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    UHS MDCAT 2008

    In photoelectric effect, removal of photons is observed at _______ energies.

  2. 2
    UHS MDCAT 2008

    At high temperature, the proportion of _______ wavelength radiation increases.

  3. 3
    UHS MDCAT 2008

    For photons of energy greater than 1.02 MeV the probability of pair production occurrence ______ as the energy increases.

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    Speed of light, radio waves and microwaves in vacuum is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    For intermediate energy of radiations, the dominant process is:

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    UHS MDCAT 2009

    In Compton Effect, the value of is given by:

  7. 7
    UHS MDCAT 2009

    The value of Stefan's Boltzmann Constant is:

  8. 8
    UHS MDCAT 2009

    If R1 = 10 kΩ and R2 = 100 kΩ then the gain of op-amplifier as inverting amplifier is:

  9. 9
    UHS MDCAT 2010

    The life time of an electron in an excited state is about 10-8 s. What is its uncertainty in energy during this time?

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    UHS MDCAT 2010

    In pair production, the type of photon used:

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    UHS MDCAT 2010

    The minimum frequency below which no electron is emitted from the metal surface is called:

  12. 12
    UHS MDCAT 2010

    The value of Wien’s constant is:

  13. 13
    UHS MDCAT 2016

    The wavelength of γ-rays is:

  14. 14
    UHS MDCAT 2017

    The momentum of wave where wavelength is 1.32 x 10-9 m:

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    UHS MDCAT 2017

    The frequency of photon having momentum 4.42 x 10-26 Ns is:

  16. 16
    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    The Balmer series of hydrogen spectrum appears in the

  17. 17
    PMDC MDCAT 2025

    The wave that has the highest frequency and penetrating power is

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    The speed of light in the vacuum is the same for all observers regardless of their relative motion or the motion of the source of the light", is the important postulate of:

  19. 19

    In a photoelectric effect experiment the stopping potential is:

  20. 20

    If the wavelength of incident radiation in a photoelectric experiment is decreased then

  21. 21

    The momentum of a photon is 3.3×10−29 kg−m/sec. Its frequency will be

  22. 22
    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    When placed in light which of the following can generate an output voltage across its electrodes?

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Which of the following believed in absolute time?

  24. 24
    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    In the photo-electric effect, electrons are emitted on incidence of light upon certain material surfaces:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Let an electron beam be accelerated by adjustable potential V. If we decrease potential V, the wavelength of the matter wave associated with the electron will:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Electrons of mass m and charge e are accelerated through a potential difference V and strike the target. The maximum speed of these electrons is:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2024

    Photoelectron emission depends upon the:

  28. 28
    KPK MDCAT 2024

    Black body is an ideal radiator that radiates ................. at all wavelengths.

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    KPK MDCAT 2024

    As per 2nd photoelectric experiment, photoelectric effect does not occur if the frequency of the incident light is?

  30. 30
    KPK MDCAT 2024

    The momentum of moving photon is:

  31. 31
    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    Which one of the following factors is the best for calculating Compton's shift?

  32. 32

    The kinetic energy of emitted electrons in photoelectric effect can be increased by increasing _

  33. 33
    FMDC MDCAT 2024

    At what angle made by scattered photons with x-axis , we can get the maximum value of Compton's shift?

  34. 34
    UHS MDCAT 2024

    Light propagates through space as a wave is evident by all of the following EXCEPT:

  35. 35
    UHS MDCAT 2024

    The de-Broglie wavelength associated with a particle moving at 10⁶ m/s and having mass 10⁻³⁰ kg:

  36. 36
    UHS MDCAT 2024

    The value of Planck constant is:

  37. 37
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    In Einstein's photoelectric equation hv =ϕ +eV, the kinetic energy of photoelectrons is:

  38. 38
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    In the mathematical relationship Φ = hv, the symbol Φ represents:

  39. 39
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    The speed of electromagnetic waves 'e' in free space is:

  40. 40
    Sindh MDCAT 2024

    The ratio of'molar gas constant' to 'Avogadro's number' (R/Na) is called:

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    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    The units of the equation of Compton's scattering ∆λ = h/mc(1-cos) are of:

  42. 42
    Balochistan MDCAT 2022

    Positron and electron anhilate into:

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    KPK MDCAT 2022

    Which photon is traveling with the largest speed in a vacuum?

  44. 44
    KPK MDCAT 2022

    In pair annihilation, two gamma-ray photons created, travel in opposite directions not in the same direction, because:

  45. 45
    UHS MDCAT 2022

    In a photoelectric effect experiment, the stopping potential is:

  46. 46
    UHS MDCAT 2022

    If electron, proton, neutron, and alpha particle have same velocity which of them have shortest wavelength?

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    The experimental proof of particle nature of light is:

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    Sindh MDCAT 2022

    The minimum energy of photon for pair production is:

  49. 49
    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    The energy of each photon with frequency 1.2×10^14 Hz will be:

  50. 50
    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    The rest mass of photon is:

  51. 51
    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    De Broglie received the Nobel Prize in the year:

  52. 52
    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    According to the wave-particle duality, identify respectively how all micro-particles (electrons, protons, atoms, etc) behave when propagating and when exchanging energies

  53. 53
    Balochistan MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following has the largest energy?

  54. 54

    What is the rest mass of a photon?

  55. 55

    The Compton's effect is the phenomenon that describes

  56. 56

    In special theory of relativity, the law of conservation of energy and law of conservation of mass have been replaced with

  57. 57
    Sindh MDCAT 2023 (Retake)

    In photodiode, the bias voltage is applied in bias form:

  58. 58

    If frequency of light is greater than threshold frequency, then in photoelectric effect the number of electrons increases with an increase in _ of light :

  59. 59
    UHS MDCAT 2023

    In Compton effect, a photon of a certain wavelength collides with a stationary electron. The wavelength of the emitted photon is:

  60. 60
    UHS MDCAT 2023

    In Compton effect, the incident photon when compared to the scattered photon is of:

  61. 61
    UHS MDCAT 2023 UHS MDCAT 2022

    The process of ejection of loosely bound electrons from a certain photo sensitive surface by absorption of photon is called:

  62. 62
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    An atom makes a transition from a state of energy E2 to one of lower energy E1. Which of the following gives the wavelength of the radiation emitted, in terms of the Planck's constant h and the speed of light e?

  63. 63
    Sindh MDCAT 2023

    Which of the following corresponds to the momentum of a photon?

  64. 64

    If K1 and K2 are the maximum kinetic energies of photoelectrons emitted when lights of wavelength λ1 and λ2 respectively incident on a metallic surface and λ1 = 3λ2, then:

  65. 65

    The frequency of incident light falling on a photo sensitive plate is doubled, then maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons will become:

  66. 66

    The surface of a metal is illuminated with a light of 400 nm. The kinetic energy of the ejected photoelectrons was found to be 1.68 eV. The work function of the metal is: (hc = 1240 eV.nm)

  67. 67

    When photons of energy hv are incident on the surface of photosensitive material of work function hv0, then:

  68. 68

    The work function of a metal is 1 eV. Light of wavelength 3000 Å is incident on this metal surface. The velocity of the emitted photo-electrons will be:

  69. 69
    PMC Practice Test 4 2021

    If two photons interact in same direction what will change?

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    In Compton's effect the wavelength of the scattered X-rays is

  71. 71

    According to the special theory of relativity, mass of a moving object is considered as infinite when it moves with

  72. 72

    The keynote of Einstein's theory of relativity is that gravity is a property of

  73. 73
    FMDC MDCAT 2015 FMDC MDCAT 2014

    The special theory of relativity is based upon I) The laws of physics are same in all inertial frame .II) The speed of light in free space has the same value for all observers, regardless of their state of motion.

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    FMDC MDCAT 2015 FMDC MDCAT 2014

    FIX THIS:Identify the postulate /s which help to formulate a mathematical model of gases. i) A finite volume of gas consists of very large number of molecules ii) The size of the molecules in much smaller than the separation between molecules. iii) Molecules do not exert force on each other except during a collision

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    ETEA MDCAT 2014

    Which of the following physical phenomena connot be described only by the wave theory of the electromagnetic radiation?

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    When electron absorbs a photon and jumps to higher states it is called:

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    Blackbody shows a _ spectra:

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    Photons of energy 10.25 eV fall on the surface of the metal emitting photoelectrons of maximum kinetic energy 5.0 eV. What is the stopping voltage required for these electrons?

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    In annihilation process particles move in:

  80. 80

    The word radiation means:

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    A body at temperature T radiates heat according to relation:

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    If the temperature of Sun is doubled, heat energy reached on earth become:

  83. 83

    Wave particle duality does not describe:

  84. 84
    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    X-ray is the reverse process of:

  85. 85

    Wave nature and particle nature of photon is linked by:

  86. 86
    ETEA MDCAT 2017

    Work function for a certain surface is 3.3 ev. Minimum frequency, light must have in order to eject electron from surface will be:

  87. 87
    ETEA MDCAT 2019

    In order to increase the stopping potential, there should be increase in

  88. 88
    ETEA MDCAT 2019

    The transverse nature of light is shown by

  89. 89
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    The rest mass of Photon is 𝑚𝑜. Its linear momentum, when it moves with the speed equal to half of the speed of light in space, will be:

  90. 90
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    Which of the following will be a better shield against 𝛾-rays?

  91. 91
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    The ionization potential of a hydrogen atom is 13.6V what will be the energy of the electron in the second orbit?

  92. 92
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    The maximum energy of the electrons released in photocell is independent of:

  93. 93
    ETEA MDCAT 2018

    What is the momentum of X −rays having wavelength 0.001nm?

  94. 94
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    If we use a light of photons having energy 2.4 eV then the stopping potential required will be:

  95. 95
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    When light has exactly the same energy as the work done function of a metal surface then:

  96. 96
    UHS MDCAT 2017 (Reconduct)

    The de Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass 1 gram and velocity 100 ms-1 is:

  97. 97
    UHS MDCAT 2011

    When electrons lose all their kinetic energy in the first collision, the entire kinetic appears as an X-ray photon of energy:

  98. 98
    UHS MDCAT 2011

    What is meant by spontaneous emission of electrons in solids?

  99. 99
    UHS MDCAT 2012

    If ‘m’ is the mass, ‘c’ is the velocity of light and x = mc2, then dimensions of ‘x’ will be:

  100. 100
    UHS MDCAT 2012

    The kinetic energy K.E. with which the electron strikes the target is given by:

  101. 101
    UHS MDCAT 2015

    In X-ray tube, electrons after being accelerated through velocity ‘v’ strike the target, then the wavelength of emitted X-rays is:

  102. 102

    Work function was given by:

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    X-rays are also called:

  104. 104

    When an electron releases energy and jumps from higher to lower energy state, it is called:

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    X-rays are:

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    Radiations are _ by a black body.

  107. 107

    What is the value of the planck's constant?

  108. 108

    The momentum of a photon is:

  109. 109

    The bound state electron has a _.

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    The wavelength of a matter wave is independent of _.

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    In the case of a spectrometer, a circular scale graduated in half a degree is attached with _.

  112. 112

    The black body always _ radiations.

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    Gamma rays travel _ distance.

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    Radiation can cause _.

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    Which light has more velocity?

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    The photoelectric effect is not possible with _ photons.

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    What is the de Broglie wavelength associated with an electron, accelerated through a potential difference of 200 volts?

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    -------- is conserved in pair production.

  119. 119

    The photon is the particle, which has:

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    The inertial frame has:

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    In a subatomic world, things can be predicted with _ precision.

  122. 122

    The frame of reference could be

  123. 123

    Galilean transformations are applicable to:

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    In medical scanning, which rays are used?

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    Which radiation passes through black body

  126. 126

    Which among the following phenomenon shows particle nature of light?

  127. 127

    In pair production .................... are produced?

  128. 128

    The linear momentum of a 3 MeV photon is?

  129. 129
    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    Which principle is used in solar cells?

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    From the following properties of a wave, the one that is independent of the other three is its?

  131. 131

    The photon when scattered from a mirror, its change in momentum becomes _.

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    What will be the photon energy for a wavelength of 5000 angstroms, if the energy of a photon corresponding to a wavelength of 7000 angstroms is 4.23 x 10^-19 J?

  133. 133

    Number of electrons emitted in the photoelectric effect depends upon _.

  134. 134

    For atomic spectra, atomic gas or vapor at a pressure that is much _ than atmospheric pressure is excited.

  135. 135

    The number of electrons emitted in the photoelectric effect depends upon:

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    The wavelength of a matter wave is independent of:

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    Mass and energy are related to each other by:

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    Platinum wire becomes yellow at a temperature of _ degree C.

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    A black body is considered ideal when it _.

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    The existence of photons was confirmed by:

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    Which of these is conserved in solar cells?

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    Wave-particle duality does not explain:

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    The frequency of the incident photon after the Compton effect will:

  144. 144

    A black body is considered ideal when it:

  145. 145

    If a nucleus releases gamma rays its mass becomes:

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    X-rays images are detected on a _ screen.

  147. 147

    Calculate the energy of a photon of wavelength 6600 angstroms.

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    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    According to Einstein, mass and energy are:

  149. 149

    The black body which is most close to a perfect body is:

  150. 150

    The momentum of white light is _ than X-rays.

  151. 151

    The X-ray photon is uncertain when it is:

  152. 152

    The range of wavelength of visible light is:

  153. 153

    The spectrum of the black body is:

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    In Compton׳s scattering process, the wavelength of scattered X-rays :

  155. 155

    What is the de Broglie wavelength of a ball of mass 150 g moving at a speed of 50 m/s?

  156. 156

    What will be the De-Broglie wavelength when the kinetic energy of the electron increases by 5 times?

  157. 157

    What is the frequency of a photon whose energy is 66.3 eV?

  158. 158

    The number of photoelectrons emitted from metal depends upon:

  159. 159

    The sun gives light at the rate of 1500 W/m2 of area perpendicular to the direction of light. Assume the wavelength of light as 5000 Å. Calculate the number of photons/s arriving at 1 m2 area at that part of the earth.

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    In wave motion, the least distance between two points that are out of phase of π radians is:

  161. 161

    Among the following four spectral regions, in which of them, does the photon have the highest energy?

  162. 162

    The reverse process of pair production is known as:

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    The energy of an electron in the nth orbit of a hydrogen atom is?

  164. 164

    Black body radiations are:

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    Pair production is possible in _ Photon.

  166. 166

    X-rays can be deflected by?

  167. 167

    Where does the energy lost by fast-moving electrons go?

  168. 168

    If two photons interact in the same direction what will change:

  169. 169

    Michelson determined the velocity of light by:

  170. 170

    Which of the following blocks will release heat fast?

  171. 171

    Identify the de Broglie expression from the following.

  172. 172

    When photons strikes with Al plate which electron is emitted?

  173. 173

    Polarization explains light is _.

  174. 174

    The linear momentum of a 3 Me V photon is:

  175. 175

    Beta particle is actually a _.

  176. 176

    Which is not the result of the special theory of relativity?

  177. 177

    The momentum of the moving photon is _.

  178. 178

    The energy of a photon is directly proportional to its _.

  179. 179

    The spectrum of perfect black body is?

  180. 180

    Einstein was given a Nobel prize for:

  181. 181

    Fluorescence is produced when anode rays strike on:

  182. 182

    The spin of a photon is:

  183. 183

    What will the de Broglie wavelength of a 150 g mass moving with a velocity of 50 m/s be?

  184. 184

    Photoelectric effect is not produced by:

  185. 185

    A photosensitive material would emit electrons if it is excited by a photon beyond a threshold. To cross the threshold, what should be increased?

  186. 186

    Compton shift is maximum at:

  187. 187

    Which light photon has the least momentum?

  188. 188

    Planck's constant is analogous to:

  189. 189
    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    The photocell is similar to:

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    PMC Practice Test 5 2021

    Calculate the energy of a photon of wavelength 6600 Angstroms:

  191. 191
    UHS MDCAT 2018

    Light photons, each of energy 3.5 x 10-19J falls on the cathode of a photocell. The current through the cell is reduced to zero by taking the cathode to a potential +0.25 V relative to anode. The work function of the cathode is:

  192. 192
    UHS MDCAT 2018

    The de Broglie wavelength of an electron travelling with a speed of 1.0 x 107m/s is equal to, (h=6.6 x 10-34 Js and me= 9.1 x 10-31 kg)

  193. 193
    UHS MDCAT 2018

    A 5 watt LED bulb converts 80% of the power into light photons wavelength 660 nm. What is the number of photons emitted from the bulb in one second.

  194. 194
    PMC Practice Test 2 2021

    Momentum of a photon is?

  195. 195
    UHS MDCAT 2019

    The value and units of the Planck constant ‘h’ can be expressed as:

  196. 196
    UHS MDCAT 2019

    Calculate the energy of a photon, with a frequency of 3.0 x 1018 Hz.(h = 6.63 x 10-34)

  197. 197

    The existence of positron was discovered in the:

  198. 198

    X-rays are used to investigate:

  199. 199

    Plank׳s constant is analogus to:

  200. 200

    The electron shows purely a _ when free.

  201. 201

    The concept of work function was given by:

  202. 202

    Photocell is similar to:

  203. 203

    White light gives spectrum after undergoing:

  204. 204

    Which group consists of only electromagnetic waves?

  205. 205

    The uncertainty in momentum and position is due to its:

  206. 206

    The charge of a photon is:

  207. 207

    If the time interval between the occurrence of two events is measured in a frame with no relative motion in which two events occur. Then the time measured by the observer in a frame moving with relative velocity v is _.

  208. 208

    An electron moving with velocity v has momentum 3 x 10 -26 Kg.m/s. The de Broglie wavelength associated with it is _. Value of h = 6.63 x 10-34 is.

  209. 209

    The Bohr’s postulate for stationary orbits of Hydrogen atoms _. Here m is the mass of the electron, v velocity, r orbital, and h is Planck's constant.

  210. 210
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2019

    In order to produce pair production the minimum energy of photon required is:

  211. 211

    In the Compton Scattering experiment the X-ray wavelength change Δλ is _. Here h is Planck constant, m rest mass of electron and θ is angle after scattering.

  212. 212

    When an observer moves with velocity of light, relative to a timing device at rest, he would notice:

  213. 213

    The number of LED segments used in a calculator display:

  214. 214
    FMDC MDCAT 2018

    As the temperature of the black body is raised, the black body radiations become richer in:

  215. 215

    According to Einstein, bodies and light rays follow a:

  216. 216
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2016 SMBBMC Lyari

    Physics is an experimental science which depends heavily on:

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    Sindh MCAT NTS 2016 SMBBMC Lyari

    When photons are incident on a metal, electrons are emitted. The process is called:

  218. 218
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2016 SMBBMC Lyari

    What will be the energy of an X-ray quantum of wave length 1.0 x 10-10 m?

  219. 219
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2015 SMBBMC Lyari

    Electromagnetic wave theory was proposed by:

  220. 220

    Minimum frequency below which no electrons are emitted from the metal surface is called _ frequency.

  221. 221
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2016 DUHS and JSMU

    What will be the energy in Joules, when an electron acquires a speed of 10 m/s?

  222. 222
    Sindh MDCAT 2023 (Retake) Sindh MCAT NTS 2018

    When an electron and its anti particle position come close enough to each other, they Completely convert into radiation energy in the form of photons, this process Is called:

  223. 223
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2014 DUHS and JSMU

    The phenomena in which certain metals emit electrons when exposed to high-frequency light is known as?

  224. 224
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2013 DUHS and JSMU

    The series limit for the Balmer series of hydrogen spectrum occurs at 3664 A°. Calculate Ionization energy of hydrogen atom.

  225. 225

    Candela is the luminous intensity, in the perpendicular direction of a surface _ square meter of a black body at the temperature of freezing platinum under a pressure of 101325 newtons per square meter.

  226. 226
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2013 DUHS and JSMU

    Gamma-ray (𝝲) can produce ionization in which of the following way/s?I. It may lose all its energy in a single encounter with the electron of an atom (Photoelectric effect).II. It may lose only a part of its energy in an encounter (Compton effect).III. Very few very high energy 𝝲 ray photons may impinge directly on heavy nuclei, be stopped and annihilated giving rise to electron-positron pairs (The materialization of energy).

  227. 227
    Sindh MCAT NTS 2012 DUHS and JSMU

    The energy of an X-ray quantum of wavelength 1.0 x 10-10 m is:

  228. 228

    If frequency of incident light is increased beyond threshold frequency, keeping light intensity constant, then:

  229. 229
    UHS MDCAT 2018

    In photo-emission from a metal, if light of λ is replaced by light of wavelength λ / 4 , the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons.

  230. 230
    UHS MDCAT 2019

    Minimum energy required to eject an electron from metal surface is called: