Punjabi University Patiala Previous Year Question Papers. We covered all the B.ed Punjabi University Patiala Previous Year Question Papers MCQs in this post for free so that you can practice well for the exam.
Install our MCQTUBE Android app from the Google Play Store and prepare for any competitive government exams for free.
These types of competitive MCQs appear in exams like Steno, Constable GD, SSC CGL, SSC CPO, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, DRDO, UPSC, BANK, CET, TET, Polie Exam, RRB NTPC, Group D, and other Competitive Examinations, etc.
We created all the competitive exam MCQs into several small posts on our website for your convenience.
You will get their respective links in the related posts section provided below.
Related Posts:
- Pune University Engineering Solved Question Papers
- Calicut University Bcom 5th Sem Question Papers
- Bangalore University Solved Question Papers
Punjabi University Patiala Previous Year Objective Question Papers for Students
What is Apple (APPLE)?
(a) a fruit
(b) A fourth-generation computer
(d) Computer language
Option b – A fourth-generation computer
ALU stands for Computer Reference
(a) Librick logic unit
(b) Arithmetic logic unit
(c) Librk Local Unit
(d) Arithmetic local unit
Option b – Arithmetic logic unit
Territory is
(a) A newly created state in India
(b) Name of a forest in the Northeast region
(c) Computer language
(d) Possible name of Uttarakhand
Option c – Computer language
For which purpose ‘Tally’ software is used?
(a) DTP
(b) communication
(c) Networking
(d) accounting
Option d – accounting
Where is the office of Microsoft?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Seattle
(d) Paris
Option c – Seattle
What is the full form of LCD?
(a) Lead Crystal Device
(b) Light Central Display
(c) Liquid Central Display
(d) Liquid Crystal Display
Option d – Liquid Crystal Display
The smallest unit of computer data is
(a) byte
(b) bit
(c) record
(d) file
Option b – bit
Which year in the history of population growth in India is called the ‘Year of Mahavidhaan’?
(a) 1951 A.D.
(b) 1991 A.D.
(c) 2001 A.D.
(d) 1921 A.D.
Option d – 1921 A.D.
Which of the following is the State/Union Territory where there is no identified tribal community?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Haryana
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
Option b – Haryana
Where is the inhabited area of the Lepcha tribe?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Odisha
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Mizoram
Option a – Sikkim
Where does the Munda tribe live?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Odisha
Option b – Jharkhand
Bhil tribe mainly inhabited is
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) In the border areas of the three
Option d – In the border areas of the three
Where do the people of the Kuki tribe live?
(a) Manipur
(b) Asom
(c) Mizoram
(d) (a) and (c) both in
Option d – (a) and (c) both in
According to the 2011 census, which state has the lowest female literacy rate?
(a) Bihar
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Orissa
(d) Sikkim
Option a – Bihar
Highest illiteracy state in India.
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Option a – Bihar
Which state of India has the highest percentage of the Christian population?
(a) Goa
(b) Mizoram
(c) Kerala
(d) Manipur
Option b – Mizoram
Which one of the following statements is correct for a plane mirror?
(a) Its focal length is zero.
(b) The size of the image of an object placed in front of the mirror is slightly less than that of the object.
(c) The image is virtual, erect, and laterally inverted.
(d) Its focal length is 200 cm.
Option c – The image is virtual, erect, and laterally inverted
An object is placed in front of a convex mirror. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) It will never form an inverted image.
(b) The image moves towards the focus when the object moves towards the mirror.
(c) Depending on the position of the object with respect to the mirror, the image can be inverted and real.
(d) The size of the image becomes larger than that of the object when the object is placed at a distance equal to half the focal length.
Option a – It will never form an inverted image
Which one of the following statements about the law of conservation of mass is correct?
(a) A given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements.
(b) When gases combine in a reaction, they do so in a simple ratio by volume, provided all gases are at room temperature.
(c) Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
(d) Equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain an equal number of molecules.
Option c – Matter can neither be created nor destroyed
At the time of a short circuit, the current in the circuit:
(a) Reduces substantially
(b) Does not change
(c) Increases heavily
(d) Varies continuously
Option c – Increases heavily
How is the kinetic energy of a moving object affected if the net work done on it is positive?
(a) Decreases
(b) Increases
(c) Remains constant
(d) Becomes zero
Option c – Remains constant
When a ray of light enters a glass slab, then:
(a) only the frequency changes
(b) frequency and velocity change
(c) frequency does not change
(d) frequency and wavelength change
Option c – frequency does not change
Which one of the following is not a contact force?
(a) Push force
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Frictional force
(d) Strain force
Option b – Gravitational force
The property of electric current which is applicable in the fuse wire is:
(a) chemical effect of current
(b) magnetic effect of current
(c) heating effect of current
(d) optical property of current
Option c – heating effect of current
A fuse is the most important safety device used for protecting the circuits due to:
(a) Short-circuiting
(b) Overload
(c) Both of the above
(d) Leakage of the current
Option c – Both of the above
The creation of something from nothing is against the law of:
(a) constant proportions
(b) conservation of mass-energy
(c) multiple proportions
(d) conservation of momentum
Which one among the following metals is prominently used in mobile phone batteries?
(a) Copper
(b) Zinc
(c) Nickel
(d) Lithium
Option d – Lithium
Who among the following proposed that the atom is indivisible?
(a) Dalton
(b) Berzelius
(c) Rutherford
(d) Avogadro
Option a – Dalton
A wire-bound standard resistor uses manganin or constantan. It is because:
(a) these alloys are cheap and easily available
(b) they have high resistivity
(c) they have low resistivity
(d) they have resistivity which almost remains unchanged with temperature
Option d – they have resistivity which almost remains unchanged with temperature
A metallic plate sticks firmly on the mouth of a water vessel made from another metal. By way of heating, one can detach the plate from the vessel. This is because heat expands:
(a) the vessel only
(b) both the vessel and the plate equally
(c) the vessel more than the plate
(d) the vessel and contracts the plate
Option c – the vessel more than the plate
A body is falling freely under the action of gravity alone in a vacuum. Which one of the following remains constant during the fall?
(a) Potential energy
(b) Kinetic energy
(c) Total linear momentum
(d) Total mechanical energy
Option d – Total mechanical energy
X-rays are:
(a) deflected by an electric field but not by a magnetic field
(b) deflected by a magnetic field but not by an electric field
(c) deflected by both a magnetic field and an electric field
(d) not deflected by an electric field or a magnetic field
Option d – not deflected by an electric field or a magnetic field
Which of the following instruments is used for measuring very high temperatures?
(a) Photometer
(b) Pyrgeometer
(c) Solarimeter
(d) Pyrometer
Option d – Pyrometer
A brick is thrown vertically from an aircraft flying two kilometers above the Earth. The brick will fall with a:
(a) constant speed
(b) constant velocity
(c) constant acceleration
(d) constant speed for some time then with constant acceleration as it nears the Earth
Option c – constant acceleration
The outside rearview mirror of modern automobiles is marked with a warning ‘objects in mirror are closer than they appear.’ Such mirrors are:
(a) plane mirrors
(b) concave mirrors with very large focal lengths
(c) concave mirrors with very small focal lengths
(d) convex mirrors
Option d – convex mirrors
The mercury and sodium street lamps light up because of:
(a) Electron absorption
(b) Atomic absorption
(c) Atomic emission
(d) Electron emission
Option c – Atomic emission
The purpose of a choke in a fluorescent lamp is:
(a) to increase the current flow
(b) to decrease the voltage momentarily
(c) to decrease the resistance
(d) to decrease the current flow
Option d – to decrease the current flow
The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than the real weight when:
(a) the lift is going down with an acceleration
(b) the lift is going up with uniform speed
(c) the lift is going down with uniform speed
(d) the lift is going up with an acceleration
Option a – the lift is going down with an acceleration
Addition of excessive amounts of heat in a lake is referred to as:
(a) Green House Effect
(b) Thermal pollution
(c) Refrigeration effect
(d) Heat bloom
Option b – Thermal pollution
Which one of the following physical quantities is the same for molecules of all gases at a given temperature?
(a) Speed
(b) Mass
(c) Kinetic energy
(d) Momentum
Option c – Kinetic energy
Newton’s laws of motion do not hold good for objects:
(a) at rest
(b) moving slowly
(c) moving with high velocity
(d) moving with velocity comparable to the velocity of light
Option d – moving with velocity comparable to the velocity of light
Which of the following colors of light deviates least through the prism?
(a) yellow
(b) green
(c) red
(d) violet
Option c – red
The deterioration of a metal by an electrochemical process is commonly termed as:
(a) Corrosion
(b) Abrasion
(c) Erosion
(d) Passivation
Option a – Corrosion
Which one of the following is not a result of surface tension?
(a) Nearly spherical drop of rain
(b) Capillary rise
(c) Removal of dirt by soap or detergent
(d) Flow of a liquid
Option d – Flow of a liquid
Optical fibers, though bent in any manner, allow light to pass through. What is the inference that one can draw from it?
(a) The concept that light travels in a straight path is wrong
(b) Light can flow through the optical fibers
(c) Light can travel through the fibers because of their ductility
(d) Light can travel through the fibers due to multiple total internal reflections
Option d – Light can travel through the fibers due to multiple total internal reflections
Which one of the following happens when a swing rises to a certain height from its rest position?
(a) Its potential energy decreases while kinetic energy increases
(b) Its kinetic energy decreases while potential energy increases
(c) Both potential and kinetic energy decrease
(d) Both potential and kinetic energy increase
Option b – Its kinetic energy decreases while potential energy increases
A deep-sea diver may hurt his eardrum during diving because of:
(a) lack of oxygen
(b) high atmospheric pressure
(c) high water pressure
(d) All of these
Option c – high water pressure
Who invented the mobile phone?
(a) Chuck Hull
(b) Raymond Samuel Tomlinson
(c) Martin Cooper
(d) Tim Berners-Lee
Option c – Martin Cooper
If the density of oxygen is 16 times that of hydrogen, what will be their corresponding ratio of velocity of sound?
(a) 1 : 4
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 16
(d) 4 : 1
Option a – 1 : 4
When you walk on a woolen carpet and bring your finger near the metallic handle of a door, an electric shock is produced. This is because:
(a) charge is transferred from your body to the handle
(b) a chemical reaction occurs when you touch the handle
(c) the temperature of the human body is higher than that of the handle
(d) the human body and the handle arrive at thermal equilibrium by the process
Option a – charge is transferred from your body to the handle
The Sun is observed to be reddish when it is near the horizon, i.e. in the morning and the evening. This is because:
(a) red light is least scattered by the atmosphere
(b) red light is most scattered by the atmosphere
(c) it is the color of the Sun in the morning and evening
(d) the Earth’s atmosphere emits red light
Option a – red light is least scattered by the atmosphere
Perspiration cools the body because:
(a) presence of water on the skin is cooling
(b) evaporation requires latent heat
(c) water has a high specific heat
(d) water is a poor conductor of heat
Option b – evaporation requires latent heat
The symbol of the element Tungsten’ is:
(a) Ta
(b) W
(c) TI
(d) Tc
Option b – W
Two long wires each carrying a DC current in the same direction are placed close to each other. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The wires will attract each other.
(b) The wires will repel each other.
(c) There will be no force between the wires.
(d) There will be a force between the wires only at the moment when the current is switched ON or OFF.
Option a – The wires will attract each other
The silvering in thermos flasks is done to avoid heat transfer by:
(a) Convection
(b) Conduction
(c) Radiation
(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Option d – Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Conservation of momentum in a collision between particles can be understood on the basis of:
(a) Newton’s first law of motion
(b) Newton’s second law of motion only
(c) Both Newton’s second law of motion and Newton’s third law of motion
(d) Conservation of energy
The principle that the framing of the new Constitution for independent India should be primarily (though not solely) the responsibility of Indians themselves, was for the first time conceded in the
(a) Government of India Act, 1935
(b) August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
(c) Cripps Proposals
(d) Cabinet Mission
Option b – August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
Which one among the following American news magazines was highly skeptical of Gandhiji’s Dandi march initially but within a week completely changed its opinion and saluted him as a Saint and Statesman?
(a) Saturday Evening Post
(b) Readers Digest
(c) Time
(d) Life
Option c – Time
They officially acceded to the Indian Union in the year.
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1949
(d) 1947
Option b – 1950
Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March, a great event in Indian freedom struggle, was associated with
(a) Iron
(b) Sodium chloride
(c) Sulphur
(d) Aluminium
Option b – Sodium chloride
Which one of the following is not correct about Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi Yatra or Salt March?
(a) It was the first national activity in which women participated in large numbers
(b) Gandhiji allowed the women’s participation at the request of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
(c) The march was fully covered by the Western press
(d) The march began after the failure of the First Round Table Conference in London
Option c – The march was fully covered by the Western press
The British Committee of the Indian National Congress was founded in
(a) 1889
(b) 1892
(c) 1898
(d) 1901
Option a – 1889
We covered all the Punjabi University Patiala previous year question papers mcqs above in this post for free so that you can practice well for the exam.
Check out the latest MCQ content by visiting our mcqtube website homepage.
Also, check out:
