ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്

ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574

PHYSICS
LIGHT
1. Study of light called?
Optics
2. Light is an wave and light doesn’t need a to travel?
Electromagnetic, Medium
3. Nature of light wave is ?
Transverse wave
4. The medium in which the speed of light is maximum?
Vacuum (3*10⁸ m/s)
5. The medium in which the density of light is minimum?
Vacuum
6. The medium in which the density of light is maximum?
Diamond

ദീപ്തി ക
7. Order of speed of light in different medium
Vacuum > Air > Water > Glass > Diamond
8. Unit used to measure the distance between stars?
Light year

ോകേജ് Physics
9. Time taken by sunlight to reach earth?
8 minutes 20 seconds (500 seconds)
10. Time taken by moonlight to reach earth?
1.3 Seconds
11. 1 light year = 9.46 x 10¹² km 1 Parsec = 3.26 Light year
12. The splitting of composite beam of light into its constituent colours is called
ോകേജ് Physics

Dispersion (Rainbow)
13. Colour having maximum wavelength, minimum scattering, least energy level ?
Red
14. Colour having minimum wave length, maximum scattering, high energy level?
Violet
15. Change of direction of light when light passes from one medium to another?
ദീപ്തി ക

Refraction (twinkling of stars, Mirage in desert)

16. The phenomenon of light when a beam of light falls on a surface?
Reflection
17. The spreading out of waves of light as it passes through a narrow aperture?
Diffraction (fringe pattern of CD, Working of projectors)
18. The partial reflection caused when light waves come in contact with particles of air ?
Scattering (blue colour of sky)
18. Colour scatters most and colour scatters least
Violet Red
19. The splitting of different colours of light in a prism is ?
Dispersion of light
20. The distribution of light energy when two or more light waves superimpose to each other
called?
Interference (colours in soap bubble)
21. Working principle of optical fiber (used for transmission of light), endoscopy, vehicle
reflectors and binoculars is?
Total Internal Reflection
22. A diamond sparkles because it has high and it is based on the principle
of Total Internal reflection
Refractive Index
23. A rainbow is always seen in the direction of the sun?
Opposite
THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 1
 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
24. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red (VIBGYOR)
25. The primary colours of light?
Red, Blue, Green
26. Colours obtained by mixing any two primary colours called?
Secondary Colours G G-Green
R-Red
C B-Blue
Y Y-Yellow
M-Magenta
C-Cyan
B R
M
27. A colour obtained by mixing any two secondary colours is called?
G

ദീപ്തി ക
Tertiary Colours
28. The colour which reflects all other colours and absorbs minimum heat?
White
29. The colour which absorbs all other colours and absorbs maximum heat?

ോകേജ് Physics
Black
30. The substances which do not pass light are called?
Opaque
31. The substances which allow the light to pass through are called?
Transparent
32. The substance used to form colour in paint, plastics, Ink etc called?
Pigments
ോകേജ് Physics

33. the radiation which has longer wavelength than those of visible light
Infrared rays (used in distant photography, TV remotes & Night vision camera)

 The rays caused for sunburn

 The rays helped to detect forged bank notes
UV Rays
 Rays which is used to sterilize surgical equipment
ദീപ്തി ക

 Vitamin D produced by the human skin in the presence of

34. The electromagnetic radiation with shorter wavelength?

X-Rays

LENS & MIRRORS

1. The mirror whose surface is placed straight and flat is called?
Plane Mirror
2. The mirror which has a curved reflecting surface is called?
Spherical Mirrors
3. The spherical Mirror whose reflecting surface is curved outwards is called?
Convex Mirror (rear-view mirror in vehicles, reflector in street light)
4. A spherical mirror whose reflecting surface is curved inwards is called?
Concave mirror (solar cooker, shaving mirrors, mirrors used by doctors,
vehicle head light, torches, search light)
5. A Lens is a transparent medium bounded by two surfaces at least one of which is a
curved surface.
6. The SI unit of power of a lens is
Dioptre
7. A lens is thicker at the centre and narrower at the edges called?
Convex Lens
THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 2
 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
8. Image formed in Convex Lens?
Real and Inverted
9. A lens is narrower at the centre and thicker at the edges called?
Concave Lens
10. Image formed in Concave lens
Virtual and Erect

 Lens known as converging lens

 Lens used as a magnifying lens
 Lens in the human eye Convex Lens
 Lens which is used to correct long site
 Lens used in Microscope, Telescope, Camera & Projectors

ദീപ്തി ക
 Lens known as diverging lens Concave Lens
 Lens used to correct short sight

ോകേജ് Physics
12. Short sight and long sight can be corrected together by lens
Bifocal Lens 1 th
13. The impression of the image remains on the retina for about of a second is called?
16
Persistence of vision

SOUND
1. Study of sound is called?
ോകേജ് Physics

Acoustics
2. Nature of Sound wave is ?
Longitudinal wave
3. Sound cannot travel through ?
Vacuum (it requires medium to travel)
4. Sound travels fastest in ?
Solids (greater speed in steel)
ദീപ്തി ക

5. Sound travels slowest in ?

Gases
6. The velocity of sound through air is ?
340 m/s
7. Unit of intensity of sound?
Decibel (dB)
8. The normal sound level in decibel?
60-120 dB
9. The audible frequency of human ear is?
20Hz to 20000Hz (20kHz)
10. Echo and reverberation are due to ?
Reflection of sound

 Sound lower than 20Hz

 Sound produced by Whales, Elephants, Rhinoceroses (for communication) Infra sonic Sound
 Sound developed before Earthquake
11. Minimum distance required for the production of Echo?
17 meters

THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 3

 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS

 Sound higher than 20kHz

 Sound produced by Dolphins, bats, Galton Whistle Ultra sonic Sound
 Sound wave used in SONAR

12. Persistence of audibility of the human ear is sec

1 th
Sec
10
13. The number of oscillation or vibrations made in one second is called
Frequency
14. Properties of sound
Pitch (Sharpness of sound)
Loudness (Intensity of sound felt by the ear)
Quality (Timbre)
15. “When a train sounding siren approaches and recedes an observer, the frequency of the sound

ദീപ്തി ക
will be high as it approaches and low as it passes the observes” Why?
Doppler Effect
16. Device used to measure the depth of the sea?
SONAR (Sound Navigation And Ranging) , Fathometer

ോകേജ് Physics
FORCE
1. A force is push or pulls those changes or tends to change the state of rest or uniform
motion of an object.
ോകേജ് Physics

2. The standard unit of force is ?

Newton (N) CGS Unit = Dyne
3. Force generated by two surfaces that contacts and slip against each other
Friction
4. The substance which reduces the friction between moving surfaces is called
Lubricants (Grease, Oil, Water)
5. Force per unit area is called
ദീപ്തി ക

Pressure
6. SI unit of pressure
Pascal (1 Pascal = 1n/m² ; 1 bar = 10⁵ N/m² or 10⁵ Pascal)
7. The normal atmospheric pressure
760 mm Hg
8. The instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
Barometer
9. The liquid used in Barometer
Mercury
10. The principle behind the floating ship on water
Buoyant force
11. Mass per unit volume of a substance is called?
Density
12. The SI unit of density
kg/m³
13. The liquid which has highest density
Mercury (13.6 g/cm³) density of water = 1000kg/m³
14. Ice cubes float on water because
Ice is less dense than water
THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 4
 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
15. The instrument used to measure relative density
Hydrometer
16. Hydraulic brake, Hydraulic lift and Hydraulic press works on the principle of
Pascal’s law
17. The force of attraction between unlike molecules is called?
Adhesive force
18. The force of attraction between like molecules is called?
Cohesive force
19. The internal frictional force acting between parallel layers of liquid is called?
Viscous Force
20. The force exerted by a liquid surface to decrease its surface area to a minimum is called?
Surface Tension
21. Surface tension occurs due to ?
Cohesion
22. The spherical shape of the rain drop is due to ?

ദീപ്തി ക
Surface Tension
23. The force which pulls the body towards the earth is called?
Gravitational force
24. The uniform acceleration produced in a freely falling object due to the gravitational pull of
the earth is known as ?

ോകേജ് Physics
Acceleration due to gravity (g = 9.8 m/s²)
25. The value of g at the centre of the earth?
Zero
26. The value of g is minimum at and maximum at ?
ോകേജ് Physics

The equator, Poles

27. The planet for which acceleration due to gravity is maximum?
Jupiter
28. The planet for which acceleration due to gravity is minimum?
Mercury 1
29. The value of “g” on moon 6is of that on the earth and on the sun is about 27 times
of that on the earth.
ദീപ്തി ക

30. The minimum velocity an object must have in order to escape from gravitational field of
planets and moon?
Escape velocity (11.2 km/s for earth, 2.38km/s for moon)
31. The force that keeps an object moving at a uniform sped along a circular path?
Centripetal force (movement of electrons around the nucleus)
32. Tendency of an object following a curved path to fly away from the centre curvature is
called?
Centrifugal force (force which helps to separate cream from milk)
33. The measure of the force of gravity on an object?
Weight (w=m * g)
34. The amount of matter contained in a given body is called?
Mass
35. Weight of freely falling objects?
Zero

HEAT
1. Study of heat is called ?
Thermodynamics
2. S I Unit of heat?
Joule (1 calorie = 4.2 Joule)
THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 5
 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
3. The melting point of ice and freezing point of water is ?
0° C
4. The process which a solid is transformed to gas directly without going through a liquid phase
is called?
Sublimation (Camphor)
5. The transfer of heat between substances that are in direct contact with each other is called
Conduction
6. The transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids is called
Convection (Sea Breeze and Land Breeze)
7. The transfer of heat by means of electromagnetic waves is called?
Radiation (Solar energy reaches the earth by means of this)
8. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body is called ?
Temperature (SI Unit = Kelvin )
9. Zero degrees Celsius is equal to ?
32 degree Fahrenheit

ദീപ്തി ക
10. -273° C is known as ?
Absolute Zero (0° K)
11. The instrument used to measure temperature is?
Thermometer (human body temperature = 36.9° C)
12. Celsius scale and Fahrenheit scale show the same reading at ?

ോകേജ് Physics
- 40°
13. The temperature at which liquid changes into vapour is called?
Boiling point ( Boiling point of water is 100° C)
14. The temperature at which solid changes its state to liquid at atmospheric pressure?
ോകേജ് Physics

Melting point

WORK, ENERGY, POWER

1. SI Unit of work is called ?
Joule
2. One joule of work is said to be done when a force of 1 Newton acting on a body
displacing it by a distance of 1m.
ദീപ്തി ക

3. The rate of doing work is known as?

Power
4. SI Unit of power is ?
Watt or Joule/second
5. Mechanical unit of power ?
Horsepower (1HP = 746 watt)
6. The capacity to do work is called?
Energy (SI Unit = Joule, CGS Unit = Erg, Commercial unit = Kilowatt-hour)
7. The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position is called?
Potential energy (PE= mgh)
8. The energy possessed by a body due to its motion is called?
Kinetic Energy (KE = 1 mv²)
2
LEVERS
1. Lever is a simple machine. Lever is used for shifting or raising a heavy load.
2. A rigid rod pivoted at a fixed point is called ?
Fulcrum
3. Force applied in lever is called ?
Effort

THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 6

 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
4. A body in which an applied force is felt is called ?
Resistance
5. In first class lever fulcrum comes in between resistance and effort (Eg:- See-saw, Bail
Puller, balance, Scissors, Pliers, pulley etc)
6. In second class lever resistance comes in between effort and fulcrum (Eg:- Nutcracker,
Wheel barrow, bottle opener, Lemon Squeezer etc)
7. In third class lever effort is in between resistance and fulcrum (Ice tongs, Pincers,
Human mandible, gaff etc)

MATTER
1. Anything that possesses weight and occupies space is called ?
Matter
2. States of matter 1. Solid
2. Liquid

ദീപ്തി ക
3. Gas
4. Plasma
5. Bose Einstein Condensate
6. Fermionic Condensate
7. Quark-Gluon Plasma

ോകേജ് Physics
8. Time crystal
9. Exitonium

UNITS & MEASURMENTS

1. Fundamental quantities are Length, Mass & Time.
2. The unit of fundamental quantities which can’t be derived from any other quantities is called?
ോകേജ് Physics

Fundamental Units
3. Units which are derived from the fundamental units are called?
Derived Units
4.
ദീപ്തി ക

5. The physical quantity that has the only magnitude, but no direction is known as ?
Scalar quantity (Mass, Speed, Work, Volume, Time, Power, Energy, Distance etc)
6. The physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction is known as ?
Vector quantity (Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Momentum etc)

MOTION
1. The change in position of an object with respect to time and its surrounding is called?
Motion
2. The motion of an object along a straight line is called ?
Linear Motion
3. The motion along circular path is called?
Circular motion

THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 7

 ദീപ്തി ക ോകേജ്
ജെ.ജെ ആശുപത്രിക്ക് എരിർവശം ഒന്നം നില, കൃഷ്ണപുരം ഫ നൺ:9446931574
PHYSICS
4. The movement of a body about its own axis is called?
Rotation
5. To and fro motion of a body about a mean position is called?
Oscillatory motion
6. The tendency of a body to remain in its state of rest or the state of uniform motion along a
straight line is called?
Inertia

ELECTRICITY
1. A form of energy which represents the flow of electrons?
Electricity
2. The fundamental quantity of electricity?
Charge (Unit Coulomb)
3. The metal having lowest resistance?
Silver
4. The metal commonly used in electric heating elements?
Nichrome (due to high resistance to electricity)
5. The unit of measurement for the potential difference?
Volt
6. The unit of measurement of power?

ദീപ്തി ക
Watt
7. The instrument used to change the level of voltage (High or low)?
Transformer
8. The instrument used in the production of electricity?
ോകേജ് Physics

Generators

ോകേജ് Physics
9. The instrument used to measure electric current?
Ammeter
10. The instrument used to measure the potential difference in the circuit?
Voltmeter
11. Unit of electric resistance?
Ohm
ദീപ്തി ക

12. The materials through which electrical energy and heat energy can be transmitted very
easily?
Conductors (low resistance)
13. The substance which does not allow the flow of current through them is called?
Insulators
14. The substances which partially conduct electricity are called?
Semiconductors

THS Entrance Examination – Deepthy College, Krishnapuram Page 8