General Physics I - 50 Objective
Questions and Answers
1. Which of the following is a vector quantity? Answer: C) Displacement
2. What is the SI unit of force? Answer: B) N
3. An object moving at constant speed in a circle is accelerating because: Answer: B) Its
direction is changing
4. What is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth? Answer: A) 9.8 m/s²
5. Which law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Answer: C) Newton’s Third Law
6. What is the unit of work? Answer: C) Joule
7. Which quantity is conserved in an elastic collision? Answer: C) Both momentum and
kinetic energy
8. If velocity doubles, what happens to the kinetic energy? Answer: C) Quadruples
9. Which of the following is NOT a fundamental quantity? Answer: C) Area
10. Scalar quantity has: Answer: A) Magnitude only
11. Acceleration is defined as: Answer: C) Rate of change of velocity
12. What does the slope of a velocity-time graph represent? Answer: B) Acceleration
13. F = ma is Newton's: Answer: B) Second Law
14. The area under a velocity-time graph gives: Answer: B) Distance
15. A body moving with constant velocity has: Answer: A) Zero acceleration
16. Power is the rate of doing: Answer: B) Work
17. The SI unit of power is: Answer: C) Watt
18. Potential energy depends on: Answer: B) Height
19. The mechanical energy of a system is the sum of: Answer: B) Kinetic and potential
energy
20. 1 kilowatt = ? watts Answer: C) 1000
21. The SI unit of temperature is: Answer: C) Kelvin
22. Heat is transferred by conduction in: Answer: A) Solids
23. The device used to measure temperature is: Answer: A) Thermometer
24. Which method of heat transfer does not require a medium? Answer: C) Radiation
25. When a substance changes state, its temperature: Answer: C) Remains constant
26. The unit of frequency is: Answer: B) Hertz
27. Speed = frequency × ? Answer: C) Wavelength
28. Sound travels fastest in: Answer: D) Steel
29. Which wave is longitudinal? Answer: C) Sound wave
30. Echo is due to: Answer: C) Reflection of sound
31. Pressure is defined as: Answer: B) Force/area
32. The unit of pressure is: Answer: C) Pascal
33. Which principle explains how airplanes fly? Answer: C) Bernoulli’s Principle
34. The pressure at a point in a fluid increases with: Answer: B) Increasing depth
35. Buoyant force acts in: Answer: C) Upward direction
36. The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure is: Answer: B) Barometer
37. The unit of density is: Answer: B) kg/m³
38. Free fall is motion under the influence of: Answer: C) Gravity
39. Which of the following quantities is not conserved? Answer: C) Force
40. Hooke’s law is related to: Answer: C) Elasticity
41. SI unit of mass is: Answer: B) Kilogram
42. A horizontal line on a distance-time graph means: Answer: C) At rest
43. Speed is calculated as: Answer: B) Distance/time
44. What is the slope of a displacement-time graph? Answer: B) Speed
45. If a car moves at 60 km/h, how far will it go in 2 hours? Answer: B) 120 km
46. Work done in a circular motion is: Answer: B) Zero
47. Inertia is the property of a body to: Answer: A) Resist change in velocity
48. A pendulum's period increases with: Answer: C) Longer string
49. Energy stored in a stretched spring is: Answer: B) Potential energy
50. Zero net force on an object means: Answer: D) Either A or B
