2007 E.

C PHYSICS MODEL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 10

GENERATION DIRECTION: THIS BOOCKLET CONTAINS PHYSICS EXMANTION FOR

GRADE 10. THE EXMANTION CONTAINS 45 ITEMS. THERE IS ONLY ONE BEST

ANWER FOR EACH ITEM. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE SUGGESTED

OPTION AND WRITE THE LETTER OF YOU CHOICE ON THE ANSWER SHEET.

YOU ARE ALLOWED TO WORK ON THE EXAM. FOR 1 HRS

1. A stone is thrown horizontally from height of 20m tower with velocity of

15m/s. what is the magnitude of velocity at instant the stone strikes the

ground.(use g=10m/s2)
A. 35m/s C. 17.5m/s
B. 25m/s D. 20m/s
2. An Athletes ran the first 10 Km With Speed 20m/s and the second 5km

with speed 30m/s. what was his average speed?

A. 25m/s C. 60m/s
B. 22.5m/s D. 50m/s
3. Which of the following is NOT unit of mechanical power
A. Kgm3/sec2 C. Nm/Sec
2 3
B. Kg /sec D. J/sec
4. The number of complete oscillations recorded by student in 5 sec. is 20.

What is the period of oscillation?

A. 4sec C. 25sec
B. 0.25 sec D. 15sec
5. A solenoid of 0.628m long has 20 turns. The magnetic field strength near

the center of it is 8x10-5T. what current flow through the solenoid? (

0=4
x10-7Tm/A)
A. 20A C. 0.2A
B. 2A D. 4A
6. Two spring each with spring constant of 1000 N/m set up in parallel with

an applied force of 200N as shown below. What would be the extension

produced by the applied force?

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A. 20Cm C. 5cm fig 1

B. 10cm D. 15cm

200N
7. The mean distance of planet P from the sun is 4 times that of the earth.

What is the period of the planet P to revolve once the sun?

A. 8years C. 16 years
B. 4years D. 64 years
8. Resistance of conductor(wire) inversely proportional to its
A. Length C. Thickness
B. Temperature D. All
9. The conductor /wire/ has resistance of 20 at O0c and temperature

coefficient of 0.0025k-1. What is the change in resistance of a wire after

heated to 500c
A. 22.5 C. 0.25
B. 2.5 D. 2.25
10. The size of an induced electromotive force(emf) directly

proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux in the loop. This

principle refer to
A. Lenzs law C. Faradays law
B. Amperes D. ohms law
11. Four light lamps are used for 5hrs per day. If the cost of operation

for the last 30days at fixed utility rate of 40cents is 14.4 birr, then what
power delivered by each lamp?
A. 40 w C. 80w
B. 60w D. 100w

12. The energy that related to both motion and position of a body is:
A. Kinetic energy C. mechanical energy
B. Potential energy D. heat energy
13. Which of the following is FALSE about properties of liquids and

gases
A. Both take shape of their containers
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B. Particle of both liquids & gases set patterns

C. Gases are compressible where as liquids not
D. Both liquids and gases are fluids
14. A potential difference of 17v is applied to a 2m long copper wire

(resistivity 1.7x10-8m at 200c), if cross sectional area of the wire

0.02mm2 then, What current flow in the wire?

A. 1.7A C. 10A
B. 1A D. 3.4A
15. Conductors connected to potential difference can allow larger

currents when they are:-

A. Shorter and thicker C. longer and thinner
B. Longer and thicker D. shorter and thinner
16. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about extrinsic

semiconductors?
A. They are pure semiconductors
B. They have electrons and holes as a charge carriers
C. They made by doping with pentavalent/trivalent elements
D. All
17. A ball of mass 0.2kg travelling at 20m/s is kicked by a player so as

to return back a long its original path at 10m/s. How long the ball and

the leg are in contact if the impulsive force is 100N?

A. 4sec C. 0.08sec
B. 8sec D. 0.06sec
18. If an object has a kinetic energy of 2000J and momentum of

200kgm/sec, the speed of the object is

A. 400m/s B. 40m/s C. 10m/s D. 20m/s
19. Two alarm sirens are emitting aloud note; at apoint b/n the two

sirens the sound is very loud, but at other points is much fainter. This

phenomena of sound wave refers to:

A. Diffraction C. Refraction
B. Reflection D. interference
20. One end of water filled monometer connected to a gas supply that

has pressure of 101500 pa. the pressure of the gas cause the column of

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water to rise up at the other end as shown below. What is the height

difference b/n B&C(density of water =1000 kg/m3) Patm

(Patm =101000 Pa and g =10m/sec2)
A. 50cm C. 5cm C --------- gas
B. 0.5cm D. 10cm B ----------- supplied

21. Spring is used to launch aball of mass 40gm vertically into the air.

If the stiffness of Spring is 800N/M and is compressed by 5cm, then

what would be the height reached by the ball?(assuming all KE

converted to GPE,and use g=10m/s2)

A. 25m C. 5m
B. 2.5m D. 10m
22. If two resistors R1&R2 (with R1<R2 )when connected in series and

parallel effective resistance is 16 and 3 respectively, then what is

the value of R1 and R2

A. R1=5, R2=11 C. R1 =6 ,R2= 10
B. R1=4,R2=12 D. R1=2 ,R2=14
23. Which of the following is FALSE about two stationary point

charges Q1 and Q2 near each other.

A. They exert magnetic force on each other
B. They exert electric force on each other
C. They exert gravitational force an each other
D. None of the above
24. Magnitude of magnetic field strength at point P 0.05m from

current carrying conductor is 4x10-5T.(see fig 3 below) what is the

current and its direction.( o= 4 x10-7Tm/A) xx

x
A. 1A,down C. 1A,up xx x p
0.05m
B. 10A,down D. 10A,up xx x

x x x fig 3

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25. Two positive point charges Q1 and Q2 with Q1=4Q2 placed on x-axis.

Where electric field is zero b/n them?

A. Closer to Q1 C. midway b/n them
B. Closer to Q2 D. Enet never zero b/n them

26. If capacitors C1=C2=3 F,C4=C5=C6=6 F and C3=1 F ,are

connected to battery of 6 volt as shown bellow ,then which of the

following is NOT TRUE about the capacitors net work? C1=3

F
=6 F

A. Effective capacitance is 1 F
B. Voltage across C1 is 2v 6v C3=1 C5=6

C. Charge deposited in C3 is 4 C
D. Total energy stored in the circuit is 18 J. C2=3 F C6=6

F fig.4
27. A particle of mass 1.7x10-27kg and velocity 8.0x106m/s has charge

of 2 c moves in a radius of 2mm. what is the magnetic field

strength?
A. 6.8x10-12T C. 3.4x10-12T
B. 3.4x10-10T D. 1.7x10-12T
28. Ethiopian renaissance Dam excepted to generate 6000Mw. This

quantity refers to
A. Electrical energy C. electrical Power
B. Electrical current D. electrical force
0
29. A 20m plane inclined at 30 has efficiency 60%. If it used to raise a

load of 300N, then what effort required to slide up the load.

(sin 300=0.5, cos300= 3 /2 )
A. 200N C. 120N
B. 250N D. 150N

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30. If student plan to design capacitor net work of effective capacitance

0.01 F using n-identical capacitors 8 F each, then the number of

capacitors needed and mode of combination he selects is:

A. 100,in series C. 800,in series
B. 800,inparallel D. 100,in series
31. Image of an object formed by a convex lens of focal length 20cm

is virtual and twice the size of the object. What is the distance b/n the

object and image formed.

A. 40cm C. 10cm
B. 20cm D. 30cm
32. 20 gm of water at 20 c is mixed with 100gm of water at 800c. after
0

thermal equilibrium is reached , the final temperature of mixture is

(cw=4200J/kgk)
A. 500c C. 400c
B. 700c D. 300c
33. Which of the following is TRUE about the nature of image formed

by convex Mirrors and concave lenses

A. Both produce virtual, erect and diminished image depend on object

distance
B. Both produce ,virtual ,erect and larger image depend on object

distance.
C. Both produce virtual, erect & diminished image where ever the object

placed
D. Both produced virtual ,erect & larger image where ever the object

placed
34. Semiconductor device that has low resistance when it warmed is
A. Thermistor C. Transistor
B. Light dependent diode D. light emitting diode

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35. A car of mass 4000 kg moving along straight level road changes its

speed from 10m/s to 20m/s when 100N force acts on it. How far it

travelled?
A. 6km C. 2km
B. 12km D. 4km
36. If the system of forces shown below is in equilibrium .then what is

the magnitude of force P and R respectively?

(sin 530=cos 370=0.8) (cos 530=sin 370=0.6 ) P R

A. P=R=800N C. P=800N,R=600N 53
0
..
B. P=R=600N D. P=600N,R=800N

1000N

37. The laws of planetary motion best described and formulated by

A. Sir Issac newton C. Tacho Brahe
B. Kepler D. Galileo
38. Which of the following devices used for amplification
A. Diode C. Thermistor
B. Resistor D. Transistor
39. Which graph shows volecity time graph of a stone which thrown

straight up to air at t=0 and returns down at t=tf

A. V C. v

t=tf t tf t

B. v D. v

tf t tf t

40. A train is moving uniformly at 50m/s. Which quantity change

uniformly
A. Velocity C. Acceleration

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B. Speed D. Distance
41. Sound wave cant travel in
A. Liquid C. Vacuum
B. Solid D. gas
42. The intensity of sound wave at a point 10m away from a point

source is 10-7w/m2. What is the intensity from the same source at a

distance of 20m?
A. 2.5x10-7w/m2 C. 2.5x10-8 w/m2
B. 5x10-8 w/m2 D. 5x10-7 w/m2
43. Temperature differ from heat in that it is not
A. A form of energy
B. Basic physical quantity
C. Determine the direction of heat flow
D. The measure of average kinetic energy of molecules of the body
44. Which of the following is NOT true about couple of force
A. They are equal in magnitude
B. They are opposite in direction
C. They are perpendicular to each other
D. They produce torque if not in the same line of action
45. In logical gate shown below, A&B are inputs. What is the value of

A and B so that the output E is zero

A. A=0,B=1 A.
E
B. A=1,B=0
C. A=0,B=0 B.
D. A=1, B=1

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