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This document is an examination paper for Physics for SS2 students at Royal Heights International School, covering various topics such as plane mirrors, light reflection, optical instruments, and sound waves. It includes multiple-choice questions and essay questions requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter. The exam assesses knowledge on concepts like image formation, lens types, and properties of light.

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Physics SS2 Exam

This document is an examination paper for Physics for SS2 students at Royal Heights International School, covering various topics such as plane mirrors, light reflection, optical instruments, and sound waves. It includes multiple-choice questions and essay questions requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter. The exam assesses knowledge on concepts like image formation, lens types, and properties of light.

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ROYAL HEIGHTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WARRI DELTA STATE

THIRD TERM EXAMINATION 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: SS2

1. Plane mirrors are used in all these except (a) periscope (b) sextant (c) kaleidoscope (c)
binoculars

2. Two plane mirrors are placed touching and at 600 to each other. If an object is placed
between the mirrors and viewed from above the mirrors. How many images will the
eye see? (a) 5 images (b) 6 images (c) 4 images (d) 3 images

3. When a ray of light is reflected from a plane surface, the angle of incidence is always
equal to the angle of ( a) reflection (b) refraction ( c ) diffraction (d) dispersion

4. Which of the following statements is untrue? When an image is formed in a plane mirror,
the image formed will be (a) the same size as the object(b) smaller than the object (c)
laterally inverted (d) always virtual

5. In which of the following instrument is the image that is formed erect (a) pin hole camera
( b) simple camera (c) microscope (d) periscope

6. The image obtain on the screen of a pin-hole camera becomes less sharply defined when
the (a) object is moved further from pin-hole (b) screen is moved further from the screen
hole (c) object is made smaller (d) pin-hole is made larger

7. An object 3.0m high is placed at 7.5m from a pin-hole camera. If the image is 6.0cm.
What is the distance of the film from the pin hole (a) 3.75cm (b) 7.50cm (c) 15cm (d) 30.0cm

8. If the size of the hole of a pin-hole camera is increased the image formed becomes

(a) brighter and blurred (b)brighter and larger (c)brighter and sharper (d)blurred and
larger

9. A body that produces its own light is said to be (a) luminous (b)non- incandescent
(c) opaque (d) translucent
10. The direction of a light ray changes as it passes from one medium to another. This
phenomenon is called A diffraction B reflection C dispersion D refraction
11. For correcting long sight defects in the human eyes, we require
..

Converging lens (b) diverging lens (c) microscope (d)


periscope.
12. Which of the following optical instruments does not make use of
a lens?

(a) projector (b)periscope (c ) eye (d) microscope.

13. The ability of the eye to focus object at different distances is


called ..

(a) Power (b) accommodations (c) normal vision (d) long sight

The separation of white light into its constituent colour is known as


(a) deviation (b)defraction (c) dispersion (d) deflection
14. The light of one wavelength or colour is called (a) yellow light (b) green light (c)
monochromatic light (d) blue light
15. The colours obtained by mixing any two primary colours are called ____(a) primary
colours (b) secondary colours (c) indigo (d) violet
16. In a pure spectrum, what is the function of the lens near the length source? (a) to
separate the light colours (b) to produce parallel rays (c) to diverge the light rays (d )to
produce dispersion necessary for the spectrum
17. The following colours are primary colours except? (a )Red (b) Green (c)Blue (d) Yellow
18. The following colours are primary colours except? (a )Red (b) Green (c)Blue (d)
Yellow
19. Sound wave differs from water wave (a)energy transfer is involve (b) they can be
refracted and reflected (c )no transfer of the medium is involved (d)They are longitudinal
wave.
20. A source of sound produces waves in air if wavelength 1.65m. if the speed of sound in
air is 330m/s, the period of vibration is. (a) 200 (b)0.005 (c ) 0.5 (d) 0.02
Theory PART B - ESSAY
INSTRUCTION: Answer only 4 questions
1. (a) State three types of eye defect and the types of lenses for correction.
(b) State three types of optical instruments.
2. (a) The screen of a pinhole camera is a square of side 0.16m and it is 0.15m behind the
pin hole. The camera is placed 11m from a flag staff and positioned so that the image of the
flag staff is formed centrally on the screen. The image occupies three quarters of the height
of the screen. What is the height of the flag staff.
(b) A converging lens of focal length 15cm forms a virtual image at a point 10cm from the
lens. Calculate the distance of the object from the lens.
3. Draw the position and nature of the image produced by an object placed at the following
points on the concave mirror
1 Between F and P
2 At F
3 At C
4 Between F and C
5 Beyond C
6 At infinity
4. If the angle of reflection of a propagated ray is 35о, calculate (a) The angle of deviation
(b) The angle of glance (c) Angle of incidence.
5.(a) An object is placed between two mirrors inclined at an angle 40 to each other. Find the
number of images that will be formed.
(b) State 2 uses of plane mirror

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