Newton's law of gravitation: Force is proportional to the product of the 2 masses and .....

inversely proportional to the square of their separation

SHM: The acceleration is _______________ and is always directed towards the fixed point.

directly proportional to the displacement from fixed point

Capacitance: The ratio of .....

the charge on a body and its potential difference

Faraday’s law of EM induction: The induced e.m.f is proportional to .....

the rate of change of magnetic flux linkage

Electric potential (at a point): The work done moving .....

a unit positive charge from infinity to that point

RMS (of an alternating voltage): The value of a _______________ as the alternating voltage

constant voltage that produces the same power in a resistor

Internal energy: The _______________ due to the random distribution

sum of kinetic and potential energy of molecules

Decay constant (of a radioactive isotope): The _______________ per unit time

probability of the decay of a nucleus

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Newton's law of gravitation: Force is proportional to the product of the 2 masses and .....
proportional to their separation
inversely proportional to their separation
inversely proportional to the square of their separation
proportional to the square of their separation
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SHM: The acceleration is _______________ and is always directed towards the fixed point.
inversely proportional to the displacement from fixed point
proportional to the distance from a fixed point
zero
directly proportional to the displacement from fixed point
3
Capacitance: The ratio of .....
the energy of a body and its potential difference
the charge on a body and its potential difference
the energy of a body and its charge
the charge on a body and its mass
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Faraday’s law of EM induction: The induced e.m.f is proportional to .....
the rate of change of magnetic flux
the rate of change of magnetic flux linkage
the change of magnetic flux
the change of magnetic flux linkage
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Attenuation (of a signal): ____________ of the signal
A reduction in the frequency
An increase in the power
A reduction in the power
An increase in the frequency
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Photon: A _______________ of electromagnetic radiation
specific wavelength
particle of energy
wave of energy
quantum of energy
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Electric potential (at a point): The work done moving .....
a charge from infinity to that point
a unit charge from infinity to that point
a unit positive charge from infinity to that point
a charge from that point to infinity
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RMS (of an alternating voltage): The value of a _______________ as the alternating voltage
constant current that produces the same energy in a resistor
constant voltage that produces the same power in a resistor
constant voltage that produces the same energy in a resistor
constant voltage that produces the same heat in a resistor
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Internal energy: The _______________ due to the random distribution
sum of kinetic and potential energy of molecules
product of kinetic and potential energy of molecules
average kinetic energy of molecules
mean energy of molecules
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Decay constant (of a radioactive isotope): The _______________ per unit time
probability of the decay of a nucleus
probability of the decay of a proton
number of decayed nuclei
mass of decayed nuclei

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