Physics Practice MCQ Page 43

Multiple Choice questions for Physics in the sets of 10 each on one page with questions and answers. All sets are useful in the preparation of subject tests for employment or admission.
Question: 3966   For image magnifications, one needs at least
  1. two convex lenses
  2. one concave and one convex lens
  3. one concave lens
  4. one convex lens
Question: 3967   A vertical tube of length 1 m and diameter 4 cm is initially filled with water. A tuning fork of frequency 700 Hz is made to sound continuously over the top of the tube while the water is allowed to flow out gradually from the bottom. The highest harmonic that can be excited by this tuning fork is
  1. ninth
  2. seventh
  3. fifth
  4. third
Question: 3968   Two thin lenses have a combined power of + 1- dioptres. when separated by 20 cm, their equivalent power is + 6.25 dioptres. Their individual powers, in dioptres, are
  1. 3.5 and 6.5
  2. 5.0 and 5.0
  3. 7.5 and 2.5
  4. 9.0 and 1.0
Question: 3969   A small object lies on the axis of a cylindrically symmetric optical system. The image will suffer symmetric optical system. The image will suffer from
  1. spherical aberration, coma and astigmatism
  2. spherical aberration and coma
  3. spherical aberration and astigmatism
  4. spherical aberration
Question: 3970   When a light wave gets refracted into a denser medium, the speed of propagation
  1. increases but the wavelength decreases
  2. decreases but the wavelength increases
  3. as well as the wavelength increase
  4. as well as the wavelength decrease
Question: 3971   A double slit is illuminated by two wavelengths 450 nm and 600 nm. What is the lowest order at which the maxima of one wavelength coincides with the minima of the other wavelength.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Question: 3973   In Young's experiment, the phase difference between two waves of a point where destructive interference takes place is
  1. 0
  2. π/4
  3. π/2
  4. π
Question: 3975   A laser beam of pulse power 1012 Watt is focused on an object of area 10-14 cm2. The energy flux in Watt/cm2 at the point of focus is
  1. 1020
  2. 1016
  3. 108
  4. 104
Question: 3976   In Ralyeigh scattering of light with frequency v, the co-efficient of scattering is proportional to
  1. v
  2. v2
  3. v3
  4. v4
Question: 3977   the population inversion in Helium-Neon laser is produced by
  1. photon excitation
  2. electron excitation
  3. inelastic atomic collisions
  4. chemical reaction
Question: 3979   consider the following statements Assertion (A): CO2 lasers are much more efficient than other lasers Reason (R): the vibrational rotational levels of the lowest electronic state are involved in the CO2 laser transitions of these statements
  1. both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. both A and R are true but is not a correct explanation of A
  3. A is true but R is false
  4. A is false but R is true
Question: 3982   When the temperature of a gas is increased at constant pressure, the potential energy of the molecules
  1. increases but their kinetic energy decreases
  2. decreases but their kinetic energy increases
  3. as well as their kinetic energy decrease
  4. as well as their kinetic energy increase