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### Question 1

A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground with an initial velocity of 50m/s. what is the total time spent by the ball in the air?

A) 2.5s

B) 5.0s

C) 10.0s

D) 15.0s

E) 20.0s

### Question 2

A body of mass 60g appears to have a mass of 39g when totally immersed in oil and appears to have mass of 36g when totally immersed water. Calculate the relative density of oil.

### Options

A) $$\frac{8}{7}$$

B) $$\frac{13}{12}$$

C) $$\frac{12}{13}$$

D) $$\frac{7}{8}$$

E) $$\frac{13}{20}$$

### Question 3

Two resistors R$$_1$$, and R$$_2$$ are connected in parallel, R$$_2$$ being greater than R$$_1$$ the combined resistance is

### Options

A) Less than R$$_1$$

B) greater than R$$_2$$

C) The sum of R$$_1$$

D) The difference of R$$_1$$, and R$$_2$$

E) greater than R$$_1$$ but less than R$$_2$$

### Question 4

Two capacitance of 6$$\mu f$$ and 8$$\mu f$$ are connected in series. What additional capacitance must be connected in series with this combination to give a total of 3$$\mu f$$?

### Options

A) 3$$\mu f$$

B) 16$$\mu f$$

C) 24$$\mu f$$

D) 30$$\mu f$$

E) 14$$\mu f$$

### Question 5

The upper and lower fixed points of the thermometer are 90 and 10 respectively. Determine the temperature on the Kelvin scale when the reading on T is 30$$^{\circ}$$.

A)
25K
B)
298K
C)
80K
D)
303K
E)
293K

### Question 6

If a copper has a heat capacity of 80J/$$^{\circ}$$C and specific heat capacity of 400J/Kg, calculate its mass.

A) 0.20kg

B) 320kg

C) 20.0kg

D) 0.02kg

E) 5kg

### Question 7

An object of height 12.0cm is placed 240cm from 3 pinhole camera. If the image distance from the pinhole is 10.0cm, calculate the image height.

### Options

A) 12.0cm

B) 5.0cm

C) 120.0cm

D) 120.0m

E) None of the above

### Question 8

Calculate the minimum value of the refractive index of a 45$$^{\circ}$$ prism which used to tum a beam of light by total internal reflection through 90$$^{\circ}$$.

A)
1.67
B)
1.50
C)
1.41
D)
1.20
E)
4.11

### Question 9

A wave of frequency 75Hz form a stationary pattern in a medium where the distance between adjacent nodes is 2.0m. what is the velocity of the wave?

A) 3m/s

B) 30m/s

C) 300m/s

D) 0.3m/s

E) 150m/s

### Question 10

The half-life of a nuclide is 5 days, what fraction of the initial sample will remain after 30 days.

### Options

A) $$\frac{1}{8}$$

B) $$\frac{1}{16}$$

C) $$\frac{1}{32}$$

D) $$\frac{1}{36}$$

E) $$\frac{1}{64}$$