FSc Part 1 physics MCQs with answers — 20 for first-year practice.

Who it's for: FSc Part 1 (first year, Class 11) physics students in Pakistan, ages 16–17, and their teachers. Useful for entry-test revision too.

These are original practice questions on topics from the FSc Part 1 physics syllabus. They are not official board questions or past papers, so check your own board's book for exact wording.

Use them for chapter revision, a weekly class test, or practice before the board exam or an entry test. Every question has one correct answer except question 5, which has two. All twenty fit in one Quizoma quiz.

The 20 FSc Part 1 physics MCQs with answers

Correct answers are marked with a tick. The same questions, with the same answers, are in the CSV file, in the same order.

Vectors & equilibrium

1. Two perpendicular forces of 3 N and 4 N act on a body. What is their resultant?
   A. 12 N · B. 1 N · C. 5 N ✓ · D. 7 N
2. What is the dot product of two perpendicular vectors?
   A. One · B. Zero ✓ · C. Always negative · D. Maximum
3. Which rule gives the direction of the cross product A × B?
   A. Lenz's law · B. The left-hand rule · C. Newton's third law · D. The right-hand rule ✓
4. How is torque defined?
   A. r · F · B. F ÷ r · C. r × F ✓ · D. m × v
5. Which of these are vector quantities? (more than one answer)
   A. Torque ✓ · B. Energy · C. Displacement ✓ · D. Work

Motion & force

6. At what angle of projection is the horizontal range of a projectile greatest?
   A. 30° · B. 90° · C. 45° ✓ · D. 60°
7. Ignoring air resistance, what happens to the horizontal velocity of a projectile?
   A. It decreases · B. It increases · C. It stays constant ✓ · D. It becomes zero at the top
8. Impulse is equal to the change in what?
   A. Velocity only · B. Acceleration · C. Momentum ✓ · D. Kinetic energy
9. What is conserved in a perfectly elastic collision?
   A. Neither · B. Only momentum · C. Both momentum and kinetic energy ✓ · D. Only kinetic energy
10. What does the slope of a displacement–time graph give?
    A. Velocity ✓ · B. Distance · C. Acceleration · D. Force

Work & energy

11. What is power?
    A. Energy × time · B. Work done ÷ time taken ✓ · C. Force ÷ time · D. Work done × time taken
12. The kilowatt-hour (kWh) is a unit of what?
    A. Power · B. Current · C. Energy ✓ · D. Force
13. How much work does gravity do on a body moved around a closed path?
    A. Zero ✓ · B. An infinite amount · C. A negative amount · D. A positive amount
14. What is the escape velocity from the Earth's surface, approximately?
    A. 9.8 km/s · B. 3 × 10⁸ m/s · C. 7.9 km/s · D. 11.2 km/s ✓
15. One electronvolt (1 eV) is equal to how many joules?
    A. 9.1 × 10⁻³¹ J · B. 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ J ✓ · C. 6.6 × 10⁻³⁴ J · D. 1.6 × 10¹⁹ J

Oscillations & waves

16. In simple harmonic motion, acceleration is directly proportional to what?
    A. Velocity · B. Mass · C. Time · D. Displacement from the mean position ✓
17. The time period of a simple pendulum depends on what?
    A. The colour of the bob · B. The material of the string · C. The mass of the bob · D. Its length and g ✓
18. What is the speed of sound in air at 0 °C, approximately?
    A. 1500 m/s · B. 3 × 10⁸ m/s · C. 33 m/s · D. 332 m/s ✓
19. In a stationary wave, what is the distance between two consecutive nodes?
    A. 2λ · B. λ/4 · C. λ · D. λ/2 ✓
20. What is the change in observed frequency caused by relative motion of source and observer called?
    A. Interference · B. The Doppler effect ✓ · C. Beats · D. Resonance

Some wrong options are the usual exam mistakes. 7 N in question 1 adds the forces as if they were in a line; work in question 5 is a scalar even though force and displacement are vectors; and the mass of the bob in question 17 does not change the time period. Quizoma's results show the accuracy of every question, so a teacher sees straight away which chapter needs another lesson.

Students can use the same set to revise on their own: import it, switch on Show Score and Retake, and it becomes a practice test they can take until every answer sticks.

How to use this template

1. Download the file: quizoma-template-fsc-part-1-physics-mcqs.csv.
2. Open Quizoma Studio in your browser (or the Android app) and choose Import from file.
3. Pick the .csv. Quizoma shows every question for review before anything is saved, so you can fix a wording, drop a question or add your own.
4. Save, then share the 6-character quiz code or QR with your class. Participants answer at quizoma.com/take in any browser.

Timing and points are set on the quiz when you import, not in the file. If you would rather not import at all, you can type the questions into the online quiz maker directly.

What is in the file

One row per question: the question, then the options, then a final correct column holding the number of the right option. Where more than one option is right, the numbers are joined with a |. The first lines look like this:

question,option1,option2,option3,option4,correct
Two perpendicular forces of 3 N and 4 N act on a body. What is their resultant?,12 N,1 N,5 N,7 N,3
At what angle of projection is the horizontal range of a projectile greatest?,30°,90°,45°,60°,3

Open it in any spreadsheet to edit, and save it as CSV again before importing — an .xlsx file is not read. The same format is described on the templates page.