This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Physics > Physics Basics > Physics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physics Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. + N = 8, What is N A) 3. B) 2. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 2. Which one of this factor does not increase the speed of rotation in an electric motor A) Increase the strength of the magnet. B) Decrease the number of turns of wire in the coil. C) Increase in current. D) Increase the number of turns of wire in the coil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease the number of turns of wire in the coil. 3. Balanced forces exist when A) There is a one force acting. B) There is a pair of forces that are equal and working in the same direction. C) There is a pair of forces that are equal and opposite in direction. D) There is a pair of forces that are of different magnitudes (sizes) and opposite in direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is a pair of forces that are equal and opposite in direction. 4. $ If\ displacement\ \propto\left(time\right)^3$, Then what can you say about the motion of the body? A) The velocity is constant. B) The body is retarding. C) The body is accelerating with time. D) The body is accelerating non uniformly without respect to time. E) There is no displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The body is accelerating with time. 5. A ray of light is travelling in a direction perpendicular to the boundary of a parallel glass slab. The ray of light: A) Is refracted towards the normal. B) Is refracted away from the normal. C) Is reflected along the same path. D) Does not get refracted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does not get refracted. 6. "the car's speed is 43 m/s" A) A. B) S. C) F. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. 7. As a sample of matter is heated, its particles A) Are unaffected. B) Stop moving. C) Move more slowly. D) Move more quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move more quickly. 8. Part of an atom that encircling the nucleus which carry negative charges A) Neutrons. B) Electrons. C) Protons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrons. 9. Convert 12 km to m A) 120, 000 m. B) 1, 200 m. C) 12, 000 m. D) 120 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12, 000 m. 10. There are three families of leptons; A) Electron, muon, and pi. B) Electron, muon, and tau. C) Electron, pi and tau. D) Electron, pi and neutrino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electron, muon, and tau. 11. The force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other is called a. c. b.. d. . A) Acceleration. B) Inertia. C) Friction. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friction. 12. What is the SI unit used to measure weight? A) Pounds. B) Newtons. C) Grams. D) Liters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newtons. 13. What is .00000005 A in Scientific Notation A) 50nA. B) 5.0 x 10-7 A. C) 5.0 x 10-8. D) 5.0 X 10-9 A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5.0 x 10-8. 14. Formula for kinetic energy A) KE = m*g*y. B) KE = F*d. C) KE = W/t. D) KE = $ \frac{1}{2} m*v^2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) KE = $ \frac{1}{2} m*v^2$. 15. A sample of hydrogen gas is held in a sealed container. The internal energy of it is increased by 800 J. If the net amount of work done on the sample by its surroundings was 500 J, how much heat was transferred between the gas and its environment? A) 1300 J absorbed. B) 300 J dissipated. C) 300 J absorbed. D) 130 J dissipated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300 J absorbed. 16. In order to know how a force will affect an object, you must know the ..... A) Direction. B) Weight. C) Normalcy. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direction. 17. A bird flies by flapping its wings downward and backward. What reactive force causes the bird to fly and what direction does it push? A) Air pushe the bird downward and forward. B) Air pushes the bird upward and forward. C) Gravity bird pushes the bird upward and forward. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air pushes the bird upward and forward. 18. The plant has grown 4 cm since yesterday. A) Qualitative. B) Quantitative. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative. 19. Formula for velocity A) V = d/t. B) V = m/t. C) V = d*t. D) V = m*t. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V = d/t. 20. Burette is used in A) Shops. B) Laboratory. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laboratory. 21. Identify at least two areas of physics involved in the following:Judging how hot a stove is by looking at it. A) Vibrations and wave phenomena, electromagnetism. B) Mechanics, vibrations and wave phenomena. C) Optics, thermodynamics. D) Thermodynamics, mechanics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Optics, thermodynamics. 22. What is the frequency of mains electricity in the UK in Hz? A) 200. B) 100. C) 50. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 23. The most common temperature scale used in the world where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees is called the ..... scale. A) Pound. B) Kelvin. C) Fahrenheit. D) Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celsius. 24. The Law of Inertia is also known as ..... A) The Law of Conservation. B) Newton's First Law. C) The Law of the Land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newton's First Law. 25. Newton's third law can be stated as "For every action, there is a(n) ..... reaction." A) Equal and adjacent. B) Stronger and opposite. C) Weaker and opposite. D) Equal but opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equal but opposite. 26. A lightbulb says 60W. What physics variable would you assign to 60W? A) P. B) T. C) F. D) W. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P. 27. . Select all possible answers:Physics involves using ..... to understand the world we live in. A) Theories. B) Equations. C) Laws. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 28. James walked 14 miles at an average speed of 4.0 miles/hour. How long did it take him to walk 14 miles? A) 18, 000 minutes. B) 3.5 hours. C) 3.5 seconds. D) 18 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.5 hours. 29. A concave mirror gives virtual, refract and enlarged image of the object but image of smaller size than the size of the object is A) At infinity. B) Between F and C. C) Between P and F. D) At E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between P and F. 30. What does frequency measure & what's the unit? A) The time for one wave to cycle in hertz. B) The number of waves per second in seconds. C) The number of waves per second in hertz. D) The time for one wave to cycle in seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of waves per second in hertz. 31. A car moved 60 km East and 90 km West. What is the distance it traveled? A) 90 km. B) 30 km, West. C) 150 km. D) 60 km. East. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 150 km. 32. Units of force are A) Newtons. B) Meters. C) Joules. D) Grams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newtons. 33. Ms. McDonald holds a desk perfectly still above her head. If she holds the desk at a height of 0.5 meters above her head, and applis 68 Newtons of force to do so, how much work has she done? A) 340 Joules. B) 34 Joules. C) 0 Joules. D) 68 Joules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0 Joules. 34. Acceleration is calculated using the following formula: A) A = t (u-v) / t. B) A = t / ( v-u). C) A = (v-u) / t. D) A = (u-v) / t. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A = (v-u) / t. 35. The work-kinetic energy theorem says that the net work done by all the forces acting on an object is equal to the change in the object's ..... A) Mechanical energy. B) Work. C) Kinetic energy. D) Momentum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kinetic energy. 36. Formula for acceleration A) A = t/(vf-vo). B) A = t*(vf-vo). C) A = t*d. D) A = (vf-vo)/t. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A = (vf-vo)/t. 37. Units for work are A) Newtons. B) Joules. C) Meters. D) Seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joules. 38. For Hooke's Law, F = kx, where: A) F = force, k = a constant, x = speed. B) F = force, k = the spring constant constant, x = speed. C) F = friction, k = spring value, x = speed. D) F = force, k = a constant, x = extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F = force, k = a constant, x = extension. 39. How much weight of air is always over your head? A) 10 kg. B) 1 kg. C) 100 kg. D) 1000 kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1000 kg. 40. The imaginary line perpendicular to a reflecting surface is called ..... A) Crooked line. B) Parallel line. C) Angular line. D) Normal line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Normal line. 41. What is the force of friction between a moving block of ice that weighs 950 N and the ground if $\mu$k = .12? A) 175 N. B) 114 N. C) 226 N. D) 65 N. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 114 N. 42. At a constant volume, the ..... of a gas of fixed mass is directly proportional to its ..... A) Height, absolute temperature. B) Displacement, surface area. C) Pressure, absolute temperature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pressure, absolute temperature. 43. Average speed is equal to A) Distance / Time. B) Distance x Time. C) Time / Distance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance / Time. 44. A rock is falling towards the earth. The action and reaction pair is A) The rock pulls the earth upward, the earth pushes the rock upward. B) The earth pushes the rock downward, the rock pushes the earth downward. C) The earth pulls the rock downward, the rock pushes the earth upward. D) The earth pulls the rock downward, the rock pulls the earth upward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The earth pulls the rock downward, the rock pulls the earth upward. 45. The SI unit for time is A) Second (s). B) Year (yr). C) Minute (min). D) Hour (hr). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second (s). 46. The difference between a car hitting a wall vs. a car hitting a hay stack is A) The Impulse on the car hitting the wall is greater. B) The change in momentum of the car hitting the wall is greater. C) The force on the car hitting the hay stack is greater. D) The collision time of the car hitting the hay stack is greater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The collision time of the car hitting the hay stack is greater. 47. Elastic potential energy is equal to A) Ke. B) Ke2. C) 1/2 k e2. D) 2 k e2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1/2 k e2. 48. Newtons could be used to measure ..... and ..... A) Direction, power. B) Force, weight. C) Mass, speed. D) Momentum, work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Force, weight. 49. The distance from Earth to the moon is 384, 400 km. Express the distance in meters using scientific notation A) 3.844 x 105 m. B) 3.855 x 1011 m. C) 3.844 x 102 m. D) 3.844 x 108 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3.844 x 108 m. 50. The units of momentum are ..... A) Kg m s2. B) Kg m s. C) Kg m/s2. D) Kg m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kg m/s. 51. Equation for electrical charge A) Current-time. B) Current + time. C) Current x time. D) Current / time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current x time. 52. The best definition of Physics is that it is ..... A) The study of matter, energy and the interaction between them. B) The study of living things. C) The study of physical things. D) The study of atoms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of matter, energy and the interaction between them. 53. The EM wave with frequency higher than infrared and lower than UV. A) Radio. B) Xray. C) Visible light. D) Gamma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visible light. 54. What is thermodynamics? A) The study of heat and energy. B) The study of movement. C) The study of microparticles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of heat and energy. 55. A wave carries .....? A) Energy only. B) Matter only. C) Energy and matter. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy only. 56. Sound produced by a trumpet is caused by the vibration of ..... A) Vocal cords. B) The reed in the mouthpiece. C) The horn of the instrument. D) The performers lips. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The performers lips. 57. Equation for density A) Mass x volume. B) Volume/mass. C) Mass/volume. D) Volume x mass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass/volume. 58. Which Branch of Physics is most important when discussing the motion of sub-atomic particles? A) Electromagnetism. B) Quantum Mechanics. C) Waves & Wave mechanics. D) Relativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantum Mechanics. 59. An alien spaceship is 500 m above the ground and moving at a constant velocity of 150 m/s upwards. How high above the ground is the ship after 5 seconds? The bolded term is which physics concept? A) Time. B) Final velocity. C) Acceleration. D) Distance. E) Initial velocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance. 60. When a piece of aluminum foil is taken out of the oven and cools from 100$^ \circ$ to 50$^ \circ$, What is the change in temperature? A) 100$^ \circ$. B) 0$^ \circ$. C) 50$^ \circ$. D) 150$^ \circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50$^ \circ$. Next →Related QuizzesPhysics QuizzesScience QuizzesPhysics Quiz 2Physics Quiz 3Physics Quiz 4Physics Quiz 5Physics Quiz 6Physics Quiz 7Physics Quiz 8Physics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books