1. A pull or a push applied or exerted on an object is ............................

A.Energy

B.Force

C.Velocity

D.Distance

2. The ability to do work is ......

A.Velocity

B.Force

C.Energy

D.Heat

3. ................... is said to be done when a force of 1Newton moves an object of mass 1

gram, 1 meter in the direction of the force.

A.Force

B.Time

C.Energy

D.Work

4. _______________ is the speed in a given direction; rate of motion with direction.

A.Velocity

B.Work

C.Energy

D.Temperature

5. Which of the following energy sources is characterized by the process of nuclear fusion?

A.Coal

B.Solar

C.Natural Gas
D.Geothermal

6. What does Newton's second law of motion state?

A.Force is directly proportional to mass times acceleration.

B.Force is inversely proportional to acceleration.

C.Force is directly proportional to mass.

D.Force is inversely proportional to mass.

7. According to Boyle's Law, what happens to the volume of a gas if its pressure is
increased while keeping the temperature constant?

A.Volume increases.

B.Volume decreases.

C.Volume remains the same.

D.Volume becomes zero.

8. Charles' Law describes the relationship between the volume and temperature of a gas at
constant pressure. What does the law state?

A.Volume is inversely proportional to temperature.

B.Volume is directly proportional to temperature.

C.Volume is inversely proportional to pressure.

D.Volume is directly proportional to pressure.

9. Which of the following is a fundamental principle of classical mechanics that describes

the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration?

A.Coulomb's Law

B.Kepler's Law

C.Newton's Second Law

D.Boyle's Law

10. In the context of basic physics, what principle states that energy cannot be created or
destroyed, only transformed from one form to another?
A.Newton's Third Law

B.Conservation of Energy

C.Ohm's Law

D.Hooke's Law

Part II

1. A softball player leaves the batter's box, overruns first base by 3.0 meters, and then
returns to first base. Compared to the total distance traveled by the player, the magnitude
of the player's total displacement from the batter's box is

A.Smaller

B.Larger

C.The same

2. What is the total displacement of a student who walks 3 blocks east, 2 blocks north, 1
block west, and then 2 blocks south?

• A.2 blocks east

• B.2 blocks west

• C.8 blocks

• D.0

3.

A girl leaves a history classroom and walks 10. meters north to a drinking fountain. Then
she turns and walks 30. meters south to an art classroom. What is the girl's total
displacement from the history classroom to the art classroom?

• A.20. m south

• B.20. m north

C.40. m north

• D.40. m south

4.What is the SI unit for displacement?

• A.Centimeter
 • B.Meter

• C.Kilometer

• D.Feet

5. Distance is a ______ quantity.

• A.Scalar

• B.Vector

• C.Negative

• D.Positive

6. A car travels 20. meters east in 1.0 second. The displacement of the car at the end of this
1.0-second interval is

• A.20. m/s

• B.20. m

• C.20. m east

• D.20. m/s east

7. A student walks 1.0 kilometer due east and 1.0 kilometer due south. Then she runs
2.0 kilometers due west. The magnitude of the student's resultant displacement is closest
to:

• A.3.4 km

• B.2.0 km

• C.4.0 km

• D.0 km

8. If an object, after traveling a certain distance returns to the starting point, what will be its
displacement?

• A.One

• B.Zero

• C.More than one

 • D.Less than one

9. John, an athlete covers 3 rounds on a circular track of radius 50 m. What is the

displacement covered by him?

• A.Zero

• B.4 m

• C.12 m

• D.50 m

10. Michael travels 250 miles to North but then backtracks to South for 105 miles to pick up
a friend. Calculate Michael's total displacement.

• A.189 mi N

• B.145 mi N

• C.145 mi S

• D.355 mi S

Part III

1.

The electrostatic force between two point charges kept at a distance d apart, in a medium
εr = 6, is 0.3 N. The force between them at the same separation in vacuum is

A.1.8 N

B.0.5 N

C.20 N

D.2 N

2. Elecric field intensity is 400 V m−1 at a distance of 2 m from a point charge. It will be 100
V m−1 at a distance?

A.4 m

B.4 cm
C.1.5 m

D.50 cm

3. Two point charges +4q and +q are placed 30 cm apart. At what point on the line joining
them the electric field is zero?

A.20 cm from the charge 4q

B.15 cm from the charge q

C.7.5 cm from the charge q

D.5 cm from the charge q

4. A dipole is placed in a uniform electric field with its axis parallel to the field. It
experiences

A.

Neither a net force nor a torque

B.Only a torque

C.Both a net force and torque

D.Only a net force

5. The work done in moving 500 μC charge between two points on equipotential surface is

A.Zero

B.Finite positive

C.Finite negative

D.Infinite

6. Which of the following quantities is scalar?

A.

Electric potential

B.Electric force

C.Electric field
D.Dipole moment

7.

A hollow metal ball carrying an electric charge produces no electric field at points

A.Inside the spHere

B.On its surface

C.Outside the spHere

D.At a distance more than twice

8. Which of the following is a physical quantity that has a magnitude but no direction?

o A.Vector

o B.Frame of reference

o C.Resultant

o D.Scalar

9. What results from multiplying or dividing vectors by scalars?

o A.Vectors if multiplied or scalars if divided

o B.Scalars if multiplied scalars

o C.Scalars

o D.Vectors

10. Identify the following quantities as scalar or vector: the mass of an object, the
number of leaves on a tree, and wind velocity.

o A.Vector, scalar, scalar

o B.Vector, scalar, vector

o C.Scalar, scalar, vector

o D.Scalar, vector, vector

11. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

 o A.Temperature

o B.Velocity

o C.Volume

o D.Mass

12. Which of the following is a physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction?

o A.Vector

o B.Scalar

o C.Frame of reference

o D.Resultant

13. Which of the following is always positive?

o A.Vector

o B.Magnitude

o C.Direction

14. Identify the following quantities as scalar or vectors: the speed of a snail, the time it
takes to run a mile, and the free-fall acceleration.

o A.Vector, scalar, scalar

o B.Scalar, scalar, vector

o C.Vector, scalar, vector

o D.Scalar, vector, vector

15. What is the resultant velocity of a duck flying 10.0 m/s due south against a gust of
wind with a speed of 2.5 m/s?

o A.-7.5 m/s south

o B.12.5 m/s south

o C.7.5 m/s south

o D.-12.5 m/s south

 16. Which trigonometric function, when multiplied by a vector's magnitude, gives the y-
component of a vector oriented at an angle with respect to the x-axis in a coordinate
system?

o A.Cos θ

o B.Cot θ

o C.Sin θ

o D.Tan θ

17. Which trigonometric function, when multiplied by a vector's magnitude, gives the x-
component of a vector oriented at an angle with respect to the x-axis in a coordinate
system?

o A.Tan θ

o B.Cos θ

o C.Cot θ

o D.Sin θ

18. Which of the following is the motion of objects moving in two dimensions under the
influence of gravity?

o A.Vertical velocity

o B.Horizontal velocity

o C.Dot product

o D.Projectile motion

19. Which of the following does not exhibit parabolic motion?

o A. A baseball is thrown to home plate.

o B.A frog is jumping from land into the water.

o C.A flat piece of paper is released from a window.

o D.A basketball is thrown into a hoop.

20. What is the path of a projectile (in the absence of air resistance)?

o A.A wavy line

o B.Projectiles do not follow a predictable path.

o C.A hyperbola

o D.A parabola

21. Which of the following is not an example of projectile motion?

o A.A volleyball served over a net.

o B.A baseball thrown in the air.

o C.A hot-air balloon drifting toward Earth.

o D.A long jumper in action.

22. Which of the following exhibits parabolic motion?

o A.A space shuttle orbiting Earth

o B.A leaf falling from a tree

o C.A stone is thrown into a lake

o D.A train moving along a flat track

23. Which of the following is an example of projectile motion?

o A.A helicopter taking off

o B.A thrown baseball

o C.A space shuttle being launched

o D.A jet lifting off a runway

24. Which of the following is a coordinate system for specifying the precise location of
objects in space?

o A.Diagram

o B.X-axis

o C.Frame of reference

o D.Y-axis
25. From the teacher's perspective, how does a piece of chalk appear to fall when
dropped while walking at a speed of 1.5 m/s?

o A.Straight down

o B.Straight backward

o C.Straight down and forward

o D.Straight down and backward

26. A passenger on a bus moving east sees a man standing on a curb. From the
passenger's perspective, the man appears to

o A.Move west at a speed that is equal to the bus's speed.

o B.Move west at a speed that is less than the bus's speed

o C.Standstill

o D.Move east at a speed that is equal to the bus's speed.

27. What kind of physical quantity is a force of 10 Newtons applied to push a box to the
right?

o A.Scalar

o B.Vector

o C.Unitless

o D.Dimensionless

28. What type of quantity is mass when it is measured as 5 kilograms?

o A.Scalar

o B.Vector

o C.Vector when in motion

o D.Both scalar and vector,

29. What type of quantity is the distance traveled by a car traveling 100 kilometers to the
north?

o A.Scalar
o B.Vector

o C.Neither

o D.Both