MCQs on Physics

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1. What is the term for a reaction in which two nuclei combine to form a more massive nucleus?

A) Chemical reaction
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Radioactive decay

Correct Answer: C) Nuclear fusion
Explanation: Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles. The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the release or the absorption of energy.

2. What is the term used to describe the process by which water vapor changes directly into ice without first becoming liquid?

A) Sublimation
B) Deposition
C) Condensation
D) Freezing

Correct Answer: B) Deposition
Explanation: Deposition is the phase transition in which gas transforms into solid without passing through the liquid phase.

3. Which law states that the total pressure exerted by a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual component in a gas mixture?

A) Dalton’s law of partial pressures
B) Gay-Lussac’s law
C) Charles’s law
D) Avogadro’s law

Correct Answer: A) Dalton’s law of partial pressures
Explanation: Dalton’s law of partial pressures states that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of individual gases.

4. What is defined as the capacity to do work?

A) Power
B) Energy
C) Force
D) Momentum

Correct Answer: B) Energy
Explanation: Energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed.

5. What is the term used to describe the movement of thermal energy from a hotter object to a cooler one?

A) Convection
B) Conduction
C) Radiation
D) Insulation

Correct Answer: B) Conduction
Explanation: Conduction is the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules. Conduction occurs more readily in solids and liquids, where the particles are closer together.

6. What is the unit of measure for the strength of a magnetic field?

A) Tesla
B) Coulomb
C) Ohm
D) Hertz

Correct Answer: A) Tesla
Explanation: The tesla (symbol: T) is the unit of magnetic flux density (magnetic induction) in the International System of Units. One tesla is equal to one weber per square meter.

7. What is the term used to describe a solid's change directly into a gas, skipping the liquid state?

A) Freezing
B) Melting
C) Sublimation
D) Deposition

Correct Answer: C) Sublimation
Explanation: Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, bypassing the liquid state.

8. What is the term for the speed at which light waves propagate through different materials?

A) Light speed
B) Refraction index
C) Optical density
D) Phase velocity

Correct Answer: D) Phase velocity
Explanation: Phase velocity is the rate at which the phase of the wave propagates in space. This is the speed at which the phase of any one frequency component of the wave travels.

9. What phenomenon occurs when a wave source moves towards an observer, compressing the wavelengths and increasing the observed frequency?

A) Redshift
B) Blueshift
C) Doppler effect
D) Refraction

Correct Answer: B) Blueshift
Explanation: Blueshift occurs when a wave source moves towards an observer, effectively compressing the wavelengths and increasing the frequency of the waves. This is a specific type of the broader Doppler effect.

10. Which law relates the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature?

A) Charles’s Law
B) Boyle’s Law
C) Gay-Lussac’s Law
D) Avogadro’s Law

Correct Answer: B) Boyle’s Law
Explanation: Boyle’s Law states that the pressure of a given mass of an enclosed gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature.

11. What type of mirror forms a virtual image larger than the object?

A) Flat mirror
B) Convex mirror
C) Concave mirror
D) None of the above

Correct Answer: C) Concave mirror
Explanation: When placed at a certain distance shorter than the focal length, a concave mirror forms a virtual and magnified image of the object.

12. Which device converts sound energy into electrical energy?

A) Loudspeaker
B) Microphone
C) Amplifier
D) Transducer

Correct Answer: B) Microphone
Explanation: A microphone converts sound waves into electrical signals, which can then be amplified, recorded, or transmitted.

13. What property of a wave is directly proportional to its frequency?

A) Amplitude
B) Speed
C) Wavelength
D) Energy

Correct Answer: D) Energy
Explanation: The energy of a wave is directly proportional to its frequency, with higher frequencies having more energy.

14. Which phenomenon is observed when a fluid flows at a speed greater than the speed of sound in that medium?

A) Subsonic flow
B) Supersonic flow
C) Transonic flow
D) Hypersonic flow

Correct Answer: B) Supersonic flow
Explanation: Supersonic flow occurs when a fluid or an object moves faster than the speed of sound in that fluid, often accompanied by a shock wave.

15. What is the physical effect that causes a spinning ball to follow a curved path?

A) Magnus effect
B) Doppler effect
C) Coriolis effect
D) Venturi effect

Correct Answer: A) Magnus effect
Explanation: The Magnus effect is the phenomenon where a spinning object moving in a fluid creates a whirlpool of fluid around itself, leading to a force perpendicular to the direction of motion.

16. Which unit is used to measure electric power?

A) Joule
B) Watt
C) Ohm
D) Ampere

Correct Answer: B) Watt
Explanation: The watt is the unit of power in the International System of Units (SI) and is equivalent to one joule per second.

17. What do you call the electrical resistance within a closed loop of an electric circuit?

A) Reactance
B) Impedance
C) Conductance
D) Resistance

Correct Answer: B) Impedance
Explanation: Impedance is the measure of the opposition that a circuit presents to a current when a voltage is applied. It generalizes the concept of electrical resistance to AC circuits, and can include reactance.

18. What phenomenon occurs when light passes from a medium with a given refractive index to a medium with a lower refractive index at an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle?

A) Total internal reflection
B) Partial reflection
C) Refraction
D) Diffraction

Correct Answer: A) Total internal reflection
Explanation: Total internal reflection occurs when light strikes the boundary between two media at an angle greater than the critical angle, resulting in all the light being reflected back into the original medium.

19. Which phenomenon explains the backward force felt when holding a fire hose that ejects water at high speed?

A) Newton’s third law of motion
B) Conservation of momentum
C) Bernoulli’s principle
D) Pascal’s law

Correct Answer: A) Newton’s third law of motion
Explanation: Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This explains the backward force experienced when water is ejected forward from a hose.

20. What is the term for materials that can be magnetized or strongly attracted to a magnet?

A) Diamagnetic
B) Paramagnetic
C) Ferromagnetic
D) Antiferromagnetic

Correct Answer: C) Ferromagnetic
Explanation: Ferromagnetic materials are those that can be magnetized or are strongly attracted to a magnet, such as iron, nickel, and cobalt.

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