SS1 PHYSICS THIRD TERM EXAM

1. The inside of a vacuum flask is always coated with silver to reduce

heat loss by (a) convection (b) conduction (c) radiation (d) evaporation
2. Which of the following colours of surface will radiate heat energy best?
(a) red (b) white (c) black (d) yellow
3. The anomalous expansion of water takes place between/at ………………..A.
10C and 40C B. 00C and 40C C. 40C and 250C D. all temperature
4. The SI unit of linear expansivity is ……… A. per Celsius B. per
Fahrenheit C. per Kelvin D. per Joules
5. If the linear expansivity of a solid is 1.8 X 10 -6 k-1, the area
expansivity will be A.0.9 X 10 -6 B. 3.6 X 10 -6 C. 1.8 X 10 -6 D. 5.4 X 10-
6
6. A metal of length 15.01m is heated until its temperature rises by 600C.
If its new length is 15.05, calculate its linear expansivity A. 0.0004/K B.
0.00004/K C. 0.004/K D. 0.04/K
7. An increase in volume of 10cm3 of mercury when the temperature
rises by 1000C is 0.182cm3. What is the cubic expansivity of mercury A.
0.000182/K B. 0.0000182/K C. 0.000187/K D. 0.000178/k
8. Like charges A. attract B. repel C. disappear D. evaporate
9. Charges are unusually concentrated at places where the surface is
…………. A. straight B. sharply curved C. oval in shape D. none of the above
10. ……… is a device use to detect charge A. Electrophorus B. Capacitor
C. Electroscope D. Inductor
11. The casing of an electroscope is earthed so as to screen the leaf from
outside interference A. positively charge B. negatively charge C. neutral
D. none of the above
12. Capacitor is a device that …………. charges A. produces B. emits C. store
D. none of the above
13. The nucleus of an atom consist of (a) proton and electron (b) neutron
and electron (c) proton and neutron (d) none of the above
14. Positive ions are called ____ (a) camions (b) anions (c) molecules (d)
atom
15. When is atom said to be electrically neutral (a) when the number of
proton equals the number of neutron (b) when the number of protons
equals the number of electrons (c) when the number of proton is
greater then the number of electron (d) when the number of neutron
equals the number of electron
16. Ion is a form of ____ (a) atom (b) molecules (c) matter (d) none of the
above.
17. Which of the following statement is not correct? (a) a sea breeze is
due to convection in air (b) cotton material are better than woollen ones
for use in the same weather (c) convection current plays an important
role in the cooling of the engine of car (d) the vacuum space in the flask
helps to reduce heat loss by radiation.
18. The inside of a vacuum flask is always coated with silver to reduce
heat loss by (a) convection (b) conduction (c) radiation (d) evaporation
19. Which of the following colours of surface will radiate heat energy
best? (a) red (b) white (c) black (d) yellow
20. A hot metal in a vacuum can lose heat by (a) conduction (b)
convection (c) radiation (d) conduction and convection
21. Which of the following is odd? (a) 25km (b) 25km North (c) 25km to
the left (d) 25km upwards
22. The following are vector quantities EXCEPT (a) distance (b)
displacement (c) force (d) weight
23. Determine the distance between S (3,4,-5) and T (2,1,0) (a) 5.8 (b) 5.9
(c) 6.0 (d) 6.2
24. Distance is can be measure with the following except (a) metre rule
(b) speedometer (c) tape rule (d) ruler
25. Which is the correct SI unit of distance? (a) millimeters (b) metres (c)
kilometres (d) centimetres
26. A body is uniformly retarded comes to rest in 10s after travelling a
distance of 20m. Calculate its initial velocity (a) 4.0m/s (b) 2.0m/s (c)
20.0m/s (d) 0.5m/s
27. A moving object is said to have uniform acceleration if its (a)
displacement decreases at a constant rate (b) speed is directly
proportional to time (c) velocity increases by equal amount in equal time
intervals (d) velocity varies inversely with time
28. A car took off from rest and covered a distance of 80m on a straight
road in 10s. Calculate the magnitude of its acceleration (a) 1.25m/s2 (b)
1.60 m/s2 (c) 4.00 m/s2 (d) 8.0 m/s2
29. An object is released from rest at a height of 20m. Calculate the time
it takes to fall to the ground ( g= 10m/s2) (a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 3s (d) 4s.
30. Which of the units of the following physical quantities is not derived
unit? (a) Area (b) Thrust (c) Pressure (d) Mass
31. One of the following is a fundamental unit? (a) Kgm−3 (b) m3 (c)
Nm−2 (d) Kg
32. Which of the following quantities has the same unit as energy? (a)
Power (b) Work (c) Force (d) Momentum
33. Alll the following are fundamental unit except?
(a) Ampere (b) Kilogramme(c) Second (d) Ohm
34. Which of the following is a derived unit?
(a) Tension(b) Impulse(c) Upthrust (d) Distance
35.. The international agreed system of unit (S.I.) for physical
measurement are
(a) lb, ft, sec (b) g, m, sec (c) kg, m, sec (d) cm, g, sec
36.. Which of the units of the following physical quantities are derived? I.
Area; II. Thrust; III. Pressure; IV. Mass
(a) I, II, III and IV(b) I, II and III only (c) I, II and IV only (d) I and
IV only
37. Which of the following types of motion does a body undergo when
moving in a haphazard manner? (a) Random motion (b) Translatory
motion (c) Rotational motion (d) Vibratory motion
38. What type of motion does the skin of a talking drum perform when it
is struck with a drum stick? (a) Rotational (b) Translational (c)
Random (d) Vibratory
39. The motion of the prongs of sounding turning fork is (a) rotational (b)
vibrator (c) vibratory and rotational (d) random
40. A body moves with a constant speed but has an acceleration. This is
possible if it (a) moves in a straight line (b) moves in a circle (c) is
oscillating (d) is in equilibrium (e) has a varying
41. A body moves along a circular path with uniform angular speed of
0.6rads−1 and at a constant speed of 3.0ms−1. Calculate the acceleration
of the body towards the centre of the circle. (a) 25.0ms−2 (b) 5.4ms−2
(c) 5.0ms−2(d) 1.8ms−2
42. The slope of a displacement-time graph is equal to (a) acceleration
(b) uniformly velocity (c) uniform speed (d) instantaneous speed
43. A body moving at a constant speed accelerates when it is in (a)
rectilinear motion (b) translational motion (c) circular motion (d)
vibrational motion
44.. The study of motion without involving the force which causes the
motion is called (a) kinematics (b) inertia (c) electromagnetic (d)
dynamics
45.. The magnitu1. State the dimension of the following quantities;
(a) Acceleration (b) pressure (c) density
2 From the following quantities given below, list out the derived and
fundamental quantities in a tabular form: Velocity, mass, weight, length,
volume, density, torque, speed, acceleration, power, energy,
temperature, heat capacity, electric current, relative density de of the
force required to make an object of mass M move with speed V in a
circular path of radius R is given by the expression (a) (b) (c) (d)
46. The following are types of motion except (A) random motion (b)
rotational motion (c) nuclear motion (d) oscillatory motion.
47. The motion of the prongs of a sounding turning fork is (a) random
(b) translational (c) rotational (d) vibratory
48. A moving object is said to have uniform acceleration if its (a)
displacement decreases at a constant rate (b) speed is directly
proportional to time (c) velocity increases by equal amount in equal time
intervals (d) velocity varies inversely with time
49. Which of the following fundamental quantities is not correctly paired
with its unit of measurement? (a) Electricity current Ampere (b) Amount
of substance kilogram (c) Temperature Kelvin (c) length metre
50.. Which is the in correct formula for a body accelerating for a body
accelerating uniformly? (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
SECTION B:
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER QUESTION ONE & TWO AND ANY OTHER
THREE
1a. State the dimension of the following quantities; (a) Acceleration (b)
pressure (c) density
b. From the following quantities given below, list out the derived and
fundamental quantities in a tabular form: Velocity, mass, weight, length,
volume, density, torque, speed, acceleration, power, energy,
temperature, heat capacity, electric current, relative density
2a. The dimension of pressure is given as MxLyTz, deduce the values of
x, y, and z.
b. Outline the three fundamental qualities and their respective unit of
measurement
3a. What causes motion?
b. JList four types of motion and briefly explain them.
c. State three differences between the mass and weight of a body
4a. Differentiate between vector and scalar quality.
b. Define the following: i Acceleration ii Distance iii Displacement iv
Velocity
5a. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly until it reaches a
velocity of 30mls after 5 seconds. It travels with uniform velocity for 15
seconds and is then brought to rest in 10s with a uniform retardation.
Determine (a) the acceleration of the car (b) The retardation (c) The
distance covered after 5s (d) the total distance covered
b. Define force
6a. State five effect of heat on a body
b. Deduce the equations of uniformly accelerated motion
7a. What is work, Energy and power?
b.If b. A cube metal box made of iron of side 2cm is to be used for
construction, and the expected temperature difference is 900C. What will
be the expected change in volume of the cube box if the linear
expansivity of iron is
1.25X 10-5.