Physics in Past Papers

Physics topics

Past Papers. 242 topics across 32 chapters — 5,807 questions in all. Each topic can be practised on its own, one question at a time with the explanation, or read with the answers shown.

Alternating Current

85 questions · 5 topics

A.C. Circuits 44 questions Practice Read
Alternating Voltage and Current 34 questions Practice Read
Modulation 3 questions Practice Read
Series & Parallel Resonance Circuit 3 questions Practice Read
SHM and Uniform Circular Motion 1 questions Practice Read

Atomic Spectra

189 questions · 7 topics

Atomic Spectra 109 questions Practice Read
Spectrum of Hydrogen Atom 30 questions Practice Read
Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom 22 questions Practice Read
Inner Shell Transitions and Characteristic X-rays 14 questions Practice Read
Laser 8 questions Practice Read
De-Broglie Waves and Hydrogen Atom 5 questions Practice Read
Uncertainty Within the Atom 1 questions Practice Read

Atomic Structure

15 questions · 4 topics

Sub Atomic Particles and Their Discoveries 11 questions Practice Read
Bohr's Model of Atom 2 questions Practice Read
Planck’s Quantum Theory 1 questions Practice Read
Quantum Numbers and Orbitals 1 questions Practice Read

Carboxylic Acids and its Derivatives

1 questions · 1 topics

Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acids 1 questions Practice Read

Chromosomes and DNA

1 questions · 1 topics

Types & Composition of Chromosomes 1 questions Practice Read

Circular Motion & Momentum

368 questions · 14 topics

Angular Displacement 87 questions Practice Read
Centripetal Force 72 questions Practice Read
Angular Velocity 67 questions Practice Read
Linear vs Angular Quantities 36 questions Practice Read
Angular Acceleration 27 questions Practice Read
Torque or Moment of Inertia 26 questions Practice Read
Angular Momentum 12 questions Practice Read
Rotational Kinetic Energy 10 questions Practice Read
Real and Apparent Weight 9 questions Practice Read
Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum 6 questions Practice Read
Artificial Satellites 5 questions Practice Read
Centrifugal Force 5 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 3 questions Practice Read
Motion in a Vertical Circle 3 questions Practice Read

Current Electricity

493 questions · 13 topics

Ohms Law 116 questions Practice Read
Electric Current 106 questions Practice Read
Resistivity and its Dependence upon Temperature 96 questions Practice Read
Electromotive Force and Potential Difference 63 questions Practice Read
Wire Wound Variable Resistors 60 questions Practice Read
Wheatstone Bridge and Potentiometer 19 questions Practice Read
Kirchoff's Law 11 questions Practice Read
Electron Volt 10 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 4 questions Practice Read
Thermistor 4 questions Practice Read
Colour Code for Carbon Resistances 2 questions Practice Read
Thermocouples 1 questions Practice Read
Variation in Thermoelectric EMF with Temperature 1 questions Practice Read

Dawn of Modern Physics

278 questions · 12 topics

Photoelectric Effect 71 questions Practice Read
Planck's Quantum Theory 38 questions Practice Read
Special Theory of Relativity 33 questions Practice Read
Wave Nature of Particles 32 questions Practice Read
Black Body Radiation 24 questions Practice Read
Compton Effect 21 questions Practice Read
Pair Production and Annihilation 18 questions Practice Read
Quantum Theory of Radiation 13 questions Practice Read
Reference Frames 12 questions Practice Read
Fundamental Logic Gates 7 questions Practice Read
Uncertainty Principle 6 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 3 questions Practice Read

Electromagnetic Waves

51 questions · 2 topics

Production of electromagnetic waves 31 questions Practice Read
Electromagnetic Spectrum 20 questions Practice Read

Electronics

183 questions · 12 topics

Rectification 94 questions Practice Read
P-N Junction and its Characteristics 23 questions Practice Read
Optoelectronic Junction Devices 16 questions Practice Read
Transistors 13 questions Practice Read
Op-Amps 11 questions Practice Read
Semiconductors 11 questions Practice Read
Doping of Impurities 5 questions Practice Read
Transistor as an Amplifier 4 questions Practice Read
Comparators 2 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 2 questions Practice Read
Extrinsic Semiconductors 1 questions Practice Read
Transistor as a Switch 1 questions Practice Read

Electrostatics

404 questions · 13 topics

Coulomb's Law 83 questions Practice Read
Capacitor 60 questions Practice Read
Electric Potential 58 questions Practice Read
Electric Field due to a Point Charge 54 questions Practice Read
Electric Field Lines 36 questions Practice Read
Energy Stored in a Capacitor 32 questions Practice Read
Gauss's Law and its Application 26 questions Practice Read
Combinations of Capacitors 14 questions Practice Read
Electric Polarization of Dielectrics 12 questions Practice Read
Electric Flux 11 questions Practice Read
Time Constant 7 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 6 questions Practice Read
Charging of a Capacitor 5 questions Practice Read

Fluid Dynamics

83 questions · 6 topics

Fluid Flow 32 questions Practice Read
Bernoulli's Equation and its Application 17 questions Practice Read
Equation Of Continuity 11 questions Practice Read
Terminal Velocity 11 questions Practice Read
Viscous Fluids 11 questions Practice Read
Work and Heat 1 questions Practice Read

Forces and Motion

459 questions · 17 topics

Newton's Laws of Motion 81 questions Practice Read
Equations of Uniformly Accelerated Motion 56 questions Practice Read
Acceleration 48 questions Practice Read
Projectile Motion 47 questions Practice Read
Linear Momentum 46 questions Practice Read
Velocity 46 questions Practice Read
Displacement 35 questions Practice Read
Graphical Analysis of Motion 27 questions Practice Read
Elastic Collision in One Dimension 26 questions Practice Read
Momentum and Explosive Forces 19 questions Practice Read
Friction 10 questions Practice Read
Motion of Bodies Connected by a String 7 questions Practice Read
Inclined Plane 4 questions Practice Read
Applications of Projectile 2 questions Practice Read
Force Due to Water Flow 2 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 2 questions Practice Read
Projectile motion 1 questions Practice Read

Gravitation

62 questions · 6 topics

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation 31 questions Practice Read
Real and Apparent Weight 13 questions Practice Read
Variation of Gravity with Altitude and Depth 8 questions Practice Read
Geostationary Orbits 6 questions Practice Read
Orbital Velocity 3 questions Practice Read
Newtons and Einsteins Views of Gravitation 1 questions Practice Read

Heat and Thermodynamics

431 questions · 12 topics

Laws of Thermodynamics 152 questions Practice Read
Kinetic Theory of Gases 90 questions Practice Read
Heat Engine 34 questions Practice Read
Work and Heat 31 questions Practice Read
Internal Energy 28 questions Practice Read
Applications of Thermodynamics 25 questions Practice Read
Interpretation of Temperature 22 questions Practice Read
Specific Heat 19 questions Practice Read
Derivation of Gas Laws 11 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 7 questions Practice Read
Entropy 6 questions Practice Read
Reversible and Irreversible Processes 6 questions Practice Read

Introduction to Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry

3 questions · 3 topics

Introduction to the Atom 1 questions Practice Read
Isotopes of Common Elements 1 questions Practice Read
Significant Figures 1 questions Practice Read

Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

598 questions · 17 topics

Transformers 99 questions Practice Read
Magnetic Flux and Flux Density 97 questions Practice Read
Magnetic Field Due to Current in a Long Straight Wire 53 questions Practice Read
Induced EMF and Induced Current 48 questions Practice Read
Faradays and Lenz Law and Induced EMF 47 questions Practice Read
Motion of a Charged Particle in an Electric and Magnetic Field 44 questions Practice Read
Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field 43 questions Practice Read
A.C. and D.C. Generator 40 questions Practice Read
Force on a Current Carrying Conductor in a Uniform Magnetic Field 28 questions Practice Read
Mutual and Self Induction 27 questions Practice Read
Amperes Law and Determination of Flux Density 23 questions Practice Read
Galvanometer 15 questions Practice Read
Determination of e/m of an Electron 12 questions Practice Read
Energy Stored in an Inductor 8 questions Practice Read
Torque on a Current Carrying Coil 6 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 5 questions Practice Read
Electrical Power and Power Dissipation in Resistors 3 questions Practice Read

Measurements

95 questions · 10 topics

Physical Quantities 54 questions Practice Read
Significant Figures 12 questions Practice Read
Introduction to Physics 6 questions Practice Read
Scientific Notation 6 questions Practice Read
Errors and Uncertainties 5 questions Practice Read
Precision and Accuracy 4 questions Practice Read
Assessment of Total Uncertainty 3 questions Practice Read
Prefixes 3 questions Practice Read
Magnetic Flux and Flux Density 1 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 1 questions Practice Read

Miscellaneous

1 questions · 1 topics

Mixed chapter practice 1 questions Practice Read

Motion in Two Dimensions

73 questions · 4 topics

Maximum height and range of projectile 31 questions Practice Read
Projectile motion 28 questions Practice Read
Projectile trajectory 8 questions Practice Read
Applications of projectile motion 6 questions Practice Read

No topic

36 questions · 1 topics

Mixed chapter practice 36 questions Practice Read

Nuclear Physics

498 questions · 12 topics

Radioactivity 201 questions Practice Read
Composition of Atomic Nuclei 78 questions Practice Read
Half Life and Rate of Decay 57 questions Practice Read
Biological Effects and Uses of Radiation 47 questions Practice Read
Nuclear Reactions 44 questions Practice Read
Mass Defect and Binding Energy 18 questions Practice Read
Building Blocks of Matter and Fundamental Particles 13 questions Practice Read
Isotopes 13 questions Practice Read
Quark Theory 10 questions Practice Read
Mass Spectrograph 9 questions Practice Read
Nuclear Reactor 6 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 2 questions Practice Read

Optics, Nature of Light and Optical Instruments

246 questions · 15 topics

Nature of Light 49 questions Practice Read
Magnifying and Resolving Power of Optical Instruments 35 questions Practice Read
Interference of Light 34 questions Practice Read
Young's Double Slit Experiment 27 questions Practice Read
Diffraction of Light 18 questions Practice Read
Simple, Compound and Astronomical Microscopes 18 questions Practice Read
Polarization of Light 16 questions Practice Read
Optic Fibres 14 questions Practice Read
Diffraction Grating 9 questions Practice Read
Spectrometer 7 questions Practice Read
Wave Front 7 questions Practice Read
Michelson's Interferometer 5 questions Practice Read
Speed of Light 4 questions Practice Read
Diffraction of X-rays by Crystal 2 questions Practice Read
Huygen's Principle 1 questions Practice Read

Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion

156 questions · 5 topics

SHM and Uniform Circular Motion 72 questions Practice Read
Simple Pendulum 45 questions Practice Read
Horizontal Mass Spring System 24 questions Practice Read
Free and Forced Oscillations 10 questions Practice Read
Resonance 5 questions Practice Read

Physics of Solids

68 questions · 8 topics

Hooke's Law 21 questions Practice Read
Elastic Moduli 19 questions Practice Read
Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Solids 15 questions Practice Read
Crystal Structure 4 questions Practice Read
Superconductors 4 questions Practice Read
Theory of Magnetism 3 questions Practice Read
Classification of Solids 1 questions Practice Read
Energy Band Theory 1 questions Practice Read

S and p Block Elements

1 questions · 1 topics

Group I Elements 1 questions Practice Read

Scalars and Vectors

125 questions · 7 topics

Basic Concepts of Vectors 35 questions Practice Read
Product of Two Vectors 31 questions Practice Read
Vector Addition by Rectangular Components 25 questions Practice Read
Resolution of Vectors 12 questions Practice Read
Equilibrium of Forces 10 questions Practice Read
Cartesian Coordinate System 8 questions Practice Read
Torque 4 questions Practice Read

States of Matter - Gases, Liquids and Solids

8 questions · 5 topics

Gas Laws and General Gas Equation 3 questions Practice Read
Real and Ideal Gas Equation 2 questions Practice Read
Boiling Point and Vapor Pressure 1 questions Practice Read
Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases, Liquids and Solids 1 questions Practice Read
Liquefaction of Gases 1 questions Practice Read

Thermochemistry

5 questions · 4 topics

Laws of Thermodynamics 2 questions Practice Read
Energy in Chemical Reactions 1 questions Practice Read
Enthalpies of Reactions and its Types 1 questions Practice Read
Heat Capacity and Calorimetry 1 questions Practice Read

Vocabulary

1 questions · 1 topics

Synonyms 1 questions Practice Read

Wave Motion and Sound

440 questions · 13 topics

Stationary Waves 81 questions Practice Read
Wavelength, Time Period, Path and Phase Difference 75 questions Practice Read
Speed of Sound in Air 48 questions Practice Read
Progressive Waves 37 questions Practice Read
Reflection of Waves and Phase Change 34 questions Practice Read
Doppler Effect 33 questions Practice Read
Types of Mechanical Waves 31 questions Practice Read
Types of Waves 28 questions Practice Read
Beats 21 questions Practice Read
Speed of Waves 19 questions Practice Read
Interference of Waves 14 questions Practice Read
Superposition of Waves 11 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 8 questions Practice Read

Work, Power & Energy

350 questions · 10 topics

Work Done by Constant Force and Variable Forces 135 questions Practice Read
Power and Energy 114 questions Practice Read
Work Done by Gravitational Field 28 questions Practice Read
Work-Energy Principle 24 questions Practice Read
Interconversion of Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy 23 questions Practice Read
Law of Conservation of Energy 9 questions Practice Read
Escape Velocity 6 questions Practice Read
Renewable Resources 6 questions Practice Read
Absolute Potential Energy 4 questions Practice Read
Mixed chapter practice 1 questions Practice Read