of the wheel will be equal to:

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A 100 kg golf ball is moving to the right with a velocity of 20 m/s. It makes a head on collision with an 8 kg steel ball, initially at rest. The two balls get stuck together. What will the velocity of these two balls after collision?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A bomber drops a bomb when it is vertically above the target. It misses the target because of the:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Gravitation
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Electric field strength of a point charge is E and electric potential is V, at a distance ‘r’ from the point charge. What is the electric potential at a point for the same point charge where electric field strength is E/4?

UHS 2019
Physics
Electrostatics
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Category: Physics

Q.77 The electron volt is the unit of_____________

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Which one of the following waves needs a medium to travel?

PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

PIV stands for :

PMC 2020
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics

To remove the huge amount of heat energy in a nuclear reactor, _____ is/are used

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Nuclear Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

If a 2 µF capacitor is connected, by closing a switch, to a supply of 100 volts through  1M ohm  series resistance. What will be the time constant?

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Category: Physics

Q.145 Current that fluctuates periodically with time is

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

If x and y are the input of the GATE, and z is the output, the following table represents:

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

A sound wave travels with a speed of 330ms−1 in air. If the wavelength of the wave is 3.3m, then the frequency of the wave is ______.

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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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 7 Class 11

A simple pendulum completes one oscillation in 4 seconds. Calculate its length when g= 9.8 m/s2, as the time period of a simple pendulum is given by T = 2 π √(l/g)

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

Which of the following is a type of rectifier?

PMC Practice 15
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics

What is the quark composition of a Proton?

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Nuclear Physics

35 / 100

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 4 Class 11

An object is dropped from the top of the building. If it takes 10 seconds to hit the ground, what is the height of the building?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

Transition of electrons should occur between which orbitals(n) that will emit the longest wavelength in the Balmer series of Hydrogen.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

An electron cannot reside inside a nucleus is explained by:

PMC Practice 5
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

If three resistances RI, RI and R3 are connected In Parallel to the circuit such that RI> RI > RI. Which of the following will be true for the Equivalent Resistance R’?

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

Technique for detecting the pressure of objects under water by acoustical echo is called:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

When carrying electricity on long distances. Step up transformer are used to:

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

Alternating Current Generators use:

PMC Practice 5
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Value of  ∊ s is:

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

A lens which converges a beam of parallel rays to a point is called

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Category: Physics

Q.156 In equation 90° is angle between

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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

If the unit vectors i, j, k are perpendicular to each other therefore

i.i = j.j = k.k = ______.

I.j = j.k = k.i = ______.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Heisenberg uncertainty principle states:

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

The efficiency of the carnot’s Engine Working between 150°C and 50°C is:

NTS 2011
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

A point where the incident parallel rays of light converge or appear to diverge after passing through a lens
is called

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

F = I L B, What Is relation between I and L

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

Identify the example/s of Static Equilibrium:

I. A book lying on a horizontal table
II. A building
III. A bridge

NTS 2012
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A 50 watt bulb is operated by 120 volts. What is the current through the bulb?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

Lasers are used for producing an intense, ____ and coherent beam of visible light.

NUMS 2017
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

In Nuclear reactions, we have the conservation of:

NTS 2017
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Two identical conducting spheres A and B carry equal charge Q. They are separated by a distance much larger than their diameters. A third identical conducting sphere C carries charge 2Q. Sphere C is first touched to A, then to I3, and finally removed. As a result, the electrostatic force between A and B, which was originally F, becomes:

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

A spectrometer is used to find.

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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 16 Class 12

Simple oscillating circuit consists of?

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

A conductor carrying a current ‘I’ has length ‘L’. When it is placed in a magnetic field, ‘B’ at 90 degrees , it experiences a force:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

A type of metals containing alloys, ceramics etc., when heated their temperature reaches to a state called Transition temperature state and their resistance reaches to zero. These types of metals are called:

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the ,following act as a heat pump?

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

For a satellite so that it could stay over the same point on Earth’s surface the orbital radius r is given by ________.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Gravitation
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

By increasing the area of the plates and decreasing the distance between them, the capacitance of a capacitor:

NUMS 2020
Physics
Electrostatics
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A 800 kg car is turning round a corner at 6 m/sec as it travels along an arc of circle of radius 12 m. The magnitude of force exerted by pavement on the tyres to hold the car in circular path is _________.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics

A pipe open at both ends has a length of 5m. The second harmonic frequency is _____. Velocity of sound in air = 340 m/s.

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

The lightest element which exhibits radioactivity is:

NTS 2017
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Elimination Tool:

67 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

Stokes’ Law is given as:

UHS 2013
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

When a charged particle is projected perpendicular to a magnetic field:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

If a half-wave rectifier is used to convert 50 Hz AC into DC, then the number of pulses present in the rectifier voltage is:

PMC Practice 2
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Which of the following statement is true? i) Toroid is a solenoid bent into circular path ii) Solenoid is a tarok’ in open

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

Which one of the following statements is true concerning the motion of an ideal projectile launched at an angle of 45° to the horizontal?

NTS 2014
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

the value of permeability

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

An object whose mass is 100 g starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration of 20 cm / s2. At the end of 8s its momentum is ________ in g cm / s.

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

The potential difference between the terminals of a battery in an open circuit is 2.2 V. When it is connected across a resistance of 5.0 Ω, the potential falls to 1.8 V. What is the internal resistance of the battery?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Current Electricity
Elimination Tool:

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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

 

76 / 100

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 7 Class 11

In SHM is conserved

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

In water pipes, ____ is used to detect leakages.

PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

A body moving on a fluid will experience:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

Astronomers calculate speed of distant stars and galaxies using which of the following phenomena:

PMC 2020
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

If magnitude of charges is doubled and distance between them is halved, the force between them will become?

82 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

The AC generator is similar to:

PMC 2021 Tested
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

A charge is situated in the center of cube. The electric flux through one of the faces of the cube is.

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Category: Physics

Q.110 What force provides the centripetal force to planets moving around the sun?

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

If half-life of an element Is 4 minutes, then 3/4′ of It Is decayed in:

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Category: Physics

The area under the extension-load graph Of an elastic material whose elastic limit has not been exceeded gives its:

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Work, Power & Energy

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Value of h Is:

88 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

A particle moves from position r = 3i+2j-6k to r = 14i+13j+9k under the action of a Force F = 8i+2j+6k. Find the work done
by the force:

NTS 2010
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
Elimination Tool:

89 / 100

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 13 Class 12

Temperature co-efficient of resistance is:

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A thermocouple is immersed in water at 373 K and the other in ice at 273K. The emf of the thermocouple Is 90 (μ)V for each 1 K difference in temperature between junctions, and the thermocouple resistance is 6 Ω. What current will flow in the galvanometer connected in series with an internal resistance of 30ohms?

NTS 2010
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
Current Electricity
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92 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A body has mass 1 kg on earth. Its mass on moon will be

 

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

To double the total energy for a mass-spring system oscillating in SHM, by what factor must the amplitude increase?

NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

A steel rod has a length of 15 m at a temperature of 30°C. If the temperature is raised to 45°C. The increase in its length is:

(α= 1.1 x 10-5 K-1)

NTS 2014
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

In S.H.M the K.E. at the equilibrium position is:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Unit of permittivity in free space is?

97 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

The velocity of a disc at the bottom of an inclined plane is?

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

What will be the new Surface Density if Electric Intensity is increased to 3 times?

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Category: Physics

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

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

When photons are incident on a metal, electrons are emitted. The process is called:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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