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Artist Hacalu Hundesa Memorial Gimbi special secondary school

Physics Model Examination For grade 11 in 2015

1) Which one of the following represents a scalar quantity?

A) The change in momentum of a rubber ball bouncing off the floor.
B) The velocity of an airplane flying at 300 km/h a bearing 0400.
C) The speed of a car travelling at 100 km/h.
D) The acceleration of an object thrown vertically upwards and which has reached the highest point of its motion
2) Two forces of magnitude 20 N and 50 N act simultaneously on a body. Which one of the
following forces cannot be a resultant of the two forces? A20 N B 30 N C 40 N D 70 N
3) According to the vector diagram below which is correct?
F1

F2

F3

A) F2 + F3 = F1 B) F1 + F2 = F3 C) F1 + F3 = F2 D) F1 + F2 + F3 = 0
4) Two forces of magnitude 3N and 4 N respectively act on a body. The maximum possible
magnitude of the resultant of these forces is:-A 12 N B 7 N C 5 N D 1 N
5) Which of the following pairs are both scalar quantities?
A) energy and force B) speed and mass C) temperature and velocity volume and weight
6) Which of the following pairs are both vector quantities? A) weight and mass B) velocity
and speed C) force and acceleration D) acceleration and speed
7) A jogger runs 40 m due west and then turns and runs 30 m due south. What is her total
displacement? A) 70m B) 10m C) 50m D) 30m
8) From question number 7, if it takes her 10 s to complete the route, what her speed and
velocity respectively? A) 5m/s,7m/s B) 7m/s,5m/s C) 4m/s, 3m/s D) 3m/s,4m/s

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9) Vector A has magnitude 5m and is directed east. Vector B has magnitude 4mand is directed
35west of north. What are the magnitude and the direction of A+ B respectively?
A) 2.25m and 50.4 B) 4.25m and 39.6 C) 4.6m and 50.4 D) 3.25m and 39.6
10) In the sum A+B = C, vector A has a magnitude of 12m and is angled
40counterclockwise from the +direction, and vector C has magnitude of 15and is angled
20counterclockwise from the −x direction. What are the magnitude and the angle
(relative to +x) of B respectively?
A) 36.6m and 28.9 B) 30.6m and 28.9 C) 26.6m and 208.9 D) 30m and 30
11) If A = (6i − 8j) units, B = (−8i + 3j) units, and C = (26i + 19j) units, what are the
value of a and b so that aA + bB + C = 0?
A) a=5 and b=7 B) a=5 and b=5 C) a=7 and b=5 D) a=3 and b=3
12) If vector A = −5i − 3j + 2k and vector B= −2j − 2k, what the angle between vector
A and B? A) 83.4 B) 60 C) 45 D) 90
13) Two vectors are given by A = −3i + 4j and B = 2i + 3j.what the value of A × B
angle between A and B?
A) −17k and 70.6 B) 17k and 83.4C) 15k and 70.6 D) -15k and 70.6
14) For the following three vectors, A = 2i + 3j − 4.00k,B= −3i + 4j + 2.00k and C= 7i
–8j, what is 3C · (2A × B)?
A) 530 B) 540 C) 560 D) 570
15) The vectors which lie in the same plane are: -
A) Collinear B) Concurrent C) Coplanar C) Null vector
16) If vector A= 3i- 2j + 5k and vector B= -2i- j + k what the value of 2A-3B?
A) 12i – j + 7k B) -12i – j + 7k C) 12i – j - 7k D) 12i + j + 7k
17) For what values of , the vectors 2i – j + 2k and 3i + 2 j is perpendicular?
A) -3 B) 2 C)-2 D) 3
18) If A = 2i + 3j + 4k B = i – j + k what the Unit vector perpendicular to vector A and
B?

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A) B) C) D)
19) In the absence of a net force, a moving object will: - A. slow down and eventually stop
B. stop immediately C. turn right D. move with constant velocity
20) When a book on a table, the net force on it is: -
A) zero B. directed upward C. directed downward D. directed in the horizontal direction
21) A boy rides a bicycle at a constant velocity. Which of the following is true about the
net force?
A. There is net force acting in the velocity direction. There is a net force acting opposite to
the velocity direction C. The net force is zero D. There is a net force acting
perpendicularly to the velocity direction
22) Two masses exert a gravitational force F on each other. If the mass of each is doubled
and the distance between them is tripled, the force between them is:
A. 12F B. F C) D)F
23) A child is riding on a merry-go-round. As the speed of the merry-go-round is doubled,
the magnitude of the centripetal force acting on the child: -
A. remains the same B. is halved C. is doubled D. is quadrupled
24) A 1,200-kilogram car traveling at 10 meters per second hits a tree that is
brought to rest in 0.10 second. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on the car to
bring it to rest? A) 1200N B) 12000N C) 1200000N D) 120000N
25) As a ball falls, the action force is the pull of the earth’s mass on the ball. The reaction
force is the: -
A) air resistance acting against the ball.
B.) acceleration of the ball.
C) Pull of the ball’s mass on the earth.
D) .non-existent in this case.
26) A net force of 10 N accelerates an object at 5. What net force would be required to
accelerate the same object at 1? A) 5N B) 2N C) 1N D) 50N
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27) A net force F accelerates a mass m with an acceleration a. If the same net force is
applied to mass of 5m, then the acceleration will be: -
A) B) 5a C) D) 25a
28) A net force F acts on a mass m and produces an acceleration a. What acceleration
results if a net force 3F acts on mass 6m?
A) B) 8a C) 4a D)
29) Action-reaction forces are: -
A. equal in magnitude and point in the same direction
B. equal in magnitude and point in opposite directions
C. unequal in magnitude but point in the same direction
D. unequal in magnitude and point in opposite directions

30) The acceleration due to gravity is higher on Jupiter than on Earth. The mass and
weight of a rock on Jupiter compared to that on Earth would be: -
A) The same, more B)same, less C) More, more D) More ,less
31) 31) A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path, the magnitude of the net
force acting on it is
A. less than zero B. between zero and mg C. equal to mg D. greater than mg
32) Frictionless cart whose mass is 2.7 kg is accelerated uniformly by a string pulling
on it. If the cart starts at rest and covers 3 m in 7.2 s, what is the tension in the string?
A) 0.41N B) 0.31N C) 31N D) 41N
33) A force F is applied on a block shown below. What the magnitude of the force to
accelerate the box by 2m/s2 if coefficient of static friction is 0.22?
A) 73N B) 83N C) 100N D) 64N
34) Why is it so much15kg
more difficult to get a heavy table to start moving, than it is to
F
keep it moving?

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A. the normal force is greater for objects at rest B) Coefficient of kinetic friction is greater
than coefficient of static friction C) coefficient of static friction is greater Coefficient
of kinetic friction D) None
35) In the Atwood machine, shown on the diagram, two masses M and m are suspended
from the pulley, what is the magnitude of the acceleration of the system? (Ignore friction
and the mass of the pulley. M > m)
A) g B) g C) g D) g

36) The coordinate of particle in meters given by X (t) =25t-3t2 ,where time in seconds.
At what value of t will the particle become momentarily at rest?
A) 0.36sec B) 0.6sec C) 1.67sec D) 2.78sec
37) A driver moving at speed of 20m/s sees an accident up and hits the brakes. If the
car decelerates at a constant rate of -5m/s2, how far does the car go before it comes to
stop? A) 120m B) 20m C) 40m D) 100m

38) A block of mass 4m can move without friction on a horizontal table as shown
below. This block is attached to another block of mass m by a string that passes over a
frictionless pulley. If the masses of the string and the pulley are negligible, what is the
magnitude of the acceleration of the descending block?

A) B) C) D) 5g
39) A block 0f 2kg sliding down at 15 inclined plane with speed of 7m/s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.62. What the distance d the block moves before
coming to rest? A) 1.4m B) 2.5 C) 2.5m D) 4.2m

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40) A 5kg block accelerates down at 34slope at 4.2m/s2.What the coefficient of kinetic
friction b/n the block and the plane? A) 0.13 B) 0.16 C) 0.43 D) 0.67

41) An automobile travels on a straight road for 40 km at 30 km/h. It then continues in

the same direction for another 40 km at 60 km/h. what the average speed of the car
during this 80 km trip.
A) 50km/hr B) 30km/hr C) 40km/hr D) 60km/hr
42) An object thrown straight up falls back and is caught at the same place it’s launched
from. Its time of flight is T, its maximum height is H. Neglect air resistance. The correct
expression for its average speed for the entire flight is: -
(A) , (B) 0, (C) ), (D)
43) A ball is thrown straight up. Neglect any effects due to air resistance what is the
velocity of the ball at the top of its flight? A) Zero B) Maximum C) Equal with gravity
of the earth D) None
44) From question 43 above what is its acceleration at that point?
A) 10m/s2 B) 20m/s2 C) Zero D) None
45) A body moving with uniform acceleration has a velocity of 12when itsx coordinate
is3cm.If its x coordinate 2s later is −5cm, what is the magnitude of its acceleration?
A) 16 B) 64 C) 32 D)

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46) A drag racer starts her car from rest and accelerates at 10for the entiredistance of
400m.What is the speed at the end of the run?
A) 88m/s B) 89.4m/s C) 90m/s D) 100m/s
47) An electron with initial velocity v0 = 1.50 × enters a region 1.0 cm long where it is
electrically accelerated. It emerges with velocity= 5.70 ×. What was its acceleration,
assumed constant?
A) 1.62 × m/S2 B) 2.0X m/S2 C) 3X m/S2 D) 4X m/S2
48) With what speed must a ball be thrown vertically from ground level to rise to a
maximum height of 50m? A)40m/s B) 35m/s C) 31.3m/s D) 33.1m/s
49) From question number 48 how long will the ball be in the air?
A) 7sec B) 8sec C) 6.26swc D) 6.6sec
50) A 3Kg billiard ball initially moving with speed of 8m/s makes perfectly elastic
based on collision with 5 Kg block initially at rest. What is the speed of block after
collision?
A. 6m/s B.8m/s C. 4m/s D. 2m/s
51) A student throws a set of keys vertically upward to her sister in window4m above.
The keys are caught 1.5 s later by the sister’s outstretched hand. With what initial
velocity were the keys thrown?
A) 10.2m/s B) 3.68m/s C) 6.4m/s D) 3.2m/s
52)From question number 51 above what the velocity of the keys at any time before caught?
A) -4.8m/s B) 8.6m/s C) -17.2 m/s D) 17.2m/s
53) A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial speed of 15 How
long does it take the ball to reach its maximum altitude?
A) 150s B) 1.5s C) 3s D) 6s
54) A stone fall from rest from the top of a high cliff. a second stone is thrown
downward from the same height 2.00 s later with an initial speed of 30.0 . Ifboth stones
hit the groundsimultaneously, how high is the cliff?
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A) 70m B) 74m C) 40m D) 80m

55) A projectile is fired in such a way that its horizontal range is equal to three times its
maximum height. What is the angle of projection? A) 53.1B) 60 C) 30 D) 45
56) What do you say about the horizontal speed of a projectile motion as it moves
toward the top of its flight? (Neglect air friction)
A) It increases B) It decreases C) It becomes zero D) It remain unchanged
57) A bottle is dropped from a moving airplane (ignore the effect of air resistance). If
the plane from which the bottle was dropped was flying at a height of 500m, and the
bottle lands 400m horizontally from the initial dropping point, how fast was the plane
flying when the bottle was released? A) 50m/s B) 60m/s C) 40m/s D) 70m/s
58) Suppose that an airplane flying 40 m/s, at a height of 720m, dropped a sack of flour
(ignore the effect of air resistance). How far from the point of release would the sack
have traveled when it struck the ground? A) 480m B) 500m C) 550m D) 600m
59) A bullet is fired horizontally from a gun, and another bullet is simultaneously
dropped from the same height. Which bullet hits the ground first? (Ignore air resistance)
of the earth?
(A) the fired bullet (B) the dropped bullet
(C) They hit the ground at the same time D) Undetermined
60) Which one of the following statements is not true for uniform (constant speed)
circular motion? A) Its speed is constant B) Velocity is changing at every instant
C) There is tangential acceleration D) Radial (centripetal) acceleration = ω2r
61) What is the necessary and sufficient condition for conservation of linear
momentum?
A) The net force act on the system is zero
B) Internal force exceeds the external force
C) The presence of only non-linear force
D) The presence of more rotational force than linear force
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62) What the torque due to force of =(-2i+3i+4k) N acting at point = (2i+3j+3k) m
about origin? A) -3i+14j-12k B) 3i-14+12k C) 3i-14j-12k D) 3i+14j+12k
63) The linear analogue of momentum of inertia is: -A) Torque B) Force C) Mass D)
Linear momentum
64) A 1kg object explodes and breaks up into three pieces. One pieces have a mass of
400g and has velocity ofm/s .A second piece has mass of 250g and has velocity ofm/ .
What is the velocity of third mass?
A)m/s B) m/s
C) m/s D) m/s
65) A race car is moving at constant speed of 35m/s. A security car was moving at
speed of 5m/s as the car race passes by it accelerating at constant rate of 4m/s2.What was
the speed of security car when it took over the race car?
A) 75m/s B) 65m/s C) 45m/s D) 60m/s
66) W/C one of the following is wrong regarding the motion in plane?
A) The body moves in horizontal circle, its velocity is constant
B) When a body moves in vertical circle its speed is not constant
C) In projectile motion the horizontal component is an example of uniform motion
D) In projectile motion the vertical component is an example uniformly accelerated motion
67) An object of mass 2kg moving with speed of 3m/s was acted on by force that
produces acceleration of 3m/s2.What is change in kinetic energy of the object if the force
is exerted on the object for 4sec in its direction? A) 12J B) 226J C) 216J D) 225J
68) A car of mass 1500kg is travelling at uniform velocity of 30m/s. The driver applies
the brakes to slow down the car to velocity of 10m/s. What is the work done in slowing
down the car? A) 15KJ B) 300KJ C) 600KJ D) 750KJ
69) First condition of equilibrium states that:-A) The sum all torque must be zero B) The torque
produced by the force should be perpendicular to the force C) The torque clockwise should
balance torque anticlockwise D) The net force on an object must be zero

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70) An object of mass m is set in vertical circular motion. The tension from the rope
keeps the object in circular path with speed where does the experience a minimum
tension?
A) When it is at 45the vertical B) At the bottom of circle C) At the top of circle D) When the
object is at half of circle
71) Which one the following is wrong statement about simple machine?
A) It can create extra energy B) It increases magnitude of applied force C) it changes
direction of applied force D) It increases speed
72) The efficiency of machine is always less than 100%. What the reason for this?
A) Need larger force then the load B) Poor design machine C) Useful work is greater than
input energy D) Every existing energy loss due to friction
73) A force of 50N is needed to raise 240N load with a pulley system. The load goes
1m for 5m of the rope pulled through the pulleys. What is the efficiency of the pulley
system? A) 86% B) 56% C) 96% D) 98%
74) The efficiency of inclined plane machine is 50%. If the inclined plane has length of
4m and height of 1m what its mechanical advantage? A) 2 B) 4 C)1/2 D) 3
75) If the mechanical advantage of simple machine is greater than the machine is:-
A) Force multiplier B) Speed multiplier C) Direction changer D) Energy creator
76) Your physics teacher made you carry 200N load and move for 100m.If he says you
did not do work, for what reason would you say that he is probably correct?
A) No force is exerted in carrying the load B) There is no displacement in carrying the load
C) The force exerted and the displacement are perpendicular D) The road is level , so no
effort is need to carry the load
77) The pressure of liquid kept in a container is independent of
A) Depth of the liquid B) Shape of the container C) Gravity of the earth D) Density of the liquid
78) A rectangular block of mass 400kg has dimension of 40m by 10cm and 5cm.What
is the maximum and least pressure acting on the block respectively?
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A) 1250 Pa and 12.5pa B) 112.5Pa and 1250pa C) 800pa and 100pa D) 8000Pa and 1000pa
79) By what factor does kinetic energy of a body change when its mass is halved and its
speed is doubled? A) 1 B) 4 C) 8 D) 2
80) A 400g ball that travels with speed of 10m/s collides with free end of a spring that
is tied to a rigid wall. If the spring constant of the spring is 1000N/m, then through what
distance will the spring compressed? A) 2cm B) 2m C) 20cm D) 40cm D
81) A uniform ball of radius r and mass m starts from rest and rolls down a frictionless
incline of height h. When the ball reaches the ground how fast it is going?
B)
82) A bullet of mass 10gm moving horizontally and shrikes and embed itself in a box of
mass 10kg from a light string. If the box and bullet rises to height 0.45m then what is the
speed of bullet before collision? A) 303m/s B) 300m/s C) 90.9m/s D) 90m/s
83) A high way curve is banked in such a way that the car travelling at speed of 13.5m/s
can round the curve without skidding in the absence of friction. If the banking angle is
30 what is the radius of curve? A) 10.5m B) 21m C) 31.7m D) 36.7m
84) A bullet is fired at an angle of 30 above horizontal. If air resistance is neglected,
what should be bullet’s horizontal acceleration () and vertical acceleration (ay) when
it reaches its maximum height?
A) Both and are zero B) is 10m/s2 downward and ay is zero C) Both and are 10m/s2
downward D) is zero and 10m/s2 down ward
85) Which one of the following statement is correct about errors in measurement?
A) Experimental error is the same as mistake B) Error make measured value the same as
accepted value C) Error occur in every scientific investigation D) Errors can be avoid
by using modern measurement instruments
86) A satellite moves at a constant speed in circular orbit about center of earth at
altitude half of radius of earth above its surface. If g is the gravitational acceleration at
surface of earth and R is its radius then what is the speed of satellites?
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B) C) D)
87) A stone is thrown straight up. It rises for while then drops back to the ground. W/c
of the ff energy transformation best describes the process?
A) Potential energy →Kinetic energy→ chemical energy
B) Kinetic energy →Potential energy →kinetic energy
C) Kinetic energy →chemical energy →potential energy
D) Potential energy →chemical energy →kinetic energy

88) An object of mass 3kg hangs from three light inextensible wires as shown below.
Two of the wires makes angle =53 and =37 with horizontal.If the system is in
equilibrium, what will be and in the wires?

T1 T2

A) =18N and =24N C) = =24N

B) = =18N D) =24N and =18N
89) A pool ball of mass 100g and velocity (5i-4j) m/s collides with a stationary pool ball bar
of the same mass. After collision, one of the pool balls has velocity of (2i-3j) m/s. What
the velocity of the second ball?

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A) (3i+j)m/s B) (3i-j) m/s C)( i-3j)m/s D) (–i-3j) m/s

90) A child whirls a ball at the end of a rope, in a uniform circular motion. Which of the
following statements is NOT true?
A) The speed of the ball is constant
B) The magnitude of the ball's acceleration is constant
C) The velocity is of the ball is constant
D) The acceleration of the ball is directed radically inwards towards the center

Answer sheet for Model Exam –I

Name_____________________________ Grade 11th Section__________ Roll No__________

No- Answer No Answer No- Answer No- Answer No Answer

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1. 21 41 61 81
2. 22 42 62 82
3. 23 43 63 83
4. 24 44 64 84
5. 25 45 65 85
6. 26 46 66 86
7. 27 47 67 87
8. 28 48 68 88
9. 29 49 69 89
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10. 30 50 70 90
11 31 51 71
12 32 52 72
13 33 53 73
14 34 54 74
15 35 55 75
16 36 56 76
17 37 57 77
18 38 58 78
19 39 59 79
20 40 60 80

90% 100%

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