SED223 List of eExam Questions in the Bank

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Q1 An oscillation is said to be if its amplitude of the oscillation gradually decreases to zero over time as a result of resistive force arising from the surrounding medium

Q2 During simple harmonic motion of an object, there is a constant interchange of of the object between its kinetic and potential forms

Q3 If the displcacement from its equilibrium position of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is very small, the force obeys Hooke's law

Q4 The displacement, velocity and acceleration of a particle undergoing a simple harmonic motion could be represented by a function

Q5 A simple harmonic motion is a periodic vibration of a body whose acceleration is directly proportional to its from a fixed point and is always directed towards this point i.e. a = - constant x

Q6 force is required for a simple harmonic motion to continue

Q7 A joule is a unit of

Q8 1 horse power is equal to W

Q9 A physical quantity which has the same dimensions as moment of a force is

Q10 is done when a force moves its point of application along the direction of its line of action

Q11 The coefficient of is the maximum limiting force just before a body starts sliding over another surface

Q12 The force which opposes the relative motion of two surfaces in contact is called

Q13 There are fundamental forces in nature

Q14 The velocity at which an object thrown into space will move completely free of the earth's gravitational field is called velocity

Q15 A orbit is the orbit of a satellite whose period of revolution is approximately equal to the period of rotation of the earth about its axis which is 24 hours

Q16 In a perfectly elastic collision, momentum and are conserved

Q17 is a force which acts for only a very short duration of time

Q18 The quantity ,force times time, re[resents

Q19 The maximum of theprojectile motion is attained when the angle of inclination at the point of projection is degrees

Q20 The is common to the vertical and horizontal components of the projectile motion

Q21 he shape of the of a projectile is a parabola

Q22 The horizontal distance covered by a projectile during the time of flight is called the

Q23 Netwton's law of motion is also known as the law of inertia

Q24 Newton's of motion explains the principle of operation of jet and rocket engines.

Q25 A body is said to be in equilibrium if on being slightly displaced from its equilibrium position, forces are acting in such a way as to return it to its equilibrium position.

Q26 A quantity is completely specified by its magnitude and direction

Q27 Work and moment of a force have the same

Q28 The of a physical quantity is the relationship between the unit of the quantity and the units of the fundamntal quantities

Q29 Quantities units which are obtained by a combination of the basic or fundamental quantities are called quantities

Q30 All motions are and not absolute

Q31 A of reference is a set of coordinate axes used to describe the motion of an object.

Q32 The kinetic energy per degree of freedom of a molecule of a monoatomic gas can be given interms of k and T where the symbols have thier usual meaning, as KE = . You may choose your answer from the list:(3kT/2, kT/3, kT/2, kT)

Q33 distribution is concerned with the distribution molecular speeds of a given closed system at a particular temperature

Q34 a material that can easily be drawn into a wire as it undergoes plastic deformation is said te be

Q35 point is reached when the molecules of a loaded piece of wire begin to slide past each other as it exceeds its elastic limit

Q36 The process whereby molecules move from the region of high concentration to that of low concentration until equilibrium is established within the system is called

Q37 A sensitive device made up of a series of thermocouples which may be used to detect heat radiated at a distance is called

Q38 An ideal and the best radiator and absorber of heat the radiator

Q39 __'s law of cooling states that the rate of lost of heat by a hot body is proportional to the temperature difference between the hot body and its surroudings.

Q40 The predominant mode of heat transfer in fluids is

Q41 In the equation k = (Rate x heat transferred)/(Area x temperature gradient), the quantity k stands for

Q42 A U-tube sealed at both ends contains nitrogen in one side and helium at pressure P in the other. The gases are seperated by mecury of density D.The mecury level in the arm containing helium is x units of length above the mecury level in the arm containing nitrogen. The pressure exerted by nitrogen on helium is __. Take the acceleration due to gravity as g. (You may choose your answers from the following list; P, xDg, P-xDg, P+xDg)

Q43 In an experiment to verify Boyle's law, a J tube open at one end and closed at the other is used. The pressure exerted on the air trapped, P, is related to the barometric height H and the mecury head h by the equation P =

Q44 A process whereby no heat is allowed to to flow into or out of a thermodynamic system is

Q45 The sum total of all kinds of energy possessed by the consituent particles of a system is called

Q46 The amount of heat absorbed or given out during the process of phase change of a substance at a constant temperature is called

Q47 The principle of the method of mixtures states that "heat lost by a hot body is equal to heat gained by a cold body provided no heat is lost to the surrounding". This is also the statement of the principle of

Q48 temperature is the temperature at which, theoretically, all thermal motions will cease.

Q49 A physical factor which depends on the altitude and causes the variation in freezing and boiling points is the

Q50 Any physical property of a substance which varies uniformly with temperature and which may be used to establish a temperature scale is known as property

Q51 The ratio of the image size to the object size is called the of the mirror

Q52 The type of mirror that is most suitable to be used as a driving mirror is

Q53 A ray of light which passes through the of the mirror is reflected back along its path

Q54 If a concave mirror forms an object placed in front it. The image is erect, virtual and enlarged. This implies the object is place between the mirror and the

Q55 A point on the principal axis of a curved mirror where rays parallel and close to the mirror converge or appear to diverge after reflection from the mirror is called the of the mirror

Q56 systems do not allow either energy or mass to flow between them and the surrounding

Q57 A type of boundary that allows exchange of heat is called boundary

Q58 A system whose boundary allows transfer of mass and energy into or out of it is called system

Q59 is a restricted region of space or a finite portion of matter or the part of the universe, with well-defined boundaries chosen for study.

Q60 is the study of the effects of work, heat, and energy on a system and it deals only with the large-scale response of a system, which can be observed and measured.

Q61 Which of the following is NOT an effect of heat on a substance?





Q62 The absolute zero temperature refers to the temperature at which





Q63 Tin melts at 232 under standard atmospheric pressure. Express this temperature in kelvin





Q64 When the junctions of two dissimilar metals are maintained at different temperatures an electromotive force is is set up in the circuit of which these junctions are a part. A pair of juntions of this kind is known as





Q65 On what thermometric property does the working of a thermistor depend?





Q66 An ungraduated mercury thermometer attached to a millimeter scale reads 22.8mm in ice and 242mm in steam at standard pressure. What will the millimeter read when the temperature is 20^{o} C?





Q67 A wall or partition that allows free exchange of heat energy between two systems is referred to as --------------





Q68 The fundamental interval of a thermometric scale is





Q69 Which of the following is NOT a thermometric property?





Q70 The term "adiabatic" is used to describe a partition that





Q71 Two bodies may be said to be in thermal equilibrium if





Q72 Measurement of temperature is referred to as------------





Q73 Heat can be defined as------------------------





Q74 Measurement of heat energy is referred to as------------





Q75 One of these is NOT a factor that can affect the rate of evaporation





Q76 When the pressure of the vapour on top of an enclosed liquid is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere, the liquid is at its ---------





Q77 A change of state is often accompanied by a change in (I) temperature (II) density (III) internal energy (IV) mass. Which of these is correct?





Q78 A person suffers a more severe burn from steam than from boiling water because -------------------





Q79 A gas occupies a certain volume at 27 degree celcius.If it is heated at constant pressure, its volume is exactly doubled at a temperature of ----------------------





Q80 The process by which a substance changes directly from solid state to gaseous state at any temperature is called





Q81 The S.I unit of heat capacity is -------------------





Q82 A railway line is laid with 10 m length of rail on a day when the temperature is $$2.50^{o}C$$. There is a gap of 0.5 cm between the rails. Find the temperature at which the gap will close





Q83 The ice and steam points on a thermometer correspond to X and 50mm respectively. A temperature of 60degree celcius corresponds to 52mm on the thermometer. Calculate the value of X





Q84 The fundamental interval of a thermometric scale refers to ---------------------





Q85 A thermocouple works on the principle of --------------------





Q86 Which of the following determines whether a body will be in thermal equilibrium with another body?





Q87 An ungraduated mercury thermometer attached to a millimeter scale reads 22.8mm in ice and 242mm in steam at standard pressure. What will the millimeter read when the temperature is 20^{o} C?





Q88 The predominant mode of heat transfer in solids is -----------





Q89 The second law of thermodynamics





Q90 It is NOT possible to completely convert





Q91 Which of the following is NOT an effect of heat on a substance?





Q92 The absolute zero temperature refers to the temperature at which





Q93 Calculate how much heat is needed to be supplied to a gas at a pressure of $1.25times10^{5} Pa, such that the pressure increases by 25 per cent at constant volume, and the internal energy by 120J.





Q94 A 0.5kg piece of metal (c = 600/kgK) at 300 degree celcius is dumped into a large pool of water at 20 degrees celcius. Assuming the change in temperature of water to be negligible, calculate the overall change in entropy for the system





Q95 Calculate the change in internal energy of 2kg of water at 90 degree celcius when it is changed to $3.30m^{3}$ of steam at $100 ^{o}$C. The whole process occurs at atmospheric pressure. The latent heat of vaporization of water is $2.26\times10^{6}$ J/kg.





Q96 Calculate the electric power which must be supplied to the filament of of a light bulb operating at 3000K. The total surface area of the filament is $8\times10^{-6}m^{2}$ and its emissivity is 0.92.





Q97 One end of a 30-cm long aluminium rod is exposed to a temperature of 500 degree centigrade while the other end is maintained at 20 degree. centigrade. The rod has the diameter of 2.5 cm. If heat is conducted through the rod at the rate of 164.9J/s, calculate the the thermal conductivity of aluminium





Q98 The method of mixtures as a means of measuring the amount of heat of a substance depends of the principle of conservation of





Q99 Which of the following is NOT true about conduction as a means of heat transfer?





Q100 Which of these determines whether or not heat flows in a system?





Q101 The mechanism of heat transfer from one point to another through vibration of the molecules of the medium is called -------------





Q102 One of these is an example of thermal radiation detector





Q103 One of these is NOT a basic assumption of kinetic theory of ideal gases





Q104 Thermal expansion of a solid material depends on the following EXCEPT





Q105 An image formed by a plane mirror is





Q106 Given that the specific capacity of ice is one-half that of water, does is take more thermal energy to raise the temperature of 5 g of water or 5 g of ice by $$6^{o}C?$$





Q107 The method of mixtures as a means of measuring the amount of heat of a substance depends of the principle of conservation of





Q108 Which of the following is NOT true?





Q109 diopter is theunit of





Q110 In an experiment involving the convex lens





Q111 Describe the image of candle positioned 20cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 30cm





Q112 Which of the following is correct about tracing ray digrams with curved mirrors





Q113 Convex mirrors are mostly used as





Q114 In an experiment involving a spherical mirror, 1/v was plotted on the vertical axis and 1/u on the horizontal axis. What is the linear magnification?





Q115 Which of the following is NOT true of experiments involving curved mirrors?





Q116 A process that is carried out in such a way that at every instant, the system departs only infinitesimal from an equilibrium state is said to be --------------------





Q117 The thermocouple is base on a physical principle known as ---------------------- effect





Q118 One end of a metal rod is heated by a flame and the other end is is used to melt ice. This process is possible through





Q119 A wall that thermally insulates one system from another system is called -------------- wall





Q120 The statement that "two objects each have the same temperature with a third object and therefore their temperatures are equal" is the -------------------- law of thermodynamics





Q121 An oscillation is said to be if its amplitude of the oscillation gradually decreases to zero over time as a result of resistive force arising from the surrounding medium

Q122 During simple harmonic motion of an object, there is a constant interchange of of the object between its kinetic and potential forms

Q123 If the displcacement from its equilibrium position of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is very small, the force obeys Hooke's law

Q124 The displacement, velocity and acceleration of a particle undergoing a simple harmonic motion could be represented by a function

Q125 A simple harmonic motion is a periodic vibration of a body whose acceleration is directly proportional to its from a fixed point and is always directed towards this point i.e. a = - constant x

Q126 force is required for a simple harmonic motion to continue

Q127 A joule is a unit of

Q128 1 horse power is equal to W

Q129 A physical quantity which has the same dimensions as moment of a force is

Q130 is done when a force moves its point of application along the direction of its line of action

Q131 The coefficient of is the maximum limiting force just before a body starts sliding over another surface

Q132 The force which opposes the relative motion of two surfaces in contact is called

Q133 There are fundamental forces in nature

Q134 The velocity at which an object thrown into space will move completely free of the earth's gravitational field is called velocity

Q135 A orbit is the orbit of a satellite whose period of revolution is approximately equal to the period of rotation of the earth about its axis which is 24 hours

Q136 In a perfectly elastic collision, momentum and are conserved

Q137 is a force which acts for only a very short duration of time

Q138 The quantity ,force times time, re[resents

Q139 The maximum of theprojectile motion is attained when the angle of inclination at the point of projection is degrees

Q140 The is common to the vertical and horizontal components of the projectile motion

Q141 he shape of the of a projectile is a parabola

Q142 The horizontal distance covered by a projectile during the time of flight is called the

Q143 Netwton's law of motion is also known as the law of inertia

Q144 Newton's of motion explains the principle of operation of jet and rocket engines.

Q145 A body is said to be in equilibrium if on being slightly displaced from its equilibrium position, forces are acting in such a way as to return it to its equilibrium position.

Q146 A quantity is completely specified by its magnitude and direction

Q147 Work and moment of a force have the same

Q148 The of a physical quantity is the relationship between the unit of the quantity and the units of the fundamntal quantities

Q149 Quantities units which are obtained by a combination of the basic or fundamental quantities are called quantities

Q150 All motions are and not absolute

Q151 A of reference is a set of coordinate axes used to describe the motion of an object.

Q152 The kinetic energy per degree of freedom of a molecule of a monoatomic gas can be given interms of k and T where the symbols have thier usual meaning, as KE = . You may choose your answer from the list:(3kT/2, kT/3, kT/2, kT)

Q153 distribution is concerned with the distribution molecular speeds of a given closed system at a particular temperature

Q154 a material that can easily be drawn into a wire as it undergoes plastic deformation is said te be

Q155 point is reached when the molecules of a loaded piece of wire begin to slide past each other as it exceeds its elastic limit

Q156 The process whereby molecules move from the region of high concentration to that of low concentration until equilibrium is established within the system is called

Q157 A sensitive device made up of a series of thermocouples which may be used to detect heat radiated at a distance is called

Q158 An ideal and the best radiator and absorber of heat the radiator

Q159 __'s law of cooling states that the rate of lost of heat by a hot body is proportional to the temperature difference between the hot body and its surroudings.

Q160 The predominant mode of heat transfer in fluids is

Q161 In the equation k = (Rate x heat transferred)/(Area x temperature gradient), the quantity k stands for

Q162 A U-tube sealed at both ends contains nitrogen in one side and helium at pressure P in the other. The gases are seperated by mecury of density D.The mecury level in the arm containing helium is x units of length above the mecury level in the arm containing nitrogen. The pressure exerted by nitrogen on helium is __. Take the acceleration due to gravity as g. (You may choose your answers from the following list; P, xDg, P-xDg, P+xDg)

Q163 In an experiment to verify Boyle's law, a J tube open at one end and closed at the other is used. The pressure exerted on the air trapped, P, is related to the barometric height H and the mecury head h by the equation P =

Q164 A process whereby no heat is allowed to to flow into or out of a thermodynamic system is

Q165 The sum total of all kinds of energy possessed by the consituent particles of a system is called

Q166 The amount of heat absorbed or given out during the process of phase change of a substance at a constant temperature is called

Q167 The principle of the method of mixtures states that "heat lost by a hot body is equal to heat gained by a cold body provided no heat is lost to the surrounding". This is also the statement of the principle of

Q168 temperature is the temperature at which, theoretically, all thermal motions will cease.

Q169 A physical factor which depends on the altitude and causes the variation in freezing and boiling points is the

Q170 Any physical property of a substance which varies uniformly with temperature and which may be used to establish a temperature scale is known as property

Q171 The ratio of the image size to the object size is called the of the mirror

Q172 The type of mirror that is most suitable to be used as a driving mirror is

Q173 A ray of light which passes through the of the mirror is reflected back along its path

Q174 If a concave mirror forms an object placed in front it. The image is erect, virtual and enlarged. This implies the object is place between the mirror and the

Q175 A point on the principal axis of a curved mirror where rays parallel and close to the mirror converge or appear to diverge after reflection from the mirror is called the of the mirror

Q176 systems do not allow either energy or mass to flow between them and the surrounding

Q177 A type of boundary that allows exchange of heat is called boundary

Q178 A system whose boundary allows transfer of mass and energy into or out of it is called system

Q179 is a restricted region of space or a finite portion of matter or the part of the universe, with well-defined boundaries chosen for study.

Q180 is the study of the effects of work, heat, and energy on a system and it deals only with the large-scale response of a system, which can be observed and measured.

Q181 Which of the following is NOT an effect of heat on a substance?





Q182 The absolute zero temperature refers to the temperature at which





Q183 Tin melts at 232 under standard atmospheric pressure. Express this temperature in kelvin





Q184 When the junctions of two dissimilar metals are maintained at different temperatures an electromotive force is is set up in the circuit of which these junctions are a part. A pair of juntions of this kind is known as





Q185 On what thermometric property does the working of a thermistor depend?





Q186 An ungraduated mercury thermometer attached to a millimeter scale reads 22.8mm in ice and 242mm in steam at standard pressure. What will the millimeter read when the temperature is 20^{o} C?





Q187 A wall or partition that allows free exchange of heat energy between two systems is referred to as --------------





Q188 The fundamental interval of a thermometric scale is





Q189 Which of the following is NOT a thermometric property?





Q190 The term "adiabatic" is used to describe a partition that





Q191 Two bodies may be said to be in thermal equilibrium if





Q192 Measurement of temperature is referred to as------------





Q193 Heat can be defined as------------------------





Q194 Measurement of heat energy is referred to as------------





Q195 One of these is NOT a factor that can affect the rate of evaporation





Q196 When the pressure of the vapour on top of an enclosed liquid is equal to the pressure of the atmosphere, the liquid is at its ---------





Q197 A change of state is often accompanied by a change in (I) temperature (II) density (III) internal energy (IV) mass. Which of these is correct?





Q198 A person suffers a more severe burn from steam than from boiling water because -------------------





Q199 A gas occupies a certain volume at 27 degree celcius.If it is heated at constant pressure, its volume is exactly doubled at a temperature of ----------------------





Q200 The process by which a substance changes directly from solid state to gaseous state at any temperature is called





Q201 The S.I unit of heat capacity is -------------------





Q202 A railway line is laid with 10 m length of rail on a day when the temperature is $$2.50^{o}C$$. There is a gap of 0.5 cm between the rails. Find the temperature at which the gap will close





Q203 The ice and steam points on a thermometer correspond to X and 50mm respectively. A temperature of 60degree celcius corresponds to 52mm on the thermometer. Calculate the value of X





Q204 The fundamental interval of a thermometric scale refers to ---------------------





Q205 A thermocouple works on the principle of --------------------





Q206 Which of the following determines whether a body will be in thermal equilibrium with another body?





Q207 An ungraduated mercury thermometer attached to a millimeter scale reads 22.8mm in ice and 242mm in steam at standard pressure. What will the millimeter read when the temperature is 20^{o} C?





Q208 The predominant mode of heat transfer in solids is -----------





Q209 The second law of thermodynamics





Q210 It is NOT possible to completely convert





Q211 Which of the following is NOT an effect of heat on a substance?





Q212 The absolute zero temperature refers to the temperature at which





Q213 Calculate how much heat is needed to be supplied to a gas at a pressure of $1.25times10^{5} Pa, such that the pressure increases by 25 per cent at constant volume, and the internal energy by 120J.





Q214 A 0.5kg piece of metal (c = 600/kgK) at 300 degree celcius is dumped into a large pool of water at 20 degrees celcius. Assuming the change in temperature of water to be negligible, calculate the overall change in entropy for the system





Q215 Calculate the change in internal energy of 2kg of water at 90 degree celcius when it is changed to $3.30m^{3}$ of steam at $100 ^{o}$C. The whole process occurs at atmospheric pressure. The latent heat of vaporization of water is $2.26\times10^{6}$ J/kg.





Q216 Calculate the electric power which must be supplied to the filament of of a light bulb operating at 3000K. The total surface area of the filament is $8\times10^{-6}m^{2}$ and its emissivity is 0.92.





Q217 One end of a 30-cm long aluminium rod is exposed to a temperature of 500 degree centigrade while the other end is maintained at 20 degree. centigrade. The rod has the diameter of 2.5 cm. If heat is conducted through the rod at the rate of 164.9J/s, calculate the the thermal conductivity of aluminium





Q218 The method of mixtures as a means of measuring the amount of heat of a substance depends of the principle of conservation of





Q219 Which of the following is NOT true about conduction as a means of heat transfer?





Q220 Which of these determines whether or not heat flows in a system?





Q221 The mechanism of heat transfer from one point to another through vibration of the molecules of the medium is called -------------





Q222 One of these is an example of thermal radiation detector





Q223 One of these is NOT a basic assumption of kinetic theory of ideal gases





Q224 Thermal expansion of a solid material depends on the following EXCEPT





Q225 An image formed by a plane mirror is





Q226 Given that the specific capacity of ice is one-half that of water, does is take more thermal energy to raise the temperature of 5 g of water or 5 g of ice by $$6^{o}C?$$





Q227 The method of mixtures as a means of measuring the amount of heat of a substance depends of the principle of conservation of





Q228 Which of the following is NOT true?





Q229 diopter is theunit of





Q230 In an experiment involving the convex lens





Q231 Describe the image of candle positioned 20cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 30cm





Q232 Which of the following is correct about tracing ray digrams with curved mirrors





Q233 Convex mirrors are mostly used as





Q234 In an experiment involving a spherical mirror, 1/v was plotted on the vertical axis and 1/u on the horizontal axis. What is the linear magnification?





Q235 Which of the following is NOT true of experiments involving curved mirrors?





Q236 A process that is carried out in such a way that at every instant, the system departs only infinitesimal from an equilibrium state is said to be --------------------





Q237 The thermocouple is base on a physical principle known as ---------------------- effect





Q238 One end of a metal rod is heated by a flame and the other end is is used to melt ice. This process is possible through





Q239 A wall that thermally insulates one system from another system is called -------------- wall





Q240 The statement that "two objects each have the same temperature with a third object and therefore their temperatures are equal" is the -------------------- law of thermodynamics