PES SS 1 Physics 3rd Term Exam 2024-2025
  • 1. A car moves with an initial velocity of 25 ms-1 and reaches a velocity of 45 ms-1 in 10s. what is the acceleration of the car?
A) 2 ms-2
B) 20 ms-2
C) 5 ms-2
D) 25 ms-2
  • 2. A force F required to keep a 5 kg mass moving round a cycle of radius 3.5 m at a speed of 7 ms-1. What is the speed, if the force is tripled?
A) 6.6 ms-1
B) 12.1 ms-1
C) 4.0 ms-1
D) 21.0 ms-1
  • 3. The diagram above shows a velocity - time graph. The statement that is true about this motion is that the car?
A) decelerates between F and H
B) Accelerates between points F and G
C) has no acceleration between point F and G
D) has a constant soeed between points E and F
  • 4. When the breaks in a car are applied, the frictional force on the tyres is?
A) an advantage because it is in the direction of the motion of the car
B) an advantage because it is in the opposite direction of the motion of the car
C) a disadvantage because it is in the direction of the motion of the car
D) a disadvantage because it is in the opposite direction of the motion of the car
  • 5. Which of the illustrated graphs above represents a body moving with uniform retardation?
A) B
B) D
C) A
D) C
  • 6. 1. Which Newton's law explains the change in position or motion of an object.
A) Law of gravity
B) Law of acceleration
C) Law of interaction
D) Law of inertial
  • 7. 2. The interactions of two forces of equal magnitude and opposite direction represent
A) The 4th law of motion
B) The 1st law of motion
C) The 2nd law of motion
D) The 3rd law of motion
  • 8. 4. One technology hat can be used to reduce friction is
A) Pendulum
B) Ball bearing
C) Spring balance
D) Projectile
  • 9. A technology that exhibit oscilatary motion is
A) Pendulum
B) Lubricant
C) Spring
D) Fan
  • 10. An object falls from a height of 20m and hits the ground after 2s. What is it final velocity?
A) -40m/s
B) 40m/s
C) 20m/s
D) -20m/s
  • 11. A car starting from rest accelerates uniformly with a velocity 28ms-¹, find its aceleration
A) 7ms-²
B) 4ms-²
C) -7ms-²
D) -4ms-²
  • 12. A object lunched in air and allowed to move free under gravity is called
A) Kite
B) Projectile
C) Trajectory
D) Parabola
  • 13. What is the direction of the resultant vector of two vector acting in opposite direction and having different magnitudes?
A) It acts in the direction of the smaller vector
B) It acts in the direction of the larger vector
C) It has no direction
D) It acts at right angle to either vectors
  • 14. A example of a scalar vector is
A) Weight
B) Power
C) Time
D) Work
  • 15. Which of these may have the largest Young's modulus?
A) Copper
B) Rubber
C) Nylon
D) Leaf
  • 16. The energy stored in a spring E=1/2ke² is
A) Potential energy
B) Chemical energy
C) Sound energy
D) Kinetic energy
  • 17. A material has a aYoung's modulus of 200pa and experience a stress of 400Pa What is the strain?
A) 10
B) 2
C) 12
D) 20
  • 18. A metal rod extends by 2m when stretched from an original length of100m , what is its strain?
A) 50
B) 0.02
C) 0.002
D) 25
  • 19. If a force 200N is applied to a wire of cross sectional area 5m². Calculate the stress in the w.ire
A) 4N/m²
B) 20N/m²
C) 2N/m²
D) 40N/m²
  • 20. The horizontal distance between the take off point and landing point of a projectile is
A) Maximum load
B) Maximum height
C) Elastic limit
D) Maximum range
  • 21. The work done when a force acts on a charge from an electric point to another is known as
A) Electric potential
B) Conductivity
C) Electric field intensity
D) Resistivity
  • 22. Which Faraday's law relates the mass of a librated substance directly to the quantity of charge that passed through it
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) First
  • 23. In the electrolysis of aqueous solution of sodium chloride using carbon electrode, which substance is discharged at the anode?
A) b
B) c
C) a
D) d
  • 24. The balance length on a meter bridge is achieved using
A) Rheostat
B) Galvanometer
C) Variable resistor
D) Jockey
  • 25. Which of these is used to convert a galvanometer to an ammeter?
A) Multiplier
B) Wheatstone bridge
C) Shunt
D) Potentiometer
  • 26. Which of these is not a component of a voltmeter ?
A) Electrolyte
B) Electrode
C) Galvanometer
D) Cell
  • 27. The pressure at which current flows is its
A) Voltage
B) Charge
C) Electromotive force
D) Resistance
  • 28. One of these is a positive ion
A) Anode
B) Anion
C) Cathode
D) Cation
  • 29. What is the formula for calculating the force between two protons?
A) Qq/ 4π£oR²
B) qq/ 4π£oR²
C) Q/ 4π£oR²
D) Q/ 4π£oR
  • 30. The permittivity of free space k is given as
A) 8.85×10-¹² u/F
B) 3×10⁸ m/s
C) 9×10⁹ u/F
D) 1.6×10-⁹ C
  • 31. A cell that cannot be reused is a
A) Reserve cell
B) Primary cell
C) Fuel cell
D) Secondary cell
  • 32. What class of lever is a plier?
A) First
B) Second
C) Forth
D) Third
  • 33. In which lever is the load in-between the fulcrum and the effort?
A) Forth
B) First
C) Second
D) Third
  • 34. The output of a machine is
A) Velocity ratio of the machine
B) Work done on the machine
C) Mechanical advantage of the machine
D) Work done by the machine
  • 35. Which of these may not be a cause of the different formulas for calculating the efficiency of the different machines?
A) None
B) Velocity ratio
C) Mechanical advantage
D) Type of machine
  • 36. Ohm's law states that
A) The extension of a material is directly proportional to the load or force applied if the elastic limit is not exceeded
B) The current flowing through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points, provided the temperature remains constant.
C) The diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its vapour density at constant temperature
D) The induced current flows in such a way as to oppose the motion producing it
  • 37. One example of amorphous substances is
A) None
B) Salt
C) Sugar
D) Glass
  • 38. A type of force that exists in between molecules of different substances is
A) Fricton
B) Viscosity
C) Adhesion
D) Cohesion
  • 39. The energy that a cell can supply before a circuit is completed is known as
A) EMF
B) Current
C) Voltage
D) Resistance
  • 40. One of these occurs before current is allowed to flow through a voltmeter during electrolysis
A) Formation of a compound by the liberated substances
B) Movement of ions the their respective electrodes
C) Dissociation of the electrolyte into constituent ions
D) Deposition of substances at the electrodes
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