SSS TWO PHYSICS

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1st TERM EXAMINATION FOR 2023/2024 SESSION
CLASS: SSS TWO SUBJECT: PHYSICS
1. _________ is the rate of velocity with respect to time (a) displacement (b) acceleration (c)
distance (d) speed
2. Which of the following is not a form of energy? (a) sand energy (b) kinetic energy (c) solar
energy (d) work energy
3. Which of the following is not a type of motion? (a)random motion (b)relative motion
(c)resting motion (d)rotational motion
4. A car starts from rest and achieve a velocity of 20m/s in 10 seconds, moving westward from a
starting point 0. What will be its average acceleration? (a) - 2m/s2 (b) 2m/s2 (c) 2m/s
(d) - 2m/s
5. A decrease in velocity is called (a) acceleration (b) deceleration (c) velocity (d) brakes being
applied
6. The rate of work done or energy expended is known as __________ (a) energy (b) power
(c) work done (d) distance
7. Power is measured in __________ (a) joules (b) Newton (c) watt (d) kilogram
8. The following are the factors that affect friction except (a) velocity (b) nature of contact
surfaces (c) surface area in contact (d) weight
9. Which of the following is not a vector quantity? (a) weight (b) velocity (c) time
(d) acceleration
10. The ___________ of an object is the rate of change of its velocity with respect to time.
(a) distance (b) displacement (c) speed (d) acceleration
11. If an object is moving in a circular path, then it is undergoing ___________ motion.
(a) rotational (b) rectilinear (c) periodic (d) random
12. The force that acts at a distance and does not require contact between the two objects is
called __________ force. (a) frictional (b) contact (c) non-contact (d) gravitational
13. The force that causes an object to move in a circular path is called ___________ force.
(a) centripetal (b) tangential (c) normal (d) frictional
14. The force that always acts in the direction opposite to the motion of an object is called
__________ force. (a) drag (b) frictional (c) normal (d) tangential
15. The ___________ of an object is the force required to change its velocity by one metre per
second. (a) mass (b) weight (c) density (d) momentum
16. The best instrument for measuring the diameter of a thin wire is (a) Vernier caliper (b) steel
rule (c) micrometer screw gauge (d) meter rule
17. The motion of a boy in 100m race is (a) random (b) translational (c) rotational (d) vibratory
18. The slope of distant-time graph for a uniform rectilinear motion of a body represents (a) its
acceleration (b) its total distance travelled (c) its speed (d) the force causing the motion
19. For which of the following sets are the units fundamental? (a) density, length and pressure
(b) impulse, mass and time (c) volume, mass and density (d) length, time and mass
20. 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
21. 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
22. According to Newton's First Law of Motion, an object will remain at rest or continue to
move at a constant velocity unless acted upon by a (a) Balanced force (b) Internal force
(d) External force (d) Unbalanced force
23. Which term refers to a pair of forces that have equal magnitudes, opposite directions, and act
along different lines of action? (a) Couple (b) Moment (c) Equilibrium (d) Torque
24. Which law states that the rate of change of momentum of an object is directly proportional
to the net force applied to it and occurs in the direction of the force? (a) Newton's Second
Law (b) Newton's First Law (c)Newton's Law of Gravitation (d) Newton's Third Law
25. What is the term for the repetitive back-and-forth motion of an object about an equilibrium
position? (a) Forced Vibration (b) Simple Harmonic Motion (c)Resonance (d)Damping
26. A measurable quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called ---- (a) vector (b)
scalar (c) displacement (d) distance
27. The following are example of vectors except ---- (a) moment (b) pressure in gas (c) tension
(d) viscosity
28. A vector whose magnitude is one is called ----- (a) collinear vector (b) orthogonal vector (c)
unit vector (d) free vector
29. A set of vector whose line of action lies on the same plane is called ---- (a) collinear vectors
(b) concurrent vectors (c) coplanar vectors (d) coordinate vectors
30. Which of the following groups of quantities is NOT all vectors? (a) (a) momentum, velocity,
force (b) acceleration, force, momentum (c) momentum, kinetic energy, force (d) magnetic
field, acceleration, displacement
THEORY
Answer all questions in this section
1a. Define vectors (b) Differentiate between scalar and vector (c) metion 5 types of vectors
2a. Define and differentiate position, distance and displacement (b) metion the 3 main types of
cordinate system
3. If the coordinate of P and Q is given as: P(x1,y1) and Q(x2,y2), then the distance between P and Q
on the Cartesian plane is given as
D= √ (x 2−x 1) +( y 2− y 1)
2 2
a) Calculate the distance between the two points: P (4,2) and Q (1, 6)
b) Sketch a Cartesian plane and locate the following points on it.
(i) (-3, 4) (ii) (5, -2) (iii) (4, 0)

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