HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY SPECIAL NON-BOARDING SECONDARY

SCHOOL FIRST SEMISTER PHYSICS 3rd EXAM FOR GRADE 10 A

December, 2024
Maximum mark 20%
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General Direction

 Make sure that whether the exam paper has 40 Question and answer sheet at the back

 Any attempt of cheating makes your result zero.

 Attempt the entire question according to the instruction

 Use the answer sheet attached at the back

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I. From the given below choose the correct answer(1.point)
1. Why should you specify a reference frame when describing motion?
A) A description of motion depends on the reference frame
B) Motion appears the same in all reference frames
C) Reference frames affect the motion of an object
D) You can see motion better from certain reference frames
2. Which of the following is true for the displacement of an object?
A. It is always equal to the distance the object moved between its initial and final positions.
B. It is both the straight line distance the object moved as well as the direction of its motion.
C. It is the direction the object moved between its initial and final positions.
D. It is the straight line distance the object moved between its initial and final positions.
3. Which one of the following graphs best describes a uniformly accelerated motion?.

A. B.

C. D.

4. Two objects of different masses are dropped from the same height at the same time. In the
absence of air resistance, which will hit the ground first?
A) The heavier object C) The lighter object
B) They will hit the ground at the same time. D) Depends on the height from which they are dropped
5. A car is travelling in the north direction. To stop, it produces a deceleration of 60 m/s2. Which of the
Following is a correct representation for the deceleration?
A) 60 m/s2 Northwards C) 60 m/s2 Eastwards
B) 60 m/s2 Southwards D) 60 m/s2 Westwards
6. Two cars moving in the same direction have velocities of 20m/s and 25m/s. What is the relative
velocity of the faster car?
A. 45m/s B. 5m/s C. 40m/s D. 15m/s

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7. The velocity versus time graph of a body moving in a straight line is as shown in the figure below:

A) The distance covered by the body in 0 to 2sec is 8m

B) The acceleration of the body in 0 to 2sec is 4m/s2.
C) The acceleration of the body in 2 to 3 sec is 4m/s2.
D) The distance moved by the body during 0 to 3sec is 6m.
8. The acceleration-time graph for a particle is given in the figure. If it starts motion at t = 0, the
distance travelled in 3sec will be:

A) 4m B) 2m C) 0m D) 6m
9. Referring to the v - t graph shown below what is the acceleration and the distance
covered in 5 seconds?

A. 4m/s2 and 25m/s C. 4m/s2 and 37.5m/s

B. 3m/s2 and 62.5m/s D. 5m/s2 and 100m/s
10. Which one of the following graphs is showing that object is stationary?

A. C

B. D

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11. A car covers a distance between two towns which are 80km apart. If it takes the car 1hr
and30minutestotravel between the two towns, calculate the average speed of the car in m/s.
A. 14.81 m/s C. 53.33 m/s
B. 15m/s D.18.14m/s
12. The quantity that describes how fast you are going between two positions without regard for direction
is known as _______
A. velocity B. speed C. displacement D. acceleration
13. Which of the following is TRUE about uniform motions? It is
A. a motion with the same nonzero acceleration C. a motion with zero speed
B. a motion with the same nonzero speed D. a motion with increasing acceleration
14. A car is travelling from Addis Ababa to Adama. It travelled 51 km in the first one hour and 49 km in
the second one hour. What is the average speed of the car?
A. 22.5 km/h C. 25 km/h
B. 25.5 km/h D. 50 km/h .
15. If a moving body covers equal distances with equal time interval its motion is termed as
A. accelerated motion C. uniformly accelerated motion
B. uniform motion D. Vibrational motion
16. In a uniformly accelerated motion
A. velocity changes equally in equal time intervals C. Acceleration is zero
B. acceleration changes equally in equal time intervals D velocity is constant
17. What is the total displacement of a body shown in velocity-time graph for the first 10s of motion?

A. 104m C. 72m
B. 96m D. 120m
18. A car accelerated from initial position and then returned at initial point, then
A. Velocity is zero but speed increases C. Speed is zero but velocity increases
B. Both speed and velocity increase D. Both speed and velocity decrease
19. What is the rate of change of velocity of an object in uniform motion?
A. Always equal to zero C. Always greater than one
B. Always less than one D. Either less than or equal to one

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20. A stone that is dropped from the top of a building is in free fall for 8.0scond calculate the
stone’s velocity when it reaches the ground and height of the building respectvly?(g=9.8m/s2)
A. 98m/s , 320m C. 78.4m/s , 313.6m.
B. 7.8m/s , 320m. D 313.6m/s, 7.8m
21. Suppose a passenger moves along a straight line from point A to point C, passing through
point B, and then reverses direction back to point B as shown in Figure below. What will be
the passenger’s distance covered and displacement, respectively?

A. 30 m & 10 m B. 30 m & 20 m C. 20 m & 30 m D. 20 m & 30 m

22. An automobile starts at rest and speeds up at 3.5𝑚/𝑠2 after the traffic light turns green. How
far did the automobile travel when it was traveling at25𝑚/𝑠?

A) 68 m B) 70 m C) 89.3 m D) 95.4 m

23. Uniformly accelerated motion is a motion with

A. Increasing velocity at a constant rate. C. constant velocity.
B. decreasing velocity at a constant rate. D. changing acceleration. E. A & B.
24. Which of the following can be used to describe how fast an object is moving along with
the direction of motion at a given instant of time?

A) Average speed B) Instantaneous speed C) Average velocity D) Instantaneous velocity

25. A car is moving on a straight road at a constant speed in a single direction. Which of the
following statements is true?

A. Average velocity is zero.

B. The magnitude of average velocity is equal to the average speed.

C. The magnitude of average velocity is greater than the average speed.

D. The magnitude of average velocity is less than the average speed.

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26. Which of the following best describes uniform motion?

A) Motion with constant acceleration C) Motion with constant velocity

B) Motion with changing velocity D) Motion with changing acceleration

27. If a particle covers equal distances in equal time intervals, it is said to

A. be at rest C. move with uniform acceleration

B. move with uniform speed D. move with uniform velocity

28. which of the following statement is valid

A. The velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line with uniform
acceleration is used to measure the displacement of the particle
B. The velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line with uniform
acceleration is used to measure the acceleration.
C. The area under the curve in a velocity time graph is the change in position.
D. All of the above statement is valid
29. All of the following are true Except.
A. For uniformly accelerated motion, the instantaneous acceleration has the same value
as the average acceleration.
B. the position-time graph for uniformly accelerated motion is a parabola
C. Position-time graph’s gradient represents the velocity of the object.
D. The gradient of the tangent line on position-time graph is an instantaneous speed
30. Speed limits are_________
A. Used to set the legal maximum or minimum speed at which road vehicles may travel
on a given stretch of road.
B. Indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum or minimum speed permitted .
C. Being started to be monitored by traffic officers in the various streets and roads of
our country.
D. Used to regulate the speed of vehicles in certain places and it also controls the flow of
traffic.
E. All of above F . none of Above
31. Which of the following is correct?
A. Instantaneous velocity is the rate of change in displacement as change in time
approaches nonzero.
B. The size of the instantaneous velocity of moving car is the reading of the
speedometer.

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 C. Direction of average acceleration is the direction of change in instantaneous
acceleration.
D. Average acceleration approaches instantaneous acceleration as ∆t approaches zero.
E. B and C F. B and D
32. Acar travels at a constant speed of 50km/h for 100km.It then speeds up to100 km/h and is
driven another100km.What is the car’s average speed for the 200 km trip?
A. 66.7km/h. C. 76.6km/h
B. 75km/h D 7.66km/h
33. Which of the following graph represent uniform acceleration?(assume vertical axis’s
velocity and horizontal axis is time)
A. Horizontal straight line C. A vertical straight line
B. A curved line D. Straight line with a constant nonzero slope.
34. The velocity of a car changes over an 8 s time period as shown in the following table.

What is the displacement of the car during the entire 8 s?

A. 110m B. 50m C. 60m D. 45m
35. Depending on the above table Find the slope of the line between t = 0s and t=4s.?
A. Zero B . 4m/s C. 5m/s D. 10m/s
36. What is the difference between average velocity and instantaneous velocity?
A. Average velocity is the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken, while
instantaneous velocity is the velocity at a specific moment in time.
B. Average velocity is the velocity at a specific moment in time, while instantaneous
velocity is the total distance traveled divided by the total time taken.
C. Average velocity is the change in displacement over a specific time interval, while
instantaneous velocity is the change in displacement over an infinitesimal time
interval.
D. Average velocity and instantaneous velocity is the same thing
37. A cyclist is traveling at 15 m/s north. A car passes the cyclist traveling at 25 m/s south.
What is the velocity of the car relative to the cyclist?
A. 10 m/s north C. 10 m/s south
B. 40 m/s south D. 40 m/s north

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38. in a displacement-time graph for uniform acceleration, the graph will be:
A. A horizontal straight line. C. A straight line with a constant positive slope.
B. A curved line (parabola). D. A vertical straight line
39. If the velocity-time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis, then the object is:
A. Moving with uniform acceleration. C. Moving with uniform velocity.
B. At rest. D. Moving with non-uniform velocity
40. Consider a displacement-time graph showing an object initially at rest that experiences
uniform acceleration. The graph will:
(a) Be a straight line with a negative slope
(b) Be a horizontal line
(c) Show a decreasing slope over time
(d) Show a curve representing a quadratic relationship

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