BISRATE GEBREAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PHYSICS REVIEW SHEET FOR GRADE TWELVE

18 MARCH 2020

INSTRUCTION: - THIS EXAM CONSISTS OF 50 QUESTIONS FOR EACH

QUESTION THERE ARE FOUR ALTERNATIVES. CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES AND MARK YOUR LETTER
OF CHOICE ON THE ANSWER SHEET.

No of items: 51 Time allowed: ______

1. A 5kg mass starting from rest attains a speed of 6m/s in 2 second, in a

horizontal circular motion of radius 2m, calculate the angular acceleration.
A. 1.5 rad/s2 B. 3 rad/s2 C. 6 rad/s2 D. 8 rad/s2
2. A Coil of wire of area 1.5x10-3m2 consists of 40 loops. A magnetic field
is perpendicular to the face of the coil. In a period of 0.20 sec, the strength
of the magnetic field decreases from 0.060T to 0.050T in the same
direction. What is the average emf induced in the coil during this time?
A. 7.5x10-5V C. 3.0x10-3V
B. 1.5x10-3V D. 3.3x10-2V
3. An ideal transformer has 150 turns in the primary coil and 1800 turns in the secondary coil. If
the primary coil is connected to 120V ac and draws 7.5A of current, what is the current in the
secondary coil?
A. 0.63A C. 16A
B. 7.5A D. 90A
4. The angle turned through by the flywheel of a generator during a time interval ‘t’ is given by θ(t) = at +
bt3 – ct4, where, a, b, and c are constants. What is
the expression for its angular acceleration?
A. a + 3bt2 – 4ct3 C. 3bt2 – 12ct2
B. 6bt – 12ct2 D. 6bt – 4ct3
5. An engine develops a power of 600W in a period of 8 seconds. Calculate
the torque develop the engine (use π = 3.14).
A. 764.3Nm B. 4800Nm C. 1528.7Nm D. 2426Nm
6. The flywheel of a gasoline engine is required to give up 300J of kinetic
energy while its angular velocity decreases from 600 r.p.m to 540 r.p.m .
What moments of inertia is required?
A. 0.8kgm2 B. 1.6kgm2 C. 231kgm2 D. 135kgm2

7. A particle of mass 2kg is located at (4m, 6m) and moving at 370 above the

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 x – axis. What is its angular momentum? ( use sin370 = 0.6 & cos370 = 0.8)
A. 48km2/s k B. -48km2/s k C. 130 km2/s k D. -136 km2/s k
8. How much is work done on a proton in uniform electric field of 200N/c as
the charge moves a distance of 2cm in the field.
A. 6.4x1019J B. 6.4x10-38J C. 6.4x10-19J D. 6.4x10-9J
9. How many electrons are required to produce a net charge of 10µC?
A. 6.25x1025 B. 6.25x1013 C. 6.25x1018 D. None
10. If the separation b/n the plates of parallel plate capacitor is reduced to one
fourth of its initial value, the value of the capacitance changed by a factor of
A. ¼ B. 16 C. 4 D. 1/16
11. Which of the following is the application of capacitors?
A. Tuning in radio circuits
B. Eliminate sparking in electronic circuit
C. Increase the efficiency of alternating current transmission
D. All
12. Consider a source in an open circuit whose emf is constant and equals 24V and internal
resistance is 2 ohm. Then the terminal potential difference of
the source and the current in an open circuit respectively is
A. 12V, 3A B. 12V, 0 C. 24V, 0 D. 48V, 0
13. A battery has an emf of 12V and an internal resistance of 0.05 ohm.
Its terminals are connected to a load resistance of 3 ohm. Find the current in
the circuit.
A. 3.93A B. 36.05A C. 0.25A D. 5.62A
14. Which one of the following is the correct statement of the second condition
of equilibrium?
A. The vector sum of all forces acting on a body in equilibrium must be zero.
B. For a body in rotational equilibrium, the sum of clockwise torque is equal to the sum
of counter clockwise torque.
C. The sum of the torque on a body in equilibrium is proportional to the force acting on
it.
D. For a body to be in static equilibrium, the sum of the torque acting on it is equal to the
vector sum of the force.
15. A body of 1000N is in equilibrium, through a force of 400N acts on it at
an angle of 300 with the horizontal. Find the normal force.
(use sin300 = 0.5 and cos300 = 0.86)
A. 600N B. 400N C. 800N D. 1000N
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16. A 10kg block rests on a smooth plane inclined at 37 to the horizontal.
Calculate the force on the block acting down the plane.
(use g =10m/s2 , sin370 = 0.6 and cos370 = 0.8)
A. 60N B. 100N C. 6N D. 600N

17. If a net torque is applies to an object is zero then one of the following
is necessarily zero?
A. Constant angular velocity C. Angular acceleration
B. Constant moment of inertia D. Increasing moment of inertia
18. For an object in equilibrium, which one of the following must be zero?
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 A. Zero velocity C. Non – zero velocity
B. Zero acceleration D. Constant acceleration
19. A CD player changes its speed from 20rad/sec to 40rad/sec in 20sec. what
is the angular acceleration of the CD player?
A. 2rad/s2 B. 1rad/s2 C. 4rad/s2 D. 8rad/s2
20. In the figure below the thumb will indicate

A. a•b B. a × b C. a – b D. a + b

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torque produced by the force?
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21. A force of −1 N acted up on an object displace 4 m . what is the

A.13i^ -13 ^j -13k^ B. i^ + ^j +k^ C.2i^ -6 ^j +3k^ D. 10i^ - 4 ^j +3k^

22. A disk shaped bread of 10kgm2 rotates at 4rad/s .what is the
angular momentum of the bread?
A. 40kg.m2/s B. 10kgm2/s C. 50kgm2 /s D. 6kgm2 /s

23. Which one of the following is false about equilibrium condition?

A. The net torque about any axis must be zero
B. The resultant external force must be equal zero
C. The magnitude of a single force is zero
D. All

24. A battery has an emf of 24v and internal resistance of 1Ω .its terminals
are connected to a load resistance of 11Ω. what is the current in the system?
A. 3A B. 2A C. 4A D. 5A

25. What is the current in resistor R1?

A 5A B. 6A C. 3A D. 4A
26. What is the value of i3 across the circuit?( Hint using Kirchhoff’s rules)

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 A. -1A B. 2A C. -4A D. 8A
27. Concurrent forces are
A. Whose lines of action all pass through a common point
B. Whose lines that passes through the same plane
C. Force that directed from different position
D. None

28. The same potential difference is applied to the two light bulbs of 30W
& 60W. which one of the following statements is true?
A. The 30W bulbs carries the greater current and has the higher resistance
B. The 30w bulbs carries the greater current, but the 60w bulb has the higher resistance
C. The 30w bulb has the higher resistance ,but the 60wbulb carries the greater current
D. The 60w bulbs carries the greater current and has the higher resistance

29. What is the net force that acts on -5µc charge due to the other
two charges?

A. 0.8N B. 0.6N C. 1N D. 4N

30. What is the magnitude of electrostatics force between parallel plates that has an electric field
of 3000N/c when an electron released between the metal plates?

A. 4.8 x10-16N B. 3.6 x10-16N C. 1.6 x10-16N D. 9.6 x10-16N

31. What is the total capacitance of the given figure when each capacitor has capacitance of C?

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 A. 5C/6 B. 8c/4 C. 6C/11 D. 7C/3
32. What is electric current that flows in a wire that carries 200c charge
in 10sec?
A. 10A B. 20A C. 4A D. 8A
33. When two parallel plate separated by 2cm and a charge of 2 *10-18c and 40gm suspended along
a vertical position, what is the magnitude of electric field strength between the plates?

A. 4x1017N/c B. 4.5x1024N/c C. 2x1017N/c D. 1.2x1012N/c

34. How much electrical potential energy does a proton lose as it falls
through a potential drop of 5kv?
A. 8 x10-16j
B. 4 x10-2j
C. 5 x10-32j
D. 7 x10-5j
35. What is the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor separated by
10cm and cross sectional area of 0.01m2?
A. 8.85x10-24F
B. 2x10-10F
C. 8.85 x10-13F
D. 6x10-4F
36. Object A has a charge of +2µc, and object B has a charge of +6µc.
which statement is true?
A. FAB = -3FAB B. FAB = -FAB C. 3FAB = -FAB

37. Rank the magnitude of the electric field at points A,B and C
(greatest magnitude first)

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 A. A,B ,C B. C,B,A C. C,A,B D. B,A,C
38. A constant torque of 40Nm is applied to a grind stone whose moment of
inertia is 0.2 kgm2. Find the angular speed in revolutions per second
after the grindstone has made 20 revolutions (use π = 3.14).
A. 224 rad/s B. 112 rad/s C. 15 rad/s D. 50,240 rad/s
39 The initial internal energy of a system is 300J when 80J of work is done on the
system , it increases to 500J. How much heat should be added to the system?
A. 120J B. 240J C. 300J D. 500J
40 An engine absorbs 1700J of heat from a hot reservoir and expels 1200J of
a cold reservoir in each cycle. What is the efficiency of the engine?
A. 20% B. 29.4% C. 39.5% D. 19.5%
41. Huygens’s principle states that
A. The secondary wavelets acts as a source for the primary wavelets
B. Every point on a wave front acts as a source for the secondary wavelets
C. The secondary wavelets have the same frequency with the primary wavelets
D. B and C
43. In electromagnetic waves---------------.
A. Power is transferred along the magnetic field
B. Power is transferred along the electric field
C. Power is equally transferred along the electric and magnetic field
D. Power is transferred in the direction perpendicular to both fields
44. Resonance is said to take place when----------------
A. Forcing power is maximum
B. Forcing frequency is equal to natural frequency of the forced body
C. Forcing amplitude is maximum
D. The damping coefficient of the forced is minimum
45. A particle that undergoes SHM has a period of 0.4sec and an amplitude to
12mm. the maximum velocity of the particle is:
A. 3 cm/sec B. 9.42 cm/sec C. 12 cm/sec D. 18.84 cm/sec
46. A wave front is
A. A line that represents the direction of propagation of light
B. The lines of all points of a traveling wave that are inphase
C. The minimum distance b/n two point that are inphase
D. The number of waves crossing a given plane in a unit time
47. Determine how much energy a spring with a spring constant of 15N/m stores
if it is stretched by 1.6m.
A. 38J B. 19J C. 76J D. none
48. A string is stretched and fixed at both ends, 200cm apart. If the density of
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 the string is 0.015g/cm, and its tension is 600N, what is the
fundamental frequency?
A. 316Hz B. 632Hz C. 158Hz D. 215Hz
49. A mass suspended from the end of a spring vibrates up and down 24 times
in 36 sec. What are the frequency and period of the vibration respectively?
A. 1.5 Hz, 0.67 sec C. 0.0012 Hz, 864 sec
B. 0.67 Hz, 1.5 sec D. 864Hz, 0.0012 sec
50. A transformer connected to a 120V ac source has an output of 24V ac. if the
primary coil has 330 turns, how many turns of wire are there in the
secondary coil?
A. 24 turns C. 330 turns
B. 66 turns D. 1650 turns
51. A solenoid of diameter 0.18m is 0.30m long. A current of 5.3A is used
to create a magnetic field of 0.25T at the center of the solenoid. How
many turns of wire does this solenoid have?
A. 6.2x102 C. 1.1x104
B. 2.1x103 D. 3.8x104