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The document is an examination paper for Form One Science students at Wapuli Community Day Senior High School, focusing on Physics. It includes objective test questions covering various topics such as motion, energy, dimensions, and units, as well as essay questions requiring graphical analysis and derivation of formulas. The exam is structured into two sections: an objective test and an essay section, with a total duration of 2 hours.

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WAPULI COMMUNITY DAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

END OF FIRST SEMESTER EXAMS -AUGUST,2024


PHYSICS FORM ONE SCI 2HRS
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST
Answer all questions from this section.

1. A stone is tied to a string and whirled round. What type of motion the
system executes?
A. Rotational
B. Spin
C. Simple harmonic
D. Circular
2. The ability of a body to do work is its
A. Power
B. Momentum
C. Inertia
3. Energy Branch of Physics is most important when studying how glasses
help people see?
A. Mechanics
B. Optics
C. Thermodynamics
D. Electromagnetism
4. Which of the following quantities is a fundamental quantity?

A. voltage
B. electric current
C. electric energy
D. electric power

5. Among the branches of physics examines the energy and nucleons of


matter?
A. Particle Physics
B. Waves and Wave mechanics
C. Relativity
D. Electromagnetism
6. Which Branch of Physics is most important when discussing the motion of
sub-atomic particles?
A. Quantum Mechanics
B. Waves and Wave mechanics
C. Relativity
D. Electromagnetism
7. Which of the following shows the prefixes in descending order correctly ?
A. mega, giga, kilo, nano
B. giga, kilo, mega, nano
C. nano, kilo, mega, giga
D. giga, mega, kilo, nano
8. The international system of units is commonly referred to as

A. SI
B. ISU
C. SU
D. IU

9. The unit of luminous intensity is

A. Lumen
B. Candela
C. Lux
D. Lumen per square meter

10.___________ are the general expression of characteristics of measurement.

A. Units
B. Dimensions
C. Neither unit nor dimension
D. None of the above

11.Which one is not a dimension?

A. Length
B. Mass
C. Time
D. Kelvin

12.If MaLbTc is the dimensional formula of force, find the value of 2a – b – c

A. 8
B. -4
C. 3
D. 6

13.Which of the following is a dimensionally correct formula.

A. V= ut + at
B. v + u = at
C. V/u=at
D. vt = u – a
14.What is the reading as shown in the figure below?
A. 9.98mm
B. 9.98cm
C. 9.48cm
D. 9.48mm

15.The diagram shows a vernier V placed against a scale S.

What is the vernier reading?

A. 2.26
B. 2.23
C. 2.33
D. 2.36

16.What information would you expect to find from a given velocity-time


graph?
A. The velocity and acceleration
B. The velocity, displacement, and acceleration
C. The velocity and displacement
D. The velocity
17.What information would you expect to find from a given velocity-time
graph?

A. The velocity and acceleration


B. The velocity, displacement, and acceleration
C. The velocity and displacement
D. The velocity
18.What is the area under a speed-time graph equal to?
A. Acceleration
B. Instantaneous speed
C. Distance travelled
D. None of the above
19.What is the slope of a line on a velocity time graph an indication of?

A. The distance travelled by an object


B. The instantaneous speed of an object
C. The acceleration of an object
D. The initial velocity of an object

The following graph represents the position as a function of time of a moving object. Use
this graph for questions 21 and 22.

20.What is the initial position of the object?


A. 2m
B. 4m
C. 6m
D. 10m
21.What is the velocity of the object?

A. 5ms
B. −5ms
C. 10ms
D. −10ms

22.The weight of a body varies from location to location. Where would the
weight of the body be greatest?

A. On the moon
B. At sea level on earth
C. In space
D. On top of Mount Everest

23.Weight is measured in

A. metres
B. metres per second
C. newtons
D. kilograms
24.The most suitable instrument for measuring the diameter of a thin
A. meter rule
B. micrometer screw gauge
C. pair of dividers
D. pair of engineer’s calipers

25.[ML-1T-2] is the dimensional formula of

A. force
B. co-efficient of friction
C. modulus of elasticity
D. energy

26.The dimensional formula of couple

A. ML2T-2

B. MLT-1
C. ML-1T-1

D. MLT-2

27.Which Branch of Physics is most important when discussing the motion of


sub-atomic particles?
A. Quantum Mechanics
B. Waves and Wave mechanics
C. Relativity
D. Electromagnetism
28.Which Branch of Physics is most important when studying the results of a
car crash?

A. Mechanics
B. Waves & Wave mechanics
C. Relativity
D. Electromagnetism

29.Which of the following pairs of physical quantity and SI unit is correct ?

A. Mass – SI unit : Gram


B. Time – SI unit : Hour
C. Electric current – SI unit : Volt
D. Temperature – SI unit : Kelvin

30.The units used to measure derived quantities are known as

A. square units
B. derived units
C. base units
D. scalar units
31. We study the physical aspects of sound waves, their production,
properties and applications under the branch named as
A. acoustics
B. atomic physics
C. plasma physics
D. heat

32.Pair of quantities having same dimensional formula are

A. velocity, Impulse
B. Force, Weight
C. Impulse, Inertia
D. Angular momentum, Linear momentum

33.There are three equations of uniformly accelerated motion, the odd one
out is
A. Final velocity = initial velocity + (acceleration × time)
B. Distance moved = (initial velocity × time) + (0.5 × acceleration ×
time²)
C. Final velocity² = initial_velocity² + (2 × acceleration × distance
moved)
D. Final velocity = initial velocity + (2 × acceleration × distance
moved)

34.Which of the following is the SI unit for pressure?


A. Pascal
B. Newton
C. Meter
D. Kilogram
35.A force of 20N acts vertically downwards on a mass of 4kg. At the same
time a force of 8N acts vertically upwards. The mass accelerates
A. Downwards at 7ms-2
B. Downwards at 3ms-2
C. Upwards at 3ms-2
D. Downwards at 48ms-2
36. The dimensions of velocity are
A. LT-2
B. LT-1
C. L-1T-1
D. LT-3
37. Which of the following units is not fundamental?
A. Kelvin
B. Newton
C. Seconds
D. Kilogram
38. A motorcycle starting from rest, is uniformly accelerated such that its
velocity in 10s is 72kmh-1. What is its acceleration?
A. 2ms-2
B. 4ms-2
C. 86ms-2
D. 108ms-2
39. A body is projected with an initial velocity of u at angle Ꝋ to the horizontal.
2
u
If Rmax is the maximum range projectile, what does the relation
Rmax

represent?
A. The vertical distance covered
B. Acceleration due to gravity
C. The horizontal distance covered
D. The acceleration of the body
40. A body weighs 600N on earth. If it is weighed on the moon, what will be
the change weight of the body? [gearth/gmoon = 6]
A. 100N
B. 200N
C. 300N
D. 500N

SECTION B: ESSAY 60 MARKS

Answer three questions only from this section.


All questions carry equal marks.
1. a) A passenger car starts from rest. It accelerates uniformly and attains a
velocity of 20ms-1 after 5 seconds. It maintains this velocity for 6 seconds
and then comes to rest 4 seconds later.
i. Draw a velocity - time graph
ii. Use your graph to find the total distance covered

b) Define
i. Time of flight
ii. Dimensional equation
2. a) the dimension of work is ML2T-2, find the fundamental unit of work and
hence derive an equation of work

b) The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum depends on mass (m),


length (l), of thread and acceleration due to gravity (g). Using dimensional
analysis derived a formula for the period of oscillation

3. a) What is a derived unit?


b) State five
i. fundamental quantities and their units
ii. derived quantities and their units

4. a) A particle moving in a straight line with uniform deceleration has a


velocity of 40 ms-1 at a point P, 20 ms-1 at a point Q, and comes to rest at
a point R where QR = 50 m. Calculate the :
i. distance PQ,
ii. time taken to cover PQ,
iii. time taken to cover PR.

5. Show that for a uniformly acceleration motion, v 2 =u2 + 2as, where the
symbols have their usual meanings

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