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

Third law of Newton is also called:

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Forces and Motion

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Category: Physics

Laser beam can be used to generate three dimensional objects in a process called:

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments

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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

A constant force F= 2i + 3j +4k is applied on a body. What will be the work done to move the body 5m in the z-direction?

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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4 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Electric charge on an object is measured as 5 microcoulombs. How the value of this charge can be expressed in terms of base units:

UHS 2012
Physics
Measurements
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5 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following changes must when a wave changes its medium?

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

At the instant the traffic light turns green, an automobile starts with a constant acceleration a of 2.1 m/s2. At the same instant a truck, traveling with a constant speed of 9.2 m/s, overtakes and passes the automobile. How far beyond the traffic signal will the automobile overtake the truck?

NTS 2010
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

A circuit in which there is a current of 5 amp is changed so that the current falls to zero in 0.1 s. If an average e.m.f of 200 volts is induced, what is the self inductance of the circuit?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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8 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

Js is the unit of:

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Two positive charges are separated by 3m. Another positive charge is placed between them. If the charge is moved along y axis the system will be in equilibrium

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

The unit of velocity is:

PMC Sample 2
Physics
Measurements
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

The angle made by the coil of an AC generator at a time Interval 3T/4 is?

12 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

Which of the following statements is not consistent with Bohr’s set of postulates regarding the hydrogen atom model with regard to the emission and absorption of light?

NTS 2013
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A steady current of 5 A is drawn from an electric source at a voltage of 100 V. The power consumed (in Watts) is:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics

A mass has constant acceleration, what is true about the force applied on it?

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Forces and Motion

15 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

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 2014
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

If a car moves from 15 m/s to 5 m/s in 10 sec then average acceleration is

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

When an applied stress changes the volume, the change in volume per unit volume is known as:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Physics of Solids
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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

At which of the following places, motion of simple pendulum becomes slowest:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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19 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

Entropy on melting of ice

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

Laplace’s correction to Newton’s formula is based on the fact that the compressions and rarefactions occur as ______.

NTS 2019
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

When the length of simple pendulum is doubled, the ratio of its new time period to old time period is:

UHS 2019
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

PIV stands for :

PMC 2020
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A body is hanging from a rigid support by an extensible string of length L. It is struck inelastically by an identical body of mass m with horizontal velocity v =√2gl , the tension in the string increases just after striking by:

NTS 2019
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

Pascal is equal to:

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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

Negative strain indicates that

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

When a train whistling passes near you, a considerable change in the pitch of the sound is heard. When the train is moving away, the pitch of the sound _____ whereas the pitch of the sound _____ when the train is approaching.

NTS 2019
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics

Q.173 ________________are such nuclei of an element that have the same mass number A, but have different charge number Z

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

The number of revolutions In 3p1 radians

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

Unit of power of a lens is

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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

Centrifugal force Is:

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Category: Physics

In simple harmonic motion, acceleration will be maximum, when object is at:

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

1 radian is equal to:

PMC 2020
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

Work done by friction force is always:

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

The acceleration is a _____.

PMC Practice 6
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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Category: Physics

The point at which an applied force produces linear motion but no rotatory motion is:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Forces and Motion

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

If Compton shift is half of Compton wavelength, then the scattering angle would be:

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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

Which series is emitted when electron Jumps from a higher orbit to fifth orbit?

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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

For gaining an atomic spectra, an evacuated glass tube is filled with:

NUMS 2020
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics

Q.72 The black body aways radiations

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

If length of solenoid gets doubled while keeping N (number of turns) constant, the resultant magnetic field will be?

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

When a 7000 N elevator moves from street level to the top of a building 300 m above the street level, what is the change in gravitational potential energy?

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

The torque will be greater if:

NTS 2011
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

The process of adding controlled impurities to a semiconductor is known as _______. The amount of impurity added to an intrinsic (pure) semiconductor varies its level of conductivity.

NTS 2018
Physics
Physics of Solids
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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 18 Class 12

Input resistance of an Operational Amplifier is:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Earth is a/an frame of reference

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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 9 Class 11

Length of the telescope is:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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Category: Physics

Which is most sensitive to human eye?

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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

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 5 Class 11

A jeep travelling at a constant speed of 108 km/hr rounds a curve of radius 100 m. Find its acceleration.

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
Elimination Tool:

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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 4 Class 11

A 1.75 m tall weight-lifter raises a weight of mass 50 kg to a height of 0.5 m above its head. How much work is being done by it? (g = 10 ms-2)

PMC 2020
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

4.5 x 109 years is the half-life of:

NUMS 2020
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Which one of the following Is correct

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

Two bodies X of mass 4kg  and Y of mass 6 kg have same linear momentum. If the kinetic energy of Y is 48 J then kinetic energy of body X is:

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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

The first excitation energy of H atom will be:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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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 4 Class 11

A neutron travels a distance of 12 m in a time interval of 3.6 x 10 – 4s. Assuming its speed was constant, find its kinetic energy. (take 1.7 x 10 – 27 kg is the mass of neutron)

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

A machine worker placed a cylinder with a diameter of 18 cm between the plates of a hydraulic press. If he applies a 4.25 x 105N force to the cylinder, the stress on the end of the cylinder due to the applied force is A x 107Pa.

What is the value of A?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

When a certain metal surface is illuminated with light of frequency v. the stopping potential for photoelectric current is V0. When the same surface is illuminated by light of frequency V/2, the stopping potential is VO-/4. The threshold frequency for photoelectric emission is:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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64 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 98 m/s. If it takes 10 seconds to reach the highest point then the acceleration of the ball is:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

What is the speed of 2.0 kg metallic bob at the mean position of a simple pendulum, when released from its extreme position 0.5m high? (g = 10 ms-2)

PMC 2020
Physics
Work, Power and Energy
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66 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A particle is projected at an angle of 45 degrees with a velocity of 9.8 m/s. The horizontal range will be:

(g=9.8 m/s2)

NTS 2012
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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67 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

Spherical aberration can be reduced by using

68 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

One of the following is an Ohmic device:

PMC 2020
Physics
Current Electricity
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

A shock wave is produced due to an earthquake which makes the buildings move in the direction of the shock wave. Which progressive wave would this be?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

During the process of nuclear disintegration, when beta particle emission occurs, atomic no. of the atom changes by _____ and the mass number changes by ______.

NUMS 2018
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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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

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

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

A spectrometer is used to find.

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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

The scalar product of (2i – j + 3k) . (31 + 2j – k) i?

NTS 2014
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

A 20.0 cm wire carrying a current of 10.0 A is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.30 T. If the wire makes an angle of 40° with the direction of the magnetic field, find the magnitude of the force acting on the wire? ( sin 40° = 0.642)

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

0.75 A current flows through an iron wire when a battery of 1.5 volts is connected across its ends. The length of the wire 5.0 m and its cross-sectional area is 2.5 x 10-7 m2. What is the resistivity of iron?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

Mass of a person is 50 kg. The apparent weight of the person in elevator is double of his real weight. Find the acceleration of the elevator. Consider g = 10 m/s2

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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 3 Class 11

When a force acts at right angles to the displacement (θ=90°) the work done is zero i.e. the force does not produce work. Identify the example/s from the following when work is zero.

I. It is considered ‘hard work’ to hold a heavy stone stationary at stretched hand

II. A person walks along a level surface while carrying a box

III. when a body moves in circular path

NTS 2014
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

Two point charges of +5 C and -12 C attract each other with a force of 1.48 N. charge of -5 C is added to each of these charges. Now the force will be:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Elimination Tool:

81 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

When an electron and its antiparticle positron come close enough to each other, they completely convert into radiation energy in the form of photons, this process is called:

NTS 2018
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Black body radiations were first observed by:

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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

A hydrogen atom in its ground state absorbs 10.2 eV of energy. What is the orbital angular momentum is increased by?

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

The change in resistance of metallic conductor at temperature below 0 degrees is:

PMC 2020
Physics
Current Electricity
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85 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

The centripetal acceleration formula is given as:

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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86 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

What will be the energy stored In an inductor of length 2m if a current of 10A passes through it

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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

The amount of heat at constant volume is called as:

NTS 2013
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

What happens to the pressure ‘p’ of an ideal gas, if the temperature is increased by a factor of 2 and the volume is increased by a factor of 8?

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The stationary waves can be set up on the string only with the frequencies of harmonic series determined by:

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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90 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Value of  ∊ s is:

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Category: Physics

Q.143 The flux is the region where magnetic field

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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

The ratio of tensile strength to tensile strain is called:

UHS 2012
Physics
Physics of Solids
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Category: Physics

Q.132 The time taken by a particle to travel between a trough and a crest in a transverse wave is

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The electron current is chiefly due to:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Force is a derived quantity, its derived unit can be expressed in terms of the base units as:

UHS 2018
Physics
Measurements
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

The energy supplied by the cell to the charge carriers is derived from the conversion of:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Electrostatics
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Physics

Q.135 Initially, when the capacitor is uncharged, the potential difference between plates is

98 / 100

Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

A small leak is developed in a large water storage tank. If the height of water above the leakage is 10 m, then find the speed of efflux through the leak:

UHS 2013
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

Third law of Newton is also called:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

Energy of sound waves is proportional to:

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