GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (PHYSICS)

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Q 1. Einstein's name is associated with the discovery of:

(a) nuclear model of atom (b) neutron
(c) theory of relativity (d) expansion of universe

Q 2. Who discovered the principle of inertia?

(a) Newton (b) Galileo (c) Tycho Brahe (d) Kepler

Q 3. Two India born American scientists who were awarded Nobel prize are:
(a) S. Bose and Narlikar (b) E.C.G. Sudarshan and Bhagwantam
(c) C.V. Raman and H. J. Bhabha (d) S. Chandrashekhar and A. Salam

Q 4. Name the discoverer of X-rays:

(a) Maxwell (b) M. Curie (c) Faraday (d) Roentgen

Q 5. Who invented wireless telegraphy?

(a) Maxwell (b) Marconi (c) Hertz (d) Faraday

Q 6. Who gave the statement: "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is
comprehensible"?
(a) Bohr (b) Newton (c) Bubble (d) Einstein

Q 7. "It is more important to have beauty in the equations of physics than to have them agree with
experiments." Who gave this statement?
(a) Dirac (b) Faraday (c) Maxwell (d) Raman

Q 8. Until the end of the eighteenth century, the study of material things was treated as a single aspect
of human thought and was called:
(a) astronomy (b) chemistry (c) physics (d) natural philosophy

Q 9. Which of the following particles was discovered by Chadwick?

(a) Proton (b) Neutron (c) Electron (d) Nucleus

Q 10. Who was awarded Nobel prize for the theory of the unification of weak and electromagnetic
interactions?
(a) Rutherford (b) A. Salam (c) H. J. Bhabha (d) S. Chandrashekhar

Q 11. Rocket propulsion is based on the principle of:

(a) nuclear fusion (b) nuclear fission
(c) Newton's laws of motion (d) thermodynamics

Q 12. In a hydroelectric power station:

(a) thermal energy is converted into electrical energy
(b) gravitational energy is converted into electrical energy
(c) kinetic energy is converted into potential energy
(d) chemical energy is converted into electrical energy
Q 13. In a thermal power station:
(a) chemical energy of burning coal is converted into electrical energy
(b) gravitational energy is converted into electrical energy
(c) potential energy is converted into kinetic the energy
(d) geothermal energy is converted into electrical energy

Q 14. Two current areas in which physics and technology are closely interlinked, are:
(a) rocket propulsion and launching of satellites
(b) nuclear fission and nuclear fusion
(c) lasers and microelectronics
(d) none of the above

Q 15. Name the scientist who was awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 1936 for the discovery of the
positron:
(a) Chadwick (b) Fermi (c) Anderson (d) Einstein

Q 16. In superconductivity there is production of:

(a) low magnetic fields (b) medium magnetic fields
(c) ultra high magnetic fields (d) none of the above

Q 17. Give the nature of work for which Prof. Albert Einstein, a physicist, was awarded the Nobel prize in
physics:
(a) Wave theory of light (b) Theory of relativity
(c) Photo-electric equation (d) Wave-particle duality

Q 18. An electric bulb converts:

(a) alternating current into direct current (b) direct current into alternating current
(c) potential energy into kinetic energy (d) kinetic energy into potential energy
(e) electrical energy into light

Q 19. Sir C.V. Raman's name is linked with the discovery of:
(a) the theory of expansion of the universe (b) structure of atom
(c) scattering of light (d) electricity

Q 20. Working of nuclear reactors is based on the principle of:

(a) nuclear decay (b) nuclear fusion (c) nuclear fission (d) none of the above

ANSWERS
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