Physics MCQs

Physics Objective (Multiple Choice) General Knowledge & General Science Questions & Answers for SSC-CGL, UPPSC, NDA, CDS and all one day examinations of India.

1. India’s first Nobel Prize for Physics was claimed in 1930 by the renowned physicist Sir C.V. Raman for his work in which among the following fields?
[A] Particle Physics
[B] Optics
[C] Thermodynamics
[D] Quantum Mechanics

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2. Which among the following sentence is correct reason behind the blue color of ocean water?
[A] Water molecules absorb all other colors except blue
[B] Impurities in Sea water reflect the blue light
[C] Water molecules scatter the blue light
[D] None of the above

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3. If earth stops rotating, the impact on weight of a body will be minimum on which among the following places?
[A] Equator
[B] North Pole
[C] Tropic of Cancer
[D] Tropic of Capricorn

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4. An object is executing uniform circular motion. Which of the following quantities remain(s) constant during the object’s motion?
[A] Velocity and acceleration
[B] Speed and velocity
[C] Speed and acceleration
[D] Speed only

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5. For any object on the surface of earth, which among the following properties will be directly proportional to each other?
[A] It’s acceleration and it’s mass
[B] It’s mass and it’s weight
[C] It’s weight and it’s acceleration
[D] It’s speed and it’s velocity

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6. In which among the following, the speed of sound would be maximum?
[A] Dry air at 0°C
[B] Dry air at 30°C
[C] Humid air at 0°C
[D] Humid air at 30°C

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7. Electron microscope works on which of the following principles?
[A] Optical interference
[B] Wave Nature of electrons
[C] Motion of charged particle in electromagnetic fields
[D] Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic induction

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8. Who among the following is credited for the discovery of ‘Expanding Universe’?
[A] Edwin Hubble
[B] Niels Bohr
[C] S Chandra Shekhar
[D] C.V Raman

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9. Which of the following is correct about the coefficient of limiting friction between any two surfaces in contact?
[A] it is equal to twice the tangent of angle of friction
[B] it is equal to twice the sine of angle of friction
[C] it is equal to the tangent of angle of friction
[D] it is equal to the sine of angle of friction

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10. The Universal Gravitational Constant for two bodies is dependent on which of the following?
[A] Nature of the bodies
[B] Size of the bodies
[C] Nature of medium between the bodies
[D] None of the above

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