Physics Previous Year Questions 2026 | UPSSSC PET

Physics - MOST IMPORTANT UPSSSC PET Previous Year Questions

Practice real questions from previous year exams of UPSSSC PET.

📘 Current Electricity📚 Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators
Q1
Current carriers in solid conductors are
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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Fundamental and Supplementary Units of Measurement
Q2
Light year is a unit of measurement of
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📘 Current Electricity📚 Electric Circuit
Q3
Current flows in a circuit when
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📘 Current Electricity📚 Resistance, Resistivity and specific resistance
Q4
What is the S.I. Unit of resistance?
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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Fundamental and Supplementary Units of Measurement
Q5
Light year is a measurement of
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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Conversion from one unit to other
Q6
One horse power is approximately equal to how many watts ?
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📘 Thermal Properties of Matter📚 Change of Phase between Gases and Liquids- Vaporization and Condensation
Q7
Which of the following is not a chemical reaction?
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📘 Wave📚 Electromagnetic wave- Infrared waves
Q8
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb most of the Earth's emitted______, which heats the lower atmosphere.
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📘 Natural Phenomenon📚 Formation of Rainbow
Q9
Which of the following is not among the seven colours of the rainbow?
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📘 Light and Optics📚 Power of Lens
Q10
If a convex lens of power +4 D and a concave lens of power -10 D are placed in contact with each other, what will be the resultant power ?
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📘 Light and Optics📚 Refractive Index
Q11
The ratio of speed of light in vacuum to speed of light in a medium is called the ______ of the medium.
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📘 Current Electricity📚 Ohm's law
Q12
Potential difference between two points of a wire carrying 2 ampere current is 0.1 volt. What is the resistance between these points ?
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📘 Magnetism📚 Voltmeter
Q13
Which instrument is used to measure potential difference ?
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📘 Units and Dimensions📚 Fundamental and Supplementary Units of Measurement
Q14
1 Watt is equal to
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📘 Atomic and Nuclear Physics📚 Misc
Q15
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is situated in
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📘 Current Electricity📚 Resistance, Resistivity and specific resistance
Q16
A copper wire has a resistance of 2 × 10⁻² ohms. If its length is 2 m and its area of cross-section is 1.7 × 10⁻⁶ m², what is the resistivity of copper ?
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📘 Human Eye📚 Parts of the Eye
Q17
The amount of light entering the human eye is controlled by
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📘 Natural Phenomenon📚 Dispersion of Light through a Prism
Q18
The splitting of light into its component colors is called
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📘 Atomic and Nuclear Physics📚 Misc
Q19
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station is located in which State ?
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📘 Current Electricity📚 Heating Effect of Electric Current
Q20
A potential difference of 250 volts is applied across a resistance of 500 ohms in an electric iron. Calculate heat energy produced in joules in 10 seconds.
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