JEED TRINITY COLLEGE

FIRST TERM EXAM 2018/2019

SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: SS1 Time: 2 hr

SECTION A

INSTRUCTION: Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D, choose

the correct option for each question.

1. Which of the following are fundamental C. Density

quantities D. work
A. Kg
B. Kgm-3 6. A body weighs 10N in air is partly immersed
C. seconds in water. It displaces water of mass 0.3kg.
D. Nm-2 What is the upthrust on the body? (g = 10ms-
2
)
2. The following physical quantities are derived A. 13.0N
except B. 7.0N
A. Mass C. 3.3N
B. Area D. 3.0N
C. Force
D. Pressure 7. Which of the following is use to determine
the relative density of the acid in a car
3. An object weighs 10.0N in air and 7.0N in battery?
water. What is the relative density of the A. Hypsometer
object? B. Hygrometer
A. 1.50 C. Manometer
B. 3.33 D. Hydrometer
C. 2.21
D. 1.20 8. A boy of mass 50kg runs up a flight of steps
of total height 30m. The work done against
4. The derived quantity of force is gravity is
A. MLT A. 150 Joules
B. MLT-2 B. 1,500 Joules
C. MT-2 C. 15,000 Joules
D.
ML2T-2 D. 15 Joules

5. Mass per unit volume of a substance is called 9. The unit of relative density is
A. Force A. Kgm-3
B. Pressure B. gcm-3
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C. kg 15. A boy cycles continuously through a distance
D. no unit of 1.5km in 10 minutes. Calculate his average
speed.
10. The slope of the straight line displacement A. 0.5ms-1
time graph indicates the B. 1.5ms-1
A. Distance traveled C. 2.5ms-1
B. Uniform velocity D. 3.5ms-1
C. Uniform acceleration
D. Acceleration at an instance 16. A body starts from rest and accelerates
uniformly at 5ms-2 until it attains a velocity
11. Which of the following is fundamental of 30ms-1. Calculate the time taken to attain
quantity? this velocity.
A. Speed A. 3.0s
B. Density B. 5.0s
C. Length C. 6.0s
D. Impulse D. 7.0s

12. A man of mass 50kg ascends a flight of 17. A body decelerates uniformly from 20ms-1 to
stairs 5m high in 5 seconds. If acceleration rest in the next 5s. Determine the magnitude
due to gravity is 10ms-2, the power expended of the deceleration.
is A. 3.0ms-2
A. 100W B. 4.0ms-2
B. 500W C. 5.0ms-2
C. 250W D. 6.0ms-2
D. 200W
18. The action of blotting paper on ink is due to
13. Under which of the following conditions is A. Osmosis
work done? B. Capillarity
A. A man supports a heavy load on his head C. Surface tension
with his hands D. Diffusion
B. A woman holds a port of water
C. A boy climbs onto a table 19. A solid object is said to undergo oscillatory
D. A bag of cocoa stands on a platform motion when it moves
A. In an erratic manner
14. A boy moves with a force 10N to cover a B. In a triangular path
distance of 25m, the work done by the boy is C. In a circular path
A. 250Nm D. To and fro about a fixed point
B. 2.5Nm
C. 2500Nm 20. A solid body will float in a liquid if its
D. 25Nm A. Density is less than that of the liquid
B. Mass is equal to that of the liquid
C. Density is greater than that of the liquid
D. Volume is equal to that of the liquid

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21. The diagram below represents a section of a vel.

pair of vernire callipers. The reading on the m/s D
instrument is

main scale
5cm 6cm

23. Which of the following phenomena is the

practical evidence for the existence of the
0 5 continual motion of molecules?
vernier A. Translational motion
B. Rotational motion
A. 5.22cm C. Brownian motion
B. 5.24cm D. Oscillatory motion
C. 5.25cm
D. 5.26cm 24. The force that keeps an object moving in a
circular path is called
22. Which of the graph below show the motion A. Force field
of a body with uniform retardation? B. Frictional force
C. Centripetal force
D. Gravitational force
vel.
m/s
A
speed
Time v/ms-1
0

vel.
m/s 0 5 20 25 t/s
B
25. The diagram above shows the speed-time
graph of a car. If the car covered a total
0 Time
distance of 600m in 25s, calculate its
maximum speed.
vel. A. 30ms-1
m/s C B. 25ms-1
C. 20ms-1
D. 15ms-1

26. A vehicle moving with a uniform speed is

gradually brought to rest. Which of the
following sketches describe the motion of
the vehicle?

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A. Power
B. Work done
A
C. Acceleration
D. Pressure
Speed

28. A body accelerates uniformly from rest at 4

ms-2. Calculate the magnitude of its velocity
time after travelling 10 m.
A. 4.5ms-1
B
B. 6.0 ms-1
C. 8.9 ms-1
Speed

D. 12.0 ms-1

29. Which of the statements about Archimedes’

time principle is correct? The upthrust on a body
is a measure of the
C A. mass of fluid displaced
B. weight of the body
Speed

C. volume of the body

D. weight of the fluid displaced.

time 30. Which of the following factors may be used

to explain why a steel pin floats in water.
D A. The force of cohesion between the steel
pin and the water
B. The force of adhesion between the steel
Speed

pin and the water

C. The surface tension of the water
time D. The force due to capllarity

27. The product of force and distance in the

direction of the applied force is called

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SECTION B

INSTRUCTION: Answer any four questions from this section.

1. a) Define density and relative density

b) Describe a method for finding the relative density of a solid and a liquid using Archimedes
principle
c) A body of mass 50g is weighed in water and then in a liquid of unknown density. If the apparent
masses in water and liquid are 46g and 44.5g respectively, find
i. The density of the body
ii. The density of the liquid

2. a) Explain the terms

i. Fundamental quantities
ii. Derived quantities
c) State the derived quantities of the following in terms of the dimensions M,L,T :- (i) Force, (ii)
Power, (iii) Work done, (iv) Pressure, (v)Density

3. A train starting with a velocity of 5m-1 attains a velocity of 30m-1 in 8sec. Using the equations of
motion, find:
a) the acceleration of the train
b) the distance covered by the train

4. A Car starting with a velocity of 10ms-1 , accelerates and attains a velocity of 25ms-1 in 6sec, it then
immediately decelerates to rest in 10sec. Draw a velocity time graph of the motion. From the graph
find:
a) the acceleration
b) the total distance traveled
c) the deceleration.

5. a) Explain the terms :- (i) Viscosity, (ii) Terminal velocity, (iii) Upthrust
b) Draw a diagram to show the forces acting on a steel-ball falling through a viscous liquid, sketch the
velocity time graph of fall of the steel ball and explain its nature.

6. a) Describe the terms

i. Potential energy
ii. Kinetic energy
b) A man of mass 70kg ascends a flight of stairs consisting of 10 steps each 30cm high, in 5
seconds. If the acceleration due to gravity is 10ms -2, what is the power expended.

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