1. The diagram shows the scale of a top pan balance.

What is the reading shown?

A 0.67 kg

B 0.72 kg

C 0.74 kg

D 0.85 kg

2. The diagram below shows a stop watch displaying the time taken by Kitso to run a race.

What is the time taken by Kitso to run the race in seconds?

A 105.12

B 65.12

C 15.12

D 6.12

3. The diagram shows part of a Vernier Caliper scale.

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 What is the reading on the Vernier Scale?

A 6.50 cm

B 6.55 cm

C 7.00 cm

D 7.45 cm

4. Figure X shows a closed micrometer screw gauge

Figure Y shows the same micrometer used for measuring the width of a wooden block?

What is the width of the block?

A 5.00 mm

B 5.50 mm

C 5.30 mm

D 5.80 mm

5. A ruler is used to measure the length of a nail.

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 What is the length of the nail?

A 1.3 cm B 2.9 cm C 5.2 cm D 8.1 cm

6. A student has been asked to determine as accurately as possible, the volume of a piece
of wire. The wire is about 80 cm long and about 0.2 cm diameter.

Which measuring instruments should the students use?

7. What are the SI units of mass, length and time?

8. One oscillation of a swinging pendulum occurs when the bob moves from X to Y and

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 back to X again.

Using a stop watch, which would be the most accurate way to measure the time for one
oscillation of the pendulum?

A Time 20 oscillations and multiply by 20

B Time 20 oscillations and divide by 20

C Time one oscillation

D Time the motion from X to Y, and double it

9. A stone of mass 400 g is lowered into a measuring cylinder containing water. The
water level rises from 300 cm3 to 500 cm3.
What is the density of the stone?

A 0.50 g/ cm3 B 0.80 g/cm3 C 1.33 g/cm3 D 2.00 g/cm3

10. A measuring cylinder containing some water stands on a scale pan. A solid ball is

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 lowered into the water. The water level rises from 30 cm3 mark to the 40 cm3 mark.
The scale reading increases from 100 g to 180 g.

What is the density of the material of the ball?

A 2.0 g/cm3 B 4.5 g/cm3 C 8.0 g/cm3 D 18 g/cm3

11. Which of the following depends only on the amount of a substance in a body?

A density

B mass

C volume

D weight

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12. The diagram shows four blocks, each made of glass of density 2.6 g/cm 3. The top of
each block has an area of 1 cm2. Which block has a mass of 13 g?

13. Which of the following describes the weight of an object?

A its density x volume

B its resistance to change in motion

C the pull of gravity on it

D the amount of matter which it contains

14. On the earth, the gravitational field strength is 10 N/kg. On the moon, the gravitational
field strength is 1.6 N/kg.
If an object has a weight of 50 N on earth, what is its weight in the moon?

A 1.6 N

B 5.0 N

C 8.0 N

D 80 N

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15. What is centre of mass?

A a line passing through the centre of the object

B a point in the object where there is more mass

C a point where the weight of the body acts

D the centre of object

16. A flat uniform metal sheet is suspended through a hole at one of its corners so that it
swings freely.
The diagram shows the object at rest.

Which letter shows the most likely position of the sheet’s centre of mass?

17. The diagrams shows sections of four objects of equal mass. The position of the centre of
mass of each object has been marked with a cross. Which object is the most stable?

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18. An object falls through air from the top of a building. The object reaches terminal velocity
before it hits the ground. Which row describes the acceleration and the velocity of the
object during the fall before it reaches velocity.

acceleration velocity

A Constant constant

B Constant increases

C Decreases increases

D Decreases decreases

19. The diagram shows the velocity – time graph of a tractor. In which section of the graph did
the tractor cover a distance of 60 m?

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20. A truck has difficulty in moving around a curve on the road and it overshoots the curve.
What makes the tuck overshoots the curve.

A weight

B inertia

C friction

D centripetal force

21. The diagram shows a 20 km long truck moving with an average speed of 6 m/s about to
cross a bridge 80 m long.

How long will the truck take for its rear end to be at the mid- point, P of the bridge?

A 3.30 s

B 6.70 s

C 10.00 s

D 13.30 s

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22. A spring balance is calibrated to give readings in newtons. The graph shows how the length
of the spring varies with the load.

A load causes the spring of the balance to extend by 3 cm. What is the balance reading?

A 3N B 5N C 10 N D 15 N

23. A heavy beam is resting on two supports, so that there are three forces acting on it.

The beam is in equilibrium. Which statement is correct?

A All the forces are equal

B The forces are in one direction and their turning effects are in opposite direction.

C The resultant force is zero and the resultant turning effect is zero

D The total upward force is twice the total downward force

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24. A cyclist is riding along a road when an animal runs in front of him. The graph shows the
cyclist’s motion. He sees the animal at P, starts to brake at Q and stops at R.

What is used to find the distance travelled after he applies the brake?

A the area under line PQ

B the area under line QR

C the gradient of line PQ

D the gradient of line QR

25. A car starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s2 for 10 seconds. How far has it travelled
in this time?

A 300 m

B 200 m

C 250 m

D 150 m

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26. Which graph shows the motion of an object that is at rest for the first 4 s, then accelerates
uniformly for the next 10 s.

27. A ball falls from a tall building. It has a constant acceleration of 9 m/s2. If it takes 4 s to hit
the ground, how tall is the building?

A 18 m

B 36 m

C 72 m

D 144 m

28. When an object falls through air, the drag force on it increases. The object reaches
terminal velocity. Which quantity decreases until terminal velocity is reached?

A acceleration

B mass

C speed

D weight

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29. Two forces act on an object at the same point. No other force act on the object.
In which situations is it not possible for the object to accelerates?

A The forces are equal and act in opposite directions

B The forces are not equal and act in the same direction

C The forces are not equal and act in opposite directions

D The forces are equal and act perpendicular to each other

30. The diagrams show some effects which are all due the same cause.

What causes these effects?

A friction

B heat

C mass

D weight

31. A force is a unit of force. Which quantity is measured in newtons?

A acceleration

B density

C mass

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 D weight
32. Which property of a body cannot be changed if a force is applied to it?

A its mass

B Its shape

C its size

D its velocity

33. The diagram shows a boy sliding a slope. In which direction does his weight act?

34. The diagram shows a man carrying a load of 250 N on his shoulders using a wooden rod.

What size of downward force must be applied by the hand to balance the rod?

A 100 N

B 125 N

C 250 N

D 625 N

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35. Which source of energy causes air pollution when it is used to generate electricity?

A coal

B geothermal

C sun

D tidal

36. A bicycle dynamo is used to operate a lamp when the bicycle wheel turns. What are the
energy changes in the process.

A kinetic heat light

B electrical kinetic light

C kinetic electrical light

D heat electrical light

37. A car engine does 1500 J of work in 6 s. What is the power developed by the engine.

A 0.004 W

B 9.0 W

C 250 W

D 9000 W

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38. The diagram shows a box of mass 50 kg pulled along a 10 m long inclined frictionless
surface by a
force of 250 N to a platform.

Calculate the work done in pulling the box to the platform.

A 25 J

B 250 J

C 500 J

D 2500 J

39. Which quantity increases when the brakes are applied on a moving vehicle?

A friction

B kinetic energy

C speed

D weight

40. A rock of mass 20 kg is travelling in a space at a speed of 6 m/s. What is its kinetic
energy?

A 60 J

B 120 J

C 360 J

D 720 J

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SEEPAPITSO SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
END OF YEAR EXAM 2018

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT.

PHYSICS: FORM 4. 0571/1

Paper 1 Multiple choice Nov 2018
1 hour

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