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

When the output power equals to one-half of the input power, efficiency of the transformer becomes:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Work, Power and Energy

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

A force F = 0.12 N is applied on a spring and the spring elongates by 3 cm. The specific constant of the spring is?

NUMS 2017
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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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 5 Class 11

1 radian = _____ degrees.

NTS 2012
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

What is dimension of coefficient of viscosity?

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

Candela is the luminous intensity, in the perpendicular direction of a surface _________ square meter of a black body at the temperature of freezing platinum under a pressure of 101325 newtons per square meter.

NTS 2013
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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Category: Physics

Half-life of iodine-131 is 8 days. If 20mg is present initially. How much iodine is left behind after 2 half-lives?

NUMS Mock 1
Physics
Nuclear Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

The fractional change in resistance per kelvin is known as:

NUMS 2016
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

For the first time in 1914, Henry Moseley used X-rays for the determination of:

NTS 2018
Chemistry
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

Half wave voltage multipliers can provide what degree of voltage multiplication?

PMC Practice 4
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics

1m = inches

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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
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

A nucleus consists of 19 protons and 20 neutrons. The conventional symbol of this nucleus is:

NTS 2013
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

What would be Compton Wave shift if X-rays are scattered at an angle of 90 degree?

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

the value of permeability

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

What are the units of a and b In v = a + bt, where unit of v=ms^-1 and t=s

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

A torold is?  l• A circular ring shape of a coil. II- A solenoid bent In shape of a circle. a) I only b) II only

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The path difference for the constructive interference is:

NUMS 2018
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

Rate of change in displacement is known as:

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics

The energy stored inside a capacitor is given by the relation:

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Electrostatics

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

A half-wave rectifier uses:

PMC Practice 13
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

Current that fluctuates periodically with time is ——

PMC Practice 4
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

If capacitor is connected with battery and is fully charged then

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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

Equation of SHM, with amplitude ‘a’ is given by:

NUMS 2015
Physics
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

AC is converted to D.C by:

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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 3 Class 11

The laws of motion show the relation between

 

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Category: Physics Ch 14 Class 12

If the current in the wire is directed into the page, and the wire is held perpendicular to the page, then the direction of magnetic circles will be:

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

Two resistors R1 and R2 may be connected either in series or in parallel across a battery of zero internal resistance. It is required that the joule heating for parallel combination be five times that for series combination. If R1 = 100Ω, find possible values of R2.

NTS 2013
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

If the velocity v being a vector quantity is multiplied to scaler quantity mass, the result will be:

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A 100 watt bulb is operated by 240 volts, the current through the bulb will be:

NTS 2012
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics

Why picture on a TV screen become distorted when a magnet is brought near the screen?

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

What is 1 radian in degrees approximately

PMC Sample 3
Physics
Measurements
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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

The resultant of two forces has magnitude of 20N . if one of the forces is of magnitude 20√3 N and makes an angle of 30o with the resultant then, the other forces must be of magnitude:

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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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

Q.157 Acceleration of a moving car when brakes are applied is

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

An astronomical telescope has Magnifying power 5. If the focal length is 20 cm then what is the focal length of the objective?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Physics
Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments
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Category: Physics

Q.142 Three charges +3q+q and Q are placed on a straight line with equal separation. In order to make the net force on q to be zero, the value or Q will be

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

A special class of waves that does not need a material medium for their propagation are called

NTS 2013
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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Category: Physics

Q.117 100 W heater is used for 5 minutes to heat some water from 20C to 50C. What is the mass of water which is heated? Specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J/gC.

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

In order to produce pair production the minimum energy of photon required is:

NTS 2019
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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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

In electronic circuits, a PN junction diode is used to convert alternating current into direct current. This process is called:

NTS 2018
Physics
Alternating Current
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Flux passing through an area does not depend upon

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Category: Physics

Q.148 Which of the following can have negative temperature of coefficient?

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

Maximum efficiency of half wave rectifier is:

PMC Practice 11
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

If placed in contact, the focal length of the combination of two convex lenses of equal focal lengths f,
will be

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Category: Physics

A parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance C. If the distance between the two plates is halved, the capacitance will be?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Electrostatics

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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

Two spheres of the same size, one of mass 5 kg and the other of mass 50 g are dropped simultaneously from a tower. When they are about to touch the ground, they have the same:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Gravitation

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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

car travels a distance of 350 miles in 5.0 hours find its average speed.

 

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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

A wire of area of cross section ‘A’ and original length ‘l’ is subjected to a load
‘L’. A second wire of the same material with an area is ‘2A’ and length ‘2l’ is
subjected to the same load ‘L’. If the extension in the first wire is ‘X’ and the second
wire is ‘Y’, find the ratio ‘X/Y’.

UHS 2015
Physics
Physics of Solids
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A body with constant speed can still be accelerating. This statement Is:

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Category: Physics

The half life of C14 is about:

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Nuclear Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 17 Class 12

A wire is stretched by a force which causes an extension. The energy is stored in it only when:

UHS 2011
Physics
Physics of Solids
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A body of mass m moving with velocity v has a kinetic energy. If its velocity is increased 25%. what will be the new K.E?

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

When semi-conductors dopped In
then they are p-type

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Category: Physics Ch 13 Class 12

A battery has an e.m.f. of 4 V and internal resistance ‘r’. When this battery is connected to an internal resistance of 2 ohms, a current of 1 amp flows in the circuit. How much current will flow if the terminals of the battery are connected directly:-

NTS 2010
Physics
Current Electricity
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Category: Physics

An emf of 120 volts of negligible internal resistance is connected across a resistance of 1000 ohm. The current flowing through the circuit will be:

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Current Electricity

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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

If the amplitude is 200, the intensity is 300 when the amplitude is increased to 800 then what will be the intensity?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Fluid Dynamics

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

X-rays have frequency greater than

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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 0.1s. If an average e.m.f of 200 volts is induced, what is the self-inductance of the circuit?

NTS 2014
Physics
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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Category: Physics

The 10 nanofarad (10×10-9 F) parallel plate capacitor holds a charge of magnitude 50uc on each plate. If the plates are separated by a distance of 0.885mm, what is the area of each plate?

NUMS Mock 3
Physics
Electrostatics

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Category: Physics Ch 16 Class 12

Impedance in RLC series circuit Is given by

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Category: Physics Ch 9 Class 11

If the grating element is made 1/10th the resolving power will become

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Category: Physics

In hot day white clothes are worn because they are good

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

An element whose atomic number is same but mass number is different is called:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 20 Class 12

Find the longest wavelength in the Paschen series, given R = 1.097 x 107m-1.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Physics
Atomic Spectra
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Category: Physics Ch 3 Class 11

A particle is travelling along a straight line OX. The distance x (in metre) of the particle from O at a time ′t′ is given by x = 37 +27t – t3 , where ‘t’ is time in seconds. The distance of the particle from O, when it comes to rest is:

NUMS 2014
Physics
Forces and Motion
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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

The half-life of C14 is approximately 5,730 years, while the half-life of C12 is essentially infinite. If the ratio of C14 to C12 in a certain sample is 25% less than the normal ratio in nature, how old is the sample?

NTS 2013
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 11 Class 11

Law of heat exchange is used to determine:

NTS 2018
Physics
Heat and Thermodynamics
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Category: Physics Ch 7 Class 11

If the length of simple pendulum is increased to 6 time; and g reduces to 3 times, then time period will be?

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

Let X be a radioactive element having No nuclei. The time required to decay this element to one half of its initial number No is known as:

NTS 2018
Physics
Nuclear Physics
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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

A shot leaves a gun at the rate of 160m/s. Calculate the greatest distance to which it could be projected and the height to which it would rise: (g=10 m/s2)

NTS 2010
Physics
Motion in Two Dimensions
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Category: Physics

Radioactive elements emit:

NUMS Mock 2
Physics
Nuclear Physics

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

What will be the energy of an X-ray quantum of wave length 1.0 x 10-10 m?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Physics
Dawn of Modern Physics
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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 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 10 Class 11

Spherical aberration can be reduced by using

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Category: Physics Ch 2 Class 11

Vector is quantity that ——

PMC Practice 4
Physics
Scalars and Vectors
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Category: Physics Ch 1 Class 11

Least count of micrometer screw gauge is

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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

If two charged conductors are joined by wire, then which of following will happen?

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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A car 500 kg is travelling at a constant speed of 9 m/s round a curve of 100m. What is the centripetal force?

NTS 2019
Physics
Circular Motion and Momentum
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Category: Physics

Q.151 The output voltage of a rectifier is

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Category: Physics Ch 21 Class 12

What’s relation between penetrating power and Ionization power

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Category: Physics Ch 10 Class 11

If d is the distance of distinct vision, the magnifying power of a magnifying glass of focal length f is

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Category: Physics Ch 18 Class 12

Which two or more of the following actions would increase the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor when a constant potential difference is applied across the plates:

PMC Practice 5
Physics
Electronics
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

What is the change in kinetic energy of a proton when it is accelerated through a potential difference of 2MV?

PMC Sample 1
Physics
Electrostatics
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Category: Physics Ch 5 Class 11

A very large star of mass M and radius r undergoes a transformation into a neutron star. Assume that the mass remains constant while the radius of the star becomes 1/1,000 its original size, (1 × 10−3)r. How does the change in the radius of the star affect the force of gravity, Fg, acting between the star and a planet that is orbiting the star?

NUMS 2014
Physics
Gravitation
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Category: Physics Ch 12 Class 12

Unit of electric field is:

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

Microwave is:

2022 PMC Test 3
Physics
Electromagnetic Waves
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Category: Physics

Q.124 Motional emf can be produced with

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Category: Physics Ch 4 Class 11

The escape velocity of a body from the earth is Ve If the radius of the earth contracts to 1/4th its value, keeping the mass of the earth constant, the escape velocity will be

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Category: Physics Ch 19 Class 12

The maximum Compton shift Is at

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Category: Physics Ch 6 Class 11

Root mean square velocity of a gas having pressure ‘P’ and density ‘ρ’ is given
by:

UHS 2015
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
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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

A car at rest starts moving with linear uniformly increasing velocity. After 20 seconds, it attains the maximum velocity of 80 m/s. What is the distance covered during this time interval?

NUMS Mock 4
Physics
Forces and Motion

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Category: Physics Ch 15 Class 12

When a conductor moves In magnetic field the Induced emf Is

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Category: Physics Ch 8 Class 11

The six strings of a guitar are the same length under nearly the same tension, but they have different thicknesses. On which string do waves travel the fastest?

NUMS 2015
Physics
Wave Motion and Sound
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