

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 64 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your VITEEE knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Systematic errors can be removed by |
A. | breaking the instrument |
B. | buying new instrument |
C. | recalibrating the instrument |
D. | dusting the instrument |
Answer» D. dusting the instrument | |
2. |
The satellite around the earth follows a circular path because |
A. | gravitational force is anti parallel to velocity |
B. | gravitational force is parallel to velocity |
C. | gravitational force is anti perpendicular to |
D. | gravitational force is perpendicular to velocity |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
A white ball of mass 1.0 kg moving with initial speed u = 0.5 ms-1 collides with stationary red ball of same mass, they move forward making angle of 90° between their paths. Their speed is |
A. | 0.354 ms-1 |
B. | 1 ms-1 |
C. | 3 ms-1 |
D. | 2 ms-1 |
Answer» B. 1 ms-1 | |
4. |
At terminal velocity the |
A. | air resistance is less than weight |
B. | air resistance and weight are equal |
C. | air resistance is more than weight |
D. | weight is more than air resistance |
Answer» C. air resistance is more than weight | |
5. |
The unification of electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces was done by |
A. | Faraday |
B. | Maxwell |
C. | Abdus Salam |
D. | Kirchhoff |
Answer» D. Kirchhoff | |
6. |
The total amount of mass and energy together in a system is |
A. | decreasing |
B. | increasing |
C. | constant |
D. | zero |
Answer» D. zero | |
7. |
The amount by which one oscillation leads or lags behind another is called |
A. | intensity |
B. | in phase |
C. | superposition |
D. | phase difference |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
If a force of 50 N is applied across the cross-sectional area of 5 * 10-7m2 then stress applied on it is |
A. | 20 Pa |
B. | 1 * 108 Pa |
C. | 100 Pa |
D. | 50 Pa |
Answer» C. 100 Pa | |
9. |
High quality music only needs frequencies up to |
A. | 15 Hz |
B. | 10 Hz |
C. | 15 kHz |
D. | 20 kHz |
Answer» D. 20 kHz | |
10. |
The Hall probe is made up of |
A. | non metals |
B. | metals |
C. | radioactive material |
D. | semiconductor |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
The concentration of matter in a material is |
A. | mass |
B. | volume |
C. | weight |
D. | density |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
Particles that experience strong force are |
A. | hadrons |
B. | leptons |
C. | softens |
D. | both A and B |
Answer» B. leptons | |
13. |
The process by which energy is released in the sun is |
A. | Haber's process |
B. | fission |
C. | radioactivity |
D. | fusion |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
The maximum energy, the x-ray photon can have is |
A. | e |
B. | e⁄V |
C. | V |
D. | eV |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
Quantum of electromagnetic energy is called |
A. | photons |
B. | particles |
C. | energy |
D. | waves |
Answer» B. particles | |
16. |
The greater the decay constant |
A. | the greater the activity |
B. | the less the activity |
C. | the less the size |
D. | the greater the size |
Answer» B. the less the activity | |
17. |
For s.h.m the maximum speed is proportional to |
A. | acceleration |
B. | wavelength |
C. | frequency |
D. | time |
Answer» D. time | |
18. |
Heavy nuclei have |
A. | more electrons than neutrons |
B. | more protons than neutrons |
C. | more neutrons than protons |
D. | more neutrons than electrons |
Answer» D. more neutrons than electrons | |
19. |
At absolute zero the volume of gas is equal to |
A. | 1 m3 |
B. | 0 m3 |
C. | 3 m3 |
D. | 2 m3 |
Answer» C. 3 m3 | |
20. |
In air, alpha particles have range of |
A. | few centimeters |
B. | several thousand meters |
C. | several hundred meters |
D. | several meters |
Answer» B. several thousand meters | |
21. |
Gamma (γ) radiation are fast moving |
A. | electrons |
B. | protons |
C. | photons |
D. | neutrons |
Answer» D. neutrons | |
22. |
A helium nucleus comprising of two protons and two neutrons with a charge of 2e is |
A. | beta particle |
B. | gamma particle |
C. | alpha particle |
D. | negative particle |
Answer» D. negative particle | |
23. |
In nuclide defined by &15&7X, number of protons and neutrons respectively are |
A. | 7 and 8 |
B. | 15 and 7 |
C. | 8 and 6 |
D. | 23 and 15 |
Answer» B. 15 and 7 | |
24. |
If a C-14 has a half life of 5730 years, then how long will it take for quantity of C-14 in a sample to drop to 1/8 of initial quantity? |
A. | 2.58 × 104 years |
B. | 1.44 × 104 years |
C. | 1.72 × 104 years |
D. | 2.58 × 104 years |
Answer» D. 2.58 × 104 years | |
25. |
Alpha (α) particles are helium (He) nucleus with a charge of |
A. | e |
B. | 2e |
C. | 3e |
D. | 4e |
Answer» C. 3e | |
26. |
If nucleus is formed from separate nucleons, then energy is |
A. | gained |
B. | released |
C. | converted |
D. | absorbed |
Answer» C. converted | |
27. |
New nucleus after alpha particle decays, is called |
A. | parent nucleus |
B. | daughter nucleus |
C. | decayed nucleus |
D. | undecayed nucleus |
Answer» C. decayed nucleus | |
28. |
If energy is released from a system, it's mass |
A. | decreases |
B. | increases |
C. | constant |
D. | zero |
Answer» B. increases | |
29. |
1 mole of uranium-238 has potential to emit total energy equal to about |
A. | 109 J |
B. | 1010 J |
C. | 1011 J |
D. | 1012 J |
Answer» D. 1012 J | |
30. |
As compared to proton, mass of neutron is |
A. | 10% greater |
B. | 5% greater |
C. | 1% greater |
D. | 0.1% greater |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
Mass excess for U-235 is |
A. | 0.034 u |
B. | 0.043 u |
C. | 0.05 u |
D. | 0.06 u |
Answer» C. 0.05 u | |
32. |
Minimum energy required to pull nucleus apart is called |
A. | ionization energy |
B. | electron affinity |
C. | chemical energy |
D. | binding energy |
Answer» E. | |
33. |
Process by which energy is released in sun is |
A. | fission |
B. | Habers process |
C. | fusion |
D. | radioactivity |
Answer» D. radioactivity | |
34. |
Total amount of mass and energy together in a system is |
A. | increasing |
B. | decreasing |
C. | zero |
D. | constant |
Answer» E. | |
35. |
Greater decay constant |
A. | the less the activity |
B. | the greater the activity |
C. | the greater the size |
D. | the less the size |
Answer» C. the greater the size | |
36. |
Activity of one decay per second is equal to |
A. | 1 Bq |
B. | 1 atm |
C. | 1 mol |
D. | 1 Cd |
Answer» B. 1 atm | |
37. |
Most stable isotope in nature is of |
A. | iron-56 |
B. | carbon-12 |
C. | uranium-235 |
D. | uranium-238 |
Answer» B. carbon-12 | |
38. |
Time taken by a radioactive substance to decay half is called |
A. | time delay |
B. | half life |
C. | time constant |
D. | half period |
Answer» C. time constant | |
39. |
At higher energy, bodies have |
A. | small mass |
B. | large mass |
C. | zero mass |
D. | smaller weight |
Answer» C. zero mass | |
40. |
In gamma emission, change in nucleon number is |
A. | zero |
B. | definite |
C. | increase by 1 |
D. | decreases by 1 |
Answer» B. definite | |
41. |
1 u is equal to |
A. | 1.660 × 10-27 kg |
B. | 2 × 10-27 kg |
C. | 3 × 10-27 kg |
D. | 5 × 10-27 kg |
Answer» B. 2 × 10-27 kg | |
42. |
Radioactive decay is a |
A. | random process |
B. | non-spontaneous process |
C. | regular process |
D. | massive process |
Answer» B. non-spontaneous process | |
43. |
Energy given to nucleus to dismantle it increases the |
A. | kinetic energy of individual nucleons |
B. | mechanical energy of individual nucleons |
C. | potential energy of individual nucleons |
D. | chemical energy of individual nucleons |
Answer» D. chemical energy of individual nucleons | |
44. |
Activity is proportional to number of |
A. | daughter nuclei |
B. | decayed nuclei |
C. | undecayed nuclei |
D. | father nuclei |
Answer» D. father nuclei | |
45. |
The average (mean) life for particle decay is |
A. | 1.145 times greater than half life |
B. | 1.245 times greater than half life |
C. | 1.345 times greater than half life |
D. | 1.445 times greater than half life |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
The half life of radioactive nuclei is |
A. | 0.693 / λ |
B. | 0.793 / λ |
C. | 0.693λ |
D. | 0.793λ |
Answer» B. 0.793 / λ | |
47. |
The International system of units (SI) of radioactivity activity is |
A. | Becquerel |
B. | Curie |
C. | Fermi |
D. | Moles |
Answer» B. Curie | |
48. |
As per radioactive decay law, the small amount of disintegration of the isotope in a small period is equal to |
A. | –λN |
B. | λN |
C. | –2λN |
D. | 2λN |
Answer» B. λN | |
49. |
An atom with even number of protons
Which of the following is/are true? |
A. | only i |
B. | i & ii |
C. | i & iii |
D. | All of these |
Answer» C. i & iii | |
50. |
When the nuclei of U235 is splitted into approximately two equal nuclei, the amount of energy released per nucleon is |
A. | 0.45 MeV |
B. | 0.9 MeV |
C. | 1.35 MeV |
D. | 1.7 MeV |
Answer» C. 1.35 MeV | |