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PHYSICS FOR KERALA PSC DEGREE LEVEL EXAMS



1. A tennis ball will bounce: 

(A) Higher on plains than on hills 

(B) Higher on hills than on plains 

(C) Equally on hills and plains 

(D) Higher either on hills or on plains depending upon the ground friction.

Answer : (B) Higher on hills than on plains

2. Who is known as "the father of personal computer"? 

(A) Charles Babbage  

(B) Alan Turing 

(C) Henri Edward Roberts

(D) Edgar Rice Boroughs

Answer : (C) Henri Edward Roberts

3. The density of air is: 

(A) 10.3 kg /cubic metre 

(B) 100.3 kg /cubic metre 

(C) 3.1 kg /cubic metre

(D) 1.3 kg /cubic metre 

Answer : (D) 1.3 kg /cubic metre

4. The first computer virus: 

(A) Kabir 

(B) Firewall 

(C) Elk Cloner

(D) Norton 

Answer : (C) Elk Cloner

5. Thermopile is used to: 

(A) Detect the pressure of heat radiation 

(B) Measure electric current 

(C) Measure potential difference 

(D) None of the above

Answer : (A) Detect the pressure of heat radiation

6. ........ is formulated by Max Plank: 

 (A) Wave Theory 

(B) Corpuscular theory 

(C) Electro magnetic theory

(D) Quantum theory

Answer : (D) Quantum theory

7.Who discovered natural radio activity? 

(A) Edison 

(B) Henri Bequeral 

(C) Newton 

(D) Max Plank

Answer : (B) Henri Bequeral

8. India launched its first rocket in: 

(A) 1960 

(B) 1963

(C) 1961 

(D) 1962 

Answer : (B) 1963

9. Who discovered Analytical engine? 

(A) Charles Babbage 

(B) Blaise Pascal 

(C) Rae Tomlinson 

(D) Edison

Answer : (A) Charles Babbage

10. Who discovered the infra red rays in sunlight? 

(A) Clyde Tombaugh 

(B) Galileo 

(C) ECG Sudarshan

(D) William Herschel 

Answer : (D) William Herschel

11. In a refrigerator, cooling is produced by: 

(A) the sudden expansion of a compressed gas 

(B) the ice which deposits on the freezer 

(C) the evaporation of a volatile liquid 

(D) None of the above

Answer : (A) the sudden expansion of a compressed gas

12. USA launched ‘Chandra’ in memory of: 

(A) J.C.Bose 

(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

(C) Dr.S.Chandrasekhar

(D) Hem Chandra Das 

Answer : (C) Dr.S.Chandrasekhar

13. Which of the following rays has the highest penetrating power? 

(A) Beta rays 

(B) Alpha rays 

(C) X-ray

(D) Gamma rays

Answer : (D) Gamma rays

14. If a conductor is touched by hand, the charge would leak to: 

(A) Body of man 

(B) Earth

(C) Only to the hand  

(D) the charge will not leak

Answer : (B) Earth

15. The force keeping the planets in a regular orbit is: 

(A) Electrostatic 

(B) Magnetic  

(C) Nuclear

(D) Gravitational

Answer : (D) Gravitational

16.Solar energy is received by the earth through: 

(A) Conduction 

(B) Radiation

(C) Convection 

(D) Refraction

Answer : (B) Radiation

17. Element used by India for Pokran explosion: 

(A) Plutonium

(B) Thorium 

(C) Uranium  

(D) Polonium

Answer : (A) Plutonium

18. What is the voltage of electricity produced in 

power stations: 

(A) 110KV 

(B) 230 V 

(C) 11KV

(D) 110 V

Answer : (C) 11KV

19. What is known as the king of inventions? 

(A) Car 

(B) Steam engine

(C) Atom Bomb 

(D) Nuclear fission

Answer : (B) Steam engine

20. Amount of water in the atmosphere is known as: 

(A) Density 

(B) Gravity  

(C) Humus

(D) Humidity

Answer : (D) Humidity

21. Unit of resistance: 

(A) Mho  

(B) Hertz 

(C) Dyne

(D) Ohm

Answer : (D) Ohm

22. One Acre =.......Hector 

(A) 0.404

(B) 2.50  

(C) 0.25 

(D) 0.825

Answer : (A) 0.404

23. The theory of ........ was corrected by Heliocentric theory of Copernicus: 

(A) Galileo 

(B) Kepler 

(C) Herschel

(D) Ptolemy

Answer : (D) Ptolemy

24. Father of modern cinema: 

(A) Lumier Brothers 

(B) Spielberg 

(C) David Griffith 

(D) Walt Disney

Answer : (C) David Griffith

25. Bardeen and shockley are related to the invention of:

(A) Transistor

(B) Transformer

(C) Tank

(D) Vacuum cleaner

Answer : (A) Transistor

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