Physics

October 2015

1. The unchanged or constant speed is termed as

A. instantaneous speed
B. average speed
C. uniform speed
D. variable speed
2. The total distance covered in total time taken is termed as
A. instantaneous speed
B. average speed
C. uniform speed
D. variable speed
3. Volume is a :
A.
B.
C.
D.

Scalar quantity
Vector quantity
Base quantity
Derived quantity

4. A train travelling at an average speed of 60 km/hr comes to a complete stop in 20

minutes time. What is its deceleration?
A.
B.
C.
D.

-3 km/hr2
-180 km/hr2
3 km/hr2
180 km/hr2

5. A vehicle travelling at 40 m/s accelerates uniformly at

What is its final speed?
A.
B.
C.
D.

for 20 seconds.

60 m/s
100 m/s
-100 m/s
140 m/s

6. A racing car accelerates uniformly through three gear changes with the following
average speeds:
I.
II.
III.

for 2.0 s
for 2.0 s
for 6.0 s

What is its average speed?

A. 12 ms-1
B.
13 ms-1
C.
48ms-1
D.
40 ms-1
7. Acceleration is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
8. Why does an object falling in the Earths gravitational field reach a steady
velocity?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The weight of the object increases as it falls

Air resistance increases with the increase of velocity
The mass of the object remains constant
The Earths gravitational field decreases as it falls

9. When two forces are combined, the size of the resultant depends on the angle
between the two forces. Which of the following cannot be the magnitude of
the resultant when forces of magnitude 2 N and 5 N are combined?
A.
B.
C.
D.

7N
2N
3.5 N
8N

10. Which of the following cannot be the magnitude of the resultant force when a
force of 6 N and a force of 8 N act on an object?
A.
B.
C.
D.

12
15
6
2

11. Which of the following is in neutral equilibrium?

A.
B.
C.
D.

A pencil balanced on its sharp tip

A heavy weight suspended on a string
A heavy based table lamp
A cone resting on a slant edge

12. Here is a tension force F in the chain. What is the moment of the force F about
the pivot P?
A.
B.
C.
D.
F*d
13. A boy, who weighs 50 N, runs up a flight of stairs 6.5 m high in 7 seconds.
How much power does he develop?
A.
B.

W
W

C.

D.

Power is calculated using p=w/t = f*d/t

14. Inertia is the resistance of a object to any change in its state of motion, including
a change in direction. Which property is a measure of the bodys inertia?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mass
Volume
Weight
Density

15. A box X full of large granite rocks is weighed. An identical box Y full of small
granite chippings is then weighed.
Which box weighs more and why?

A.
B.
C.
D.

X ; Density of a chipping is less than a rock

X ; There is more air in box X
Y ; There is less air in box Y
Y ; Density of a chipping is greater than a rock

16. A car is driven along a level road. The total energy input from the petrol is 60 kJ,
and the car wastes 45 kJ of energy.
What is the efficiency of the car?
A.
B.
C.
D.

15 %
25 %
45 %
75 %

17. If the pressure exerted on a floor by a box is 200 kPa, find the weight of the box,
given that the bottom of the box has a contact area of 20
.

A.
B.
C.
D.

400 N
600 N
300 N
3000 N

18. Which graph shows the relationship between the pressure and volume of a fixed
mass of gas at constant temperature?

A. D
B. B
C. A
D. C
19. . Find the pressure exerted on a person by a few metal blocks of total mass 42
kg. The area of contact is 840
.
A.
B.
C.
D.
20. Which of the following does not affect the pressure beneath the surface of a
liquid?
A.
B.
C.
D.

area of the liquid surface

depth of the liquid
density of the liquid
strength of the gravitational field

21. A bicycle was travelling at

a rate of 5 m/s-2.

when it applied its brakes and decelerated at

(a) How long will it take before it comes to a stop?

(b) How far will it travel before stopping?

A. 5 s, 40 m
B. 5 s, 20 m
C. 4 s, 40 m
D. 4 s, 20 m
22. The diagrams show, to the same scale, the vertical sections of a set of circular
vessels, each containing the same depth of water.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. The water exerts the same pressure on the base of each vessel.
B. The water exerts the greatest pressure on the base of vessel P.
C. The water exerts the same force on the base of each vessel.
D. The water exerts the greatest pressure on the base of vessel S.
23. In a laboratory on Earth, experiments show that an object has a mass of 2 kg and
a weight of 20 N. The same experiments are then brought to the Moon, where
the gravitational field strength is less than on the Earth.

Are the mass and weight of the object the same, or less, than before?
A. less mass, same weight
B. same mass, same weight
C. Less mass, less weight

D. same mass, less weight

24. The diagram shows a material with dimensions 5 cm * 4 cm * 2 cm. It has a mass
of 100g.

What is the density of the material?

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.40
5.0
10
2.5
P=m/v=1000/5*4*2

25. Which diagram correctly shows the addition of a 4 N and a 3 N force?