Basic Education High School Ahlainlal Htantabin Township

2023-24 First Semester October

Grade-10 Physics Time allowed – 2hr

Section (A)

(Answer all questions)

1. Are the following statements True or False? (10 marks)

i. The SI unit is just the modified form of the MKS system of units.
ii. Standard is something (or) a reference used as a measure for length, volume and time.
iii. The average speed is the ratio of total displacement to time taken.
iv. Newton’s third law is also known as law of action and reaction.
v. Momentum is a scalar quantity.
vi. Average density of a human body is a little less than water density.
vii. Pressure is scalar quantity.
viii. Work is vector quantity.
ix. Thermocouple thermometers are electrical thermometers.
x. Heat is a form of energy.

2. Fill in the blanks. (10 marks)

i. Unit is a quantity (or) an amount used as a standard of ------------.

ii. Motion along a straight line is called -----------.
iii. In the field of ---------- physicist use the unit angstrom (A).
iv. Newton’s second law is also called law of ------------.
v. ---------- force is force between two masses.
vi. Density is the ratio of mass to --------- of a substance
vii. The ----------- is an instrument for measuring the density (or) relative density of liquids.
viii. Energy is defined as the ---------- to do work.
ix. The degree of hotness of an object to a measure of its -----------.
x. In a thermocouple thermometer, a change of temperature causes its -------- to change.

3. Choose the correct answer form the following. (10 marks)

i. The SI unit of mass is ---------.

( A. gram B. kilometer C, pound )
ii. The light year is the distance which light travels in one ---------.
( A. day B. month C. year )
iii. If the starting point and the end point are the same, the total ---------is zero.
( a. displacement B. distance C. speed )
 iv. ----------- can change the state of motion of an object.
( A. Weight B. Pressure C. Force )
v. In four fundamental forces, --------- force is the strongest force.
( A. nuclear B. gravitational C. electromagnetic )
vi. Standard atmospheric pressure is -----------.
( A. 1 Pa B. 1 atm C. 1 b )
vii. In Meteorology, the unit of ---------- is hPa.
( A. density B. pressure C. force )
viii. Energy acquired by a body due to its motion is called -----------.
( A. kinetic energy B. potential energy C. elastic potential energy )
ix. On the Kelvin scale, the ice point is -------------,
( A. 173 k B. 273 K C. 373 K )
x. The coefficient of ----------- is the change in length per unit length for one degree change
in temperature.
( A. linear expansion B. area expansion C. volume expansion )

4. At what temperature, are the readings on the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales the same?

(5 marks)

5. What is a physical quantity? (5 marks)

Find the area of one page of a book whose dimensions are 20 cm x 20 cm in cm2 and then
convert this value to m2.

Section (B)

( Answer four questions )

6.(a) The tissue of a cell is 70 A thick ( A = angstrom unit ). If 1 A = 10 m, find the thickness of

tissue in terms of an inch. ( 1 m = 39.4 in ) (7 marks)

(b) A car starting from rest travels with a uniform acceleration of 2 ms in the first 6 s. It then

travels with a constant velocity for half an hour. Find the distance travelled in the first 6 s

as well as the distance travelled in the following half an hour. (8 marks)

7.(a) A car moving with a speed of 108 kmh stops in 15 s due to a uniform acceleration. Find the

value of the acceleration. (7 marks)

(b) Compare the moon’s gravitational forces acting on the two bodies of the masses 1 M and 3
 M which are falling simultaneously onto the moon’s surface from a height near the surface.

If M = 0.2 kg and the acceleration due to the gravity of the moion is 1.6 ms. Fine the

moon’s gravitational forces acting on each of the bodies. (8 marks)

8.(a) Define momentum. (7 marks)

If the velocity of a 0.02 kg bullet is 500 ms, find the magnitude of the momentum of the

bullet. If the bullet is fired towards the north, what is the direction of its momentum?

(b) The mass of an electron is me = 9.1 x 10 g. The mass of a muon is about 207 me and the

mass of a proton is about 1836 me. Fine the masses of muon and proton in kg. ( Electron,

muon and proton are the fundamental particles which are smaller than an atom.) (8 marks)

9. (a) Define pressure. (7 marks)

A four wheels truck has each tire 20 cm x 20 cm area touching the ground. The mass of the

truck and the passengers are altogether 4400 kg. Find the minimum pressure needed in a tire.

(b) A tennis ball which is thrown vertically upward reaches the height of 50 m. Fine the initial

velocity of the ball. ( Neglect air resistance ) (8 marks)

10.(a) (7 marks)

(i) What is the velocity of an object of mass 1 kg which has 200 J of kinetic energy.

(ii) Calculate the potential energy of a 5 kg mass when I is 3 m above the ground. ( g = 10 ms)

(b) The coefficient of volume expansion of Pyrex glass is one-third that of ordinary glass.

Which glass can stand more thermal strain? (8 marks)

11.(a) A steel railroad track is 20 m long at 20 C. How much longer is it at 40 C? (The

coefficient of linear expansion of steel is 1.27 x 10 K) (7 marks)

(b) Mini-submarine has the total volume of 24 m. Its mass is 2000 kg. Can it carry a load of

another 3000 kg? (8 marks)