Aims Higher Secondary School, Sambalpur

Subject- Physics

Answer all questions. Each question carries one mark.

1. A physical quantity with magnitude only is called a -

(a) Vector (b) Scalar (c) Tensor (d) None of these

2. Which of the following is not a vector?

(a) Force (b) Velocity (c) Pressure (d) Momentum

3. The x-component of a vector of magnitude A, in the first quadrant of XY plane, making an angle θ
with X axis is

(a) Asinθ (b) Asecθ (c) Atanθ (d) Acosθ

4. Two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are acting opposite to each other. Magnitude of their
resultant is

(a) P-Q (b) 0 (c) P+Q (d) None of these

5. Two vectors of same magnitude A are acting perpendicular to each other. Magnitude of their
resultant is….

(a) A/2 (b) √ 2 A (c) 2A (d) none of these

6. A body starts from rest and attains a velocity of 72km/hr in 5s. what will be its acceleration?

(a) 9.8m/s2 (b) 1m/s2 (c) 5m/s2 (d) None of these

7. With reference to the question above, distance travelled in those 5s is….

(a) 62.5m (b) 125m (c) 100m (d) none of these

8. The S.I. unit of work is

(a) Erg (b) Joule (c) Newton (d) Calorie

9. With decrease in height, potential energy of a body….

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Sometimes increases, Sometime decreases (d) Can’t say

10. A ball is thrown up in the air. As it rises, there is an increase in its

(a) Kinetic Energy (b) Acceleration (c) Potential energy (d) None of these

11. A simple pendulum executes….

(a) Linear motion (b) Rotational motion (c) Oscillatory motion (d) None of these

12. Velocity remaining constant, what happens to frequency of a wave when wavelength increases?

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Sometimes increases, sometime decreases (d) Can’t say