COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL, UMULUMGBE, UDI L.G.

A, ENUGU STATE
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2021/2022 SESSION
SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: SS2 DATE: TIME ALLOWED : 11/2 HOURS

SECTION A (OBJECTIVES)
INSTRUCTION: Choose the Correct Options
1. The distance travelled by a body in a specified direction is known as its
A. Position B. Direction C. Displacement D. Coordinate
2. In the Cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal line is regarded as the
A. Origin B. X-axis C. Y-axis D. Reference point
3. A man walks 30m West and then 40m North. Calculate his displacement from the starting point.
A. 30m West B. 50m North West C. 70m North West D. 70m North
4. Which of the following quantities is a vector?
A. Speed B. distance C. energy D. momentum
5. The component of a vector in a given direction is
A. Equal to the magnitude of the resultant vector in that direction
B. Equal to the magnitude of the resultant vector in the opposite direction
C. Its effective magnitude
D. Its effective value in that direction
6. Two forces 6N and 8N act eastwards and northwards respectively on a body. Calculate the magnitude of
their resultant.
A. 2N B. 7N C. 10N D. 14N
7. The time rate of change of displacement is known as
A. Speed B. Velocity C. impulse D. acceleration
8. A moving object is said to have uniform acceleration if its
A. Displacement decreases at a constant B. Speed is directly proportional to time
C velocity increases by equal amount in equal time interval
D velocity varies inversely with time.
9.

The diagram above shows the speed-time graph of a car. If the car covered a distance of 600m
in 25s, calculate its maximum speed.
A. 30 ms-1 B. 25 ms-1 C. 20 ms-1 D. 15 ms-1
10. A force of 70N is inclined at an angle of 30o to the horizontal. Calculate its horizontal and vertical
components respectively.
A. 60.6N and 40.4N B. 60.6N and 35.0N C. 40.4N and 60.6N D. 35.0 and 60.6N
11. The distance covered by a body in rectilinear motion can be determined from the
A. Area under the velocity-time graph B. Area under the distance-time graph
C slope of a distance-time graph D slope of a velocity-time graph

12.

The velocity-time graph above shows the motion of a body with

A. Uniform acceleration B. uniform velocity C. uniform retardation D. Non-uniform velocity
 13. A bus starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of 6m/s2. What distance does it cover in the
third second?
A. 15m B. 18m C. 27m D. 30m
14. A motor vehicle is brought to rest from a speed of 15ms-1 in 20 seconds. Calculate the retardation.
A. 0.75 ms-2 B. 1.33 ms-2 C. 1.50 ms-2 D. 7.50 ms-2
15. An object which is released into the air with an initial velocity and then allowed to move freely under
gravity is called a
A. Trajectory B. Projectile C. Flight D. Projection
16. An object is projected with a velocity of 100ms-1 at an angle of 60o to the vertical. Calculate the time taken
by the object to reach the highest point ( g = 10ms-2)
A. 5.0s B. 8.7s C. 10.0s D. 17.3s
17. A body of mass 58g is suspended at the 20cm mark of a uniform meter rule. The meter rule is adjusted on
a pivot until it settles horizontally at the 40cm mark. Determine the mass of the meter rule.
A. 116g B. 100g C. 29g D. 80g
18. The horizontal distance from the point of projection to the point where the projectile hits the ground is
known as
A. Range B. Time of flight C. Maximum height D. Maximum range
19. A mango fruit drops from a tree of height 45m. How long does it take the fruit to reach the ground?
A. 1s B. 2s C. 3s D. 4s
20. The S.I unit of moment is
A. Newton B. Newton-meter C. Joule D. Newton per meter
SECTION B (THEORY)
Instruction: Attempt any Four(4) Questions in this Section

1. (a) Distinguish between distance and displacement

(b) A man rides a motorcycle 12km due East and later 5km due South. Calculate the
(i) total distance covered (ii) magnitude of the displacement of the man
(c) Using any convenient scale, represent the following point on the Cartesian Coordinate system
2. (a) State three examples of vector quantities.
(b) What do you understand by the Resultant of two vectors?
(c) A body is under the action of two forces 7N and 10N. Find the resultant of the two forces if the two forces
are inclined at an angle of 60o to each other.
3 (a) Explain the following terms:
(i) Uniform velocity (ii) Uniform acceleration
(b) A body accelerated uniformly from rest at the rate of 3m/s2 for 8 seconds. Calculate the distance covered
by the body during the acceleration.
(c) Distinguish between speed and velocity.
4. (a) Use a neat velocity-time graph only to illustrate each of the following:
(i) Uniform velocity (ii) uniform retardation
(b) A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 20s to attain a speed of 25ms-1. It maintains this speed
for 30s before decelerating uniformly to rest. The total time for the journey is 60s.
(i) Sketch a velocity-time graph for the motion.
(ii) Use the graph to determine the:
(α) total distance travelled by the car (β) deceleration of the car
5. (a) State three applications of projectiles in sports.
(b) Define the Time of flight of a projectile
(c) A rocket fired with an initial velocity u at an angle 60o to the horizontal ground reaches a maximum height
of 200m. Calculate:
(i) the value of u (ii) the time of flight
6. (a) What is meant by the moment of a force about a point?
(b) State the conditions of equilibrium for a number of parallel coplanar forces.
(c) A uniform meter rule balances horizontally when it is pivoted at the 70cm mark and a mass of 105g is
suspended at the 90cm mark. Calculate the mass of the meter rule.