PPSC Lecturer Physics Solved Past Paper of 2017

1). A vector is a tensor of rank:

1

2

3

4

2). If [A, B] = 0, then two operators A & B are aid to be:

Anticommute

Do not commute

Commute

None of these

3). If at + div j = is called:

Laplace’s equation

equation of continuity

Tensor equation

Equation of polar coordinates

4). First law of thermodynamics special form of:

Law of conservation of energy

Law of conservation momentum

Law of conservation

None of these

5). In spherical polar coordinates, the range of variable is Ø from:

0 —-à π/2

π/2 —-à π

0 —-à π

0 —-à

6). Moment of inertia is a tensor of rank:

3rd

2nd

4 th

0 th

7). The Range of projectile will be same when the angle of projection are:

20⁰ & 80⁰

30 & 50

25⁰ & 50⁰

20⁰ & 45⁰

8). The work done by compound pendulum in one complete oscillation is:

Zero

Equal to K.E

Equal to P.E of pendulum

Equal to total energy of pendulum

9). A man inside an artificial satellite feels weightlessness because the force of attraction due to the earth is:

Zero at the pole

Equal to the centripetal force

Balance the force of attraction due to the moon

None of these

10). The component of a vector P along y-axis is IP1/2, the angle made by the vector with horizontal is:

60⁰

45⁰

30

90⁰

11). ERG stands for:

Electro Radio Graphy

Energy Radio Graphy

Electric Graphy

None of these

12). It is possible to distinguish between transvers & longitudinal waves by studying the property of:

Polarization

Interface

Diffraction

Any of them

13). Which one of the following represents a travelling wave:

A Cos (wt + Ø)

A Cos (wt-kx)

A Sin (wt + Ø

A Sin (wt + kx)

14). Which one of the following waves cannot be polarized:

X-rays

Sound waves

Radio Waves

Ultraviolet rays

15). Alternative current is converted to direct current by a:

Moter

Dynamo

Transformer

Rectifier

16). At the resonance the value of power factor in an L.C.R series circuit is:

Zero

1/2

Infinite

One

17). Two parallel wires carrying current in the opposite direction:

Repel each

Attract

Do not attract

Get rotated perpendicular to each other

18). If the distance between two charges is doubled the coulomb force will become:

Electron

Double

Half

Same

19). An electric or magnetic field cannot accelerate:

Electron

Neutron

Half

Same

20). The penetrating power of x-rays increase with:

Increase in its velocity

Decrease in its velocity

Increase in its intensity

Decrease in intensity

21). Some amount of heat given to gas under isothermal condition will result in:

Doing external work

Rise in temperature

Doing external work change in temperature

An increase in internal energy

22). Z-component of r x p:

ZPy – YPz

ZPy + YPz

XPy – YPz

XPy – YPz

23). The larges class of elementary:

Photons

Leptons

Masons

Baryons

24). The quantum number which not involved in describing the orbit of an atomic electron is:

n

m

I

s

25). The ionization energy of an atom relative to binding energy of its nucleus is:

Greater

The same

Smaller

Sometimes greater & sometimes smaller

26). Macroscopic greater & sometimes smaller assumption about (I) structure of matter (II)  radiations (III) fields:

Only (I) is true

Only (II) is true

Only (III) is true

All are true

27). If two systems “A” & “B” are in thermal equilibrium with a system “C” then ………………………are equilibrium:

A & C

C & B

B & C

None

28). The following is an intensive coordinate of a thermodynamics system in equilibrium:

Volume

Pressure

Charge

Total polarization

29). The type of work which cannot be described in macroscopic thermodynamics:

Hydrostatic work

External work

Internal Work

Adiabatic work

30). In thermodynamics, work done by the system is taken as:

Positive

Negative

Zero

None

31). The SI unit of specific heat capacity is:

J/Kg-K

J/Kg

J/K

JKg/K

33). When a horse pulls a wagon, the force that causes the horse to move forward is the force:

He exerts on him

The wagon exerts on him

He exerts on the ground

The ground exerts on him

34). The minimum number of unequal forces whose vector sum can equal zero is:

1

2

3

4

35). A force 3n acts perpendicularly to a force of 4n. There resultant has magnitude of:

1n

5n

7n

12n

36). A body in equilibrium may not have:

Velocity

Acceleration

Momentum

Kinetic energy

37). In order to cause a moving body to pursue a a circular path, it is necessary to happy:

Inertial force

Gravitational force

Centrifugal force

centripetal force

38). A hole is drilled through the earth along a diameter & a stone dropped into it. When a stone is at the center of the earth it has:

Mass

Weight

Acceleration

Potential energy

39). The rotational analog of force in linear motion is:

Moment of Inertia

Angular momentum

Torque

Weight

40). The rotational analog of force in linear motion is:

Moment of Inertia

Angular momentum

Torque

Weight

41). A Sharing stress that acts on a body affects its:

Length

Width

Volume

Shape

42). In simple harmonic motion, there is always a constant ratio between the displacement of the mass and its:

Velocity

Acceleration

Period

Energy

43). Waves transmit from one place to another:

Mass

Amplitude

Wave length

Frequency

44). Of the following properties of waves, the one that is independent of the other is its:

Amplitude

Velocity

Wave length

Frequency

45). When a sound waves goes from air into water, the quantity that remains unchanged is its:

Speed

Amplitude

Frequency

Velocity

46). Two blocks of lead, one twice as heavy as the other are both at 50C. The ratio of the heat content of the heavier block to that of the lighter block :

1/2

1

2

4

47). Heart is closely related to:

Momentum

Energy

Temperature

Friction

48). Sublimation refers to:

The vaporization of solid without first becoming a liquid

The melting of a solid

The vaporization of a liquid

Condensation of a gas into a liquid

49). Under conditions corresponding to its triple point , substances:

Is in the solid state

Is in the Liquid state

Is in the gaseous state

May be in any or all of the above state

50). The ratio between the energy dissipated in same process & the heat the appears as result is called:

Triple point

Specific point

Kilocalorie

Mechanical equivalent of heat.

51). The smallest sub-division of a compound that exhibit its characteristics properties is called:

An elementary particles

an atom

A molecule

An element

52). The energy of the molecular motion appears in the form of:

Friction

Heat

Temperature

Potential energy

53). The physics underlying the operation of a refrigerator most closely resemble the physics underlying:

heat engine

The melting of ice

the freezing of water

The evaporation of water

54). The law that governs the force between electric charges bears the name of:

Newton

Bernoull

Coulomb

Ampere

55). The electron volt is a unit of:

Charge

Potential difference

Energy

Momentum

56). A certain wire has resistance “R” the resistance of another wire, identical with the first except for having twice its diameter is:

¼ R

½ R

2R

4R

57). The separation between the plates of parallel plate capacitor whose original capacitance is now:

Momentum

Energy

Temperature

Friction

58). The time required to charge a capacitor depends upon:

The magnitude of the charge

The applied potential difference

Its capacitance only

The product of its capacitance & the resistance in the circuit

59). A current is following north along a power line. The direction of the magnetic field above it, neglecting the earth’s field is:

North

East

South

West

60). When diamagnetic substance is inserted in a current carrying coil, the magnetic field:

Decreased

Unchanged

Increased

First increase then decrease

61). The time required for a charged particle to make a complete revolution in a magnetic field does not depends upon:

Its mass

Its charge

Its energy

The magnetic flux density

62). The fact that an electric field is produced in a conductor whenever magnetic lines of force move across it is referred to as :

Ampere’s Law

Ohm’s law

Farady’s law

Lenz’s law

63). Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of conservation:

Charge

Momentum

Lines of force

Energy

64). A dynamo is often set to generate electricity. It is actually acts as a source of:

Charge

Momentum

Lines of force

Energy

65). The time required for a current to be established in a circuit depends upon:

The magnitude of the current

The applied potential difference

Its inductance only

Its inductance & its resistance

66). Which of the following is not electromagnetic in nature?

Infrared ray

Ultraviolet rays

Radar waves

Sound waves

67). Beats are the results of:

Diffraction

Constructive interference

Destructive interference

Constructive & Destructive interference

68). Longitudinal waves do not exhibit:

Refraction

Reflection

Diffraction

Polarization

69). A crucial experiment that led to the theory of relativity was performed by:

Michelson & Morley

Albert Einstein

Pavel Cerenkov

Sarmuel ether

70). An observer moves past a stationary electron on the earth’s surface. His instrument measure:

Only an electric field

Only a magnetic field

Both electric & magnetic field

Neither electric nor magnetic field

71). Relative to the original photon, the photon that emerges from a collision with an electron has:

More energy

More momentum

Higher frequency

Longer wavelength

72). Modern physical theories indicate that:

All particles exhibit wave behavior

Only moving particles waves behavior

Only charged particles wave behavior

Only uncharged particles exhibit wave behavior

73). When a beam of light is used to determine the position of an object, the greatest accuracy is obtained if the light:

is polarized

Has short wavelength

Has long wavelength

Has a low intensity

74). The total energy of an atomic electron is:

Less than zero

Zero

More than zero

All of these

75). A hydrogen atom is in its ground state when its orbital electron:

Is within nucleus

Has escape from item

Is in its lowest energy level

is stationary

76). The energy of a quantum states is primarily dependent upon the quantum number:

n

I

s

m

77). The two electrons in a helium atom: –

Occupy different shell

occupy different sub-shell

Have opposite spins

Have parallel spins

78). There are no expected lines absent from the spectra of:

Hydrogen

The Alkali metal

The inert gases

The halogens

79). A molecule whose charge distribution is not perfectly symmetrical is called:

A polar molecule

A non-polar molecule

An electrolyte

an organic molecule

80). Water is an excellent solvent because its molecules are:

Neutral

Polar

Non-Polar

Covalent

81). The electric and magnetic fields without deflection have:

Mass

Speed

Momentum

Energy

82). Relative to the sum of the masses of its constituent nucleons, the mass of a nucleus is:

Greater

The same

smaller

Sometimes greater & sometimes smallest

83). The ionization energy of an atom relative to the binding energy of its nucleus is:

Greater

The same

smaller

Sometimes greater & sometimes smaller

84). Yukawa’s theory suggest that nuclear forces arrives through the exchange of:

Electrons

Protons

Neutrons

Masons

85). The tunnel affect makes possible

Alpha decay

–ve beta decay

+ve beta decay

Gamma decay

86). A nucleus with an excess of neutrons may decay radioactively with the emission of:

An neutron

A proton

An electron

A positron
87). The first phase of a nuclear reaction involves the formation of:

An alpha particle

A compound nucleus

An isotope

A mason

88). Of the following elementary particles, the one that never decays in free space is the:

U-masons

Hyperons

Protons

Neutrons

89). Unstable elementary particles heavier than the protons are called:

Leptons

K-mesons

Strange particles

Hyperons

90). A quantity not always conserve in the decay of elementary particles is:

Electric charge

Leptons number

Baryon number

Strangeness

91). The gird is moved closer to the cathode without changing anything. The amplification factor of the value will:

Increase

Decrease

Remains unchanged

First decreases then increases

92). On making gird potential excessively negative, plate resistance (rp):

Become zero

Becomes infinite

Remains same

Nothing can be decided

93). In an amplifier maximum voltage gain is obtained when load resistance is equal to:

Zero

Infinity

Plate resistance

Unity

94). The temperature co-efficient of resistance of a semi-conductor is:

Constant

Positive

Negative

None of above

95). For rectifying action, we use:

Choke

Diode

Transformer

Condenser

96). A.C plate resistance of a diode vale at saturation is:

Zero

infinite

Depends upon plate potential

None of these

97). L.D.R becomes essential when op-amp is used as a:

Comparator

Inverter

Non-inverter

Night switch

98). Which is not the basic operation of Boolean variables:

YES operation

Not operation

AND operation

OR operation

99). A forward biased p-n junction practically offers:

Zero resistance

Very low resistance

very high resistance

None of these

100). A solid state detector basically:

A reverse biased p-n junction

A forward biased p-n junction

A p-n transistor

A n-p-n transistor

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