first year physicics notes

CHAPTER # 1 : THE SCOPE OF PHYSICS
(M U L T I P L E C H O I C E Q U E S T I O N S )

1) The studies of sciences which are concerned with the properties and behaviour of
nonliving matter are called:
 Physical sciences  Biological sciences
 Social sciences  Mathematics and logic

2) The studies of sciences which are mainly concerned with living things are called:
 Physical sciences  Biological sciences
 Social sciences  Mathematics and logic

3) The branch of physical science which deals with the properties and interaction of
matter and energy is called:
 Chemistry  Biology
 Physics  Sociology

4) The people known for the manufacturing of paper for the very first time are:
 Romans  Egyptians
 Greeks  Chinese

5) The people who were aware of measuring flood level in the river Nile in the
ancient times are:
 Egyptians  Romans
 Greeks  Latin

6) The people known as the pioneer of decimal system belonged to the region called:
 Tigris-Euphrates valley  Indus valley
 Mesopotamia  Yellow river

7) Screw and lever were invented by: [2019(FAILURE)]
 Newton  Al-Farabi
 Archimedes  Galileo Galilie

8) Johanne Kepler is known for proposing his famous laws called:
 Laws of electromagnetism  Laws of motion
 Laws of thermodynamics  Laws of planetary motion


9) The theory responsible for modifying Newton’s laws of motion is called:
 Theory of relativity  Lattice field theory
 Quantum field theory  Electroweak theory


10) The muslim scientist who made calculations in connection with solar system and
other astronomical phenomena was:
 Al-Beruni  Al-Battani
 Al-Razi  Al-Haitham

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, CHAPTER # 1 : THE SCOPE OF PHYSICS
(M U L T I P L E C H O I C E Q U E S T I O N S )
11) Al-Khawarizmi is known as:
 Father of computer  Father of chemistry
 Father of physics  Father of Analytical algebra

12) ‘Hisabul-Jubr-wal-Muqabla’ is the first book on Analytical Algebra written by:
 Ibn-Al-Haitham  Yaqoob Kindi
 Al-Khawarizmi  Al-Beruni

13) The term ‘logarightm’ was invented by:
 Ibn-Al-Haitham  Al-Khawarizmi
 Al-Razi  Jabir-Ibn-Hayan

14) The prominent Muslim mathematician Known as both a poet and mathematician
is:
 Omer Khayyam  Ibn-Al-Haitham
 Al-Razi  Al-Beruni

15) The first comprehensive book on light named ‘Kitabul-Manazir’ was written by:
 Al-Khawarizmi  Al-Razi
 Omer Khayyam  Ibn-Al-Haitham

16) Kitabul-Manazir was written by: [2010,2016(ANNUAL)]
 Ibn-Al-Haitham  Al-Razi
 Abu-Rehan Al-Beruni  Jabir Ibn Hayyan

17) The laws of reflection and refraction were developed by:
 Yaqoob Kindi  Albert Einstein
 Ibn-Al-Haitham  Issac Newton

18) Pin hole camera was invented by:
 Johanne Kepler  Ibn-Al-Haitham
 Charles Augustin De Coulomb  Lord Kelvin

19) The Muslim physician known for writing original monographs on medicine was:
 Al-Razi  Al-Beruni
 Al-Khawarizmi  Al-Battani

20) The famous book ‘Kitab-ul-Qanoon-ul-Masoodi’ considered as an encyclopedia of
Astronomy was written by:
 Al-Razi  Al-Khawarizmi
 Ibn-Al-Haitham  Al-Beruni

21) The use of catheters was discovered by:
 Omer Khayam  Yaqoob Kindi
 Ibn-e-Sina  Albert Einstein


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