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2019/20 Academic Year 3rd Quarter Physics worksheet for Grade 10

I. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives.

1. A U-shaped manometer is filled with water. One end of the manometer is connected to a gas
supply and the level of water on the other side of the tube rises to 10 cm. What is the pressure
of the gas?(Take Patm=1.01x105 pa, & g=10m/s2, 𝜌water = 1000kg/m3)
A. 1x105 pa B. 1.01 x 105 pa C. 1.02 x 105pa D. 2.01 x105 pa
2. Which device is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
A. Manometer B. Hydrometer C. Barometer D. Bourdon gauge
3. All of the following are application of air pressure except:
A. Suction pad B. lift pump C. force pump D. hydraulic brake
4. A block of metal is immersed in a container containing water. On which side of the block is the
pressure exerted by water greatest?
A. Side 1 B. side 2 C. side 3 D. side 4

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5. Which statement is Not correct about atmospheric pressure?

A. At sea level, the weight of the column of air above 1m2 at ground level is about 101,000 N
B. If a swimmer dives deep into a river, his body pressure exceeds the absolute pressure and
would push outward
C. Atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude
D. Atmospheric pressure acts in all directions
6. If the atmospheric pressure is 0.2atm, then what is the height of the column of mercury in a
barometer? (𝜌mercury= 13,600 kg/m3)
A. 10m B. 0.76m C. 3.8m D. 0.15m
7. When does an object placed in water float?
A. If the object displaces a volume of water equal to its weight
B. If the object displaces a volume of water less than its weight
C. If the buoyant force is less than its weight
D. If the density of the object is greater than the density of water
8. A block of wood floating on water has a volume of 4 m3. If it displaces 2m3 of water, then
what is the density of the block?
A. 0.5g/cm3 B. 1g/cm3 C. 0.2g/cm3 D. 2g/cm3
9. The smaller piston and larger piston of a hydraulic lift have areas 2m2 and 10m2 respectively.
What is the force on the larger piston if the force on the smaller piston is 20N?
A. 10N B. 100N C. 0.1N D. 0.001N
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10. An object (𝜌=0.2 g/cm ) is released freely from the bottom of a container filled with water.
Which statement is true about the object?
A. If stays at rest at the bottom
B. It moves upward with constant speed before it starts to be visible
C. It moves horizontally along the base of the container
D. Impossible to determine

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11. Assume you held three equal sized solid balls made of aluminum, lead and gold at the middle
of water in a tank. The buoyant force is smallest on:(𝜌Al = 2.7g/cm3, 𝜌pb = 11.3g/cm3 and 𝜌Au
= 19.3g/cm3)
A. Aluminum B. lead C. gold D. buoyant force is the same on all balls
12. An electron orbits the nucleus of an atom in a circular path at constant speed. Which statement
is correct about its motion?
A. Its speed remains unchanged C. its acceleration remains constant
B. Its velocity remains unchanged D. its velocity is always directed towards the
Center of the circular path
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13. How many degrees are there in 3 𝜋 radians?
A. 180° B. 60° C. 120° D. 240°
14. What is the centripetal acceleration of an object moving in a path of radius 2m with a constant
angular velocity of 4 rad/s?
A. 8 m/s2 B. 2m/s2 C. 32m/s2 D. 0.5m/s2
15. Which one is the formula for the moment of inertia of a solid sphere of mass m and radius r
rotating about its center?
1 2 4
A. mr2 B. 2 mr2 C. 5 mr2 D. 5 mr2
16. A spinning skater has moment of inertia 40kgm2 and angular velocity of 5 rad/s at the
beginning of a spin. His angular velocity increases to 10 rad/s. What is his final moment of
intertia? (Assume no external force acts on the skater)
A. 40kgm2 B. 20kgm2 C. 50kgm2 D. 5 kgm2
17. The angular velocity of a body increases from 10 rad/s to 20 rad/s in 3 seconds. What is the
angular displacement covered by the body?
A. 45 rad B. 30 rad C. 6 rad D. 3.3 rad
18. What is the rotational kinetic energy of a rotating body with moment of inertia 4 kgm2 and
angular velocity of 3 rad/s?
A. 18 J B. 36 J C. 24J D. 12J
19. Which one is the rotational counter part of force?
A. Torque B. angular momentum C. moment of inertia D. rotational work done
20. What torque is required to spin a wheel with a moment of inertia of 4kgm2 at an angular
acceleration of 5 rad/s2?
A. 20Nm B. 0.8 Nm C. 1.25Nm D. 9Nm
21. Consider a cone which is standing upside down on the ground as shown in the fig. below
What type of equilibrium is it?

A. stable B. unstable C. neutral D. unknown

22. <<The direction of induced current in a circuit is always such that it opposes the cause due to
which it is produced.>> This law is named as:
A. ohm’s law B. Faraday’s law C. lenz’s law D. Gauss’s law
23. The magnetic flux linked with a coil is changed from 1wb to 0.1 wb in 0.1 second. What is the
induced emf?
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A. 9 V B. 9V C. 10 V D. 9x10-3V
24. Which one is NOT part of an electric motor?
A. armature B. brush C. slip ring D. field magnets
25. Which one does NOT affect the inductance of a coil?
A. Number of turns C. current in the coil
B. type of core material D. area of the coil

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26. A rectangular loop of wire having an area of 4m2 is in a uniform magnetic field of 2T.
What is the total magnetic flux through the loop if its plane makes an angle of 30° to the
1 √3
field as shown in the figure below? (sin 30°= 2 and cos 30°= )
2
Normal B

30°

A. 8 𝑤𝑏 B. zero C. 4 wb D. 4√3 wb
27. The ratio of number of turns in primary and secondary coils of an ideal transformer is 1:20.
What is the ratio of the currents in primary and secondary coil?
A. 1:20 B. 1:400 C. 20:1 D. 400:1
28. In which of the following figures the direction of magnetic force on a charged particle is
correctly drawn when it is placed in an external magnetic field?
A. V B.
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v

C. D.
v
v

29. Two long parallel current carrying wires carrying a current of 10A each in opposite direction
are 1m apart. Which statement is true about the two wires?
A. The force between the wires is attractive I1
B. The magnetic field strength mid-way between the two wires is zero
C. The magnetic force experienced by wire 1 is to the right I2
D. The force per unit length that one wire experts on the other is 2x 10-5 N/m d=1m
30. A 2pc charge moves with a speed of 4x106 m/s perpendicular to an external magnetic field of
2T. If the mass of the charged particle is 2x10-20 kg, then what is the radius of the circular path
the charge follows?
A. 2 cm B. 0.2 cm C. 0.5 cm D. 5 cm
31. When a current carrying wire is placed in a magnetic field at right angles to the direction of the
field, it experiences a force. This phenomena is known as:
A. Motor effect B. dynamo effect C. generator effect D. electromagnetic induction
32. Which statement is Not true about magnetism?
A. If two objects made from magnetic materials repel, they must both be magnet
B. A steel paper clip is attracted by a magnet
C. A steel paper clip is attracted by a magnet if paper is placed between the paper clip and the
magnet
D. A steel paper clip is attracted by a magnet if a thin sheet of iron is placed between them
33. All of the following are properties of magnetic field lines except:
A. They are imaginary lines C. They run from N-pole to s-pole inside the magnet
B. They never cross each other D. they are closest at the poles
34. A current carrying wire is placed in an external magnetic field. The direction of the force on the
wire is in the upward direction. What will be the direction of the force if the direction of
current is reversed?
A. Upward B. downward C. to the right D. to the left

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35. In a current- carrying long solenoid, the field produced does Not depend upon
A. Number of turns per unit length C. radius of the solenoid
B. Current flowing D. type of core material inserted
36. A current- carrying rectangular coil is placed in a uniform magnetic field. In which orientation the coil
will not tend to rotate?
A. The magnetic field is parallel to the plane of the coil
B. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of the coil
C. The magnetic field is at 45° with the plane of the coil
D. Always in any orientation
37. Which electrical circuit component is used to get smooth DC output from a rectifier circuit?
A. Diode B. capacitor C. oscillator D. logic gate
38. Electric conduction in a semiconductor takes place due to:
A. Electrons only B. holes only C. both electrons and holes D. neither electrons nor holes
39. What are the majority charge carriers in N-type semiconductors?
A. Electrons B. holes C. both electrons and holes D. ions
40. A pure semiconductor is doped with Aluminum. What type of semiconductor is formed?
A. P-type C. it depends on the amount of impurity added
B. N-type D. Aluminum can’t be used as a do pant
41. Which one is the symbol of photodiode?
A. B. C. D.

42. Which statement is NOT true about biasing a diode?

A. If the positive terminal is connected to p-type region and the negative terminal is
connected to N-type region, then the diode is forward biased
B. Depletion region has no mobile charges to carry current
C. The width of the depletion region decreases when the diode is reverse biased
D. In forward biasing, the diode can conduct current
43. The figure below shows a circuit used to rectify an alternating current. A CRO with fixed
settings of time-base and gain control is connected to produce a trace. Which diagram shows
the trace of the CRO?

CRO

A. B. C. D.
44. The sensitivity of a CRO is set as 5v/cm, and the time base setting is 10ms/cm. what is the
frequency of the AC signal?
1cm
1cm

A. 12.5Hz C. 40 HZ
B. 25 Hz D. 4HZ

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45. Which one is NOT the source of magnetic field?
A. Magnets B. current carrying wires C. stationary charges D. moving charges

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