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PHYSICS
First Term Test
Paper 1
Multiple Choice
March 2018
2 hours
W.X.S. CROOS

1. Which of the following quantities is a vector?

A density

B mass

C strain

D weight

2. Newton’s third law tells us that

A actions usually have a reaction

B weight and normal contact force are always equal and opposite

C moving with constant velocity is the same as being at rest

D forces always arise in pairs

3. An athlete throws a javelin. Just as it hits the ground the javelin has a
horizontal velocity component of 20 m s–1 and a vertical velocity component of
10 m s–1. The magnitude of the javelin’s velocity as it hits the ground is

A 10 m s–1

B 15 m s–1

C 22 m s–1
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D 30 m s–1

4. If air resistance is neglected, the horizontal velocity component of an

arrow fired from a bow .......... with distance travelled

A decreases linearly from zero

B increases from zero to a maximum

C increases linearly from zero

D stays constant at a non-zero value

5.
y y y y

x x x x
A B C D
Variable on y-axis Variable on x-axis
The kinetic energy of a car Displacement from starting
accelerating uniformly from rest position
6.

A B C D

Variable on y-axis Variable on x-axis

The acceleration of a feather falling near to Height above Moon’s surface
the Moon’s surface

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7. A shot putter launches the shot at an angle of 30o to the horizontal. The
throw is repeated with the same launch speed, but this time at an angle of 40o to
the horizontal. Which of the following is not correct?

A The horizontal range is greater

B The horizontal velocity component is increased

C The maximum height reached is greater

D The shot is in the air for longer

8 When a force F moves its point of application through a displacement s in the

direction of the force, the work W done by the force is given by W = F s.

How many vector quantities and scalar quantities does this equation contain?

A one scalar quantity and two vector quantities

B one vector quantity and two scalar quantities

C three scalar quantities

D three vector quantities

9 Which feature of a graph allows acceleration to be determined?

A the area under a displacement-time graph

B the area under a velocity-time graph

C the slope of a displacement-time graph

D the slope of a velocity-time graph

10. An aeroplane can fly at a velocity X when moving through still air. When flying
in wind the aeroplane’s velocity relative to the ground is Y.

Which vector diagram shows the magnitude and direction of the wind velocity
W?
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A B C D

Y Y
W
Y

X W W
X

Y X X
W

11 A cyclist pedals along a raised horizontal track. At the end of the track, he
travels horizontally into the air and onto a track that is vertically 2.0 m lower.

The cyclist travels a horizontal distance of 6.0 m in the air. Air resistance is
negligible.

What is the horizontal velocity v of the cyclist at the end of the higher track?

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A 6.3 m s –1 B 9.4 m s –1 C 9.9 m s –1 D 15 m s –1

12 An astronaut on the Moon, where there is no air resistance, throws a ball. The ball’s initial velocity
–1 –1
2 has a vertical component of 8.00 m s and a horizontal component of 4.00 m s , as shown.

initial velocity

path of ball
8.00 m s–1

4.00 m s–1

13 The acceleration of free fall on the Moon is 1.62 m s–2.

What will be the speed of the ball 9.00 s after being thrown?

A 6.6 m s–1 B 7.7 m s–1 C 10.6 m s–1 D 14.6 m s–1

14. A car is travelling at constant velocity. At time t = 0, the driver of the car sees an obstacle
in the
road and then brakes to a halt. The graph shows the variation with t of the velocity of the car.

velocity / m s–1
20

0
0 0.8 5.0 t/s

How far does the car travel in the 5.0 s after the driver sees the obstacle?

A 16 m B 42 m C 58 m D 84 m

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15 A car of mass m travels at constant speed up a slope at an angle θ to the

horizontal, as shown in the diagram. Air resistance and friction provide a resistive
force F.

resistive force F

What force is needed to propel the car at this constant speed?

A mg cos θ

B mg sin θ

C mg cos θ + F

D mg sin θ + F

16 The force resisting the motion of a car is taken as being proportional to the
square of the car’s speed. The magnitude of the force at a speed of 20 m s–1 is 800
N.

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What effective power is required from the car’s engine to maintain a steady speed
of 40 m s–1?

A 32 kW B 64 kW C 128 kW D 512 kW

17 A concrete cube of side 0.60 m and uniform density 2.0 × 103 kg m–3 is
lifted 5.0 m vertically by a crane.

What is the change in potential energy of the cube?

A 2.2 kJ B 21 kJ C 59 kJ D 450 kJ

18 What is the internal energy of an object?

A It is the energy associated with the object’s movement through space.

B It is the energy associated with the random movement of the molecules in

the object.

C It is the energy due to the attractions between the molecules in the object.

D It is the sum of all the microscopic potential and kinetic energies of the
molecules in the object.

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19. A machine gun fires n bullets per second and the mass of each bullet is m. If the
speed of bullets is v, then the force exerted on the machine gun is
(a) mng
(b) mnv
(c) mnvg
(d) mnv/ 8 Ans. (b)
20. A body of mass M collides against a wall with velocity V and rebounds with the
same speed. Its change of momentum is
(a) zero
(b) MV
(c) 2MV
(d) –MV

21 A beach-ball falls vertically from a high hotel window. Air resistance is not
negligible.

Which graph shows the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the ball?

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a
A B

C D

22 A car has mass m. A person needs to push the car with force F in order to give the car
acceleration a. The person needs to push the car with force 2F in order to give the car
acceleration 3a.

Which expression gives the constant resistive force opposing the motion of the car?

A ma B 2ma C 3ma D 4ma

23 Two spheres travel along the same line with velocities u1 and u2. They collide and after

Collision their velocities are v1 and v2.

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before collision u1 before collision u2

v
after collision 1 after collision v2

Which collision is not elastic?

u1 / m s–1 u2 / m s–1 v1 / m s–1 v2 / m s–1

A 2 –5 –5 –2

B 3 –3 0 6

C 3 –2 1 6

D 5 2 3 6

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24. A submarine has circular windows of diameter 0.30 m. The windows

can experience a maximum external pressure of 660 kPa before they
crack.

What is the minimum external force needed to crack the windows?

A 47 000 N B 190 000 N C 310 000 N D 620 000 N

25. Four beams of the same length each have three forces acting on
them.

Which beam has both zero resultant force and zero resultant torque
acting?
A B
30 N 50 N 36 N 70 N

50 cm 30 cm 50 cm 30 cm

90 N 106 N

C D
28 N 35 N 42 N 70 N

50 cm 30 cm 50 cm 30 cm

63 N 112 N

26 An air-conditioning unit is supported by a rigid beam PQ, as shown.

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air-conditioning unit

P wall

beam

Which diagram shows the directions of the horizontal and vertical forces
acting on the ends of the beam?

A B C D

27. A hydroelectric power station uses the gravitational potential energy of water to
generate electrical energy. In one particular power station, the mass of water flowing
per unit time is 1.5 ⋅ 105 kg s–1.
The water falls through a height of 120 m.
The electrical power generated is 100 MW.
What is the efficiency of the power station?

A 5.6% B 43% C 57% D 68%

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28. A truck of mass 500 kg moves from rest at the top of a section of track 400 m long
and 30 m high, as shown. The frictional force acting on the truck is 250 N throughout
its journey.

400 m

30 m

What is the final speed of the truck?

A 14 m s–1 B 24 m s–1 C 31 m s–1 D 190 m s–1

29. Two skaters A and B of mass 50 kg and 70 kg respectively stand facing each
other 6 metres apart. They then pull on a light rope stretched between them.
How far has each moved when they meet?
(a) Both have moved 3 metres.
(b) A moves 2.5 metres and B moves 3.5 metres.
(c) A moves 3.5 metres and B moves 2.5 metres.
(d) A moves 2 metres and B moves 4 metres. Ans. (c)

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30. A bullet in motion hits and gets embedded in a solid resting on a frictionless
table. What is conserved?
(a) Momentum and kinetic energy
(b) Momentum alone
(c) Kinetic energy alone
(d) Neither momentum nor kinetic energy Ans. (b)
31. A man sitting in a train in motion is facing the engine. He tosses a coin up,
the coin falls behind him. The train is moving
(a) forward with uniform speed
(b) backward with uniform speed
(c) forward with acceleration
(d) forward with deceleration Ans. (b)
32. Apparent weight of a body in an elevator is more than rest weight. If
elevator is
(1) Going up and slowing down
(2) Going up and speeding up
(3) Going down and speeding up
(4) Going down and slowing down Ans. (3)

33. A merry-go-round starting from rest accelerates for 5 s with an angular

acceleration of 0.4 rad/s 2 It then rotates at constant angular velocity for 30s
before slowing down at the same rate. The distance covered by a thud, sitting on
a toy-horse 3 m from the centre, is:
(a) 35 m
(b) 55m

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(c) 105 m
(d) 210m Ans. (d)
34. In a circus, a person with a mass of 70 kg stands without any floor-support
against the wall of a cylindrical rotor. If the coefficient of friction between the
rotor-wall surface and the man’s feet is 0.4 and radius of rotor is 2.0 m, then the
minimum angular speed of rotor such that the person does not fall, should be:
(a) 7.0 rad/s
(b) 1.75 rad/s
(c) 3.5 rad/s
(d) 5.25 rad/s Ans. (c)
35 For a particle undergoing a circular motion with uniform velocity the velocity
is:
(a) Radial, acceleration is radial
(b) Tangential, acceleration is radial
(c) Tangential, acceleration is Tangential
(d) Radial, acceleration is Tangential Ans. (b)

36 I revolve a stone of mass m tied to the end of a string in a vertical

circle of radius R. The net forces at the lowest and the highest points of
the circle directed vertically downwards are,

Lowest point Highest point

a) mg – T1 mg + T2
b) mg + T1 mg – T2
mv 12 mv 22
c) mg + T1 – mg – T2 +
R R
mv 12 mv 22
d) mg – T1 - mg + T2 –
R R

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Here T1, T2 (and v1, v2) denote the tension in the string (and the speed
of the stone) at the lowest and the highest points respectively.

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37) If the anguler velocity () of an object varies with
time (t) as shown in the figure, the corresponding
variation of angular displacement () with time (t) is 0 t
0
best represented by,
    

0 t 0 t 0 t 0 t 0 t
0 0 0 0 0

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

38) A small object of mass m is suspended by a string of

length l, and is allowed to move in a horizontal
circular path about the vertical axis passing through
O, as shown in figure. If the air resistance is
neglegible the velocity of the particle

1) lg sin tan  2) lg sin cos  3) lg tan 

4) lg sin  5) lg cos 

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Q40. For a particle moving in a circle with uniform speed, which one of
the following statements is correct?

A The kinetic energy of the particle is constant.

B The force on the particle is in the same direction as the direction of

motion of the particle.

C The momentum of the particle is constant.

D The displacement of the particle is in the direction of the force.

(Total 1 mark)

Q41. What is the value of the angular velocity of a point on the surface of the
Earth?

A 1.2 × 10–5 rad s–1

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B 7.3 × 10 rad s
–5 –1

C 2.6 × 10–1 rad s–1

D 4.6 × 102 rad s–1

Q42. A particle of mass m moves in a circle of radius r at uniform speed,

taking time T for each revolution. What is the kinetic energy of the
particle?

Q43. A particle of mass m moves in a circle of radius r at uniform speed,

taking time T for each revolution. What is the kinetic energy of the particle?

D
(Total 1 mark)

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Q45. A mass on the end of a string is whirled round in a horizontal circle at
increasing speed until the string breaks. The subsequent path taken by the mass is

A a straight line along a radius of the circle.

B a horizontal circle.

C a parabola in a horizontal plane.

D a parabola in a vertical plane.

(Total 1 mark)

Q46. The diagram shows a disc of diameter 120 mm that can turn about
an axis through its centre.

The disc is turned through an angle of 30° in 20 ms. What is the average
speed of a point on the edge of the disc during this time?

A 0.5π m s–1

B π m s–1

C 1.5π m s–1

D 2π m s–1

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Q47. A particle of mass m moves in a circle of radius r at a uniform
speed with frequency f. What is the kinetic energy of the particle?

C 2π2 mf2r2

D 4π2 mf2r2

Q48. A particle travels at a constant speed around a circle of radius r

with centripetal acceleration
a. What is the time taken for ten complete rotations?

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Q49. A young child of mass 20 kg stands at the centre of a uniform
horizontal platform which rotates at a constant angular speed of 3.0 rad
s–1. The child begins to walk radially outwards towards the edge of the
platform. The maximum frictional force between the child and the
platform is 200 N. What is the maximum distance from the centre of the
platform to which the child could walk without the risk of slipping?

A 1.1 m

B 1.3 m

C 1.5 m

D 1.7 m

Q50. A satellite of mass m travels in a circular orbit of radius r around a

planet of mass M. Which one of the following expressions gives the
angular speed of the satellite?

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