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				This section includes 95 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | The magnetic needle always points in _________ direction. | 
| A. | East - West | 
| B. | West - South | 
| C. | North - South | 
| D. | North - East | 
| Answer» D. North - East | |
| 2. | Who was the inventor of Radar ? | 
| A. | Robert Watson | 
| B. | Fleming | 
| C. | Bush Wall | 
| D. | Austin | 
| Answer» B. Fleming | |
| 3. | CT scan is done by using | 
| A. | Infra-red rays | 
| B. | Ultrasonic waves | 
| C. | Visible lights | 
| D. | X- rays | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. | Recently developed technique for monitoring fetal growth is | 
| A. | Microwave technique | 
| B. | Ultrasonic | 
| C. | Ultra-violet rays | 
| D. | X-rays | 
| Answer» C. Ultra-violet rays | |
| 5. | Light from the sun reaches earth in about | 
| A. | 2 minutes | 
| B. | 4 minutes | 
| C. | 8 minutes | 
| D. | 16 minutes | 
| Answer» D. 16 minutes | |
| 6. | Intelsat satellite works as a | 
| A. | Transmitter | 
| B. | Repeater | 
| C. | Absorber | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Absorber | |
| 7. | Which of the following device is full duplex ? | 
| A. | Mobile phone | 
| B. | Walky - talky | 
| C. | Loudspeaker | 
| D. | Radio | 
| Answer» B. Walky - talky | |
| 8. | An n - type semiconductor is formed | 
| A. | When germanium crystal is doped with an impurity containing three valence electron | 
| B. | When germanium crystal is doped with an impurity containing five valence electron | 
| C. | From pure germanium | 
| D. | From pure silicon | 
| Answer» C. From pure germanium | |
| 9. | Which of the following satellites is used in ship - to - shore and shore - to - shore and shore - to - ship communication ? | 
| A. | Intelsat | 
| B. | Marisat | 
| C. | Comsat | 
| D. | Telestar | 
| Answer» C. Comsat | |
| 10. | Intelsat satellite is user for | 
| A. | Radio communication | 
| B. | Intercontinental communication | 
| C. | Radar communication | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. Radar communication | |
| 11. | The electrical circuits used to get smooth do output from a rectified circuit is called | 
| A. | Oscillator | 
| B. | Full wave rectifier | 
| C. | Amplifier | 
| D. | Filter | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. | When the temperature of semiconductor is increased, its electrical conductivity | 
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Remains the same | 
| C. | Devreases | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Remains the same | |
| 13. | With the rise of temperature, the specific resistance of semiconductor | 
| A. | Increases | 
| B. | Remains unchanged | 
| C. | Decreases | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 14. | The technique of collecting information about an object from a distance without making physical contact with it is | 
| A. | Remote sensing | 
| B. | Remote control | 
| C. | Remote accessing | 
| D. | Space shuttle | 
| Answer» B. Remote control | |
| 15. | The frequency band used for radar relay - systems and television is | 
| A. | UHF | 
| B. | VLF | 
| C. | VHF | 
| D. | EHF | 
| Answer» B. VLF | |
| 16. | The absorption of radio waves by the atmosphere depends on | 
| A. | Their distance from the transmitter | 
| B. | Their polarisation of the wave | 
| C. | Their frequency | 
| D. | The polarisation of the atmosphere | 
| Answer» D. The polarisation of the atmosphere | |
| 17. | An oscillator is nothing but an amplifier with | 
| A. | Positive feedback | 
| B. | Large gain | 
| C. | No feedback | 
| D. | Negative feedback | 
| Answer» B. Large gain | |
| 18. | The space waves which are affected seriously by atmospheric conditions are | 
| A. | MF0 | 
| B. | HF | 
| C. | VHF | 
| D. | UHF | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. | Which of the following is not transducer ? | 
| A. | Loudspeaker | 
| B. | Amplifier | 
| C. | Microphone | 
| D. | All of these | 
| Answer» C. Microphone | |
| 20. | Radio wave of constant amplitude can be generated with | 
| A. | Filter | 
| B. | Rectifier | 
| C. | FET | 
| D. | Oscillator | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. | The waves relevant to telecommunications are | 
| A. | Visible light | 
| B. | Infrared | 
| C. | Ultraviolet | 
| D. | Microwave | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. | Modem is a device used for | 
| A. | Modulating signals | 
| B. | Converting anaglog signals to digital signals | 
| C. | Either of the above | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. Either of the above | |
| 23. | A digital signal possesses | 
| A. | Continuously varying values | 
| B. | Only two discrete values | 
| C. | Only four discrete values | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. Only four discrete values | |
| 24. | The electrical conductivity of a pure silicon sample can be increased by | 
| A. | Increasing the temperature | 
| B. | Doping it with acceptor and donor impurity | 
| C. | Shining ultraviolet light on it | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. | Which of the following is not a semiconductor ? | 
| A. | Germinium | 
| B. | Silicon | 
| C. | Arsenic | 
| D. | All of these | 
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 26. | The electrical circuit used to get smooth DC output from a rectifier circuit is called | 
| A. | Amplifer | 
| B. | Filter | 
| C. | Oscillator | 
| D. | Full rectifier | 
| Answer» C. Oscillator | |
| 27. | In a transistor the emitter current is | 
| A. | Slightly more than the collector current | 
| B. | Slightly less than the collector current | 
| C. | Equal to the collector current | 
| D. | Equal to the base current | 
| Answer» B. Slightly less than the collector current | |
| 28. | In an intrinsic semiconductor | 
| A. | Only electrons are responsible for the blow of current | 
| B. | Only holes are responsible for the blow of current | 
| C. | Both holes and electrons carry current and their number is the same | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 29. | If germanium has to be doped with a donor impurity, the foreign atom should be | 
| A. | Tetravalent | 
| B. | Pentavalent | 
| C. | Trivalent | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Trivalent | |
| 30. | A hole in p-type semiconductor is | 
| A. | An excess electron | 
| B. | A missing electron | 
| C. | A missing atom | 
| D. | A donor level | 
| Answer» C. A missing atom | |
| 31. | A pure semiconductor has | 
| A. | An finite resistance at 0 C | 
| B. | A finite resistance which does not depend upon temperature | 
| C. | A finite resistance which decreases with temperature | 
| D. | A finite resistance which increases with temperature | 
| Answer» D. A finite resistance which increases with temperature | |
| 32. | Long distance short - wave radio broad casting uses | 
| A. | Ground wave | 
| B. | Ionospheric wave | 
| C. | Direct wave | 
| D. | Sky wave | 
| Answer» C. Direct wave | |
| 33. | The positive charge carriers in semiconductor are | 
| A. | Positive ions | 
| B. | Protons | 
| C. | Positrons | 
| D. | Holes | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. | Metallic solids are always opaque because | 
| A. | They reflect all the incident light | 
| B. | They scatter all the incident light | 
| C. | The incident light is readily absorbed by free electrons in a metal | 
| D. | The energy band traps the incident light | 
| Answer» D. The energy band traps the incident light | |
| 35. | A typical Example of a semiconductor is | 
| A. | Platinum | 
| B. | Germanium | 
| C. | Quartz | 
| D. | Mica | 
| Answer» C. Quartz | |
| 36. | Antenna is | 
| A. | Inductive | 
| B. | Capacitive | 
| C. | Resistive its resonant frequency | 
| D. | Resistive at resonant frequency | 
| Answer» B. Capacitive | |
| 37. | Through which mode of propagation the radio waves can be sent from one place to another ? | 
| A. | Ground wave propagation | 
| B. | Sky wave propagation | 
| C. | Space wave propagation | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. | The resistance of a pn junction in forward bias is | 
| A. | Zero | 
| B. | Low | 
| C. | High | 
| D. | Infinite | 
| Answer» C. High | |
| 39. | In black and white televisions, pictures on the screen are produced due to bombardment of | 
| A. | X - ray photons on a white screen | 
| B. | X - ray photons on a white fluorescent screen | 
| C. | Electrons on a white screen | 
| D. | Electrons on a fluorescent white screen | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. | What does the term Dolby B or Dolby C printed on tape recorders and other sound systems refer to ? | 
| A. | Frequency modulated system | 
| B. | Amplitude modulated system | 
| C. | Nose reduction circuit | 
| D. | Both DC and AC power can be used | 
| Answer» D. Both DC and AC power can be used | |
| 41. | In a p-type semiconductor, | 
| A. | Holes are the only carriers | 
| B. | Electrons are the only carriers | 
| C. | Holes are the majority carriers and electrons are the minority carriers | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 42. | The unidirectional property of a pn-junction is useful for its use as a | 
| A. | Rectifier | 
| B. | Oscillator | 
| C. | Rectifier | 
| D. | Transformer | 
| Answer» B. Oscillator | |
| 43. | When arsenic is added as an impurity to silicon, the resulting material is | 
| A. | n-type semiconductor | 
| B. | p-type semiconductor | 
| C. | n-type conductor | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. p-type semiconductor | |
| 44. | In the use of transistor as an amplifier | 
| A. | The emitter - base junction is forward biased and the collector - base junction is reverse biased | 
| B. | Both the junctions are forward biased | 
| C. | Any of the two junctions may be forward biased | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» B. Both the junctions are forward biased | |
| 45. | The impurity atoms with which pure silicon should be doped to make a p-type semiconductor are those of | 
| A. | Phosphorus | 
| B. | Boron | 
| C. | Aluminium | 
| D. | Both (b) and (c) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. | In a p-type semiconductor the majority charge carriers are | 
| A. | Electrons | 
| B. | Holes | 
| C. | Neutrons | 
| D. | Protons | 
| Answer» C. Neutrons | |
| 47. | Consider the following statements1. In a semiconductor, the uppermost band is the valence band2. All semiconductors are electrically neutral3. With increase of temperature the resistivity of semiconductor decreases4. Addition of a small amount of impurity of a III or V group elements to a pure semiconductor increases its resistivity Choose the correct statements | 
| A. | 1 and 2 | 
| B. | 2 and 3 | 
| C. | 3 and 4 | 
| D. | 1 and 4 | 
| Answer» C. 3 and 4 | |
| 48. | At zero degree kelvin a piece of germanium | 
| A. | Becomes semiconductor | 
| B. | Becomes good conductor | 
| C. | Becomes bad conductor | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 49. | n-type of semiconductor is | 
| A. | Negatively charged | 
| B. | Positively charged | 
| C. | Neutral | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 50. | Match the quantities of Column I with the corresponding quantities in Column II Column - I Column - II F Germanium at 0K1.Intrinsic semiconductorG Germanium at room temperature2.InsulatorH Germanium doped with indium3.n-type semiconductor J Germanium doped 4.p-type semiconductor Codes :F G H J A. 1234B. 2143C. 2134D. 1243 | 
| A. | A. | 
| B. | B. | 
| C. | C. | 
| D. | D. | 
| Answer» C. C. | |