EL-BETHEL ACADEMY, MINNA

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PHYSICS SS2

OBJECTIVES: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is not a vector quantity? (a) distance (b) acceleration (c) velocity (d) electric field intensity
2. Two forces 6N and 8N, act eastward and northward respectively on a body. Calculate the magnitude of their
equilibrant. (a) 10N (b) 2N (c) 7N (d) 14N
3. A car starts from rest and cover a distance of 40m in 10s. Calculate the magnitude of its acceleration. (a) 0.80m/s2
(b) 0.25m/s2 (c) 3.20m/s2 (d) 4.00m/s2
4. A Cartesian coordinate system is also called? (a) circular coordinate system (b) rectangular coordinate system
(c) cylindrical coordinate system (c) four sides coordinate system
5. The distance covered in a specific direction is called? (a) velocity (b) displacement (c) acceleration (d) speed
6. Which of the following is not a scalar quantity? (a) area (b) mass (c) force (d) time
7. The gap between any two positions in space is? (a) distance (b) displacement (c) velocity (d) speed
8. A moving object is said to have uniform acceleration if its? (a) displacement decrease at a constant rate (b) velocity
increase by equal time interval (c) speed is directly proportional to time (d) velocity varies inversely with time
9. A simple pendulum makes 50 oscillation in one minute. Determine its period of oscillation? (a) 1.20s (b) 0.04s
(c) 0.83s (d) 50.0s
10. A resultant force of magnitude 15N acts on a body of mass 250g. Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration.
(a) 0.06m/s2 (b) 60.00m/s2 (c) 3.75m/s2 (d) 16.67m/s2
11. Two cars X and Y travelling in opposite direction along the same highway at uniform velocities 110km/hr
respectively pss each other at a certain point. The velocity of X and Y at the time they pass each other is
(a) 100km/hr (b) 40km/hr (c) 200km/hr (d) 20km/hr
12. The average speed of an object is determined by dividing the sum of its initial and final speed by two only when the
acceleration is (a) changing (b) increasing (c) decreasing (d) uniform
13. A car moves with a speed of 30m/s. calculate the distance travelled in 30s (a) 900m (b) 30m (c) 60m (d) 450m
14. A moving body accelerates when it (a) changes its direction at constant speed (b) cover equal distance in equal times
in a straight line (c) maintains a constant linear speed (d) is acted upon by balanced force
15. A body moving at a constant speed accelerates when it is ________ (a) rectilinear motion (b) translational motion
(c) circular motion (d) vibrational motion
16. An object is said to undergo oscillatory motion when it moves (a) to and for about a fixed point (b) in an erratic
manner (c) in a circular path (d) along a continuous path from the starting point
17. Uniform speed occurs when there is equal change of _____ (a) distance in equal time (b) displacement in equal times
(c) velocity in equal time (d) acceleration in equal times
18. Which of the following quantities is a vector (a) speed (b) momentum (c) volume (d) distance
19. The frequency of a swinging pendulum is the ___________(a) number of amplitude the body make in one seconds
(b) distance the bob cover in one seconds (c) number of complete oscillation the pendulum makes in one seconds (d)
angle the bob swings through in one second
20. The resultant of two force acting on an object is maximum when the angle between them is (a) 00 (b) 450 (c) 1800
(d) 900
21. A stone is projected at an angle of 600 and an initial velocity of 20m/s. Determine time of flight. (a) 3.469s (b) 34.6s
(c) 17.3s (d) 6.92s
22. Which of the following is a scalar quantity? (a) momentum (b) acceleration (c) distance (d) displacement
23. For a projectile, the maximum range is obtained when the angle of projection is _____ (a) 600 (b) 450 (c) 750 (d) 300
24. The motion of the wheel of a bicycle moving on a smooth straight path is? (a) oscillatory and random (b) rotational
and translational (c) rotational and oscillatory (d) oscillatory and translational
25. A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 0.5m/s2 .calculate the time taken by the particle
to cover a distance of 25m. (a) 2.5s (b) 7.1s (c) 10s (d) 50.0s
26. What is the horizontal component of a force of 100N inclined at 50 0 to the horizontal? (a) 76.60N (b) 52.43N (c)
62.28N (d) 66.24N
27. A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 0.5 ms-2? Calculate the time taken by the particle
to cover a distance of 25m. A. 25s B. 7.1s C. 10.0s D. 50.0s
 28. How far will a body move in 4 seconds if uniformly accelerated from rest at the rate of 2 ms -2? A. 32m B. 24m
C. 16m D. 1.2m
29. One of the conditions necessary for an object to be in equilibrium when acted upon by a number of parallel forces is
that the vector sum of the forces is A. Average B. Zero C. Negative D. Positive
30. Which of the following consists entirely of vector quantities? A. Velocity, magnetic fulx and reaction B. Tension,
magnetic flux and mass C. Displacement, impulse and power D. Work, pressure and moment
31. A uniform metre rule is balanced on a fulcrum placed at the 35cm mark by suspending a mass of 120g at the 10cm
mark. Calculate the mass of the metre rule. A. 60g B. 80g C. 120g D. 200g
32. A uniform metre rule of mass 90g is provided at the 40cm mark. If the rule is in equilibrium with an unknown mass
m placed at the 10cm mark and a 72g mass at the 70cm mark, determine m. A. 72g B. 102g
C. 298g D. 504g
33. A metre rule is pivoted at its mid-point with a vertical force of 10N hanging from the distance 30cm from the mid-
point. At what distance must a 15N force hang to balance the ruler horizontally? A. 30cm B. 10cm C. 20cm D. 25m
34. One of the conditions necessary for an object to be in equilibrium when acted upon by a number of parallel forces is
that the vector sum of the forces is A. Average B. Zero C. Negative D. Positive
35. What happens when three coplanar non-parallel forces are in equilibrium? A. Their lines of action are parallel. B.
They are represented in magnitude only C. They are represented in direction only D. Their lines of action meet at a
point
36. A to and fro motion of a body about a given point is called? A. Random B. Rotational C. Oscillatory
D. Translational
37. A cone in an unstable equilibrium has its potential energy A. decreased B. increased C. unchanged D. oscillating
38. The diagrams below show the positions of a cone. The position which can be described as neutral equilibrium is
represented as A. Z only B. X only C. Y and Z D. Y and X

39. A vehicle moving with a uniform speed is gradually brought to rest. Which of the following sketches describes the
motion of the vehicle?

40. Which of the following velocity–time graph does not represent an accelerated motion?

THEORY: ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS ONLY

1. (a) A uniform rod PQ of length 1m and mass 2kg is pivoted at the end p. If load of 14N is placed at the center of the rod,
find the force that should be applied vertically upwards at Q to maintain the rod at equilibrium horizontally [g = 10ms-2]
(b) A car travelling at a constant speed of 30 ms-1 for 20 s was suddenly decelerated when the driver sighted a pot-hole.
It took the driver 6 s to get to the pot-hole with a reduced speed of 18 ms-1. He maintained the steady speed for another
10 s to cross the pot-hole. The brakes were then applied and the car came to rest 5 s later. (i) Draw the velocity-time
graph for the Journey. (ii) Calculate the deceleration during the last 5 s of the journey. (iii) Calculate the total distance
covered.
2. (a) Define the following terms (i) Moment of a force (ii) Couple
(b) A car starts from rest and accelerate uniformly for 20s to attain a speed of 25ms−1. It maintains this speed for 30s
before decelerating uniformly to rest. The total time for the journey is 60s. (i) Sketch a velocity-time graph for the
motion. Use the graph to determine the (ii) total distance travelled by the car (iii) deceleration of the car.
3. (a) State the parallelogram law of forces.
(b) A car moves from a point A to a point B a distance of 40m in the direction of 250o. It then changes direction and
move to a point C in the direction N50oW. If the point C is due west of A, find; (i) The distance between point B
and point C (ii) The distance between point A and point C.
4. (a) What is a Projectile? Name two examples of a projectiles
(b) A projectile is fired with initial velocity of 100m/s at an angle of 30° with the horizontal. Calculate: (i) The time to
reached maximum height (ii) The time of flight (iii) The maximum height attained (iv) The range

5. (a) A man walks 1km due east and then 1km due north. What is the resultant displacement? (b) Four forces act as shown
in the diagram below (Figure 11), calculate their resultant.

Figure 1 Figure 11
6. The diagram (Figure 11) illustrates the velocity-time graph of the motion of a bicycle. Expressly interpret the
information illustrated by diagram and hence calculate; (i) The total distance covered by the bicycle (ii) Acceleration
(iii) Retardation or Deceleration (v) Average Speed
7. (a) State the two conditions necessary for an object to be in equilibrium when acted upon by a number of parallel forces.
(b) A metre rule is found to balance horizontally at the 48cm mark. When a body of mass 60g is suspended at the 6cm
mark, the balance point is found to be the 30cm mark. Calculate the: (i) Mass of the metre rule (ii) Distance of the
balance point from the zero end of the body was moved to the 13cm mark. [Diagram shown below]

Figure 111