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PHYSICS

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. Which is the folowing are derived units? i. metre ii. Coulomb iii. Kilogram iv. Ampere v. joule (a) I and ii
only (b)ii and v only (c) ii,iv and v only (d) all of

them.

2. A motorist travelling at 72km/h, on siting a STOP sign applies the brakes such that under constant
deceleration

the car is brought to a stop within a distance of 50m. the magnitude of the deceleration is (a) 50m/s2 (b)
25m/s2 (c) 8 m/s2 (d) 4 m/s2.

3. A car took off from rest moves with a

uniform acceleration of 6m/s2. The

distance it covers in the fourth second

of the motion is (a) 21m (b) 27m (c) 48m (d) 96m.

4. An object is released from rest at a height of 20m. Calculate the time it takes to fall to the ground
(g=10m/s2) (a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 3s (d) 4s.

5. For a projectile the maximum range is

obtained when the angle of projection

is; (a) 60 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 90

6. A ball is thrown vertically upwards

from the ground with an initial velocity

of 20m/s. the maximum height reached by the ball is(a)5m (b) 10.0m (c) 20.0m (d) 22.5m.
7. A body of mass 5kg moving with a velocity of 20m/s due south hits a

stationary body of mass 3kg. If they move together after collision with a velocity v due south, the value
of v is

(a) 20.0m/s (b) 15.Om/s (c) 12.5m/s (d) 12.0m/s.

8. When taking a penalty kick, a footballer applies a force of 100N for

a period of 0.03s. If the mass of the

ball is 150g, calculate the speed with

which the ball moves off (a) 50m/s (b)25m/s (c) 20m/s (d) 10m/s.

9. A man walks 5km south and then 3km

in the direction 60 west of south. His distance from the starting point is (a)7.00km (b) 7.50km (c) 8.00km
(d)10.72km

10. The equilibrant of a system of forces is.......(a) equal and opposite to the resultant of the forces (b)
the force

which has the same effect as the system (c) equal to resultant of the

system (d) the force that makes the system unstable.

11. Two forces forming a couple are separated by a distance of 25m, if one

of the forces equal 40N, what is the moment of the couple? (a) 1000Nm

(b) 500Nm (c) 10Nm (d) 5Nm.

12. Two forces each of magnitude 1ON

acts in opposite directions at the end

of a table. If the length of the table is 50cm.Find the moment of the couple on the table (a) 0.5Nm (b)
5Nm (c) 50Nm
13. A uniform metre rod of mass 1.5kg is pivoted at one end. A weight of 7N is placed at the centre of
the rod. The

vertical force which should be applied

at the other end to maintain the rod in

equilibrium in the horizontal position

is (a) 22N (b) 11.0N (c) 10.5N (d) 8.5N

14. Weights of 0.2N and 0.5N are placed at the 30cm and 80cm marks

respectively on a uniform metre rule

balances horizontally on a knife edge at the 60cm mark, the weight of the

metre rule is (a) 0.1N (b) 0.3N (c) 0.4N (d) 0.7N.

15. A pendulum bob, executing simple

harmonic motion has 2cm and 12Hz amplitude andfrequency respectively. Calculate the period of the
motion (a) 2.00s (b) 0.83s (c)

0.08s (d) 0.06s.

16. What is the angular speed of a body

vibrating at 50 cycles per seconds (a)200Trads-1 (b) 400 Trads-1 (c) 100

Trads-1 (d) 50 TƯads-1

17. A meter rule pivoted at its centre has

masses m1 and m2 placed at the 20cm and 65cm marks respectively. If the meter rule balances
horizontally,

the ratio m2/m1 is (a) 2 (b) 3/2 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/2.

18. A machine has efficiency of 75%. The

work done when the machine is used

to raise a load of 50kg through a vertical distance of 6m is (a) 4000J(b) 3000J (c) 2250 J (d) 500J.
19. A machine with an efficiency of 60% is

used to overcome a load of 60N through the application of a force of

40N. the mechanical advantage of the machine is (a) 0.4 (b) 0.9 (c) 1.5 (d) 2.5

20. The velocity ratio of the machine in question 19 is (a) 4.17 (b) 2.50 (c)

1.50 (d) 0.67

21. 500J of work is required by a machine

to raise a load of 250N through a vertical distance of 1.6m. the

efficiency of the machine is (a) 80%

(b) 75% (c) 67% (d)50%

22. The velocity ratio of an inclined plane

of angle e is (a) sin e (b) tan e (c) 1/sin e

(d) 1/tan e.

23. A pulley system has a velocity ratio of

6 and an efficiency of 75%. The effort

needed to lift a load of mass 135kg is

(a) 1013N (b) 300N (c) 225N (d) 30N.

24. The efficiency of a wheel and axle

system is 80% and the ratio of radius

of wheel to radius of the axle is 4:1,In order to lift a mass of 20kg,the

effort required is (a) 60N (b) 62.5N (c)32.5N (d) 250.

25. A screw jack has a pitch of 0.5cm and

a tommy bar of length 20cm. the velocity ratio is (a) 40pie (b) 40/pie(c)

80pie (d) 80/pie.

26. Two forces 12N and 16N are inclined

at an angle ¤ to each other, have a

resultant which is parallel to the 16N

force. The value of cos ¤ is(a)1.0(b)3/4(c)1/2(d)0.

27. When a body is performing a simple

harmonic motion, its acceleration (a)is constant (b) varies with

displacement from equilibrium position (c) is zero (d) moves irregularly with time.

28. When a simple harmonic motion is

affected by severe air resistance, the

motion is said to be (a) damped (b) forced motion (c) natural motion (d) sinusoidal.

29. What is the angular speed (in rads-1)

of abody whose frequency is 50Hz?

(a) 200pie (b) 100pie (c) 50pie (d) 10pie.

30. A ball of mass 100g falls from a height of 5m onto a floor and

rebounds into a height of 3m. What energy is lost as a result of the impact

on the floor? (a) 2J (b) 20J (c) 100 J (d) 1000J.

31. A body of mass 10kg, moving with velocity of 10m/s, hit a stationary

body and had its direction reversed

and the velocity changed to 7.5m/s in 5 seconds. Calculate the force of

impact (a) 3.5N (b) 35.0N (c) 175.0N (d) 875.ON.

32. In elastic collision, (i) energy is conserved (ii) energy is decreased (iii)energy is increased (iv) linear
momentum is conserved (a) i only (b)

ii only (c) ii only (d) i and iv only

33. Calculate the force required to impact

an acceleration of 5m/s2 to a mass of 10kg (a) 50N (b) 30N (c) 60N (d) 100N

34. Which of these is not correct? Simple

examples of first order levers are (a)crowbar(b)claw hammer (c)pliers (d)wheel barrow.

35. The motion of a body is simple harmonic if the: (a) acceleration is

always directed towards a fixed point

(b) path of motion is a straight line (c)

acceleration is directed towards a fixed point and proportional to its

distance from the point (d)acceleration is proportional to the

square of the distance from a fixed point

36. The period of oscillatory motion is

defined as the (a) average of the time

used in completing different numbers

of oscillations (b) time to complete a number of oscillations (c) time to

complete one oscillation (d) time taken to move from one extreme

position to another.

37. When a body is acted upon by several

forces and it does not accelerate or rotates, the body is said to be in (a)space (b) equilibrium (c) motion
(d)uniform retardation

38. A stone is thrown vertically into the air

with an initial upwards speed u, at what time will the stone return to the

starting point (a) u/g (b) 2u/g (c) u2/g

(d) 2u2/g

39. A body accelerates uniformly from rest at the rate of 3 ms² for 8 seconds. Calculate the

distance covered by the body during the

acceleration.

A. 12 m B. 24 m

C. 48 m D. 96 m

40. A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 0.5m/s2. Calculate the time
taken by the particle to cover a distance of 25m.

A. 2.5 seconds

B. 7.1 seconds

C. 10.0 seconds

D. 50.0 seconds

THEORY

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any four(4) questions

1.A bus moves from rest with a uniform acceleration of 2m/s2 for the first 6s. It maintained the velocity

reached for 30 seconds and was brought to rest after 5 seconds when

the brake was applied. Find for the motion: (i) the maximum velocity

reached (ii) the total distance travelled

(iii) the average speed for the whole

journey (iv) the average retardation

(Draw the velocity time graph of the

motion using the information above)

2.The period of oscillation of a simple

pendulum is 2.18 seconds. Calculate; (i)

the time to complete 50 oscillations (ii) the

length of the simple pendulum {g=10m/s2)

3. (a) An object is thrown vertically

upwards with a velocity of 20m/s at an angle 30° to the horizontal.

Calculate: (i) the maximum height

reached (ii) the time taken to reach

the maximum height (ii) the time of flight.

4. A bullet of mass 100g is fired horizontally into a fixed wooden block

with a speed of 20m/s. The bullet is brought to rest in the block in 0.1s by a constant resistance.
Calculate the:

(i) magnitude of the resistance (ii) the

distance moved by the bullet in the wood

5. State Newton's second law of motion

(b) a tanker of mass 20000kg at 10m/s

collides and sticks to a bus of mass 5000kg travelling at 20m/s in opposite direction. What is their
common velocity

after collision?

6. (a) A machine with efficiency 80% and

velocity ratio 5 lifts a weight off 1500N through a vertical height of 5m.

Calculate: (i) the mechanical advantage of the machine (ii) the

effort needed to lift the load (iii) the work done by the effort
(b) State the law of conservation of linear

momentum

(c) What is simple harmonic motion?