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Physics 5054/1
Paper 1 Multiple Cholce.
GRADE 11 END OF TERM 3 EXAM
Additional Materiels
Electronic calculator (non programmable)

Time: 1 hour

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1. Ensure that you write your name and class in the spaces provided.
2. There are forty (40) questions in this paper. Answer all questions.
3. For each question there are four possible answers: A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice by
circling it on each question

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This question paper consists of 14 printed pages
1. A scientist made a clock using a copper rod and a heavy mass as a pendulum. What happens
when the clock gets hot?

The pendulum clock...

A. gains time.
B. loses time.
C. time remains the same.
D. first loses and then gains time.
2. A ball is dropped from a high building. It strikes the ground and bounces up until itreaches its
maximum height. Which graph best represents these movements?

3. A dynamics trolley P is released from rest at the top of a short ramp. The trolley runs down the
ramp on to a horizontal surface where it collides with another trolley Q which is at rest. The two
trolleys became coupled in the collision and move off together. This is shown in figure 3.1.

Which of the following ticker-timer tapes shows the complete motion of trolley P?

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4. A uniform half meter rule is freely pivoted at the 15cm mark and it balances horizontally when a
body of mass 50g is hung from the 4cm mark.

What is the mass of the rule?

A. 16g
B. 20g
C. 55g
D. 75g
5. A man lifts 4 books of 2kg each through 5 stairways in 30s. If the stairs are of the same length
and the man's mass is 50kg. Refer to figure 5.1.

Determine the power of the man in climbing all the 5 stairs.

A. 8.8W
B. 8.5W
C. 9.2W
D. 9.7W
6. In figure 6.1 a man is moving a heavy load into the van using a small effort on an inclined plane.

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 What is the efficiency of using the inclined plane?

A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 80%
7. A simple hydraulic jack is used to lift a heavy load L as shown in figure 7.1

If an effort of 30N is applied through an area of 0.1m² and the load is placed on an area of 0.5m², What is
the weight of the load, L..

A. 300N
B. 150N
C. 100N
D. 15N
8. A gas is heated in a closed container so that its volume cannot change as shown in figure 8.1.

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Which of the following will not happen?

A. The number of molecules will increase.

B. The average speed of the molecules will increase.
C. The molecules will move in all directions.
D. The pressure of the gas will increase.
9. A platinum resistance thermometer measures temperature by using the change in electrical
resistance of platinum with temperature. If the resistance of the platinum wire at 0°C is 10.0 Ω
and 10.4 Ω at 100°C. Find the temperature when the resistance measured is 9.6 Ω.
A. -100°C
B. 9.6°C
C. 38.4°C
D. 96°C
10. A diver breathes 1 litre of air at an atmospheric pressure of 100KPa in one minute. If the diver
has to breathe the same mass of air in one minute, how much air would he need to breath if the
total pressure on him under water is 400KPa?
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A. 2
litre
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B. 4
litre
C. 2 litres
D. 4 litres
11. The figure 11.1 shows the rise in temperature when a certain substance was heated for 20
minutes.

If the mass of the substance was 30g and the heat used to raise the temperature was 9180J. What is
the specific heat capacity of the substance?

A. 6.8J/Kg ⁰C
B. 6 800J/Kg °C

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 C. 12 393 J/Kg °C
D. 12 393 000 J/Kg°C
12. An experiment was set up to demonstrate heat transfer as shown in figure 12.1.

After sometime the rubber bung falls off. This happens because heat reaches the metal plate only
through...

A. radiation.
B. convection.
C. Conduction
D. radiation and convection.
13. An optician test card is fixed 80cm behind the eyes of a patient who looks into a plane mirror
300cm in front of him as shown in figure 13.1

What is the distance from the patient's eyes to the image of the card?.

A. 380cm
B. 600cm
C. 680cm
D. 760cm
14. A closed cylindrical bottle contains water which is half full. The refractive index of water is 4/3.
This is shown in figure 14.1.

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When a ray of light passes to the center O, at an angle of 30, the light from O

A. is reflected back to R.
B. grazes the surface along ON.
C. continues through Q
D. is refracted through P.
15. A compound microscope is an instrument used for scientific research in laboratories. Select
from the list A to D the pairs of lenses most suitable for this instrument.
A. Two convex lenses of focal lengths 100cm and 5cm.
B. Two concave lenses of focal lengths 5cm and 3cm
C. A convex Jens of focal length 5cm and a concave lens of focal length 3cm.
D. Two convex lenses of focal length 5cm and 3 cm
16. Purple light is a mixture of red and blue light. Orange paint reflects only red and yellow light.
When purple light falls on an orange paint, what color does the paint appear to be?
A. Yellow
B. Orange
C. Red
D. Purple
17. A physics student stands some distance from a cliff. She claps her hands and half a second later
hears an echo. Taking the speed of sound in air as 320m/s, how far from the cliff is she standing?
A. 80m
B. 160m
C. 320m
D. 670m
18. Figure 18.1 shows a side view of plane water waves traveling in a glass-walled tank.

The waves are produced by a horizontal metal strip vibrating to the left of A.

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If the crest at A takes 2 seconds to reach D. What is the frequency of the waves?

A. 0.4Hz
B. 1.13Hz
C. 1.33Hz
D. 2.25Hz
19. The figure 19.1 shows peaks of ripples incident on a barrier. What will be the position of the
point O on a wave reflected by the barrier?

20. Which of the following types of radiation has the largest frequency?
A. Light
B. Ultra-Violet
C. Radio waves
D. X-rays
21. A bar of metal M is suspected of being a permanent magnet. Which of the following test would
best show this?
A. Suspend M freely and make it swing. It always comes to rest in the N-S, direction.
B. Bring one end of M near another magnet. Attraction occurs.
C. Bring one end of M near a bar of copper. No attraction occurs.
D. Suspend M freely and make it swing. It always comes to rest in the E-W direction.
22. Two uncharged metal spheres X and Y mounted on insulating supports are positioned so that
they touch. A rod carrying a positive electric charge is brought near to them as shown in figure
22.1.

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The spheres are now moved slightly apart and the charged rod is then removed which of the following
is the correct pattern of charges on the two spheres?

23. A jet plane increases its speed from 20m/s to 40m/s at the rate of 5m/s². What distance does it
cover as it accelerates?
A. 2m
B. 12m
C. 20m
D. 120m
24. By applying a force, F, a boy does some work, W, on a trolley. The trolley moves a distance 'd'.
After sometime he applies a force 2F on the same trolley and does the same amount of work as
before. What distance (in terms of 'd') does the trolley cover this time?

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 A. 0.5d
B. D
C. 2d
D. 4d
25. A force F imparts an acceleration of 2m/s² to a mass of 10kg. What is the magnitude of the force?
A. 2N
B. 5N
C. 8N
D. 20N
26. A man carries a uniform bar AB 4.00m long bar on his shoulder, as shown below. The weight of
the bar is 20N.

If the bar rests at a point 2.5m from end A, how far is this point from the centre of gravity the bar?

A. 0.5m
B. 1.0m
C. 1.5m
D. 2.0m
27. The diagram below shows a lorry of mass 4000kg as it moves up the hill with uniform speed.

Ignoring friction and taking g = 10N/kg, how much work is done in moving the lorry up the hill at
point A?

A. 1.8 x 104 J
B. 3.6 x 105 J
C. 7.2 x 105 J

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 D. 9.0 × 106 J
28. The diagram below shows a toy car of mass 1.5kg sliding from rest through a distance of 40m
down a frictionless slope.

What is the kinetic energy of the toy car at the bottom of the slope?

A. 50J
B. 100 J
C. 200 J
D. 300 J
29. The diagram below shows a pulley system.

What is the velocity ratio of the pulley system?

A. 9
B. 5
C. 4
D. 1
30. Which of the instruments below is used to measure air pressure?
A. Barometer
B. Hydrometer
C. Manometer
D. Thermometer
31. In Brownian motion ...
A. air particles appear as bright points of light.
B. smoke particles are seen moving in one direction.

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 C. bright points of light move in any direction.
D. molecules of smoke particles are seen moving randomly.
32. Which of the following thermometers has the largest operational temperature range?
A. Thermocouple
B. Thermistor
C. Laboratory
D. Clinical
33. It is difficult to fish during the months of June and July in Zambia because during this season, the
surface of rivers are...
A. cool and fish swims on the surface.
B. cool and fish swims beneath the surface.
C. warm and fish swims on the surface.
D. warm and fish swims beneath the surface.
34. When 6g of ice changes to water...
A. latent heat is absorbed by the ice.
B. latent heat is lost by the ice.
C. the mass of water formed is less than 6g.
D. the mass of water formed is more than 6g.
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35. Since the refractive index of water is , a pool of water appears shallower by...
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A. of its apparent depth
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B. 4
of its real depth
4
C. 3
of its apparent depth.
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D. of its real depth
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36. The diagram below shows a side view of plane water waves travelling in a glass-walled tank. The
waves are produced by a horizontal metal strip vibrating on the left of A.

If the crest at A takes 1.5 seconds to reach C, what is the frequency of the waves?

A. 0.3Hz
B. 1.3Hz
C. 2.7Hz

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D. 6.0Hz
37. White light is made to pass through a triangular glass prism as shown below.

Which of the following has the greatest wavelength?

A. Violet
B. Orange
C. Red
D. Blue
38. A negatively charged polythene rod is brought near a positively charged Perspex rod as shown
below.

What will happen to the Perspex rod? It will...

A. remain stationary.
B. move up and down.
C. be attracted by the polythene rod.
D. be repelled by the polythene rod.
39. A 12V battery is connected to three resistors as shown below.

What is the charge passing through the battery in three seconds?

A. 6C

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 B. 9C
C. 12C
D. 18C
40. A 48V battery is connected to three resistors X, Y and Z as shown in the diagram below.

The charge passing through Z in 3 seconds is...

A. 18C.
B. 24C.
C. 30C.
D. 48C.

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