Giggles International School

W.X.SUNIL CROOS

PHYSICS PART 1
Term Test -March 2019
Grade 13
2 hours

1. Two substances mercury with a density 13600 kg/m3 and alcohol with a density 0.8
kg/m3 are selected for an experiment. If the experiment requires equal masses of each
liquid, what is the ratio of alcohol volume to the mercury volume?
(A) 1/15 (B) 1/17 (C) 1/13 (D) 1/10 (E) 17/1

2. A perpendicular force is applied to a certain area and produces a pressure P. If the same
force is applied to a twice bigger area, the new pressure on the surface is:
(A) 2P (B) 4P (C) P (D) P/2 (E) P/4

3. There are two round tables in the physics classroom: one with the radius of 50 cm
the other with a radius of 150 cm. What is the relationship between the two forces
applied on the tabletops by the atmospheric pressure?
(A) F1/F2 = 1/3 (B) F1/F2 = 1/9 (C) F1/F2 = 3/1 (D) F1/F2 =9/1 (E) F1/F2 = 1/6

4. Three containers are used in a chemistry lab. All containers have the same bottom area
and the same height. A chemistry student fills each of the containers with the same
liquid to the maximum volume. Which of the following is true about the pressure on the
bottom in each container?
(A) P1 > P2 > P3 (B) P1 < P2 < P3 (C) P1 < P2 > P3 (D) P1 > P2 < P3 (E) P1 = P2 = P3

5. What is the difference between the pressure on the bottom of a pool and the
pressure on the water surface?
(A) ρgh (B) ρg/h (C) ρ/gh (D) gh/ ρ (E) zero
 6. A boy swims a lake and initially dives 0.5 m beneath the surface. When he dives 1 m
beneath the surface, how does the absolute pressure change?
(A) It doubles
(B) It quadruples
(C) It cut to a half
(D) It slightly increases
(E) It slightly decreases

7. Which of the following scientists invented a mercury barometer?

(A) Blaise Pascal (B) Evangelist Torricelli (C)Amedeo Avogadro (D)Robert Brown (E) James Joule

8. A car driver measures a tire pressure of 220 kPa. What is the absolute pressure in
the tire?
(A) 321 kPa (B) 119 kPa (C) 0 kPa (D) 101 kPa (E) 220 kPa

9. In a hydraulic lift the small piston has an area of 2 cm2 and large piston has an area of 80cm2.
What is the mechanical advantage of the hydraulic lift?
(A) 40 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 20
10. A hydraulic lift is used to lift a car. The small piston has a radius of 5 cm and the large
piston has a radius of 50 cm. If a driver applies a force of 88 N to the small piston, what
is the weight of the car the large piston can support?
(A) 880 N (B) 88 N (C) 8800 N (D) 8.8 N (E) 88000 N

11. Three blocks of equal volume are completely submerged into water. The blocks made
of different materials: aluminum, iron and lead. Which of the following is the correct
statement about the buoyant force on each block? (Ρaluminum = 2700 kg/m3, ρiron = 7800
kg/m3, ρlead = 11300 kg/m3)
(A) Faluminum > Firon > Flead (B) Faluminum < Firon < Flead (C) Faluminum < Firon > Flead
(D) Faluminum = Firon = Flead (E) Faluminum > Firon < Flead

12. A piece of iron has a weight of 3.5 N when it is in air and 2.0 N when it is submerged into
water.
What is the buoyant force on the piece of iron?
(A) 3.5 N (B) 2.0 N (C) 1.5 N (D) 1.0 N (E) 0.5 N
 13. Physics students use a spring scale to measure the weight of a piece of lead. The
experiment was performed two times one in air the other in water. If the volume of
lead is 50 cm3, what is the difference between two readings on the scale?
(A) 0.5 N (B) 5.0 N (C) 50 N (D) 500 N (E) 0 N

14. A solid cylinder of mass 5 kg is completely submerged into water. What is the tension
force in
the string supporting the piece of aluminum if the specific gravity of the cylinder’s
material is
10?
(A) 5 N (B) 0.5 N (C) 50 N (D) 45 N (E) 10

15. An object has a weight of 9 N when it is in air and 7.2 N when it is submerged into water.
What is the specific gravity of the object’s material?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

16. A wooden block with a weight of 7.5 N is placed on water. When the block floats on
the surface of water it is partially submerged in water. What is the weight of the
displaced water?
(A) 5.0 N (B) 5.5 N (C) 6.0 N (D) 7.0 N (E) 7.5 N
17. A wooden block with a weight of 9 N is placed on water. When the block floats on the surface of water it is
partially submerged in water. What is the volume of the displaced water?
(A) 500 cm3 (B) 400 cm3 (C) 300 cm3 (D) 600 cm3 (E) 900 cm3

18. Which pair of quantities contains one vector and one scalar quantity?

A displacement; force
B kinetic energy; power
C acceleration; momentum
D velocity; distance
E displacement; kinetic energy

19. One property Q of a material is used to describe the behaviour of sound waves in the
material.
Q is defined as the pressure P of the sound wave divided by the speed v of the wave
and the surface area A of the material through which the wave travels: Q=P/vA

What are the SI base units of Q?

A kg m2 s–3 B kg m–3 s–1 C kg m–4 s–1 D kgms E kg m–2 s–2

20. A cannon fires a cannonball with an initial speed v at an angle α to the horizontal.

v
H


Which equation is correct for the maximum height H reached?

E H=2v/g

21. A wave has a frequency of 5 GHz. What is the period of the wave?
A 20 000 µs
B 20 ns
C 2 ns
D 200 ps
E 2000ps
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22.
1
A goods train passes through a station at a steady speed of 10 m s–
. An express train is at rest at the station. The express train leaves the
station with a uniform acceleration of 0.5 m s–2 just as the goods train
goes past. Both trains move in the same direction on straight, parallel
tracks.
How much time passes before the express train overtakes the goods
train?
A 6s B 10 s C 20 s D 40 s E 20s

23. 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

E All are correct
24. Steel can be classified as a strong material. This is because

A it is difficult to deform

B it has a large ultimate tensile stress value

C it has a large Young modulus value

D it breaks shortly after its proportional limit

E none

25. What is the pressure in Pascals at a depth of 1m below the water surface?
a) 98100 Pa
b) 980 Pa
c) 98 Pa
d) 1 Pa
E) none
 26 A bar equals to Pascals.
a) 105Pa
b) 1.5 x 106 Pa
c) 100 Pa
d) 1000 Pa
e) none

27 A solid rubber ball has a diameter of 8.0 cm. It is released from

rest with the top of the ball 80 cm above a horizontal surface. It
2lls vertically and then bounces back up so that the maximum
height reached by the top of the ball is 45 cm, as shown. shown.

80

60
45

If the kinetic energy of the ball is 0.75 J just before it strikes the
surface, what is its kinetic energy just after it leaves the surface?

A 0.36 J B 0.39 J C 0.40 J D 0.42 J E. None

28 A wind turbine has blades that sweep an area of 2000 m2. It

converts the power available in the wind to electrical power with
an efficiency of 50%.
What is the electrical power generated if the wind speed is 10 m s–1?
(The density of air is 1.3 kg m–3.)
A 130 kW B 650 kW C 1300 kW D 2600 kW E. None
29. A car is stationary at traffic lights. When the traffic lights go green, the driver
presses down sharply on the accelerator. The resultant horizontal force acting on the
car varies with time as shown.
force

00 time
Which graph shows the variation with time of the speed of the car?
A B
speed spee
d
00 tim
e time
00

C D
speed
00
Time speed

00
E NONE OF THESE

30 Which of the following is a statement of the principle of conservation of momentum?

A In an elastic collision momentum is constant.
B Momentum is the product of mass and velocity.
C The force acting on a body is proportional to its rate of change of momentum.
D The momentum of an isolated system is constant.
E. None

31 A 2.0 kg mass travelling at 3.0 m s–1 on a frictionless surface collides head-on

with a stationary 1.0 kg mass. The masses stick together on impact.

2.0 kg 1.0 kg
3.0
ms–1
at rest
 How much kinetic energy is lost on impact?
A zero B 2.0 J C 2.4 J D 3.0 J E. 4J

32 A car of mass 750 kg has a horizontal driving force of 2.0 kN acting on

it. It has a forward horizontal acceleration of 2.0 m s–2.

resistive
force driving force

What is the resistive force acting horizontally?

A 0.50 kN B 1.5 kN C 2.0 kN D 3.5 kN E 2 .5 kN

33. A horizontal bar is supported on a pivot at its centre of gravity. A fixed load
is attached to one end of the bar. To keep the bar in equilibrium, a force F is
applied at a distance x from the pivot.

load F

How does F vary with x?

A B C D
F F F F

x x x x
E.

34. The diagram represents a sphere under water. P, Q, R and S are forces acting
on the sphere, due to the pressure of the water.
water surface
P

S Q

Each force acts perpendicularly to the sphere’s surface. P and R act in

opposite directions vertically. Q and S act in opposite directions horizontally.

Which information about the magnitudes of the forces is correct?

A P < R and S = Q
B P > R and S = Q
C P = R and S = Q and P ≠ S
D P = R and S = Q and P = S
E None

35. A hinged trapdoor is held closed in the horizontal position by a cable.

Three forces act on the trapdoor: the weight W of the door, the tension T
in the cable and the force H at the hinge.
 cable
wall T

trapdoor

H
W

Which list gives the three forces in increasing order of magnitude?

A H,T,W B T,H,W C W,H,T D W,T,H E None

36 Which of the following quantities is a vector?

A density

B mass

A strain

D weight

E Pressure

37. 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–

D 30 m s–1

E 35 m s–1
38. A bore-hole of depth 2000 m contains both oil and water as shown. The
pressure due to the liquids at the bottom of the bore-hole is 17.5 MPa. The
density of the oil is 830 kg m–3 and the density of the water is 1000 kg m–3.

oil
x

2000
m

water

What is the depth x of the oil?

A 907 m B 1000 m C 1090 m D 1270 m E) none

39. The stress-strain graphs for four different materials are shown below.

Which diagram shows the stress-strain graph for a ductile metal?

A B
stress stress

0 0
0 0 strain
strain

C D
stress stress

0 0
0 0 strain
strain
E) none
40. A number of identical springs, each having the same
spring constant, are joined in four arrangements. A different load
is applied to each arrangement.

Which arrangement has the largest extension?

E) B & D

41. A wheel rolls without sliding along a horizontal road as shown. The
velocity of the center of the wheel is represented by −→. Point P is
painted on the rim of the wheel. The instantaneous velocity of point P
is:
.
. . .
.
.
.
A. → : .

B. ← .

C. ↑
D. ̷ .

E. zero
42. A wheel of radius 0.5 m rolls without sliding on a horizontal surface as
shown. Starting from rest, the wheel moves with constant angular
acceleration 6 rad/s2 . The distance traveled by the center of the wheel
from t = 0 to t = 3 s is:
A. zero
B. 27 m
C. 13.5 m
D. 18 m
E. none of
these

43. Two wheels roll side-by-side without sliding, at the same speed. The
radius of wheel 2 is twice the radius of wheel 1. The angular velocity of
wheel 2 is:
A. twice the angular velocity of wheel 1
B. the same as the angular velocity of wheel 1
C. half the angular velocity of wheel 1
D. more than twice the angular velocity of wheel 1
E. less than half the angular
velocity of wheel 1

44. When the speed of a rear-drive car is increasing on a horizontal

road the direction of the frictional force on the tires is:
A. forward for all tires
B. backward for all tires
C. forward for the front tires and backward for the rear tires
D. backward for the front tires and forward for the rear tires
Ezero
45. A solid wheel with mass M, radius R, and rotational inertia M R2 /2,
rolls without sliding on a horizontal surface. A horizontal force F is applied
to the axle and the center of mass has an acceleration a. The magnitudes of
the applied force F and the frictional force f of the surface, respectively, are:
A. F = Ma, f=0
B. F = Ma, f =M a/2
C. F = 2Ma, f = Ma
D. F = 2Ma, f = Ma/2
E. F = 3Ma/2, f = Ma/2

46. A sphere and a cylinder of equal mass and radius are simultaneously
released from rest on the same inclined plane and roll without sliding
down the incline. Then:
A. the sphere reaches the bottom first because it has the greater inertia
B. the cylinder reaches the bottom first because it picks up
more rotational energy
C. the sphere reaches the bottom first because it picks up more
rotational energy
D. they reach the bottom together
E. none of the above
are true

47. A hoop, a uniform disk, and a uniform sphere, all with the same mass
and outer radius, start with the same speed and roll without sliding up
identical inclines. Rank the objects according to how high they go, least
to greatest.
A. hoop, disk, sphere
B. disk, hoop, sphere
C. sphere, hoop, disk
D. sphere, disk, hoop
E. hoop, sphere, disk
 48. If air resistance is neglected, the horizontal velocity component of
an arrow fired from a bow .......... with distance travelled

D. decreases linearly from zero

E. increases from zero to a maximum

F. increases linearly from zero

D stays constant at a non-zero value

E none

49.
Y y y y

x x x x
A B C D

E None of these graphs

Variable on y-axis Variable on x-axis

The kinetic energy of a car Displacement from starting
accelerating uniformly from rest position
50.
A B C D
y y y y

x x x x

E None

Variable on y-axis Variable on x-axis

The acceleration of a feather

falling near to the Moon’s surface Height
above the the
Moon’s surface