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Questions
Choose the beast answer from the given alternatives
1.Which one of the following force can do work?
A. Static friction
B. kinetic friction
C . The tension force in the string of an oscillating simple pendulum
D. the gravitational force on a satellite orbiting the earth in a circular path
2. If a resultant horizontal force of 17N acts on a body of mass 5kg and displaces it from rest through a
Displacement of 10m, the kinetic energy of the body becomes
A. 22J B. 170J C. 85J D. 27J
3. A 4kg mass increases its speed from 20m/s to 50m/s in 5sec.what is the work done by the net force?
A. 2100J B. 8200J C. 4200J D. 1050J
4.what is the kinetic energy of the spring mass system at a distance of 5cm from the equilibrium position
A. 6J B.2J C. 12J D.10J
5. A 1.5kg create falls from a height of 2cm on to an industrial spring scale with a spring constant of
1.5*105N/m. what is the reding on the scale at its greatest compression? (Take g=10m/s2 )
A.15N B.3*103N C.2.1*103N D.1.5*103N
6. which one of the following energies changes by work of friction, when a block slides across a rough
horizontal table top ?
A. Kinetic energy and internal energy C. kinetic energy only
B. Kinetic energy and potential energy D. internal energy only
7. Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation calculates the first 50kwh consumption at the minimum rate.
In this quantity the unit kwh refers to:-
A. Current B. power C. charge D. energy
8. which one of the following represents the relation between the unit of power and basic units?
A. kgm/s2 B. kgm2/s C. kgm2/s2 D. kgm2/s3
9. One of the following is not an example of renewable energy is known as--------------- .
A. wind energy B. Nuclear energy C. geothermal energy D. Biomass energy
10. One of the following is conserved as an object falls freely?
A. the M.E B. the P.E C. the K.E D. none
11. In a machine the efficiency is less than 100% in practice this is because
A. the velocity ratio is greater than the mechanical advantage
B. the mechanical advantage is greater than 1
C. the velocity ratio depends on friction
D. the efficiency does not depend on the mechanical advantage.
12. The diameter of the two upper pulleys of chain hoist are 18cm and 16cm. If the efficiency of the
hoist is 45 percent, what force is required to lift a 400kg load?
A. 844N B. 484N C.448N D. 848N
13. A force of 50N is needed to raise a 240N with a pulley system. The load goes up 1m for ever 5m of
rope pulled through the pulley. The efficiently of the system is
A. 60% B.50% C.96% D. 69%
14. The smaller piston of hydraulic press has a diameter of 5cm. A force of 20N is exerted on the
Smaller piston to rise a load of 8000N placed on the larger piston. What is the diameter of the larger
Piston?
A. 1m B. 2m C. 3m D. 4m

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15. Atmospheric pressure increases.

16. At what temperature does the reading on Fahrenheit scale be three times as great as the reading on
Celsius scale?
A. 26.6 0F B. 80 0F C. 70 0F D. 30 0F
17. The length of a certain wire changes by 0.08cm when it is heated from 10 0c to 30 0c. what is the
change in the length of the length of the wire at a temperature of 85 0c?
A. 0.3cm B. 0.4cm C. 0.2cm D. 0.1cm
18. which one of the following is the factor on which specific heat capacity of a conductor depends?
A. Heat B. Substance C. Mass D. Temperature
19. The temperature of a gas is most closely related to
A. the potential energy of its molecules C. the kinetic energy of translation of its molecules
B. the sizes of its molecules D. the total energy of its molecules
20. Thin strips of iron and zinc are riveted together to form a bimetallic strip that bends when heated.
The iron is on the inside of the bend because
A. It has a higher specific heat C. it has a lower coefficient of linear expansion
B. It has higher coefficient of linear expansion D. it has a lower specific heat
21. 140000Joules of heat energy is supplied to a 2kg metal to rise its temperature from 10 0c to 30 0c.
The specific heat capacity of the metal is
A. 3500J/kg 0c B. 700J/kg 0c C. 1750J/kg 0c D. 350J/kg 0c
22. what is the value of heat required to melt a 1.5kg ice completely to water at 0 0c?
( Lf of ice = 3.36*10-5 J/kg)
A. 5.04*105J/kg B. 4.02*105J/kg C. 6.04*105J/kg D. 7.02*105J/kg
23. A brass cube (α = 1.9*10-5 1/ 0c ) has a side of 0.1m at 30 c .what will be its final volume when the
temperature is increased to 90 0c?
A. 0.0343*10-4m3 B. 1.00343*10-3m3 C. 1.343*10-3m3 D. 0.334*10-3m3
24. Thermal equilibrium exist when
A. there is no heat transfer between two bodies
B. there is heat transfer between two bodies
C. the two bodies are at different temperature
D. None of the above
25. what will be the change in area of aluminum plate of area 10cm2 when heated from 20 c to 60 c?
(αAl = 2.5*10-51/ 0c)
A. 2*10-2cm2 B. 3*10-2cm2 C. 4*10-2cm2 D. 5*10-2cm2
26. The heat capacity of object B is twice that of object A . Initially A is at 300K and B is at 450K.
they are placed in thermal contact and the combination is isolated. what is the final temperature
of both objects?
A. 400K B. 450K C. 300K D. 150K
27. A rectangular box measure is 20m,10m and 50m and its weight is 1000N. the least pressure it can
exert when it rests on a flat horizontal surface is
A. 5N/m2 B. 1N/m2 C. 2N/m2 D. 0.5N/m2
28. A sound source provides sound wave with an intensity of 5*10-8 w/m2 at aa distance of 40m from
the source. what will be the intensity of the sound at the distance of 80m from the source ?
Hint:- I1r12 = I2r22
A. 1.5*10-8w/m2 B. 1.6*10-8w/m2 C. 1.25*10-8w/m2 D. 2.5*10-8w/m2

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29. A ship using sonar finds that the sea bed is 400m away, if sound waves take 0.5sec to return to the
Ship, what will be the speed of sound in water?
A. 800m/s B. 400m/s C. 1600m/s D. 1400m/s
30. As a wave moves along the strings of a guitar the particles of the string.
A. move perpendicular to the direction of the wave
B. move parallel to the direction of the wave motion
C. move anti parallel to the direction of the wave motion
D. remain stationary as the wave moves
31. The following are common properties of waves except.
A. wave carry energy from place to place C. wave require medium to transport particles
B. wave speed = wave length * frequency D. wave exhibit interference
32. A radio wave that we receive using our radio antennas
A. mechanical wave C. a wave on a string
B. an Electromagnetic wave D. a form of sound wave
33. A bat flying in a cave emits sound wave and receives its echo 2 second later. How far is the cave
Wall? Take the speed of sound as 340m/s
A. 170m B. 340m C. 680m D. 100m
34. The property of a sound wave that is related to the loudness is
A. the intensity B. the pitch C. the speed D. the wave length
35. Sinusoidal water waves are generated in a large ripple tank. The waves travel at 20cm/s and their
adjacent crests are 5cm apart. The period for each new whole cycle to be generated is
A. 4sec B. 0.5sec C. 0.25sec D. 3sec
36. The bob of pendulum completes a cycle every 0.2sec. what will be the frequency of the bob?
A. 5Hz B. 1/5Hz C. 4Hz D. 10Hz
37.water wave is an example of
A. transverse wave B. longitudinal wave C. both A and B D. Electromagnetic wave
38. w/m2 is equivalent to
A. J.s/m2 B. J/m2.s C. w.m2/J D.Jm2/s
39. The frequency range to which a normal ear can detect varies from------------ to -----------
A. 100Hz to 50,000Hz B. 20Hz to 20,000Hz C. 40Hz to 35,000Hz D. 10Hz to 10,000Hz
40. which one of the following relations is incorrect?
A. f = 1/T B. V = 𝜆T C. T.f = 1 D. V/𝜆 =f