PAKISTAN MUSLIM ACADEMY MIRPUR ABBOTTABAD

Class : 8th paper: physics (2nd term 2022)

Section A

Choose the correct option.

1) How many millimetres are there in 10 cm?
A. 100 mm B. 200 mm C. 50 mm D. 10 mm
2) Which of the following quantity can be measured using a micrometre
A. current B. Force C .Length D. mass
3) The instrument best measures the internal diameter of a pipe is
A. screw gauge B. Vernier calliper C. meter rule D. measuring tape
4) which prefix represents a largest value?
A. mega B. Giga C. peta. D. exa
5) Which of the following is the smallest prefix?
A. atto B. Pico C. Nano D. femto
6) Which of the following numbers shows one significant digit?
A. 1.1 B. 6.0 C. 7.1 D. 6x10²
7) Which of the following numbers shows 4 significant digits?
A. 900.8 B. 4 C. 5174.00 D. 0.0002
8) A light year is distance travelled by light in one year. It travels about 9.460 x 10 15 m. How many
significant figures are in this number
A. 6 B. 2 C. 3 V.4
9) 0.2 mm in units of meters is
A. 0.0002m B. 2 x 10−4 m C. None D. both A and B
10) KITAB UL MANAZIR is the name of book written by
A. Yaqub Kindi B. Ibnal Haitham C. AL Beruni D. none

Section B

Attempt any ten questions of the following?

1) Why are measurements important?
2) Why area is a derived quantity?
3) Name any four derived units and write them as their base units?
4) Why in physics we need to write in scientific notation?
5) What is least count? How least count for Vernier calliper and screw gauge are defined?
6) Define the following
a) Physics b) mechanics. C) heat and thermodynamics d) optics
7) What is SI? Name SI base quantities and their units?
8) Define speed. Write its mathematical form, symbol and unit?
9) Define scalars and vectors. Also give examples.
10) Is it possible that displacement is zero but not the distance?
11) Does a speedometer measure a car’s speed or velocity?
12) Is it possible for an object to be accelerating and at rest at the same time? Explain with example.

Section C

Attempt any three questions of the following?

1) What are physical quantities? Distinguish between base and derived physical quantities.
2) Describe the construction and use for measurement of the following instruments Vernier Calliper?
3) What is meant by the significant figures of measurement? What are the main points to be kept in
mind while determining the significant figures of measurement?
4) Derive first equation of motion by graphical method.