GENERAL PHYSICS 1 1st PERIODICAL TEST

Multiple Choice:
Read the questions properly. Then, choose the correct answer from the following.

1. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

a. acceleration b. volume c. mass d. temperature

2. Which is not true about vector magnitude?

a. it cannot be greater than the sums of magnitude of its component vectors.
b. it cannot be negative
c. it is scalar quantity
d. trigonometry is necessary to compute it from component vectors

3. Acceleration is negative if speed is

a. constant b. increasing c. decreasing d. neither increasing nor decreasing

4. The distance in meters traveled by a particle is related to time (t) in seconds by the
equation of motion S = 10 t +4t^2. What is the initial velocity of the body?
a. 4 m/s b. 10 m/s c. 8 m/s d. 10 m/s2

5. Identify the following quantities as scalar or vector: the mass of an object, the
number of leaves on a tree and wind velocity.
a. vector, scalar, scalar c. scalar, scalar, vector
b. vector, scalar, vector d. scalar, vector, vector

6. If two forces 20 N towards North and 12 N towards South are acting on an object.
What will be the resultant force?
a. 32 N North b. 32 N South c. 20 N South d. 8 N North

7. Find the displacement a hiker walks if he travels 9.0 km north, and then turns
around and walks 3.0 km south?
a. 12 m b. 3.0 km c. 6.0 km d. 12.0 km

8. Which of the following is acceleration?

a. 10 m/s b. 50 cm2/s2 c. 46 km/h d. 64 km/h/min

9. How many cm are in 0.783 m?

a. 78.3 cm b. 7.83 cm c. 783 cm d. 7830 cm

10. What does the prefix kilo represent?

a. 100 b. 1000 c. 0.001 d. 10

11. What is the SI unit for temperature?

a. Calvin b. Kelvin c. Rankine d. Fahrenheit

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12. 490,000 g =____ kg

a. 490 b. 4,900 c. 49 d. 0.49

13. Which of the following is the definition of vector?

a. a quantity that has only magnitude
b. a quantity that has both magnitude and direction
c. a quantity that has only one direction
d. a quantity that has magnitude but may or may not have direction

14. If the acceleration of an object is zero, then that object cannot be moving.
a. true c. either true or false
b. false d. neither true or false

15. If the velocity of an object is zero, then that object cannot be accelerating.
a. true c. either true or false
b. false d. neither true or false

16. How many significant figures in each term? 304.620

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

17. How many significant figures in each term? 50110.00

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

18. How many significant figures in each term? 0.00003048

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

19. How many significant figures in each term? 4032.090

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

20. How many significant figures in each term? (86 x 0.125)

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

21. The Full Form of SI Unit is _________?

a. Système Intel c. Standard International
b. System International d. System Internationally

22. Second is the SI unit of _________?

a. electric current c. mass
b. time d. luminous intensity

23. How many SI base units are there?

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

24. SI unit of amount of substance is ____________?

a. kilogram c. grams
b. mole d. seconds

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25. Scientific notation is a ________.

a. long way to write short numbers c. both a and b
b. short way to write long numbers d. none of these

26. Express 96,470,000 in scientific notation.

a. 9.647 x 104 b. 9.647 x 10-4
c. 9.647 x 107 d. 9.647 x 10-7

27. It refers to how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value.

a. Deviation c. Accuracy
b. Precision d. Error

28. It is the ratio of distance covered and the time of travel.

a. Acceleration c. Velocity
b. Speed d. Power

29. A car with an initial velocity of 30m/s, accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s 2 for 3
seconds, what will its final velocity be?
a. 40 m/s c. 50 m/s
b. 45 m/s d. 55 m/s

30. A car starts from rest and achieves a speed of 90 km/h in 4 seconds. Find its
acceleration.
a. 6.52 m/s2 c. 5.52 m/s2
2
b. 6.25 m/s d. 5.25 m/s2

31. Is a measure of consistency of measurements.

a. Deviation c. Accuracy
b. Precision d. Error

32. Total movement of an object without any regard to direction.

a. Distance c. Magnitude
b. Displacement d. Velocity

33. How many ml are there in 0.3L?

a. 300 ml b. 30 ml c. 3000 ml d. 3 ml

34. What does the prefix nano represent?

a. 10-9 b. 10-6 c. 109 d. 106

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35. Martin is taking a test at school. His teacher gave him 1 hour and 15 minutes to
complete the test. He has been taking the test for 3,240 seconds. How many minutes
does Martin have left to finish the test?
a. 20 mins b. 21 mins c. 22 mins d. 25 mins

36. If 1 pound = 16 ounces, how many pounds are in 435 ounces?

a. 26.3 lbs b. 25.1 lbs c. 28.6 lbs d. 27.2 lbs

37. Is the process of determining the magnitude of a quantity in comparison with an

accepted standard.
a. Accuracy b. Precision c. Error Detection d. Measurement

38. Which of the following does not belong to the group (temperature, height, distance,
displacement, age)
a. age b. temperature c. distance d. displacement

39. While on vacation, Vin traveled a total distance of 50 km. His trip took 5 hours.
What was his average speed?
a. 12 km/hr b. 5 km/hr c. 2.78 m/s d. 10 m/s

40. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 10 m/s over a distance of 45
m. Determine the acceleration of a bike.
a. 11.1 m/s b. 1.11m/s2 c. 1.01m/s2 d. 1.11 m/s

41. Shan walked 10 km on a circular track. If he goes back to where he started, what
is his displacement?
a. 10 km b. 5 km c. 0 km d. 20 km

42. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a
distance of 110 m. Determine the acceleration of the car
a. 7.45 m/s2 b. 5.21 m/s2 c. 8.10 m/s2 d.6.11 m/s2
43. A ______ is a defined as the mass of the international prototype, made of platinum-
iridium and kept at the International Bureau of weights and measures in France.
a. kilogram b. meter c. ton d. second

44. What does the prefix hecto represent?

a. 100 b. 1000 c. 0.001 d. 10

45. Refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position."

a. Speed b. Velocity c. Distance d. Displacement

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46. The average volume of blood in an adult male is 4.7 L. What is this volume in
milliliters?
a. 470 mL b. 4700 mL c. 47 mL d. 47000 mL

47. Express 0.0048 in scientific notation.

a. 48 x 10-3 b. 4.8 x 10-3
c. 48 x 10-2 d. 4.8 x 10-4
48. A man walks 185 m to the east, then turns back and walks 45 m due to west.
What is the total distance he walked?
a. 0 m b. 230 m c. 280 m d. 203 m

49. You walk from home to the shop in 220 seconds, What is your speed if the
distance of your home from shop is 210 m?
a. 0.98 m/s b. 0.95 m/s c. 1.1 m/s d. 2 m/s

50. A race car’s forward velocity increases from 4.0 m/s to 36 m/s over 4 s time
interval. What is its average acceleration?

a. 8 m/s b. 7 m/s c. 5.1 m/s2 d. 8 m/s2

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