Explore topic-wise MCQs in Engineering Physics.

This section includes 10 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.

A man is standing on an international space station which is orbiting earth at an altitude 520km with a constant speed 7.6km/s. If the man s weight is 50kg, his acceleration is ___________

A. 7.6 km/s<sup>2</sup>
B. 7.6 m/s<sup>2</sup>
C. 8.4 m/s<sup>2</sup>
D. 10 m/s<sup>2</sup>
Answer» D. 10 m/s<sup>2</sup>
2.

A point mass m is placed inside a spherical shell of radius R and mass M at a distance R/2 from the centre of the shell. The gravitational force exerted by the shell on the point mass is ___________

A. GMm/R<sup>2</sup>
B. GMm/R
C. Zero
D. 4GMm/R<sup>2</sup>
Answer» D. 4GMm/R<sup>2</sup>
3.

If radius of the earth is reduced, then ___________

A. Time duration is reduced
B. Earth rotates slower
C. Time period of earth decreases
D. Duration of day increases
Answer» D. Duration of day increases
4.

If the orbital radius of the earth is made 4 times, then find the duration of the year if earlier it was T?

A. T
B. 2T
C. 4T
D. 8T
Answer» E.
5.

The escape velocity from the earth is 11.2km/sec. Another plant is having a mass 1000 times and radius 10 times that of the earth, then escape velocity at that planet will be ___________

A. 11.2km/sec
B. 112km/sec
C. 1.12km/sec
D. 1120km/sec
Answer» C. 1.12km/sec
6.

The escape velocity of a body projected vertically upwards from the surface of the earth is 11km/sec. If the body is projected at an angle of 45 with the vertically, the escape velocity will be ___________

A. 22km/sec
B. 11km/sec
C. 11 2km/sec
D. 11/ 2km/sec
Answer» C. 11 2km/sec
7.

The escape velocity of a projectile from the earth is approximately ___________

A. 7km/sec
B. 11.2km.sec
C. 112km/sec
D. 1.1km/sec
Answer» C. 112km/sec
8.

The velocity with which a projectile must be fired so that it escapes the earth s gravitational field doesn t depend on ___________

A. Mass of the earth
B. Mass of the projectile
C. Radius of the orbit
D. Universal gravitational constant
Answer» B. Mass of the projectile
9.

If the earth loses its gravity, then for a body ___________

A. Weight becomes zero
B. Mass becomes zero
C. Neither mass nor weight is zero
D. Both mass and weight are zero
Answer» B. Mass becomes zero
10.

The mass of the moon is 1% of the mass of the earth. The ratio of gravitational pull on moon and that of moon in earth will be ___________

A. 1:1
B. 1:10
C. 1:100
D. 2:1
Answer» B. 1:10