MCQs on Physics

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1. What is the term used to describe the amount of matter in an object?

A) Weight
B) Mass
C) Density
D) Volume

Correct Answer: B) Mass
Explanation: Mass is a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration when a net force is applied. It also determines the strength of its mutual gravitational attraction to other bodies.

2. What is the term for the net force that is directed towards the center of a circle for an object moving in a circular path?

A) Centripetal force
B) Centrifugal force
C) Normal force
D) Tension force

Correct Answer: A) Centripetal force
Explanation: Centripetal force is the force that keeps a body moving with a uniform speed along a circular path and is directed inward towards the center of the circle.

3. What is defined as the energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface?

A) Kinetic energy
B) Potential energy
C) Thermal energy
D) Mechanical energy

Correct Answer: B) Potential energy
Explanation: Potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

4. Which device is used to measure the depth of the ocean?

A) Sonar
B) Radar
C) LiDAR
D) Barometer

Correct Answer: A) Sonar
Explanation: Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.

5. What do you call the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the external pressure surrounding the liquid?

A) Melting point
B) Freezing point
C) Boiling point
D) Flash point

Correct Answer: C) Boiling point
Explanation: The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the external pressure surrounding the liquid.

6. Which law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?

A) Newton’s first law of motion
B) Newton’s second law of motion
C) Newton’s third law of motion
D) Hooke’s law

Correct Answer: C) 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 means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects.

7. What is the minimum point of a transverse wave called?

A) Crest
B) Trough
C) Node
D) Antinode

Correct Answer: B) Trough
Explanation: The trough is the opposite of the crest, so it is the lowest point on a wave.

8. What is the device used to store an electric charge, typically consisting of two conductors separated by an insulator?

A) Resistor
B) Inductor
C) Capacitor
D) Transistor

Correct Answer: C) Capacitor
Explanation: A capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy in an electric field. It is a passive electronic component with two terminals.

9. What is the unit of measure for the rate of flow of electric charge?

A) Volt
B) Ampere
C) Coulomb
D) Ohm

Correct Answer: B) Ampere
Explanation: The ampere, often shortened to “amp,” is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units. It is named after André-Marie Ampère, one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.

10. Which phenomenon occurs when the vibrations of a body cause vibrations of a second body nearby, forcing it to vibrate at the same frequency?

A) Resonance
B) Harmonics
C) Interference
D) Beats

Correct Answer: A) Resonance
Explanation: Resonance occurs when the first object vibrates at the natural frequency of a second object, which causes the second object to vibrate at that frequency as well.

11. What is the term used to describe when the Moon completely covers the Sun during an astronomical event?

A) Solar eclipse
B) Lunar eclipse
C) Penumbral eclipse
D) Annular eclipse

Correct Answer: A) Solar eclipse
Explanation: A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.

12. Which device converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?

A) Motor
B) Generator
C) Battery
D) Transformer

Correct Answer: A) Motor
Explanation: An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. The reverse process, that of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, is accomplished by a generator or dynamo.

13. What is the spontaneous emission of particles or radiation from the nucleus of an unstable atom?

A) Radioactive decay
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Alpha decay

Correct Answer: A) Radioactive decay
Explanation: Radioactive decay is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with a neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, or a gamma ray or electron in the case of internal conversion.

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

A) Charles’s Law
B) Boyle’s Law
C) Avogadro’s Law
D) Dalton’s Law

Correct Answer: A) Charles’s Law
Explanation: Charles’s Law states that if the pressure of a gas is held constant, its volume is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.

15. What is the term used to describe the motion of a body when only gravitational forces are acting on it, without air resistance?

A) Projectile motion
B) Orbital motion
C) Free fall
D) Uniform motion

Correct Answer: C) Free fall
Explanation: Free fall is the motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it, as in the case of an object falling in a vacuum with no air resistance.

16. Which type of wave does not require a medium to travel through?

A) Sound wave
B) Seismic wave
C) Water wave
D) Electromagnetic wave

Correct Answer: D) Electromagnetic wave
Explanation: Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to travel through and can propagate through the vacuum of space.

17. What is the name of the current that changes direction periodically and is used predominantly in power supply systems?

A) Direct current (DC)
B) Alternating current (AC)
C) Pulsating current
D) Static current

Correct Answer: B) Alternating current (AC)
Explanation: Alternating current (AC) is the form of electric current that periodically reverses direction, whereas direct current (DC) flows only in one direction.

18. What is the name of the law that states that the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the mass of its particles?

A) Graham’s law of effusion
B) Charles’s law
C) Boyle’s law
D) Avogadro’s law

Correct Answer: A) Graham’s law of effusion
Explanation: Graham’s law states that the rate of effusion or of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the mass of its particles.

19. What do you call the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave?

A) Frequency
B) Amplitude
C) Wavelength
D) Wave speed

Correct Answer: C) Wavelength
Explanation: Wavelength is the distance between identical points (adjacent crests) in the adjacent cycles of a waveform signal propagated in space or along a wire.

20. Which type of bond is formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another?

A) Covalent bond
B) Ionic bond
C) Metallic bond
D) Hydrogen bond

Correct Answer: B) Ionic bond
Explanation: An ionic bond is a type of chemical bond that involves the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions, and is one of the main types of bonding along with covalent bonding.

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