HSSC-I (2017) MCQs

1. The dimensions of power are

  • [MLT^-2]
  • [MLT^-3]
  • [M^2L^2T^-2]
  • [ML^2T-3]

2. The significant figures in 34.678 are

  • 4
  • 3
  • 5
  • 2

3. Two forces are acting together on an object. The magnitude of their resultant is minimum, when the angle between the forces is

  • 120°
  • 180°
  • 45°
  • 60°

4. If the scalar product of two vectors is 2√3 and the magnitude of their vector product is 2.The angle between them is

  • 30 °
  • 60°
  • 180°
  • 120°

5. A car starts from rest and covers a distance of 100m in one second with uniform acceleration. Its acceleration is

  • 100m/s^2
  • 200m/s^2
  • 300m/s ^2
  • 50m/s^2

6. A ball rolls off the edge of a table. The horizontal component of the ball’s velocity remains constant during its entire trajectory because

  • The net force acting on the ball is zero.
  • The ball is not acted upon by a force in the horizontal direction
  • The ball is acted upon by a force in the horizontal direction
  • The ball is acted upon by a force in the only vertical direction

7. Which of the following is the example of conservative force?

  • Tension in the string.
  • Propulsion force of rocket
  • Gravitational field
  • Restoring force in compressed spring

8. Anybody requires _______ escape velocity, to escape from the gravitational pull of the mars

  • 2.4km/s
  • 4.3km/s
  • 5km/s
  • 10.4km/s

9. In dryer, water is pushed out of wet clothes due to

  • Abundance of centripetal force
  • Lack of centripetal force
  • Friction
  • Retarding force

10. The SI unit of co-efficient of viscosity is

  • kgm^-1s^-1
  • kgm^-1s^-2
  • kgm^-2s^-1
  • kgm^-3s^-2

11. A stone of mass 16kg is attached to a string 144 m long and is whirled in a horizontal circle. The maximum tension the string can withstand is 16N. The maximum velocity of revolution that can be given to the stone without breaking it, will be

  • 20m/s
  • 16m/s
  • 14m/s
  • 12m/s

12. The property of fluid by which its own molecules are attracted is said to be

  • Adhesion
  • Cohesion
  • Viscosity
  • Surface tension

13. A simple pendulum is moved from the earth to the moon. How does it changes the period of oscillations? (Accelration due to gravity on moon=1.6m/s^2)

  • The period is increased by factor √6.
  • The period is increased by factor four
  • The period is decreased by factor √6.
  • The period remains the same.

14. Which of the following conditions is best for cooking purpose?

  • Isobaric
  • Isochoric
  • Adiabatic
  • Isothermal

15. What would be the efficiency of a carnot engine operating with boiling water as one reservoir and a freezing mixture of ice and water as the other reservoir?

  • 27%
  • 67%
  • 12%
  • 100%

16. Power of magnifying glasses is given by

  • f+p
  • 1-(f/d)
  • 1+fd

17. Optically active substances are those substances which

  • Produce polarized light
  • Produce double refraction
  • Rotate the plane of polarization of polarized light
  • Convert a plane polarized light in circulatory polarized light




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