Brookfield College, RYK

Student name:____________ class____________

Subject: Physics
Important Short Questions
Second Year

NOTE: All questions from exercise are compulsory and important.

Chapter # 12 (Electrostatics)
1) What is relative permittivity? Write Coulomb’s force in terms of relative
permittivity.
2) Define electric field. Write its formula and unit.
3) Define Electric field strength or electric field intensity.
4) What are electric field lines?
5) Write properties of electric field lines.
6) Write working principles of Xerography and Inkjet Printer.
7) Electric flux (Define, Equation and Unit)
8) Discuss different cases of electric flux.
9) Calculate electric flux through a surface enclosing charge.
10) Gauss’s Law (Statement and equation).
11) What is Gaussian Surface?
12) Define volt. Write its equation.
13) Differentiate between Electric Potential and Potential Difference.
14) Define potential gradient. Also write its equation.
15) Define electron Volt (eV).
16) Prove that (volt/meter)= (Newton/coulomb)
17) Define capacitance and its unit. Also write its equation.
18) Comparison between Gravitational and Electric Forces. (Similarities and
differences)
19) What is dielectric constant? Write its equation.
20) Calculate energy stored in capacitor.
21) What is meant by time constant of charging and discharging of capacitor?
22) Prove that RC=t.

Chapter # 13 (Current Electricity)

1) Define Electric current and its unit. Also write its equation.
2) Differentiate between conventional current and electronic current.
3) What are free electrons?
4) What is meant by drift velocity of electron?
5) Define source of current. Give examples
6) What is electrolyte? Define electrolysis.
7) What is electroplating?
 Brookfield College, RYK
Student name:____________ class____________
Subject: Physics
Important Short Questions
Second Year

8) Write equivalent resistance equations for series and parallel combination of

resistors.
9) Define resistance and its unit. Also write its equation
10) How color bands of carbon resistances can be interpreted?
11) Define tolerance. Write its value for Gold, Silver and no color band
12) What are thermistors? Write its applications.
13) Define electrical power of battery. Write its equation.
14) Differentiate between Electromotive force (emf) and potential difference.
15) Briefly explain maximum power output delivered to load.
16) Write the rules for finding the potential changes in circuit.

Chapter # 14(Electromagnetism)
1) State right hand rule.
2) Shortly explain the factors upon which force on a current carrying conductor in
uniform magnetic field depends.
3) What is magnetic flux density? Write its equation and units.
4) Define magnetic flux. Discuss its cases.
5) State Ampere’s Law. Also write its equation.
6) What is Lorentz force? Write its equation.
7) What is C.R.O.? Write working principle and function of its components.
8) Write uses of C.R.O.
9) Explain sensitivity of Galvanometer.
10) How galvanometer is converted into Ammeter, Voltmeter and ohmmeter?
11) What is shunt resistance? Write its equation.
12) Write a note on digital multimeter (DMM)?

Chapter # 15 (Electromagnetic Induction)

1) Define Electromagnetic induction.
2) How induced current in a closed circuit can be increased?
3) What is motional EMF? Write its equation.
4) State Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction. Derive its relation.
5) State Lenz’s law. How it is accordance of law of conservation of energy?
6) Define unit of inductance (Henry). Write its equation.
7) Differentiate between A.C and D.C.
8) Differentiate between step-up and step-down transformer.
9) What are eddy currents?
 Brookfield College, RYK
Student name:____________ class____________
Subject: Physics
Important Short Questions
Second Year

10) What are line losses in power transmission? How these can be minimized?
11) What is ideal transformer? What is meant by efficiency of transformer?
12) How efficiency of a transformer can be increased?

Chapter # 16 (Alternating Current)

1) What is meant by instantaneous value of voltage or current in a circuit?
2) Differentiate between peak and peak to peak value of voltage or current.
3) What is Root Mean Square (RMS) value? Write equation for current and voltage
4) What is meant by phase of A.C? Explain phase lead and phase lag.
5) Define A.C circuits. Give examples.
6) What is impedance of circuit? Write its equation and unit.
7) Explain power in A.C circuits.
8) Write the advantages of three phase A.C supply.
9) Write principle of metal detectors.
10) What is choke?
11) What is modulation of a signal?

Chapter # 17 (Physics of Solids)

1) What is crystal Lattice?
2) Why strain has no units?
3) Differentiate between Elasticity and plasticity.
4) What is meant by Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS)?

Chapter # 18 (Electronics)
1) How a p-n junction is Forward Biased or Reverse Biased?
2) Write a note on Light Emitting Diode (LED).
3) Write a note on Photo Diode.
4) Write a note on Photo-Voltaic cell.
5) What is transistor? Define its types.
6) Explain different regions of transistor.
7) How a transistor is Forward Biased or Reverse Biased?
8) Define op-amp. What is meant by inverting and on-inverting input terminal?
9) Write characteristics of op-amp.
 Brookfield College, RYK
Student name:____________ class____________
Subject: Physics
Important Short Questions
Second Year

Chapter # 19 (Dawn Of Modern Physics)

1) Questions from exercise.

Chapter # 20 (Atomic Spectra)

1) Questions from exercise.

Chapter # 21 (Nuclear Physics)

1) Questions from exercise.

Written By: Prof. Arslan Riaz (HOD Physics, Brookfield College)

Proof Read By: Prof. Fizza Zafar (Brookfield College)

Prof. Hafiz Ahmad Murtaza (Ex. Prof. of Brookfield College)

Supervisor: - Prof. Kashif Shareef (Khawaja Fareed College)

Best of luck!