Power and Energy MCQs | Power and Energy Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

(1) Which of the following device converts chemical energy in to electrical energy?
[A] Battery
[B] Loud Speaker
[C] Solar Cell
[D] Electric Motor
Answer: Battery
(2) Joule is a unit of:
[A] Work
[B] Power
[C] Momentum
[D] None of the above
Answer: Work
(3) When an object falls freely towards the ground, then its total energy:
[A] Increases
[B] Decreases
[C] Remains constant
[D] First increases then decreases
Answer: Remains constant
(4) What happens to the body on which work is done:
[A] It loses energy
[B] It gains energy
[C] No change in the energy
[D] First it loses then it gain
Answer: It gains energy
(5) What is the smallest unit of power?
[A] Watt
[B] Kilowatt
[C] Horse power
[D] Milliwatt
Answer: Watt
(6) What is the SI unit of Work?
[A] Joule
[B] erg
[C] g-cm
[D] Watt
Answer: Joule
(7) Which of the followings is an example of work done against force?
[A] Getting up with the stairs
[B] Get down with the stairs
[C] Walking on the flat ground
[D] Droping any object down from the top
Answer: Getting up with the stairs
(8) What is energy?
[A] energy is the rate of change of work done;
[B] It is the ability to do work;
[C] Both A and B;
[D] none of the above
Answer: It is the ability to do work;
(9) Potential energy = mass × ________ × height.
[A] Displacement
[B] Velocity
[C] Density
[D] Gravitational acceleration
Answer: Gravitational acceleration
(10) What is the formula of work done?
[A] Work done = force × displacement;
[B] Work done = force × velocity;
[C] Work done = pressure × displacement
[D] Work done = mass × acceleration;
Answer: work done = force × displacement;
(11) An object of mass 200 g moving with velocity 50 cm/s. What is its kinetic energy?
[A] 2.1 × 105 erg
[B] 2.0 × 105 erg
[C] 2.8 × 105 erg
[D] 2.5 × 105 erg
Answer: 2.5 × 105 erg
(12) A machine do a work of 100 joule in 20 second. What is its power?
[A] 120 watt
[B] 80 watt
[C] 5 watt
[D] 2000 watt
Answer: 5 watt
(13) Erg is related to –
[A] dyne-cm
[B] dyne/secon
[C] dyne-second
[D] dyne/cm
Answer: dyne-cm
(14) A particle is thrown upward with some kinetic energy. What happened to its kinetic energy at the highest point or height it reaches.
[A] Its kinetic energy is lost
[B] It’s all kinetic energy is absorbed by the air
[C] Its kinetic energy is converted to potential energy
[D] Its kinetic energy is remain same
Answer: Its kinetic energy is converted to potential energy
(15) A joule (J) is used as a unit of measurement for :
[A] Kinetic Energy
[B] Potential Energy
[C] Work done
[D] All of the above
Answer: All of the above
(16) When a spring is compressed or stretched beyond its natural position by applying some force, work is done on it. Its elastic potential energy
[A] increases
[B] Decreases
[C] Disappears
[D] Does not change
Answer: increases
(17) A car which is 8 times heavier than a motorcycle is moving at a speed which is just 1/2 the speed of motorcycle. . The amount of work done required to stop the car as compare to that of motorcycle, will be ?
[A] The same amount
[B] Twice as much
[C] Three times as much
[D] Four times as much
Answer: Twice as much
(18) Two objects A and B are moving with same momentum. Mass of object 'B' is greater then mass of object 'A'. Which of the two object will have higher kinetic energy?
[A] Object A
[B] Object B
[C] Both the objects will have same Kinetic Energy
[D] Object with greater mass will have higher kinetic energy
Answer: Object A
(19) Our planet Earth receives or transfers most of its energy in the form of :
[A] Radiant energy
[B] Geo-thermal energy
[C] Chemical energy
[D] Wind energy
Answer: Radiant energy
(20) Power of an agent is
[A] the rate of generation of energy
[B] the rate of transfer of energy
[C] the rate of consumption of energy
[D] All of the above
Answer: All of the above

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