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PRIMARYSCHOOL LEAVING PHYSICS
MODEL EXAMINATION I
2012/2020
BOOKLET CODE: 03
Number of Items: 60 Time Allowed: 1:00 hour
I. Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions from the
given optional answers.
1. Which of the following units of measurement is a vector and derived unit?
A. Newton B. Mole C. Kilogram D. Second
2. A stone and cotton are released in vacuum. Which one of the following is
CORRECT about this?
A. The stone falls while the cotton remains at rest.
B. The stone strikes the ground after cotton.
C. The stone strikes the ground first.
D. Both stone and cotton strike the ground at the same time.
3. Horizontally thrown ball from a certain height is an example of:
A. curvilinear motion C. rectilinear motion
B. vibratory motion D. rotary motion
4. A bus moving along a straight line with a constant velocity of 30m/s for 5 sec.
What is the acceleration of the bus?
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A. 150 m/s 2 1
B. m/ s C. 0 D. 6 m/s 2
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5. A student in a laboratory placed masses M 3=450 mg on one of pan of beam balance,
what mass is placed on another pan to be in equilibrium?
A. 6504.5gm B. 150.95gm C. 650.45gm D. 654.5gm
6. A girl runs around a rectangular field of sides 40m by 30m as shown below.
40m
1 1 2
30m
If she walks from ‘1’ to 4‘4’ along path 1, 2, 3, 34 then the magnitude of her
displacement wil be:
A. 30m B. 70m C. 140m D. 80m

7. Which of the following represents fundamental physical quantities?

A. Time, electric current, density
B. Temperature, volume, luminous intensity

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 C. Amount of substance, length, Temperature
D. Work, force, time
8. A train starting from rest, travels with a constant acceleration of 3 m/s 2, what is its
speed after a second?
A. 27m/s B. 6m/s C. 3m/s D. 12m/s
9. What is the kinetic energy of flying bird of mass 0.2kg flying with a velocity of
10m/s?
A. 50J B. 100J C. 2J D. 10J
10. Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?
A. kgm2 s 2 B. Nm/ s C. Joules D. WoH/sec
11. A pulley system with IMA(VR) of 4 requires a force of 15N to lift a load of 45N.
Find efficiency of the machine.
A. 75% B. 60% C. 90% D. 80%
12. The temperature of room is 20 C . What is the temperature of room in fahrenheit
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scale?
A. 273 B. 73 C. 68 D. 293
13. The change of state from liquid to vapour that takes place at the surface of liquid
and at any temperature is:
A. boiiling C. vaporization
B. evaporation D. freezng
14. In which of the following material is the speed of sound the fastest?
A. Oxygen B. Copper C. Steel D. Sea water
15. A student standing 510m from a tall building claps his hand and hears the echo
3sec. Later. What is speed of sound?
A. 340m/s B. 425m/s C. 170m/s D. 1530m/s
16. A freely suspended magnet always points:
A. North – South C. East – North
B. North – East D. East – West
17. When a 0.2kg body is immersed into water in a measuring cylinder the level of
water rises from 20 cm3 to 60 cm3. As shown in the figure what is density of body?

V O 20 cm3 40 cm3

A. 6 g/cm3 B. 4 g/cm3 C. 5 g/cm3 D. 3 g/cm3

18. The scientific Notation of 0.000000492 sec is:-
A. 4.92 x 10 6 sec C. 4.92 x 10−6 sec
B. 4.92 x 10 sec
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D. 4.92 x 10−7 sec
19. Which of the following is NOT effect of force?
A. To change mass B. To start motion

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 C. Deformation D. To stop a moving body
20. Which of the following is TRUE about pressure?
A. Pressure increases with decrase of a force.
B. Pressure decreases with increase of a force.
C. Pressure increase with the increaase of a force.
D. Pressure is not affected by a force.
21. A car is due south for 2hrs and covers a distance at 72km. What is the velocity of
the car in m/s?
A. 10m/s due south C. 36m/s due south
B. 10m/s D. 36m/s
22. A 3 Ω and 6 Ω resistors are connected to 6V battery as shown below. The current
from the battery is:
A. 5A
B. 1A
C. 2A
D. 3A
23. Heat is transferred along a metal spoon by:
A. transmission C. radiation
B. convection D. conductioin
24. Which of the following device uses heating effect of electric current?
A. Transformer C. Galvanometer
B. Electric stove D. Electric bell
25. If a body performs a uniform motion, then it:
A. slows down uniformly to rest.
B. accelerates uniformly
C. covers equal distances in equal time intervals
D. speeds up uniformly
26. The specific heat capacity of aluminium is 900J/kgk and that of iron is 480J/kg.k. For
the same mass of aluminum and iron the aluminum block:
A. heats up quickly and cools down quickly.
B. heats up quickly and cools down slowly
C. heats up slowly and cools down slowly
D. heats up slowly and cools down quickly
27. As compared to a white shirt a black shirt is:
A. a good absorber of heat C. a good reflection of heat
B. a poor absorber of heat D. a poor emitter of heat
28. The number of electrons that carry 1 coulomb of charge is:
A. 1.6 x 1019 B. 6.25 x 1015 C. 6.25 x 1018 D. 1.6 x 1020

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 29. Which one of the following devices is used to transport electrical energy from a
power plant to distant cities?
A. A generator C. A transistor
B. A resistor D. A transformer
30. All of the following are luminous bodies EXCEPT:
A. burning candle C. fire
B. burning lamp D. moon
31. The image of an object formed by a pinhole camera is:
A. inverted and smaller than the object.
B. inverted and larger that the object.
C. erect and smaller than the object.
D. erect and larger than the object.
32. Which one of the following is NOT the nature of an image formed by a plane
mirror?
A. same size as the object C. side ways inverted
B. behind the mirror D. inverted
33. Two mirrors with angle 60 between them, the total number of image formed by
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reflection equals to:

A. 5 image B. 3 image C. 1 image D. Infinite
34. Which of the following is correct representation of magnetic field lines around a
bar magnet of two magnets?
A. N N C. N S
B. S D. N S
35. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
A. Pressure [ ML−1 T −3 ] C. Density [ ML−3 ]
B. Force [ MLT −2 ] D. Power [ MLT −2 ]
36. Which of the following machine is an example of a lever?
A. Axle B. Dagger C. Spoon D. Knife
37. At what temperature does the speed of sound in air becomes twice of its value at
0O C ?
A. 552O C B. 255O C C. 525O C D. 522O C
38. A simple machine used to move a large load through a small distance by means of a
small effort that moves through a large distance is:
A. a distance multiplier C. an energy multiplier
B. a force multiplier D. a power multiplier
39. Which one of the following temperature can NOT be read by an alcohol
thermometer?

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 A. −60O C B. −85O C C. 98O C D. 80O C
40. Which of the following is NOT equal to 1,000 ml?
A. 1 cmO B. 1 dmO C. 100 CL D. 1 L
41. Which one of the following is a material through which charge CANNOT move
easily?
A. Insulator B. Conductor C. Circuit D. Wire
42. What is the magnitude of the acceleration produced by a 20N force on a body of
mass 5kg?
A. 40 m/s B. 40 m/s 2 C. 100 m/s 2 D. 25 m/s 2
43. Which of the following force is a contact force?
A. Magnetic C. Frictional
B. Electrostatic D. Gravitational
44. An object thrownvertically up ward will rise until.
A. Kinetic energy becomes zero
B. Potential energy becomes zero
C. Both potential and kinetic energy reach a maximum value.
D. Both potential and kinetic energy reach a minimum value.
45. Which of the following is often used as a rear – view mirror of cars?
A. Concave mirror C. Plane mirror
B. Convex mirror D. Converging mirror

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