Solved MCQs Of Physics Class 10 with Answers | Chapter Wise
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We have covered the following chapters of grade 10 physics in our solved MCQs of class 10.
- Sound MCQs
- Geometric Optics MCQs
- Electrostatics MCQs
- Current Electricity MCQs
- Electromagnetism MCQs
- Introductory Electronics MCQs
- Information and Communication Technology MCQs
- Radioactivity MCQs
Chapter 1
1: The mathematical form of simple harmonic motion is______.
- a) a∝ x
- b) a∝-x
- c) a∝x-1
- d) a∝ x²
b) a∝-x
2: The unit of spring constant (K) is:
- a) N/m
- b) Nm
- c) Nm²
- d) None of above
3: A wave transports_________.
- a) Energy
- b) Matter
- c) Both a and b
- d) Air
a) Energy
4: The bending of waves around the edges of the obstacle is:
- a) Reflection
- b) Refraction
- c) Diffraction
- d) Damping
c) Diffraction
5: Which of the following does not affect the period of the mass-spring system?
- a) mass
- b) spring constant
- c) amplitude
- d) all
c) amplitude
6: An object of mass m oscillates on the end of a spring. To double the period, replace the object with one of the masses:
- a) 2m
- b) m/2
- c) 4m
- d) m/4
c) 4m
7: A car mounted on shock absorbers is like a mass on a spring. If we ignore damping, how will the frequency of oscillations change if passengers are added to the car? the frequency will :
- a) increase
- b) decrease
- c) stay the same
- d) zero
b) decrease
8: If the pendulum completes exactly 12 cycles in 2 min, what is the frequency of the pendulum?
- a) 0.10 Hz
- b) 0.17 Hz
- c) ) 6 Hz
- d) 10 Hz
a) 0.10 Hz
9: A certain pendulum has an iron bob. When the iron bob is replaced with a lead bob of the same size, its time period will:
- a) stay the same
- b) Decrease
- c) Increase
- d) be zero
a) stay the same
10: The sound that has a frequency above ________ is known as ultrasound.
- a) 20kHz
- b) 40kHz
- c) 60kHz
- d) 80kHz
a) 20kHz
Chapter 2
11: Sound depends on_________.
- a) pitch
- b) loudness
- c) amplitude
- d) All of these
d) All of these
12: The sensation felt by our ears is known as:
- a) Sound
- b) Intensity
- c) Intensity level
- d) Echo
a) Sound
13: The minimum distance for echo to be heard is:
- a) 17.15m
- b) 17m
- c) 16m
- d) 18m
b) 17m
14: The intensity of a sound wave increases by 1000W/m². What is this increase equal to in decibels?
- a) 10
- b) 20
- c) 30
- d) 40
c) 30
15: An echo occurs when a sound wave is:
- a) Absorbed
- b) Transmitted
- c) Reflected
- d) Refracted
c) Reflected
16: Compared with a sound of 60 decibels, a sound of 80 decibels has an intensity times greater.
- a) 10
- b) 100
- c) 1000
- d) 10000
b) 100
17: The loudness of a sound is most closely related to its___________.
- a) frequency
- b) period
- c) wavelength
- d) amplitude
d) amplitude
18: Various instruments sound different even when they play the same note due to differences in:
- a) pitch
- b) loudness
- c) quality
- d) intensity
a) pitch
19: Humans can hear a sound that is:
- a) Less than 20 Hz
- b) Between 20Hz & 20KHz
- c) Greater than 20KHz
- d) None of these
b) Between 20Hz & 20KHz
20: The speed of sound on a warm day when the outdoor temperature is 38C° is:
- a) 331m/s
- b) 345m/s
- c) 354m/s
- d) 362m/s
c) 354m/s
Chapter 3
21: Minimum echo distance is reduced in:
- a) Summer
- b) Winter
- c) Spring
- d) Space
b) Winter
22: Which of the following cannot transmit sound?
- a) Solid
- b) Liquid
- c) Gas
- d) Vacuum
d) Vacuum
23: The bouncing back of light rays from the surface of a certain medium is known as:
- a) Reflection
- b) Refraction
- c) Diffraction
- d) Absorption
a) Reflection
24: First law of reflection is:
- a) <i=<r
- b) <i≠<r
- c) n=sinθ1/sinθ2
- d) n=c/v
a)
25: The reciprocal of focal length of the lens is known as:
- a) Power
- b) Radius
- c) Pole
- d) Focal point
a) Power
26: The ratio between size of image and size of object is known as:
- a) Magnification
- b) Momentum
- c) Both a & b
- d) None
a) Magnification
27: If the angle of incidence is 30° the angle of reflection will be:
- a) 30
- b) 45
- c) 90
- d) 210
a) 30
28: When “r” is the radius of curvature of concave mirror, real diminished image will be formed when the object is at:
- a) d0>r
- b) d0=r
- c) r>d0 >f
- d) d0=f
a) d0>r
29: The focal length of convex mirror with radius of curvature 10cm is:
- a) +10cm
- b) +5cm
- c) -10cm
- d) -5cm
c) -10cm
30: An object is placed 7cm from a concave mirror whose radius of curvature is 10cm, the image formed will be:
- a) Real and upright
- b) Virtual & upright
- c) Real & inverted
- d) Virtual & inverted
c) Real & inverted
Chapter 4
31: Which one of the following materials will refract light more?
- a) Water
- b) Glass
- c) Air
- d) Diamond
d) Diamond
32: A convex lens with focal length 8cm has the power of lens:
- a) 2.05D
- b) 4D
- c) 12.5D
- d) 16D
c) 12.5 D
33: If the distance from your eyes lens to the retina is shorter than for a normal eye, you will struggle to see objects that are:
- a) Nearby
- b) Colorful
- c) Far away
- d) Moving fast
c) Far away
34: Who benefits more from using a magnifying glass, a person whose near point is located at a distance away from the eyes of:
- a) 75cm
- b) 50cm
- c) 35cm
- d) 25cm
d) 25cm
35: The human eye forms the image of an object at its:
- a) Iris
- b) Retina
- c) Pupil
- d) Cornea
b) Retina
36: For free space or air the value of Coulomb, s constant (k) is:
- a) 9×109Nm2c-2
- b) 9×10-9
- c) 9×108
- d) None of these
9×109Nm2c-2
37: The S I unit of electric field intensity is:
- a) N/C
- b) NC
- c) C
- d) N
a) N/C
38: Electric field intensity is a quantity:
- a) Vector
- b) Scalar
- c) Base
- d) Both a & c
a) Vector
39: S I unit of electric potential is:
- a) Volt
- b) C
- c) J/C
- d) Both a & c
a) Volt
40: The Unit of capacitance is:
- a) Farad
- b) C/V
- c) Capacity
- d) Both a & b
a) Farad
Chapter 5
41: In series combination of capacitors path for the flow of charges is:
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) 5
a) 1
42: In parallel combination of capacitors, Potential difference remains:
- a) Divided
- b) Undivided
- c) Unknown
- d) None
b) Undivided
43: When combing our hairs, we shift electrons from our hair onto the comb. The charge on our hairs is:
- a) Positive
- b) Negative
- c) Zero
- d) Infinite
a) Positive
44: The unit of charge is:
- a) Farad
- b) Coulomb
- c) Volt
- d) Electron Volt
b) Coulomb
45: If the distance between two charged particles is halved, the coulomb force betwee two charged particles becomes:
- a) Half
- b) One quarter
- c) Double
- d) Four times
d) Four times
46: The value of coulomb constant k, depends on:
- a) Value of charges
- b) Material medium
- c) Separation between charges
- d) All of these
b) Material medium
47: An additional capacitor is added to a group of capacitors already connected in series the equivalent capacitance:
- a) Increase
- b) Stay same
- c) Decrease
- d) Goes to zero
c) Decrease
48: A capacitor C has a charge Q, the actual charges on its plates are:
- a) Q, Q
- b) Q, 0
- c) Q, – Q
- d) Q/2 , – Q/2
c) Q,-Q
49: Current electricity is also known as:
- a) Electrodynamics
- b) Dynamics
- c) Kinematics
- d) None of these
a) Electrodynamics
50: The unit of current is:
- a) Ampere
- b) Coulomb
- c) C/S
- d) Both a & c
d) Both a 7 c
Chapter 6
51: Conventional current is due to the flow of:
- a) Electron
- b) Proton
- c) Neutron
- d) Photon
b) Proton
52: Kilowatt hour is the unit of:
- a) Energy
- b) Work
- c) Time
- d) Power
a) Energy
53: Batteries are rated with unit ampere –hour, it is the unit of:
- a) Charge
- b) Current
- c) Power
- d) Energy
a) Charge
54: When connected to a battery, a light bulb glows brightly, if the battery is reversed and connected to the bulb, the bulb will glow:
- a) Brighter
- b) Dimmer
- c) With the same brightness
- d) Fuse
c) With the same brightness
55: The resistance of wire will decrease by increasing:
- a) Temperature
- b) Length
- c) Diameter
- d) Both a & b
c) Diameter
56: The wire made from which of the following material is a conductor:
- a) Glass
- b) Rubber
- c) Silver
- d) Silk
c) Silver
57: The current which reverses direction after regular interval of time is:
- a) DC
- b) AC
- c) Conventional current
- d) Both a & b
b) AC
58: The device that is used to protect a circuit against overload is:
- a) Heater
- b) Fuse
- c) Lamp
- d) All of these
b) Fuse
59: Two resisters of 1 ohm are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance is:
- a) 2Ω
- b) 1.5 Ω
- c) 1Ω
- d) 0.5Ω
d) 0.5Ω
- a) 3600 W
- b) 1000 J
- c) 3.6×106
- d) 0.36 hrs
c) 3.6×106
Chapter 7
61: A current carrying wire in which current flow in northward direction is deflected towards the east by a magnetic force. The direction of the magnetic field is:
- a) Straight up
- b) Straight down
- c) South
- d) West
a) Straight up
62: Which derived unit is equivalent to Tesla T ?
- a) Nm/A
- b) NA/m
- c) N/Am
- d) Am/N
c) N/Am
63: The unit of inductance, the Henry, is equivalent to:
- a) Vs/A
- b) VA/m
- c) As/V
- d) V/A
a) Vs/A
64: When the speed at which a magnet is moved through a coil is increased, the induced voltage?
- a) Increases
- b) Remain the same
- c) Decrease
- d) Goes to 0
a) Increases
65: Slip rings are part of:
- a) DC motor
- b) AC generator
- c) Transformer
- d) Magnet
b) AC generrator
66: A transformer is used for:
- a) Both DC and AC
- b) AC voltage
- c) DC voltages
- d) Farming
b) AC voltage
67: Cathode rays are beam of:
- a) Protons
- b) Electrons
- c) Ions
- d) Neutrons
b) Electrons
68: If the electric field is applied parallel to the direction of electron beam, the electrons will:
- a) Speed up
- b) Slow down
- c) Deflect
- d) Not change its state
b) Slow down
69: If magnetic field is applied parallel to the direction of electron beam, the electrons will:
- a) Speed up
- b) Slow down
- c) Deflect
- d) Not change its state
d) Not change its state
70: The Boolean equation for OR gate is:
- a) X=AB
- b) X= A+B
- c) X=A-B
- d) A/B
b) X=A+B
Chapter 8
71: What is the number of neutrons in the Plutonium 24292 Pu?
- a) 92
- b) 142
- c) 150
- d) 242
c) 150
72: Which one or more the three decay processes ( α,β,γ) results in a new element?
- a) Only α
- b) Only β
- c) Only γ
- d) α and β
d) α and β
73: What type of nuclear decay leaves the number of protons and neutrons unchanged?
- a) Alpha decay
- b) Beta decay
- c) Gamma Decay
- d) Both a & b
c) Gamma Decay
74: Radium 226 decays by emitting an alpha particle. What is the daughter nucleus?
- a) Rd
- b) Rn
- c) Bi
- d) Pb
b) Rn
75: Origin of energy from the sun and stars is:
- a) Fission
- b) Fusion
- c) Carbon dating
- d) Radioactivity
76: A sample starts with 1000 radioactive atoms. How many half lives have elapsed when 750 atoms have decayed?
- a) 0.25
- b) 1.5
- c) 2
- d) 2.5
c) 2
77: 39Ar is an isotope with a half life of 269 years. It will reduce to half in:
- a) 134.5min
- b) 134.5 years
- c) 269 min
- d) 269 years
d) 269 years
78: The components of information and communication systems are humans, hardware, software, producers, and_______.
- a) Computers
- b) Fields
- c) Signals
- d) Data/information
d) Data/Information
79: Electric or electromagnetic representations of data or information is termed as:
- a) Computer
- b) Signal
- c) Transmission
- d) Software
b) Signal
Chapter 9
80: The phenomenon of total internal reflection is used in transmission of signal through__________.
- a) Electric wires
- b) Optical fibers
- c) Electromagnetic waves
- d) Radio
b) Optical fibers
81: Electrical conductor or system of conductors used either for radiating electromagnetic energy or for collecting electromagnetic energy is:
- a) Antenna
- b) Satellite
- c) Repeater
- d) Signal
a) Antenna
82: Software that allows users to interact with computer system is:
- a) Hardware
- b) Application
- c) Operating system
- d) Program
c) Operating System
83: Which of the following information storage device has no moving parts to store and retrieve information:
- a) CD /DVD
- b) Hard Drive
- c) Flash Drive
- d) Floppy
b) Hard Drive
84: Telephone communication is the example of transmission of signals through:
- a) Electric wires
- b) Optical fibers
- c) Electromagnetic waves
- d) All
d) All
85: The time period of second pendulum is:
- a) 2s
- b) 1s
- b) 3s
- d) 1.5s
a) 2s
86: If 20 waves passes through the medium in 1s with the speed of 20m/s then the Wavelength is :
- a) 2m
- b) 400m
- c) 20m
- d) 1m
d) 1m
87: Which type of wave is longitudinal?
- a) Light wave
- b) Radio wave
- c) Sound wave
- d) Water wave
c) Sound Wave
88: __________ is commonly refers to electromagnetic radiation.
- a) Light
- b) Sound
- c) Energy
- d) None of these
a) Light
89: A convex lens is of focal length 10cm.Its power is:
- a) 20 diopters
- b) 15 diopters
- c) 50 diopters
- d) 10 diopters
d) 10 diopters
90: The device which stores charge is known as:
- a) Conductor
- b) Electroscope
- c) Insulator
- d) Capacitor
d) Capacitor
Chapter 10
91: One volt is=
- a) One J/C
- b) One WC
- c) One N/C
- d) W/C
a) One J/C
92: Which of the following represent an ohm?
- a) V/A
- b) J/S
- c) W/A
- d) J/C
a) V/A
93: The rate at which a resistor changes electrical energy to heat can be calculated using relation:
- a) P=IV
- b) P=I²R
- c) P=V²/R
- d) All of them
b) P=I²R
94: Lenz law follows the law of conservation of:
- a) Mass
- b) Charge
- c) Energy
- d) Momentum
c) Energy
95: The frequency of A.C in Pakistan is:
- a) 40 Hz
- b) 50 Hz
- c) 60 Hz
- d) 70 Hz
b) 50 Hz
96: The shape of magnetic lines of forces in case of a straight current carrying conductor is:
- a) Elliptical
- b) Triangular
- c) Rectangular
- d) Circular
d) Circular
97: The process in which electrons are emitted by a hot metal filament is:
- a) Convection
- b) Conduction
- c) Radiation
- d) Thermionic emission
d) Thermionic emsission
98: Which one is output device :
- a) Keyboard
- b) Monitor
- c) C.P.U
- d) Mouse
b) Moniter
99: The diameter of an atom is:
- a) 10-12cm
- b) 10-16cm
- c) 10-18cm
- d) None of these
d) None
100: The atomic mass number A of an element is equal to:
- a) A+Z
- b) Z+ N
- c) Z-N
- d) A-N
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