Ordinary Level

Form Two – Review Questions

Form Two Review

Numerical Questions

Mr. Wans

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ABOUT THE PAMPHLET

This pamphlet consists of all the Numerical question topics of Form One and Form Two. As
there are many questions from different resources, students are able to master these topics
involving calculations very easily; by attempting all question and finding the solutions on the
questions which seem to be difficult to them. This prepares students with good environment to sit
on a Form Two Physics National Examination.

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Contents
DENSITY AND RELATIVE DENSITY .................................................................................................................. 3
FORCE AND ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE & LAW OF FLOTATION....................................................................... 6
PRESSURE ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
WORK, ENERGY AND POWER...................................................................................................................... 12
ELECTRICITY................................................................................................................................................. 14
FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM ............................................................................................................................ 17
SIMPLE MACHINES ...................................................................................................................................... 20
MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE ..................................................................................................................... 24
NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION .................................................................................................................... 27
LAWS AND PRINCIPLES IN PHYSICS ............................................................................................................. 29
FILLING THE BLANKS – QUESTIONS............................................................................................................. 31

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DENSITY AND RELATIVE DENSITY

b) Relative density of the liquid
1. Find the mass of 100cm3 of wood with
10. Calculate the volume of the piece of
the density of 0.9g/cm3
metal with a mass of 150g and density of
0.03g/cm3
2. The density of mercury is 13.6g/cm3.
find the volume of 408g of mercury
11. A piece of metal with a volume of
0.00012m3 has a mass of 0.12kg.
3. A rectangular metal block measuring
Compute the density of the metal in
16cm × 10cm × 4cm has a mass of
grams per cubic centimeter.
1760g. What will be the mass of the
same metal measuring 12cm × 8cm ×
12. The initial volume in a burette was read
2cm?
as 23cm3. X cm3 of the liquid was run
out and the final volume was read as
4. If the mass of oil is 24g, and its volume
53cm3. If the mass of the liquid was 60g.
is 60cm3, then its density is…………
Calculate:-
a) The value of X
5. A piece of metal of volume 0.24cm3 and
b) The density of the liquid
mass of 0.72g has a relative density
of………………..
13. What is the volume of the irregular solid
immersed in 50cm3 of water contained in
6. A relative density bottle has a mass of
a beaker if it raises the water level to
18.5g when empty, 54.5g when filled
57cm3
with water and 38.3g when filled with
second liquid. Find the density of the
14. An irregular solid X has a mass of 50g.
second liquid.
When it is totally immersed in water of
volume 60cm3, the final volume is read
7. An empty bottle weighs 20g. When full
as 70cm3. calculate the density of the
of water it weighs 70g and when full of
irregular solid X.
liquid it weighs 60g. calculate:-
a) The relative liquid of the liquid
15. An object has a density of 7g/cm3
b) Its density
Calculate its relative density, RD
8. A piece of metal of volume 10cm3 has a
16. A piece of metal of volume 5.1cm3 has a
mass of 65.5kg. Find the density of
mass of 41.6g. Calculate the relative
metal.
density of copper.
17. A small quantity of powdered charcoal is
9. The mass of an empty density bottle was
placed into a 100cm density bottle and
50g. When filled with a certain liquid of
the total mass is measured to be 255g.
volume 20cm3 its mass became 75g.
When the bottle is filled with water, the
Find the:-
total mass is 289g. What is the density of
a) Density of the liquid
the powdered charcoal?

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18. Density of wood is 0.6 g/cm3. What is 24. If a 200 g of solid lead ball of density
the mass of wooden block which has 11.3 g/cm3 is placed in a Eureka can
volume of 2000 cm3? filled with water, what volume of water
a) If a hole of 500 cm3 is made in the will overflow?
wood what is its new mass.
b) If the hole is filled with the lead of 25. A block has weight of 200,000N and
density 11 g/cm3. What is mass of dimensions 1m  2m  5m. Its density is
the block?
26. A relative density bottle has mass of
19. A solid with irregular shape has mass of 14.0g when empty. Its mass is 58g when
178g. The body is immersed in water of full of turpentine and 64g when full of
60cm3 contained in a measuring water. Calculate density of turpentine.
cylinder. If the final volume of water is
80 cm3. Calculate the density and 27. A solid with irregular shape has mass of
relative density of the solid. 178g. The body is immersed in water of
60cm3 contained in a measuring
20. Density of wood is 0.6 g/cm3. What is cylinder. If the final volume of water is
the mass of wooden block which has 80 cm3. Calculate the density and
volume of 2000 cm3? relative density of the solid
a) If a hole of 500 cm3 is made in the
wood what is its new mass. 28. AN empty density bottle weighs 20g,
b) If the hole is filled with the lead of when full of water it weighs 70g, when
density 11 g/cm3. What is mass of full of liquid it weighs 60g. Calculate:-
the block? a. The relative density of a liquid
b. Its density
21. A rectangular wooden block has a
density of 600 kg/m3 and dimensions of 29. If mass of an object is 0.72g and its
20 cm, 40 cm and 50 cm. volume is 0.24 cm3. What is its relative
a. Calculate the mass of block? density?
b. Calculate the weight of block?
c. Calculate mass of the block on 30. A measuring cylinder of base area 5cm2
the moon ( gmoon = 10\6 N\kg) is filled with water up to height of 5cm,
when a stone unknown volume is
22. A glass has a mass of 30 g when it is immersed in the water. Height of water
empty. When it is filled with mercury in the cylinder increases to 7.5cm.
the total mass becomes 302 g. What is a. Calculate the volume of water in
the total mass in grams when the glass is the cylinder.
b. Calculate the volume of stone.
filled with water? (dmercury=13.6 g/cm3,
dwater=1 g/cm3)
31. A rectangular metal block measuring
8cm  5cm  2cm has a mass of 880g.
23. The relative density of a body of density What will be the mass of a block of the
540 kg/m3
same metal measuring 6cm  4cm 
…………………………………………
1cm?
……

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32. A relative density bottle has a mass of 37. An ordinary hydrometer of mass 27g
29.2g when dry and empty. Its mass is floats with 4cm of its stem out of water. If
116.2g when full of turpentine and the cross sectional area of the stem is
129.2g when full of water. Find R. D of 0.75cm; calculate:-
turpentine. a. The total volume of the stem under
the surface of the liquid.
33. A solid with irregular shape has mass of b. The relative density of the liquid.
230g. The body is immersed in water of
60cm3 contained in a measuring 38. The mass of the density bottle is 15g.
cylinder. If the final volume of water is When it is filled full with a fluid of density
80cm3, calculate the density and relative 1.2g/cm3, its mass is 51g. Find the volume
density of the body. of the bottle.

34. A relative density bottle has mass of

14.0g when empty. Its mass is 58g when 39. A liquid L has a mass of 15g and a liquid
full of turpentine and 64g when full of M has a volume 3cm3. If their two densities
water. Calculate the density of are 3g/cm3 and 4g/cm3 respectively.
turpentine. A solid with irregular shape Determine the density of the homogenous
has mass of 178g. The body is immersed mixture formed by mixing two liquids.
in water of 60cm³ contained in a
measuring cylinder. If the final volume
of water is 80 cm3, calculate the 40. A crown made of an alloy of gold and
(i) density silver has a volume of 60cm3 and a mass of
(ii) Relative density of the solid. 1050g. Find the mass of gold contained in
the crown. (The density of gold is
19.3g/cm3, while that of silver is 10.5g/cm3)
35. A solid with irregular shape has mass of
178g. The body is immersed in water of
60cm³ contained in a measuring
cylinder. If the final volume of water is
80 cm3, calculate the
(i) Density
(ii) Relative density of the solid.
36. A measuring cylinder base area of 40
cm2 is filled with a water up to height of
5 cm. when a piece of stone immersed in
water, level of water increases up to
height of 6 cm.
i. Calculate the volume of
water in the cylinder
before solid is immersed.
ii. Calculate the volume of
irregular solid.

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FORCE AND ARCHIMEDES 9. If a weight of chicken on earth is 20N.

What would be the weight of chicken on
PRINCIPLE & LAW OF FLOTATION a moon?

10. A solid weighs 64N in air and 48N when

1. A body weighs 10 N in air and 8 N when totally immersed in a liquid of 0.8 g/cm3.
immersed in water. Density of the body Calculate:
is: (i) The upthrust on the solid
(ii) The volume of the solid
2. An object weighs 500N in air and 340N (iii) The density of the solid
when immersed in alcohol. Find the
upthrust on the object. 11. A block of 40 cm3 is floating on oil of
density 0.9 g/cm3. If 20 cm3 of it is
3. When a wooden block floats in water, it immersed in the liquid, find the
displaces 0.006 m3 of water. Find the density of the block
weight of the wooden block when it is in
air.
12. When a body is totally immersed in a
4. A body weighs 0.8 N in air and 0.5 N liquid it weighs 3.2 N. If weight of
when completely immersed in water. object in air is 4.7 N calculate:
Calculate: (i) Apparent weight
(a) The relative density. (ii) Apparent loss in weight
(b) The density of the body. (iii) Upthrust
(iv) Weight of liquid displaced
5. A solid body weighs 30 N in air but
when it is completely immersed in water 13. A mass of 60 kg weighs 600 N on the
the body weighs 12 N. Calculate the Earth and 100 N on the Moon. What is
apparent loss in weight of the body and the mass and weight of an object on the
the volume of water displaced. Earth if it weighs 50 N on the Moon?
6. A body weighs 4.6 N in air and 3.1 N 14. A lump of brass weighs 0.45N in air,
when immersed in water. Find the 0.39N in water and 0.41N in certain oil.
upthrust exerted on the body by the (i) Find the density of brass.
water. (ii) Find the relative density
of oil.
7. A body has a mass of 10kg. Find the
weight of the body. 15. If an object weighs 500N on the earth,
will it weigh less, more or same on the
8. A piece of stone weighs 0.55N in moon? Why?
air,0.49 in water and 0.51 in the certain
liquid 16. When a body of weight 6.4N immersed
- Find the density of stone in water it weighs 4.8 N. Therefore the
- Find the relative density of the upthrust acting on the body
liquid is……………

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17. When an object is totally immersed in g. Calculate its density

water, its weight is recorded as 3.1N. if
its weight in air is 4.9N, calculate the 25. An object weighs 60N when in air and
upthrust acting on this object. 40N when immersed in water. What is
its:
18. A body immersed in water displaced a. Relative density
1.1N of the liquid. If its weight while in b. Density
the water is 3.3 N, find its weight in air.
26. When an object with a mass of 250g is
19. An aluminium cube has a volume of submerged in water, its weight is
800cm. if it is totally immersed in water, measured to be 2.2N
calculate the upthrust acting on it. a. What is the upthrust acting on the
object?
20. An iron piece of mass 360g and a b. What is the density of the object?
density of 6 g/cm3 is suspended by a
rope so that it is partially submerged 27. A 300g object weighs 2.5N in air and 2N
(halfway) in oil of density 0.9g/cm. Find in unknown liquid. What is the density
the tension (force) in the string. of the liquid?

21. A body lost 0.6N in weight when 28. When an object of mass 200g is
immersed in water. Calculate its volume submerged in methanol, its apparent
in cubic centimetres. weight is 1.052N. When submerged in
22. A boat has a mass of 1000000kg and it is benzene, its apparent weight is 0.951N.
floating on sea water. Calculate the If the density of methanol is 0.8g/cm3,
amount of water displaced. what is the density of benzene?

23. What volume of iron of density 0.8g/cm3 29. An object with a volume of 150cm is
must be attached to wood whose mass is found floating in water with 60% of its
100g if wood has a density of 0.3g/cm3 volume submerged. What is the density
and both have to be submerged in water. of the object?

24. An object is hung from a spring balance. 30. An object floats in water with 40% of its
It weighs 40N in air and 30N when volume submerged.
immersed in water. a. If the object was placed in
a. Calculate the upthrust on the methanol with a density of
object 0.79g/cm3, what percentage would
b. Determine the weight of the water be submerged?
displaced b. If it was placed in liquid carbon
c. What is the mass of the displaced tetrachloride with a density of
water 1.58g/cm, what percentage would
d. What is the volume of the be submerged?
displaced water
e. Calculate the volume and mass of 31. The weight of the body is 20N in air,
the object 15N when totally immersed in water and
f. Calculate the relative density of 18N when totally immersed in liquid L.
the object What is the relative density of liquid L?

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c) What percentage of the boat is above

32. A solid body weighs 30N in air but when water?
it is completely immersed in water the body
weighs 12N. Calculate the apparent loss in 40. a piece of metal weighs 0.54N in air and
weight of the body and the volume of water 0.24N when immersed in water. Find:-
displaced. a) Its density
b) Its apparent weight in a liquid of
33. When a wooden block floats in water, it density 1.2g/cm3
displaces 0.006m of the water. Find the
weight of the wooden block when it is in air. 41. A ship of mass 1200tonnes floats in sea
water. What volume of the sea water does it
34. A body weighs 1.2N in air, 0.75N when displace?
completely immersed in water and 0.90N
when completely immersed in another 42. A floating crane has a mass of 20,600kg
liquid. Calculate the density of another and floats in seam water of density
liquid. 1030kg/m. If the base of the crane is a
rectangular block 4m square and 2.5 deep.
35. When a body is totally immersed in What is the maximum mass which can be
liquid, its weight is 3.6N. If the weight of lifted by the crane when the top of the base
the liquid displaced is 18N, find the real is just awash with water?
weight of the body.
43. A piece of cork with volume 100cm is
36. A body weighs 0.8N in air and 0.5N floating on water. If the density of the cork
when completely immersed in water. is 0.25g/cm3:
Calculate: a) Calculate the volume of the cork
a. The density of the body immersed in water
b. The relative density of the body b) What force is needed to immerse the
cork completely?
37. A solid weighs 60N in air and 40N when
totally immersed in liquid of density 44. Ice has a density about 0.9g/cm3. What
0.7g/cm3. Calculate:- fraction of the volume of an ice berg is
a) The weight of the liquid displaced submerged in water?
b) The volume of the solid
c) The density of the solid
45. An iron cube of mass 480g and density
38. A block of metal of density 2700kg/m3 8g/cm3 is suspended by a string so that it is
has a volume of 4.0 × 10-7m3. Calculate:- half immersed in oil of density 0.9g/cm3.
a) Mass of the block Find the tension in the string.
b) Apparent weight when immersed in
brine of density 1200kg/m3.

39. A boat of volume 12m, floating on water

has a mass of 1000kg;
a) What is the upthrust acting on it?
b) What is the weight of the displaced
water?

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PRESSURE 10. Calculate the pressure at the bottom of

the tank of water 15m deep due to the
water above it.
1. A body with a force of 1000000N has an
area of 50m2. Calculate the pressure
11. Given that there is a considerable
exerted by the body.
decrease in atmospheric pressure of 1.2
× 103 Pa for every 100m increase in
2. A rectangular block of weight 15N rests
height (altitude), determine the density
on a horizontal table. If it measures
of air.
40cm by 30cm by 20cm, calculate the
greatest and least pressure that the block
12. The pistons of hydraulic press have their
can exert on the table.
areas given as 3.0 × 10-4m2 and 2.0 ×
10-2m2 respectively. If the smaller piston
3. Calculate the pressure under feet of
is pushed down with a force of 120 N,
Fatima if the area of contact of her foot
what is the force required to push the
is 80cm2 and her mass is 43.8kg.
larger piston?
4. The mass of a cuboid is 60kg. If it
13. A hydraulic lift has pistons with areas of
measures 50cm by 30cm by 20cm, what
0.02m2 and 0.1m2. A car with a weight
is the maximum pressure that it can
of 5000N sits on a platform mounted on
exert?
a larger piston.
a. How much force must be applied to
5. A rectangular metal block with sides
a piston 1 to lift the car?
1.5m by 1.2m by 1.0m rests on a
b. How far must piston 1 be pushed
horizontal surface. If the density of
downward to raise the car 0.3m?
metal is 7000kg/m3, calculate the
maximum and minimum pressure that
14. A hydraulic brake has a force of 500N
the body can exert on the surface.
applied to a piston whose area is 5cm2.
a. What is the pressure transmitted
6. A cube of sides 2cm is completely
throughout the liquid?
immersed in water so that the bottom of
b. If the other piston has an area of
the cube is at a depth of 10cm.
20cm, what is the force exerted on
it?
7. Calculate the pressure exerted on a diver
at a depth of 20m below the surface of
15. The smaller piston of a hydraulic press
water in a sea.
has area of 20cm2 and pushed down
ward with a force of 100N.If the area of
8. A rectangular tank measures 5m by 3m
longer piston 500cm3, find the weight
by 3m at its base. It contains water to a
which can be supported
height of 3m. Calculate the pressure on
the base of the tank.
16. Water is filled of 100m behind a dam;
find the pressure exerted at the bottom of
9. A small submarine has an area of
the dam due to water
1000m. What force would be exerted on
the submarine by the water if it was
17. In a hydraulic brake, a force of 400 N is
submerged to a depth of 50m?
applied to a piston of area 5 cm2.

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i) What is the pressure transmitted diameter of 3.5cm. The brake pedal is

throughout the liquid? pushed down 10cm with a force of 50N.
ii) If the other piston has an area of How far do the brake shoes move and with
48 cm2, what is the force exerted on it? what force do they press against the brake
drum?
18. A patient is to get an injection. If the
point of the needle has a cross – sectional 26. A can holds water with a constant depth
area of 0.000001m2 and the nurse exerts a of 0.5m. Hole A is punched in the can 0.1m
force of 0.5N. What pressure does the below the surface and the hole B is punched
needle tip produce on the skin of the patient? 0.4m from the surface. From which hole will
the water spurt the farthest? Explain your
19. A rectangular tank which measures 3m answer.
by 2m contains water to a height of 2m.
Calculate the pressure and the thrust on the 27. A rectangular box whose dimensions are
base of the tank. 1.2m by 0.5 m by 3 m has a density of
25000 kg/ . Calculate the maximum
20. A force of 5N is applied to the smaller pressure it can exert to the ground.
piston of a hydraulic press. If the smaller
piston has a cross-sectional area of 0.001m2 28.(a) A rectangular box rests on a flat
and the large piston has a cross-sectional horizontal surface and has a weight of 100N.
area of 0.1m2; find the force produced on the Calculate the pressure on the surface if the
large piston. base of the box has square shape with an
edge of 2m?
21. What will be the pressure due to a (b) A weight W placed on top of the box.
column of water of height 3m if the density If the pressure at the base increased to
of water is 1000kg/m3? 60N/m2, find W.

22. A submarine is at a distance of 35m 29. Piston of small cross section area of 30.0
below the surface of sea water of a density cm2 is used ın hydraulic press to exert a
1030kg/m3. Find the pressure exerted on it force of 300.0N on the enclosed liquid. A
by the water. commenting pipe leads to a large piston of
cross sectional area 600.0cm2. Find
23. A can holds water with a constant depth i. The force formed on the large piston
of 0.5m. The surface of water is exposed to ii. The force applied on the smaller piston
the atmosphere. What is the pressure on the to support 2000N of the large piston.
bottom of the can?
30. A metal block has dimension 5 x 6 x 8
24. A submarine has a surface area of cm. If the mass of the block ıs 30g, find its
approximately 82000m2. If it is travelling at maximum and minimum pressure it can
a depth of 300m in the ocean, what is the exert.
total force on the submarine’s outer hull?
(Use the density of water as 1025kg/m3) 31. Smaller piston of a hydraulic press has
an area of 30 cm2 and pushed downward
25. In a hydraulic brake system, the piston in with a force of 100 N. If the area of the
the master cylinder has a diameter of 2.0cm larger piston is 750 cm2, find the weight
and the piston in the slave cylinder have the which can be supported.

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32. A rectangular solid block has sides 4cm,

10cm, 20cm and density 8000kg/m3. If it
rests on horizontal flat surface, calculate the
maximum and minimum pressure it can
exert in Pa.

33. Briefly explain why:

a) The tyres of a tractor are large and
wide
b) The woman wearing shoes with
pointed heels is more likely to cause
damage to a wooden floor than an
elephant

34. Explain why hitting an inflated balloon

with a hammer will not cause it to burst but
sticking it with a pin will.

35. Why are dams constructed thicker at the

bottom than the top?

36. Wind in the atmosphere blow from

regions of high pressure towards regions of
low atmospheric pressure. Would you
expect winds to blow from warm regions to
the cooler ones or from cooler to warmer
areas? Explain your answer.

37. A hole at the bottom of the ship is more

dangerous than one near the surface. Explain
this.

38. Explain why the buildings are

constructed with wide foundations.

39. If you sat on the tip of a nail you would

experience a lot of pain whereas you could
lie on a bed of nails and feel no pain. Is this
true? Explain.

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WORK, ENERGY AND POWER a) Kinetic energy

b) Potential energy
a)
1. How much work is done to first lift a 7kg 12. How much power is required to
object a distance of 2m and then hold it at accelerate a 1000kg car from rest to 26.7m/s
that height for 10s? in 8s?

2. A force of 80N pulls a box along a 13. Calculate the work done given that a
smooth and level ground through a distance 10kg object is lifted to a height of 5m above
of 5m. Calculate the work done by the force. the ground.

3. If a man pushes a van against a force of 14. A motor exerts a horizontal force of
300N for a distance of 10m, how much work 200N in pulling a box 10m across a level
does he do? floor. How much work did the motor do?

4. A man lifts a load of 20kg through a 15. A 1000kg car is travelling down the road
height of 3m. Calculate the work done. at a speed of 15m/s. How much kinetic
energy does it have?
5. An object has a mass of 5kg. What is the
kinetic energy if its speed is: 16. Rock A has a mass of 2kg and a speed of
a) 5m/s 1m/s. Another rock B has a mass of 1kg and
b) 10m/s a speed of 2m/s. Which rock has more
kinetic energy?
6. What is the kinetic energy of a 12g bullet 17. If your mass is 45kg, how much work
travelling at 320m/s? would you do in climbing a ladder that is 5m
7. A stone of 2kg mass falls from a height of high?
25m above the ground. Calculate the 18. A 2kg object is on a table top 1.1m
potential energy possessed by the stone. above the floor. How much work would be
8. A 2kg object is at rest on a table 1.2m required to lift it at a constant velocity to a
above the floor. The ceiling in the room is shelf 1.3m above the floor?
2.8m above the floor. What is the 19. A 3kg box starts down a hill 3.3m deep
gravitational potential energy of the object? with an initial velocity of 5m/s. If on
9. Determine the potential energy possessed reaching the bottom of the hill its velocity is
by a particle of mass 0.2kg resting on a table 7.5m/s, how much work was done by the
1.6m above the floor. box to overcome friction?

10. Amina has a mass of 80kg. If she runs at 20. A car of mass 1200kg starts from rest at
a speed of 10m/s, calculate her kinetic the bottom of a hill 4m high and reaches the
energy. top with a velocity of 15m/s. If it took the
car 12s to reach the top, what was the power
11. A stone of mass 10kg is thrown down to output of its engine? Express your answer in
the ground 10m down. If it hits the ground both watts and horse power.
with a velocity of 20m/s, determine its:

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21. A stone of mass 0.5kg is thrown with an 30. If the mass of 4.5kg falls freely from rest
initial velocity of 10m/s. What will be its from 20m height, just before it strikes the
initial kinetic energy? ground; calculate the maximum kinetic
energy it will gain.
22. A man raised a sack of rice of mass 60kg
from the ground to a height of 2m in 31. An athlete using spring exerts an average
5seconds. Find the power developed by the force of 400N to enable her to extend the
man. spring by 0.21m;
a) Calculate the work done by this
23. Find the potential energy gained by athlete in extending the spring once.
800kg of concrete block when raised up b) If she is able to extend the spring by
through a height of 40m. this amount and release it 24 times in
60s, calculate the power used by this
24. A man weighing 800N takes a minute to
athlete while doing this exercise.
run upstairs. In so doing he ascends a
vertical height of 3m. Find his power in hp. 32. A pendulum bob of mass 50g is pulled
25. A 50kg girl runs up a staircase of 50 aside to a vertical height of 20m from the
horizontal and then released. Find:-
steps, each of height 15cm, in 10 seconds.
a) The maximum potential energy of
a) Find the work done against the gravity
the bob
b) At what power is she running? b) The maximum speed of the bob

25. Find the power required to pump 15kg 33. An apple of mass 0.3kg falls to the
of water in one second through a height of ground from a height of 21.9metres. If the
30m. acceleration due to gravity is 10m/s2,
a) Mention all energy changes that take
26. The work done against the pull of
place in the process
gravity of a stone of mass 10kg raised to a
b) Find the energy it possesses before
height of 1m above the ground is…………..
falling
c) Find the energy possessed by the
27. A man of mass 90 kg run up a flight of
apple when just reaches the ground
stairs 10 m high in 4 seconds. Calculate the
d) Comment on your answers in b and c
work done and the power generated by the
above.
man.

28. A ball of mass 0.2kg is dropped from a 34. A rubber ball of mass 0.12kg is held at a
height of 20m. On impact with the ground, it height of 2.5m above the ground, and then
loses 30J of energy. Calculate the height it released.
reaches on the rebound.
a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the
29. A pendulum swings 8cm above the ball just before it hits the ground.
ground at the highest point and is practically b) Calculate the velocity of the ball just
touching the ground at the lowest point. before it hits the ground.
What is the maximum velocity of the c) Give one reason why the ball
pendulum? rebounds to a height of less that 2.5m
above the ground.

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ELECTRICITY 11. An electric circuit has 2 two resistors of

4 ohms and 8 ohms, and a cell of 12 volts.
1. A capacitor of capacitance 50μF is
Calculate current passing through 4 ohms
allowed to charge. The pd between its plates resistor if:
is 10V. How much charge will accumulate (i) Resistors connected in parallel.
on the plates during the time of charging? (ii) Resistors connected in series.
2. If a cell has a voltage of 1.5V, calculate
12. The resistance of a lamp operating on a
the capacitance of the capacitor when the
charge is 90 coulombs. 120 Volt line when it draws a current of 0.5

3. Three capacitors; 10μC, 20μC and 30μC Ampere is

are arranged in series. Calculate the single ………………………………………............
capacitor that would replace them.
...
4. Three capacitors of values 2μF, 3μF and
13. An electric circuit has 2 two resistors of
6μF are connected in series and then 4 ohms and 8 ohms, and a cell of 12 volts.
parallel. What is the equivalent capacitance
Calculate current passing through 4 ohms
in each case?
resistor if:
5. A capacitor of two parallel plates (i) Resistors connected in parallel.
separated by air has a capacitance of 15pF. (ii) Resistors connected in series.
How much more charge can be put on the 14. A voltmeter connected across on electric
capacitor using the 18V supply.
appliance reads 3V and ammeter in series
6. Find the resistance of an operating lamp
with it reads 0.75A.
rated 115V and a current of 0.25A.
(i) Draw the circuit diagram to
7. A current of 100mA flows through a 5kΩ represent above information.
resistor. What is the pd across the resistor? (ii) Calculate the resistance of the
appliance.
8. Three resistors 2Ω, 3Ω and 6Ω are
connected in series to a 3V battery. What is
15. An electric circuit has 2 two resistors of
the current in the circuit? 4 ohms and 8 ohms, and a cell of 12 volts.
9. Given two resistors, 6Ω and 12Ω. Explain Calculate current passing through 4 ohms
how you can connect them in the circuit. resistor if:
(i) Resistors connected in parallel.
10. Two resistors 3Ω and 6Ω are connected (ii) Resistors connected in series.
in parallel.
16. A potential difference of 12V is applied
(a) Draw the schematic diagram across a resistor of resistance 240 ohms.
(b) What is the total resistance of the Find the current in the circuit.
circuit?
17. What is the sum of the resistance
(c) Calculate the pd of the circuit when the between points A and B in the diagram
current across that is 5A. shown below.
6Ω
3Ω 6Ω
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18. A voltmeter connected across the

electric bulb reads 3V and an ammeter in
series with a battery of 2 cells reads 0.2A. If
the switch is closed:
(i) Draw a circuit diagram to
represent the information. 23. Find the equivalent resistance if the two
(ii) Calculate the resistance of the resistors of values 5 are connected in:-
electric bulb.
- Parallel
19. Three resistors of 2Ω, 3 Ω and 6 Ω are - Series
connected in series to a 3 V battery
23. If a pd of 6V is measured across the ends
i. Draw the clear diagram of a wire of resistance 12Ω,
ii. Find the equivalent resistance (a) What current flows through it
iii. Calculate the current in the circuit (b) What pd is required to make a
current of 1.5A flows through it?
20. A potential difference of 12V is applied
across a resistor of resistance 240 ohms. 24. You have been provided with the
Find the current in the circuit. resistors 5Ω, 10Ω and 20Ω. What are the
maximum and minimum resistances
21. From the circuit diagram below calculate
(i) the pd across 4Ω resistor obtained by connecting those resistances?
(ii) What is the current flowing
through the 3Ω resistor? 25. Two resistors of resistances 3Ω and 5Ω
are connected in parallel and this
combination is connected in series to the 3Ω
resistor.
a) draw the schematic diagram
30V b) calculate the total resistance of the
combination

6Ω 26. Two resistors of 2Ω and3Ω are

connected in series with 10V battery of
3Ω
negligible internal resistance. Calculate the
pd across the 3Ω resistor.

4Ω 27. Two resistors of 3Ω and X are connected

in parallel. If the total resistance is 1.2Ω,
calculate:-
22. Show that for two resistors R1 and R2 a) The value of X
connected in parallel, their equivalent b) The current passing through X, if
resistance the combination was passing
through the pd of 12V in the
circuit.

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28. Three conductors of resistances 10Ω, 34. Three resistors of 4Ω, 5Ω and 6 Ω are
15Ω and 25Ω are joined in series across a connected in series to a 3 V battery
100V supply. Find:-
a) The total resistance i. Draw the clear diagram
b) The current in the circuit ii. Find the equivalent resistance
c) The pd across each resistor iii. Calculate the current in the circuit
iv. Calculate the voltage across each
29. A 15Ω resistor is connected between resistor
points B and C while a 5Ω resistor is
connected between points C and D. If an 35. Three resistors, each has a resistance of
accumulator of emf 2.0V is connected 9 ohm, are connected in series to a rheostat,
between points B and D, find the voltage ammeter, battery and a switch. Rheostat is
arranged so that it has a resistance of 7 ohm.
across the 5Ω resistor.
Initially switch is open. After closing switch
ammeter reads 22 A.
30. An accumulator of emf 2V and a) Draw a neat diagram of circuit.
negligible internal resistance is connected in b) Calculate the equivalent resistance of
series with a resistor of resistance 50Ω and three resistors firstly than equivalent
an ammeter of resistance 5Ω. A voltmeter of resistance of circuit secondly.
resistance 450Ω is connected in parallel with c) Find the potential of battery.
50Ω resistor. Calculate:-
a) The ammeter reading
b) Voltmeter reading 36. A potential difference of 12V is applied
across a resistor of resistance 240 ohms.
31. A capacitor is labelled with the Find the current in the circuit.
capacitance value of 470F and is charged to
a potential difference of 10V. Calculate the 37. Calculate the current in the circuit
charge stored by the capacitor. flowing given that the amount of charge
flowing in 5minutes is 60μC.
32. Two capacitors with capacitance of 5F
and 10F are connected in parallel, and a
potential difference of 20V is applied across
the terminals of this combination. Calculate:
(i) The equivalent capacitance of
the capacitors.
(ii) The total charge that can be
store by these two capacitors.

33. A capacitor of capacitance 250µF is

allowed to charge until the potential
difference between its plates in 10V. How
much charge accumulates on the plates
during the charging process?

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FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM
8. A heavy metal beam AB of mass 25kg is
1. A uniform rod 1m long of mass 50g is
supported at its ends. The beam carries a
supported horizontally on two knife edges
mass of 150kg at a distance of 0.75m from
placed 10cm from its ends. What will be the
end A. If the beam is 2m long, determine the
reaction at these supports when a 100g mass
thrust at supports A and B.
is suspended 10cm from the midpoint of the
rod?
9. A metre rule is pivoted at its midpoint. If
two objects of weights 1.0N and 2.0N are
2. A 0.2N weight placed on a 10cm mark of
suspended at 30cm and 90cm respectively
the metre rule just balances an object
from one end, calculate the position where
hanging from the 60cm mark. Calculate the
an upward force of 3.0N must be applied in
weight of the object.
order for the metre rule to balance
horizontally.
3. A uniform wooden bar AB 120cm long
and weighing 1.2N rests on two sharp edged
10. A uniform rod AB of mass 6.0g is
supports C and D placed 10cm mark from
balanced horizontally about a knife edge at a
each end of the bar respectively. A 0.2N
distance of 3cm from end A where a mass of
weight hangs from a loop of thread 30cm
8.0g is hanging. Find the length of the rod.
from A and a 0.9N weight hangs similarly
40cm from B. Find the reactions at the
11. A uniform rod with a mass of 120g and
supports.
length of 130cm is suspended by a wire
from a point 80cm from the rod’s left end.
4. A line of action of a force of 48N is at a
What mass must be hang from the right end
perpendicular distance of 1.5m from a point.
of the rod for it to be in equilibrium? What
Find the moment of a force about a point.
will be the tension in the wire?
5. The moment of about a point is 1020Nm.
12. Mr. Wans has a mass of 60kg and he is
If the magnitude of the force is 5600N, find
sitting on a see-saw at a distance of 2.5m
the perpendicular distance between the point
from the pivot. Calculate the moment due to
and the line of action of the force.
his weight.
6. A uniform half metre rule AB is balanced
13. A uniform wooden plank with a mass of
horizontally on a knife edge placed 5cm
5m is placed on top of a brick wall so that
from B with a mass of 80g at B. Find the
1.5m of the plank extends beyond the wall’s
mass of the rule.
edge. How far beyond the edge of the wall
can a 100kg woman walk before the plank
7. A uniform bar AB of length 5m weighs
began to rotate? (Let the plank’s axis of
60N. The bar is supported in a horizontal
rotation be at the wall’s edge)
position by two vertical strings X and Y. If
string X is 0.6m from A and string Y is 1.8m
14. A uniform half metre rule is freely
from B, find the tension in the strings.
pivoted at the 15cm mark and it balances

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P Q
40cm 60cm
A D
horizontally when a body of mass 40g is
B C
hung from the 2cm mark.
4N
a) Draw a clear force-diagram of the
arrangement. 20. A uniform 50cm ruler is freely pivoted
b) Calculate the mass of the rule. at the 15cm mark and it balances
horizontally when a body of mass 40gm is
15. A pole AB of length 10m and weight hung from the 2cm mark
800N has its centre of gravity 4m from the
end A and lies on a horizontal ground. The i) Draw a clear diagram of the
end B is to be lifted by a vertical force arrangement
applied at B. Calculate the least force that is ii) Calculate mass of ruler
required to do this.
21. A light beam AD rests on supports at B
16. A uniform ruler of 100 cm length and and C as shown in the figure below. A load
weight of 150 N is suspended to a ceiling of 4N is placed at O where BO is 40cm
with two wires. First wire is tied from the and CO is 60cm. Find the reactions P and
mark of 20 cm and second one is binded Q at the supports
from the mark of 95 cm. System in
equilibrium. Q
P 100cm 40cm
a) Draw a figure of system. 40cm
A D
b) i) Write the principle of moments?
ii) Calculate the force applied by B C
first wire? 4N 6N
c) i) What is total force on system?
ii) Calculate the force on the
22. A uniform half metre rule is pivoted at
second wire?
the 15cm mark and it balances horizontally
17. A body is in equilibrium when the mass
when a body of mass 40g is hung from the
of 1.30N and 140N are hanging at the ends of
the body. Also the body should be suggest by 2cm mark.
two vertical string X and Y which divide the (i) Draw a clear force-diagram of
body into 3 equal parts each of length 4cm. the arrangement
Calculate the tension in each string.
(ii) Calculate the mass of the rule.

18. A uniform metre rule of mass 50g was

23. The moment of force about a point is
resting on two knife edges placed at 10 cm
mark and 90 cm mark respectively. A load of 400Nm of the magnitude of the force is
100g was placed at 60 cm mark. Calculate the 25N, find the perpendicular distance
reactions at the knife edges. between the time of action and the force.
24. Given the figure below, calculate the
19. A light beam AD rests on supports at B
forces P and Q
and C as shown in the figure below. A load
of 4N is placed at O where BO is 40cm and 25. A uniform bar AB of length 5m weighs
CO is 60cm. Find the reactions P and Q at 60N. The bar is supported horizontally by
the supports two vertical strings x and y. If x is 0.6m
P
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from A and strings y is 1.8m from B, find

the tensions in these strings.

26. A uniform beam AB of length 5m weighs

60N. The bar is supported in a horizontal
position by two vertical strings X and Y. If
string X is 0.6m from A and the string Y is
1.8m from B, if 100N is attached 1m from A.
Find the tensions in the string.

27. A 150g rod balances at its centre of

gravity. A 20g mass is placed 120cm from
the pivot point.
a) How far from the pivot must the 50g
mass be placed for the system to be
in equilibrium?
b) What upward force does the pivot
exert on the rod?
28. A metre rule is pivoted at 40cm mark
and is balanced when a load of 0.2N is
placed at 10cm mark. Calculate the mass of
the metre rule.
29. A heavy uniform beam AB of weight
500N is supported at its ends. The beam
carries a weight of 300N at a distance of
1.5m from the end A. If the beam is 4m
long. Find the reaction/thrust/tension at A
and B.

30. A uniform half metre rule is pivoted at

its 30cm mark. A mass of 50g hung at the
45cm mark keeps the rule horizontal.
Determine the mass of the half metre rule.

31. A uniform metal bar of length 5m and

mass 9kg is suspended horizontally by two
vertical wires attached at 50cm and 150cm
respectively from the ends of the bar. Find
the tension in each bar.

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SIMPLE MACHINES force must be applied to lift a load of 2200

N if the efficiency of the jack is 4%.

1. A wheel and axle of effıcency 75% is

used to raise a load 1500 N. if the radius of 7. A pulley system consists of 3 fixed and 2
the wheel is 40 cm and that of the axle is movable pulleys needs effort of 100 N to
4cm, then the effort required to cover the raise 300 N loads. What is efficiency of the
load is: pulley system?

2. Smaller piston of a hydraulic press has an

area of 30 cm² and pushed downward with a 50 cm X cm

force of 100 N. If the area of the larger

piston is 750 cm², and its efficiency is 50%
find; F
i) The weight which can be
supported. 8.
ii) The work input of the machine
iii) The work output of the machine

3. An inclined plane is 7m long and its In the figure above a ruler length of
height is 1m. If the efficiency is 70%, find 1m is placed on a fulcrum from 50 the
the load which can be moved up the plane mark. A load suspended from x mark.
by an effort of 150N parallel to the plane. Effort F is 390 N and the load is 78 N.
a) Which type of machine is this
machine?
4. A block and tackle containing 3 fixed and b) From which mark load is
2 movable pulleys are used to lift a load of suspended, what is x?
1200N to a store 15m from the ground. If c) What is the velocity ratio of the
the work done in overcoming friction in the machine?
system is 6000J. Calculate the d) Fulcrum exerts an upward force of
(i) Word done by the effort 500 N to ruler. Calculate the
(ii) Efficiency of the machine weight of ruler?

5. A simple machine was used to raise a load

of weight 3920N through a height of 3.5m 9. A machine with V.R 6 requires 800J of
by applying an effort of 980N. If the work to raise a load of 600N through a
distance moved by the effort was found to vertical distance of 1m. Find:-
be 20m, find: i) Efficiency of the machine.
(i) the mechanical advantage ii) The mechanical advantage of the
(ii) the velocity ratio and machine.
(iii) The efficiency of the machine.
10. In a hydraulic machine the area of large
6. The handle of a screw jack is 35 cm long piston is 25 times that of the small piston
and the pitch of the screw is 0.5 cm. What one. An effort of 20N is applied at the small
piston by a rod which travels 20 cm per

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stroke. If the area of the large piston is efficiency of 80%, what is the maximum
50cm2, calculate load that can be raised by the effort applied?

i) The velocity ratio of the machine 17. Determine the effort required to lift a
ii) The pressure of fluid inside the load of 100N using:
machine a) A single fixed pulley
iii) The trust exerted on the large b) A single movable pulley
piston c) Combination pulley system made up
of 5 pulleys.
iv) The work input for 100 stroke of d) Compare your results. Which is the
the pump best pulley to use in this case? Why
is it the best?
11. A wheel and axle of efficiency 75% is
used to lift a load of 3600N. If the radius of 18. A machine has a velocity ratio of 5 and
the wheel is 64cm, and that of the axle is is 80%efficient. What effort would be
4cm, calculate the velocity ratio, mechanical needed to lift a load of 200N with the aid of
advantage of the machine and effort required this machine?
to overcome the load.
19. While lifting a load of 200N using a
12. A man of mass 100kg lifts a box lever, an effort of 80N moved through a
weighing 500kg by standing on one end of distance of 20cm to lift the load through a
the lever. How much mechanical advantage distance of 4cm. calculate:-
did the lever provide to the man while lifting a) Mechanical advantage
the box? b) Velocity ratio, and
c) Efficiency of the machine
13. A machine having a velocity ratio of 5
requires 600J of work to raise a load of 20. A block and tackle system consisting of
400N. If the load is moved through a 5 pulleys is used to raise a load of 400N
distance of 0.5m, calculate the mechanical through a height of 10m. If the work done
advantage and efficiency of the machine. against friction is 100J, calculate:-
a) The work done by the effort
14. An athlete exerts a force of 100N while b) The efficiency of the system
running a 100m race. If he uses 50 000J of c) The effort applied
energy, calculate his efficiency.
21. If an effort of 15N is needed to lift a load
15. A certain first class lever of length 2.5m of 150N with a three pulley system, what is
has a velocity ratio of 12 and efficiency of the efficiency of the machine?
85%.
a) How far from the fulcrum is the 22. A force of 600N is used to move a load
effort force applied? of 3000N up an inclined plane. Given that
b) What effort is required to lift a load the slant height and vertical height of the
weighing 75N? plane are 18m and 3m respectively,
determine:-
16. A pulley system is made up of 8 pulleys. a) Velocity ratio of the plane
An effort of 200N is applied on the pulley b) Mechanical advantage of the plane
system. If the pulley system has an c) The efficiency of the plane

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23. A 200kg crate is to be loaded onto the 29. The pitch of the screw jack is 0.5m.
bed of the truck that is 1.4m above the When used to raise a load, the handle turns
ground. A metal ramp 5m long is leaned through a circle of radius 40cm. What is the
against the truck bed and the crate pushed up MA of the screw jack if its efficiency is
along it. Neglecting the frictional force, 25%?
a) Calculate the force required to push
the crate up the incline at a constant 30. The velocity ratio of the screw jack is
velocity 420. If it has 10 threads per centimetre,
b) Calculate the MA of the incline. calculate the length of the turning lever.
c) Determine the efficiency of the
machine 31. A screw jack has 8 threads per
centimetre of length. If the length of the
24. A trolley is pulled up an inclined plane turning handle is 10cm, calculate the
2m high using a force of 4N. If the mass of velocity ratio of the screw jack.
the trolley is 1kg:
a) What is MA of the plane? 32. A wheel and axle with an efficiency of
b) Find its velocity ratio 90% is to be used to raise a load of 10000N.
c) Find its efficiency The radius of the wheel is 40cm while that
of the axle is 5cm. Calculate:-
25. The effort distance moved by an effort a) The velocity ratio of the wheel and
force of 20N to lift a bag is 10cm. If MA of axle
the inclined system is 10, calculate the load b) The mechanical advantage of the
distance. wheel and axle
c) The effort required to raise a load of
26. A screw jack has 5 threads per 10000N.
centimetre. If the length of the turning lever
is 20cm, determine the velocity ratio of the 33. A crank handle with a length of 30cm is
screw jack. attached to an axle with a radius of 5cm and
is used to lift a bucket of water from a deep
27. A screw jack which has 5 threads per well. If the bucket of water weighs 120N,
centimetre is used to lift a car weighing a) How much work is required to turn
20000N. If the length of the turning lever is the crank?
40cm and the efficiency of the screw jack is b) Find the number of turns of the crank
90%, find: required to raise the bucket to the
a) The velocity ratio of the jack surface if the well is 510m deep.
b) The mechanical advantage of the
jack 34. Find the velocity ratio of a wheel and
c) The minimum force required to raise axle system if the load gear has 60 teeth and
the car. the driven wheel gear has 20 teeth.

28. A screw jack has an efficiency of 40% 35. A hydraulic machine has a piston P of
and it is used to lift a load of 400kg. If its cross–sectional area 5cm2 and Q of cross-
pitch is 0.5cm and the effort arm is 0.5m sectional area of 50cm2. Find the velocity
long, find the effort required. ratio of the system.

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36. If the VR of a hydraulic machine is 441 43. A block and tackle pulley system consist
and the effort distance moved by the effort of 5 pulleys. If the efficiency of the system
piston is 7m, calculate the load distance. is 80%, what load will be raised by an effort
of 100N?
37. The efficiency of the press is given as
75%. If the radius of the load piston is given 44. A loaded wheelbarrow of weight 800N
as 3m while the effort piston is 1.5m, is pushed up an inclined plane by a force of
calculate: 150N parallel to the plane. If the plane rises
a) The VR by 50cm for every 400cm distance measured
b) The MA of the press along the plane, find the velocity ratio,
mechanical advantage and the efficiency of
38. A box weighing 560N is pulled along an the plane.
inclined plane of length 5m onto a platform
2m high with a force of 70N. Calculate: 45. A screw jack with a pitch of 0.2cm and a
a) The velocity ratio of the plane handle of length 50cm is used to lift a car of
b) The mechanical advantage of the weight 12000N. If the efficiency of the
plane. screw is 30% find:
c) The efficiency of the plane a) The velocity ratio and mechanical
advantage of the machine
39. A pulley system has a velocity ratio of 5 b) The effort required to raise the car
and an efficiency of 60%.
a) What effort force is required to lift a 46. A wheel and axle of efficiency 80% is
750N object using the pulley? used to raise a load of 2000N. If the radius
b) How much work will be done in of the wheel is 50cm and that of the axle is
raising the object through a distance 2cm, calculate:
of 1.5m? a) The velocity ratio and mechanical
advantage of the machine
40. A hydraulic press has an effort and load b) The effort required to overcome the
pistons with areas 0.02m2 and 0.3m2 load
respectively. A force of 550N is required to
lift a car with a mass of 680kg using the 47. A car of mass 980kg is to be lifted by a
press. What is the efficiency of the press? screw jack of a pitch 6.3mm. If the effort
handle is 0.9m long and the efficiency of the
41. (a) In a pulley system, a load of 700N machine is 36%, what force must be applied
requires an effort of 100N to raise it. What is to the machine? ( the force of gravity is
the mechanical advantage? 9.8N/kg )
(b) If this effort moves through a distance
of 10m and the load is then moved up a
distance of 2m, calculate the velocity ratio
and the efficiency of the machine.

42. A block and tackle pulley system has a

velocity ratio of 4. If a load of 200N is
raised by using a force of 75N, calculate the
mechanical advantage and the efficiency of
the system.

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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE b) The total distance travelled by the

car
1. A body starts from rest and accelerates at
9. Two cars A and B are moving at the same
2m/s2 for 5 seconds. Calculate:-
time along a straight line with uniform
a) Its final velocity
accelerations 5m/s2 and 3m/s2 respectively.
b) The distance it moves
If A is 60km behind B, after how long will
car A overtake car B?
2. A baseball is thrown vertically upwards
with a velocity of 20m/s. Find the:-
10. An object is initially moving at 15m/s to
a) Maximum height it reached
the right. Eight seconds later it is moving at
b) The time taken to reach the
5m/s to the left. During those eight seconds,
maximum height
what was the object’s acceleration?
3. A body covers a distance of 480m in 6
11. A car brakes and slows down from
seconds. Calculate its average speed.
20m/s to 5m/s in 3 seconds. What is the
vehicle’s acceleration?
4. A car accelerates from 20m/s to 100m/s in
2s. What is the acceleration?
12. A car starts from rest and is accelerated
uniformly at a rate of 4m/s2 for 5 seconds. It
5. A car with a velocity of 90km/h is
maintains a constant speed for 20 seconds.
uniformly retarded and brought to rest after
The brakes are then applied and the car is
10 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
brought to rest in the next 3s. Find:-
a) The maximum speed attained
6. A body moving with a velocity of 30m/s
b) The total distance covered.
is accelerated uniformly to a velocity of
50m/s in 5 seconds. Calculate:-
13. A body is projected upward with a
a) The acceleration of the body
velocity of 20m/s and returned to the ground
b) The distance travelled by the body
and at the same position after 8s.
a) Sketch a graph of velocity against
7. A body is released from rest at a certain
time for the motion
height above the ground. If the body strikes
b) From your graph, determine the
the ground with a velocity of 60m/s,
distance travelled and the total
calculate the height from which the body
displacement.
was released and the time taken by the body
to strike the ground.
14. Amina’s car started from rest and
travelled for 10 seconds at a speed of 30m/s.
8. A car accelerates from a speed of 80m/s
she maintained a speed of 30m/s for 10
in 1 minute. It then moves with this speed
seconds, after which she applied the brakes
for 20 seconds and finally decelerates
and stopped after 5 seconds. Draw the graph
uniformly to stop after another 2 minutes.
of speed against time and calculate:-
Draw the velocity – time graph to represent
a) The total distance travelled
motion of the car and calculate:-
b) The time taken for the whole journey
a) Deceleration of the car

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c) The maximum speed attained 20. A body moved upward a distance of

d) The area under the graph 20m. Calculate:
represented. a) The initial velocity
b) The time to reach the maximum
15. A car starts to move from rest and height
accelerates uniformly at the rate of 2m/s2 for
6s. It then maintained a constant speed for 21. A stone dropped down a well takes 2s to
half a minute. After the brakes are applied, it reach the water surface. Calculate:
retards uniformly to rest in 5s. Calculate:- a) The velocity with which the stone
a) The total distance covered in metres hits the water
b) The maximum speed reached b) The distance of the water surface
from the top of the well shaft.
16. A train travelling at 30km/h stops when
brakes are applied. The train suffers a 22. A stone is thrown vertically upwards
deceleration of 2m/s2. with an initial velocity of 30m/s from the top
a) How long does the train take to come of the tower 34m high. Find:
to rest? a) The time taken to reach the
b) What is its final velocity? maximum height
c) How long does the train take before b) The total time that elapses before it
finally stopping? reaches the ground.

17. An object travelling at 10m/s accelerates 23. A ball is thrown horizontally at 10m/s
at 4m/s2for 8s. from a height of 2m above the ground.
a) Calculate the final velocity a) How long does it take to hit the
b) How does it travel for 8 seconds? ground?
b) How far away from the thrower does
18. A car moves with uniform velocity of it hit the ground?
12m/s for 6 seconds. After this, it
accelerates at 2m/s2 for 4 seconds. It then 24. A car is travelling at 20m/s along a
travel for 2 more seconds with uniform straight road. After 5s the brakes are
velocity. The car finally decelerates to stop applied. If this caused an acceleration of
in 15 seconds. Calculate:- 3m/s2, find the car’s final velocity.
a) The distance travelled in 5 seconds
b) Average velocity for the journey, 25. An object is thrown straight up with an
assuming that the whole journey was initial velocity of 50m/s.
in the straight line. a) How long will it take to reach the
maximum height?
19. An object with initial velocity of 20m/s b) To what height will it raise?
moves due north at an acceleration of c) What will be its velocity when
8m/s2for 5 seconds. What is the total starting to its initial point?
displacement during that time? d) How long will it be in air?

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26. A car travelling at 20m/s to the right If the distance of separation between the two
stops in 10s. cars is 1000m. Calculate
a) What was the car’s acceleration? (i) The time taken for car A to
Give both the magnitude and overtake car B.
direction (ii) Distance travelled by car A
b) How far did the car travel before before to overtake car B
(iii) The velocity of car A when it
stopping?
overtake car B.
c) How far did the car have travelled if
its initial velocity had been 40m/s? 32. A car start from rest and accelerates to a
velocity of 120 m/s in one minute. It then
27. A stone dropped from the top of the moves with constant speed for 40 seconds
building hits the ground 4s later. and finally decelerates uniformly to rest
a) How tall is the building? after another 2 minute. Draw the motion and
b) What was the stone’s velocity when calculate:
it hits the ground? i) The total distance traveled from
the graph.
28. An object is thrown straight up with an ii) The total time taken for the
initial velocity of 45m/s. At what two times whole motion.
will the object be 50m above the ground?
33. An iron ball is dropped from the tower
of a certain building near a beach and takes
29. A car travels with uniform velocity of 3.5 seconds to reach the sand beach below.
30m/s for 5 seconds and then comes to rest Find:
in the next 10 seconds with uniform (i) The velocity with which it
deceleration. Draw a velocity-time graph of strikes the sand beach.
the motion. From the graph, find (ii) The height of the tower.
(i) The deceleration.
(ii) The total distance covered. 34. A car accelerates uniformly from 80m/s
to 480m/s in 50sec. It then decelerates to in
30. A car accelerated uniformly form rest 100sec.
for 20 seconds with an acceleration of
1.5m/s2. It then travels at constant speed for (i) Draw the velocity time graph.
2 minutes before slowing down with a (ii) Calculate acceleration and
uniform deceleration to come to rest in a deceleration of the car.
further 10 seconds. (iii)Calculate the total distance
Sketch a velocity-time graph of the motion. travelled by the car.
From the graph: Find:-
(i) The maximum speed.
(ii) The total distance travelled
(iii) The acceleration while slowing
down

31. Two cars A and B start moving at the

same time along straight line with uniform
acceleration of 6m/s² and 4m/s² respectively.

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NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION 10. A car of mass 1800kg is moving at an

initial velocity of 20m/s. It hits a wall and
stops after covering 1.8m. What is the
1. A saloon car of mass 1000kg is moving average stopping force that the wall applied
with a velocity of 60km/h. What is its on the car?
momentum?
11. A 1000kg car collides with a 5000kg
2. A tennis ball whose mass is 150g is truck. During the collision, the truck exerts a
moving at a speed of 20m/s. It is then force of 10000N on the car. What are the
brought to rest by one player in 0.05s. accelerations of the car and the truck?
Calculate the average force applied.
12. A 4kg object is moving to the right at
3. An unbalanced force of 12N acts on a 2m/s when it collides elastically head-on
mass of 12kg. Calculate: with a stationary 6kg object. After the
collision, the velocity of the 6kg object is
a) The resulting acceleration
1.6m/s to the right.
b) The force that would give a body of
10kg the same acceleration a) What is the velocity of the 4kg
object after the collision?
4. A body at rest is acted upon by a force for
b) What is the total kinetic energy
20 seconds. The force is then withdrawn and
before and after collision?
the body moves a distance of 60m in the
next 5 seconds. If the mass of the body is 13. A trolley A of mass 1.5kg is travelling at
10kg, calculate the magnitude of the force. 6m/s. It collides with a stationary trolley B
of mass 2kg. After the collision, the two
5. A train of mass 22 400kg moving at the
continue travelling together at 3m/s.
rate of 112km/h is brought to rest in 24
seconds by the action of the brakes. a) What is the momentum of A before
Calculate the braking force. collision?
b) What is the momentum of A after
6. A trolley of mass 5kg rests on a smooth
collision?
horizontal track. A forward force of 4.5N is
c) Why is there a change in the
applied to the trolley. Find the acceleration
momentum of A?
of the trolley.
d) What is the kinetic energy of each
7. A car moves with an acceleration of trolley after the collision?
5m/s2. If its mass is 2000kg, find the force
14. A heavy car of 2000kg, travelling at
with which the car is moving.
10m/s, has a head-on collision with a sport
8. A rocket of mass 20000kg is launched by car B of mass 500kg. If both cars stopped
applying a force of 5000000N for 20 dead on colliding, what was the velocity of
seconds. Calculate the velocity it attains at B?
the end of the 20 seconds.
15. What is the resultant force needed to
9. Calculate the average force needed to accelerate a space shuttle of mass
change the velocity of a 20000kg bus from 3000000kg from rest to 600m/s in 33
rest to 13.6m/s in 20 seconds. seconds?

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16. A car of mass 1200kg is brought to rest and 200 m/s, find the joint velocity
by a uniform force of 300N in 80 seconds. immediately after collision.
Find the speed at which the car was moving.
24. A 900 kg bus starts from rest and
17. A body of mass 8kg moving with a acceleration uniformly at 5 m/s2 for 10
velocity of 20m/s collides with another body seconds. Calculate:
of mass 4kg moving with a velocity of i) The velocity of the bus in the 8th
10m/s in the same direction. The velocity of second.
the 8kg body is reduced to 15m/s after the ii) The momentum of the bus in the
collision. If the bodies don’t stick together 5th second.
after the collision, calculate the final iii) The force of the bus
velocity of the 4kg body.
25. Two identical trolleys are on a smooth
18. After striking its target, a bullet of mass horizontal plane. One trolley is at rest and
50g is brought to rest in 2 seconds by a force the other approached it at a constant speed
of 300N. Calculate the velocity of the bullet of 20m/s. After impact the two trolleys
before striking the target. move together. What is their velocity?

19. A soldier fires a bullet of mass 200g 26. A boy with mass 50kg running at 5m/s
from a gun of mass 5kg. The bullet leaves jumps on to a 20kg trolley travelling in the
the gun with a velocity of 100m/s. Find the same direction at 1.5 m/s. What is their
average force exerted on the gun given that common velocity?
the recoil of the gun lasted for 2 seconds.
20. A shot of mass 100kg leaves a cannon of 27. The velocity of a body of mass 10kg
mass 5 tonnes with a velocity of 100m/s. increases from 4m/s to 8m/s when a forces
Find the velocity of recoil of the canon. acts on it for 2 sec. What is
(a) (i) The momentum before the force
21. A shell of mass 30kg is fired at a acts?
velocity of 600m/s from a gun of mass (ii) The momentum after the force
7000kg. How many dots would have been acts.
printed on the tape? (iii) The momentum gain per
second?
22. A projectile of mass 400g moving at (iv) The value of the force?
600m/s hits movable target of mass 20kg,
which is at rest. The projectile and the target 28. A bullet of mass 250g is fired from a
move on together after the impact. Find: - gun of mass 5kg exerting a force of 30N
a) the momentum of the projectile against the gunman which persisted for two
b) the combined velocity just after the seconds. Find the velocities of the bullet and
impact recoil of the gun.
23. Two jet fighters of the same mass collide
head-on and become tangled so that they
move on together. If the engines of both
were stopped at the moment of impact and
the speed of the jets at impact were 120 m/s

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LAWS AND PRINCIPLES IN PHYSICS (FORM ONE AND FORM TWO)

1. State the principle of conservation of mass

‘Mass can neither be created nor destroyed’.

2. State the Archimedes’ principle

‘When a body is partially or totally immersed in a fluid, it experiences an upthrust which is
equal to the weight of the fluid displaced’.

3. State the law of flotation

‘A floating body displaces its own weight on the fluid in which it floats’.

4. State Hooke’s law.

‘Within the elastic limit, the extension of the spring is directly proportional to the applied
force, provided that the elastic limit is not exceeded’.

5. State the Pascal’s principle of the hydraulic press

‘Any external pressure applied to the surface of an enclosed liquid will be transmitted equally
throughout the liquid’.

6. State the principle of conservation of energy

‘Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to
another’.

7. State the first and second Laws of reflection of light.

First Law: ‘The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal, all lie on the same plane’
Second Law: ‘The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection’

8. State the fundamental law of static electricity

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‘Like charges repel while unlike charges attract each other’.

9. State Ohm’s law
‘At a constant temperature and other physical factors, a current passing through a wire is
directly proportional to the potential difference across its ends’.

10. State the basic law of magnetism

‘Like poles repel while unlike poles attract each other’.

11. State the principle of moments

‘For a system to be in a rotational balance, the total clockwise moment must be equal to the
total anticlockwise moment’.

12. State Newton’s first Law of motion

‘A body in motion continues in motion at a constant speed in a straight line and that at rest
remains so unless it is acted on by an external force’.

13. State Newton’s second Law of motion

‘The rate of change of momentum of the body is directly proportional to the net force and
takes place in the direction of the force’.

14. State the principle of conservation of linear momentum

‘If there is no any external force acting on a colliding system, total momentum before
collision is equal to the total momentum after collision’.

15. State Newton’s third Law of motion

‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’.

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FILLING THE BLANKS – QUESTIONS

1. When a body is immersed in……………..the ……………of the body is equal to the weight of
…………………
2. When a bar magnet is freely suspended, the ………..pole tends south and the ……….pole
tends north.
3. Energy can………….be created nor destroyed
4. A wheel barrow is a …………class lever.
5. A…………..is used to measure small forces.
6. The force that causes the volume and size of the objects to decrease is known as………….
7. The weight of a body in air is called…………….while the loss in weight when a body is
partially or totally immersed in water is known as……………
8. ………...force prevents a body from sliding.
9. The tendency of a body to remain suspended in a fluid is called…………..
10. The ability of a material to return to its original size and shape after deformation is
called……………….
11. …………is the attraction between the molecules of the same substance while…………is the
force of attraction between the molecules of different substances.
12. The ability of a material to behave like a fully stretched elastic skin is called…………..
13. The cleaning action of a soap is due to the property known as………………..
14. The rise or fall of liquid in a narrow tube is called……………..
15. The elastic force constant of a spring is obtained by the ratio between……….and……………
16. The bicycle pump works under the application of……………..pressure.
17. Upward force in liquid is called……………..
18. Mass is a measure of quantity of …….in a body.
19. The instrument used to convert electrical energy into sound energy is called………………..
20. The type of frictional force experienced by a spherical body moving in water is
called……………..
21. The weight of a body when in water is called…………………
22. The quantity of space that an object occupies is called……………………

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23. According to Archimedes’ principle, upthrust is equal to…………………

24. A physical quantity measured by using thermometer is referred to as…………………
25. Basic physical proportions of measurement which cannot be obtained from any other
proportions by either multiplication or division are called…………………..
26. Weight has the same SI unit as…………………
27. The instrument used to measure the pressure of a gas is known as………………….
28. The hydrometer is used to measure………………..
29. The force which causes wear and tear between machine parts is known as……………….
30. …………………is an instrument used to measure length of the objects in the order of
0.01cm.
32. The least count of measurement of a micrometer screw gauge is …………...cm
33. Water can exist in three states namely…………., …………….and………………
34. …………reflection occurs in a rough surface.
35. The instrument that is used to see over an obstacle from a concealed position is known
as……………….
36. The objects which emit light when they are hot are called……………..
37. ……………..is used to identify the presence of charge on an object.
38. In the graph of voltage against current to verify Ohm’s law, the slope of the graph always
represents………………..
39. The ability of a material to store charge is measured in……………….
40. The instrument used to store charge is called….....................
41. Materials which impede the flow of electrons from one atom to another are called…………
42. Lightning is the………………of static electric charge between the clouds.
43. A glass rod rubbed with………….becomes …………….charged.
44. Series arrangement of capacitors gives………………value of the capacitance.
45. To prevent a building from lightning strikes, a …………………..is attached to the building.
46. The SI unit of charge is…………………
47. When the cross-sectional area of the conductor is increasing then ……………….tends to
decrease.
48. Magnetic field is the…………..around a…………….

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49. The process of limiting the flow of magnetic fields between two locations by separating them
with a barrier made up of conducting material is known as…………………….
50. The point where the net magnetic field is zero is called…………………….
51. Length of the conductor, cross sectional area, temperature and……………… are the factors
affecting the resistance of a conductor.
52. For a system to be in rotational balance; when the clockwise moment is 40Nm then the
anticlockwise moment must be……………………
53. When the displacement of the object does not alter the position of equilibrium, the body is
in…………………equilibrium.
54. Velocity ratio of the wheel and axle is taken as the ratio of ……………….to the……………
55. In ...................pulley, the velocity ratio is always 1.
56. Mechanical advantage is always less that velocity ratio because……………………….. while
……………………by friction.
57. In velocity-time graph, the slope of the graph always represents……………….
58. The total distance covered in velocity-time graph is represented by….................
59. According to the Newton’s second law, the product of the mass and acceleration
implies…………………
60. In………….collision, total kinetic energy is not conserved.

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ANSWERS
1. Fluid, weight, the fluid 22. Volume

displaced 23. Weight of the fluid displaced

2. North, South 24. Temperature

3. Neither 25. Fundamental quantities

4. Second 26. Force

5. Spring balance 27. Barometer

6. Compressional force 28. Relative density of liquid

7. Real weight, Apparent loss in 29. Frictional force

weight 30. Vernier caliper

8. Frictional 31.

9. Floating 32. 0.001

10. Elasticity 33. Solid, liquid and gas

11. Cohesion, Adhesive force 34. Irregular/diffuse

12. Surface tension 35. Periscope

13. Surface tension 36. Incandescent

14. Capillarity 37. Gold leaf electroscope

15. Tension, Extension 38. Resistance

16. Atmospheric 39. Farad

17. Upthrust 40. Capacitor

18. Matter 41. Insulators

19. Microphone 42. Discharge

20. Viscosity 43. Silk, positively

21. Apparent weight 44. Small

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45. Lightning conductor 55. Single fixed

46. Coulomb 56. Mechanical advantage is affected by

47. Resistance friction while velocity ratio is not

48. Region, magnet affected

49. Magnetic shielding 57. Acceleration

50. Neutral point 58. Area under the graph

51. Type of material 59. Net force

52. 40Nm 60. Inelastic

53. Neutral

54. Radius of the wheel to the radius of

the axle

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