In a tug war match, one team is pang with a force of 750N.

If they are exactly

balanced by other team, what is the tension in the rope?

0N

37N

750N

3000N

For a simple model of water molecule with each hydrogen atom of mass equal
to 1.0μ and position at an angle 52.5 to the positive axis, if the separation
o

between each atom is d = 9.5 x 10 m and the hydrogen atom has a mass of
-11

16. μ. Find the position for the water molecule

3.5 x 10 m -12

4.5 x 1 m
-12

5.5 x 1 m
-12

6.5 x 1 m
-12

7.5 x 1 m
-12

70kg paint stands at 2.0m from one end of a 6.m long scaffold weighing 400N,
while his apprentice weighing 500N stands 1.0m from the other end. If the
scaffold stands on two, calculate the force on each support

336.3N, 569.7N

433.3N, 666.7N

533.3N, 766.7N

633.3N,. 866.7N
 633.3N, 966.7N

What is the angular speed of the second hand of an electric clock relative to
the minute?

40

50

70

60

Which of the following is equivalent to 10nanometer?

10 m -11

10 m 9

10 m -3

10 m -5

10 m -7

The force of attraction between 2 bodies of M and separated by a distance r is

F = GM R Where G is a physical constant; what is the SI Unit of G?
2 -2

N/m kg 2 -2

N(mg) m 2 -1

Nkgm -1

N (kg)m
2 -1

Nm kg 2 -1
 Sand is allowed to fall vertically at a steady speed of 0.2kgs to a horizontal
-1

conveyor belt moving with a steady speed of 1cms use the information to
-1

answer the next three questions

The horizontal velocity of the sand is?

0.00

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

The momentum change per second horizontal in the system is

0.00

3 x 10 N -2

2 x 10 N -2

4 x 10 N -2

5 x 10 N -2

The rate of change of kinetic energy of the sand

2 x 10 -4

2 x 10 -2

10 -5

10 -4
 10 -3

The distance from the sun to the moon is 4 times greater than the distance
from the earth to the moon; the sun is 300,000 times more massive than the
earth, the gravitational force of the sun on the moon is how many time that of
the earth on the moon

(300,00) /400 2

(300,000) /400 2

(1/400) 2

300,000/400 2

300,000/400

A person holding a bag is in an elevator when it snaps, the elevator falls freely
for many second before forces other than gravity become significant during
this period of free fall, the person lets go of his bag, the person sees the bag

Fall to the roof of the elevator

Rise up to the roof of the elevator

Neither rise nor fall, float where it is

Rise or fall depending on the current tide.

A student on a scale in an elevator, if the scale reads 640N when the elevator
is stationary, what is the reading when the elevator is moving upward with an
acceleration of 2.0m/s 2

649N

1680N

1000N
 1340N

768N

A wheel of mass 6kg and radius of gyration 40cm rotating at 30rpm. Find its
rotational kinetic energy

24J

350J

275J

165J

473J

A large truck and a small call collide and stick together which one undergoes
the larger change in the momentum?

The momentum change is the same for both body

The truck

The car

You cannot tell without knowing final velocity of the vehicles

The result depends on the energy absorbed by the collide .vehicle

A ball thrown from a tall building reaches terminal velocity, if the action is
the force of gravity on the ball, what is the reaction from Newton�s third
law?

The pull of the balls mass by the earth

The acceleration of the ball

 The force of the ball on the air.

The force of air resistance on the ball

There is no force of gravity as the ball is not accelerating

A constant force 40N is applied tangentially to the run of a wheel 2cm radius,
the wheel has a moment of inertial of 3kg/m Find the angular velocity
2

0.27rad/s

0.12rad/s

1.30rad/s

2.75rad/s

5.72rad/s

A man of mass m experience a viscous drag, F and Up-thrust U as he

descends towards the ground at a steady velocity, using a parachute. If the
acceleration of free fall is g, which of the following expression is correct?

FU = mg =

F = U = mg = 0

U = F = mg = 0

U + F = mg = 0

F + U + mg = 0

A ball of mass 50g falls from a height of 1om on to a floor and rebounds to a
height of 6m. What energy is lost as a result of the impact on the floor?

2J
 20J

100J

1000J

2000J

The centre of mass of a body will coincide with its centre of gravity only

Uniform acceleration field

Uniform gravitational field

Uniform electric field

Uniform magnetic field

Uniform nuclear field

A wheel of mass 6kg radius of gyration 40cm rotating at 300mm. Find the
kinetic energy of the system

173J

273J

373J

473J

573J

A boy pushes a 50kg box along a floor with a force 2000N. If the velocity of
the box is uniform, the coefficient of friction between the box and the floor is;

1.0
 0.8

0.65

0.5

0.4

A ball of mass 0.5kg hits a wall at right angle with a velocity of 1m/s and
rebounds with a velocity of 8m/s. If the ball made contact with the wall for
0.2s, the force applied by the wall is

1N

30N

35N

40N

45N

A 60g tennis ball traveling at 3m/s hits a wall and bounces back at 20m/s,
calculate the change in momentum of the ball

3.kgm/s

4kgm/s

5.3kgm/s

6.4kgm/s

8.6kgm/s

Which of the following is not the consequence of a force field?

 Weight

Surface tension

Gravitational pull

Magnetic pull

Electric force

A man walks 10m due east and then 20m due south. The displacement of the
man from the initial position is

30m south

27.6m 30 N of east
o

20m north

22.36m 63.4 south of east

o

10m east

The feeling of having no weight is called

Masslesness

Weightlessness

Reluctancy

Laziness

Restlessness

Which of the following is the most suitable factor that initiates motion in a
straight line?
 Linear acceleration

Linear momentum

Force

Moment of initial

Relative velocity

What is the speed of an automobile on a curved path of radius 1100m if the

road has banking but coefficient of friction 0.4

20.8m/s

28.5m/s

32.4m/s

44.8m/s

84.2m/s

If a freely suspended object is pulled to one side and left, it oscillates about a
point of suspension. This is because of the

Weight of the body

Acceleration due to gravity

Moment of its weight about the point of suspension

Work done in lifting the object

Instability of the object

Which of the following is not an example of circular motion?

 A man walking in the market

A car negotiating a bend

Aircraft banking

Planetary orbit

Soldiers marching on a bridge

Calculate the force of attraction between two 90kg spheres of metal placed
such that their corners are 40cm apart

3.33 x 10 N -5

3.38 x 10 N -4

3.38 x 10 N -6

3.30 x 10 N -2

4.3 x 10 N
4

Which of the following is/are true?

I Energy is the same as power

II Energy is required to do work

III Energy and work have the same units

IV Energy is defined as the rate of doing work

I, II and IV

I and IV only

II and III only

 III and IV Only

Which of the following is not example of a circular motion?

A man walking in the market

A car negotiating a bend

Aircraft banking

Planetary orbit

Soldier marching on a bridge

A disc with moment of 1kgm about its centre rotates with an angular velocity
2

of 3.2rev/s. What is its rotational energy?

2000KJ

2KJ

2KJ

90KJ

200KJ

Compute the mass of the earth assuming it to be a spjere of radius 6370km

6.0 x 10 kg
14

3.6 x 10 kg
12

6.0 x 10 kg
24

6.1 x 10 kg
21
 6.0 x 10 kg20

The banked wing of an airplane moving in a horizontal circle is giving by

Cos # = v /rg 2

sin # = v /rg
2

tan # = v /rg
2

cin # = v /rg
2

A racetrack designed for average speed of 24km/h is to have turned a radius

of 975m. To what angle must the tract be banked so that car traveling at
24km/h has no tendency to slip sideways?

24.9 o

32.5 o

35.8 o

45.5 o

44.0 o

A stone attached to a rope of length 80cm is rotated in a vertical plane with a

speed of 24rpm. At the moment when the velocity of the stone is directed
vertically upward, the rope ruptures. To what height does the stone rise?

20.6m

32.8m

38.6m

46.8m
 48.9m

Assume the earth to be sphere and of uniform density. What is its rotational
kinetic energy? {Take R = 6.4 x 10 km and M = 6.0 x 10 kg
6
e
24

2.6 x 10 J
29

3.4 x 10 J
29

4,5 x 10 J
29

5.6 x 10 J
29

6.5 x 10 J
29

A boy weighing 400N clear 1.5m in a high jump competition. How much of
his energy does he convert to potential energy where he is at the highest
point? Take g = 10m/s 2

6000J

1050J

800J

750J

600J

A cylinder of mass 50kg and radius 0.20m has a moment of inertial of

1.0kgm about its axis. What is its total kinetic when rolling horizontally at
2

2m/s?

175J

150J

100J
 50J

1500J

The moment of inertial of two masses M and m held together by a weightless

rod of length d. find the centre of gravity of the system in terms of M, m and
d.

Md / (M + m)

Md / (M + m)

Mm / (M + m)

M d / (M + m)
2

Mmd / (M + m)

What is the radius of gyration K of a uniform rod 0.5m about an axis through
one end?

1.13

0.035

0.032

0.35

0.32

A force acting at angle 60 to the horizontal component of 40N. What is the

o

magnitude of the force?

100N

90N
 80N

70N

60N

Calculate the escape velocity of a body on the surface of the earth of radius
0.4 � 10 m2

784

716

376

487

The eccentricity of the earth is given as

0.00

0.02

0.20

0.22

Practical example of weightlessness could be explained in the following

concept;

Force

Banking of tracks

Orbit round the earth

Lift falling freely under gravity

In the concept of gravitational field, it was discovered that in addition to body
something else must be present in the volume and that is

Force

Field

Potential

Energy

One of the major differences between the universal gravitational constant G

and acceleration due to gravity g is that

They are both universal

G is a vector quantity while g is a scalar

They have the same dimension

They have no relationship

Suppose a rocket of mass m is fired from earth�s surface Q so that it just

escape from the gravitational attraction/influence of the earth, find the escape
velocity

V = 11m/s

V = 11km/s

V = 11000km/s

V = 11000m/s
Use this information to answer the next three questions

From a length of 31m a ball dropped on a horizontal ground rebound with half
of its velocity with which it hits the ground

What is the velocity with which it hits the ground?

12.33

24.65

24.94

12.45

24.00

What is the time interval between the first and the second impacts of the ball
with the ground?

1.2s

-1.2s

1.5s

2.4s

What is the height reached during the rebound?

7.75m

0.62m

9.7m
 31.0m

10.00m

The kinetic energy of a body rotating about an axis with an angular

velocity w is given as

Iw

Iw 2

Iw 2 2

Iw
2

A ball of mass 50g falls from a height of 10m on to a floor and rebound to a
height of 6m. What energy is lost as a result of the impact on the floor?

2J

20J

100J

1000J

2000J

A ball is dropped from a height of 10ocm. If the coefficient of restitution is

0.500, the ball rebound to a height of

108cm

25cm
 104cm

134cm

18cm

Which of the following statements about a falling object is correct?

Its total energy increases with time

Its total energy decreases with time

Its total energy remain constant

Its KE remain the same

Its KE decreases

A smooth object which continues to roll along a line of frictionless table

surface is obeying

Newton�s law of angular momentum

Newton�s first law of motion

Newton�s second law of motion

Newton�s third law of motion