LYCEUM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Monthly Test – October 2017

Subject : Physics
Class : 8 ….......
Duration : 25 minutes Date : ......................................
Candidate's name : ........................................................... Admission no : ........................
PART – I
(1) One night, Jessy observed the moon as shown below. She observed the
(a) waxing gibbous moon.
(b) waning gibbous moon.
(c) waxing crescent moon.
(d) waning crescent moon.
(2) The scientific name for a shooting star is
(a) comet. (b) meteorite. (c) meteor. (d) asteroid.
(3) The duration of a solar eclipse is
(a) shorter than that of a lunar eclipse. (b) almost the same length as a lunar eclipse.
(c) longer than that of a lunar eclipse. (d) None of the above.
(4) Mary recorded the time of a tide as 8.30 a.m. She will be able to see the next tide at
(a) 2.30 p.m. (b) 8.30 p.m.
(c) 2.30 a.m. the next day. (d) 8.30 a.m. the next day.
(5) The type of motion of the wheels in a cart is
(a) rotatory motion.
(b) translatory motion.
(c) simultaneous rotatory and translatory motion.
(d) oscillatory motion.
(6) A car moving at 60 ms–1 took 12s to come to a standstill . The car underwent
(a) an acceleration of 5 ms–2. (b) a retardation of 5 ms–2.
(c) an acceleration of 5 ms–1. (d) a retardation of 5 ms–1.
(7) Work done is measured in the same units as
(a) force. (b) power. (c) efficiency. (d) energy.
(8) A steam engine is climbing up a mountain. It takes 20s to reach the top with a force of 50N.
The total distance from the bottom of the mountain to the top is 12.5 m. The power of the
engine is
(a) 31.25 W. (b) 80 W. (c) 0.2 W. (d) 5 W.
[Total = 3 × 8 = 24 marks]

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PART – II
(1) Sally's house is located at A. She wants to go to her friend's house at point E. She has three
possible routes to go there. She takes the route ABCDE.
D
m 300m
2 00
C E

450m

400m
B 300m A 300m F
(i) What is the total distance Sally has travelled ?
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(3 marks)
(ii) What would be her displacement ?
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(4 marks)
(iii) If the times taken for the paths AB, BC, CD and DE are respectively 20s, 45s, 25s and
35s, find her average speed.
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(3 marks)
(iv) If the time she took to go through the displacement is 20.4s, calculate her velocity.
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(3 marks)
(v) If Sally goes in the route AFE with an average speed of 11.2 ms–1, what would be the
time taken for that route ?
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(2 marks)
[Total = 15 marks]
(2) Daniel runs up the stairs, elevating his 105 kg body a vertical distance of 2.30 m in a time of
12s at a constant speed.
(i) Determine the work done by Daniel in climbing up the staircase.
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(4 marks)
(ii) Calculate the amount of power generated by Daniel.
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(3 marks)
[Total = 7 marks]
(3) What are the two phases of the moon that are related to solar eclipses and lunar eclipses ?
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[Total = 4 marks]
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