Explore topic-wise MCQs in Engineering Physics.

This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Assertion: A needle placed carefully on the surface of the water may float, whereas a ball of the same material will always sink.
Reason: The buoyancy of an object depends both on the material and shape of the object

A. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
B. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
C. Assertion is true but the reason is false
D. Assertion and reason is false
Answer» D. Assertion and reason is false
2.

The water droplets in free fall are spherical due to ___________

A. Gravity
B. Viscosity
C. Surface tension
D. Intermolecular attraction
Answer» D. Intermolecular attraction
3.

A wooden block is taken to the bottom of a deep, calm lake of water and then released. It rises up with a ___________

A. Constant acceleration
B. Decreasing acceleration
C. Constant velocity
D. Decreasing velocity
Answer» B. Decreasing acceleration
4.

Spherical balls of radius R are falling in a viscous fluid of viscosity with a velocity v. The retarding viscous force acting on the spherical ball is ___________

A. Directly proportional to R but inversely proportional to v
B. Directly proportional to both radius R and velocity v
C. Inversely proportional to both radius R and velocity v
D. Inversely proportional to R but directly proportional to velocity v
Answer» C. Inversely proportional to both radius R and velocity v
5.

A boat having a length of 3m and breadth 2m is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by one cm when a man gets on it. What is the mass of the man?

A. 6kg
B. 60kg
C. 16kg
D. 600kg
Answer» C. 16kg
6.

Assertion: A hydrogen filled balloon stops using after it has attained a certain height in the sky.
Reason: The atmospheric pressure decreases with height and becomes zero when maximum height is attained.

A. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
B. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
C. Assertion is true but the reason is false
D. Assertion and reason is false
Answer» D. Assertion and reason is false
7.

When the temperature is increased, the angle of contact of a liquid?

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remains the same
D. First increases and then decreases
Answer» B. Decrease
8.

In incompressible fluid flows steadily through a cylindrical pipe which had a radius 2R at point A and R at a point B further along the flow direction. If the velocity at A is v, then that at B is?

A. v/2
B. v
C. 2v
D. 4v
Answer» E.