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EASE 4 PHYSICS GRADE 11

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which statement about the alpha-particle scattering experiment provides evidence for the existence of
the nucleus?

A) A tiny proportion of the alpha-particles C) The kinetic energies of the deflected

are deflected through large angles. alpha-particles are unchanged.
B) Slower alpha-particles are deflected D) The number of alpha-particles deflected
through larger angles. depends on the thickness of the foil.

2. An isotope of carbon 146 C . What is the number of nucleon in the isotope of carbon?

A) 6 nucleons C) 14 nucleons
B) 8 nucleons D) 20 nucleons

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3. A neutral atom has a nucleus given by the symbol . How many protons, neutrons and electrons are in
this atom?

A) A C) C
B) B D) D

4. A certain nuclide, uranium-235, has nucleon number 235, proton number 92 and neutron number 143. Data on
four other nuclides are given below.

Which nuclide is an isotope of uranium-235?

A) A C) C
B) B D) D

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5. The table gives some data relating to four neutral (uncharged) atoms W, X, Y and Z.

W X Y Z
nucleon (mass)
number 16 17 17 18

total number of
particles (protons, 24 26 25 28
neutron, and
electron) in atom

Two of the atoms are isotopes of the same element. What is the proton number of this element?

A) 7 C) 9
B) 8 D) 10

6. Isotope of Iodine 131

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I doing beta decay. Which one of the following is the by product of the decay?

127 127
A) 50
Xe C) 51
Xe
131 127
B) 54
Xe D) 54
Xe

7. The diagram shows a sequence of radioactive decays involving three á-particles and   a particle.

What is nuclide T?

225 225
A) 88
Ra C) 90
Th
231 229
B) 88
Ra D) 90
Th

8. A neutron 10 n is fired at a 235

92
U nucleus. The neutron is absorbed by nucleus which then splits to form nuclei of
141
56
Ba and 92
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Kr. What is the number of neutrons emitted when the 235
92
U nucleus splits?

A) 0 C) 2
B) 1 D) 3

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9. Which row describes the relative ionizing power and the relative penetration power per unit length in
air of -particles and -rays?

A) A C) C
B) B D) D

10. What is not a fundamental particle?

A) electron C) neutron
B) neutrino D) positron

11. Which combination of up (u) and down (d) quarks forms a neutron?

A) uuu C) udd
B) uud D) ddd

12. A proton in a nucleus undergoes   decay. One of the products is a neutron. What are the other products?

A) an electron and a neutrino C) a positron and a neutrino

B) an electron and an antineutrino D) a positron and an antineutrino

13. Which equation describes the changes to the quark composition of a nucleus and the lepton emission
during the process of   decay?

A) down  up + positron + electron C) up  down + positron + electron

neutrino neutrino
B) down  up + positron + electron D) up  down + positron + electron
antineutrino antineutrino

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14. There are protons, neutrons and electrons in the simple model of an atom. To which class (group), hadron or
lepton, do these particles belong?

A) A C) C
B) B D) D

15. A nucleus of magnesium-23 undergoes   decay, as represented by the nuclear equation shown.

What is nucleus X?

22 23
A) 11
Na C) 11
Na
22 23
B) 13
Al D) 13
Al

16. A particle is following a circular path and is observed to have an angular displacement 10.30. What is the
angular displacement in rad?

A) 0.180 C) 0.160
B) 0.170 D) 0.150

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17. Look at following picture!

An object is making circular motion from point A to point B. The radius of the circle is 2m. If the length of the
arc of the circle is 8 m, what is the angular displacement traveled by the object?

A) 16 radian C) 1/4 radian

B) 4 radian D) 1/16 radian

18. The drum of a washing machine spins at a rate of 1200 rpm (revolutions per minute). What is the angular
speed of drum washing machine, in rad/s?

A) 240 C) 80
B) 120 D) 40

19. The disc has radius r of 12 cm and is rotating with angular speed  of 4.4 rad s–1. What is the maximum
speed of disc?

A) 0.53 m/s C) 1.32 m/s

B) 0.64 m/s D) 2.72 m/s

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20. A spacecraft orbits the Earth in a circular path of radius 7000 km at a speed of 7800 m/s. What is spacecraft
angular velocity?

A) 1.20 103 rad/s C) 1.00 103 rad/s

B) 1.11 103 rad/s D) 0.90 103 rad/s

21. A toy train travels around a circular track of radius 2.5 m in a time of 40 s. What is its speed?

1 1
A)  m/s C)  m/s
8 3
1 1
B)  m/s D)  m/s
4 2

22. An object of mass 2 kg is moving in circle with angular speed of 5 rad/s. The diameter of the circular path is
8cm. What is the centripetal acceleration of the object?

A) 0.5 ms 2 C) 2.0 ms 2
B) 1.0 ms 2 D) 4.0 ms 2

23. An object travels in a circular path of radius r at a constant speed v. What happens to the object’s
centripetal acceleration if the radius of the circle and speed are doubled?

A) It doubles C) It is reduced to half

B) It quadruples D) It is reduced to quarter

24. What is the centripetal force causing the car to turn in a circular path?

A) Tension C) Friction
B) Gravitational force D) Planetary force

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25. The resultant force acting on an object moving in a circle is called the centripetal force. Where is this force
directed?

A) Away from the centre of the circle and is C) Towards from the centre of the circle and
perpendicular to the velocity of the is perpendicular to the velocity of the
object. object.
B) Away from the centre of the circle and is D) Towards from the centre of the circle and
parallel to the velocity of the object. is parallel to the velocity of the object.

26. A stone of mass 0.40 kg is whirled round on the end of a string 0.50 m long. The stone angular speed is 1 m/s.
What is the centripetal force of stone?

A) 0.2 N C) 0.8 N
B) 0.4 N D) 1.0 N

27. A 0.10 kg solid rubber ball is attached to the end of an 0.80 m length of light thread. The ball is swung
in a vertical circle. The speed of the ball is kept constant at 6.0 m/s throughout this experiment. What
is the tension on the string when the mass is at the highest point? (g = 10 m/ s 2 )

A) 4.5 N C) 2.5 N
B) 3.5 N D) 1.5 N

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28. An object of mass 80 g oscillates with simple harmonic motion. The variation with time t of the displacement
x of the object is shown in Fig. 4.2.

What is the amplitude of oscillation?

A) 17 cm C) 4 cm
B) 13 cm D) 2 cm

29. An object moving with s.h.m. goes through two complete cycles in 1.0 s. What is the frequency of object?

A) 0.5 Hz C) 2.0 Hz
B) 1.0 Hz D) 4.0 Hz

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30. An object hang at the end of spring. The system oscillates with simple harmonic motion. The variation with
time t of the length l of the spring is shown in fig 3.2.
.

At what time the spring has maximum speed?

A) 0.0 s C) 0.2 s
B) 0.1 s D) 0.4 s

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31. A block on spring slides on a horizontal frictionless surface in simple harmonic motion, as shown in the figure.
The system oscillates with amplitude 0.2 m.

.It oscillates 5 times in 20 seconds. Which of the following graphs, shows how the displacement of the
object varies with time?

A) C)

B) D)

32. A pendulum is oscillating around an equilibrium point. At the equilibrium point, which statement is
correct?

A) Displacement is maximum and the C) Acceleration is maximum and the

velocity is minimum displacement is minimum
B) Velocity is maximum and the D) Acceleration is minimum and the
acceleration is maximum velocity is maximum

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33. The figure shows the displacement-time graphs of two vibrations.

What is the phase difference between the two waves?

 3
A) C)
2 2
B)  D) 2

34. Write down the position function of simple harmonic motion having an amplitude of 10 cm and an angular
speed of 5 (in cm).

A) x  5 sin t  C) x  5sin 10t 

B) x  10sin 5 t  D) x  5sin 10 t 

35. The vibration of a component in a machine is represented by

x = 3 sin (240 t)

Which of the following shows correct equation of velocity?

A) v = 3 sin (240 t) C) v = 720 cos (240 t)

B) v = 3 cos (240 t) D) v = 720 sin (240 t)

36. The vibration of a spring is represented by displacement equation as follows!

x  0.2 sin 2 t 

where x is in meter and t is in seconds. What is the maximum acceleration of the object?

A) 0.2 2 m/s 2 C) 0.4 2 m/s 2

B) 0.6 2 m/s 2 D) 0.8 2 m/s 2

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37. The pendulum of a clock is displaced by a distance of 4.0 cm and it oscillates in s.h.m. with a period of 1.0 s.
What is the velocity of pendulum when its displacement is 2 cm? (  3)

A) 12 cm/s C) 8 cm/s
B) 12 3 cm/s D) 8 3 cm/s

38. Look at this picture below!

The maximum kinetic energy when the position of object is ______

A) x  A C) x  A
B) x  0 D) x  A 2

39. A mass is hung from a spring and set into vertical oscillation.

Maximum Equilibrium
displacement position
A E k is a maximum E P is minimum
B E k is a maximum E P is a maximum
C E k is zero E P is a maximum
D E k is zero E P is minimum

Which row shows a correct statement?

A) A C) C
B) B D) D

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40. When we go to minimarket we open the market’s door, and then we release the door. However, for some
reason the door doesn’t do harmonic motion. What is this phenomenon is called?

A) Damping C) Huge oscillation

B) Resonance D) Silent oscillation

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EASE 4 PHYSICS GRADE 11

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2019 summer1.1

OBJ: • infer from the results of the ?-particle scattering experiment the existence and small size of the
nucleus
NAT: to restate the evidence for the existence of the nucleus based on alpha-particle scattering experiment
TOP: Atom, nuclei and Radiation
2. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Coursebook A level
OBJ: 26.1.c distinguish between nucleon number and proton number
NAT: to calculate number of nucleon in an atom TOP: Atom, nuclei and radiation
MSC: Conceptual
3. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 9702/13/M/J/15
OBJ: 26.1.b describe a simple model for the nuclear atom to include protons, neutrons and orbital electrons
LOC: to calculate number of proton, neutron, and electron of a neutral atom
TOP: Atom, nuclei and radiation MSC: Calculation
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2017
OBJ: • understand that an element can exist in various isotopic forms, each with a different number of
neutrons
NAT: to determine which nuclide is an isotope of an atom TOP: Atom, nuclei, radiation
5. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2019
OBJ: • understand that an element can exist in various isotopic forms, each with a different number of
neutrons
NAT: to calculate number of proton of isotopic atoms (hint: data nucleon number and total number od
particles provided) TOP: Atom, nuclei, radiations
6. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Coursebook A level
OBJ: 26.1.g show an understanding of the nature and properties of alfa-, beta- and gamma-radiations (both ß–
and ß+are included) LOC: to determine product of decay if the mother doing beta decay
TOP: Atom, Nuclei, and radiation MSC: Conceptual
7. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Past Paper 2017 1.2
OBJ: • use the usual notation for the representation of nuclides
NAT: to determine daughter nuclide when an atom decay (hint: sequence of decays
TOP: Atom, Nuclei, and Radiation
8. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Past Paper 2019
OBJ: appreciate that nucleon number, proton number, and mass-energy are all conserved in nuclear processes
NAT: to determine number of neutron decay when uranium nucleus splits
TOP: Atoms Nuclei and Radiation
9. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2017 march
OBJ: • show an understanding of the nature and properties of ?-, ?- and ?-radiations (both ?– and ?+are
included)
NAT: to recall nature properties of alpha particles and gamma rays
10. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: past paper 2019 winter
OBJ: appreciate that protons and neutrons are not fundamental particles since they consist of quarks
NAT: to recall non fundamental particle TOP: Fundamental Particles
11. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past Paper 2017 winter
OBJ: • describe protons and neutrons in terms of a simple quark model
NAT: to recall combination of quarks which forms neutron TOP: Fundamental Particles

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12. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2018

OBJ: • state that (electron) antineutrinos and (electron) neutrinos are produced during ?– and ?+ decay
NAT: to recall matter emitted when proton undergoes beta positive decay.
TOP: Atom, nuclei, radiation
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past Paper 2019
OBJ: • describe beta– and beta+ decay in terms of a simple quark model
NAT: to recall beta+ decay in terms of simple quark model TOP: Fundamental particles
14. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2019
OBJ: • appreciate that electrons and neutrinos are leptons NAT: to recall family of hadron and
leptons
TOP: Fundamental Particles
15. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past Paper 2018
OBJ: • appreciate that nucleon number, proton number, and mass-energy are all conserved in nuclear
processes
NAT: to determine daughter nucleus when mother nucleus emit beta particle
TOP: Atom, nuclei radiation
16. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper
OBJ: • define the radian and express angular displacement in radians
NAT: to convert degree to radian TOP: Kinematics UCM
17. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper
NAT: to calculate angular displacement when an object moves at certain linear displacement with certain
radius.
TOP: Circular Motion
18. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: alevel book
OBJ: • understand and use the concept of angular speed to solve problems
NAT: to calculate the angular speed of machine (hint: known spin rate in rpm)
TOP: Kinetic UCM
19. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper
OBJ: to calculate the maximum speed of rotating disc TOP: angular speed
20. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: a level book
OBJ: • recall and use use v = r? to solve problems
NAT: to calculate angular velocity of spacecraft TOP: Kinematic UCM
21. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: a level book
OBJ: • recall and use use v = r? to solve problems
NAT: to calculate tangential speed of object travles around circular track with certain radius in certain time.
TOP: Kinematic UCM
22. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2
OBJ: to calculate centripetal acceleration of an object with certain angular speed and radius.
TOP: Circular Motion
23. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: UN Question
OBJ: To understands the effect of changing the radius and speed of object moves in a circular path to the
centripetal acceleration TOP: Motion in circle
KEY: centripetal acceleration
24. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1
OBJ: to describe qualitatively motion in a curved path due to a perpendicular force
TOP: Circular motion
25. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1
OBJ: to describe qualitatively motion in a curved path due to a perpendicular force
TOP: Circular motion

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26. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: A level Course book

OBJ: • recall and use centripetal force equations F = mr? 2 and F=mv2/r
NAT: to calculate centripetal force of object with certain mass, linear speed and radius of circle.
TOP: Centripetal Force
27. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 3
OBJ: • recall and use centripetal force equations F = mr? 2 and F=mv2/r
NAT: to calculate tension of string when an object swung in vertical circle with certaion mass, radius, and
speed. (hint: top position) TOP: Centripetal Force
28. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2019
OBJ: to analyze the amplitude of oscillation based on the graph
NAT: 13.1.c understand and use the terms amplitude, period, frequency, angular frequency and phase
difference and express the period in terms of both frequency and angular frequency
TOP: Simple harmonic oscillation KEY: Conceptual
29. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Coursebook
OBJ: • understand and use the terms amplitude, period, frequency, angular frequency and phase difference
and express the period in terms of both frequency and angular frequency
NAT: to calculate frequency of simple harmonic motion KEY: Oscillations
MSC: Quantitative
30. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: Past paper 2019
OBJ: • describe, with graphical illustrations, the changes in displacement, velocity and acceleration during
simple harmonic motion
NAT: to determine when the oscillation has maximum speed based on the graph.
TOP: Simple harmonic oscillation KEY: Conceptual
31. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: UN 2017
OBJ: • describe, with graphical illustrations, the changes in displacement, velocity and acceleration during
simple harmonic motion
NAT: to determine correct displacement-time graph of vibration of an object with certain amplitude. (hint:
amount of vibration at certain time given) TOP: Simple harmonic oscillation
KEY: Conceptual
32. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1
OBJ: to investigate the motion of an ascillator using experimental and graphical method
TOP: Oscillations
33. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: A level coursebook
OBJ: to understand and use the term phase difference TOP: Oscillations
34. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 OBJ: to write the position equation in shm
TOP: Oscillations
35. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2
OBJ: • recognise and use the equations v = vocos?t and v=±??(xo2?x2)
NAT: to derive equation of velocity from equation of position TOP: SHM
36. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: Sciencebook
NAT: to calculate maximum acceleration of vibration spring. (hint: vibration of a spring given)
TOP: Oscillations MSC: Quantitative
37. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2
OBJ: to calculate the velocity of an oscillating object at certain displacement. (hint: amplitude and period
given)
TOP: Oscillation
38. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 TOP: SHM
39. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1
OBJ: To describe the interchange between kinetic and potential energy during simple harmonic motion
TOP: Oscillations
40. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 OBJ: To understand damping oscillation
TOP: Oscillations MSC: Conceptual