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PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING PHYSICS
MODEL EXAMINATION II
2012/2020
BOOKLET CODE: 03
Number of Items: 45 Time Allowed: 1:00 hour
I. Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions from
the given optional answers.
1. Which of the folowing is NOT a physical quantity?
A. Weight B. Volume C. Area D. Poor
2. Which of the following is a derived unit?
A. Newton B. Meter C. Ampere D. Mole
3. When you are measuring the density of a substance. you are
measuring:
A. How heavy a substance is
B. How wide substance is
C. How much space the substance occupies.
D. How much matter the substance contains.
4. Which of the following quantity is a vector?
A. 13 years old C. Afriction force
B. A mass of 40kg D. 4cm length pencil
5. Which of the followign is the dimensional expression of power?
A. ML2T-1 B. ML2T-3 C. ML3T-2 D. ML2T-2
6. Which one of the following exponential notation is equivalent to one
minute?
A. B. C. D.
7. A small swimming pool is 600cm long 300cm wide and 200cm deep.
What is the volume in ?
A. 3.6 B. 36 C. 3600 D. 360
8. Which one of the following physicist was experimental phycist?
A. Albert Einstein C. Marie Curie
B. Neil Bohr D. Darwin

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 9. The motion of a car is drawn “V” against “t” graph as shown below.
v(m/s)  What is the acceleration of the car?
80 B.
60 C.
40 D.
20 E.
t(sec)
10 20 30 40
10. From question number “9” what is the distance travelled by the car in
60 sec?
A. 3600m B. 360m C. 4600m D. 460m
11. Which of the following is an example of rectilinear motion?
A. The motion of a pointer the watch.
B. A stone thrown vertically downward.
C. A ball thrown horizontally in to the air.
D. The motion of a pendulum.
12. The table shows the motion of a body.
V(m/sec) 0 20 40 60 80 100
T(sec) 0 5 10 15 20 25
What type of motion does it describe?
A. uniformly retarded motion C. Constant velocity
B. Uniformly accelerated motion D. Uniform motion
13. Place a l0 cent coin on a card board placed over a bottle’s mouth. When
you kick carefully the cfard board at its edge the card will fly away
where as the coin remain on the mouth of the bottle. What is the cause
of this?
A. Mass B. Inertia C. Weight D. Force
14. Two force “ ” and “ ” are acting on a block as shown in the figure
below. Which of the following is correct about the motion of the block?

A. It accelerates in the direction of .

B. It accelerates in the direction of .
C. It moves with constant velocity.
D. It is at rest.
15. What is the weight of an object of mass 100kg if it is measured on the
surface of the moon? ( )
A. 980N B. 98N C. 1603N D. 163N
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 16. When an air plane is flying which one of the following is the reaction
force?
A. The force exerted by the pilot.
B. The force exerted by the ejected gas.
C. The weight of the travelers
D. The force exerted by the engine.
17. Which of the following is NOT the disadvantage of friction.
A. To walk properly.
B. Reduces the age of machine.
C. Reduces motion of a body.
D. Results energy lost especially in machine.
18. An object is taken from the earth to another planet mars. Which
quantity remains unchanged?
A. Mass B. Volume C. Density D. Weight
19. Which of the following force is a constant force?
A. Magnetic C. Frictional
B. Electrostatic D. Gravitional
20. How much work is required to lift a load of 50kg vertically up to a
height of 2m?
A. 4KJ B. 2KJ C. 7KJ D. 1KJ
21. Which one of the following does NOT describe work done on a body?
A. Lifting a body vertically up ward
B. Carrying a bag and standing still.
C. Pushing a box on the ground and move it.
D. Carrying a school bag and moving up stairs.
22. A 20kg stone is lifted to the top of a building 20m high. What is the
potential energy of the stone at the top of the building?
A. 400J B. 200J C. 2000J D. 4000J
23. What is the energy conversion when a light bulb works?
A. Electrical to light C. Light to Electrical
B. Light to Electrical D. Electrical to chemical
24. The speed of a moving object doubled. How will its kinetic energy
changes?
A. It will remain the same C. It will be doubled
B. It will be haved D. It will be four times larger

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 25. A body is dropped from point “A” to point “C” as shown at point “B” it
posses.
A. Only kinetic energy
B. Zero energy
C. Only potential energy
D. Only potential energy
26. The mechanical energy of a falling body is conserved and equal 500J. If
the potential energy of the body is 200J. What is the kinetic energy of
the body?
A. 500J B. 0J C. 700J D. 300J
27. If a load of 400N is moved by applying an effort of 80N to a machine.
What is the mechanical advantage of the machine?
A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
28. A wooden block has a length of 2m. a width of 3m and a height 1.5m. If
the block has a mass of 60kg calculate the minimum pressure.
A. 100pa B. 200pa C. 500pa D. 300pa
29. Which of the following values of temperature is different from the
other?
A. B. C. 100K D.
30. Which one of the following physical quantities is used to measure the
averge molecular kinetic energy of substance?
A. Quantity of heat C. Mass
B. Heat capacity D. Temperature
31. Which of the following relation between temperature scales is NOT
correct?
A. C.
B. D.
32. Which of the following is TRUE to turn a gas into liquid?
A. Heat must be added to the gas.
B. Heat must be added to the liquid.
C. Heat must be taken away from the liquid.
D. Heat must be taken away from the gas.
33. Which of the following is the correct SI unit of heat capacity?
A. Joule B. J/k C. J/kgk D. J/kg
34. In which of the following media would sound travel faster.
A. Water B. Kerosene C. Iron D. Air

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 35. A ship sends out sound wave and receives an echo after 1 second. If the
speed of sound in water is 1500 m/s. How deep is the water?
A. 750m B. 570m C. 705m D. 507m
36. An open cylinderical show below a column of water 50cm high support
a 30cm column of unknown liquid calculate the density of the unknown
liquid?
A. 6617 water
unknown
B. 1766 liquid
50cm =
C. 1667
D. 7661
37. What are the amount of charges that passes a point of 10A per of
electric current for 20 seconds?
A. 100C B. 300C C. 250C D. 200C
38. A carbon resistor is represented as shown below what is its resistance?
1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Brown Orange Green Red

A. C.
B. D.
39. Three resistors , and are connected in series
across a 48V power supply calculate the total resistance.
A. B. C. D.
40. A ray of light strikes the surface of a mirror at an angle of . What is
the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray:-
A. B. C. D.
41. How many images can be formed when two mirrors are inclined
perpendicular to each other?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
42. Which of the following is often used as a rear – view mirror of cars?
A. Concave mirror C. Converging mirror
B. Plane mirror D. Convex mirror
43. When an object is placed at the center of curvature of a converging
mirror, then the image cannot be .
A. Real C. Magnified
B. Inverted D. Formed at the same point

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 44. Which of the following colors does white light change its direction least
as it passes through a prism?
A. Red B. Yellow C. Green D. Blue
45. Which of the following materials DOES NOT allow the flow of electrons
through them?
A. Copper C. Silver
B. Aluminum D. Rubber

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