Physics Past Questions And Answers
The instrument to measure the relative density of liquid is
- A. thermometer
- B. hydrometer
- C. spring balance
- D. beaker
A car accelerates uniformly from rest at 5 ms-2. Determine its speed after 10s
- A. 50.0ms-1
- B. 25.0ms-1
- C. 2.0ms-1
- D. 0.5ms-1
A test tube of radius 1.0cm is loaded to 8.8g. If is placed upright in water, find the depth to which it would sink
- A. 2.8cm
- B. 5.2cm
- C. 25.5cm
- D. 28.0cm
The core of an efficient transformer should consist of laminated pieces of metal in order to
- A. increase the heat produced by increasing the eddy current
- B. increase the heat produced by reducing the eddy current
- C. reduce the heat produced by increasing the eddy current
- D. reduce the heat produced by reducing the eddy current
Which of the following devices convert heat energy to electrical energy?
- A. transformer
- B. dynamo
- C. thermocouple
- D. thermostat
The area under a velocity-time graph represents
- A. final velocity attained
- B. distance covered
- C. acceleration
- D. workdone
The value of F in the figure below when in equilibrium is

- A. 10N
- B. 12N
- C. 20N
- D. 27N
A mirror of weight 75N is hung by a cord from a hook on the wall. If the cord makes an angle of 30o with horizontal, the tension in the cord is
- A) 100N
- B) 1500N
- C) 250N
- D) 150N
The half-life of a radio-active element is 9 days, what fraction of atoms has decayed in 36 days?
- A. \( \frac{1}{16} \)
- B. \( \frac{1}{4} \)
- C. \( \frac{1}{2} \)
- D. \( \frac{15}{16} \)
A boy cycles continuously through a distance of 1.0 km in 5 minutes. Calculate his average speed
- A. 0.3ms-1
- B. 3.3ms-1
- C. 16.6ms-1
- D. 20.0ms-1

