TEST 2

PPSC PHYSICS
17-09-2022
INTERMEDIATE BOOK-II
Q.1 The charging or discharging rate of a capacitor depends upon
A) Resistance R C) Product of resistance and capacitance
B) Capacitance C D) Product of capacitance and potential
Q.2 The variation of electric potential “V” with distance “r” is given in the figure
shown. The value of electric field in the figure shown is maximum at:
A) Point A C) Point C
B) Point B D) Point D
Q.3 The electric field lines emerge from the point charge in:
A) Three dimensions C) Two dimensions
B) One-dimension D) All of above
Q.4 The given figure shows two particles, each with a charge of +Q, that are
located at the opposite corners of a square of side d. What is the direction of the
net electric field at point P?

A B C D

Q.5 A and B are two spherical conductors of the same extent and size. A is solid and B is hollow. Both are
charged to the same potential. If the charges on A and B are QA and Qs respectively, then
A) QA is less then QB C) QA = QB
B) QA is greater than QB but not double D) QA = 2QB
Q.6 The diagram above shows electric field lines in an isolated region of space
containing two small charged spheres Y and Z of same charge. Which of the
following statements is true?
A) The charge on Y is negative and the charge on Z is positive
B) The strength of the electric field is the same everywhere
C) The electric field is strongest midway between Y and Z
D) A small positively charged object placed at point X would tend to move toward the left
Q.7 The potentials of the two plates of capacitor are +10V and -10V. The charge on one of the plates is 40 C.
The capacitance of the capacitor is:
A) 2 F C) 4 F
B) 0.5 F D) Zero
Q.8 Two charges of 1 C and 5 C are placed at some distance in air, The ratio of the forces acting on them
A) 1 : 25 C) 1 : 1
B) 1 : 5 D) 5 : 1
Q.9 An isolated parallel plate capacitor has charge Q coulomb, potential V volt and energy E joule. A dielectric
slab is now inserted between the two plates. Then
A) V and E both decreases C) V and E both increases
B) V decreases and E increases D) V increases and E decreases
Q.10 Two similar capacitors are first connected in parallel and then in series. The capacitance in the two cases
are in the ratio
A) 4 : 1 C) 2:1
B) 1:4 D) 1:1
Q.11 Electric potential at a point distance 1m from 2 𝜇C charge is,
A) 1.8 x 104 V C) 1.8 x 102V
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B) 18 x 10 V D) 1.8 x 106V
Q.12 A parallel plate capacitor is charged, and the charging battery is then disconnected. If the plates of the
capacitor are moved closer by means of insulating handles, then
A) The charge on the capacitor increases C) The voltage across the plates decreases
B) The capacitance increases D) The voltage across the plates decreases
Q.13 Two-point charges are stationary and separated by a distance R. Which one of the following pairs of
charges would result in the largest magnitude of force?
A) –2q and +4q C) –3q and –2q
B) +3q and –2q D) +3q and +4q
Q.14 Which two resistor combinations have the same resistance between X and Y?

A) P and Q C) Q and R
B) P and S D) R and S
Q.15 A 60-watt light bulb carries a current of 0.5A. The total charge passing through it in one hour is:
A) 120C C) 3600C
B) 3000C D) 1800C
Q.16 By using only two resistors, R1 and R2, a student is able to obtain resistances of 3 Ω, 4Ω, 12Ω
and 16 Ω. The values of R1 and R2 (in ohms) are:
A) 3, 4 C) 2, 12
B) 3, 16 D) 4, 12
Q.17 For a short circuit, the current flowing through the circuit will be
A) Infinite C) Zero
B) Maximum D) Small but not zero
Q.18 V-I graphs for two conductors are shown. Which is more conductive?
A) line A C) Both A and B
B) line B D) Neither A nor B
Q.19 Which law can easily be applies to a parallel circuit for equivalent resistance?
A) KCL C) Ohm’s law
B) KVL D) Power law
Q.20 Under a matched source-load condition, a practical battery delivers of the total
power to the load.
A) 50 % C) 75 %
B) 100 % D) 25 %
Q.21 Three resistances are connected in series with a DC source such that R1 < R2 < R3. Which is true?
A) R3 consumes highest power C) All resistors consume same power
B) R1 consumes highest power D) R2 consumes highest power
Q.22 The resistivity of a material doubles for each 2 oC rise in temperature. Its temperature coefficient
of resistance is .
-1
A) 0.5 K C) 2 K-1
-1
B) 1 K D) 4 K-1
Q.23 A material with negative temperature coefficient has ability to measure temperature.
A) Very low C) High
B) Very high D) Moderate
Q.24 The material with very low temperature coefficient are stable.
A) Thermally C) Mechanically
B) Electrically D) Magnetically
Q.25 A rectangular loop of wire is placed midway between two long straight
parallel conductors as shown. The conductors carry currents i1 and i2, as
indicated. If i1 is increasing and i2 is constant, then the induced current
in the loop is:
A) zero C) counterclockwise
B) clockwise D) depends on i1 − i2
Q.26 A proton with velocity 𝑣⃗ enters a region of uniform magnetic induction 𝐵 ⃗⃗, with 𝑣⃗ perpendicular to
⃗⃗
𝐵 and describes a circle of radius R. If an 𝛼 −particle enters this region with the same velocity 𝑣⃗,
it describes a circle of radius
A) R/2 C) 2 R
B) 2 R D) 4 R
Q.27 Particles 1, 2 and 3 are moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic
      
field, then particle       
A) 1 is positively charged and particle 3 is negatively charged       
1
B) 1 is negatively charged and particle 3 is positively charged       
2      
C) 1 is negatively charged and particle 2 is neutral 3
D) 1 and 3 are positively charged and particle 2 is neutral
Q.28 A charged particle of mass m and charge q travels on a circular path of radius r that is perpendicular
to a magnetic field B. the time taken by the particle to complete one revolution is:
2𝜋𝑚 2rm
A) 𝑞𝐵 C)
2B
 2B 2r
B) D)
qm qB
Q.29 A positive charge is moving upwards vertically it enters a magnetic field directed to the north. The
force on the charge will be towards:
A) North C) East
B) South D) West
Q.30 A neutron, a proton, an electron and an -particle enter a region of uniform
magnetic field with equal velocities. The magnetic field is perpendicular to
paper and directed into the paper. The tracks of particles are labelled in
figure. The neutron follows the track:
A) track A C) track C
B) track B D) track D
Q.31 A proton and electron both moving with the same velocity v enter into a region of magnetic field
directed perpendicular to the velocity of the particles. They will now move in circular orbits such
that:
A) Their time periods will be same
B) The time period for proton will be higher
C) The time period for electron will be higher
D) Their orbital radii will be same
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Q.32 Np = 50, Ip = 20 A, Vp = 220 V and Vs = ?
A) 1100 V C) 11000 V
B) 500 V D) 1000 V
Q.33 If the North Pole of a magnet moves away from a metallic ring, then the current
flows viewed above:
A) Clockwise C) Anticlockwise
B) First clockwise and then anticlockwise D) No current is induced
Q.34 In a step-up transformer, the turns ratio is 1 : 2, A DC cell of emf 1.5 V is connected across the
primary. The voltage across the secondary is:
A) 3.0 V C) 0.75 V
B) 0 V D) 1.5 V
Q.35 The diagram shows an iron-cored transformer assumed to be 100%
efficient. The ratio of the secondary turns to the primary turns is
1:20. A 240 V a.c. supply is connected to the primary coil and a 6.0
 resistor is connected to the secondary coil. What is the current
in the primary coil?
A) 0.10A C) 0.14A
B) 2.0A D) 40A
Q.36 In the experiment shown:
A) there is a steady reading in G as long as S is closed
B) a motional emf is generated when S is closed
C) the current in the battery goes through G
D) there is a current in G just after S is opened or closed
Q.37 In a certain AC generator configuration, a circular armature of radius 1 m is replaced by a square
armature of side length 1 m while remaining arrangement is same, which is true?
A) Peak emf remains same
B) No conclusive information can be incurred
C) The frequency of AC becomes greater
D) Peak emf decreases
Q.38 The unidirectional or switching property of a PN-junction is useful for its use as a
A) Rectifier C) Oscillator
B) Amplifier D) Transformer
Q.39 In a half-wave rectifier, the diode conducts during:
A) Both halves of the input cycle
B) A portion of the positive half of the input cycle
C) A portion of the negative half of the input cycle
D) One half of the input cycle
Q.40 The basic reason why a full wave rectifier has a twice the efficiency of a half wave rectifier is
that
A) it makes use of transformer C) its ripple factor is much less
B) it utilizes both half-cycle of the input D) its output frequency is double the line frequency
Q.41 The bridge rectifier is preferred to an ordinary two diode full wave rectifier because
 A) it needs much smaller transformer for the same output
B) no center tap required
C) less PIV rating per diode
D) all the above
Q.42 For a half wave rectifier, the input and output waveforms are
shown in figure. The time period of the output will be
A) 5 ms C) 15 ms
B) 10 ms D) 20 ms
Q.43 A beam of red light, a beam of yellow light, a beam of green
light and a beam of blue light have exactly the same energy. Which beam contains the greatest
number of photons & which beam contains the smallest number of photons?
A) Green, blue C) Blue, yellow
B) Yellow, red D) Red, blue
Q.44 What is the energy of a photon in a beam of infrared radiation of wavelength 1240 nm?
A) 1.0 eV C) 3.0 eV
B) 2.0 eV D) 4.0 eV
Q.45 A photon of light enters a glass slab after travelling through air. Which of the following correctly
describes the change in energy of the photon?
A) Energy decreases because the speed of radiation decreases
B) Energy increases because the wavelength of radiation decreases
C) Energy remains same because the speed and wavelength of radiation do not change
D) Energy remains same because the frequency of radiation remains same
Q.46 An electron jumps from 4th orbit to 2nd orbit. The wavelength of emitted radiation is:
16 16
A) 𝑅 C) 5𝑅
𝐻 𝐻
16 16
B) 3𝑅 D) 7𝑅
𝐻 𝐻
Q.47 The energies required in electron volt to remove an electron from three lowest orbits of hydrogen
atom are:
A) 13.6, 3.4, 1.51 C) 13.6, 6.8, 3.7
B) 13.6, 10.2, 3.4 D) 13.6, 9.5, 4.3
Q.48 The minimum wavelength of the Lyman series for the hydrogen atom is given by:
A) 4/R C) 9/R
B) 16/R D) 1/R
Q.49 The energy of an electron:
A) Is greater in outer orbit than in inner orbits
B) Is always the same which ever the orbit may be
C) Decreases as the quantum number increases
D) Is greater in inner orbits than in outer orbits
Q.50 A nuclide 20882𝑈 decay to a new nuclide Y by one β -emission and three 𝛾-emissions, the nuclide
+

Y is:
A) 208
82𝑌 C) 208
81𝑌
210 206
B) 81𝑌 D) 82𝑌
Q.51 In radioactivity, the rate of decay:
A) Can be increased by magnetic field
B) Can be kept constant by the electric field
C) Can be decreased by the magnetic fields
D) Is not affected by electric and magnetic field
Q.52 In the nucleus of 23
11𝑁𝑖 , the number of protons, neutrons and electrons are respectively:
A) 11,12,0 C) 23,12,11
B) 12,11,0 D) 11,12,11
Q.53 Which of the following is true for 𝛾-rays?
Charge Rest mass
A) Positive
mc2
B) Negative Zero
C) Neutral
mc2
D) Neutral Zero
Q.54 Radiation therapy by beta rays is carried by using radioisotopes of .
A) Cobalt C) Sodium
B) Phosphorous D) Iodine
Q.55 Common source of radiations in food is/are .
40 14
A) K , C C) Ca , Cl35
40
B) Rn226 D) Pb207