Physics Previous Year Questions 2026 | SSC Stenographer

Physics - MOST IMPORTANT SSC Stenographer Previous Year Questions

Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC Stenographer.

📘 Light and Optics📚 Plane Mirrors
Q1

How is the image formed by a plane mirror?

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📘 Electrostatics📚 Forces between two charges (Coulomb's law)
Q2

Coulomb’s law is applicable for _________.

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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Fundamental and Supplementary Units of Measurement
Q3

The unit of density is:

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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Fundamental and Supplementary Units of Measurement
Q4

Which of the following options represents only the units of energy?

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Electrical Energy
Q5

For domestic tariff, one unit of electrical energy consumption is equal to:

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📘 Thermal Properties of Matter📚 Misc
Q6

What happens to the motion of the particles as temperature rises?

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators
Q7

Which of the following is NOT a good conductor of electricity?

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📘 Sound📚 Features of Sound- Loudness, Intensity, Pitch, Quality, etc.
Q8

Which property of sound determines its loudness?

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📘 Magnetism📚 Faraday's First Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Q9

A conductor rod moving with a velocity v perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field B. If the length of the rod perpendicular to both v and B is L, the induced EMF across its ends is given by:

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📘 Magnetism📚 Faraday's First Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Q10

At what orientation does a rotating coil in a uniform magnetic field generate the maximum induced EMF?

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📘 Wave Optics📚 Diffraction
Q11

Which of the following phenomena occurs when a wave passes through a narrow slit?

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators
Q12

Match the column:
Column A (Conductor Type): A. Metal, B. Ionised gas, C. Electrolyte
Column B (Mobile Charge Carriers): 1. Positive and negative ions, 2. Electrons and positively charged ions, 3. Electrons

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Combination of Resistors (Series and Parallel)
Q13

Two resistors named R1 and R2, are connected in parallel. If R1 < R2, what can be inferred about the current flowing through them, given the same potential difference across both?

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📘 Atomic and Nuclear Physics📚 Atoms- Electrons, Protons, Neutrons
Q14

Which of Rutherford's experimental observations led him to conclude that the positive charge of an atom is concentrated in a very small region?

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📘 Force and Motion📚 Momentum-II: Conservation of Momentum
Q15

Why does a skilled cricketer move his hands backwards while catching a fast-moving ball?

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Electrical Energy
Q16

An electric kettle is rated 2.2 kW, 220 V. If the cost of electricity is ₹4 per unit (kWh), what is the cost of boiling water for 30 minutes?

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📘 Force and Motion📚 Circular Motion and related terms (angular displacement, time period, etc.)
Q17

When focusing on a tree while on an anti-clockwise merry-go-round, from which side does it appear and exit?

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📘 Thermal Properties of Matter📚 Change of Phase between Gases and Liquids- Vaporization and Condensation
Q18

Read the following statements carefully:
Statement I: A pressure cooker operates by decreasing the pressure inside, which lowers the boiling point of water.
Statement II: Food cooks faster in a pressure cooker because the higher pressure allows water to boil at a temperature above 100 °C.
Statement III: The superheated steam within the cooker increases the rate of heat transfer to the food, leading to faster cooking.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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📘 Current Electricity📚 Combination of Resistors (Series and Parallel)
Q19

A conductor of length L and resistance R is cut into two equal halves. These two halves are then connected in parallel. Find the equivalent resistance of this parallel combination?

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📘 Gravitation📚 Gravitational Force - Basics
Q20

Which of the following quantities remains conserved when an object moves under the gravitational pull of another object?

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